Sean Livingston.

When Stevens talked about this player, Tang Tian suddenly remembered.

When he first debuted, he was a tall point guard with excellent dribbling and playmaking skills, and was hailed as the "successor to magic".

But a 90-degree fracture of his foot during a layup in 06 directly caused the basketball genius to fall.

He remembered that in his previous life, the videos of Livingston's injuries belonged to the kind of banned series, and people with bad hearts were afraid to watch them.

In his previous life, he continued to play in the NBA after returning from injury, and after several ups and downs, he finally served as Curry's first bench, and won two championships with the Warriors.

However, at this time, Livingston was still wandering from team to team, and he had never found his place.

He has also rarely played with the Wizards this season, and has not found a home after being cut last November, and is now a free agent.

Livingston has a solid possession of the ball and can also enrich the team's bench play with a back-to-back play, but now that there are 15 players on the roster, signing Livingston will have to trade one of them.

Reggie Jackson was an option, but after trying it before, his trade value had hit rock bottom, and it was obviously a bit of a loss to trade him out at this time.

And next season, Kidd retires, and the team also needs a third point guard, and Jackson's draft pick is not high, which belongs to the kind of cheap contract, and there is no harm in keeping it.

After Tang Tian and Stevens finished chatting, he took out the team list and looked at it.

The starting five Tigers and Harden must not move, among the remaining players, Tucker and Brown are the core rotation and must not move, Middleton, Bazemore and O'Quinn are all high-quality rookies and must be retained.

Excluding Jackson, the remaining three are Collison, Sofrosa and Cole Aldridge.

Collison is a bargain and has been with the team for 10 years, a big part of the locker room, and it seems that only Soflosa and Aldridge are left to be traded.

Middleton's recent excellent play has squeezed out Soflosa, a player who is known for his defense, after Durant and Harden have improved defensively, it has become less important in the Thunder, as for Aldridge has always been in reserve as a third center, Brown signed a long-term contract, he is relatively dispensable.

Tang Tian called Jones to the office and asked him to privately put Sofrosa and Aldridge on the shelves to see the market first.

After getting this, Tang Tian then got on the plane to Houston with Sanshao.

Except for the game day, this is the first time Tang Tian has returned here seriously since leaving Houston three years ago.

This is the starting point of his coaching career, just like his first girlfriend, and it feels familiar and strange to meet again.

And it's very interesting that the last time the All-Stars settled in Houston was in 06, Tang Tian missed it perfectly, and this time it was the last link of his rocket plot to make up.

The first day of the event was uneventful, and the most talked about was still the rookie race.

This year's rookie game is still divided into Barkley and O'Neal, and in the end, Barkley defeated O'Neal with Irving's 32 points and Faried's 40 points, and "Half-Orc" Faried won the MVP of the rookie game with his outstanding performance of 40 points and 10 rebounds on 18-of-22 shooting.

The second day will be the highlight of the All-Star Game, with a skills challenge, a three-point contest and a slam dunk contest.

Tang Tian appeared on the sidelines of the arena with Anna.

Although the Three-Point Contest and the Slam Dunk Contest did not participate in the Thunder, Harden will represent the West in the Skills Challenge in addition to the main game.

In order to attract the attention of fans, the All-Star Game is introducing new ways to play every year, and this year it has combined individual competitions into team competitions.

In the case of the Skills Challenge, three teams from each side of the East and West will be split into two teams, and the winning team will have a 30-point advantage before the best performer from each team will play in the final round.

The format is novel, and the attention of fans is naturally higher.

This year's squads are a lot less star-studded than last year's, with a combination of Holiday, Brandon Knight and Jeff Teague on the Eastern side, and Jeremy Lin playing at home on the Western side, as well as James Harden and defending champion Parker.

After the preliminaries, the eastern troops were 3 seconds faster than the western troops and won a 30-point advantage.

The final was played between Holiday (29.8 seconds) and Harden (29.3 seconds).

Holiday is a point guard, dribbling over obstacles and passing into the frame faster than Harden, but in the final three-point shot, he failed to make two consecutive attempts, and Harden came from behind, scoring the first three-pointer to win the championship.

The reversal also ignited the atmosphere of the scene.

If this year's individual competition is divided into East and West, Harden is equivalent to playing at home and winning the first championship in the West.

Harden, who won the championship, also looked excited, running to the sidelines laughing and yelling and screaming, as if he had won a championship.

Such an entertaining performance also made fans love him.

At the end of the skills competition, the three-point shooting contest needed time to set up the court, and the scene also entered a short break.

Tang Tian just went down to the venue to chat with Harden, and when he was about to go back to the stands, he was directly caught by the reporters in the venue.

Seeing Tang Tian appear on the big screen, there was a burst of cheers at the scene.

Three years ago, he broke up with the Rockets, but it has been three years since he left the Rockets, and those fans who care about it have long been put down, and the Rockets are now not in the playoffs for many years, and they can't be compared with the three-in-a-row championship period.

Tang Tian greeted the fans with a smile.

"Coach, how does it feel to be back in Houston?" The reporter also asked.

"It's special, I started my career in this arena six years ago and won my first triple title here, so coming back here is like coming home." As soon as Tang Tian spoke, the cheers at the scene exploded directly.

"We need you!"

"Come back!"

"Let's go home!"

……

The scene resounded with the shouts of some fans.

Tang Tian smiled and didn't care.

"Harden won the Skills Tournament, do you think he has a chance to be as good as Kobe Bryant, or even better?" After talking about a few more Houston-related topics, the reporter then asked.

'Yes, I think he has a chance, even though it's going to be a long way, but as long as he keeps 100 per cent of his commitment and effort, anything is possible.' At this time, Harden was on the sidelines, and Tang Tian did not hesitate to praise, giving his disciples the greatest praise.