Winning the Raptors boosted the morale of the Nets.

After winning the Raptors, the team also ushered in a relatively comfortable schedule.

Against the Pistons, all 6 players on the team scored double-doubles, and Delong and Yi Jianlian both scored 20+, beating their opponents 107-89.

The Hawks lost 93-103, but in a last-minute stalemate, Delon and Barton scored 20 points each.

Against the Suns, Lopez ushered in an explosion, swept 22 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists, and the team also defeated the opponent 101-94.

Against the Kings, Jokic played well with a 101-76 victory, scoring a quasi-triple-double of 16 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists.

5 games, 4 wins and 1 loss, although it has a certain relationship with the strength of the opponent, but this kind of stable play also makes people feel the changes in this team, the atmosphere, and the mental outlook, these things that Tang Tian said at the press conference are forming little by little in the Nets team.

The players are no longer frustrated by losing the game, on the contrary, whether they lose or win, they will carry out some tactical analysis and learning under the leadership of the coaching staff, and they can feel it firsthand.

However, in such a positive team, Joe Johnson seems a little out of place.

Since sitting on the bench for almost the entire game against the Raptors, he has gone from starting to benching, and his still inefficient scoring has slowly faded out of the rotation lineup in the following games.

It's hard to imagine that a team's highest-paid player will sit at the end of the bench all the time.

But this is Tang Tian, and it is also his consistent coaching style, no matter how much money you get, you have to sit obediently on the bench if you can't compete.

Before you know it, it's late January, and the Nets are getting back on track.

Before Tang Tian took over, the team's record was 10-20, and it had just experienced a wave of 10-game losing streak, but after he took over, the team's record was 11-5, and the overall record had come to 21-25, ranking ninth in the East, and there was great hope of entering the playoffs.

At this time, the starting bench lineup of the All-Star Game has been announced, and the Cavaliers Big Three and the Thunder Three Teenagers were selected for the All-Star Game again, but this time they were not the focus of the All-Star Game, and the Hawks, who are currently ranked first in the East, and the Warriors, who are the first in the West, are the teams that attract more attention.

The Hawks played team basketball under the leadership of Spurs head coach Mike Budenholzer, and this All-Star Game broke team history with Korver replacing the injured Wade in the final moments, and four of the five starters were selected for the All-Star Game.

The Warriors' performance was even more shocking, as they finished at the top of the league with a 40-6 record under new coach Steve Kerr, even beating the Thunder.

In this All-Star Game, the team's splash brothers Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson were also selected.

ESPN was also teased at this time, knowing that they had previously placed these two teams outside the top eight in the league.

On the Nets' side, Delon was named to the All-Star bench again after two years with his excellent performance (18.9 points, 7.3 assists, 49% shooting).

In addition to DeLong, Jokic (11.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game) and Bogdan Bogdanovic (9.2 points and 2.1 assists per game) were also selected for the All-Star Game.

Bojan Bogdanovic will compete in the All-Star Three-Point Contest.

This year's All-Star Game was co-hosted by the Knicks and the Nets, and the main game was played at Madison Square Garden, and the other individual games were played at the Barclays Center Arena.

The All-Star Game is approaching, and the players are starting to look forward to it.

On this off-season, after finishing training as usual, Jones suddenly came to the office to find Tang Tian.

"Joe wants the team to buy him out or trade him."

Jones's words made Tang Tian frown slightly.

Speaking of which, Joe Johnson is indeed the team's biggest problem right now.

Previously, he hoped to stimulate the former "Eagle King" by reducing his playing time, but it didn't work at all, and the latter was still as unresponsive as before, just like his personality when he was killed, "unfazed".

So in the end, he went with him, anyway, he only had one year left on his contract at the end of the season, and then he just had to trade some role players or draft picks.

I just didn't expect him to ask Jones to make such a request.

"I see." Tang Tian didn't say much.

At the end of the training session the next day, Tang Tian called Joe Johnson into his office alone.

"Joe, Keys told me you want the team to buy you out or trade you?" After sitting down, Tang Tian asked directly.

'Yes, I need to play, I need to go somewhere where I can play time.' Joe Johnson said calmly.

Tang Tian looked at Joe Johnson's eyes, knocked on the table and said: "Let me say it directly, because your contract is too big, the team will not consider buying it out for the time being, as for the transaction, now you will be sent to the first round, and the team will not accept you." ”

Joe Johnson's expression was finally stunned for a moment, what Tang Tian said was really direct.

"I know you're going to be upset, after all, the team traded you from the Hawks at a price, and you've been a starter for the past few years, but I've said it to everyone before, it's a team that needs to compete, no matter who he is and what kind of contract he holds, you should know it, right?"

"I just wanted a change of scenery." Joe Johnson paused.

Tang Tian smiled, it seems that Joe Johnson has been sick in the Nets for the past few years.

"Okay, I'll give you two options, first, just sit quietly at the end of the bench, don't complain or talk, and sit until next offseason, when you only have one year left on your contract, and we may consider talking to you about a buyout; Second, take out the passion and enthusiasm that you still have in your bones, try to fight for a rotation position, play value, and we'll see if you still have value in the trading market. ”

Joe Johnson was silent and didn't speak again, the two choices given by Tang Tian were very reasonable, but no matter which one he chose, he was not very willing, he only wanted to change the environment and play well now.

"The choice is yours, you can go back and think about it, but I want to remind you that there is no third option, and if you make other choices, the management will not bother at all."

"I see." Joe Johnson nodded one last time.

Watching him finally leave his office, Tang Tian's face was somewhat helpless.

Although Joe Johnson is old, his strength is still there, and after leaving the Nets in his previous life, he played highlights in both the Heat and the Jazz.

It can also be seen from the conversation just now that this is more of a matter of attitude and psychology.

But just like Tang Tian said, the choice is in his own hands.

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