October 24, 2012, just days before the start of the 12-13 season. After that, league officials announced that the NBA all star game will cancel the center position and change to three forwards.
The reason for this change is that more and more teams play small ball tactics, and the center is difficult to define, and now there are not many high-quality big men. Can you say that Garnett and Duncan, who often play number five, are forwards or centers? Bosh, who often plays number five, is a forward or a center? If they are forwards, where can the League find a center as good as them?
This rule does not only remove the center position when the fans vote, but also when the coaches of 30 teams vote.
As we all know, all stars are chosen by the fans. All star substitutes are voted by coaches of 30 teams. The coach can vote for seven of the candidates, according to the previous rules, the seven must include two defenders, two forwards and one center.
Now, coaches don''t have to think about centers. Of the seven people they choose, they only need to include two defenders and three forwards.
In other words, a coach may choose two defenders, and the other five places will be given to forwards. There is no doubt that this greatly increases the possibility of the front court players, especially the number four players, to enter the all star game.
Zac Randolph, who happens to be on the all star backup list.
Randolph''s last all star game was 10-11. Last season in the injury plagued by Randolph''s serious decline, coupled with his own is no longer young, so many people think Randolph''s career will start to decline.
As a result, most people have ignored Randolph''s excellent this season.
However, as long as you pay attention to it, it is not difficult to find out what makes this fat man brilliant.
Last game, grizzlies 23 points victory magic, link roared 34 points 15 rebounds. But under link, Randolph had 18 points and 8 rebounds.
In the last game, the Grizzlies beat the Lakers by 13 points, and link scored 32 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds. But Randolph had 17 points and 12 rebounds, which was better than Howard and Gasol combined.
Last season, Randolph''s field average data are career new low. But this season, like Duncan, he has fallen instead of up. Field average 16.8 points, 11.2 rebounds, Randolph''s data is not bad. He''s definitely the grizzly bear''s No. 2 threat besides link.
In an era of opportunities for the front court players, Randolph believes he can also be included in the all star squad.
Anthony chann''s words on the talk show were not very popular, but Randolph made a comment. Well, the heat and team reporter is a solid fire.
Some people say that Qian en is talking nonsense. In the NBA, whether a team can win or not has nothing to do with the number of superstars.
Some people also support Qian en''s view, saying that "the single core led team model has long been out of date, and Nowitzki''s Mavericks were the masterpiece of that era."
However, some people also said, "who gave the fat man confidence?"
Even Pau Gasol, who has proved himself impeccable in defense this year, didn''t even say that he would definitely make the all star. Why was Randolph selected?
On the training ground the next day, Randolph said to reporters, "I don''t have to play in the all star game. I just don''t want anyone to belittle us. We beat the heat this season, so we could beat them again in the playoffs! But since he wants to talk about it in terms of the number of All-Star players, I can only reply to him that way
Randolph was very serious. He didn''t go out on the spur of the moment. This guy''s love for Memphis and Grizzlies is beyond anyone else''s understanding.
After all, it''s a place to rejuvenate and regain respect.
So Randolph doesn''t allow anyone else to disrespect Memphis and Grizzlies.
Think the Grizzlies have a small number of All-Star players? wait and see!
"Zach, we''ll feed you for the next two games." During training in the afternoon, link went to Randolph and chatted with the big black bear.
The list of reserve lineups for the NBA all star game was announced in February, and the last two days of January were also the last days of the voting deadline. In other words, Randolph has two more games to win for himself.
However, Randolph shook his head. "You are the core of us, link. I should help you. We can fight as we like. I don''t have to brush the data. If those coaches have eyes, I can be selected
Randolph is not very serious most of the time, but this fat man also has his mature place.
Link nodded, number two of the best team in the league. As Randolph said, if the coaches are not blind, they should vote for Randolph.
Under this farce, Zac Randolph has gained unprecedented attention this season. In the past, when it comes to grizzly bears, what people want to see most is link''s performance. Randolph? Isn''t that what he is?But today, Randolph is as much in the spotlight as link. On January 28, before the Grizzlies'' game with the nets, a live photographer even gave Randolph a close-up.
