Davidson smiled bitterly, Dad's words are right, the strength of the King's bench is really not strong.

There is also a trade value for Brian Grant, as for the original starting point guard Potato Weber, because of the annual salary of up to 2.07 million US dollars, it is estimated that no one wants to give it away for nothing......

You must know that Richmond's annual salary is only three million US dollars, and the strength of Little Potato Webber is not at all a grade compared to Richmond, but the annual salary is not much different.

"Daddy, what do you think we should do?" Davidson asked, confused.

"Don't think about it, leave it to me, my old guy won't really take the king's annual salary of 800,000 yuan for nothing, I have to help do some work." Daddy said with a smile.

"Let's take a look at the situation first, let's not sell Grant now, after all, he is also a good force, and he can come in handy in the playoffs."

"I'm going to reach out to a couple of teams that might have a marginal lottery pick, and I'll trade them directly after the season." Daddy told his plan.

Davidson nodded, and now that's all there is to it.

Now is not a good time to trade Grant, because if Grant is sold, the overall strength of the team will be damaged, and the Kings have a championship hope this season, so they naturally have to preserve their strength as much as possible.

……

The Kings have been in the limelight this season, but it's not that they haven't had their share of capsizing in the gutter.

For example, they lost to the Bucks, a well-known fish belly team in the East.

Davidson didn't think it was a big deal, after all, this was the first year of the Kings' roster run-in.

Of the five starters, three of them have just joined the team this year, and it is quite normal for there to be gutter overturns at times.

At the end of January, the results of the NBA All-Star voting were released.

What Davidson didn't expect at all was that this year's All-Star ticket king was not Jordan.

It's Pistons big man Grant Hill......

That's interesting.

Last season, before Jordan returned, Hill won the All-Star vote as a rookie.

And now that Jordan has made a comeback, Hill dares to get the ticket king, and this popularity is a little incomprehensible.

It's incredible to be able to snatch the All-Star ticket king on Jordan.

But there must be a reason why this is the case.

The first is Hill's origin, a black man from an upper-class family in the United States.

His father graduated from Yale University, his mother graduated from Wesleyan College, and his roommate was Hillary, now First Lady.

Hill received the best education and belonged to the American elite.

It is no exaggeration to say that even if Hill does not play basketball, with his family's connections, he can definitely mix into the American elite.

Such a player is naturally deeply liked by the old American white elite, and they find a resonance point in Hill.

In addition, Hill is also a black man, so naturally he is also popular with black people.

It is equivalent to saying that Hill is a black-and-white player, and it is normal to get more votes than Jordan.

Of course, Hill's own strength is completely faulty.

In his rookie season, he averaged 19.9 points, 6.4 rebounds and 5 assists per game, which was quite outstanding.

And this season, Hill's statistics have been further improved, averaging 20.2 points, 9.8 rebounds and 6.9 assists per game, and he is extremely versatile.

The sophomore can get an average of 20+10+7 per game, which is definitely an amazing performance.

For various reasons, it makes sense for Hill to win the honor of the vote king.

The second most voted total is naturally Jordan.

In third and fourth place are O'Neill and Pippen.

These four are all eastern stars, which shows that the popularity of eastern stars in this era is indeed higher than that of western stars.

It wasn't until fifth that a Western player finally appeared.

Battle!

That's right, Battle came in fifth place in the All-Star poll with a total of 1.26 million votes.

This result was actually lower than Davidson's expectations, and Davidson originally hoped that Battle would be able to finish in the top three in the number of votes.

After all, there are not many players who average 31+7+4 per game in their rookie season.

However, now that he can rank as the king of the West, Davidson is also satisfied, at least this shows that Battle is now the most popular star in the West.

Battle was followed by Ross Barkley and Olajuwon.

The number of votes of these two people is actually not much less than that of Battle, and it is almost between them.

In the Western Conference center vote rankings, Olajuwon and David Robinson occupy the top two spots.

As for Muressan, although he is in third place, with a lot more votes than Mutombo, there is certainly a considerable gap compared to David Robinson's million votes.

This year, Muresan may not even qualify as an All-Star bench......

Blue-collar centers are so miserable, and their popularity is very low.

If nothing else, this year's three blue-collar interior linemen in the league, Muressan, Mutombo and Rodman, may not be able to qualify as All-Stars.

As for the Western Conference All-Star forward position.

Battle, Barkley and Rain Man Camp rounded out the top three, with Karl Malone fourth, with less than a million votes.

Richmond has no problem making the backline, but he is also a substitute.

On the western side, Drexler, Kidd and Stockton are all quite popular.

It's also strange to say, with the King's record this year, Richmond, as the leader of the King's team, not to mention the honor of winning the Western Conference ticket, at least there is no problem in being selected as an All-Star starting backcourt.

But it just can't be elected, and the number of votes has not been able to rise.

If you want to say that Richmond doesn't have a superstar look, that's not it, and Richmond's appearance is not the kind that people hate.

Davis wondered why this situation must have something to do with Richmond's low-key personality.

Because of the low-key personality, the popularity is not high, and the consequence of low popularity is that it is not favored by commercial brands, and without commercial brands to help it advertise, its popularity will definitely become more and more difficult.

This is a strange circle......

……

In mid-February, the All-Star Weekend began, and Davidson got his wish to lead the team as an All-Star in the West.

Battle started the Western Conference forward, Richmond was the Western Conference guard backup, and Murraysan failed to qualify for the All-Star selection......

This made Davidson feel a little unhappy, as the first natal player on his hands, Davidson naturally has a deep affection for Muressan, and now Battle has been selected in the starting lineup in the first year, but Murraysan has not even been qualified as a substitute.

The main reason is that Davidson is about to be promoted to intermediate buyers, and after the promotion is successful, Davidson will definitely set his sights on senior buyers.

And if you want to be a high-level buyer, in addition to completing some difficult tasks, you must at least let the natal player at hand qualify for the All-Star starter.