NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 255 Winning MVP and DOPY!Unprecedented Grand Slam!

The Thunder were eliminated by the Spurs and failed to make it to the Western Conference Finals. Durant also missed the opportunity to avenge Wang Chao in the playoffs.

However, in the eyes of many people, it is worth noting such an opportunity. After all, judging from the current situation of the Thunder, if they really face the Rockets in the Western Conference Finals, the result may not be much better.

Durant has never won against Wang Chao, whether in terms of scoring or other aspects, it is obvious that Wang Chao is better.

Besides, the Thunder can't deal with Dayao, and the probability of losing is as high as [-]%.

Instead of making it to the Western Conference Finals and humiliating yourself, it would be better for the Spurs to fight it out.

At least the Spurs' insider Howard + Duncan's twin towers still have some advantages in the face of Dayao who has just returned from injury, and he is barely able to fight.

The matchup in the Western Conference Finals is the Rockets vs. the Spurs, while the Eastern Conference is the Heat vs. the Pacers.

The league's season awards will also be announced before the Eastern Conference finals.

The best rookie was won by Victor Oladipo. This year's No. [-] pick is the well-known parallel importer Anthony Bennett, and the overall draft quality is average. Several players in the lottery area include Oladipo, McCollum and others. It is possible to win the best rookie.

In the original history, it was the forward Michael Carter Williams who was selected by the Bobcats to win this award, but because of the butterfly effect, the Bobcats selected Victor Oladipo and formed a team with Big Eyebrow in the Bobcats. As the main scoring point of the outside line, he averaged 16.1 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists per game, and was successfully elected as the best rookie.

The best sixth man is Wang Chao's former teammate of the Magic, Jamal Crawford. This is the second time he has won the best sixth man honor.

The best coach award was given to Gregg Popovich. Originally, from the perspective of the team record, Rockets coach McHale was more qualified to receive this award, but McHale had won the best coach for two consecutive years before. Winning the best coach award this time is the best coach for three consecutive years.

In the history of the NBA, not to mention the three consecutive best coaches, even the coaches who have won the honor of the best coach three times in their entire coaching career are very few.

Everyone knows McHale's coaching ability. How much does the Rockets' good record have to do with him?That was entirely due to Wang Chao.

Previously, a staff member who left the Rockets broke the news that Wang Chao's status in the Rockets is like Caesar's. The team's personnel adjustments, tactics, training and even schedule arrangements can only be carried out after Wang Chao's nod and approval.

Strictly speaking, whether it is the general manager or the head coach of the Rockets, it is more like Wang Chao's personal assistant.

A privilege like Wang Chao is extremely rare in the NBA. At that time, many people criticized Wang Chao for being a dictator and monopolizing power, which is not something a player should do, but this kind of voice only lasted for a long time and then disappeared. Yes, because the Rockets achieved a record of 72 wins and 10 losses in the regular season that season, and even won the playoffs.

After all, the NBA is a place where the ball speaks. As long as you can win the game, everything else is secondary. What's more, Wang Chao's dictatorship is all good for the Rockets. The few rookies he handpicked in the draft They have all become the mainstay of the team, and the tactics they arrange are the most scientific and advanced tactics in the league. Even the training of the Rockets players has worked hard under Wang Chao's supervision.

It's all like this, what can I say?Other teams can't wait for their own team to parachute such an "uncle".

However, the existence of Wang Chao does make the head coach McHale very incompetent.

McHale is really dispensable for the Rockets’ current achievements. With him or without him, the Rockets will still win. Apart from flattering Wang Chao, he has never done anything wrong. The team has something to contribute.

Such a sycophant head coach has won the title of best coach for two consecutive years. At least many head coaches in the league are very unconvinced. How can he be awarded the title for the third consecutive year?
McHale seemed indifferent to this, and the ridicule of his colleagues seemed to him to be nothing more than jealousy.

