The big instrument is late, and the sword is sharpened in eight years! Wiggins finally broke the spell and was elected as the first person in the NBA in 54 years!
On January 28, Beijing time, the NBA officially announced this year's Cleveland All-Star starters, led by Kevin Durant, Alphabet Brother, Embiid, DeRozan and Trae Young in the East, and James, Curry, Morant, Wiggins and Jokic in the West. As soon as the list came out, it can be said that some people are happy and some people are worried! The biggest winner is the Golden State Warriors, because this year their team has two all-star starters, becoming the only team in the league to have two people selected for the starter at the same time.
What is particularly strange is that we were surprised to find that there were no players from the first team in the East and West in the starting list, and none of the Phoenix Suns in the West and the Miami Heat in the East were selected, which is rare in the history of the league, and it can be said that the first in the East and West is completely fallen! It is worth mentioning that the Heat may not even have a single All-Star bench this year, Butler and Adebayo playing too few games is not conducive to selection, and O'Neal's proposal that Hiro should be selected as a representative is not realistic. Although Booker and Paul are relatively low on the Western Conference side, at least one of them can be selected as an All-Star bench. In addition, Trae Young's selection as an All-Star starter in the East has also been questioned, and Barkley bluntly said that Trae Young should give up the starting to Zacraven. It is interesting to note that Doncic, who started last year, did not get a media vote this year, not even mitchell and Murray!
Of course, the league's all-star starting controversy is far less than the selection of Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins, which is the first selection of Wiggins's eight-year career, and the so-called eight-year grinding sword has finally come true, which is a late success! In the past eight years of Wiggins's career, he has been eager to be selected as an All-Star countless times, but without exception, he has not been rejected by the All-Star, until this year, he broke the spell to be elected, and the mouth brother can also be said to be a blockbuster! If you don't get selected, you can directly start the treatment once you are selected, you must know that he is in the Wild West where the front line is full of stars, how fierce the competition can be imagined, but he can still stand out, it is really not simple!
The outside world can be said to be a big praise for his selection. His former Timberwolves teammate Towns said it was definitely a fine thing, and I'm so happy for him. Timberwolf star Kevin Garnett wrote on social media to congratulate Wiggins: "Ayyyyyyyeee! finally! Happy for my boys! Congratulations to Wiggins, be proud of you! Warriors teammates have also said that Wiggins' all-Star selection is just the beginning, and he has many more selections.
Wiggins, who was the party, said of opening in Cleveland and his All-Star debut, Wiggins said: "Perfect cycle. There's nothing better than finishing my first All-Star Game in Cleveland! ”
It is worth mentioning that Wiggins was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2014 draft, but was subsequently traded to the Timberwolves. After six years with the Timberwolves, he was traded to the Golden State Warriors on February 7, 2020. Going back to where you chose yourself to make your All-Star debut is really too wonderful! In the past few years, the outside world can be said to have made no less accusations and doubts about Wiggins, but he finally resisted the pressure and achieved a counterattack in life in the Warriors, becoming an All-Star in the spotlight!
According to statistics, since 1951, only two members of the NBA have been selected as All-Stars for the first time in the 8th year of their careers or later, the first is Bob Boozer in 1968, and the other is Wiggins, who was selected as an All-Star for the first time this year. In this way, Wiggins became the latest NBA to be selected as an All-Star in the past 54 years. It may sound a little awkward, but congratulations to Wiggins for breaking the spell anyway! Glad he didn't give up his all-Star dream, and glad the fans didn't give up Wiggins, he is still a warm and innocent mouth brother, and his smile is as bright as ever!