Like in the past, the All-Star substitute lineup was selected by coaches from the East and West.

In the east, the seven substitutes are: Walker, Bill, Oladipo, Raven, DeRozan, Love, and Drummond.

In the West, the seven substitutes are: Westbrook, Lillard, George, Leonard, Jimmy Butler, Jokic, and Towns.

During the live broadcast of TNT, Durant and Antetokounmpo appeared to select people.

This is also the rare opportunity for Durant to appear on live shows.

This All-Star selection has attracted much attention.

However, it was this live broadcast that subverted many fans' impression of Durant.

They were used to Durant's secretly slutching black people on social media, thinking that like other keyboard warriors, he was also very secretly in reality.

However, in the live broadcast, Durant's temperament was unexpectedly sunny, and there was a smile on his face, which surprised many people.

If Tang Tian knew what these people were thinking, he would definitely say that he was too young.

Durant is a very simple person. Although he likes to secretly argue with others, being happy means being happy, and being unhappy means being unhappy.

Now he is doing well with the Pelicans, and he naturally smiles like a flower in the live show.

The boy who loves to laugh is very lucky. Durant won the coin and also got the chance to be the first to choose someone.

Fans were curious if he would choose him like James before, but Durant's answer was a bit surprising.

He chose Curry.

It seems that although he left the Warriors, he still chose the person he admired at the time.

This is in line with his personality.

Antetokounmpo chose James.

Durant then chose Davis.

After alternate choices, the lineups of the two teams also took shape one after another.

Durant team: Durant, Curry, Davis, Irving, Tatum.

Antetokounmpo team: Antetokounmpo, James, Harden, Griffin, Lowry.

Without the bug Tang Tian, ​​this lineup is relatively balanced for the east and west.

The two of them chose the substitute lineup one after another, and Antetokounmpo chose the substitute first.

Durant team: Westbrook, Jimmy Butler, Jokic, Raven, DeRozan, Walker, Love.

Antetokounmpo team: Leonard, George, Lillard, Drummond, Towns, Oladipo, and Bill.

Durant is willful again in the substitute lineup. In terms of overall strength, Antetokounmpo team has obvious advantages.

The evenly matched and the substitute East has the advantage, which also makes fans curious whether the East, which has been suppressed, will have a turnaround battle in this year's All-Star Game.

The All-Star lineup and individual competition lists have been announced one after another.

Fans are also looking forward to this year's All-Star Weekend.

However, like last year, in addition to looking forward to the main competition, what they are paying more attention to now is the soon-to-be trade deadline.

The trading market this year is very lively.

The season has been halfway through, and after a fight in the West, many teams have begun to fall behind.

The top eight in the West are now the Spurs, Lakers, Pelicans, Mavericks, Rockets, Clippers, Warriors, and Suns.

The remaining Jazz, Kings, Nuggets, and Trail Blazers all fell out of the first tier after fierce competition.

This trade deadline, strengthening is their only way to continue to rush into the playoffs.

The same is true in the East, especially the Raptors are most eager to trade.

They didn't go up or down for so many years, and James left and welcomed Antetokounmpo.

Even if they eventually choose to knock down the reconstruction, it is not that surprising.

All kinds of rumors are emerging one after another.

Bill, who is interested in the Wizards, hopes to use DeRozan as a bargaining chip;

The Nuggets are also interested in Bills. They have many talented players to use as bargaining chips and are very aggressive;

Love, who is interested in the Cavaliers, has averaged 19+8 per game this season, making her second spring;

The Jazz are looking to trade a more competitive forward, and they have a very strong interest in the Pacers’ Bogdanovic;

The Kings tried to trade the Timberwolves Wiggins, and the rumored that their offer was very aggressive;

...

Rumors are endless, and the Pelicans are inevitable.

Demps knew that Tang Tian was now focused on his family and movies, and he didn't bother him much, but this time he had to come.

The Pelicans have a good record now and their lineup is slowly getting tacit understanding. They will not take the initiative to seek trades.

Especially after Tang Tian suggested that Stevens change the lineup, Siakam has already played.

However, their failure to seek transactions on their own initiative does not mean that the transactions will not come to them.

Demps is here with several trading proposals now.

Next summer will be a big test for the Pelicans. At that time, Brogdon and Siakam's rookie contract expire and Gasol Jr.'s contract will also expire.

A situation of choosing one of three can easily cause them to be in trouble.

Tang Tian also knew that it was difficult to make a decision now.

Among the transaction proposals Demps received, the ones that were most related to Siakam.

This is also reasonable.

As for the upper limit, Brogden is not very high as an older rookie, and his performance with the Pelicans is basically his upper limit.

In other words, a contract of 20 million+ will be his next or the last big contract.

Gasol is even a veteran. His contract will be very popular after it expires, but now he has an annual salary of 20 million yuan. The teams who compete for the championship cannot afford it, but they don’t want to play bad teams.

So after comparing and considering the situation of the Pelicans, Siakam, who has talent and upper limit, will definitely be popular.

The quotes from these teams are not low either.

You should know that trading Siakam now is not just an expiration contract, but also his restricted terms.

In other words, as long as they can trade to get Siakam, they can keep Siakam.

Tang Tian screened out the transaction proposal and left a few copies that he found attractive.

The Raptors want to trade DeRozan with Siakam + Gasol + trade special case.

DeRozan has been troubled by depression, especially as a squad runner-up with the Raptors for so many years, and his performance has declined slightly this season.

The Raptors definitely want to trade him out of the team.

The Pelicans' backcourt is average, DeRozan focuses on the second position, and his arrival can allow Durant to return to the third position.

Tang Tian and Demps communicated for a while, but after thinking for a while, they gave up.

DeRozan's immediate combat power is definitely stronger than Siakam, but he will not shoot three-pointers, which is easy to target in the West.

So, it is still unknown how much strength he can play as the third leader in the playoffs.

And apart from offense, his defense is not outstanding.

In addition, Gasol's trade was gone, so they had to consider how to introduce a fill-in No. 5 position.

Not to mention DeRozan's contract is large, such a deal means they will definitely give up Brogdon next year.
Chapter completed!