As the All-Star break approached, Brooklyn Nets center Brook Lopez issued a canvassing manifesto after the last round, hoping to get more fans and coaches in the final week of voting.

In the next games, the Nets also defeated the Atlanta Hawks home and away and the New York Knicks away without Carmelo Anthony.

But then they lost back-to-back losses on the road to the Minnesota Timberwolves led by Kevin Love and the Memphis Grizzlies led by the "Black and White Bears".

In general, it is not unacceptable for the Nets to win 3 games in a schedule of 1 home and 4 away, but the biggest problem of the Nets - the rebounding problem has always restricted the team's progress.

And Nets starting center Lopez has been pointed out by many media and experts as the root cause of the Nets' rebounding problem.

In these games, Lopez's offense has been as sharp as ever, averaging 19.5 points per game.

In the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Lopez scored 28 points with a good touch, but only grabbed 4 rebounds.

His opponent, the Timberwolves' All-Star-caliber interior Kevin Love, played a super "double-double" in front of Lopez, scoring 26 points while grabbing 21 rebounds, eight of which were frontcourt rebounds.

The Nets lost 35-54 on rebounds.

In the just-concluded Brooklyn Nets' 99-103 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, the Nets' starting center Brook Lopez played 27 minutes. On the offensive end, 18 points on 9-of-13 shooting is reasonable, but his stats of 0 rebounds and 0 free throws as a starting center are really surprising.

In fact, after three quarters of this game, the Nets have fallen behind the Grizzlies at home by 17 points, and in the fourth quarter, the team's starting center Lopez did not even have a minute of playing time, and what is even more embarrassing is that after the backup center "Birdman" Anderson came on the court, the Nets played a wave of attacks, and finally lost by only 4 points.

Recently, the Nets have played a great offense again, but the defense is still not improving. He is currently ranked 18th in the league in defensive ratings. The pace of the game is 21st in the league.

According to the league's latest team power rankings, the Brooklyn Nets are still above the Memphis Grizzlies, but the Grizzlies have suppressed the Nets from beginning to end with their strong rebounding ability.

For this. As a starting center for the Nets. Lopez is definitely the first person responsible. He didn't have a single rebound in the game, while the Grizzlies' starting center Gasol Jr. grabbed 15 rebounds, and Randolph, another core power forward on the inside, also grabbed 12 rebounds.

As everyone knows. Lopez isn't a great interior player, whereas the Grizzlies have a double offense: Gasol Jr. and Randolph are both great players.

From this theory, the outcome of Lopez's suppression is predictable, but the problem is that Lopez has not played this kind of inside line.

Griffin can be described as a representative of the power interior, but Lopez and Griffin have faced directly 5 times, and they also average 19.3 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game, although this result is not as good as Griffin's 22.1 points, 10.7 rebounds and 1.4 blocks, but it is also the top interior level in the league.

However, Lopez has suddenly lost his sense of rebounding after returning from injury this season, and while there was a trend last season, this season has been especially pronounced.

In the past 7 games, the rebounding figures of the Nets' starting center Lopez are 3, 7, 4, 5, 4, 4, and 0, which is really unimaginable This is a starting center with a height of more than 2.10 meters.

Many experts even bluntly said that if the Nets want to go further, they must gain a foothold on the "inside", but in the game against the Grizzlies, Lopez, the Nets' interior pillar, shot 9 balls in the game, but 8 balls were all 6 feet away.

And not only did Lopez have no rebounds in this game, but as a starting center, he didn't even make free throws.

ESPN expert Windhorst said bluntly: "Tall and strong and Delon canvassed for Lopez to be an All-Star on Twitter, and I respect their behavior, but Lopez played 27 minutes, had 0 rebounds and 0 free throws, and if he wanted to be an All-Star with such a performance, I could only give two words: hehe."

The heated discussions among the media, experts, and fans suddenly put Lopez on the "cusp".

Earlier, former NBA coach Stan Van Gundy gave his opinion to USA Today in an interview with USA Today, when asked who is the most overrated among today's NBA players.

