Two Hundred and Forty-Three: The Possibility of Becoming an All-Star

Since the NBA season has shrunk this year, voting for the NBA All-Star Game has only just begun soon after the regular season began.

For things like this, the league is naturally very positive. The shutdown has cost them so much money, and of course they want to get them back as soon as possible. The All-Star Weekend is a great opportunity for the host city and the league to make money.

Last season's All-Star vote had little to do with Link. After all, he's just an unknown undrafted pick. In addition to the Memphis fans, few people can call the name of this Chinese.

But this year, when All-Star voting was fully open, Link was no longer a spectator.

"The first day of the All-Star voting is over, and Link ranks fourth in the Western Conference forward group after Durant, Griffin and Nowitzki!"

"Link's votes are still rising rapidly. He estimates that he will eventually surpass Nowitzki and compete with Griffin and Durant for the votes!"

"LaMarcus Aldridge, Pau Gasol, Kevin Love, and even Tim Duncan, they're all behind Link!"

"Link's performance so far this season is really amazing, four games, one double-double, one 40-point triple-double, the Grizzlies are 3-1. So far, there is no score in any game. Below 20. He's also the only 10-time rookie currently on the voting list!"

"With an average of 26.2 points, 7.7 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game in four games, Link is definitely eligible to be selected for the All-Star Game, even if he is only in the second year!"

"It's time for your information to be updated. Link's votes have now surpassed Dirk, ranking third in the western forward group!"

As a Chinese-American player, Link can be associated with the All-Star vote. I have to say that he really got a 40-point triple-double bonus, which made him a good fire.

Kobe Bryant, a sophomore, averaged 15 points per game and was selected as an All-Star starter in the Western Conference. And Link has played until now, and the data is much better than that of Kobe at that time. There's no reason why people shouldn't expect him to be an All-Star as a sophomore!

In NBA history, few players have been selected to the All-Star Game in their rookie season. But players who impress fans in their second year are also rare.

For Link and the Grizzlies, this is a huge honor.

"Man, it looks like our team is going to have another All-Star player!" Sitting in the locker room, Randolph patted his little brother on the shoulder with relief while watching the reports related to Link.

Link gave Randolph a disdainful look. Do you think Randolph was in Qualink? In fact, it is silently pretending to be forced!

Why did Randolph use the word "again"? Because now the only Grizzlies selected to the All-Star Game is Randolph himself!

Invisibly, Randolph turned to praise himself again.

"Okay Zach, I know you're an All-Star, don't remind me."

"What do you say? I'm really happy for you, congratulations on being the second player in this locker room to participate in the All-Star Game."

The word "second", Randolph said very seriously. Link now knows what it means to be shameless and invincible.

But speaking of it, although Link's votes have already ranked third among Western forwards, even surpassing Nowitzki, who just won the championship. But Link still felt that this ranking was a bit low.

In the first year of Yao Ming's entry into the league, he let O'Neal, who was at the peak of the tail, serve as a substitute for himself in the All-Star Game. Yi Jianlian's second-year votes in the East were second only to James and Garnett. Behind him, is Bosh, Pierce and other players. "Dragon King" was in a hurry at the time, and even filmed a video to canvass for himself. Although they are all third, Yi Jianlian did not perform as well as Link is now.

And now, with such good stats, Link actually ranks third. Sure enough, players of Chinese descent and Chinese nationality have different degrees of support from Chinese fans. Link pondered, if he was Chinese, he would really be able to rush to the first place.

However, Durant and Griffin in front of Link are indeed two popular monsters, one is two consecutive scoring champions, and the other is often active in the top five of the day. Compared with them, Link really has little advantage.

But if he can rank third in the voting, if he keeps it in the end, he will definitely be selected into the All-Star lineup.

Thinking of this, Link was extremely excited. As a result, being able to participate in the All-Star Game is what all players desire, which is a testament to the outside world's recognition of your strength.

Second, being selected for the All-Star Game can also activate the reward clause in Link's new contract. Once selected as an All-Star, the reward is 1 million. During the three-year validity period of the new contract, if Link enters once, the Grizzlies will be rewarded once.

