Due to the shrinking of the NBA season this year, the voting for the NBA All-Star Game has come not long after the regular season started.

For such things, the league is naturally very active. The shutdown has caused them to lose so much money, so they certainly want to make it back as soon as possible. And the All-Star Weekend is a great opportunity to make money by hosting cities and leagues.

The All-Star voting last season had little to do with Link. After all, he was just an unknown undraft pick. Apart from Memphis fans, few people could call out the Chinese name.

But this year, when the All-Star vote was fully opened, Link was no longer a spectator.

"The first day of the All-Star voting ends, Link is second only to Durant, Griffin and Nowitzki in the Western Conference forward group, ranking fourth!"

"Link's votes are still rising rapidly. He is expected to eventually surpass Nowitzki and compete with Griffin and Durant for the votes!"

"La Marcus Aldridge, Paul Gasol, Kevin Love and even Tim Duncan, their votes are behind Link!"

"Link's performance so far this season is indeed amazing. Four games, one double-double, one 40-point triple-double, the Grizzlies won 3 wins and one loss. So far, no game has scored less than 20. He is also the only 10-time rookie to be on the voting list at the moment!"

"Four games, averaging 26.2 points, 7.7 rebounds, 7.5 assists per game, Link is definitely qualified to be selected for the All-Star Game, even if he is only in the second grade!"

"Your information is time to be updated. Link's votes have surpassed Dirk, ranking third in the Western forward team!"

As a Chinese player, Link is related to All-Star voting. I have to say that he really gained the bonus of a 40-point triple-double, which made him famous.

Kobe, a sophomore, averaged 15 points per game and was selected as the All-Star in the Western Conference. And Link has played so far, and his data is much better than Kobe at that time. There is no reason not to expect that he was selected as a sophomore!

In NBA history, there are not many players who can be selected into the All-Star Game in the rookie season. However, there are also very few players who impress fans in the second grade.

This is a great honor for Link and the Grizzlies.

"Man, it seems that our team is going to have another All-Star player!" Sitting in the locker room, Randolph looked at the reports related to Link and patted his little brother on the shoulder with relief.

Link looked at Randolph with contempt. Do you think Randolph is queering Link? In fact, he is pretending to be silently!

Why did Randolph use the word "re"? Because the only Grizzlies have been selected into the All-Star Game now is Randolph himself!

Invisibly, Randolph changed direction and praised himself again.

"Okay, Zach, I know you've been selected as an All-Star, don't remind me."

"What are you saying? I'm really happy for you. Congratulations on becoming the second player in this locker room to compete in the All-Star Game."

Randolph said the word "second" very seriously. Link now knows what shameless people mean invincible.

But speaking of this, although Link's votes are already ranked third among the Western Conference forwards, and even surpass Nowitzki, who just won the championship, Link still feels that the ranking is a bit low.

Yao Ming was in the first year of the league, so he let O'Neal, who was at the peak, play a substitute for himself in the All-Star Game. Yi Jianlian won only the second most votes in the East in the second grade, behind James and Garnett. Behind him were players such as Bosh and Pierce. The "Dragon King" was forced to do so at that time and even made videos to canvass himself. Although they were both third, Yi Jianlian did not play Link's current performance back then.

Now, Link is only ranked third with such good data. Sure enough, Chinese and Chinese players are still surrounded by Chinese fans. Link thought that if he had Chinese nationality, he would probably be able to reach the top.

However, Durant and Griffin ahead of Link are indeed two popular monsters, one is the two consecutive scoring champions, and the other is often active among the five daily tops. Compared with them, Link really has little advantage.

But if you can rank third in the voting, if you keep it in the end, it will definitely be fine to be selected into the All-Star lineup, just the difference between whether to play or not.

When you think of this, Link is extremely excited. First of all, it is something that all players long for participating in the All-Star Game, which is a proof of the outside world's recognition of your strength.

Secondly, being selected for the All-Star Game can also activate the reward terms in Link's new contract. Once selected, the All-Star Game will be rewarded with 1 million yuan. Within the three years of the validity period of the new contract, Link will be rewarded with once, and the Grizzlies will be rewarded with once.

This is $1 million! Link used to play in the Development League and only earned 10,000 or 20,000 a year. For Link, who scored step by step from the bottom, he was still very sensitive to these numbers.

"Why are you stupid? Link?" Randolph saw Link staring at the ceiling, and flicked his forehead.

"Things to make money."

"ah?"

"Well, I think about the next two days of the game. We are about to usher in the first round of back-to-back matches of this season, right?" Link hurriedly changed the topic and put the All-Star aside in advance. Playing the current game is the capital to be selected for the All-Star Game.

In the last game, Link scored a 40-point triple-double on Rose's head, and the bonus came soon. So, 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! The 3rd plays the Kings at home, and the 4th fly to Minneapolis to play the Timberwolves. The 5th spends one day in one day, and the 6th fly to Salt Lake City to play the Jazz. The damn shrinking season is the ones who are finally squeezed." When Lan Pang thought of the next schedule, he was extremely desperate.

I have to play in one place in 4 days and 3 games, but I have to change one place in another. This is the most tormenting thing.

Although the Grizzlies' opponents are not strong in these three games. However, competitive sports cannot be compared to the paper lineup. If that happens, the league can already award the championship to the Miami people.

Randolph is in his thirties and weighs a lot. This kind of schedule is really a torture for him.

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

This intensive schedule must not be injured, and must not be injured.

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

And from the team's perspective, Conley's return undoubtedly makes the team stronger.

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

A person with a strong heart is indeed extraordinary.

In the end, the Grizzlies harvested the Kings' "leek" 113 to 96 at home. Cousins ​​said in an interview with reporters after the game, "Link deserves his name as the All-Star."

Sure enough, this guy doesn't hate it, he just looks like a child. After doing "naughty things" with Link last year, he treated Link as a good friend.

After winning the king, the Grizzly generals flew to the snowy Minneapolis without stopping.

Although the Timberwolves have joined the "Spanish Golden Boy" Ricky Rubio and second-tier pick Derek Williams this year, the improvement in strength is not obvious. Link scored 19 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, and Derek Williams scored 6 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, which made the Timberwolves management angry!

The Grizzlies' unsuccessful draft pick is more reliable than their second place!

94 to 86, the Grizzlies won back-to-back without any defeat.

But the intensive schedule still made the Grizzlies a little problem. After rushing to Salt Lake City the next day, Randolph said that his left knee was a little sore. For safety reasons, Hollins decided to let Randolph rest.

As a result, in Salt Lake City, Jazz double Tamilsap and Al Jefferson scored 44 points together. Without the Big Black Bears, they really couldn't stop the Jazz's attacking attack on the offensive inside. The Grizzlies finally lost 6 points in Salt Lake City, 88-94, and the three consecutive wins were finished.

But Randolph was not seriously injured, this was the biggest victory.

At this point, the Grizzlies' 4-day 3 games officially ended. The record of 2 wins and 1 loss is not unacceptable. Currently, the Grizzlies have 5 wins and 2 losses, with a record of only second to the Thunder and the Spurs, ranking third in the West!

Little 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 temporarily came out of the terrible schedule of 4 days and 3 games. But Link's troubles have just arrived.

After playing 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.

"Come on Sunday?"

The content of this text message is very simple, but because the sender is Kobe, things may not be that easy.
Chapter completed!