"Zach said he could be in the All-Star lineup, so let''s see if he can do better than the all star inside Brooke Lopez." The commentator of the home court of the nets, Barkley center, has the smell of ridicule. In it, Lopez may not be selected as an all star this year, and Randolph has mixed in something.
As a result, the Grizzlies turned away from home and won the game in three quarters. In the end, the score was 101-77, and the nets didn''t score more than 80!
Deron and Joe Johnson were not in form today, and Gerald Wallace scored only one point. Lopez has 16 points and 4 rebounds, and he is already the best player in the nets.
However, Randolph easily dropped the data of 18 points and 13 rebounds in the third quarter. In addition, Randolph also let the famous "rebounder" Reggie Evans, only 6 rebounds in the game.
As a player who often scores 0 points and 20 boards, Reggie Evans'' greatest value in the basketball and nets team is rebounding, known as the bankrupt Rodman. But today, Randolph lost his only value.
After the game, a reporter asked Randolph what he thought of today''s victory. Randolph, who performed well, did not take the opportunity to pretend to be forced, did not boast, and did not attack Qian en. Instead, he opened his mouth and pointed to link. "Ask him. That guy got another 30 points today."
Reporter Leng in situ, before that can not be forgiven Randolph, why suddenly so general wind?
Randolph is just confident that he doesn''t have to over package himself. Those professional coaches, of course, can tell who is the better player.
The Grizzlies have their last game on January 31. At home, against Philadelphia 76ers.
The 76ers traded last summer, and igordala, who was reluctant to be a core player, had hoped to rise again with Bynum, who was more like a core player. But the 76ers were not killed by the management, and Bynum let himself go as soon as he left the Lakers.
First of all, Bynum left the Lakers with an unacceptable haircut. Subsequently, Bynum''s knee injury has not been optimistic, the 76ers have three times delayed Bynum''s comeback time. But even so, there is hope for the 76. As long as Bynum returns, he is bound to be able to kill the four sides.
However, Bynum won''t be honest about his injury when he lets himself go. Bynum''s injury worsened because he hurt himself during a bowling event. In the end, the 76ers announced Bynum had to undergo surgery and the season was off.
This indicates that the 76ers took all the property in exchange for the Super Center, this season did not play a game. Moreover, it is very likely that the contract will not be renewed next season...
therefore, the 76ers are struggling this season. They were originally ambitious, but now they have only one way to go.
So there''s actually no suspense about the game. But to our surprise, 76 people have brought grizzly big trouble today.
Evan Turner, who has been called "parallel" all the time, seems to be back in college today, scoring 27 points and 7 assists from 12 of 18 shots.
And the all-around forward Sadie young also had 20 points and 7 rebounds today, and the 76ers played back and forth with the Grizzlies on the court, which was amazing.
But in the end, the Grizzlies won 105-100. Link''s 30 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists are of course important, but it''s hard to reach the sudden burst of 76 players if only relying on link.
Randolph came forward to help link, and Seth young, scored 26 points and 12 rebounds, which didn''t make the 76ers upset.
At this point, the Grizzlies in January all over the game. And this year''s vote for the all star backup lineup is officially closed.
At the end of the game, Randolph was sweating. In fact, this is not the first time Randolph has cut 20 + 10 data this season, but when people pay attention to him, they are surprised to find that the veteran who has begun to "go down the road" can still make such data.
When interviewed after Lindsay, he had a smile on his face. Today, he works hard, but still feels hard. But when he needed it most, it was his teammates who stood up to help him resist the enemy''s attack.
It made him in a good mood, and it made him love his teammates even more. Link is proud to be in such a team.
So, faced with the question "do you think Randolph can be an all star player?" link pondered for a few seconds.
"Chandler said we only have one all star player? I don''t think so. Because all of us are the creators of victory. All of us are all stars. "
Link suddenly felt that it was not so important whether Randolph could be selected as the all star. Most importantly, link knows, when he needs it most.
Whether it''s Randolph, Gasol, Conley, igordala or Tony Allen, all of them will come forward and help themselves.That''s enough. It''s enough to keep them going.
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