The Godfather of Basketball

As the trading deadline approaches, more and more news broke out in the trading market.

The Bucks are interested in trading tall rookie point guard Mike Carter-Williams.

The Suns are interested in Bucks point guard Brandon Knight.

The Trail Blazers are interested in the Nuggets' titan Efflalo.

The Pelicans are interested in the Heat's Norris Cole to improve their bench strength.

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A lot of news broke out, but not many big deals.

Compared with the past few years, this year's trade deadline is a lot quieter.

On the contrary, the Nets, negotiating the Lopez deal with the Suns, has become the focus of many media reporters.

As time approached the deadline bit by bit, the deals of each team were concluded one after another.

The Bucks, 76ers and Suns reached a three-way deal. Mike Carter-Williams went to the Bucks, Dragic went to the 76ers, and Brandon Knight went to the Suns. The three teams exchanged their main point guards.

The Pelicans successfully traded Cole from the Heat in a second round.

The Nuggets traded a protected first-rounder and McGee to the 76ers in exchange for the signing rights of Turkish player Sink Akeyo. This trade for the Philadelphia Air gave the Nuggets a special case worth 18 million .

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After this series of transactions, the deadline is infinitely approaching.

Jones gave Tang Tian the final plan.

Brook Lopez has promised to give a contract extension commitment, the Suns are still reluctant to give Ryan, they give the final offer is the 2015 first-round pick, Marcus Thornton and Miles Pralim.

Miles Pralim is the elder brother of Mason Pralim. He was the No. 26 pick in 2012. His strength and talent are a little worse than his younger brother, but he is still a qualified backup center.

Tang Tian finally agreed to the offer.

Shortly after that, league officials also announced the deal.

The Nets, Pelicans and Suns reached a three-team deal.

The Nets sent Brook Lopez and Antawn Moore for the Suns' 2015 first-round pick, Marcus Thornton and Miles Pralim, and a trade exception worth about $5 million.

The Suns traded their 2015 first-round pick, Marcus Thornton and Miles Pralim, for Brook Lopez and the Pelicans' future second-round pick.

The Pelicans traded a future second-round pick to Antawn Moore.

This deal has also become the biggest deal on this year's trade deadline.

After the deal was concluded, major media also commented on the deal.

Most people are not optimistic about the Nets' deal.

The Suns deal was rated S, while the Nets were rated B.

"I know the Nets are training Jokic, who is a very talented center, but the All-Star center Lopez is only worth a high probability non-lottery first round?"

"The Nets' deal is also incomprehensible. Are they going to give up this season?"

"I also think this deal is inappropriate. The better plan for the Nets is to sign first and then trade in the summer. Now this deal will make them lose their competitiveness in the playoffs."

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The outside world is not optimistic, and there are some doubts within the management, but only Tang Tian knows that he needs to do a lot in the summer, and it is time to give Jokic a bigger stage.

After the deal was concluded, because the new players hadn't come to the team to report, and Oden was injured, the team was exactly 12 players ushering in the game after the All-Star break.

Their opponent is the Los Angeles Clippers.

The last time the two teams played against each other was at the beginning of the season. Although Deron scored 30 points and 9 assists, the Nets still lost to their opponents away.

Returning to the home court at this time, the team also hopes to avenge their shame.

"Nicola, you will be the team's starting center tonight." Tang Tian said to Jokic in the locker room before the game.

Lopez was traded, and you don't need to guess that Jokic will start.

But Jokic is still very excited. At the beginning of the season, he fell out of the rotation under Kidd. Now he has played under Tang Tian for half a season and is about to become the starter.

It's hard not to be excited about this hell-to-heaven feeling.

"Come on." Seeing Jokic's excitement, Tang Tian couldn't help reaching out to pat the Serbian guy on the shoulder.

In addition to talent, opportunities are also very important for rookies. Darko Milicic, who was also from Serbia at the beginning, had outstanding talent and was still the No. 2 pick, but under the old Brown's rule, he suddenly became the No. 2 parallel importer.

If he hadn't fired Kidd decisively, then he would have chosen the so-called cornerstone Jokic, who would be the next Milicic.

The game against the Clippers is not a nationally broadcast game, but the attendance rate of the scene still exceeds 90%.

In addition to the fact that the opponent is the Clippers with a highly ornamental style of play, they also know that this is Jokic's first show.

The flamboyant passing and cornerstone style of play have made Jokic the new favorite of Brooklyn fans, and they will naturally not miss such an opportunity.

"I will do my best to help the team, and I will show my 120% state." Jokic's rhetoric in the interview before the game also made the fans more excited.

Amidst the excited cheers of the fans, the starters of both sides played one after another.

For the Clippers, Paul and JJ Redick on the perimeter, Matt Barnes and Blake Griffin on the front, and DeAndre Jordan at center.

For the Nets, Deron and Bogdan Bogdanovic are on the outside, Bojan Bogdanovic and Yi Jianlian are on the front line, and Jokic is the center.

In terms of the strength of the two teams on paper, the Clippers have shown a crushing situation against the Nets.

However, the game is always full of infinite possibilities, and the cheers of the fans on the scene also made the young players of the Nets extremely excited.

"beep!"

With the referee's whistle, Jokic jumped and beat Jordan and turned the ball back to the Nets' half.

This is a very good start.

Deron dribbled the ball to the front court, Jokic organized outside the three-point line, Bogdan and Bojan interspersed on the bottom line to look for three-point opportunities, and Deron and Yi Jianlian alternated pick-and-roll air cuts and counter-runs.

Seeing Jordan huddled at the free throw line, Jokic shot a three-pointer directly.

Jordan's mobility is excellent, he flew out, Jokic suddenly received the ball, and an accelerated sideways passed by Jordan!

The faces of the fans at the scene were full of excitement.

No one expected this ball. Barnes and Griffin on the weak side had no time to defend, so they could only watch him rush into the interior.

Seeing Jordan behind him chasing him, Jokic jumped up after rushing to the basket, and slammed the ball into the basket with one hand!

Jordan's block blocked the air.

The cheers at the scene immediately exploded.

After Jokic dunked, he waved his hands vigorously, roaring into the sky!

Tang Tian couldn't help laughing when he saw this. Jokic said before the game that he would show his 120% state, and this time he dunked on the Clippers at the beginning of the game. This is really not just talk.