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'K-pop broke NBA': GOT7 Bambam's tweet gets Andrew Wiggins All-Star spot with 3.4M votes

Bambam flaunted the 'K-pop power' of Ahgashes who voted for Golden State Warriors player Andrew Wiggins just because he asked them to

While Bambam may have shocked fans by representing the NBA team, Golden State Warriors early this January, the second youngest member of GOT7 was welcomed with wide arms by the team. This collaboration with Bambam as the brand ambassador of the team is now bearing fruit with NBA experiencing the power of K-pop fans. On January 29, it was reported that Bambam’s star power landed the Golden State Warriors player Andrew Wiggins an All-Star Starter spot.

With the release of his second solo album, Bambam is doing quite well in his music career but now his influence over millions of K-pop fans is yielding unexpected results. It was reported that player Andrew Wiggins snagged the All-Star Starter spot after he got 1 million more fan votes than his competition, Draymond Green and it was all thanks to Bambam.

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What Bambam wants, Bambam gets!

The world of basketball is now reeling thanks to the star-power K-pop idol Bambam’s one call to his fans. Ahgases responded with enthusiasm, which resulted in a win for Andrew Wiggins who got an unexpected total of 3.45 million votes, ranking third-highest in terms of fan votes among frontcourt players. Bambam, who joined the NBA team Golden State Warriors at the beginning of the season, had posted an announcement on Twitter calling his fans to vote for star player of the team, Andrew Wiggins.

Ahgashes response showed the world that there is nothing K-pop fans cannot do. As votes for Andrew Wiggins began pouring in from all over the world, Thai-born Bambam guaranteed the NBA player a shocking All-Star starter spot much to the shock of many basketball fans.

Fan votes count for 50% of the final results when an All-Star Starter player is selected in NBA games and Bambam proved just how much his fans love him and also showed the world his star power at the age of just 25 years.

'Power of Bambam'

Fans are now talking about the idols ability to help the NBA player land an All-Star spot. One fan said, "Bambam is such an interesting person I can’t believe he’s most likely responsible for causing an NBA player to become an NBA all star??" Another said, "Dynamic duo gave us an nba song now BAMBAM giving you an all star nba is thriving." One fan of NBA who wasn't quite happy with Bambam's influence show off in the NBA games said, "Warriors fans got a mf called Bambam to break the all star voting. KPOP BROKE THE NBA."

Another fan said, "Hahah bambam has so much power. He can get two warriors in the nba all star lineup we love to see it." One fan noted, "I just know more nba teams are going to be recruiting kpop idols to be global ambassadors after seeing the power of bambam." One more fan pointed, "NBA Twitter has now discovered the power of KPOP stans."