The Godfather of Basketball

However, after the Bucks signed Middleton in the summer, the current lineup has one less Brogdon compared with the previous life. If he is traded, the latter's hope of advancing to the playoffs will greatly increase, and a playoff team The team's draft picks are of little value.

Tang Tian recalled the 18-year draft in his previous life. There was a player who was particularly suitable for the Nets, or he was particularly suitable for him.

"Tell the Bucks that we need draft picks from other teams, and I will make a list for you."

Tang Tian gave Jones a list of the 2018 lottery teams in his memory, and asked him to talk to the Bucks.

Jones is communicating with the Bucks, and the Bucks are also negotiating with other teams, trying to pull them into the deal.

But this is not something that can be accomplished overnight, because the trade deadline is after the All-Star Game, and the progress of the trade will be relatively slow.

(Note: Due to the needs of the plot, the time of the trade deadline has not been modified here as it is in reality, and it will be revised next season.)

The Nets continued to advance triumphantly. Before the All-Star Weekend, their record was 44 wins and 13 losses. Not only did they beat the Cavaliers to rank first in the Eastern Conference, but they also tied for the best record in the league with the Rockets.

After playing a beautiful first half of the season, the Nets happily ushered in the All-Star Weekend.

Tang Tian boarded the plane with his team members and headed to Los Angeles.

This year's Celebrity Game was ingenious, because it was held in Los Angeles, and it was divided into the Clippers and the Lakers. Tang Tian also met many old acquaintances in the Celebrity Game. McGrady, who has retired and became a part-time ESPN commentator, Paul Pierce, who retired last season, and his former subordinate "White Chocolate" Williams.

Greeting each other, these old subordinates were particularly enthusiastic about him.

Not only because it's been a long time, but also because Tang Tian appeared in the All-Star Game this time, and he was their teammate or opponent.

As the All-Star game becomes more entertaining, the Masters game becomes more and more all-encompassing.

In the past, the Masters game was basically played by some retired players or WNBA female stars.

But now its composition is far more than these two parts, as in the past two years and this year, Chinese singer Wu Yifan was invited to participate.

And this time, the two bosses of the alliance were even invited!

Bucks owner Mark Lasry and Nets owner Tang Tian.

Tang Tian is going to play as a player!

Earlier news broke out that Tang Tian would join even if he was not selected for the All-Star Game, so it turned out to be this way!

Both Swift and Hathaway held their children on the sidelines, and this year's Masters has really attracted unprecedented attention.

The lineups on both sides, the Lakers side, a few more well-known, singers Justin Bieber, Wu Yifan, 2K beauty host Rachel, players McGrady, Nate Robinson and owner Mark Lasry.

For the Clippers, imitate Brandon Armstrong, players "White Chocolate" Williams, Paul Pierce, WNBA star Candace Parker, Tang Tian.

Such a lineup fully embodies the entertainment nature of the Masters, and also earned enough fans' attention.

The starting lineups of the two teams are Nate, Bieber, Rachel, Lasry and McGrady on the Lakers side; Williams, Tang Tian, ​​Parker, Armstrong and Pierce on the Clippers side.

Basically, it's starting all the most popular people on both sides.

McGrady beat Pierce and gave the Clippers the opportunity to attack first.

When the ball reached the frontcourt, McGrady passed the ball to Rachel, who missed a layup with a dribble.

There was a lot of laughter at the scene, playing with a group of men in the first round, the online-looking Rachel was almost the focus of the fans.

Williams advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, imitating the emperor's running position to catch the ball and make a jumper and missed.

Although the defensive strength of both sides is not high, they are all non-professional players after all, and their scoring efficiency is definitely not comparable to that of professional players.

McGrady went to the frontcourt and played Pierce with his back. This is a passionate duel between the two veterans after retiring.

With the iconic dry pull of turning his back, Pierce symbolically extended his hand.

"Shua!"

The ball crashed into the net.

Pierce didn't show weakness when he looked back, he used Tang Tian's pick-and-roll to get inside and scored a layup.

Sure enough, in this kind of arena, former NBA players like them are the protagonists.

Tang Tian also knew his level, and he basically did defense and pick-and-roll on the court.

With five minutes left in the second quarter of the game, the starters of both teams jumped back one after another. The score on the field was 29-21, and the Lakers took the lead.

8 points is already a lot in this kind of game, McGrady also started to play, playing Pierce with his back in the frontcourt, turned around and met Candace Parker's help defense, leaned his back mischievously, and then turned around for a layup.

Although Parker is a star in the WNBA, the gap between female players and male players is of magnitude. This time he was pushed out of the baseline and watched McGrady score a layup.

Parker didn't care, he smiled and shook his head, and just gave McGrady a middle finger.

There was a lot of whistles on the scene, which made the game full of highlights.

Pierce is also very entertaining. He gave the ball to Parker in the frontcourt, and McGrady also opened his hand.

The fans booed and asked Parker to return one, but Parker knew his own strength, glanced at the matchup between the two sides, and then gave the ball to Tang Tian.

It was Rachel who defended Tang Tian.

Although Rachel is not a professional player, being able to become a 2K host and be selected for the Celebrity Tournament is much better than Tang Tian, ​​who came in through fame.

At this moment, he stretched out his hand several times to steal it, the ball in Tang Tian's hand was really dangerous.

There was a burst of booing at the scene.

McGrady hit Parker before, it's inappropriate for Tang Tian not to fight back.

Tang Tian didn't pass the ball to someone else, and the booing already showed that he would lose his face here tonight.

He couldn't stand up frontally, so he played back with the ball.

Men are always stronger than women in confrontation.

Sure enough, Rachel took a step back after being bumped.

The cheers on the scene grew even louder.

Rachel lowered her center of gravity, and directly pushed her whole body behind Tang Tian.

Tang Tian felt two soft lumps pushing up against his back.

Except for professional basketball players on the field, it is rare to see women and men playing together. In addition to skills and tactics, there are also players like now, playing with the ball behind their backs and hitting more than just one ball.

But Tang Tian didn't think too much about it. After feeling that Rachel's center of gravity was relatively low, he turned around with the ball directly.

The human ball was turned, and he didn't have a sense of direction, so he just threw the ball to the basket based on his feeling.

After throwing the ball, he fell to the ground uncontrollably.

Rachel was behind Tang Tian, ​​when she saw that he was about to fall, she immediately stretched out her hand to pull him, but she didn't have enough strength to hold him back, and she fell along with her, and the two fell into a ball.

"boom!"

The ball hit the backboard, bounced a bit and then rolled in.

The ball actually went in.

There was a whistle at the scene.

But it wasn't just because of the goal, but because Rachel fell head-on on Tang Tian.