On December 20, Beijing time, the CBA league officially announced the all-star voting rules for the new season and announced the official start of voting. However, this time the rules brought a brutal result, directly excluding Allen Guo from the All-Star Game. Although other players had a chance to be selected, Guo Shao did not have a place.
In the past few years, Liaoning and Guangdong teams have been regulars in the selection of All-Stars, and there has even been a situation where Liaoning 4 and Guangdong 4 were selected as starters at the same time. In response, the CBA urgently changed the rules to stipulate that a maximum of three of the five players in the starting lineup in the North and South regions can be from the same team, so as to limit the selection of multiple players in the Liaoning and Guangdong teams. Despite this, Liaoning and Guangdong still have the highest player popularity.
It is foreseeable that the three superstars of the Liaoning team, Guo Allen, Zhao Jiwei and Zhang Zhenlin, as well as the three supergiants of the Guangdong team, Hu Mingxuan, Xu Jie and Zhou Qi, will basically lock the starting position. However, just as the All-Star voting was about to enter the final week, the CBA official suddenly announced a new voting rule, that is, Guo Allen was directly removed from the list of candidates, even if there were more fans in Liaoning, Guo Shao could not be included in the starting lineup.
The rules for this All-Star vote are simple: to be a starter in the All-Star Game, you must play more than 15 minutes in the first 20 rounds of the league. Not only that, but the ** person also confirmed this: "As long as you appear in the first 20 rounds and play an average of more than 15 minutes, it is enough to qualify, and there are no other requirements." For example, if a player has played only one game in the first 20 rounds but has played 16 minutes, he is eligible to be on the voting list, and as long as he is on the shortlist, even if he only plays once, he will be considered to be on the list. ”
It can be seen that this means that Zhao Rui and Zhou Qi, two superstars who have missed many games due to injury before, can also be eligible to run for the starter. Zhao Rui only played 9 games, but his average playing time reached 26 minutes per game, which met the requirements for playing time, so he was able to vote. Zhou did miss some games, but he averaged more than 15 minutes per game, so he was in line with the rules. It can be said that Guo Allen is the only player who has been excluded from this rule, and has not played a single minute in the first 20 rounds.
As soon as the rules were announced, Zhao Rui and Zhou Qi were undoubtedly very happy, they became the big winners under this regulation, and they were not affected by this change, and still had the opportunity to participate in the All-Star Game and become starters. Their popularity is evident, and as long as they are on the shortlist, they can definitely be selected. However, Allen Guo is different.
Many people are worried about the chances of the superstars who will miss Zhou Qi, Zhao Rui and Guo Allen after the new rules come out. But after a special explanation, it was found that Zhao Rui and Zhou Qi still had a chance, and it didn't matter if they were absent. It is enough to play an average of more than 15 minutes in a few games played, and even if you only play two games, you can play an average of 20 minutes per game to qualify for the starting lineup.
However, Allen Guo didn't have a chance because he didn't play. So this rule of starting qualification actually prevents Allen Guo from participating in the All-Star starting selection. It is useless for Liaoning fans to vote for him first even if they vote for him, because they can't vote for him because they don't have enough playing time. This rule is really specific to him. Obviously, as long as he played the last game, he could enter the starter, but Guo Allen just didn't play a game, and the other injured players had a chance, but he didn't.
This rule is really the most cruel thing for Guo Allen, and the CBA official does not consider the actual situation of the players. Because the All-Star starters are originally to choose those who are the most popular, not necessarily the strongest superstars, otherwise why could Yao Ming directly beat the big sharks to enter the All-Star starters as soon as he entered the NBA?Is he better than O'Neill?
Now that he has to engage in this rule, he directly deprives Allen Guo of his hope of becoming an All-Star. You must know that the all-star will be held in February and March, and Guo Shao will already be ** by then. Now that fans are not allowed to vote for him, there is such a rule, no wonder some netizens questioned: "They simply said that if they don't let Guo Allen run, won't it be over?"”