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Chapter 199 All-Star List

On January 1, the NBA officially announced the starting list for the Charlotte All-Star Game after combining players and media votes.

The eastern side is led by Antetokounmpo, and the remaining four are Leonard, Embiid, Kemba Walker, and Irving.

The West is led by James, and the remaining four are Durant, Paul George, Curry and James Harden.

The fans voted Li Haoyu ahead of Harden by more than 5 votes, and some players also voted for Li Haoyu. If the media votes were not considered, Li Haoyu would be the second backcourt starter in the West.

However, the results of the media votes were one-sided. Except for the Huaguo media, almost everyone voted for James Harden, and Li Haoyu finally lost the All-Star starter.

After seeing the result, Wang Keying complained on the phone:

"Fking idiot! What's so good about beards, this group of media is idiots, and the one-sided situation is too much. I don't believe you when you say they are not prejudiced."

Li Haoyu: "I've already guessed the result. It's okay. It's not like I won't be able to make it to the All-Star Weekend. The Rookie Challenge and the three-point contest are basically a certainty. Besides, I may be selected as a substitute for the All-Star. "

Wang Keying: "Is the All-Star substitute selected by the players and the media? In that case, you will still suffer."

Li Haoyu: "It is voted by the coaches."

Keying Wang: "Honey, do you have a good relationship with the coaches of other teams? Will they vote for you?"

Li Haoyu: "At least I can be sure that coaches vote more objectively than the media."

In San Antonio, Becky Harmon took a look at the schedule in his hand and came to Popovich's office:
"It's time to submit the All-Star ballot, have you thought it through?"

"Oh, almost forgot about that."

Popovich picked up the pen, wrote Li Haoyu on the paper without thinking, thought for a moment, wrote Lillard, and then continued to think.

Harmon reminded: "Sir, DeRozan is also on the list."

Popovich: "I almost forgot if you didn't tell me."

Afterwards, Mr. Bobo wrote DeRozan. After the backcourt was finished, the decision on the frontcourt was made quickly. The old man first wrote down Aldridge’s name, followed by Jokic, Davis, Towns , After finishing writing, handed the list to Harmon.

Looking at the list, Harmon sighed that the old man was really real. When writing the list, he wrote Li Haoyu without thinking, but almost forgot DeRozan.

The frontcourt was the first to write down Aldridge. It seems that DeRozan's performance did not satisfy the old man:

"Sir, where's the Eastern list?"

Popovich: "East, please help me make it up, I'm busy."

After finishing speaking, the old man played the video on the computer again and began to study it.

San Francisco, Steve Kerr wrote the All-Star substitute in his mind, Klay Thompson was first written in the Western backcourt, followed by Lillard, after a moment of thinking, Kerr wrote the last backcourt candidate named Li Haoyu.

The same thing happened in Denver. The Nuggets coach voted for Lillard, Li Haoyu, and Westbrook.

Donovan was more scheming and voted for Westbrook and Li Haoyu. In the last backcourt, Donovan considered voting for McCollum again and again. The reason why he did not choose Lillard or Thompson is very simple, just to separate them. The number of votes is convenient for both of my favorite generals to advance.

On January 1, in the NBA headquarters, the All-Star substitute votes had been collected, and the assistant presented the list to Xiao Hua and asked:
"Boss, the roster in the East is just as you expected. There are some changes in the backcourt in the West. Russell and Lillard were selected smoothly. Thunder guard Li Haoyu got 30 votes from the 19 coaches and squeezed out Clay. Thompson was selected for the backcourt list, do I need to do something to arrange for Thompson to be selected?"

Xiao Hua reprimanded: "Are you stupid? I ask you what our ultimate goal is."

Assistant: "For the benefit."

Xiao Hua: "It seems that you are not too stupid, our broadcast contract with Tengxing is about to expire, and they have shown a strong intention to renew the contract.

You cheated to get their Li Haoyu down, Huaguo's ratings dropped, they used this to lower the price, can you bear this responsibility? "

Assistant: "What do you mean?"

Xiao Hua: "Let him be selected smoothly. When the time comes, you can make arrangements to ensure his playing time. We must make the Chinese people happy. The father of the sponsor must take good care of him."

Assistant: "I see."

On February 2, the NBA officially announced the All-Star substitute list.

West: Aldridge, Jokic, Davis, Towns, Lillard, Westbrook, Li Haoyu.

East: Bill, Griffin, Middleton, Russell, Vucevic, Simmons, Lowry.

Li Haoyu was able to participate in the NBA All-Star Game in his first year in the league. The last player to participate in the All-Star Game as a rookie was Griffin in the 10-11 season.

Counting the starter Paul George, all three of the Thunder were selected for the All-Star Game!

At the same time, the invitation list for the Rookie Challenge was announced, and Li Haoyu was successfully selected.

After the list was announced, Westbrook called:

"Congratulations, I didn't get the same treatment as you in my rookie season, and then the three of us can have fun."

Li Haoyu: "The three of us may not necessarily be on the same team. Antetokounmpo and James have to choose."

Westbrook: "I'll say hello to the two of them, and whoever chooses George will choose the two of us."

Li Haoyu: "Brother Gui, do you have enough face?"

Westbrook: "Of course, don't worry, the three of us will definitely be on the same team."

On February 2th, the NBA officially announced the invitation list for the three-point contest, and Li Haoyu and Curry were on the list.

That night, TNT broadcast the captain selection session live. When selecting the starters, James selected Durant, Irving, Harden, and Leonard.

Antetokounmpo selected Curry, George, Embiid and Walker.

When choosing a substitute, Antetokounmpo first selected his teammate Middleton, and Li Haoyu was the second, but Westbrook was not selected for a long time, and Turtle was finally selected by James.

The Thunder had just finished playing at home, and the whole team watched the selection session together. They selected George and Li Haoyu's Antetokounmpo, but Westbrook hadn't been selected for a long time. Tie Gui looked embarrassed, and Li Haoyu asked:
"Didn't you say hello we'll be together?"

Iron Turtle was a little unhappy: "Giannis is not authentic, but LeBron and I have a better relationship and didn't abandon me. You wait, our team will definitely beat Giannis' team violently."

At this moment, James proposed to use Westbrook to trade Simmons in the Antetokounmpo team.

Iron Turtle was even more embarrassed. Just after saying that James had a good relationship with him, James traded him.

Li Haoyu patted Westbrook on the shoulder and said:

"Don't be sad, at least the three of us are in the Antetokounmpo team, aren't we?"

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