Yi an All-Star? It Could Happen

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There is a spectre haunting the NBA and he is 7-foot tall and plays for the Nets. Marc Spears of the Boston Globe reports the league fears “an unproven player from China” could not only cut into vote totals for Lebron James and Kevin Garnett “but also challenge them for a starting forward spot” on the East. Yi Jianlian received 450,000 write-in ballots last season and “strong voting” from China could swing the vote.
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Marc J. Spears - Boston Globe
 
That's as bad as Fukudome standing next to Willie Mays at the All-Star game last year.
 
ghoti said:
That's as bad as Fukudome standing next to Willie Mays at the All-Star game last year.
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Yeah, it would be horrible.

It would put Yi into a horrible situation, in the same manner Carter was asked to step aside for Jordan.

-Petey
 
If Yi makes it (which he shouldn't), and RJ doesn't, that'll be great.
 
He got just 450,000 write in votes last year...let's say he gets an increase of 200,000 this year (somehow) if he was still on write in. That's probably not enough to beat KG and definitely not LeBron.

But the NBA is so fucking focused on marketing that they put him on the ballot. Now there's a way higher chance that he'll eclipse even 1,000,000 votes, easily making the starting 5.
 
I'd laugh. The coach would probably take him out after like the first couple possessions anyway.
 
Wait-- they didn't say his name is gonna be ON the ballot this year, did they?

I'd lose my faith in the All Stars if he gets in, not that I watch the AS game anyways. Does anybody still watch the AS game besides the dunk contest?
 
I watch the whole weekend, gives me an excuse to have friends over and stuff.

If Yi and Starbury start, I will laugh my ass off. No joke....funny shit. None of the blame should be put on Yi though.
 
This is like fear mongering from Boston/Garnett fans. Oh Noz.. they took our jorbs.. I mean votes!

Edit: This means the all-star game matters in any way? Girls with nice tits usually wins the popularity contests.
 
I think it would be funny as hell. What else could they do? Cut foreign votes into half? That would be a disaster. I'm sure a few decades from now both conferences' starting lineups will be made up of Chinese players lol. Can you imagine Yi, Harris and VC all on the team? The latter two deserve it so far this season, definitely not Yi lol
 
Right... terrible...

Let's be honest here. If you're the type of person who watches the All-Star game, it's not going to matter whether Yi's on the roster. Everyone you wanted to see will still be there. You're still gonna watch. If anything, the controversy will provide MORE viewers, at least to see whether he gets booed or not during introductions.

On the other side of the coin, you've now got 100 million Chinese people incredibly jazzed over another high profile Yi-Yao matchup. That's a TON of jerseys sold, commercials, etc.

Give the People('s Republic) what they want!
 
people actually pretending that yi has a chance to win a starting spot in the allstar game due to fan voting is the real embarrassment.

it's not going to happen. it's not going to come close to happening.
 
the east all-star starting 5 is pretty much a given.
it is Dwight at C.
LeBron and KG at the Forward spots,
and Wade and Iverson at guard.

these players are far more popular than the other players on the ballot for the east.
VC might come the closest, but he will be still pretty far.

for Yi, being put on the ballot is as much of a con as a pro.

Last season he was a write in, so chinese voters could add him, after voting for the 2 best forwards.
It was a no brainer, since who else do you write in, if you are chinese? you can only write in players, who are not on the ballot... he probably was wrote in most chinese votes.

Now, if they want to vote for Yi, they have to leave out LeBron or KG. and most of them will not do that.
I expect that Yi's votes will go down from last seasons numbers, because of being put on the ballot.
 
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wouldn't it be better for the nets if Yi does get selected over KG? It'll certainly open another fowards eyes to how popular Yi is in China. They got nike in China too you know.
 
I doubt many people even remember the starters for last year's game.
 
GMJ said:
If Yi makes it (which he shouldn't), and RJ doesn't, that'll be great.
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RJ = no chance.

Bosh, Brand, Butler, Pierce. Which one will he beat out?

Yi needs 1.5M votes at least to get in, but I doubt he will. Garnett got more votes than LeBron last year.
 
Don't forget that a lot of the Nets games are broadcast in China this season. I wouldn't put anything past a group of motivated internet users.

Especially if the Chinese government decides to help things along. ;)
 
Jontro said:
Wait-- they didn't say his name is gonna be ON the ballot this year, did they?

I'd lose my faith in the All Stars if he gets in, not that I watch the AS game anyways. Does anybody still watch the AS game besides the dunk contest?
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I do, they are rather fun, high scoring, fast paced games.

What's not to like?

-Petey
 
Don't underestimate the Chinese fanbase....trust me, asian fanbases can get crazy and dedicated and a tad over obsessive if they want to be.

I only know, cause I'm chinese....but I grew up in CA. :D
 
Hell, Sun Yue will also get written in.

He'll play more minutes in the All-star game than the entire regular season combined.
 
If he makes the All Star Game, that will be an absolute embarrassment to the league. He doesn't deserve to be there. Rookie/Soph game, sure...All Star Game...no way.
 
Until it ACTUALLY happens I won't believe all the crap that gets written about Chinese players and the all star voting. After all Wang Zhi Zhi was a Chinese player, did the Chinese fans ever voted him to start in th ASG?

In Yao's 2nd year the NY times actually conducted a research to see if it was the fans from China who voted for Yao to start ahead of Shaq. The result was rather surprising in that Yao receive most of his votes from the paper ballots, which meant he got most of his votes not from the internet but from fans attending the games. Of course it's always possible that millions of Chinese fans flew all the way across the pacific to get to an NBA arenas just to vote for Yao.

Having being in China for the Olympics and seeing first hand how popular team USA players were I highly doubt that fans there would vote for Yi ahead of say KG but I doubt this topic is going to go away until a week out from the ASG.
 
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