CBA All-Star start voting curtain opened, Huashan on the sword ranking, Liaoyue hegemony not only affects the league pattern, but also almost dominates the All-Star starter, who can break the blockade?
Last season, there were a total of 10 All-Star starts in the north and south districts, with Liaoning and Guangdong occupying 4 seats each, especially in the backcourt position, Guo Allen, Zhao Jiwei, Zhao Rui, and Hu Mingxuan firmly held the pass. Guo Allen became the all-star ticket king for the first time in his career with 231553 votes, and Zhao Rui also won the South District ticket king with 188370 votes.
In the first 11 seasons of his career, Guo Allen became an All-Star starter eight times.
If it were not for the 13-14 season due to injury season reimbursement, Guo Allen's nine consecutive All-Star Game selections should be no suspense. Now at the peak, Allen Has been a strong contender for the regular season MVP for several consecutive seasons, and this season he has improved his long-range shooting skills, shooting 39% from three-point range and hitting 1.8 shots per game.
Averaging 21.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game, Allen Is the only player this season who has averaged less than 30 minutes per game but 20+ points per game. This year's Guo Allen, in addition to mistakes and eating T, has encountered more trouble than in previous years, and the other parts of the scene are more comfortable, and more importantly, the popularity of Da Lunzi has not declined because of the release of those strange videos on social platforms, but has become more and more popular.
As the gold medal supporting role of Guo Allen's short video, Zhao Jiwei also continued to be strong this season, averaging 12.7 points, 2.5 rebounds, 8.3 assists and 1.8 steals per game, which is a career high. Gradually recovering from injuries, in the last three seasons, Zhao Jiwei's average score per game has all been in double figures, but as the head of the national team, it was not until last season that he became an All-Star starter for the first time.
Prior to last season, five of Guo's seven North Zone starters came from Beijing Shougang. When Zhao Jiwei averaged a career-high of 11.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 2.3 steals in the 19-20 season, he did have the ability to sit in the backcourt position of the North Division starter, but the competitor was too strong, that is, Jeremy Lin of Beijing Shougang.
Playing for the CBA for the first time, Jeremy Lin was proud of the North District with 109969 votes.
Jeremy Lin almost turned away from home in the 19-20 season, and most of the young defenders who played against him were his little fans. When they were all-stars, Guangdong newcomers Xu Jie and Du Runwang went to find Jeremy Lin to sign a group photo, which was considered to be a success in online star chasing.
That season, Jeremy Lin could blast 24.5 points, 6 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 1.8 steals in 34.6 minutes per game, and before the All-Star Game, he led Beijing to the top four in the league, and finally lost three games against Guangdong in the playoffs. After a season of missing a season, Jeremy Lin returned to Beijing again, but the team's recent situation is not good.
Beijing is currently 17-11 and has just reached the top eight of the league, and in the summer, due to the new crown infection, it has suffered a sharp loss of weight and cannot train because of a long period of isolation, jeremy Lin's state is even worse. In his 15 games, he averaged 24.8 minutes and had 14.3 points, 3.8 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 1.3 steals, but his shooting percentage was 8.7% lower than in the 19-20 season.
In his 15 games, Beijing has only won 9 and lost 6, and his poor state has also made him questioned by public opinion. But even so, it is undeniable that Jeremy Lin's influence is not without a cliff-like decline, and in the voting of the All-Star starter, I am afraid that there is still a great deal of certainty in taking the position of the North Side backcourt.
North side teams have also emerged this year who could compete for All-Star opportunities, such as Foreign Aid Kay Feld, who is currently averaging 25.4 points, 7.2 rebounds, 10.8 assists and 2.7 steals per game. A younger player is Jiang Weize, a 00-time Jilin backcourt, who has averaged 16.7 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists this season, averaging 3.6 three-pointers per game.
Like Tianjin's Lin Tingqian, he can average 16 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 2.4 steals per game, and Tianjin has recently come to the ranks of the playoffs to compete for a seat, and the treasure island backcourt is also indispensable. Gao Shiyan of Shandong averaged 13.2 points, 4.7 rebounds, 7.9 assists and 2.2 steals per game, and North Control rookie Liao Sanning averaged 14 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5 assists per game (injury just surgery).
These players may be selected as All-Stars, but the starting lineup is mostly a competition between Liaoning Double Stars and Jeremy Lin.
Coming to the South Zone, since Zhao Rui entered the starting lineup in the 17-18 season, he has been sitting firmly in the Backcourt of the South Zone for four consecutive years. This season he averaged 13.3 points, 5 rebounds, 7.5 assists and 1.8 steals per game, playing only 27.6 minutes per game. He also shot nearly 50% from the field and returned to the national team, becoming one of the best in the tournament against Japan.
Full of impact, the 26-year-old Zhao Rui is entering the peak, but unfortunately this season he has averaged 4.1 turnovers per game, the first in the league. After returning from Japan, he was directly absent from the entire second stage of the game due to family affairs, injuries and many other reasons, and it seems that the key factor affecting whether he can be selected as an All-Star starter may be nothing else, or whether he can make a smooth comeback.
