The Cavaliers, the host of this year's All-Star, deserves to have face. Today the NBA officially announced that Jarrett Allen will replace injured Harden for All-Star Weekend. Counting Garland, as well as this season's newcomer Wang Dahe Evan Mobley, who has been a fish-belly cavalier for 3 years since James's westward journey in 2018, this year can be described as a good return. The last time an All-Star host was two were selected as All-Stars was in 2016, when DeRozan and Lowry were selected for the host Raptors.
For Allen, his career has taken a leap forward in recent years. Once, in the final stage of the first round, he was a young center with promising prospects. Later, he became involved in the transaction and came to the new owner's house and was immediately entrusted with a heavy responsibility. From one of the chips of Harden's transaction that year to today's All-Star, Mr. Billion Dollar, Aaron, who is not yet 24 years old, also fully explained what is "to be famous early." ”
So far this season, Allen has averaged 16.2 points, 11.1 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game, shooting 66.5 percent from the field. The Cavaliers' record has been a win-win for both the team and the players. Aaron and Garland also used this to establish themselves in the team.
Alan was born on April 21, 1998 in San Diego, California. He comes from a basketball family whose father, Leonard, from the University of San Diego, competed in the 1985 draft and was selected by the Mavericks with the 50th pick in the 3rd round (seven rounds of the draft that year). However, Leonard did not play in the NBA, but went to the Spanish league to pan for gold. Allen's older brother Leonard Jr. was a member of the men's basketball team when he was at Baylor University, and he is also known for his defense at 2.13 meters tall.
Undoubtedly, Aaron is the smoothest and most accomplished of the three fathers and sons on the road of basketball. In his early years, Aaron attended a local high school in Round Rock, Texas, and transferred to St. Stephens Bishop High School in Austin, the state's capital, during his sophomore year of high school. Here, Allen became the star player of the varsity team, led the team to win the SPC Division championship twice, and was also selected for the 2016 McDonald's All-American Star Game, was named a five-star high school student, and ranked 15th among the high school students in the class of 2016.
Aaron then moved to the University of Texas and became an alumnus of Durant, Aldridge, and Miles Turner. In just one season here, Allen averaged 13.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game, but frustratingly, the University of Texas only finished with 11 wins and 22 losses in the entire season. One of the most memorable games of Allen's NCAA career was a 22-point, 19-rebound game against the University of Kansas, but the University of Texas still lost 12 points.
After his freshman season, Allen didn't want to stay here any longer, choosing instead to participate in the 2017 NBA Draft and was selected by the Nets with the 22nd pick in the first round. After missing the 2017-18 opener, Allen made his career debut in his second game against the Magic and, at the age of 19 years and 182 days, became the Nets' second-youngest player since joining the NBA in 1976, behind Only Favors (19 years and 104 days).
Good luck soon favored Aaron. The Nets' Fifth position has changed several times this season, first with Mozgov and then with Taylor Zeller. With Mozgov abandoned and Zeller was traded, the young Allen was promoted as the starting point in the 42nd game of his career, when he was only 19 years old and 284 days old. In the rookie season, Allen ended with an average of 8.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game, as well as a 58.9% shooting percentage.
Over the next two seasons, Allen steadily improved with the Nets and averaged a double-double for the first time before being traded in the 2020-21 season, and his starting position in the team was unshakable.
Allen's rise is the same pace as the Nets' coming out of the haze. The 2013 trade and billy King's name are haunting nightmares in the minds of Nets fans. After four years of darkness, the Nets finally had an exciting season in 2018-19. That season, the Nets won 50 percent of the way in five years and made it to the playoffs, losing 4-1 to the 76ers in the first round. Like the Clippers in the West End, the Nets have also attracted 2 superstars to join with this season of being a civilian team but creating surprises. Ka and George went to the Clippers, and Durant came to the Nets with his friend Irving.
But for Aaron, it didn't take long for him to understand that "the hilarity is theirs, I have nothing." "In the 2019-20 season, Durant rested all season, and Irving only played 20 games in the season. The Nets made the playoffs for the second straight year, but were shaved 4-0 by defending champion Raptors. It was also Allen's last playoff game with the Nets.
Seeing that the rookie contract is coming to an end, when the outside world is hotly speculated that "no one hundred million can not stay with Aaron", Aaron's mind is also alive, and he is also torn off the label of "non-sale" by the Nets. Finally, when Harden set off a departure storm, and the Rockets and the 76ers trade was stopped, the Nets intervened strongly and instigated a big deal for the 4 teams. As Brooklyn joyfully welcomed the Big Three, Aaron and LeVille boarded planes to the Knights and Walkers respectively (the two are now reunited in the Knights).
Looking back at the deal today when Harden bid farewell to the Nets and joined the 76ers, it is inevitable that it is lamentable. There are also 2 small episodes during this period.
One is that Jordan Jr., who joined the Nets in his first season, complained that he wasn't here to make a substitute for Allen. Kenny Atkinson lost the Nets coach position, it is reported that it is because he insisted on reusing Allen instead of Jordan Jr., which can also be seen from the new coach Jacques Vaughn immediately mentioned Jordan Jr. as a starter as soon as he took office, but was later blocked by the epidemic.
Second, in November 2021, Jake Fischer, a reporter for Open-Air Grandsport Sports, reported that the Rockets had passed up the chance to get Allen in a Harden trade because they felt that Aaron and Wood were incompatible, believing that the two were "just the second best choice in the expected frontcourt combination." Aaron passed Houston over this.
In short, after coming to the Cavaliers, Allen was immediately established by this young team as the core of the interior line, and signed a 5-year 100 million fat contract in the 2021 offseason. This season, the Cavaliers once put on a "three-high combination" that went against the tide, but the arrival of Markkanen and Mobley could not hide Aaron's light. His season's points per game, rebounds, total shooting percentage, efficiency, true shooting percentage and contribution to wins per 48 minutes have set new career highs.
With a height of 2.08 meters, Allen has an arm span of 2.26 meters and a standing height of 2.80 meters, has a monster-level athletic ability, is good at guarding the basket and basket finishing, and the blocking effect is also good. In addition, now Allen is no longer limited to "eating cake" on the offensive end, he can attack the basket from a high position, and he can also use foot movements to gain space under the basket. Of course, the fans still talk about his retro explosive head and the otaku preferences that are extremely out of proportion to his appearance: IT, visiting museums, playing games, cooking.
Throughout his career, Aaron has had a smooth journey. Maybe someone is born for basketball. (Supine Braces/Hairy)