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Chapter 280 The first All-Star Game in the new century! Even old fox Stern has moments of forgetfulness!

In addition to the two shocking transactions of the Spurs, another transaction is the transaction between the Los Angeles Lakers and their current number one competitor in the Western Conference, the Trail Blazers.

It's true that the management heard O'Neal's trade request, but they didn't pay too much attention to such a guy who had been on the bench for four years. They just casually spread the word in the league that they wanted to trade O'Neal. After O'Neal's news, there was no follow-up.

And the trade market for O'Neal Jr. is obviously not very good. Half of the managers in the league don't know that the Trail Blazers have such a person. Even if the other half know about him, they are not very prepared to offer a price to get him.

Again, a young insider at the end of the bench is not worth haggling back and forth. The most suitable thing for O'Neal right now is to be included in the deal as a trade addition.

But not all managers in the league are ignorant!

For example, Jerry West of the Lakers!

When this old fox inspected Kobe as early as 4 years ago, he also observed the talented newcomers of that generation.

In addition to super rookies such as Iverson, Marbury, and Raheem who are sure to become talents as long as they are not blind, West's eyes are more focused on those high school students and non-lottery players. On the body.

He has had a deep memory of O'Neal since 96. Of course, it was just a deep impression at the time. Now that times have changed, West's memory is not that good!

Even if he hadn't heard by coincidence that the Trail Blazers were going to trade O'Neal, he would have forgotten about this guy.

After all, his impression of O'Neal four years ago was only that he had good talent and strong defensive ability, but he was far from thinking that this guy had any shocking top talent.

But now, this kid has been on the bench for three years in Portland, and his mentality must have been tempered. At this time, the price is at a low point.

After West thought for a while, he called the Trail Blazers.

If it were placed in the years before Lin Tian participated in the All-Star voting, 200 million votes would definitely easily become the All-Star vote king. But this year, 200 million votes has almost become the minimum number of votes for the All-Star starter.

Lower than this? That basically means you have no chance of being an All-Star starter!

The second-highest vote-getter in the Eastern Conference is Vince Carter, who won 270 million votes! It is worth mentioning that since the positions of Carter and Christie have been swinging back and forth, it has always been very unclear who is playing two and who is playing three. Even Lin Tian didn't know until he saw the All-Star voting. thing.

According to Bird, unless there are serious injuries or uncontrollable accidents, there is a high probability that the Pacers' lineup will not change this year! He is very satisfied with the team's current performance!

What's more, there are still more than two months before the trade deadline. The reason why this year's arms race has been brought forward is because of the two transactions of the Spurs.

As the main players' playing time and statistics dropped, the substitute players' statistics naturally improved!

The best performer among them is Rashard Lewis. After a year of adapting, this sophomore has played like a top high school student this season. In January, he averaged 1 points, 8.9 rebounds and 3.1 rebounds per game. The shooting percentage is as high as 3%!

In addition to these three transactions, another large transaction came from the Chicago Bulls, Golden State Warriors and Philadelphia 76ers. The three teams revolved around draft picks, Larry Hughes and Tony Cuoco. A three-party transaction came into being.

After more than two months of fan voting, five players from each east and west became this season's All-Star starters!

Fans who had not voted for a year voted like crazy this year, unleashing their enthusiasm and successfully raising the total number of All-Star votes this season by another level!

This year's total number of All-Star votes and the number of All-Star voting champions have all gone up a notch compared to two years ago!

Well, of course, the main contributors to the votes are Lin Tian and the Chinese fans!

Except for these few transactions that may affect the league structure, the rest of the transactions are minor repairs that are not worth mentioning. As for the Pacers, of course they are sitting on the Diaoyutai and are not in a hurry.

Ok……

With the reduction in playing time, the average data of the main players has naturally declined inevitably.

After all, Reggie Miller and Gary Payton, the third and fourth guards in the Eastern Conference, only received 170 million and 160 million votes respectively, which is far inferior to Lin Tian and Iverson.

Of course, anyone who knows AC Green will know that having this insurance is the same as not having it.

Buying insurance for him to prevent him from getting hurt is the same as buying insurance for the Pacific Ocean to prevent it from drying up.

The absolute number one ironman in the NBA!

Carter was selected as an All-Star starter as a forward!

Carter became the starter as a forward, and the happiest person was of course Allen Iverson, who received 250 million votes! If Carter had signed up as a defender, then Iverson would have missed the chance to start again this year!

Not impossible, but almost certainly a waste of money!

NBA All-Star voting results for this season are announced!

And this position is basically the only starting position in the Eastern Conference that has any suspense.

The other Eastern Conference forward who started with Carter is of course also a Pacers player! Chris Webber received 230 million votes. As the second in charge of the Pacers, Webber, with his comprehensive skills and gorgeous playing style, is definitely worthy of being selected as an All-Star.

Since receiving a record-breaking 98 million votes in 400, Lin Tian has once again achieved great success this season. He received a total of 560 million All-Star votes! Looking at this number, Stern grinned from the corner of his mouth to the root of his cheek!

good! OK! Although there is no charge for All-Star voting, Stern is so happy to see Lin Tian alone receiving more than 560 million votes!

As for the center position, there is no suspense. Mourning received 210 million votes, while Ewing, who came in second, only received 90 votes, less than half of Mourning's!

Presumably, the Spurs chose to trade in advance in order to give the lineup enough time to adjust, so that the team would have more than half a season to adjust and adapt, and then prepare for the playoffs!

The data of others such as Carter, Ben, Christie, Miller, etc. have also declined to a greater or lesser extent due to the reduction in playing time.

The number one iron man in NBA history only missed 3 games in the second year of his career, leaving 13 seasons with full attendance!

It is also a very reasonable and traditional combination of two large and three small ones!

One thing that is very similar between the West and the East is: their five-man All-Star team is also almost no suspense!

So, after several back-and-forth conversations with the Trail Blazers, West got O'Neal Jr. from the Trail Blazers at the cost of two second-round picks!

Compared with the two transactions of the Spurs, almost no one paid attention to West's move. Everyone felt that this was West buying insurance for the team, in case the team's current starting power forward AC Green is injured, so someone can fill the team's fourth position.