"There's some truth to what Charles said, no one in China has been able to prove that they can get a foothold in the league before that, and although Tang's performance is improving, I am also skeptical about his future, after all, basketball is a sport that values talent." Smith continued.

O'Neal shrugged helplessly, he was now the hot dog sandwiched between Barkley and Smith, as O'Neal said.

Not only ESPN, after the results of the first round of voting came out, some celebrities expressed their dissatisfaction with the results in interviews with the media or on their personal Twitter.

Magic Johnson: I think this one vote is another challenge to the league system, you know, before that, only nine players were selected to the All-Star Game in their rookie season, and it's clear that Tang Shuai's performance is still some of the same as them.

Rick Barry: Yao Ming was the starter of the All-Star Game because of the Chinese fans in his rookie season, and I don't deny Yao Ming's greatness, but I really don't want that to happen again.

Big Van Gundy: If Tang Shuai can be selected, then Reggie Jackson should also be selected, in fact, Reggie has far surpassed Tang Shuai.

Oscar Robertson: It's a ridiculous league, Stephen Curry can take what he wants in a league without defense, a player who is only good enough to make the rotation can be selected to the All-Star Game based on popularity, I hate the league now.

Former Bulls Ron Harper: It's a crazy thing, should I complain about being born at the wrong time? Or would I be an All-Star? The only good thing is that this is only the first round of voting. The league still has time to deal with this poor result.

……

When he woke up the next day, Tang Shuai felt a headache. After getting up, I exercised in the room for a long time. to sober himself up.

After sobering up, he was ready to drive to the stadium, and although the ankle injury was not serious, he still needed to go to the team doctor for some professional massage.

When he arrived at the stadium, he greeted the team doctor and lay down on the soft bed.

The team doctor's massage is still very professional, and there is already a feeling of heat expansion after a few massages.

Tang Shuai was about to take out his mobile phone to play for a while, when someone came in from the door.

He turned his head to look. The person who saw him come in was Duffy.

"James? How did you get here? Aren't you supposed to go to the office? Tang Shuai looked surprised, he didn't expect Duffy to come at all.

"I'm going, and I'm coming to you." Duffy followed.

"Looking for me? What's wrong? If there's anything, you can just give me a call. Tang Shuai said suspiciously.

"I can't tell you on the phone, did you watch the news when you woke up in the morning?" Duffy said as he walked over and sat down on the edge of the soft bed.

"News? I haven't yet, you mean yesterday's lore? Tang Shuai said with a smile, because he was in a hurry to come to the team doctor, he just took out his mobile phone.

"It's not a lore, it's an all-star vote, and the results of the first round came out last night." Duffy shook his head and said.

"All-Star Vote?" Tang Shuai was stunned for a moment. Then he said with some self-deprecation, "Shouldn't it be me on the list?" ”

"See for yourself." Stephenson said as he handed over his phone.

Tang Shuai took the phone suspiciously, and when he read the contents inside, his face kept changing.

See the end. He sneered and said, "These celebrities really can't stop for a moment, after mocking Curry and the Warriors." He turned his head and pointed the finger at me again. ”

Duffy glanced at the team doctor.

The team doctor stopped, and he could see that Tang Shuai and Duffy had something private to say. He got up and said, "I'll come back later." ”

When the team doctor came out of the room, Duffy lowered his voice and said, "If you can be selected for the All-Star Game." It's definitely going to be a great help for you, and now that we're at a critical stage of our negotiations with the shoe sponsors, it's a big leverage. ”

"Tell me, what do you want me to do?" Tang Shuai knew that Duffy must have had an idea in his heart when he came to him, so he asked directly.

"I want you to be selfish in the next game, cut high scores, shut up the celebrities, the first round of voting is a good signal, and I am also contacting the media in China through my uncle, and the votes are definitely not a problem." Duffy continued to say in a low voice.

Tang Shuai frowned slightly, and said, "Is it really necessary to do this?" ”

"Yes." Duffy said affirmatively, "Do you know how many players were selected to the All-Star Game in their rookie seasons before that? 9 pcs! There are only 9 of them, you know what I mean? The last player to be selected was LeBron James. ”

"Don't you understand what that means? This will be a qualitative change for you, I know you have a lot of potential, but if this thing succeeds in the end, you will not only have potential, you will have a chance to become the next Yao Ming! You're going to have the opportunity to be the core of a team and you're going to make a lot of endorsement fees, you know? Seeing that Tang Shuai didn't say anything, Duffy said quickly.

Tang Shuai stared at Duffy for a long time.

He had never thought about the All-Star Game before, let alone the All-Star Game, and after so much with the Clippers, he was used to taking it one step at a time.

But Duffy, who has always been calm, will lose his temper, which is enough to show the different meaning of this matter.

"Okay." He nodded.

Seeing Tang Shuai nodding, Duffy let out a sigh of relief, patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, "As long as you are responsible for getting a high score, I will take care of the rest, okay, you continue to do the massage, I'll go and get busy first." ”

After saying that, Duffy went straight out of the medical room.

Tang Shuai watched Duffy leave, and secretly made up his mind in his heart, not only for what Duffy said, but also for those harsh words of celebrities, he also had to do this.

When he was still in college, he saw Jeremy Lin say more than once that the league discriminated against yellow people in one way or another, and he didn't feel much at the time, but this incident has explained everything.

Especially before he was not well-known, and the attention he attracted was not large, but now he is gradually playing a place, and this kind of thing will naturally appear.

He now has a weakened purple Maddie dry pull bag, Eagle King back bag, bus power bag, purple dribble bag and triple pack, and his strength can be said to be the strongest point of the Clippers except for the Big Three.

"Let's move on." At this time, the team doctor walked in from outside, sat down again, and began to massage him.

The Clippers had three days off after the game, and Tang Shuai's ankle injury took about two or three days to recover, and with the help of the team doctor, he was able to participate in the team's training a day earlier.

On the training ground, he played aggressively, completely different from before. (To be continued.) )