Under enormous pressure, Holt had even tried to find Popovich to seek solutions.

But his old friend had been avoiding him all along.

He had truly reached the point of being abandoned by all.

Moreover, it wasn't just him personally who was affected. This scandal of his had brought his personal reputation to a negative peak.

The HoltCat he ran was also facing a huge brand reputation crisis.

A very real situation was that if he didn't resolve the current crisis soon, he might lose not only the Spurs, but also the company he had founded.

After losing to the Trail Blazers, the Pelicans welcomed their second clash of the season with the Hornets.

This time it was at the Pelicans' home court.

Although the last loss had its reasons, the Pelicans' players were holding their breath, venting it all on the Hornets.

The Hornets didn't even score 60 points the entire game, and the score on the court finally settled at 128 to 59.

The 59 points broke the league's lowest score record for the season.

And the 69-point difference also broke the NBA's historical record of a 68-point difference (148-80) set by the Cavaliers and Heat in 1991!

The Hornets became the biggest backdrop in history.

The shorter the news, the more miserable Jordan was.

But fortunately, Holt was there to take the bullet at a critical moment.

After the medical institution incident continued to ferment for a week, Holt, under external pressure, was finally forced to put the Spurs up for sale.

At the same time, he also resigned from his position as CEO of HoltCat.

Although very unwilling, Holt eventually faded out of the league stage like Sterling.

And not long after this happened, Popovich came to find Tang Tian again.

He came with that bottle of 1874 Jefferson wine.

After a long, long time, he finally saw his former mentor with a long-lost smile.

Although his head was still full of white hair, he seemed to have become several years younger all of a sudden.

"Kawhi called me yesterday and said that if I agreed to him bringing the medical team from New York back to San Antonio, he would come back."

Popovich poured Tang Tian some wine and said with a smile.

"And you agreed?"

Tang Tian said with a smile.

Popovich nodded with a smile, then raised his glass and clinked it with Tang Tian.

Tang Tian smiled, raised his glass, and took a sip.

The aroma was overflowing.

Popovich had been with the Spurs for so many years, and he had far more people under him than Holt.

The most direct point was that the Spurs' general manager, R.C. Buford, was his disciple.

If he really made a choice to target Holt, it would be very easy to do.

And because of Tang Tian, he also changed his attitude towards Leonard.

According to this trend, Leonard should continue to stay with the Spurs, and Popovich wouldn't have to be as distraught as he was in history.

From any point of view, this was good news for him.

Good news, good things should be celebrated.

They didn't dare to drink the Jefferson wine in large gulps, but Tang Tian's own wine cellar also had a lot of good red wine.

The two of them got drunk.

When Tang Tian woke up the next day, he found that Popovich had already left, and he had left him a small note on the table.

"Thank you for giving me the choice, I owe you one."

The content above was very simple.

But it was difficult for Popovich to say such things, so he could only express it in this way.

Tang Tian smiled and put the note away.

Although he didn't need Popovich to repay any favors, it was a memento to keep.

He went to the bathroom to splash some water on his face, and when he came out, he received a call from Fagan.

"Sold out, sold out in two minutes, the first batch!"

Fagan's words were a bit disorganized.

Tang Tian asked again, and after Fagan re-explained it, he knew what had been sold.

His Godfather series had already reached the third generation, and the fourth generation wouldn't be out until the second half of the year.

What was newly released now was the collaboration sneakers between Coca-Cola and Nike, CocaCola.x.nike.godfather3.

After soliciting opinions from fans before, this league sneaker finally chose the red and black striped upper.

On the side of the shoe, the left foot has the Coca-Cola logo, and the right foot has the Godfather shoe logo.

The shoe elements are not as many as other league sneakers, but the overall look is very appealing.

One person's vision may be biased, but the appearance of shoes voted for by a group of fans will definitely not be bad.

Moreover, this shoe also uses Nike Air's latest air cushion technology, and the quality is also the best.

It's no exaggeration to say that this is an upgraded version of the Godfather three sneakers.

Plus the Coca-Cola collaboration, just like Fagan and Tang Tian said, the first batch of shoes sold on the official website were sold out within 2 minutes.

This may also include the time it takes for some people to choose shoe sizes.

It was really sold out.

The Pelicans' strength has compressed the living space of other teams in the league.

Tang Tian's strength has also compressed the living space of other stars in the league!

The sneaker market is only so big, and the money in the fans' pockets is also limited.

The bigger Tang Tian's Godfather series cake gets, the more it will mean that the sneaker market for James, Durant, and others will be compressed.

This is true social revenge, and it's also true meat-eating with soup, leaving others with an empty bowl.

Tang Tian's mood was relatively good.

Holt ended up being abandoned by everyone, which was good news.

Now the first league sneaker sales are setting records, which is good news *2.

It is said that misfortunes never come singly, but blessings come in pairs, and this was a double blessing for him.

Moreover, there are a total of three batches of collaboration sneakers, and the number of the second and third batches will be much larger than the first batch.

With the first batch being so popular, that number may be even higher than expected.

To say nothing else, Tang Tian's February dividend will definitely have a wave of explosion.

When it accumulates to 50 million krypton gold value, the red skill is absolutely unavoidable.

Winning orange and red skills in a row this season is something that has never happened before.

According to this rhythm, he can consider that extremely tempting gold skill next season.

At this time, there were only three days left before the final voting results for the league's All-Star.

In addition to the attention-grabbing main game list, the individual events will also be announced at the same time.

It was also at this time that Tang Tian received a message on his personal Twitter.

Since the birth of his two children, his Twitter has basically been managed by Olsen, who then posts photos of his two sons on it.

So Olsen told him about someone mentioning him.

"Join the dunk contest? @Tang Tian@Zach LaVine."

The person who sent this tweet was Aaron Gordon, the champion of last year's All-Star dunk contest.

Last year, LaVine was injured, and Tang Tian didn't participate, so Gordon won lonely.

This year, taking advantage of the fact that the final list hasn't been released yet, he took the initiative to invite Tang Tian and LaVine.

"If Tang participates, I'll participate."

LaVine quickly gave a reply.

In the field of dunking, LaVine is definitely the strongest existence among active players.

After being injured before, his mentality has also changed. Unless Tang Tian participates, the possibility of him playing is not high.

This means that it all depends on Tang Tian's attitude in the end.