After Zhao Rui, Hu Mingxuan exploded from the 19-20 season, averaging double-doubles per game, with amazing efficiency, and was once the most accurate player in the league for three points, and since then, the pair has monopolized the Southern District backcourt for two consecutive years. However, this season's Hu Mingxuan has not performed well, averaging 12.7 points, 3.3 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game, the lowest shooting rate in three years, especially the three-point plunge to 33%.
Off the field was criticized by public opinion, the field because of physical and other reasons of poor performance, Hu Mingxuan this season has been very difficult, his popularity seems to have declined. The two backcourts in Guangdong are under much more pressure than the Liaoning double stars, because many teams in the southern district who are the top stars in the backfield are launching a violent attack.
Rushing to the front is Zhejiang Shuangxiong, who have been fighting for many years.
Before Hu Mingxuan, the first player who partnered with Zhao Rui in the southern district backfield for two consecutive years was Wu Qian of Zhejiang. In the past few seasons, Wu Qian has not only repeatedly improved his personal data, but also become a new force in the league with Zhejiang, and last season he lifted the regular season MVP and All-Star Game MVP trophies.
This season, Wu Qian averaged 18.1 points, 2.6 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 1 steal per game, although the data has declined from last season, but it does not affect his popularity further, and this season's sponsors have bought him a franchise to wear shoes. Zhejiang has also walked very steadily this season, ranking 4th in the league with 22 wins and 6 losses, and there are actually only 3 games away from Liaoning at the top of the table.
The soaring Guangsha has a large number of players in the backcourt, Sun Minghui averaged 17.3 points, 2.9 rebounds, 8.5 assists and 1.9 steals per game, and he even shot an incredible 43.4% three-point shooting rate this season, averaging 2 shots per game, which was not available before in his career. He is also the backcourt player with the highest plus-minus value in the league.
However, Sun Minghui's situation of becoming an All-Star starter is more complicated, from the perspective of influence, he and Wu Qian signed the same brand, and from the perspective of the team, in addition to the number one star Hu Jinqiu, Zhao Yanhao in the backcourt also has to share the votes. Zhao Yanhao, who almost won the best sixth man, averaged 18.9 points, 2.8 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.9 steals per game this season, shooting 43.5% from three-point range, averaging 2.9 three-pointers per game, a new career high in scoring per game, and he now feels outside the three-point line worthy of being called "National Youth Curry".
The new rising challenger comes from the "host", Chen Yingjun of Guangzhou.
Here need to be in quotation marks, the All-Star is held in Foshan rather than Guangzhou, but the All-Star stadium belongs to the Dragon Lions Men's Basketball Parent Company Nengxing Group, in other words, the Dragon lions men's basketball team that moved from Foshan to Guangzhou has never completely left Foshan. Foshan International Sports Performing Arts Center is also a sub-venue for dragons and lions, and now it happens to be the year of Chen Yingjun's big outbreak.
Chen Yingjun currently averages 19.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 10 assists per game, a career high, and not only that, he can even shoot 2.6 three-pointers per game with a 40.8% shooting rate. With an overall shooting percentage of 50.3%, he is the first of all point guards in the league, and his victory contribution value is also the second highest in the league.
Under the guidance of Guo Shiqiang, Chen Yingjun took off with Guangzhou, and his CP3-like playing style, the appearance of fighting hard at both ends of the attack and defense, won him a large number of fans. The competition in the southern backcourt is really fierce, Chen Yingjun and Guangzhou look like an advantage, but in fact it is very delicate, after all, the six teams in the southern district have won the 2-7th position in the league, and almost every team has a very good core backcourt, which will inevitably produce regrettable All-Star beads in the end.
Speaking of which, the impact of the southern backcourt on the Guangdong double star is very powerful, but when Zhao Rui is recuperating and Hu Mingxuan is in the downturn, Guangdong has another highly popular backcourt. Xu Jie has averaged 12.9 points, 2.9 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game this season, which is a big improvement from last season's statistics.
After being successfully selected for the national team, Xu Jie is also infinitely close to the first All-Star Game.
Guangdong is currently only 5th in the league in the regular season, and a large part of the reason is the shortage of rotation, Xu Jie stepped forward, averaging 31.9 minutes per game, and almost full attendance, while handing over excellent personal data. The 22-year-old Xu Jie completely seized the opportunity to constantly stimulate the super energy in the small figure of 178CM, considering the huge fan base in Guangdong, Guangdong backcourt 3 choose 2, Xu Jie is even very likely to be directly thrown into the starting lineup.
The voting rules for CBA All-Star starts are still based on fan voting, but there are fixes to voting loopholes over the past few years. For example, in order to avoid vicious vote brushing, now the vote needs to be certified by mobile phone number, and only players who average more than 15 minutes per game can be selected, and a total of 10 players in the north and south districts need to be selected for each vote, of which each division can choose 1 foreign aid.
In contrast, the NBA has changed the voting rules for the starter after the Georgian national effort to almost cast Zaza Pachulia into the starting lineup, with fans voting for 50% and players and media voting for 25% each. This is obviously more conducive to the season's top players entering the starting lineup, the CBA currently has no plans to reform, and the fan vote has become the only deciding factor.
It has been three years since the Liao-Guangdong hegemony, and the challengers are overwhelmed, and this starting backcourt battle may be the beginning of the shaking pattern.