No.1 in basketball scoring-Chapter 179 - 105. Just secretly be happy about it_3

Compared to the ranting about the Bobcats starting two All-Stars, fans are even more critical of this year’s All-Star head coach.

The Pistons with a 39-7 record and the Spurs at 36-10 are currently leading the Eastern and Western conferences respectively, with a noticeable gap between them and the second place in their respective divisions, essentially locking in their coaches as the All-Star head coaches.

A fan expressed their despair — is the nightmare of last year’s Finals going to repeat itself during the All-Star weekend?

The Pistons’ style of play this season is completely different from before, combining offense and defense seamlessly, and its entertainment value doesn’t fall short of the Timberwolves’ "Big Three" era. They have been leading the league standings since the regular season began, yet their television ratings are even lower than last season.

Many people don’t even know that the Pistons changed their style of play this season, or that they have a new head coach, because the psychological shadow cast by last season’s Finals is just too deep...

On the media side, there are more people analyzing how much money Jordan is going to make than criticizing Zhang Yang for being selected as a reserve rookie in the All-Star starting lineup.

At the beginning of the season, even before training camp started and without having played a single preseason game, Jordan hastily began acquiring shares of the Bobcats. He was even mocked by the media at the time, but now all you hear is praise.

The teams that didn’t pick Zhang Yang are now regretting it so much it’s killing them.

Zhang Yang isn’t just an All-Star starter himself; he can even bring along a teammate to start in the All-Star game!

What’s the biggest significance of having two All-Star starters from one team? Money!

By the afternoon, the benefit of having two players elected as All-Star starters was apparent for the Bobcats — they announced the ticket prices for February, with an average increase of 30%, and the prices for the best seats even doubled.

Even with such a price hike, the Bobcats weren’t worried about selling tickets!

Half a month ago, at the end of the NCAA mid-season break, the Carolina region officially stated for the first time that Zhang Yang is Carolina’s NBA star and a member of the Carolina basketball family.

With Carolina’s official endorsement, Zhang Yang’s recognition among Carolina basketball fans has greatly increased. Now that Zhang Yang has been selected as an All-Star starter, the fans are naturally even more eager.

Zhang Yang has been busy for most of the day.

Soon after the announcement of the All-Star starters, he began giving interviews.

By noon, he finally got a chance to rest, only to see a pile of congratulatory texts and missed calls on his phone...

He replied to the texts from Yao Ming, Paul, Kobe, and Iverson, players he had met once or twice but wasn’t close with.

He returned calls one by one to his parents, high school coach, DeRozan, Harden, Tatum... and others.

His relatives and friends were all thrilled about his selection as an All-Star starter, and of course, he was happy too. But he chose to be happy in his heart rather than show it; he was aware his skills were not yet on par with an All-Star. During interviews, he kept praising the other All-Star starters, while he himself just enjoyed the moment in secret.

His agent was also very calm; he did not call him until before the warm-up time in the evening, informing him about the bonuses he’d get from various endorsement brands for being selected as an All-Star starter, the upcoming exclusive interviews, and his schedule during the All-Star weekend.

After hanging up on his agent, Zhang Yang refocused on warming up for the game, against another exciting opponent.

At 6:40 in the evening, Zhang Yang stood at the entrance of the players’ tunnel, watching the last man to enter the court — LeBron James.

It’s hard to comment on the future LeBron, when someone reaches the summit, they change, their person and their heart. But the current LeBron is strong, his game aggressive, highly entertaining to watch... a leader among the new generation of players!

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