After defeating the Bucks, the Lakers slowly emerged from the haze of four consecutive losses and achieved two consecutive victories.

Thanks to the Eastern Conference brothers for giving warmth. In addition to the strong opponent's strength, there is another reason for not finding a reasonable rotation.

If three people are missing at once, there will definitely be problems with the rotation.

After a few games, Mike Brown found a new rotation plan.

And changed the team's playing style, from a steady position to a light offensive type.

The Lakers have this point of Nash, and the team can be fast or slow. As long as they adjust and adapt, they will defeat their opponents in both games.

But just the day after the game with the Bucks, on January 16, early in the morning, the Lakers broke a deal.

They packed Earl Clark with a future second-round pick and sent him to the Phoenix Suns for center Jermaine O'Neal.

When this transaction happened, Li Liang had just woken up from his sleep, and then he heard Wei Dazhi shouting outside.

"Trade has been traded! Clark has been replaced by O'Neal, Clark has been replaced by O'Neal!"

Li Liang put on his clothes and came out, thinking to himself that O'Neal has retired, why did he return to the Lakers?

After rubbing his eyes, he heard it again, it turned out to be a deal, and Clark was sent to the Sun for O'Neal.

Once the team trades, it will be a feast for journalists and media.

After seeing the news, Wei Dazhi immediately packed up and went out to the Toyota Center to attend the press conference.

When Li Liang learned that Clark was traded, he felt a little emotional.

The last time this happened was during the summer league, Ainga, the African guy who had a good relationship with Li Liang.

When he was traded for Howard, he sent a text message to say goodbye to Li Liang.

Clark did not send a text message to Li Liang, and the two did not have much contact on weekdays.

Clark has performed very well recently. After three inside players were injured, he has gained many opportunities to play as a tall figure.

It turned out to be for inspection. The better you perform on the field, the greater the possibility of leaving.

In the previous few games, the two of them cooperated well on the court and conducted pick-and-roll training together off the court.

When Li Liang went to Toyota Center in the afternoon, the team's trading conference had ended.

Li Liang did not see Clark. He received a notice last night that he had taken a plane to Phoenix for a physical examination early this morning.

There was no Clark's locker in the locker room, and it was replaced by Jermaine O'Neal's.

After Shaquille O'Neal retired, the Lakers welcomed Jermaine O'Neal again.

Li Liang met Jermaine O'Neal, who had already been put on the Lakers training suit, on the training ground, a super power forward who once dominated the basketball world.

The injury completely knocked him down to the mortal world. After leaving the Pacers, he tried to form a double inside tower in the Raptors and Bosh, and there was no good chemical reaction.

For the sake of recuperation, O'Neal Jr. joined the famous "Taiwan Hospital" and the Phoenix Suns in the summer.

Arizona's dry climate is conducive to the healing of injuries and recovery of the body.

Lakers players stepped forward to greet O'Neal Jr.

Who would have thought that the elites in 1996, Kobe, Nash, and O'Neal Jr. would be together this year.

If their combination was seven or eight years earlier, it would have been very daunting.

This idea has been realized on the South Coast, and the effect is pretty good and I won the championship.

O'Neal, the young man, saw Li Liang and said, "Hello Bruce, I've heard of Daming for a long time."

Li Liang was still a little confused. Why, is my reputation so great? Am I so powerful?

The NBA's circle is actually very small, with only a few hundred people playing basketball every year.

The season is almost halfway through, and Li Liang's "what he did" has spread in this circle.

It is normal for experienced old people like O'Neal, to hear some rumors.

What a rookie boss, who has endless curses, can do three or two, and the Dharma Alliance.

In addition, the Suns and Lakers have played before, O'Neal Jr. has felt it, and it is indeed a bit irritable and anyone dares to swear.

After being traded to the Lakers, you can experience it up close.

Li Liang quickly understood what O'Neal Jr. meant and said seriously: "O'Neal, there are some rumors in the league that are bad to me, and these are all villains' words. Don't believe their nonsense. I, Bruce Li, have always been open-minded and elegant and easy-going in playing basketball. I am a good teammate. I hope we can get along well in the future."

