Chapter 1179 2K Disharmonious Factors

Tang Tian broke Kobe's 81-point record, which not only affected him personally or the Pelicans, but also was a major event for the global promotion of the NBA.

This can be seen from the continuous push messages sent by NBA officials.

Riding on this momentum, the Pelicans won consecutive games.

At this time, the results of the first round of All-Star voting were announced.

Tang Tian received 2 million votes in the first round, more than twice that of second-placed James.

Tang Tian has averaged 37.1 points, 10.4 rebounds, 11.6 assists, 2.1 steals and 1.5 blocks per game so far this season, with a shooting percentage of 51% and a three-point shooting percentage of 41%.

Not to mention the Pelicans and last season's record performance, in terms of data, Tang Tian performed at his absolute peak.

Such an explosive and versatile performance is also the first time in NBA history.

So this number of votes is completely reasonable.

On this day, the Pelicans happened to be hosting the Jazz.

After the game, his teammates all congratulated Tang Tian in the locker room.

The first round of voting was so explosive. Tang Tian is likely to break the voting record again this year, and is likely to raise this record to another level.

Tang Tian chatted with his teammates for a while, then got up and went to the bathroom to use the toilet.

Before he walked in, he heard someone talking inside.

"I have to talk to the coach. I haven't had much playing time. I have to apply for a trade."

"Be patient, train hard, and chances will come."

"I'm patient enough, and Jeff, your contract is only for one year. If you don't fight, you may leave the league next year."

"I believe the opportunity will come."

"Hey, you are such a nice person. I have decided that if the coach continues to be like this, I will publicly apply for a trade."

…

The exchange didn't last long. Tang Tian listened for a while, and then the people inside came out.

It's Claude and Jeff Green.

"Don."

Green saw that Tang Tian's expression was more natural.

Claude was a little nervous.

Tang Tian smiled and said nothing, said hello and went into the toilet.

The person who was said to be traded was Claude.

It is normal and humane for him to have such thoughts.

In the Pelicans' summer trade, besides Green, the second biggest reinforcement is Crowder.

Crowder was a starter for the Celtics last season, averaging 12.9 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, and has a bright future.

But after arriving at the Pelicans, not to mention not starting, I didn't compete with Siakam and Kuzma for the backup forward position, and I didn't even get into the rotation.

This kind of gap is unacceptable to everyone.

You must know that the NBA is very cruel. There are few opportunities to play in a season. Those with contracts will become garbage contracts, and those with short contracts will probably disappear from the NBA.

Tang Tian was not familiar with Claude. Even after Claude came to the team, he was relatively taciturn, so he didn't know Claude well.

But the words he just heard reminded him of something.

When I played 2K before, Crowder was a player with great trade value.

The overall rating is 80+, but the contract is long and the annual salary is only 6 million+, which is very cost-effective.

In theory, this kind of player is very popular.

But after playing it, you will find that this is not the case.

You trade him to come on the bench, and within a few days he complains about the lack of playing time and demands to be the starter.

If you don't trade, other people in the team will complain one after another.

That was a locker room bomb.

Therefore, experienced players basically abandon atypical cost-effective players such as Crowder and Beasley.

Tang Tian didn't know Claude before, but judging from the brief exchange between him and Green just now, 2K's game is quite realistic.

He heard it and did nothing immediately.

Now it's up to Stevens to see how he deals with Crowder.

Speaking of history, Stevens was Crowder's head coach with the Celtics.

But he also has to take a look at this year's free agent market in advance.

The Pelicans' summer reinforcements are actually very limited, but they now have a lot of chips on hand, including those trade exceptions.

Don't look at it as just air, but it is the favorite of many bad teams.

Time flies, and it’s late January in a blink of an eye.

Claude's mood was temporarily calmed by Stevens.

But judging from Crowder's emotions on and off the court, it just delayed the bomb.

The third round of voting for the All-Star Game was also announced at this time, and Tang Tian's votes had soared to 5 million.

With one round left in the voting results, it is already certain that he will break his previous voting record.

At this time, Tang Tian received an invitation from the league, hoping that he could participate in this year's Slam Dunk Contest and Three-Point Shootout Contest.

Tang Tian declined the dunk contest, but agreed to the three-point contest.

The reason why he agreed was that Curry had already agreed before, and he wanted to do something in the All-Star Game.

Time flies to January 25th.

On this day, the NBA officially announced the starting lineup for individual events and the main game of the 2019 Boston All-Star Game.

Rookie Challenge: Pelicans Kuzma participates, others omitted.

Skills Challenge: Omitted.

Slam Dunk Contest: Daniel Smith, John Collins, Miles Bridges, Hamidou Diallo.

Compared with last year, this year's slam dunk contest has no stars and is completely uninteresting.

Three-Point Shootout Contest: Tang Tian, ​​Curry, Russell, Joe Harris, Seth Curry, Danny Green, Hield, Walker, Lillard, Nowitzki.

But it doesn't matter, this year's three-point shooting contest has become a new focus event.

Needless to say, Tang Tian and Curry, in addition to the duel between the Curry brothers, there is also the possibility of Nowitzki retiring after the season.

These are full of attractions.

And Tatum has indeed made some good reforms, as he said before.

The number of participants in this year's three-point competition reached 10, which is the most in history.

In the first round of the main game, Tang Tian's final voting result was 7 million votes, setting a new record in NBA history.

This voting result also raised the record to a higher level again.

Experts previously thought that this result could no longer be higher, but facts have proven that as long as Tang Tian is there, everything is possible.

In the West, except for Tang Tian, ​​the remaining four starters are Harden, Durant, Leonard, and James.

It is worth mentioning that this is the first time Harden has emerged from the double-teaming of Curry and Tang Tian to become the starter.

He averaged 32 points per game this season, and his performance as a father and mother is remarkable.

In the East, the starting five are Walker, Irving, DeRozan, Antetokounmpo, and Horford.

Compared with the west, the stars in the east this year are still dim.

However, Tatum has previously announced that he will conduct team selection this year like last year.

It's just that last year it was Tang Tian's team and James' team, and this year it's Tang Tian's team and Antetokounmpo's team.