On the morning of February 8, the last game day before the All-Star Weekend, at 10 a.m., the NBA officially announced the specific list of participating in this year's All-Star Weekend.

In the East, Eddie Jones of the Heat, Glen Robinson of the Celtics, Ray Allen of the Bucks, Mutombo of the 76ers, Marbury of the Nets, Alan Houston of the Knicks, and Jerry Starkhouse of the Pistons, joined hands to be selected as the All-Star substitute.

Adding Iverson, Kobe, McGrady, Carter, and Duncan to form the Eastern Conference All-Star lineup.

In the West, Lakers' O'Neal, Pierce, Payton, Timberwolves' Garnett, Kings' Webber, Trail Blazers' Rashid Wallace, and Jazz's' Malone were selected as the All-Star substitute.

With Kidd, Jordan, Anthony Hardaway, Zhang Hao and Wang Zhizhi, they formed the Western Conference All-Star lineup.

The All-Star substitute lineup list has been announced...it shows the star distribution characteristics of today's league.

On the outside of the East, even the players who were selected as All-Stars in the East were all small forwards.

The Western Conference forward positions are all power forwards. Pierce plays the shooting guard most of the season, and is the guard who is selected as an All-Star substitute by coaches of each team.

In the All-Star substitute, the coaches usually choose one center, two forwards, two defenders, and two free agents.

The defender chosen by the Eastern Liberty, and the power forward chosen by the Western Liberty.

Overall, the Eastern star structure is even more deformed, with 12 All-Stars and 10 outside!

But this game is definitely good, and it is very interesting. There are not many inside players in the East, but the outside players are too strong.

Since Jordan and Zhang Hao retired last time, the overall strength of the east and west was still very balanced. There were top players in every position and east. As for the game, it was naturally a move.

Now the styles of both sides have become "difference", but the stars have their own characteristics. Such a game is actually quite attractive.

Is it the outside army + Duncan stronger, or the inside army stronger?

As long as the All-Star players are of sufficient quality and the lineup is a little bit "outside".

And the All-Star Rookie Challenge that was hyped last year, this year...

First-year team:

Marcus Fezer of the Wizards averaged 8.8 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.

Chris Meim of the Cavaliers averaged 7.6 points and 4.7 rebounds per game.

Stephen Jackson of the Nets averaged 8.2 points, 1.7 assists and 1.1 steals per game. He was given up after being selected in the second round of the 1997th and was only a substitute player who entered the NBA this season.

Mark Jackson of the Warriors averaged 14.4 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. He was given up after being selected in the second round of the 1997th and entered the NBA this season.

Kenyon Martin of the Nets averaged 11.4 points, 7 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game.

Mike Miller of the Cavaliers averaged 11.5 points, 4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game.

Dalius Myers of the Clippers averaged 9.2 points and 6.1 rebounds per game.

The Raptors' Morris Peterson averaged 9 points and 2.6 rebounds per game.

Desmond Mason of the Bulls averaged 6.8 points and 3.2 rebounds per game.

These are the nine best rookies this season after half of the season. The one who supports the scene is Mark Jackson, who only has a basic salary of US$320,000 this season. Relying on his performance in the past two months, Mark Jackson has won a three-year, US$11 million contract renewal.

If you have gathered 9 players in the past few rookies, it will give people the impression that these people will play together and will definitely win the championship.

Even if these people in the 2000 class are added to Stephen Jackson and Mark Jackson in the 2097 class, they also give people the feeling that these people are coming together, Yao Ming is expected!

The most important thing is that there is a comparison...

When seeing the comparison of the lineups of the first and second grades, fans didn’t know how to play in the first grade!

Second grade team:

The Hornets' Balang Davis averaged 14.1 points, 5 rebounds, 7.4 assists and 2.1 steals per game.

Richard Hamilton of the Wizards averaged 18 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists per game.

Hu Weidong of the Suns averaged 12.3 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.

Odom of the Raptors averaged 17.2 points, 7.6 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game.

Jason Terry of the Hawks averaged 20 points and 4.5 assists per game.

Andre Miller of the Cavaliers averaged 14 points and 8.2 assists per game.

The Grizzlies' Elton Brand averaged 20.1 points and 10.1 rebounds per game.

Sean Marion of the Cavaliers averaged 15.8 points and 10.7 rebounds per game.

Artest of the Supersonics averaged 7.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.6 steals and 0.9 blocks per game.

Compared with this lineup, the first-grade people look so eye-catching!

What makes fans most unacceptable is that some media reports said that the college students who may participate in the draft in 2001 overall performed no better than the last year of rookie in 2000!

Many teams focus on high school players.

Adrian Wokinnavoski, a media star in Yahoo Sports, revealed that Tyson Chandler of Domingos High School in Los Angeles has received widespread attention from the teams who played badly.

If Georgetown center Yao Ming, who averaged 20.6 points, 11.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 3.6 blocks after Christmas this year, does not participate in the draft, Tyson Chandler is very likely to become the first choice for the team to win the No. 1 pick.

Although there were successful examples of Zhang Hao, Garnett and McGrady before, Jermaine O'Neal joined the Pacers and played well after 4 years.

