Chapter 888: Modify the Rules because Link Is Too Strong?

In 1968, Wilt Chamberlain scored triple-doubles in all games from March 8 to March 20, a total of nine games.

Chamberlain killed everyone and set a record of consecutive triple-doubles in one fell swoop.

This record has been sealed since 1968 until now. Just like his 100 points and 20,000 points in a single game, no one can match it.

But on December 19, in the game between the Grizzlies and the Bulls, Wilt Chamberlain's 46-year-old record was finally tied.

"For the first time in 46 years! Link scored a triple-double in nine consecutive games, creating a miracle!"

"Mirotic made 6 of 6 three-pointers and still couldn't save the situation. Link scored another triple-double to establish his status as a god!"

"Is it just a matter of time before surpassing Jordan? Link is writing NBA history!"

The media's crazy reports made it known to everyone that Link had recorded triple-doubles in nine consecutive games.

Mirotic made 6 of 6 three-pointers, but was only mentioned occasionally.

The Spaniard could only admit that he was unlucky. This was an opportunity for him to stand out, but in the end, it became a foil to Link's greatness.

Leveraging on his victory as the first-round vote-getter in the All-Star Game, Link became one of the players with the most consecutive triple-doubles in NBA history.

After this wave of operations, Link's All-Star votes are expected to continue to soar.

Arenas joked when he was a guest on a show, "When I was still playing basketball, the first thing I did after getting up every day was to vote for myself. But when I saw Yao Ming's vote count, I gave up. Now. , other players in the league probably feel the same way as me. However, both Link and Yao are worthy of being the top vote-getters. If you haven't played against Link, you won't know how amazing he is."

Arenas is still very friendly to Link. The three-point contest between him and Link last year made Link completely win the respect of the "general".

The whole world is caught up in the craze of voting for Link. People believe that Link can even break the record of the highest number of votes in NBA history set by Howard in 2009 this year.

However, just as Link thought, some media once again took the trouble to bring out the element of the Chinese market.

"Yao squeezed out O'Neal's All-Star starting center position in his first year in the league, but Yao's strength at that time could not be compared with Shaq. Obviously, Chinese players are suspected of 'cheating' in this regard.

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"Does anyone still remember the farce when Yi almost pushed out Garnett to become the All-Star starter? Such things are happening again with Link."

"Is Link strong? There is no doubt that he is very strong. But is he really strong enough to surpass LeBron James with twice the votes? This is very doubtful. I know that Link's nationality is different from Yao, but it still The enthusiasm of Chinese fans cannot be stopped."

These naysaying reports have appeared again. Almost every time a Chinese player gets too many All-Star votes, they will come out and cry out.

In the past, Yi Jianlian almost surpassed Garnett, which was indeed a farce. After all, Yi Jianlian averaged only 9.7 points and 6 rebounds per game in the NBA at that time. It was obviously inappropriate for him to start the All-Star Game.

But Link believes that at least he and Yao Ming deserve the title.

Why would I be questioned if I broke the record of first-round votes? If it was James who broke the record, would the media still have so many questions?

Could it be that just because you and Yao Ming both have yellow skin and black hair?

The league does not want Chinese fans to interfere with the "fairness" of the All-Star voting, but Chinese fans are also part of the fans, so why do Chinese fans' votes not count?

Link knew that the league wanted to break his dominance of the All-Stars. Of course, they also desperately need a "local hero."

Apart from his skin color, Link knew very well that his personality might not actually suit the Alliance's taste.

Link is now the face of the League, but he is not a face of the League that is favored by the officials.

He speaks profanity, makes profane remarks, and has a flamboyant personality. He also sneers at reporters from time to time, which has a very bad impact. Last season, Link was fined by the league for this.

What the league needs are "nice gentlemen" like James, Durant, and Curry. They need this group of people to maintain the positive image of the league.

And Link is an out-and-out "anti-hero". From the perspective of the league, this kind of person is not conducive to publicity.

In the history of the NBA, Link is not the only superstar who was treated differently by the league because he was too "naughty".

At that time, Iverson started a trend of street hip-hop style dressing in the league. As a result, the league issued a dress code, stipulating that players must wear formal attire to attend all team activities.

At that time, Anthony was also the darling of the league and was highly praised by the league. However, after a serious brawl in 2006, Anthony's personality suddenly changed, and the "melon" became a "social melon." The league then abandoned Anthony as a facade figure and fully embraced James.

With these lessons learned, it was not difficult for Link to predict the current situation.

But Link didn't care about these objections. Anyway, when the results of the second round of voting are released in a few days, all doubts will be self-defeating.

But Link didn't expect that the league would actually get involved in the All-Star voting the afternoon after the game against the Bulls!

It seems that they are indeed in urgent need of a brand new facade.

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"Reform of the All-Star voting system?" Link looked at the document in front of him and then looked up at Qiaogel.

"I'm afraid so. It seems that your high number of votes this time has begun to attract the attention of the alliance." Joger spread his hands.

He had just received a fax from Chris Wallace, so he immediately informed Link to read it too.

The league officially issued a document to change the rules, which requires a vote from the general managers and owners of the 30 teams across the league.

Once more than half of the people agree, the rule modification will be established and will be officially implemented next season.

This plan to amend the All-Star voting rules clearly stipulates that the All-Star starters will no longer be solely selected by fans. Both the media and players will have voting rights and will account for a large proportion.

The document also details the conversion formula for future All-Star voting: All-Star vote score = (number of fan voting division position rankings * 2 + media voting division position ranking number + player voting division position ranking number)/4, The lower the total score, the higher the final ranking.

In other words, players and media each account for 25% of the decision-making power.

To put it nicely, this is to ensure fairer voting and prevent fans from voting blindly.

But all fools know that this is actually to curb the huge base of Chinese fans and to curb Link from continuing to dominate the rankings in the future.

In order to allow the alliance to create a new facade character, we provide convenience!

"It's so fucking disgusting. You keep saying that the All-Star Game is a feast for the fans, and now you do this kind of thing..." Link shook his head. It wasn't that he couldn't bear to be the top vote-getter, but that he was Malicious targeting makes the whole person very uncomfortable.

"But then again, I am forcing the alliance to change the rules because I am too powerful, right? Hahahaha."

"Uh... I guess." Qiaogel was speechless. He thought Link would be very angry, but he didn't expect Link to regard this as an honor.

"It doesn't matter, they can do whatever they want. Maybe after changing the rules, I will still be number one? Then they will be even more embarrassed." Link shrugged and handed the document back to Qiaogel.

"Well... there's no guarantee that the new rules will pass. Chris and Perla have decided to vote no, and they're firmly on your side."

"Okay, it doesn't matter. No matter what, they will still have to watch me become the top vote-getter this year. Let's go back first, there is still a competition tomorrow." Link stood up and said goodbye to Jogel.

Mr. Joke wants to restrict Link through some special means, but he doesn't know that some superstars cannot be restricted no matter what.

The zone defense and the three-second rule failed to restrict O'Neal, and the five-second post-up still couldn't stop Duncan, Dirk and other post-up masters from killing everyone.

Link put the All-Star voting reform out of his mind.

If you have that intention, you might as well think about how to break Chamberlain's record.

After all, jokes can't resist writing Link's name into recorded history again and again.