The Godfather of Basketball

Sean Livingston.

When Stevens talked about this player, Tang Tian remembered it all of a sudden.

When he first debuted, he was a proud man and a tall point guard with excellent dribbling and organizational skills. He is known as the "magic successor".

But a foot fracture of ninety degrees in a layup in 2006 directly caused the basketball genius to fall.

He remembered that in the previous life, the videos of Livingston's injuries belonged to that kind of forbidden series, and those with bad hearts dare not watch them.

After returning from injury in the previous life, he continued to run in the NBA. After several ups and downs, he eventually served as Curry's first substitute. He won two championships with the Warriors. After a low post, he was comparable to a textbook, and he was an inspirational representative of the injured player Already.

However, at this time, Livingston was still wandering around the teams and had not found his place.

This season, the Wizards also have few opportunities to play. After being laid off in November last year, he didn't find his next home. He is still a free agent.

Livingston's possession is very stable, and backhand can also enrich the team's substitute tactics, but now there are 15 people on the team list, to sign Livingston must trade one.

Reggie Jackson is an option, but after trying that for a while, his trading value has reached the bottom of the valley, and it is obviously a loss to trade him out at this time.

And Kidd retires next season, the team also needs a third point guard, Jackson's draft pick is not high, belongs to the kind of cheap contract, leaving no harm.

After Tang Tian and Stevens finished talking, they took out the team list and looked.

The starting five tigers and Harden must not be able to move. Of the remaining players, Tucker and Brown are the core rotations, and they must not be moved. Middleton, Bezmore and Oquin are all high-quality rookies. Gotta keep it.

Excluding Jackson, the three remaining people are Collison, Sefolosha, and Cole Aldridge.

Collison is good and cheap, and in the team's 10 years, it is a large locker room, it seems suitable for trading, only Sovlosa and Aldridge left.

Middleton's recent outstanding performance has crowded out Sefolosha, a defensive player. After Durant and Harden's defense have improved, the Thunder have become less important. As for Aldridge has always been a third center reserve, Brown signed a long-term contract, he is relatively dispensable.

Tang Tian called Jones to the office and asked him to put Sefolosha and Aldridge on the shelf in private to see the market situation first.

After getting this done, Tang Tian went on a plane to Houston with San Shao.

Except for the match day, this is the first time that Tang Tian returned here since leaving Houston three years ago.

This is the starting point of his coaching career, it is like a first love girlfriend, and then seeing a familiar and strange feeling.

And it is very interesting that the last time the All-Stars settled in Houston happened to be 2006, Tang Tian missed it perfectly, this time it was the last part of his rocket plot.

The first day of the game was not disturbed, and the most attention was still the rookie.

This year's rookie game is still divided into Barkley and O'Neill. In the end, Barkley beat O'Neill with 32 points by Irving and 40 points by Faried. "Half Orc" Faried made 18 of 22 Outstanding performance of 40 points and 10 rebounds won the rookie MVP.

The next day will be the highlight of the All-Star Game. The Skills Challenge, Three-Point Contest, and Dunk Contest will take turns.

Tang Tian took Anna to the side of the field.

Although the Thunder did not participate in the three-pointer contest or the dunk contest, in addition to participating in the main game, Harden also participated in the skill challenge on behalf of the West.

In order to attract the attention of fans, the All-Star Game is introducing new games every year. This year, the single event has been combined into a team game.

In the case of the skill challenge, the three teams in the east and west are divided into two teams, and the winning team will have a 30-point point advantage, and then the best performers in their respective teams will make the finals.

The new game system naturally attracts more attention from fans.

The list of skills matches this year is much less than last year. On the east side is a combination of Hollodi, Brandon Knight and Jeff Teague. On the West side, Jeremy Lin fights at home. And James Harden and defending champion Parker.

After the preliminary round, the East Force took 3 seconds faster than the West Force and won a 30-point advantage.

The final was played between Hollodi (29.38) and Harden (29.3).

Holloday is a point guard. He must pass Harden faster than obstacles and pass the ball into the frame. However, in the final three-point shot, he failed to make two consecutive attempts. Harden later came first He scored in the next three points and directly killed Hollodi to win the championship.

The good show of reversal also lit the atmosphere.

If this year's single event is divided into the East and the West, Harden is equivalent to playing at home, and won the first championship in the West.

Harden, who won the championship, also seemed very excited. He went to the sidelines and laughed and yelled, just like winning the championship.

Such an entertaining performance also made fans love him.

The skill game is over. The three-pointer contest takes time to set up the venue, and the scene also enters a short break.

Tang Tiangang just came down to the venue and finished talking with Harden. When he was about to return to the stands, he was caught by reporters in the venue.

When Tang Tian appeared on the big screen, there was a burst of cheers.

Three years ago, they broke up with the Rockets, but it has been three years since he left the Rockets. Those concerned fans have already given up, and the Rockets now do not play in the playoffs year after year. They are nostalgic for Tang Tian, ​​at this time they are mostly cheers.

Tang Tian smiled and greeted the fans.

"Coach, how does it feel to return to Houston?" The reporter followed.

"It's very special ~ www.readwn.com ~ I started my career from this stadium years ago, and also won the first three consecutive championships here. It's like coming home from here." Tang Tianyi said. The cheers at the scene exploded.

"we need you!"

"come back!"

"go home!"

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Some fans shouted at the scene.

Tang Tian smiled and didn't care.

"Hadden won the skill championship. Do you think he has a chance to be as good as or better than Kobe Bryant?" After a few more topics related to Houston, the reporter asked again. .

"Yes, I think he has a chance. Although it will be a long way, as long as he always maintains 100% investment and effort, everything is possible." At this time Harden was on the sidelines, and Tang Tian also praised, Give your disciples the greatest compliments.