My Name is Kobe Bryant

"COME ON! Brother, don't frown. It's just a loss in the regular season. The season is still long." On the Lakers flight back to Los Angeles, O'Neal looked at Kobe who was depressed after the loss.

"Shaq, you need to know one thing. If you can have the first record in the league this season, no, as long as it is the first record in the Western Conference. You are the MVP of the regular season! Don't you want to be an MVP at all?"

Kobe's words made O'Neal stunned, he really didn't think about the MVP. There are many superstars in this era, and he doesn't think that he, who is only 24 years old, has a chance to win the most valuable player of the regular season.

"Is there really a chance?"

"Of course! The American media will no longer give Jordan the MVP unless he has a record of more than 72 wins. This year's MVP will definitely be given to players other than Jordan. You must know that most of the MVP is judged by the regular season record and attaches importance to the regular season Play the best record, we will remain No. 1 in the league until the end of the season, and the MVP is yours!"

Makes sense! O'Neill's eyes lit up. Didn't he come to Los Angeles just to win the honor? The MVP is second only to the championship honor.

"Understood." Shaq's expression straightened, and he decided to exert his strength in the next game.

"Boss, the results of the first round of All-Star voting are out!" Know-it-all Fisher took out a newspaper and handed it to Kobe.

Western center Hakeem Olajuwon had 710,000 votes, Shaquille O'Neal had 650,000 votes, and David Robinson had 370,000 votes.

The starting center in the Western Conference will definitely be produced between Olajuwon and O'Neal. Although Olajuwon is temporarily leading, O'Neal has a great chance to overtake.

David Robinson was reimbursed for the season and still got 370,000 votes, which is also very surprising.

Western forward Charles Barkley had 920,000 votes, Sean Kemp had 860,000 votes, Karl Malone had 650,000 votes, and Kevin Garnett had 240,000 votes.

The popularity of the Big Three in Houston and the Supersonics, the last Western Conference champion, is still hot. Compared with Karl Malone in Utah, fans prefer these two power forwards, and Garnett's popularity is also very good.

Western Conference guard Gary Payton 600,000 votes, John Stockton 520,000 votes, Kobe Bryant 480,000 votes, Clyde Drexler 450,000 votes, Jason Kidd 440,000 votes, Eddie -Jones 180,000 votes, Mitch Richmond 170,000 votes.

Kobe Bryant's number of votes ranks third among Western guards! Only 40,000 votes behind Stockton! As more and more people realize that Kobe is a rising star of tomorrow, he has a great opportunity to surpass Stockton and be selected as the starter of the Western Conference All-Star.

But it can also be seen from the votes that the competition for Western guards is fierce. There are Peyton Stockton in the front, and Drexler and Kidd in the back. These players all have absolute All-Star strength.

The votes of Eddie Jones and Richmond really reflect the importance of the ball market. Eddie Jones currently averages 16.9 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.4 steals per game.

And Richmond scored 25.9 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.3 steals. Just looking at the data, the gap between the two players can be seen to be very large, but in the big city of Los Angeles, the support of the fans, their vote is pizza Clemento is much more. This is why current stars like to run to big cities.

Charles Barkley is the king of votes in the West, and the current 920,000 votes far exceed other players.

The Eastern Conference vote leader is Jordan, who won the fourth crown. He is the only one in the league with 1.23 million votes in the first round! Jordan won the fourth championship and finally did not lag behind Grant Hill in the All-Star voting.

Eastern center Patrick Ewing had 670,000 votes, Alonzo Mourning had 490,000 votes, and Dikambe Mutombo had 270,000 votes.

Eastern frontcourt Grant Hill ranked second in the league with 930,000 votes, Scottie Pippen with 840,000 votes, Dennis Rodman with 440,000 votes, and Chris Webber with 190,000 votes.

Hill and Pippen have already sat firmly in the frontcourt of the East, and no other players can pose a threat to them.

Eastern backcourt Michael Jordan 1.23 million votes, Anfernee Hardaway 560,000 votes, Allen Iverson 230,000 votes, Joe Dumars 210,000 votes, Tim Hardaway 200,000 votes.

The league's three most popular kings are Jordan, Hill, and Penny. This time Penny Hardaway's votes dropped sharply. This is because O'Neal took away a large number of fans who like Magic. Coupled with the poor team leadership record and injuries, it is understandable that Penny's popularity has dropped sharply.

The current All-Star selection method is 12 in the Eastern Conference and 12 in the Western Conference. Among them, 5 starters are determined by fans' votes, and 7 substitutes are selected by the head coaches of each team.

Therefore, the current vote popularity does not represent the final candidate for the competition. The starting lineup will be based on the fans' preference, but the substitute will be selected under the professional judgment of the league head coach, so as to avoid the failure of some stars in small markets.

For example, Glen Rice of the Charlotte Hornets, you must know that his average of 26.8 points per game ranks third in the league! Second only to Jordan's 30.5 and Malone's 27.4.

But he couldn't even be seen in the voting in the Eastern Conference frontcourt! This is the tragedy of the small ball market.

This year's All-Star will be held in Cleveland, with the Rookie Challenge on February 7, the Slam Dunk Contest on 2.8, the Three-Point Contest, and the All-Star Game on 2.9.

There is only one month left before the All-Star weekend will begin.

The rookie challenge and slam dunk contest Kobe is definitely going to participate.

But in the main game, Kobe is still not 100% sure that he will be selected. Kobe felt that the All-Star must also be a hard honor, and wondered whether his life achievement level would increase after being selected.

In recent years, only Hill and O'Neal have been selected as rookies to the All-Stars. The earlier ones were Jordan Bird and the magician.

Not a 100% superstar embryo, and with super popularity, it is impossible to be selected for the All-Star game in his rookie year.

Kobe has strength, but his popularity is not as good as those of the chosen ones who have attracted a lot of attention since college. The popularity of the No. 1 pick and the No. 13 pick are not at the same level.

If Kobe wants to be selected for the All-Star Game, the easiest way is to continue to perform well to attract fans and strive for the starting lineup. If he does not make it to the starting lineup, the team coach may not necessarily choose Kobe.

The NBA also has a tradition of seniority ranking, and it is very difficult for a rookie player to be selected as an All-Star substitute by the league coaches. Allen Iverson in the last life was selected as an All-Star in the fourth season in the 99-00 season, and he was selected as a starter. You must know that Iverson's popularity and strength in the first three seasons are completely worthy of a substitute, which is what the league coaches like. Choose some familiar faces, so they lose consecutively.

In the last life, Kobe was selected as an All-Star in the 97-98 season in the second year of his career, and he was also a starter.

why? At that time, Kobe was still playing as a substitute, and Kobe only started 7 games in the first two years of his career.

It is the big ball market of Los Angeles, coupled with Kobe's gorgeous style of play that is deeply loved by fans, as well as the hat of Jordan's successor and the hat of the slam dunk contest champion, which made fans put a substitute student on the starting lineup of the All-Star.

In this life, Kobe estimates that if he is not selected as a starter, 80% of these wicked coaches will still not select himself as an All-Star. So must vote!

How to canvass? Of course, use the performance on the field! If Kobe didn't have the 55 points, the number of votes would definitely be a lot less now, so the performance on the field is the best way to attract popularity. In Los Angeles, if you play well, you don't have to worry about not being liked by fans.

Especially in the next consecutive home games, there will be no shortage of strong opponents and live broadcasts across the United States. Kobe plans to make some big news.

How about a seven-game 40+ home game?