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The 2017 NBA All-Star Game came to the southern city of New Orleans again after 2014.

This is the third time in the past decade that New Orleans has hosted the All-Star Game, in 2008, 2014 and 2017.

It is enough to see how much the NBA wants to develop the southern market.

But this year's All-Stars are really a bit heavy-headed.

The starlight in the East is dim, and the starting lineup is Irving, George, Antetokounmpo, Harden, plus a Jimmy Butler.

Fortunately, Harden was traded to the Celtics in January and entered the starting lineup of the Eastern Conference, otherwise this card could not be compared with the Western Conference.

The starters in the Western Conference are Li Liang, James, Curry, Durant and Westbrook. Davis, Leonard, Paul, Thompson and others are sitting on the bench. They are really star-studded.

The All-Stars, ignoring the East, and the James and Li Liang teams in the Western All-Stars, probably have more highlights than the current All-Star Game.

At the same time, Li Liang broke his promise again and did not participate in this year's three-point contest and dunk contest.

Last year's slam dunk contest was really good, but in comparison, this year's is not as good.

There were still no top stars to join, and the final championship was taken away by Robinson III.

As for the three-point contest, Curry saw that Li Liang was not participating, so he didn't want to participate either.

The final title went to Eric Gordon.

The round-faced Deng Ge is second only to Li Liang in the number and percentage of three-pointers made by the Kings this year, and has become the most important scorer around Li Liang.

When it comes to the All-Star Game, the gap between the West and the East is indeed too big.

Durant, Li Liang, and James teamed up, and the frontcourt offense was impossible to play.

Western troops crushed them all the way like bulldozers.

Curry threw all kinds of three-pointers in the game and hit the iron like crazy.

There are more and more three-pointers in the NBA All-Star Game and fewer and fewer fancy dunks.

In the past, people and balloon stars were dunk generals.

Today, the man balloon stars are all three-point shooters.

In the official game, the three-pointer is very enjoyable.

When it comes to the exhibition game, if you still fail to score three points one by one, will the audience be happy?

Ratings for the All-Star Game have been declining since entering the 21st century.

In 2002, the ratings reached a peak, 8.2 ratings.

Because that year, Michael Jordan returned, which directly increased the ratings of 5.1 in the previous year by 3 points.

In 2003, Yao Ming joined the NBA. In Jordan's last season, the All-Star ratings still reached a high of 6.6.

After that, the All-Star Game never broke 6 again, and it has been hovering around 4 in the past few years.

Li Liang's honor should have become the guarantee of the All-Stars, and this year he is the top voter again.

But unfortunately, he is a Chinese, not an American.

If he were an African-American player, he would have been a god in the American basketball world and directly booked the seat of the greatest athlete in history.

If he is a white player, let alone, the NBA will surpass MLB in the four major leagues and catch up with the NFL.

This is the effect of superstars, but there is a premise, Americans.

During Li Liang's first two seasons in the league, he was loved by everyone, and his flowers bloomed.

Because of the freshness, a Chinese low-ranking player miraculously achieved such an achievement is simply a perfect inspirational script.

Everyone loves to watch such a plot and likes such a protagonist.

As a movie, it's definitely a success, especially in Lakers' first year.

When it comes to the second sequel, Los Angeles City Brothers, the big guy still feels fresh.

Because it turns out that there are still people who dare to do this, refuse to renew the Lakers, go to the Clippers, and win the championship again, it is simply too cool.

The second part was still a great success.

When it came to the third part, when we went to the Pacers, the plot was still good.

Give up the chance to establish a dynasty and go to a remote small team to save a team that has never won a championship.

However, because the Pacers are far less popular than the Los Angeles team, they are not well received.

Bad reviews about Li Liang must have started to appear as well.

In the fourth part, Li Liang has basically become the big devil in the hearts of American fans.

In addition, since then, the United States has suppressed China's public opinion more and more, and there have been more and more negative comments. Therefore, Li Liang is no longer that "people love Gan Li Liang."

At present, the only ones who truly welcome and love Li Liang are Kings fans and Celtics fans!

Yes, Celtics fans still have an inexplicable love for Li Liang.

In various website polls, Li Liang's popularity in Boston has always been very high.

It really deserves to be the spiritual hometown of Li Liang.

The imbalance between the east and the west, the audience's aesthetic fatigue, the impact of the Internet, and the fact that the players' style of play is no longer gorgeous, the 2017 All-Star Game is quite satisfactory.

It's not particularly bad, and there's nothing classic about it.

Compared with the previous season, the ratings have dropped by another 0.1 percentage point. If the decline continues, the next season will fall below 4.

As the new president, Adam Silva was of course very anxious to see such a situation.

During the period after taking office, he has been carrying out various reforms.

For example, in order to expand the influence of the NBA, this year's NBA awards will no longer be awarded at the end of the regular season and during the playoffs, but will be unified to hold an awards show after the finals.

Also, in terms of the competition system, the long-term meaningless division ranking system has been abolished, and the East and West are all ranked according to the winning percentage.

But these reforms are minor fixes, not fundamental changes.

The NBA is like a feudal dynasty. After experiencing the aggressive and drastic reforms during the Stern period, it gradually entered a bottleneck period.

When Stern reformed, the NBA was suffering from internal and external troubles, and it was so bad that the late-night recording and broadcast of the finals was precarious.

It can be said that he was ordered in a crisis and carried out a thorough reform of the NBA from a deep level.

In terms of "politics", it completely overturned the past draft and free market system, and used the draft lottery and soft salary cap to stifle the possibility of the Celtics group dominating the league, allowing the NBA to enter an era of full competition.

In terms of "economics", signing new broadcasting contracts with TV stations, actively looking for sponsors, and mutual success with companies like "Gatorade", greatly expanded the alliance's financial resources.

In terms of "culture", it has established a star-oriented strategy. It is good at telling stories and creating confrontations. From the battle between the yellow and green duo to Jordan's ascension to the throne, the heroes created by the NBA are everywhere. The stories are full of stories and very beautiful.

In terms of "military", it pursued expansionism. First, it continuously introduced new teams in the United States to open up new markets. At the same time, it pursued a global strategy to conquer cities in the sports and cultural markets of Europe, Asia, and Australia, shaping the solid NBA brand.

This series of reforms brought the NBA to its peak in the 21st century.

But the so-called prosperity and decline, the NBA wants to go further, and it has encountered a ceiling-the influence of basketball itself is not as good as football in the world, and it is not as good as baseball and rugby in the United States.

After Adam Silva took over, he made various attempts, but he did nothing in terms of "politics" and could not jump out of the framework set by Stern. In terms of "culture", a group of people led by Li Liang made him feel embarrassed and lost. Without the right to speak and dominate, the "military" is also unable to continue to expand. In Europe, it will never be able to do football. Only the Asia-Pacific market is the last treasure. In terms of "economics", the new broadcast contract was signed in the Stern era. Erva wanted to break the game, and wanted to take the dangerous path of gambling.

At the same time, as the overall environment changes, Silva will face more and more problems.

Hidden behind the prosperity are many crises.

It's useless to be anxious, at least the NBA is still second to none, the best basketball league in the world.

And the second place can't see its back at all.