After winning against the Bucks, the Lakers slowly came out of the haze of four consecutive losses and won two in a row.

Thanks to the Eastern brothers for sending warmth, the Lakers lost the first few games, in addition to the strength of the opponent, another reason is that they did not find a reasonable rotation.

With three fewer people at once, there will definitely be problems with rotation.

After playing a few games, Mike Brown found a new rotation.

And changed the team's style of play, from a steady positional type to a light offensive type.

The Lakers have Nash, the team can be fast or slow, as long as they adjust to it, they will collapse the opponent in both games.

But the day after the game against the Bucks, early in the morning of January 16, the Lakers broke out a trade.

They packed Earl Clarke with a future second-round pick and sent him to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for center Jermaine O'Neal.

When this transaction happened, Li Liang had just woken up from his sleep, and then he heard Wei Dazhi shouting outside.

"Deal, deal, deal! Clark for O'Neal, Clark for O'Neal! ”

Li Liang got dressed and came out, and said in his heart that O'Neal didn't retire, why did he return to the Lakers?

Rubbing his eyes, he listened again, it turned out to be a trade, and Clark was sent to the Suns for O'Neal Jr.

Once a trade happens to the team, it will be a feast for journalists and the media.

After Wei Dazhi saw the news, he immediately packed up and went out to the Toyota Center to attend the press conference.

Knowing that Clark was traded, Li Liangliang felt a little emotional.

The last time this happened was during the summer league, when the African boy who had a good relationship with Li Liang, Aynga.

When he was traded to trade for Howard, he sent a text message to say goodbye to Li Liang.

Clark didn't text Li Liang, and the two didn't have much contact on weekdays.

Clark has been in excellent form lately, and after three interior injuries, his tall stature has been given a lot of appearances.

It turned out to be for inspection, and the better the performance, the more likely it is to leave.

In the first few games, the two cooperated well on the court, and they practiced anti-blocking and dismantling together off the court.

When Li Liang went to the Toyota Center in the afternoon, the team's trade conference had ended.

Li Liang did not see Clark, he was notified last night that he would take a plane to Phoenix early this morning for a medical examination.

There is no longer Clark's locker in the locker room, replaced by Jermaine O'Neal's.

The Lakers welcomed Jermaine O'Neal after Shaquille O'Neal's retirement.

Li Liang met Jermaine O'Neal, who had changed into a Lakers training uniform, at the training ground, the super power forward who once dominated the basketball world.

Injuries knocked him out of the mortal world, and after leaving the Pacers, he tried to form an interior twin tower between the Raptors and Bosh, but it didn't produce good chemistry.

Out of consideration for injury, O'Neal Jr. joined the famous "Too Hospital", the Phoenix Suns, in the summer.

Arizona's dry climate is conducive to healing injuries and recovery.

The Lakers' players stepped forward to greet O'Neal Jr. one after another.

Who would have thought that the elite of '96, Kobe, Nash, and O'Neal Jr. would get together this year.

If their combination had been seven or eight years earlier, it would have been very intimidating.

This idea has already been realized on the South Coast, and it has worked out well and won the championship.

Little O'Neill saw Li Liang and said, "Hello Bruce, I've heard of a big name for a long time." ”

Li Liang is still a little confused, why, is my reputation already so big? Am I so good?

The NBA circle is actually very small, with only a few hundred people playing every year.

The season is almost halfway through, and Li Liang's "doing" has long been spread in this circle.

It's normal for a veteran like O'Neill Jr. to hear some rumors.

What a rookie boss, scolding boundless, can be three capable D, the French driving alliance.

In addition, the Suns and Lakers have fought before, O'Neal Jr. has felt it, and he is indeed a little irritable, and anyone dares to spray.

After being traded to the Lakers, you can experience it up close.

Li Liang quickly understood what little O'Neill meant, and said: "O'Neill, there are some rumors and rumors in the alliance that are not good for me now, these are the words of villains, don't believe their nonsense." I, Bruce Lee, have always been open-minded, elegant and easy-going, and I am a good teammate, and I hope we can get along well in the future. ”

As he spoke, Li Liang also hugged and shook hands with little O'Neill.

