There is still less than a week to go before the All-Star game begins, and before that, the all-star selection process has also been settled. However, not long ago, Harden announced that he was absent from the All-Star due to a hamstring injury, giving up another place for the league, and finally the Cavaliers' Allen successfully replaced, achieving the first All-Star trip of his career.
Attentive fans may find harden a former Nets player, and this Allen is also a former Nets player. Seeing this result, I think the Nets are unhappy. Why are all the players released at the All-Star level?
And the Nets' All-Star player, This year's Eastern Star captain Durant will also feel embarrassed to see this result.
The Nets' embarrassment
Where is the Embarrassment of the Nets? Mainly in several places.
First, in 2021, the Nets used Allen as a chip for Harden, and after a four-way deal, sent Allen to the Cavaliers. Now, Aaron proved himself in the Cavaliers, punching the Nets in the face.
Second, the Nets sent all-Star Aaron away for Harden, but in the end they failed to keep Harden, which is a big embarrassment for the Nets this season.
Third, although Durant is the captain of the Eastern Conference All-Star, he can't play, and then, former teammate Harden was originally the Nets' All-Star seedling, who knows but was traded before the All-Star game, plus Irving lost the All-Star, this year's All-Star Game, not a single Nets player.
Durant's embarrassment
So where is Durant's embarrassment?
First, in the previous All-Star teammate selection link, because Harden was traded by the Nets, Durant tried every means to avoid choosing Harden and let Harden go to James' side. And Harden directly responded to Durant with a waiver, he is not a rare All-Star at all.
Second, Durant has been stacking the big players in the All-Star as much as possible into his own team, resulting in the James team is basically a guard player, did not expect Harden to retire, Allen made up, directly sent a big man to James, Durant's wishful thinking fell short.
Allen's All-Stardom didn't come easily
Finally, let's discuss the twists and turns of Allen's all-star journey.
First, in the initial All-Star voting session, Allen lost due to a small number of votes, but fortunately, another player in the Cavaliers, Garland, was selected.
Secondly, after Durant's injury, Allen's call for replacement was high, but in the end, Xiao Hua gave the Hornets three goals, and Allen missed the opportunity again.
In the end, after Harden announced his retirement from the All-Star, the candidate who competed with Allen was Siakam, but for two reasons, it eventually fell to Allen's head.
The first is that Allen's personal performance has been recognized by everyone, averaging 16.2 points and 11.1 rebounds per game this season, shooting 66.5% from the field, such a performance, in the history of the league, only three people can do it before.
They are Chamberlain, Gilmore and Gobert.
Second, because this year's All-Star is held at the home of the Cavaliers, it is also reasonable that Allen, as one of the Cavaliers' home stars, is taken care of more than other competitors.