: 255: I was selected this time

On the night of January 22, the Grizzlies players after the training did not go out or stay in their rooms, but all gathered in Link's room.
After finishing the game with the Kings on the 21st, Hollins took the players to Oakland the next day. On the 23rd, the Grizzlies will play against the Golden State Warriors in the Bay Area. On the 24th, immediately rushed to Portland back to back to fight the Blazers.
Therefore, Hollins decided to take the players to the Bay Area one day in advance to prepare for the game. In this way, it also allows the players to rest more time.
Counting it down, this is another disgusting round of 4 days and 3 matches.
The Grizzlies players have gradually become accustomed to this life of playing one game every other day. This is the case with the shrinking season. Every team is treated the same.
Therefore, on the night of the 22nd, all Grizzlies players gathered in Link's room in the hotel where they stayed in the Bay Area.
Don't get me wrong, Link did not set up a gambling game to invite his teammates to play. All Grizzlies players gathered here, just waiting for the NBA to officially announce the starting lineup for this year's Orlando All-Star Game!
"How long will it be? Why the is still advertising?"
"Hey, who wants juice, I have some leftovers in this bottle."
"Zach, buddy, take your head away, I can't see the TV!"
Link's room was very lively, and quite a few of the college dormitories looked like everyone waiting to watch the live game together.
Link sits in the middle, putting his hands together to prop his chin. He really didn't expect that he would become so nervous. The first All-Star start in the history of the Grizzlies? Selected into the All-Star Game for the first time in his career?
These are all milestone achievements, and it is only strange that Link is not nervous.
Finally, at 7:30 in the evening, ESPN officially began the announcement ceremony of the NBA All-Star Game starting lineup.
"Hello everyone, and welcome to lock on ESPN! I think everyone has been waiting for this moment for a long time, then we won't be too nonsense! Just now, the NBA officially announced the results of the second round of the All-Star Weekend. Magic center Dwight . Howard once again became the vote king with 1,161,797 votes! The Chicago Bulls' Derrick Rose followed Howard with 10,402,10 votes to become another player in the league with more than 1 million votes. Next, I will announce the East and West star teams. The starting list."
After finishing talking, the host took out a small envelope, making it more mysterious. In fact, there is already a complete list of all-star starters on the Internet, but the players have not watched it. Life, you still have to have a sense of ritual. Go directly to the list, where is the excitement of watching the live broadcast.
"The Western Conference ticket king belongs to Kobe Bryant on the guard line. His 1110379 votes go straight to Howard. Chris Paul gets 835,026 votes and ranks second in the Western Conference guard. Therefore, the Western Conference starts two guards, Kobe. Bryant and Chris Paul, congratulations!"
This result is not surprising. Kobe and Paul are the two top guards in the league. Thinking about it this way, it is not difficult to understand why the "basketball reason" appeared this year's offseason. The two strongest guards in the league team up, and the other teams will definitely not do it.
"Western forward, two consecutive scoring king Kevin Durant is still ranked first with 973,152 votes. He has determined an All-Star starting position." At this point, the host paused on purpose. It seems that he knows the fans well. What do we most urgently want to know.
"As for the other forward in the West, it's...Tom Lin, Link from the Memphis Grizzlies! He followed closely with 859,623 votes, ranking second among the Western Conference forwards and becoming the Western Conference All-Star team. Congratulations! Blake Griffin won 619,913 votes, only ranked third and missed the All-Star start!"
"Haha!" At the moment the results were announced, Link's room was directly fried.
Everyone raised their arms and cheered, and then hugged Link one by one! Randolph was even more exaggerated. This guy directly sent a "depth bomb" and fell back on the bed, almost flattening the bed.
"All-star starting, starting! Wow, it's amazing! Congratulations Link, congratulations!"
"From now on, the Grizzlies will have all-star starters! Hahahaha!"
"Good link, in the All-Star Game, let people see the demeanor of Grizzlies players!"
All the noise in Link's ears was the roar of his teammates. But he didn't feel noisy, but felt extremely happy. Another career milestone, win it!
Of course, how could I forget the award clause worth $1 million?
Soon, Link's phone kept ringing. George, Rachel, Brockman, Martha, parents and manager Jeff Austin, including Bryant, etc., all called to congratulate him.
Link has never experienced the draft, but today he has the feeling of waiting for the result of the draft with his family.
The whole family stayed in front of the TV, just waiting for the people above to shout their names.
Only this time, Link was really selected!
After all the results of the All-Star debut were announced, Link found that his 850,000 votes were not low.
In the East, one of the starting forwards, "Social Melon" Anthony, won only 770,000 votes. On the west side, Paul has only 830,000 votes. Starting center Bynum, on a big stage like Los Angeles, played so explosively this season, only 770,000 votes.
After watching a lap, Link found that his number of votes was second only to Kobe and Durant, ranking third in the West!
It seems that even he himself underestimated his popularity. In the last round of voting, he and Griffin were at the same level, but after the half-month of the game, he and Griffin have completely opened the gap.
A month later, in Orlando, Link will be more than just the protagonist of the "playoff game." This time, he became a serious All-Star player!
Tomorrow there will be a game, and the hotel room will make the Grizzlies' brawny guys unable to use their punches, so the celebration will soon end. After a while, only Link and Randolph were left in the room.
"How do you feel?" Randolph patted Link's shoulder with relief.
"Excited, Zach, it feels like a dream comes true." Link made no secret of his inner excitement. The All-Star debut ~EbookFREE.me~ This is an honor that many players can't have in their lives!
"Yeah, the dream has come true. But I guess, Los Angeles people may be angry. Especially the Clippers team reporter named John Buha. He probably wants to swallow his previous words. Yes, hahahahaha."
"Well, from Los Angeles... By the way, Zach, are we about to play the Clippers?" Link suddenly turned to look at Randolph, Randolph immediately took out his phone and called up the schedule.
Tomorrow we will play the Warriors, and the Blazers will be back to back on the 24th. After a day of rest, on January 26, the Grizzlies will go far to Staples Center. Only this time, the Grizzlies' opponent is no longer the Los Angeles Lakers, but the Clippers!
"You said...Is the Clippers' retaliatory heart heavy?" Link curled his lips, playing the Clippers when he was so tired after back-to-back, it's really amazing...
"Trust me Link," Randolph tilted his head, "They will use the fiercest firepower to retaliate against us."
"Ah!" Link and Randolph sighed, then both fell on the bed tiredly.