On January 28, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season is in full swing. Earlier today, the NBA officially announced the 2022 All-Star starting lineup, specifically: West - James (captain), Curry, Jokic, Wiggins, Morant; East - Durant (captain), Alphabet Brother, Embiid, DeRozan, Trae Young.
In this year's All-Star starting list, Wiggins' selection has attracted great controversy. The 2014 champion was named an All-Star for the first time in his career and became the first starter. So far this season, Wiggins has averaged 31.4 minutes per game, 18.1 points, 4.2 rebounds, 2 assists, 0.9 steals, 48.1 percent from the field and 40.4 percent from three-point range, and the Warriors are currently in Second Place in the West with 35 wins and 13 losses.
Subsequently, the NBA officially announced all the voting results, as well as the distribution of votes. Although Wiggins' fans voted highly, it was thrilling to be selected as a starter, and his competitor was his teammate Dream Green. According to the rules, the All-Star starter is determined by 50% fan ticket + 25% player ticket + 25% media ticket, and the fan ticket ranking is added twice when calculating the combined score.
The specific comparison between the two is as follows:
Wiggins received 46 player votes (5th in the West), 3.45 million fan votes (3rd in the West), 4 media votes (6th in the West), and the final composite score was: (5+3+3+6)/4=4.25 points
Green received 58 player votes (3rd in the West), 2.42 million fan votes (6th in the West), 20 media votes (4th in the West), and the final combined score was: (3+6+6+4)/4=4.75 points
In the end, Wiggins overtook Green to become the Western Conference All-Star starter with a 0.5-point advantage.
Since the news of Wiggins' selection of the Western Conference All-Star starter came, he was ridiculed by major media and fans, saying that he was not qualified to be selected as an All-Star starter, and even once landed on the first place in Twitter hot search.
But either way, that result can't be changed, and Wiggins' election as this year's Western Conference All-Star starter has become a fact.