Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 692 - 239: A Commoner GOAT is Still a GOAT!

In late January, the NBA officially announced the rosters for the Orlando All-Star Weekend's Western and Eastern Conferences.

Unlike in history, where the lockout caused the All-Star weekend to be postponed to late February of this year.

Since the famous "Big Yellow O" did not allow a lockout to happen...

The timing of the All-Star Weekend is naturally the traditional mid-February.

This year, the Warriors have three players selected for the All-Star.

Namely, Qin Yue, who once again became the leading vote-getter for the All-Star Weekend, and Nash and Wallace, who were selected by the committee as substitutes.

Last summer, Paul, who was traded to the Lakers, overpowered Nash, who received a total of 1.1 million votes, by securing 1.3 million votes in the All-Star guard position.

This season, with Curry's rise and Nash's own decline.

To be fair, Nash being able to make it to the All-Star Weekend as a substitute is mainly due to the overall quality of stars in the current Western Conference being far inferior to that of the Eastern Conference.

As for Kwame Brown, who came second in votes for the center position, just after Yao Ming...

Yet did not even make it as a substitute in the end?

"Why is it that Dwight, with his average of '15+12' statistics, can become an All-Star starter (East), while with my average of '11+10', I can't even make it to the All-Star Weekend?"

If you only look at the technical statistics, Brown's argument seems reasonable.

But...

Who let the overall quality of stars in the Western Conference, besides Yao Ming, also include Little Gasol in the center position?

This season, due to Brown's terribly low impression on the judges during matchups with Little Gasol.

So, Brown missing out on this year's All-Star Weekend is a highly probable event.

And compared to Brown's exclusion.

After the announcement of the All-Star Weekend roster...

The members of the Warriors, who didn't feel sorry for Brown for a moment, immediately began to buzz about how Howard managed to hold onto his Eastern Conference starting center position.

From an average of 12 points and 11 rebounds during the Christmas Day games to an average of 15 points and 12 rebounds in January.

Although only looking at the game scene, the respect Howard received at the Knicks is still limited.

However, under James' coaxing and cajoling, "the reasonable donkey" Howard has already started a new chapter with the Knicks.

And, it is worth mentioning...

Throughout January, knowing that Anthony couldn't shake his own starting position, James campaigned quite a lot in public on Howard's behalf.

To win over Howard, James didn't hold back his words of praise for him.

"It's thanks to Dwight's defense that we've come this far step by step," James said, "He is just like me, having to sacrifice personal statistics because the team needs it."

He is just like me.

If it were in the era that Qin Yue remembers...

As long as James dared to say he sacrificed his stats for the team, even the staunchest James fans wouldn't know how to defend him.

However, the current James indeed has the qualification to speak like this.

Because during Howard's warm-up in technical stats, James not only helped Howard with positioning to assist with rebounds but also took on a large role in facilitating Howard's scores.

It can be said, such a James is unfamiliar.

"Finer technical statistics can certainly please fans."

"But it's important to know, technical statistics can sometimes be used to win people over."

James' selflessness and teamwork, regardless of the purpose, have already established unquestionable authority for him at the Knicks.

Although many Knicks fans still prefer the Knicks DNA carried by Durant.

But Qin Yue noticed...

Since the beginning of the new year, even the New York media have started changing their narrative.

When phrases like "LeBron is leading us forward," "under LeBron's leadership," and "the Knicks led by LeBron" frequently appear in the Knicks' post-game reports...

Although Qin Yue doesn't know exactly what happened within the Knicks

But Qin Yue can confirm that Durant has completely lost his previously stable position as the team's Head of the Family.

And also, the ever-expanding stature of James has even found ways to contest off the court.

"Is Messiah the best player of this era?"

"I think this question doesn't need to be answered by me."

"Because he has long told you through his dominance in the NBA that he is the Michael Jordan of our time."

"I know I can't compare to him in many ways."

"But in my view, people should not always doubt those players who give their all every single night trying to defeat him."

"Without us, today's NBA would never be this exciting."

"Great players certainly deserve praise, but their opponents are equally worthy of admiration."

James knows very well that in today's world, there is no one who can rival Qin Yue.

Therefore....

In James' eyes, rather than continue to cast himself as Qin Yue's "lifelong rival."

It's better to openly admit he's outclassed and market himself as a tragic hero, someone who will never give up no matter how many times he's lost to Qin Yue.

"I don't need to beat him many times."

"I just need to beat him once."

"Or even if not once."

"In any case, in this era where no one can deal with him..."

"Since everyone is losing, why don't I choose to be the most special among the many losers?"

A thoroughly open-minded James, in facing the fact of being knocked down by Qin Yue with a score of 101 points, even says, "You know, Messiah has always been a player who goes all out when faced with strong opponents."

"That night, I seriously defended every possession."