As he said that, Li Liang hugged and O'Neal little, shook hands.

Xiao Ao looked around, Kobe and Nash laughed like fools.

He probably understood in his heart that Li Liang was a nonsense king.

They also have a relationship with Rue’s basketball players.

Saying hello to new teammates one by one is actually not a new teammate.

Like Ci Shiping and Xiao Ao, they have been with the Walkers and fought together.

Jamison, Kobe, and Nash have participated in the All-Star Game with O'O, and are familiar with each other.

As for coach, Chuck Payson has worked for the Pacers and coached O'Neal Jr.

Therefore, veterans like him who have qualifications will not feel alienated anywhere.

Because he was just traded to the Lakers and the contract has not officially taken effect, O'Neal Jr. cannot play in the next game against the Heat.

Clarkson, who had played well, was traded away, so he could only use Antoine Jamison.

The training ended at around 1 p.m. Mike Brown asked the players to go back and have a good rest to prepare for tomorrow's focus match.

The next day, as soon as he woke up in the morning, Li Liang heard Wei Dazhi's ghost cry outside again.

"You're joining the All-Star! You're joining the All-Star! Open the door!"

Wei Dazhi shouted while knocking on Li Liang's door.

As soon as Li Liang opened the door, Wei Dazhi rushed up and gave Li Liang a hug.

A fat man with a 200-pound pound rushed to Li Liang, and Li Liang could not move.

This shows that his core strength and stability have reached a certain level.

Li Liang asked Wei Dazhi to go down, and Wei Dazhi said happily: "Li Liang, you have become the All-Star! Fans voted to select you as the All-Star!"

Li Liang said "Oh" with no expression on his face.

He felt hungry and wanted to eat.

Seeing that Li Liang was cold, Wei Dazhi said, "Hey, hey, all-stars, have you entered the All-stars? Have you heard it clearly? Haven't you woken up?"

Li Liang said: "I know, All-Stars are just going to a city and playing an exhibition match with a group of stars. What's so amazing? I also signed up for the three-point competition."

Wei Dazhi said: "Li Liang, you are too big now. You are the second Chinese to enter the All-Star after Yao Ming. Do you know that Jeremy Lin was almost promoted to the All-Star starter, but unfortunately he lost to Paul in the end. Otherwise, the two Asian faces all-Stars would definitely create history."

Since Yao Ming squeezed out Shaquille O'Neal in the 2003 All-Star Game and became the All-Star starter as a rookie, this happened again.

Li Liang, a second round pick, was forced into the All-Star Competition by Chinese fans' votes.

According to the All-Star rules, the ten first players in the East and West are voted by fans.

On the one hand, this depends on strength, on the other hand, it depends on popularity.

Yao Ming was far inferior to O'Neal and his fame was not as good as O'Neal, but who could withstand this?

The situation is the same this time. Even if the official conducted weighted calculations for overseas voting, Li Liang's performance was indeed surprisingly outstanding, and he played in the Lakers, which attracted fans.

Like Jeremy Lin, his strength is far inferior to Paul, but because of the Rockets, his final voting result is only a little worse than Paul.

Because the All-Star substitute was selected by the coach, Jeremy Lin would definitely miss the All-Star Game.

If Li Liang lost in the starting voting, the coach would definitely not choose him as the All-Star.

Although Li Liang's performance is impressive, he is still a role player after all. In terms of personal ability, especially offensive ability, he cannot afford the title of All-Star.

Because of this, Li Liang is not particularly excited about this All-Star starter.

This is an honor that Chinese fans have received with their love, and it was not earned by him, Li Liang, through his performance.

So Li Liang was carrying more pressure than happiness.

He was thinking, with the help of so many Chinese fans, how should I show off?

This is a big problem.

At this time, Wei Dazhi had already posted a tweet:

"When Li Liang learned that he was selected as the All-Star, he performed very calmly and wanted to have breakfast. He had expected that he would be able to enter the All-Star and signed up for the three-point competition. Please look forward to his outstanding performance. Hahaha."
Chapter completed!