Said that I kneel and lick Wang Chao, hug my thigh to get honor, if you have the ability, you should also hug one, do you think this job is easy to do?My name is to have a good relationship with the leading star. It is the skill and ability that NBA head coaches must possess. After all, there have been countless examples of teams falling apart due to disagreements between generals in this league. This is what I call great wisdom, okay? good!
McHale didn't think there was anything wrong with his behavior of hugging Wang Chao's thigh. In fact, McHale thought the same way when he was hugging Harden's thigh in the Rockets. It's a pity that Harden's leg is not thick enough, just hugging Kneeling and licking does not allow McHale to lie down and win. The end result is that McHale was fired by the Rockets because of his lack of coaching ability after being Harden's licking dog for a season.

The irony is that it was Harden who asked to replace McHale.

Off topic.

Although McHale failed to achieve the unprecedented three consecutive best coach awards, he coached and brought out a real monster-Wang Chao!
Among the several season awards, the most valuable ones are the regular season MVP and the best defensive player DPOY.

The MVP of the regular season represents the player with the best comprehensive performance among more than 30 basketball players in 400 teams in a long regular season. It is equivalent to the apex above all players and is more valuable than the championship highest honor.

Of course, the regular season MVP and the championship, or the FMVP of the finals must complement each other. Only when both are present can a player's historical status be established.

For example, Jordan, the number one in history, five MVPs, and six FMVPs are his main honors for being the number one in history. Other small honors such as scoring champions and a team will not be considered at all.

And Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the second in history, has six MVPs and six championships, but it is the FMVP that is worse than Jordan. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has only two FMVPs, and the quality of the championship is much worse than Jordan.

As for Wang Chao... the 2013-14 regular season MVP was finally awarded to Wang Chao without any suspense.

There was no suspense in the result of the voting. Wang Chao was far ahead of Durant by a large score, completely crushing the award.

This regular season MVP is the fifth regular season MVP trophy in Wang Chao's career, allowing him to officially tie Jordan in the honor of MVP, and considering that Wang Chao is an unprecedented five consecutive MVPs, the gold content is even higher than Jordan's five The regular season MVP is even higher.

As for the championship, Wang Chao currently has five championships and four FMVPs, which is still a bit behind Jordan's six championships and six FMVPs. God is only one step away.

As Jordan himself said in previous interviews, it was only a matter of time before Wang Chao surpassed him.

If Wang Chao is elected as the MVP of the regular season for the fifth consecutive year, it is because of the team's first record and exaggerated personal data, and everyone expects it.

So the best defensive player is also the result of Wang Chao, which really surprised many people.

This season, Wang Chao's defensive efficiency is indeed among the best in the league. Whether it is the direct data performance of the defensive end with an average of 2.6 steals and 1.4 blocks per game, or the high-level data and defensive efficiency that cannot be reflected in the data, Wang Chao has all It is an existence that can be ranked in the top three in the league this season.

But even so, the inertia of thinking still makes it unacceptable to many people that Wang Chao can actually win the best defensive player.

Compared with the highest honor regular season MVP, the best defensive player is like the difference between BMW and Gema, one is a world-famous high-end luxury car, and the other is a well-known bicycle electric car brand.

Although the grades of the two are very different, they can both save manpower and foot power after all.

Compared with the regular season MVP, the best defensive player award is completely a blue-collar award, which is dispensable.

Just like Duncan, who is famous for his defense, has never been elected as the best defensive player in his career, but his historical status has not been affected in any way. Even when people mention the historical ranking of inside players' defense, many media will even rank Duncan in the top spot. In front of Nate, you must know that Garnett has DPOY. Although the number of times of the best defensive team is less than Duncan's, it is very close and has not been crushed.

But having said that, as a top superstar, having a Best Defensive Player award can still be an icing on the cake.

The most typical example is Jordan. As a perimeter player, he won the best defensive player once, allowing people to better understand his dominance on both offense and defense.

The same is true for Wang Chao's best defensive player. Although it will not be the basis for measuring Wang Chao's historical status, it will make his honor more indisputable.

There is one thing to say, Wang Chao's ability to win the best defensive player this year is still a bit of luck.

