Judging from today's conversation with Buss Jr., Lin Tian knows that he has been identified as the absolute core of the team's future.

Although the team has other talented players, these players may be put on the shelf.

After all, they are all too young.

I don’t know if Kupchak can trade Jokic this time.

Lin Tian browsed other NBA news for a while. As he talked about, many of the news were related to him:

[Lin kills the Trail Blazers! The Lakers complete their fourth consecutive victory!]

[Alternative quasi-triple-double! Lead the team to kill the opponent! What is the upper limit of the Lakers' rookies? 】

[Lakers VS Trail Blazers, No. 23 rookie Lin makes another great contribution!]

[Don’t want the No. 1 pick? The Lakers’ record in the past two weeks is second only to the Warriors!]

[Famous reporters broke the news that the Lakers are interested in Nikola Jokic, the Nuggets' No. 41 pick, and are willing to send Jordan Clarkson for this purpose, but they need the Nuggets to get a first-round pick.]

Jordan Clarkson averaged more than 10 points in his first season with the Lakers.

Before Lin Tian came to the Lakers this season, Clarkson had actually been the starter.

As a second-round pick, his prospects are actually very optimistic, after all, he has many offensive methods.

Kupchak wants to trade Clarkson for Jokic. If he doesn't use a first-round pick, people may think he is a fool.

So it's not surprising that such a situation occurs. It just depends on what the Nuggets think.

If it were any later, it would be very difficult to trade him after Jokic slowly develops his game.

…

This night, Lin Tian slept very soundly.

When he got up at seven o'clock the next day, he saw the NBA announced the voting results for the second phase of the All-Star Game.

When he saw the number of votes he got, his whole body was shocked!

It clearly says more than 2.2 million! A full 800,000 votes ahead of the second-ranked Kobe Bryant!

As for James, who ranks third in All-Star votes, he is a full million behind!

Although the votes for the third stage have not yet been counted, judging from this situation, Lin Tian can basically lock in this season's All-Star vote king in advance!

This was beyond Lin Tian's expectation, but it was reasonable.

China’s fan base is the largest among all countries!

At present, there are only two players in the entire China who are developing in the NBA, which makes everyone naturally become their fans.

Of course, you still need to be strong in order to win. Lin Tian's MVP-level performance in recent games is a crucial factor in getting such a vote.

Although he only played less than ten games in total, Lin Tian has already locked in the All-Star starting lineup in advance.

Even if the league wants to change the rules, it will obviously have to wait until next season.

Lin Tian started to read other news:

[The second phase of NBA voting is over! Lakers player Lin is far ahead!]

[Lin’s total votes in the second stage exceeded 2 million! He may become the player with the most All-Star votes in a single season in NBA history! 】

[Lakers player Lin has basically locked in the All-Star starting lineup in advance!]

[Lin is very likely to become the starter for the All-Star with the fewest appearances in NBA history! 】

[Lin leads Kobe by 800,000 votes! Unsurprisingly, he will become the All-Star vote king this season!]

[Destroy doubts with practical actions! Lin’s recent performance deserves his vote!]

…

Lin Tian was dazzled by news like this.

After reading the news for a while, he quickly got up to wash up and have breakfast.

The Lakers training facility. I don’t know if they have a good record recently. The players are very active. They all came early for training today.

When they saw Lin Tian coming, everyone, led by Kobe, applauded.

Nick Young took the lead and said: "Hey! Lin! You are the All-Star vote winner this season! You must treat everyone to a meal!"

Others quickly echoed: "A treat! A treat! A treat! A treat..."

Even Kobe shouted along.

Lin Tian smiled bitterly and raised his hands to signal everyone to stop: "The voting is not over yet, so please don't talk so harshly."

Nick Young pouted: "No! It's basically over! Haha!"

Nance Jr. nodded and said: "No matter what, you are not the top vote-winner! It's also Kobe! They're all from our team anyway!"

Kobe actually got a lot more votes than James.

If Lin Tian hadn't been born out of nowhere, Kobe would have been the All-Star vote winner this season.

"We also want to congratulate Kobe, who has received more than 30 million All-Star votes in his career!"

"Oh oh oh..."

In the crowd, Lin Tian could clearly see that Clarkson was not as interested as others.

Because there was a trade message today related to him, saying that he would be exchanged for a player from the Nuggets.

Such news cannot come out of nowhere, it can only be released by the team.

Being caught up in trade rumors is indeed a big blow to some players.

This is why the Lakers' trade cannot be rushed.

Only by stabilizing the morale of the military can the performance be stabilized.

All the players on the Lakers, except Lin Tian and Kobe, no one else knows that they may be traded.

The atmosphere of celebration did not last long, and they entered the training state again.

Everyone practices very hard, because the best lubricant for a team is winning.

After practicing together for an hour, we could finally take a break. Nick Young walked up to Lin Tian and said, "Lin! Who is our opponent in the next game?"

Lin Tian frowned. Nick Young is really lazy. Yesterday, the team's assistant coach sent them information about the Spurs.

He said helplessly: "The Spurs."

Nick Young's expression changed: "It's the Spurs? Their current record this season is second only to the Warriors!"

Nance Jr. also came over: "Actually, the Spurs also hope to win 70 games this season."

The situation where the west is strong and the east is weak is actually most obvious this season.

The Cavaliers, currently ranked first in the Eastern Conference, only have the same number of wins as the Thunder, third in the Western Conference.

It can be said that the records of the Warriors and Spurs have left other teams in the league far behind!

Under the leadership of Popovich, outsiders believe that they may be the only team that can beat the Warriors this season.

In fact, this statement can withstand scrutiny. It is only the Spurs' style of play, which somewhat limits the Warriors.

Of course, it's also because the Spurs have Popovich.

Nick Young grinned and said: "Tsk! I'm already looking forward to your matchup with Leonard of the Spurs! He was the dpoy last season!"

"Really?" Lin Tiandao, "I'm looking forward to it too."

Nance Jr. patted him on the shoulder: "Leonard was not only the dpoy last season, but also the steal leader last season. Just ask for your blessings."
Chapter completed!