The 2022 All-Star bench lineup is out, so far the All-Star list has been fully announced, praise is like a gushing river, questioning is also like a terrifying wave, the All-Star choice of this matter, both hilarious and doorway.
2022 All-Star roster
Eastern Conference starters: Durant (captain, Nets), Antetokounmpo (Bucks), Embiid (76ers), Trae Young (Hawks), DeRozan (Bulls).
Eastern Conference benches: Jimmy Butler (Heat), Garland (Cavaliers), Harden (Nets), LaVine (Bulls), Middleton (Bucks), VanVleet (Raptors), Tatum.
Western Conference starters: James (captain, Lakers), Jokic (Nuggets), Wiggins (Warriors), Curry (Warriors), Morant (Grizzlies).
Western Conference bench: Booker (Suns), Doncic (Lone Ranger), Gobert (Jazz), Draymond Green (Warriors), Mitchell (Jazz), Paul (Suns), Towns (Timberwolves).
How to choose an All-Star bench?
The All-Star starter is voted by fans, players, and media, and the bench is also voted, but the voter is the head coach of the team in the East and West Leagues, and the coach who participates in the voting cannot choose the player who coaches the team.
There are 7 substitute players in the east and west, and the allocation of 7 places is 3 frontcourt players, 2 backcourt players, and 2 "wild card players", "wild card" is not limited position.
All-Star bench surprise and missing pearl
The biggest surprise of the All-Star bench was Garland, the "third-year" guard from the Cavaliers handed over a record of 19.8 points and 8.2 assists per game, only 5 players have played and averaged 19+8 assists this season, in addition to Garland, the other four are Harden, Trae Young, Dezhangtai Murray and Doncic, these four only Murray did not enter the All-Star team.
Garland's personal performance is outstanding, the Cavaliers revival brings bonuses, and combined with the background of this All-Star in Cleveland, Garland's selection is natural. The last Time Cleveland hosted an All-Star was in 1997, when the Cavaliers were also a guard and elected All-Star (Trier Brandon).
Garland is a legitimate "surprise", but his selection has also brought controversy, Garland's teammates, Who have averaged 16 points and 10.7 rebounds per game this season, Jarrett Allen does not deserve an All-Star bench seat? There is no center in this substitute lineup in the East, so why not choose Allen? The last time the Cavaliers had a player enter the All-Star was in 2018, when it was James and Love, and this time as the Cavaliers of the All-Star host, why can't Garland + Allen?
Not only Allen, "three goals", what about Sabonis Jr., Middleton's average of 19+5+5 per game this season is not as good as last season, he did not enter the All-Star last season, ah, how can he still get a place this season?
The West is even more talking, why can't Dejuntai Murray get in, can't Ingram and Edwards think about it, thick eyebrows? Since the Warriors started and scored 3 substitutes, why can't the league's first Sun add a Bridges?
The all-star vote controversy has been every year, and this year is naturally no exception, these opinions and wisdom of the discussion, in fact, the difference in the selection criteria, you choose with different criteria, there will be different answers.
Who knows the ball better?
The All-Star starter is chosen by the fans, players and media, and the bench is chosen by the coach. Of these four voting levels, who knows the ball better, or what is the perspective of their respective candidates?
Fan angle: I vote for whoever I like.
Player angle: whoever has the real combat experience will shoot whoever is strong.
Media ideas: Watch the game, feel who is good, vote for whom.
Coaching idea: results combined with personal performance, with habitual thinking, who is suitable for whom.
Fans are more emotional, which is also a feature of the All-Star vote, allowing fans to choose people according to their own preferences. Players pay more attention to the actual feelings in the game, the media pays more attention to the experience of watching the game, and the coach thinks about the problem more complicated, and the record, data, role, etc. must be taken into account.
For example, "Chasing Dreams", his average of 7 + 7 + 7 per game this season is not an All-Star level, but his tactical role is very important, both the offensive axis and the defensive core, and the Warriors have a big difference in whether they have him or not. Coaches are well aware of the value of "dream-chasing" types of players, and the Warriors have played so well this season that it is normal to give an all-Star spot.
The coach starts from his own work and attaches great importance to the role of the record in the all-star bench selection. Of the Top Six teams in the East, only 76ers have no players on the All-Star bench. LaVine's stats this season are actually not as good as last season, but the Bulls' first place in the East is enough to make him average 25 points per game and not become an "empty cut" in the All-Star bench selection. Butler's average of 21+6+6 per game this season is not much different from last season, and he led the Heat to second place in the East, once the top place in the East, and a lot of extra points in the eyes of the coach.
