Chapter 77 All-Star Voting

The day after Bowen was injured, a reporter followed up to report on his injury. Zheng Yang's knee was indeed merciless and the opponent most likely needed one of his testicles removed.

As for the return time, it is not yet determined!
The league also issued a notice on the incident, and they also stated that Zheng Yang's knee was indeed accidental, so no punishment was imposed.

At the same time, I hope Bowen can recover from his injury as soon as possible and return to the court.

Bowen, who had just finished surgery on the hospital bed, was stunned when he heard the news.

I lost all my eggs, but the other party is fine?
Are you referees blind?

You actually let this player who has no professional ethics continue to play on the court?

In addition to being angry, Bowen also felt a wave of regret.

What is he planning?

It's just a regular season game, why should he provoke others?

Now, an egg is gone!

Does Bowen want revenge?
Of course he thought about it. He wished that the other party would return fire with an egg.

But he knew that the other party was a ruthless person. If he dared to make any more small moves, the other party would definitely be ruthless. He only had one egg left and could not withstand such a torment from him!
For the sake of his future life, Bowen has made up his mind that no matter what, he will never provoke the other party again.

His sexual happiness in the second half of his life is the most important thing!

……

At this moment in the NBA president's office, the secretary was reporting the situation to David Stern.

David Stern, who had listened to the whole process, had a stern expression on his face and gave orders.

"Communicate with the Spurs and ask them to control Bowen. If he does those dirty moves in the game again, I promise he will pay the price."

David Stern was very angry. He knew exactly which players in the league were most fond of playing tricks. The reason why he rarely punished them before was because he knew that basketball was a competitive sport after all, and some tricks were normal.

But this time Bowen actually targeted Zheng Yang.

Zheng Yang is now a new star promoted by David Stern, and he is expecting him to bring the NBA's ratings back to its peak.

He has invested a lot of resources in him, and if something really happens to him, it will be a huge loss.

You can call him hypocritical, but so what?
He can put on a brilliant performance on the court, win the love of countless fans and media off the court, and attract so much attention and popularity to the NBA, so he is qualified to be double-standarded.

"One more thing. This season's All-Star voting is about to begin. Should we continue to vote for Zheng this year..."

The secretary continued to ask, and David Stern shook his head.

“Just count according to the actual situation.”

The person he wants to support this year is Zheng Yang, so there is no need to deliberately lower his votes. At the same time, given his popularity in the United States and China, there is no need for him to do anything to help him get into the All-Star starter.

This year, he is fully capable of achieving this position in terms of both strength and popularity.

It is easy to support Zheng Yang. As long as you ensure that his competition environment is fair and just, he will be able to win various honors on his own.

It's nothing like LeBron in Cleveland. No matter how much effort you put in, you still can't promote him in the end.

……

Zheng Yang naturally remembered clearly that the All-Star voting was about to begin. He had suffered a lot in last year's All-Star Game, so he naturally wanted to show off his wealth this time.

Therefore, in recent post-game interviews, he has been calling on fans to vote for him. His goal this year is to be an All-Star starter.

CCTV is also planning to do an exclusive interview with Zheng Yang before the All-Star Game. Given Zheng Yang's current popularity in China, even without this interview, there will still be many fans who will vote for him.

But having an interview makes it seem more formal and also shows that they care about Zheng Yang.

This player is very popular now. If a player who ranks first in scoring per game in the NBA this season joins their national team, it will immediately bring the team to another level.

Plus the increasingly mature Yao Ming...

Countless people are looking forward to the Beijing Olympics four years later, when the Chinese team will surely achieve a very good ranking.

……

This time, CCTV arranged for Mr. Yu Jia to interview Zheng Yang. The group landed in Dallas on the evening of December 12, and Zheng Yang still went to the airport in person to pick them up.

"Hello, Teacher Yu Jia! Hello, everyone! Thank you for coming all the way here!"

As soon as he saw Yu Jia, Zheng Yang greeted him warmly.

Yu Jia was still very young at that time, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses. He listened to Zheng Yang's words and waved his hands repeatedly.

"You're welcome. This is all work-related."

As expected of a professional host, he speaks in a clear and articulate voice.

Zheng Yang then took them to dinner, then to the hotel to rest, and then came to the stadium for an interview the next day.

The background of this interview is still set in the stadium. After interviewing Zheng Yang, CCTV plans to interview Nelson Sr. about his evaluation of Zheng Yang.