Xiao Ao looked to the side, and Kobe and Nash laughed like fools.

He probably understood in his heart that this Li Liang was a king.

is also elegant (elegant), they play basketball and have a Mao relationship with elegance.

I greeted my new teammates one by one, but I wasn't really a new teammate.

Like Ci Shiping and Xiao Ao have been in the Pacers together and have fought together.

Jamison, Kobe, and Nash have all played in the All-Star Game with Xiao Ao and are familiar with each other.

As for coaching, Chuck Payson worked for the Pacers, coaching O'Neal Jr.

Therefore, a veteran like him with qualifications in the rivers and lakes will not feel raw anywhere.

Because he was just traded to the Lakers, the contract has not officially taken effect, so O'Neal Jr. cannot play in the next game against the Heat.

Clarkson, who was still playing well, was traded, so he had to use Antoine Jamison.

Training ended just after 1 p.m. and Mike Brown told his players to go back to rest and prepare for tomorrow's game.

The next day, as soon as he woke up in the morning, Li Liang heard Wei Dazhi's ghost scream outside.

"It's an all-star! You're an All-Star! Open the door, open the door! ”

Wei Dazhi screamed while knocking on Li Liang's door.

As soon as Li Liang opened the door, Wei Dazhi rushed up and gave Li Liang a hug.

A fat man of 200 catties rushed to Li Liang's body, and Li Liang could not move.

It shows that his core strength and stability have reached a certain level.

Li Liang asked Wei Dazhi to get down, and Wei Dazhi said happily: "Li Liang, you are an all-star!" The fans voted you to be an All-Star! ”

Li Liang let out an "oh", with no expression on his face.

He felt hungry and wanted to eat.

Wei Dazhi saw Li Liang's cold reaction and said, "Hey, hey, all-star, you're in the all-star, do you hear clearly?" Didn't you wake up? ”

Li Liang said: "I know, all-stars, it's to go to a city and play an exhibition game with a group of stars." What's the big deal, I also signed up for the three-point contest. ”

Wei Dazhi said: "Li Liang, you are too big a card now, you are the second Chinese to enter the all-star after Yao Ming." Did you know that Jeremy Lin was almost promoted to the All-Star starter, but unfortunately he lost to Paul in the end. Otherwise, two Asian faces on the all-star will definitely make history. ”

This has happened again since the 2003 All-Star Game, when Yao Ming squeezed out Shaquille O'Neal and became an All-Star starter as a rookie.

Li Liang had a second-round show and was forced to enter the All-Star Game by the vote of Chinese fans.

According to All-Star rules, the starting 10 in the East and West are voted on by fans.

On the one hand, this depends on strength, and on the other hand, it purely depends on popularity.

At that time, Yao Ming's strength was far inferior to O'Neal's, and his reputation was not as good, but with the backing of hundreds of millions of Chinese fans behind him, who could withstand this.

This time the situation is the same, even if the official weighted calculation of overseas voting is carried out, Li Liang's performance is indeed unexpectedly outstanding, and he plays in the Lakers, which is particularly fandom.

Like Jeremy Lin, he is far from Paul in terms of strength, but because he is in the Rockets, his final voting result is only a little worse than Paul.

Because the All-Star bench was selected by the coach, Jeremy Lin definitely missed the All-Star Game.

If Li Liang loses the starting vote, the coach will definitely not choose him to be an All-Star.

Although Li Liang's performance is outstanding, he is still a role player after all, and he can't afford the title of All-Star in terms of personal ability, especially offensive ability.

Because of this, Li Liang is not particularly excited about this All-Star starter.

This is an honor that is appreciated by the love of Chinese fans, not earned by him Li Liang himself with performance.

Therefore, Li Liangxin is more stressed than happy.

He was thinking, with the help of so many Chinese fans, how should I pretend to be an All-Star?

This is a big problem.

At this time, Wei Dazhi had already posted a tweet:

After Li Liang learned that he was selected as an All-Star, he was very calm and wanted to have breakfast. He had been expecting to be an All-Star and had signed up for the three-point contest, so stay tuned for his performance. Hahaha. ”