However, many fans still cannot accept the number one high school student.

But if the college students of the 2001 class are all of the 2000 class, except Yao Ming, all of them are of this level, the best ones are Kenyon Martin and Mike Miller...

If Yao Ming doesn't participate in the draft and plays a high school student, it's really safer than the one who performs best in the regular college choice.

Gambling is safer than a steady selection of people, which is simply impossible to be too crazy.

The bad situation in the 2000 draft directly shakes the NBA draft pattern in the past few decades.

Yao Ming's performance was so explosive after returning from Christmas holiday this year!

Before Christmas, Yao Ming played 16 games, averaging 14.8 points, 12.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 4.2 blocks, with a shooting percentage of 59.3%, free throw percentage of 79.4%, and a record of 10 wins and 6 losses.

After returning from the Christmas holiday, Yao Ming played 10 games, averaging 20.6 points, 11.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 3.6 blocks, shooting percentage of 60.6%, free throw percentage of 83.4%, and a record of 8 wins and 2 losses.

As early as last season, Yao Ming had become a player of the NBA's focus. In the first half of this season, Yao Ming had become the number one favorite among many teams.

Previously, Yao Ming gave people the impression of a franchise protector who can shoot and pass the ball, but after returning from the Christmas holiday, he showed his scoring ability and became a dominant center!

Georgetown University has also returned to the AAC League's list of top 64 since it has a relatively small chance of reaching the top 64.

But the media has received news from Georgetown University that Yao Ming, 20, may not necessarily participate in the NBA draft, which is a huge blow to all teams playing badly.

The NBA player to be selected under the American university basketball training system is now worth looking forward to. The one who is worth looking forward to is actually a Chinese player...

This situation is unacceptable for many basketball fans who are "No. 1 in the United States". Yao Ming has attracted a lot of...black fans before he even entered the NBA.

ESPN Sports, a new capital tycoon in the sports media industry, revealed that after the NBA team's draft situation and expectations in the past two years, they have also questioned the ability of NCAA basketball players to train, and they feel that the way NCAA trains young players is outdated.

Many teams have the idea of ​​selecting talented players of eighteen or nineteen years old into the NBA in advance and slowly cultivate themselves.

After the NBA labor-management agreement in 1998 determined that the first round rookie had a salary of $2 million in total for four years, it became more attractive to young players entering the NBA earlier.

Some experts also came forward to express different opinions. The draft market in the past two years is not good, but because there are too many geniuses in the previous few years, it just so happens that college students who are about to enter the NBA in the past two years are not that outstanding.

The example given is Jonathan Bend, a genius high school student of the Pacers, a genius high school rookie, with great physical fitness and a high basketball quotient. However, after he prepaid a salary of US$1 million in advance before he started playing in the NBA, he had no intention of playing at all.

In addition, he does not have a clearer understanding of society, so he squanders money when he gets money. Before the rookie season is over, he will only be able to afford the money he owes to the bank after paying his salary in the third season, and has been put on the financial blacklist by the bank.

It is basically certain that Jonathan Bend will go bankrupt immediately if he can't play the ball.

However, people always prefer to discuss the topics of "change". Conservative choices, whether right or wrong, people always feel that it is better to change.

Even if this change is likely to be wrong for normal people, they still like to discuss changes.

This makes the feedback received by each team should be changed.

The idea of ​​‘Choose a young genius to train yourself can be better than a college team’ has begun to spread in NBA teams…

Some teams don't want this, but they can't watch all the geniuses of eighteen or nineteen years old being snatched away by other teams.

This kind of thing is like a domino. Once it starts, any link can only be pushed away irresistibly.

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In the rookie match, the fans just complained that if they look good, they are good, but not good... It's not a big deal. The only thing fans care about is that the 2000 rookies are really bad, especially for the 1999 comparison, the gap is too big.

What frustrated the fans the most was that Zhang Hao did not participate in this year's slam dunk contest and three-point competition, and Carter did not participate in the slam dunk contest. McGrady, Kobe, and Iverson all refused to participate again.

The six players in this dunk contest: Bulls rookie Desmond Mason, Jazz rookie Desham Stevenson, Hornets' Balang Davis, Pacers' Jonathan Bend, Rockets' second pick Stromayer Swift, and Clippers' Cory Magetti.

All the players in the Dunk Contest were first and second graders. Except for Balang Davis, who has a certain reputation and is known as the genius who "changes people's inherent impression of point guards", the other five people, the best one is Corey Mageti, who is an assistant substitute in the Clippers.

The list of this slam dunk contest has frustrated fans.

The three-point competition is actually a gathering of stars. Ray Allen, Peja, Alan Houston, Hornacek, Nowitzki, Nash, Lewis, and Hubert Davis accepted the invitation to participate.

The three-point competition is definitely interesting, and they are all top pitchers.

But without the strongest defending champion Zhang Hao in history, his quality still plummeted.

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The list of all-star weekend contestants was announced, which sparked heated discussion.

Zhang Hao also saw the news that Yao Ming was hyped into heaven.
To be continued...