"Jeremy Lin, he's not the player who should be in the third place in the All-Star ballot of Western Conference guards" Van Gundy first named the Rockets' starting point guard, and after Jefferson joined, the Rockets still hovered around eighth place in the West, and the main reason for this was that Jeremy Lin didn't play as expected.

Then Van Gundy took aim at the Nets center: "And Lopez, his performance this season has been disappointing, in fact his stats are still good, but last season, I saw him as one of the top two or three centers in the league, but he hasn't played at the level of last season for a long time, as for the All-Star, he doesn't need to think about it now, he is most urgent now to prove himself"

"Yes, I've been in a rut lately, I'm making adjustments, but any adjustment is difficult, I just want to do as well as I can, I need to be patient" Lopez was reluctant to give interviews to the media, but after the situation intensified, Lopez was not allowed to take a stand "I will always stay focused on basketball, I love the game, basketball will always be a way for me to vent, I think I will solve this problem".

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and at this time, ESPN broke out Lopez's contract problem, which immediately made Lopez the head of the news search.

Because Nets center Brook Lopez will officially become a restricted free agent this summer, trade rumors about him are now flying.

Brook Lopez, who was drafted by the Nets with the 10th pick in the first round in 2008, has played in just 12 games due to injury this season, averaging 19.2 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 27 minutes per game, while Lopez has averaged 34 career minutes per game, contributing 17.5 points and 7.5 rebounds.

But since the beginning of the new year, trade rumors about the Nets have been rampant, and Nets starting center Lopez has become the subject of many trade rumors.

However, López made his position clear early in front of the media -- he did not want to leave.

"It's the perfect place for me and I want to be part of the transformation process because I know something big is going to happen here," López said with a calm face.

Recently, it has been rumored on the Internet that the Nets intend to exchange Lopez for Howard, the "Warcraft" who has also been in poor condition recently.

While the Lakers immediately stated that they would not trade Howard, RealGM columnist Jarrod Rudolph, who has a close personal relationship with Howard, broke the news that some sources said that the Nets are preparing to launch another pursuit of Dwight Howard, and they are ready to co-opt another team to provide enough enticing leverage.

According to sources, Nets general manager Billie King is very confident in his trade plan, which he believes will meet the needs of all parties.

According to Jarrod Rudolph, Nets general manager Billy King plans to reach out to the Timberwolves to ask if they would be willing to join a three-way deal with the main purpose of the deal: to send Howard to the Nets, Kevin Love to the Lakers, and Brook Lopez to the Timberwolves.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately shocked the entire alliance, and the parties concerned remained silent about the news.

But hours later, sources from Netsdaily, the New York Post, and ESPN all said that Rudolph's previous reports were completely untrue and that the Nets had no plans to pursue Howard again.

Just minutes after the New York Post reported the Rudolph rumors, a source from within the Nets said, "It's all, Rudolph -- whatever his name is -- just made up a bunch of stuff," and the Nets responded with unprecedented speed and intensity.

Subsequently, a second Nets source briefly commented on the report: "fake", while ESPN's source also vehemently denied Rudolph's report.

But Rudolph then clarified on Twitter: "Figure out a few points. I love to be an NBA reporter, I love to do it, but I haven't loved it to the point where I want to 'make up' something, breaking news is not worth trading for my integrity, I have no reason to 'make up' anything, it's nonsense to say that I 'make deals' or something."

Although there are many opinions at the moment, one thing is certain, and the trade rumors around Lopez will not stop until Howard announces that he will stay with the Lakers.

"Personally, I haven't experienced this feeling in the league before," Lopez said helplessly, "I want to stay on this team, I was drafted by the Nets, I like to be a part of the Nets, that's for sure, I like everybody on the team, I have a lot of good friends here, I enjoy every minute here, I really want to stay here"

Also involved in trade rumors with Lopez is power forward Humphries, who has been rumored to trade Gasol and Ilyasova since the end of last year. (To be continued......)

PS: National Day big blockage, yesterday drove more than 200 kilometers, it took a full eight hours, directly tired to the stomach, the brothers can't stand it, and then I will make up the chapter!