NABC Chapter 491 Seven Giants?
Chapter 491 Seven Giants?
Chapter 491 Big Six?
14年的全明星票选在2013年11月16日正式开始，东西部各60人的投票大名单也随之公布。尼克斯和勇士各有6人上榜，火箭、热火、快船和马刺等球队各有5人入选。
Six of the Knicks' Gatsby, Klay Thompson, Kawhi Leonard, Draymond Green, Andre Iguodala and Tobias Barnes entered the roster.
On December 12, the first round of voting for the 13 NBA All-Star Game was announced.
Gatsby of the Knicks was elected first-round vote leader with 609336 votes, LeBron James of the Clippers ranked second with 607407 votes, and Lakers guard Kobe Bryant ranked third.
On December 12, the NBA officially announced the results of the second round of the All-Star voting. Gatsby of the Knicks and LeBron James of the Los Angeles Clippers led the East and West votes respectively.
Between the two, Gatsby is slightly ahead of James (854) with 105 votes.However, Paul George (850) of the Pacers is chasing Gatsby. Although Kobe (728) was injured again, he is still the number one guard in the West, second only to KD in the division.
In the East, in addition to Gatsby and George, Knicks forward Kawhi Leonard (580) continued to share the third forward seat with Carmelo Anthony. , has now surpassed Anthony in fame.
The ranking on the guard list is also interesting. In addition to Gatsby being far ahead, Klay Thompson (565) leads Dwyane Wade (455). The number of votes has increased steadily, occupying the top three, while Irving is behind. in the back.
On January 1, the NBA officially announced the results of the third round of voting for the 10 All-Star Game.
Knicks superstar Gatsby continued to lead with 1 votes, followed by Los Angeles Clippers' LeBron James with 076 votes.
Kevin Durant of the Thunder surpassed Kobe Bryant (899 votes) with 671 votes and rose to third place in the total number of votes.
On January 1, the starting lineup for the 24 NBA All-Star Game was officially announced:
Eastern starters: Gatsby (Knicks), Klay Thompson (Knicks), Paul George (Pacers), Anthony (76ers), Draymond Green (Knicks);
The starters in the West are: Curry (Warriors), Kobe (Lakers), Durant (Thunder), James (Clippers), Love (Timberwolves).
The starting lineup in the East is surprising, because the Knicks occupy three of the seats in the starting lineup, and there is an Anthony who was also a Knicks player!
That’s not all yet, because the substitute lineup is also surprising:
East: Roy Hibbert (Pacers), Joakim Noah (Bulls), Kawhi Leonard (Knicks), Tobias Harris (Knicks), Andre I Godala (Knicks) and John Wall (Wizards);
West: James Harden and Dwight Howard of the Rockets, Damian Lillard (Trail Blazers), LaMarcus Aldridge (Trail Blazers), Tony Parker (Spurs), Dirk - Nowitzki (Mavericks) and Chris Paul (Clippers) were selected.
Lance Stephenson, Kyle Lowry, Goran Dragic, DeMarcus Cousins, DeAndre Jordan, Mike Conley and Tim Duncan were all absent .
A total of six Knicks entered the All-Star Game!
Three starters, three substitutes!
For a while, the league was shocked, not to mention the influence of the Knicks because of the brilliant increase in their fan base in the past few years. If these people really have the strength to enter the All-Stars, wouldn't it mean that the Knicks have 6 players? Have players with All-Star quality?
According to the usual practice, entering the All-Star is also considered a giant in the team (of course, in fact, the requirements for a giant are higher, and there is no clear definition of a giant among the fans), so, the Knicks have six giants?
Yes, the Knicks are the Big Six team!
After the All-Star lineup was announced, many fans spread the word on the Internet that the Knicks have the Big Six!
People inside the Knicks can't laugh or cry, what's the matter, now they can be called giants casually?
But even people like Thompson are not complacent. They think it's the opponent's fans who are killing them. It's not true, but they use it a lot to joke inside.
"... After all, we are the Big Six team!"
Well, fans' fanfare is not necessarily a bad thing. It is a good thing for Thompson and others to be able to enter the All-Stars. This is also an encouragement for them, and it is also of great benefit to their reputation growth.
In Gatsby's view, Thompson and Leonard are absolutely qualified to enter the All-Stars. Not to mention Iguodala, Green also has the ability to enter. But this is also the reason why the eastern stars are all going west. Bosh and James both went west.
Compared with the fans who call the Knicks the Big Six team, Jeff Van Gundy is more fair. He stood up for an interview:
"...The Knicks are a Big Six team? Don't be kidding.
There is no unified standard for the concept of "giant", but there is also a unified term.
That is, the core players who were originally in a team join the same team together, and the combination formed is called a giant combination.
But now the Knicks have provided a new model. They have cultivated players through their own draft and grown to become All-Stars. Are they considered giants?
Of course!As there are more and more high-level players in the NBA, when many players are combined together, they grow into a star group, which can also be called a giant group.
but! ...Except for Gatsby and Iguodala, can other players really be called giants?
I don't think so!
Leonard, Thompson, Green, these three put them in another team, can they take on the role of team leader?
I don’t think so. They can only be used as supporting star super role players. To say they are giants is still a bit of a stretch, but we have also seen the outstanding performance of the Knicks in terms of talent training. Leonard, Green, and Thompson are all The Knicks pick their own players.
As a team with the Celtics and the Lakers as a three-legged NBA giant, the Knicks do not enrich themselves by plundering superstars from other small market teams. Instead, they start from the draft and train players in a down-to-earth manner. , This is the real rich! "
(End of this chapter)