On January 7, Beijing time, the NBA official website announced the results of the first all-star vote, the Western Side, the three-point king Curry won 2584623 votes to successfully win the Western Conference, and he is also the only player in the West whose votes exceeded one million. James, the second-ranked active first man, also broke through the 2 million mark. The stars in third, fourth and fifth places are Jokic, George and Doncic, with 1.65 million, 1.07 million and 780,000 votes, respectively. It is worth mentioning that Thompson has not played for 2 seasons and still got 370,000 votes, and he even overpowered Paul, who only got 320,000 votes. In response, fans said that Paul was really embarrassed. The Suns are second in the West, and more importantly, he is also the assist king of the season. Of course, the biggest winner is the Warriors, with four players in the frontcourt and top five, curry, Thompson, Wiggins and Green, while the other teams have only one player.
One thing to say, Curry has 500,000 more votes than James or surprised the fans, the 37-year-old veteran broke countless records about "older", the performance is too good. More importantly, his data is not too far from when he was young, which is enough to show that James is still at his peak. Of course, Curry's performance is also remarkable, this season he surpassed Ray Allen to become the first person in the NBA, breaking the three-point team shooting record to the 3,000 mark, which may already be a record for a latecomer. What's more, Curry's style of play has changed the way people think about basketball games, and there is no doubt that the Warriors' small-ball tactics have attracted the attention of fans compared to traditional positional warfare, and Curry is the player who changed the way the league plays. From this point of view, Curry is more acceptable to fans than James. As we all know, 50% of all-Star votes come from fan votes, so it makes sense that there is more than one Paul between Curry and James. However, fans believe that the gap between the two will gradually narrow.
Paul's performance this season has nothing to say, not only the league's assist king, but also led the Suns to the second place in the West, but he got only 320,000 votes, on the contrary, Thompson did not play a game and still got 370,000 votes, personally think there are three main reasons, first, Phoenix and Golden State, whether it is the city size and basketball atmosphere can not be compared, not only that, in the United States The Warriors' heat is also far higher than the Suns Is very simple, you have more fans, the number of votes is naturally high; second, the Curry effect, As one of the splash brothers, Curry has become the king of the votes, Andeple has also followed suit, I believe that many people have chosen Curry and also chosen Thompson; third, Thompson's comeback is imminent, and fans also hope that he can return to the level before injury, which is also an affirmation and encouragement. Of course, the low number of All-Star votes has nothing to do with historical status, and Paul still dumps Thompson a few streets.