The No.1 Anti-Fans in Basketball-Chapter 187 - 123: All-Star Runner-Up in Voting_2

Hansen was now standing in the designated spot, with staff members having already cleared the area for him.

The song progressed, pushing the emotion higher.

"...It’s a love story, Baby just say yes."

As Swift sang these lines, the music at the venue abruptly stopped.

Before the fans could react to what was happening, the spotlight suddenly focused intensely on Hansen’s position.

Hansen was also projected onto the venue’s huge LED screen.

"I got tired of waiting, Wondering if you were ever coming around"

The song continued, and Hansen began to walk towards the stage along the pre-designed route.

This scene was truly crazy, and really fitting for the current Swift, the most romantic thing.

The venue was now filled with sudden screams and cheers.

Among the fans, very few were genuinely into basketball; if Hansen was an American football player, his fame might have been greater in the United States.

But with basketball, unless you’re at Kobe’s level, you’re pretty much just another face in the crowd.

So their knowledge of Hansen was mostly just from paparazzi photos.

Because of the lighting and the camera resolution of the era, Hansen’s appearance was actually pretty blurred.

But now, Hansen stood in front of them, so clear and so handsome.

This was nothing like what they had imagined.

Because the strongest impression they now had was that Hansen was entirely worthy of Swift.

Even when Hansen walked to the center of the stage, took Swift’s hand, and appeared within the same frame, they felt that in terms of looks, it was Swift who was worthy of Hansen.

A smile was on Hansen’s face at that moment.

Though he had prepared beforehand and even rehearsed, actually experiencing such a scene was amazing.

Romantic things, actually, might not all be bad.

However, what was slightly different from what he had imagined was that his Anti-Fans System didn’t change much.

It seems like all the fans who could come to the venue were hardcore Swifties.

At the end of the song, Swift also went big.

"I promised Han that if he could be selected as a starter for the NBA All-Star game, I would sing at the halftime show of the All-Star game."

Hansen turned his head in surprise at that moment because Swift had not mentioned this before.

But this was very Swift, surprise and romance co-existing.

Hansen also realized that this would be the game-winner.

No matter how hard the Spurs or other teams’ fans tried, this year there would be a spot for him in The West’s All-Star starting backcourt.

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Two days later, the third round results of the All-Star voting came out, and Hansen’s votes had already surpassed Paul, trailing only behind Kobe.

If it hadn’t been for the changes at East University, Hansen might even have had a chance to overtake Kobe as the top vote-getter for the All-Star game.

At the same time, the Grizzlies had some bad news.

Guy was diagnosed with a dislocated shoulder after a collision with Anderson.

There are two ways to treat this kind of injury: conservative treatment or surgery.

If he opted for surgery, the recovery period would be 4 to 6 months, which also meant that Guy would miss the rest of the season.

So Guy had wanted to try conservative treatment, hoping to recover in time, especially since the Grizzlies were having a successful season, and he was looking forward to his first playoff run.

But the treatment wasn’t optimistic, and after half a month with no significant improvements, he was forced to opt for surgery.

After changing his style of play, Guy’s importance to the Grizzlies was undeniable.

His sudden absence was a heavy blow to the team.

Hansen was also very angry when he heard the news.

Damn it, if they run into the Spurs in the playoffs, he was going to beat them mercilessly!

Guy being out for the season caught the Grizzlies’ management off guard. freewebnσvel.cѳm

They had to set their sights on the trade market, looking for possible trades.

Hollins was also troubled; the Grizzlies didn’t have many scoring options to begin with, and with the bench’s scoring level, it was hard to fill the gap.

Before the management could come up with any trade prospects, he had no choice but to stick to the previous strategy and let Sam Young fill in for the meantime.

Young was a lower-tier version of Guy, not as good at handling the ball, and with poorer coordination. He lacked a reliable three-point range but had a decent mid-range game and was active on defense.

On this rest day, Hansen was practicing mid-range shooting.

After finishing a round, he sat down to rest beside the court.

It had been more than a month since he had received the "Classical Master," and his training progress was on schedule, but it seemed to him not fast enough.

Because it had taken him all summer to train his three-point shot, continuing at this rate, he would need until the end of the season.

It seemed that he would need to look for workouts with West as his training partner after some time.

From the experience he had gathered from training other talents, he knew that training under defensive pressure always provided better results.

After training, he returned to the locker room. When he came out from the shower, he unexpectedly found Tony Allen there.

Seeing his sweat-drenched appearance, he must have gone for strength training.

Allen had joined the Grizzlies with him last summer, but due to previous experiences and competing for the same position, they hardly communicated.

However, seeing Allen now, Hansen had some ideas.

After all, strictly in terms of defensive capabilities, Allen was far superior to West.

Hansen flipped through his locker and found an unopened portable music player.

"Tony," Hansen said with a smile, picking it up and walking towards Allen.

Allen looked surprised; Hansen’s sudden warmth caught him off-guard.