Bishop of the Devil

The All-Star lineups for the East and West have already been announced.

Because of the previous disconnection in West Lafayette, the number of West Lafayette selected to the All-Star this year is not particularly large.

With the All-Star restructuring, the center position has become history.

There is no doubt that Yao Ming continues to dominate the voting position and has secured a starting position in the Eastern Conference All-Star frontcourt.

O'Neal can be said to be extremely lucky...

When Yao Ming first entered the league, he was in the Western Conference and avoided the embarrassing situation of being a substitute for Yao Ming in the All-Star Game.

When he arrived in the Eastern Conference, the All-Stars were restructured, and his votes ranked third among the Eastern Conference frontcourts.

Ranked second is James, but his number of votes is not much more than that of O'Neal. O'Neal has 2.19 million votes and James has 2.2 million votes.

Yao Ming received a terrifying three million votes, directly defeating O'Neal and James...

Richard feels that the day when the alliance will limit the flow of Chinese votes is not far away. Maybe after Yi Jianlian entered the alliance in 2007, it will be an opportunity.

If Chinese fans play this way, the top vote-getter for every All-Star Game in the future may be Chinese. It would be surprising if local American players would be happy with it.

China's population is too large. Although the number of fans may not be as large as that of the United States, it is mainly American fans who are scattered by various stars.

And if there are 20 million fans in China, maybe 10 million of them are Yao Ming fans...

If there are 20 million fans in the United States, it is impossible for a certain player to have 10 million fans.

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The three starting frontcourts in the Eastern Conference are Yao Ming, O'Neal and James.

It's quite a strange lineup. There are two historical-level centers in their starting lineup.

To say that Yao Ming is a historical center is not an exaggeration at all.

In the first two years of his career, he won a regular season MVP and two finals MVPs. This is not a historical level...

As for the Eastern backcourt, Iverson received the most votes, reaching 2.02 million votes, while Wade of the Heat received 1.5 million votes. The two of them won the opportunity to start in the Eastern backcourt.

In previous years, there might have been three West Lafayette players in the starting five, but this year there are only two.

Seven substitute players, Pierce, Vince Carter, Billups, Milicic, Arenas, Gerald Wallace and Dragon King Bosh.

Except for Bosh and Carter, the remaining five players on the bench are all West Lafayette players.

Pippen was the only All-Star of the Pirates last season. This season after Pippen arrived with the Bulls, he was immediately reimbursed for the season after just one game. He scored 2 points...

After Pippen left, Milicic was successfully selected as an All-Star this season. Speaking of which, Paul's data is actually enough to be selected as an All-Star.

But the competition in the backcourt in the Eastern Conference is still quite fierce.

Richard naturally felt that it was a pity that for a person like him who had a God's perspective, only one person in the team was selected as an All-Star...

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As for the west side, the people are still the same, not much has changed.

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Richard thought about it, finally got an opportunity to lead the All-Star team, it would be a pity if he didn't get the super suit.

In order to get the super-giant suit parts, in addition to Richard having to lead the All-Star team, the All-Star MVP must be a player he has coached.

With this rigid requirement, Richard could not help but be careless.

Under normal circumstances, the All-Star MVP this season is won by LeBron James.

But now it is definitely impossible for Richard to let him take it. There is no way, who makes him not a West Lafayette player?

The super giant suit is related to the future of his children and grandchildren, and Richard is not generous enough to abandon it.

The only thing that gives Richard a headache is that this All-Star Game will be held in Cleveland. If he really puts James on the bench then, I'm afraid those fans will have objections.

But if there are opinions, there are opinions. Richard doesn't care about the feelings of fans of other teams at the moment.

Normally, this All-Star event would be held in Houston, but because Yao Ming was intercepted by Richard, although McGrady is still sold to the Rockets by the Magic, the starlight is not that bright. I don’t know what Stern is thinking. Finally, the All-Star venue was changed to the small city of Cleveland.

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In the Rookie Challenge, the first-year team was led by Chris Paul, and the second-year team was led by Howard. Last season, the first-year team defeated the second-year team, and Iguodala won the Rookie Challenge MVP.

The first graders were not so lucky this year. In the end, the MVP of the rookie game was won by Warcraft.

After the game that day, Richard gathered a group of West Lafayette players who were participating in the All-Star Weekend.

A group of more than 20 people gathered in a French restaurant in Cleveland.

Among them, there are thirteen All-Stars, four more in the rookie game, and several more in miscellaneous competitions.

Many Cleveland fans were shocked when they saw such a grand occasion.

Those who didn't know it thought some official event was held...

Insiders knew this was a West Lafayette gathering, but the formation was truly terrifying.

More than 20 big men with a height of two meters gathered together, even if they were not football stars, it was shocking enough.

And what shocks these fans the most is that if you think about it carefully, it seems that these 20 or so people are not all of West Lafayette.

There are still more than ten people who did not get the opportunity to participate in the All-Star Weekend.

Even after Richard recruited these people, he was stupid.

How big is the West Lafayette gang today? It seems that I can’t even count how many people there are.

Consider that the Kings team alone has four West Lafayette players!

The Spurs also have three West Lafayette players in their current lineup, Ginobili, Bowen and Barry.

The Suns only have one Nash.

The Mavericks now have two players, Nowitzki and Josh Howard. Josh was traded to the Mavericks a few days ago.

It is true that the Pistons' forward and defensive line players are somewhat overcrowded.

As far as Richard knows, not only Josh Howard, but also Laga Bell has been put on the shelf.

Even so, the Pistons still have Gerrard, single Joe and Prince available.

Their forward and defensive lines are simply luxurious.

This is the wealth that Richard left to them...

The Grizzlies have one player, Mike Miller, who is now Pau Gasol's second-in-command. The Grizzlies have a good record this year and can at least make the playoffs.

The Clippers also have two, Brand and Mobley.

The Lakers also have two people, Kobe and Odom.

Jazz's Kirilenko and Boozer.

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Richard calculated carefully and found that the number of West Lafayette players in the West alone was no less than twenty!

In the East, the number is even greater, because Richard has dealt with two teams in the East, so the number of West Lafayette players must be more.

The Eastern side also has 25 guaranteed players.

Richard took a breath of air. Good guy, the number of West Lafayette gangs he created has exceeded forty!

What is this concept? You must know that there are only 400 permanent players in the NBA, and West Lafayette accounts for one-tenth of them!

On average, about one and a half players per team belong to West Lafayette.

And the most frightening thing is that these one and a half players are definitely the top strength of their team. Without these one and a half West Lafayette players, any team's strength will definitely be greatly affected.

Richard felt that he was gradually taking control of the lifeblood of the alliance.

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Richard also went to watch the miscellaneous competition the next day.

Mainly Iguodala participated in this slam dunk contest.

The result was a bit painful for Richard, and the slam dunk title was taken away by little potato Nate Robinson...

This dunk contest can be said to be the most constipated miscellaneous competition that Richard has ever experienced.

Because there is no stipulated number of attempts in the dunk contest, as long as you don't make the dunk, you can try again. As a result, Xiaotuo dunked for half an hour, and finally made the dunk...

It is precisely because of this incident that the next year's slam dunk contest began to limit the number of attempts by participating players.