I won't go into too much detail about the content of the interview. The topic of the conversation was about Zheng Yang's outstanding performance this season. Zheng Yang shared some stories about basketball on and off the court. The core idea is hard work and self-discipline. His current level has nothing to do with talent. The key is hard work, yes, that's right!
After the interview here, Yu Jia came to old Nelson again. The latter was also informed in advance of Yu Jia's purpose of visit. He expressed his welcome for the interview.

"I have so much to say about Zheng.

He is a great player and has all the qualities a basketball star should have.

He is focused, self-disciplined, and hardworking...

You can often see him practicing alone on the court. He devotes himself to the game, encourages his teammates, and takes on many important tasks on the court!
I mean, it's an honor to coach players like that."

Old Nelson's evaluation of Zheng Yang is quite high, and there is no hypocrisy in his words.

He really likes Zheng Yang as a player, and he is always grateful for the deal he made at the draft that year.

If he had missed Zheng Yang at that time, it would have been a lifelong regret for him.

After the interview, Yu Jia touched his nose a little embarrassedly, and then took out a Zheng Yang jersey from the bag.

"Zheng Yang...can you give me a jersey signed by you?"

He actually likes Zheng Yang very much. After all, Zheng Yang's playing style is really attractive to fans. Barkley once said something very true.

"Once you see Zheng's game, you will definitely fall in love with him."

Zheng Yang certainly had no objection to this. He also respected Jia very much. After all, when he watched the games in his previous life, he was often deeply moved by his literary and emotional commentary.

After signing the jersey handed to him by Yu Jia, the two took a photo together as a souvenir.

After the interview, Yu Jia and his team immediately boarded a plane to Houston. They were going to do an exclusive interview with Yao Ming before returning home.

今年的全明星投票时间定在了12月19号晚上20点——1月21号中午12点。

Fans have plenty of time to vote for their favorite stars and help them enter the All-Star starting lineup.

The current voting channels include offline voting and online voting, but since the Internet in this era was not as developed as it is in later generations, the former is the main source of All-Star votes.

All the major basketball stars have been campaigning for themselves in front of the media, hoping that they can get more votes this year and be able to make the All-Star starter.

……

Far away in Akron, at Chris High School, head basketball coach Joe Weems gathered his players together after a day of practice.

"Hey dear kids, the NBA All-Star voting is about to start, please remember to cast your precious vote for Zheng who walked out of our school last summer.

That's a pretty good player who should be an All-Star starter this year.

You can also mobilize your family and friends and call on everyone to vote for Zheng. ”

It is not new to hear the name Zheng from Joe Wims. In fact, Joe Wims likes to use Zheng as their role model in normal training.

"If it was Zheng, he would definitely..."

"Zheng trains hard every day."

"If everyone was like you, even with Zheng's physical talent, he would never make it to the NBA."

Normal high school students would usually have hostility towards the examples set by their teachers, but this did not happen with this group of young people.

Because these kids from the high school team are basically all Zheng’s fans.

The freshmen and sophomores here could have gone to better high schools, but because Jax High School is Zheng’s alma mater, they chose here.

They want to be closer to their idols, just like NBA stars want to play for the Bulls.

After hearing what Joe Wims said, the group of young people nodded quickly. If they didn’t support Zheng, who else could they support?

Zheng is what every teenager who loves playing basketball has in mind.

He became famous at a young age, has a gorgeous playing style, and can always give a powerful response to various provocations.

Which teenager doesn't wish he could be like him?

Joe Weems also smiled and nodded. After losing Zheng, Jacks High School's record plummeted, but he was in a good mood every day.

After all, those days of winning the championship are enough for him to reminisce for a lifetime!
……

After learning about the All-Star voting, fans far away in China also wrote letters overnight to prepare to vote.

This year, CCTV broadcast the Mavericks' games many times, making countless Chinese teenagers who love basketball regard Zheng Yang as their idol.

Of course they also like Yao Ming, but they have a special liking for Zheng Yang, who has a flamboyant and explosive style of play.

They take Zheng Yang's famous saying "Everything is possible" as their motto, engrave it on their desks, and use it to motivate themselves to study or play.

Even without the media's call, they would still vote for Zheng Yang. Most of them don't quite understand the benefits of entering the All-Star Game.

But they know that this is the time to compete in terms of the number of fans.

When it comes to numbers, the Chinese have never been afraid of anyone!
(End of this chapter)