This can also explain why Sam Jr., Murray, Ingram and the "three-goal" lost, the Pacers 13th in the East, Sam's average of 19+12 per game is not enough to fill the big hole in the record, Murray and Ingram, spurs 13th in the West, Pelicans West 11th, the team's ranking is not competitive.
The Hornets are eighth in the East, this ranking is not low, but the bonus is limited, the "three goals" averaging 19 +7+7 per game is indeed playing well, but in terms of the backcourt battle, he does not have an advantage over Garland and VanVleet, and the defeat is regrettable, but it is not particularly unexpected.
The Raptors are ranked high in the Hornets, and "Van Jordan" has averaged 38.6 minutes per game this season, and his average of 21+4+7 per game is a career high. Garland is a player of the host team, personal performance and team results are good, should be selected, "Van Jordan" played the peak of his career, the Raptors record is better than the Hornets, and it is reasonable to squeeze out the "three goals" in the coach vote.
What about Middleton and Harden? Why they were selected. This is the habitual thinking of coaches, and they will also focus on teams and players with higher popularity like the media. The Bucks are the defending champions, give a substitute place is not too much, it is nothing more than Holliday and Middleton, Middleton has better statistics, and can be selected as a frontcourt player, then he is. As the host, if old Zhan is still there, Aaron has great hopes of being selected, but old Zhan is already in the Lakers, and the Cavaliers play well but the flow is limited, and Aaron can only sigh.
The Nets are one of the three major traffic groups in the league today (the other two are the Lakers and Warriors), Harden is an old All-Star, has not been selected since 2013, and even if there are some recent crotch pulls, he can still get support votes from the coach.
The Suns are the league number one, Paul is the team brain, Booker is the stormtrooper, and the All-Star deserves it. Bridges is the Sun's best defender, but the Sun's traffic is limited, and the "bridge brother" is relatively low-key and easier to ignore.
The Lakers are the league's number one traffic team, but their record this season is really not on the table, thick eyebrows before the injury performance can not be said to be bad, but did not reach the expected level, especially the projection is more disappointing, he is gradually getting better after his comeback, but it is too late, it is difficult to win in the All-Star bench quota competition.
When the record is too delayed, the personal performance is not prominent enough, the flow cannot be moved, and the thick eyebrows are the case.
Downs is averaging 24+9 per game this season, a little worse than last season's 24+10, and less than the 26+10 in 2019-20, but he is in the All-Star for the first time since 2019. The Timberwolves are not a big traffic team, but they are seventh in the West this season, with signs of recovery, Towns as the star of the house to win the All-Star award, but the seventh ranking is not enough to give two All-Star spots, this season's average of 22 points per game "Huazi" and so on next year, according to his development momentum, All-Star is a matter of time.
Which All-Star Draft is stronger? Who will replace Durant?
The All-Star team still follows the pattern since 2018, with the All-Star first invoice selecting the East and West Vote Kings (Durant and James) through the draft, and the draft will be held on February 11.
The draft is divided into a starting player pool and a bench player pool, there is no east-west restriction, the captain chooses the starting pool from the starting pool, chooses the substitute from the bench pool, as the king of the All-Star League vote, James is selected first in the starting draft, and Durant has the first choice in the bench draft.
It is worth mentioning that James is very good at team formation, and since the NBA adopted the All-Star Draft mode in 2018, James has won for 4 consecutive years.
Old Zhan selection of people is very clear, pay attention to internal and external balance, pay attention to practical ability, such as the 2021 All-Star Draft, he preferred the alphabet brother, and then chose Curry, directly into the lineup of the two aces of the inner and outer lines, the basket and projection are full, followed by Doncic and Jokic, the two major ball-holding cores. All-Stars rarely fight defense, win or not to win depends on the offense, old Zhan took a clear hold.
This year is still James's first choice, alphabet brother, Curry, Morant these "fierce people" are very promising to become his choice, "Du manager" to spend more brains.
James and Durant are currently in injury time, and the elder Zhan is expected to return before the All-Star, Durant is a bit hanging, but this does not affect their All-Star Draft, even if Adu does not play, he will be the captain of the selection.
Among the players who are selected as All-Stars, there are other injured people, such as Green, who is on the injury list. According to the rules, NBA Chairman Xiao Hua will replace players who have been selected as All-Stars due to injuries and other reasons but cannot participate, which also leaves hope for the beads, "three goals", Allen, Bridges and other players have play.
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