In other words, if it were still like before, where fans directly vote for the starting lineup, then Wade and Ross would be chosen as All-Star starters again at the end of their careers.
This is all about sentint.
However, this sentint from fans isn’t without reason.
As for Wade, even though he didn’t explicitly announce this as his final season like Kobe did back then, you can still see it from many details.
Firstly, Wade chose not to stay with the Cavaliers but returned to the Heat where his dreams began, which is a standard operation for a veteran retiring and going back to where it started.
Moreover, this year Wade frequently exchanged jerseys with opposing players during gas, which confirms this point even further.
In 2006, Wade helped the Heat win their first championship, and later assisted the Cavaliers in winning two consecutive championships, establishing a dynasty, particularly contributing significantly to the second title with the famous champagne pouring on the knee scene. His historical status may not be at Kobe’s level, but he is indeed the third greatest shooting guard after Kobe.
Even without a retirent tour, fans will still show him enough respect in various ways.
anwhile, Ross’s case is more about the fan base he accumulated back in the day and his outstanding performance this season.
This season, Ross is averaging 20 points with the Timberwolves and even delivered a career-high single-ga performance of 50 points, bringing tears to both himself and many fans.
Additionally, it’s worth ntioning that Doncic received a massive 4.2 million votes!
Although this year the Eastern frontcourt competition is extrely fierce and he couldn’t shake the positions of Durant, Jokic, and Antetokounmpo, it shows his popularity.
In his rookie year, Doncic’s playing style is exceptionally nimble, providing a fresh experience.
For the Kings, both Tatum and Mitchell received 3 million and 2.6 million votes respectively.
Compared to last year when both had votes in the hundreds of thousands, Hansen’s stage and popularity truly made a difference.
But with the current All-Star voting chanism, fans’ votes only account for 50%, and the remaining 50% is divided equally between the dia and players’ selections, each taking 25%.
And with the final combination of the three, Wade and Ross were removed from the starting lineup, replaced by ho crowd favorites Kemba Walker and the Rockets’ main player Jas Harden.①
From a rational perspective, this is a more reasonable result as both Walker and Harden’s seasonal performance and personal capabilities are more deserving.
Still, All-Star is ultimately for the fans, and the fans are clearly dissatisfied with this result.
As the opinions continued to fernt, Silva made a decision that violated the league’s rules: he allocated an additional slot for both the East and the West.
The slot for the East went to Wade, and the one for the West went to Ross.
Hansen was surprised to see this outco.
It wasn’t the allocation itself that surprised him, because as ti gets closer to his era before crossing, his mories of these events beco clearer.
He rembers this year it was allocated, but it was given to Wade and Nowitzki, even forcing Nowitzki, who originally didn’t plan to retire, into retirent.
Unexpectedly, changes occurred in the outco, regardless of whether Nowitzki would retire later, this wave completely fulfilled the fans’ expectations, because voting represents the wishes of the majority of fans.
And such change has a significant relation to Ross’s previous experiences with the Cavaliers.
That championship run with the Cavaliers not only gave so people more titles but also greatly altered their destinies.
Hansen sent congratulatory ssages to both Wade and Ross because enjoying such treatnt at the twilight of their careers is another fairy tale belonging to the NBA.
Just after the All-Star roster announcent, the league announced this year’s All-Star ga captains.
After Hansen moved from the East to the West, the captaincy dramatically changed; Durant beca the captain for the East, naturally Hansen was the captain for the West.
As for last year’s captain Jas, and Curry, who was hugely anticipated last year, they only had supporting roles in front of Hansen.
At this ti, so Jas fans, belatedly realized that Hansen and Jas are now in the sa conference again; even beyond the superficial All-Star voting outcos, if unable to defeat Hansen, it would be like before, they’d even lose the chance for a runner-up title.
Last year’s live picking program was imnsely popular, therefore logically, it wouldn’t change this year. Due to last year’s success, this year’s picking even brought so fans to the scene, creating quite the spectacle.
Even the prega decision phase of selection beca complex, with Hansen and Durant sitting on chairs shooting three-pointers, seeing who could make more out of five attempts.
In such a more capability-based than luck-based scenario, Hansen wasn’t as unlucky as last year; he made three out of five shots, surpassing Durant’s two, gaining first pick.
Hansen’s first pick was Jokic.
Although they are no longer on the sa team, Hansen’s fondness for Jokic hasn’t diminished at all.
Durant imdiately picked Davis.
Unlike last year’s constant tricks from Jas, Durant’s selection is quite conventional, especially considering there are only two genuine center players in the starter lineup.
Without too much maneuvering, their selections proceeded quite swiftly.
Hansen subsequently picked Curry and Antetokounmpo, while Durant picked Irving and Harden.
And when only Kemba Walker and Jas were left in the starter pool, Hansen didn’t hesitate to pick... Walker.
Durant had a helpless expression, last year’s captain Jas ended up being the one left over.
Last year it was Jas Harden left over, this year it’s Jas, it’s all Jas, but unlike last year’s maneuvering outco, this year it really seed like neither side wanted Jas.
However, this year’s starter lineup, Walker Curry Hansen Antetokounmpo Jokic VS Irving Harden Durant Jas Davis, looks more balanced than last year.
If they were to play seriously for a quarter like last year, the competition would be quite interesting.
In the substitute selection phase, Durant picked Leonard as his first choice.
When traded last sumr, the biggest risk for the Raptors was Leonard not playing, but unexpectedly, this year Leonard had both high attendance and MVP-level performance.
The joke fans made back then reversed this season: Leonard generally doesn’t play, but when he does, he’s unstoppable.
In retrospect, the Raptors made a brilliant trade.
Durant’s choice also shows it was realistic, aiming for victory.
Hansen, on the other hand, played on the sentint, picking Wade first.
It’s Wade’s retirent season, which is also Hansen and Wade’s last opportunity to play on the sa team.
As the All-Star ga approaches, the league also begins to promote using [sentint] as the the.
The sentint of Wade and Ross being chosen, Hansen, Wade, Ross, those Cavaliers dynasty players teaming up again, Curry fulfilling his promise of participating in Charlotte’s three-point contest, and Hansen appearing as a dunk contest guest for Mitchell—all these sentints set the tone for this All-Star ga.
And this, will attract more fans’ attention to this event.
The day before the All-Star weekend, Hansen took his private jet to Charlotte.
Although only he was selected for the main ga this year, besides him, Tatum, Mitchell, and Hield were also on the plane.
Tatum and Mitchell were headed to participate in this year’s rookie ga, Hield was going to the three-point contest.
However, the busiest of them is Mitchell, who will also be participating in the skills challenge, three-point contest, and dunk contest, making him the weekend’s all-around workhorse.
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All-Star Final Results:
The East starters: Irving, Kemba Walker, Durant, Antetokounmpo, Jokic
Substitutes: Lowry, Butler, Bill, Leonard, Griffin, Towns, Embiid
The West starters: Curry, Harden, Hansen, Jas, Anthony Davis
Substitutes: Lillard, Westbrook, Klay Thompson, Hayward, George, Alderich
Additional slot: The East: Wade; The West: Ross
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