Chapter 904: Chapter 286: Thanks to the Lakers for Delivering a Dynasty
His stats so far are quite good:
He averages 15.6 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 9.8 assists per game.
His average assists are ranked 3rd in the entire league.
He’s the most All-Star-like forward in the Eastern Conference!
On the afternoon when the results came out, Dior went to the locker room to meet Su Wan for the first time, and gave him a gift:
A "Green Water Ghost" watch!
Getting into the All-Star starting lineup was crucial, and Su Wan had helped him get votes.
Of course, he had to show his gratitude.
And that was not all.
During the lunch break, Su Wan hosted a mahjong game, and he frequently lost to Su Wan, losing almost $10,000.
When the game ended, he even gave Su Wan a cigar...
What more could Su Wan say?
Dior’s good fortunes are yet to come!
On the Western side, Kobe was the "second most popular," and joining him in the backcourt was...
LeBron James!
His vote count wasn’t actually high, just over a million.
However, since the Western Conference backcourt lacked strength, the original starting guard at this time was Chris Paul.
But competing against Kobe, most of the Los Angeles people voted for Kobe.
This allowed LeBron to "sneak in" at the last moment with a 70,000 vote lead.
The most competitive position in the West was forward:
Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant, and Blake Griffin had an intense competition, ultimately won by Kevin Durant and Griffin.
Anthony was very dissatisfied, but there was nothing he could do.
The competition for the Western center position wasn’t intense, with Howard securing the starting spot, pulling away by about 700,000 votes from the second place.
In this era, centers really have no presence.
The spotlight mainly falls on perimeter players...
This was further exemplified in the Eastern Conference’s fifth position!
The final starting player for the Eastern fifth position was Marc Gasol...
He successfully beat Kevin Love with a vote count of 920,000 against 850,000!
There are already reports from officials:
The center position will be canceled and included in the forward positions for future voting!
Of course, this season’s final list was officially confirmed.
The Eastern starting lineup includes Su Wan, Derek Rose, Chris Bosh, Boris Dior, and Marc Gasol.
The New York Knicks shine brighter, with two starting All-Stars.
And on February 3, when the league announced the All-Star reserve players, the Knicks’ "star quality" became even heavier!
Stephen Curry entered this year’s Eastern reserve bench as a reserve All-Star.
This was also his first career selection to the All-Star lineup!
Notably, James Harden also made it into this year’s final Western All-Star team.
"09 generation" after Blake Griffin, two more players completed their transformation!
Barkley began bringing up old scores: "Those who said the 09 generation was a weak draft year must feel awkward now!"
Additionally, some media also went through past predictions, looking into Su Wan’s predictions about these "future stars."
Since 2008, when he first predicted Derek Rose, he has consistently predicted a lot.
And now, many players have reached the heights he predicted:
Derek Rose truly became a regular season MVP caliber player in just 3 years, and Su Wan’s 4th Regular Season MVP was won competing against him. Rose was second in the regular season MVP rankings because of Su Wan’s presence.
But many media outlets say that if it wasn’t for Su Wan, if it was someone else in the league, Derek Rose would have triumphed in the end!
Currently, Kevin Durant is first in the regular season MVP rankings.
The reason is that James Harden’s departure did not affect the Thunder’s performance; the Thunder even became the top in the Western conference!
As long as the Thunder maintains this position, Kevin Durant will undoubtedly become the NBA’s new Regular Season MVP.
This aligns precisely with Su Wan’s earlier prediction that Kevin Durant would first become a "Season Scoring King" and then a Regular Season MVP.
More importantly, he pointed out James Harden and Stephen Curry during a time when everyone underestimated the "09 generation."
Now the two of them have both reached new heights in their careers, both making it into this year’s All-Star Weekend.
What’s more impressive is that Su Wan did not favor OJ Mayo, whose performance has declined year by year. The latest news is that the Grizzlies are considering trading OJ Mayo, but his trade market value does not meet the Grizzlies management’s expectations, making them very hesitant!
But OJ Mayo’s declining stats prove that reaching his template "Kobe vs. Jordan" height is unlikely; even becoming an All-Star player is challenging.
Reporters asked Su Wan why his predictions were so accurate.
Su Wan gave a mysterious smile: "Well, it’s just a feeling!"
Additionally, the lists for the three major challenge events have also been announced.
Initially, most media outlets and fans were excited about the "Tsunami Brothers" going head-to-head at the Three-point Shooting Contest. But in the end, Stephen Curry’s name appeared on the "Three-point Shooting Contest" list, but Su Wan’s name was not there.
Su Wan said: "I thought it would be an interesting topic, but then I realized this year’s All-Star Weekend is in Houston, and I don’t want to complete something so interesting at the Toyota Center!"