That's $1 million! Link used to play in the G League, earning only ten or twenty thousand dollars a year. For Link, who came up step by step from the bottom, he is still very sensitive to these numbers.

"What are you doing, Link?" Randolph flicked his forehead when he saw Link staring at the ceiling.

"I want to make money."

"what?"

"Uh... what about the next two days of games. We're about to have the first round of back-to-back games of the season, right?" Link hurriedly changed the subject and put the All-Stars aside in advance. Playing the current game well is the capital to be selected for the All-Star Game.

In the last game, Link scored 40 points and a triple-double on Rose, and the dividend came immediately. Therefore, good performance is the foundation of the league.

"Hey, that's not an ordinary back-to-back, Link, it's three games in four days! No. 3 will play the Kings at home, and No. 4 will fly to Minneapolis to play the Timberwolves. Flying to Salt Lake City to play the Jazz. The damned shortened season, we are the players who will be squeezed in the end.” Thinking of the next schedule, Lan Fat is extremely desperate.

4 days and 3 matches should be played in one place, but it's the most torturous thing.

Although these three games, the Grizzlies opponents are not strong. However, in competitive sports, it is not possible to distinguish winners and losers from the lineup on paper. In that case, the league could have awarded the championship to the Miami natives.

After all, Randolph was in his thirties, and he weighed a lot. This kind of schedule is really torture for him.

Link also frowned, and then silently canceled tonight's extra training plan.

This kind of intensive schedule, you must not be injured, you must not be injured.

On January 3, the Grizzlies faced the Kings at home. Link scored 20 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists in front of his little brother Cousins. The return of Conley has caused Link's assists to decline to a certain extent, but the impact is not serious.

And from the team's point of view, Conley's return will undoubtedly make the team stronger.

Cousins ​​didn't play well today, with only 4 points and 8 rebounds in the game. What really attracted Link was the stubborn guard who was only 1.75 meters tall. In just 16 minutes of playing, he had 14 points and 3 assists with the Grizzlies' rough offense.

People with strong hearts are truly extraordinary.

In the end, the Grizzlies reaped the "leek" of the King 113-96 at home. In an interview with reporters after the game, Cousins ​​said, "Link's All-Star selection is well deserved."

Sure enough, this guy is not annoying, just like a child. After doing "naughty things" with Link in the All-Star Rookie Game last year, he made Link a good buddy.

Winning the king, the Grizzlies flew to Minneapolis non-stop.

Although the Timberwolves have the "Spanish Golden Boy" Ricky Rubio and No. 2 pick Derrick Williams to join this year, the improvement in strength is not obvious. Link had 19 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, and Derek Williams had 6 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, making the Timberwolves management so angry!

The undrafted draft co-authored by the Grizzlies is more reliable than their second place!

94 to 86, the Grizzlies won back-to-back without a rollover.

But the intensive schedule still caused the Grizzlies to have some problems. After rushing to Salt Lake City the next day, Randolph said he had some soreness in his left knee. To be on the safe side, Hollins decided to rest Randolph.

Results in Salt Lake City, Jazz twin towers Millsap and Al Jefferson scored 44 points. Without the big black bear, it really can't stop the impact of the Jazz's offensive interior. The Grizzlies finally lost in Salt Lake City by six points, 88-94, ending their three-game winning streak.

But Randolph is fine, this is the biggest victory.

At this point, the Grizzlies' 4-day 3-game season officially ended. The record of 2 wins and 1 loss is not unacceptable. At present, the Grizzlies have 5 wins and 2 losses, and their record is second only to the Thunder and the Spurs, ranking third in the Western Conference!

Gasol's beard has grown very long, and he doesn't want to keep growing his beard like this.

Randolph ended his troubles, and the Grizzlies came out of a dreadful four-day, three-game schedule for the time being. But Link's trouble had just arrived.

After the jazz, Link, who was changing clothes in the locker room, received a text message. When he saw the sender's name, Link had a headache.

"Coming to the showdown on Sunday?"

The content of this text message is very simple, but since the sender is Kobe, things may not be so easy.

On Sunday, January 8, the owner of the Staples Center was waiting for Link to drive.

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