Yao would have been named to two All-Star Games by coaches.Yao would have started three All-Star Games, not eight.All eight as a starter chosen solely by NBA fans.Ī Dream Shake review which is about to waste use 10 minutes of your time has determined: Yao entered the Hall of Fame last year and is having his number retired by the Rockets next month with eight All-Star team berths to his name. These are legit concerns, and a change to the system was destined from the minute NBA contracts began to use All-Star games and starter slots as an incentive qualifier.īut in a historical context this new All-Star voting reality, along with the elimination of the center position in favor of three “frontcourt” spots would have hampered the accolades collected by Houston Rockets legend and international NBA darling Yao Ming. He was another in the long line of near-misses of a fan vote revolt, like his predecessors Yi Jianlian, who finished third at forward in Eastern Conference forward balloting, and Bruce Bowen, who finished third at forward in Western Conference forward balloting in the same season (or John Scott for that matter). Instead of fan voting being the sole determinant for the NBA All-Star starters, the league has now split the responsibility into an electoral college that works as so: 50%: fan votes, 25% NBA player votes and 25% media member votes.Īt its core this system was created to keep Zaza Pachulia at home during All-Star weekend. The NBA deemed this a dangerous development and introduced the new and shiny NBA voting system that may as well be the NBA’s Electoral College.

Voters in the Republic of Georgia, a former member of the USSR, used the internet to overwhelm last year’s NBA fan voting on behalf of their man, Zaza Pachulia. It’s a hilarious comparison to current events.

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