The All-Star vote is undoubtedly the symbol that best reflects the popularity of a star, and the player who gets the most votes from the fans every year will naturally become the vote king of this all-star, although this honor is not as high as the MVP and the championship, it is also one of the honors that all players dream of. Now, James in the third round of voting to surpass Curry to become the first, he is also likely to be the 9th All-Star vote king, 19 years career 9 times the vote king, James is not easy, so in the 10 years that James was not elected the vote king, who was the all-star vote king?
In the 03-04 season, James, who had just entered the league for half a year, received 768532 votes in the first All-Star vote, ranking 7th in the East and fourth in the guard, and finally missed the All-Star. The vote king of that year was the most popular Carter at that time, and that year Carter received 2127183 votes, ranking first in the league, more than 400,000 votes more than balloon stars such as Kobe Bryant and Iverson.
In the 04-05 season, after a season and a half of baptism, James was gradually accepted and loved by fans, receiving 1661204 votes, ranking third in the East and first in the guard line, second only to O'Neill and Carter (Carter counting forwards), however, this All-Star ticket king is not the above two, but Yao Ming from China, relying on the support of Chinese fans, Yao Ming finally received 2558578 votes, ranking first in the league.
By the 05-06 season, James has become a popular star in the league, in this All-Star vote, James won the first vote in the East, pushing O'Neal, Iverson and Wade, and even almost the same as the popular player Kobe Bryant in the West, but whether it is James, or Kobe Bryant, who is the first in the East, it still did not shake Yao Ming's position as the king of votes, and Yao Ming won the NBA All-Star vote king.
In the 2007 All-Star Game, James finally won his first vote king, that season he won 2516049 votes for the first time, not only ranked first in the East, but also 60,000 votes higher than Yao Ming, and finally with a slight advantage, James was elected as the all-star ticket king for the first time in his career.
However, the good times did not last long, in the 07-08 season, a major event that shook the league occurred, that is, Garnett's transfer to the Green Army to form the Big Three, which also made Garnett's popularity soar, in this year the All-Star won 2399148 votes, plus James lost to Garnett as the second in the East, regrettably missing the vote king.
In the 08-09 season, Howard began to emerge again, playing an absolute dominance performance on the defensive end that year, and he also gained extreme popularity, even getting 3 million votes in the All-Star cast, pushing James to become the first in the East and the all-Star vote king. In 2010, James began to exert his strength, once again with the MVP level performance, crowned the all-star ticket king, and got the second seat in his career.
However, in 2011, due to James's decision to transfer to the Heat, the peak group made the neutral fans lose their good feelings for James, James's votes are also coming to the will be 2 million, coupled with Kobe Bryant last year to help the Lakers win the championship, this gap between the times, let Kobe Kobe get the ticket king again. In 2012, in the eyes of fans: James, who was at the peak of last year, was not defeated by the Lone Ranger, and he undoubtedly became the biggest laughing stock in the league, so the number of James votes this year reached 1.36 million, only higher than the rookie season, and the ticket king of that year was still Howard.
The 12-13 year ticket king is undoubtedly the most fierce competition, when James and Kobe Bryant were only 8,000 votes apart, and in the end, Kobe Bryant was better, got another All-Star ticket king, and James ran with him again. In the 13-14 season, James finally became the league's recognized first player with two championships and two FMVPs, and even the NBA officially played the slogan of "Earthlings, who can stop James", which also made James's popularity pick up, this time he pressed George, Durant, Curry and other new stars to get the all-star ticket king, the third in his career.
However, in 2015, Curry began to emerge, when he led the Warriors to play a wonderful pass-cutting basketball, which also allowed Curry to win the All-Star ticket king for the first time; in 2016, facing Curry, the unanimous MVP, and Kobe Bryant, who retired from touring, James naturally could not compete with it, and the number of votes was 1.08 million, far behind Curry with 1.6 million and Kobe Bryant with 1.89 million.
However, with Kobe Bryant's closing and Durant's transfer to the Warriors vote bank, no one in the league can stop James, 17-21 years, James won the vote king for 5 consecutive seasons, completed the harvest of the All-Star vote, and almost every time is a final reversal, if you add this year's vote king, James will complete the All-Star vote 6 consecutive zhuang, second only to Jordan's 7 consecutive zhuang in history! （ikuet）