In the first half of the regular season, Wang Chao is definitely the player with the highest defensive contribution value in the league, not one of them. During the time when he played as the starting center of the Rockets, Wang Chao seemed to be the peak Garnett, Ben Wallace , not only protects the team's rebounds very well, but also does not miss any player who rushes into the penalty area, and the ability to assist defense and defend and protect the frame is full.

However, after the All-Star Weekend, Wang Chao, who was ready to collect data for the purpose of the system, decisively chose to withdraw from the penalty area. Although he was not frantic enough to not defend at all, his defensive efficiency also plummeted.

The reason why he was able to get this Best Defensive Player Award is really because of the support of his peers.

In addition to Wang Chao, the only players who can participate in the DPOY selection in the 13-14 season are Joakim Noah of the Bulls, Roy Hibbert of the Pacers, Jordan Jr. of the Clippers, and Ibaka of the Thunder. That's all.

Among these people, Noah is the most vocal. In fact, in the original history, it was Noah who was elected as the best defensive player in the 13-14 season. His vote rate was as high as 49.33%, far ahead of all other players participating in the competition.

But is Noah really that good?Not necessarily, the main reason is that the media reporters who participated in the voting at that time had no other choice at all.

Noah’s Bulls team has a record of only 48 wins, ranking 4th in the Eastern Conference. The average conceded points per game is indeed the lowest in the league at 91.8, but it is also related to the Bulls’ own game rhythm. It is still the league’s lowest scoring average. What about the team.

Noah is naturally very important to the Bulls' defensive system, but it is still a notch behind the best defensive players before, such as Howard in the Magic and Garnett in the Celtics.

The appearance of Wang Chao gave the reporters who participated in the voting a new option. Wang Chao’s contribution on the defensive end is not much worse than Noah’s. In addition, the Rockets’ regular season record far beats the Bulls and Wang Chao’s own superstar effect , Winning the vote for the best defensive player selection is naturally the general trend.

As a result, Wang Chao not only won the regular season MVP, but also won the best defensive player DOPY. If the Rockets win the championship and win another FMVP this season, they will become an unprecedented Grand Slam honor winner.

How exaggerated is it for a player who has MVP, FMVP, DPOY, scoring champion, rebounding champion, assists champion, steals champion and almost all honors in one season?

Even the alliance, which has become accustomed to Wang Chao's tough performance, was shocked by Wang Chao's harvest of honor.

This is for God!Are there any humans on this planet who can stop Wang Chao? ——
On May 5, the opening game of the Western Conference Finals, the Toyota Center Arena, home of the Rockets, was already a sea of ​​red.

For the fans of the Rockets, as long as they can win the Western Conference Finals and enter the finals, the defending champion will be at their fingertips!
The Rockets' starting five are Wang Chao, Butler, Leonard, Garnett and Dayao.

Many Rockets fans who saw this starting lineup only felt tears in their eyes.

This is the main lineup of the Rockets to win the championship last season. This year can be described as a vicissitudes. Dayao truced the entire regular season due to injury, and finally returned from injury until the conference semifinals. In the 4 games, he also came off the bench and strictly controlled the playing time, for fear of any mistakes. This game is Dayao's first start since his injury this season.

As for Garnett, although there were no major injuries this season, the aging of his body caused his competitive level to drop off a cliff. After his poor performance at the beginning of the season, after communicating with the coaching staff, Garnett agreed to retire to the bench second line.

Since then, Garnett has not started a game.

Today the Rockets arranged for Garnett and Dayao to start as partners inside, not because they wanted this pair of classic inside partners to fight against Duncan and Garnett of the Spurs.

Dayao is a little bit better. Wang Chao doesn't think that Garnett is still capable of fighting Duncan. If there is no accident, Garnett will be replaced after two or three minutes of starting and replaced by Chandler. Le Parsons or Middleton to strengthen the team's outside offensive firepower.

If you have to say it, such a starting lineup arrangement is more like a tribute. After all, it is already on the stage of the Western Conference Finals. It is also a good choice to use the classic lineup to drive the emotions and atmosphere of the fans.

(End of this chapter)