Toronto – Lonzo Ball is not one to complain.
But after his brother Lamelo Ball-the initial point for the chori hornets and the second largest scoring guard-one all-star in the league, Lonzo could not help, but raised some questions.
Was the exclusion of Lamelo to the Eastern Conference Roster a snub?
“Oh, of course,” Lonjo told the Tribune. “Some people were snatched, but he would be the head of the list.”
All-star selections are often controversial. Talent at the top of each conference is usually impossible to disperse, at least a handful of players are remembering the team despite putting comparable data for other selected contestants. For example, the ball was in a hurry to expose the Chicago Bulls team partner Zach Lavin as another player, believing that he should have been an all-star.
But the exclusion of Lamelo was historic: he is the first NBA player to lead his voting category and does not choose all-star.
Lamelo finished first in fan votes (2.4 million) and finished third in the Eastern Conference Guards in the votes (68). But he finished seventh in media voting, earning only three votes. Due to the weight of fan voting – they account for 50% of the end results, while the players and media vote count for 25% – Lamelo missed.
For Lonzo, this inequality in media and fan support did not come as a wonder. He is personally familiar with different coverage between small and big market teams. Eventually, he saw it in his entire career while going from Los Angeles from New Orleans to Chicago.
“If you watch all the sports shows, the big market teams are going to get the most pubs,” Lonjo said. “How does it just go. This is how life is. So he was probably a little harm to his opportunities due to being in Charlotte. ,
Fan voting has been a part of all-star mines since 1975, but the process has changed dramatically at that five decades. Paper ballots collected in Arenas and Movie Theaters have been replaced by the hashtag on social media, making it easier for fans of a specific player to overwhelm the voting process.
In recent years, it has criticized that fan voting may have an external impact on all-star mines, which are bound by players bonus and contract negotiations. But this year, Lonzo feels that the absence of Lamelo proves to be the opposite point – that the fan vote is not very high.
“I think they need to find a balance or simply remove votes,” Lonjo said. “There is someone who is a fan high in vote and then does not make a team, I do not understand this.” It seems that fans really do not matter. ,
For both balls, the missed selection is only reminiscent of the work, especially when the hornets struggle through another season in the east bottom.
But Lonzo hopes that his brother is encouraged in such a way that he is clearly associated with fans – not only in Charlotte, but in the entire league – with his style of playing.
Lonjo said, “No matter what he is against every night, you know that you are going to see a show.” “You know that you are looking at him that you deserve your money. It is so easy. He plays at a very fun speed. He plays his brand of basketball and he is playing in the way that He was a small child. It is no surprise that it was translated. “