Recently, the NBA officially announced a new round of All-Star voting results, James overwhelmed the crowd, still holding the throne of the "voting king". Not surprisingly, it is only natural that James will be named the "voting champion" of this season's All-Star, and will surpass Jordan to become the most voted player in NBA history, which is indeed a great achievement.
But, for old fans, the All-Star ticket winner is nothing! Not against James, but the All-Star vote has long been reduced to a tool for the league's stars, without putting the fans in the eyes of the slightest!
All-star is originally an entertainment show, fans choose their favorite stars, stars to support their fans to present a gorgeous performance, this is a grand party of fans and stars, but the league has gradually developed into a tool to hold the stars, the fans' vote has no effect at all! It can be said that whoever the alliance wants to go on, whoever goes on!
That year, Yao Ming, as the champion of 2002, was voted by fans to enter the All-Star Main Game in his rookie season, and in his second year, O'Neal became the starting center of the All-Star Main Game, and was elected the voting champion for two consecutive years. Maybe some fans feel unfair, Yao Ming's strength at that time was indeed not as good as O'Neal, but the All-Star was never judged by strength, but the vote of the fans, the choice of the fans!
Yao Ming's popularity in China at that time naturally needless to say, and it was not impossible to be the king of the annual ticket of his career. Only later, the league changed the rules because of Yao, diluted the votes of domestic fans, and used various means to restrict the votes of domestic fans! As a result, Yao Ming could not get the "ticket king". This was known to everyone back then!
Then came Yi Jianlian, who at the time was third in the Western Conference forward in the All-Star vote, followed by Garnett and James. When Yi Jianlian was about to surpass Garnett and James, then something magical happened, Yi Jianlian's votes grew slowly, and eventually did not complete the surpass.
Later, Yao Ming was injured, and the fans wanted to vote for Yi Jianlian. As a result, the league changed its rules so that each team could only select a few players, and not everyone could run. Then it was discovered that Yi Jianlian was not eligible to run at all. Something magical happened again, after Yi Jianlian returned to play in China, the league changed the rules again, and everyone can participate in the All-Star!
The various events that happened to Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian have made many fans realize how double the league is, and the all-star vote is a joke! The alliance will let whoever wants to go on, and if it doesn't want you to go on, it will use various methods to suppress you. Even in the Yao Ming era, there were cases where the domestic fan voting page could not be opened.
It's not just the issue of All-Star voting, Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, and later Jeremy Lin, have suffered a lot of injustice in the NBA. These things will be slowly forgotten over time, or whitewashed by the alliance. However, some cracks can never be repaired! Some words are sometimes like a crow in the throat, not spitting up.