NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 280 Announcement of season awards, re-elected DPOY
The Rockets swept the Thunder 4:0 and once again became the first team to stand out in the series.

However, unlike the fierce fight in the first round, the second round was not that difficult in comparison.

In another matchup in the west, the Warriors vs. the Grizzlies will not have much pressure. As predicted before the game, although the Grizzlies have two towers in the interior, black and white, and have an absolute advantage in the interior, Gasol Jr. and Zach Lan Dove is a heavy-duty insider with a slow pace. Facing the five dead players offered by the Warriors, it is easy to be completely dragged down by the opponent's rapid offensive and defensive transition.

Even if the Warriors are dragged into a positional battle by the Grizzlies, they can also send Cousins ​​and Bogut two inside centers to fight against black and white.

The gap in lineup and overall strength has brought the score of the two teams to 3:1. The Warriors, who hold the match point and are about to return to their home court, can basically accept the game 4:1.

On the other side of the Eastern Conference, the Hawks 3:1 the Hornets, and the Cavaliers 3:1 the Raptors, both of which are leading by a large score, and victory is imminent.

The second round of this season is much simpler and easier than before. You can also put it another way, that is, the top two teams in the East and West this season are too dominant in their respective divisions.

Putting aside the two 65+ winning teams in the West, facing the gangsters in the West, the Eagles can achieve 58 wins. Four players were selected in the All-Stars, and the overall strength is already quite good. Although the Cavaliers have a poor record, their lineup is currently one of the most luxurious in the league. The three NBA No. [-] picks and two All-Star players are not to be underestimated. too much convenience.

So far in the playoffs, the Cavaliers have not missed a single player. Unlike another time and space, Love was reimbursed for the season with a dislocated arm in the first round, and Irving was also injured in the next two rounds. Able to stand alone against the Warriors.

东西部第二轮的战况最终为勇士4:1灰熊，骑士4:1猛龙，老鹰4:2黄蜂。

In this way, the teams in the Eastern and Western finals and the list of matches will become clear.

The Rockets and the Warriors, two teams with 60 wins in the regular season, met in the Western Conference Finals and staged a strong showdown, and the game between the Cavaliers and the Eagles was also quite interesting.

In the prediction of the Eastern Conference Finals, most people are still more optimistic about the Cavaliers. Even if the regular season record is not good, but a long season has made the Cavaliers' lineup somewhat improved, and the playoffs have always been about star performance. In other places, the Cavaliers with James obviously have an advantage over the Eagles with an all-civilian lineup.

The prediction of the outcome of the Western Conference Finals, of course, is the Rockets.

At this time, most fans still don’t know how strong the Warriors are. Although the Warriors won 65 wins in the regular season and eliminated the Spurs and Grizzlies in the playoffs, the inertia of thinking still makes people generally think that the Warriors Compared with the Spurs and Thunder, the team's overall strength and stability are much inferior to traditional veteran teams such as the Thunder.

Before the game, the media predicted the score of the two teams as 4:1, and they are very optimistic that the Rockets can defeat the Warriors by a big score.

But Wang Chao will not underestimate the Warriors. Before the start of this season, he already knew that the two biggest opponents of the Rockets this season, one is the Cleveland Cavaliers whose lineup has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the other is the Cleveland Cavaliers. It is the warrior who has risen one after another by Curry Thompson.

As long as these two teams can be defeated, the championship this season will be at your fingertips.

Before the start of the Eastern and Western finals, the league took the lead in announcing the season awards.

The best rookie of the 2014-15 season is Joel Embiid of the Cavaliers. His average data is 15.7 points, 8.9 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game. Correspondingly, Andrew Embiid, who was selected by the Bucks with the second pick. Although Wiggins averaged 17.2 points per game, he scored more than Embiid, but he was worse in rebounding and defense. In addition, Embiid played next to James and had a higher exposure rate. Without losing to Wiggins, the best rookie will naturally go to him.

The best sixth man was given to Louis Williams in the Raptors. He averaged 15 points per game in the Raptors this season. He is a standard bench gangster. This award is only one of his best sixth men. After the opening of the road, he will continue to win two best sixth man awards.

The Most Improved Player award was not awarded to Jimmy Butler as it has historically been.

Different from the Bulls' counterattack journey, Butler has always been the team's key training target during the past few years in the Rockets. Wang Chao's resources and energy invested in him are not much worse than Leonard's, so The entire league can see that Butler has gradually become stronger step by step, until this season he won honors such as the All-Star Substitute and the best third team, and officially became a star.

Such an experience is naturally difficult to be selected for the Most Improved Player Award, after all, he is improving and becoming stronger every season.

As a result, the league chose to present this award to the veteran Rockets player, Isaiah Thomas.

Last summer, Thomas Jr. was poached by the Celtics.

Rajon Rondo has had ups and downs with injuries and stoppages in recent years, and his aloof character has also caused him to have conflicts with the team management and even team teammates, resulting in cracks.

Therefore, not long after the start of this season, the Celtics traded Rondo away from the team and helped Thomas Jr. become the team's starting point guard.

However, even the Celtics management did not expect that Thomas Jr., who became the starting point guard, actually showed an extremely good scoring ability. In the absence of other strong scoring points in the team, he occupied a lot of the team's possession. The scoring average has skyrocketed all the way to 21.6 points and 5.5 assists, and the shooting percentage is 43%, which is unexpectedly good.

It is precisely because of the tactical arrangement around Thomas Jr. that the Celtics successfully returned to the playoffs after last season's record in the Eastern Conference. the road to revival.

Although Thomas Jr. often acted as a bench gangster when he was in the Rockets, and he can often perform well in the face of teams that can't defend against small fast guards, but the Rockets have too many talents, especially Wang. After super-changing to play point guard, Thomas Jr. didn't play much in terms of playing time or the number of shots on the court, averaging only about 10 points per game.

Even so, this small player with a height of only 1 meters has brought too many surprises to the league, making many people realize that even ordinary people can play in the NBA.

No one expected that Thomas Jr., who moved to the Celtics, could average 21.6 points and 5.5 assists per game in the regular season.

The award for the best sixth man was naturally awarded to Thomas Jr.

After the best sixth man, it is the best coach award. The main chasers of this award are Mike Budenholzer of the Eagles and Steve Kerr of the Warriors. Excellent results. Although Kerr's Warriors had a better record, the best coach award was finally awarded to Budenholzer.

There are many reasons. First, although the Warriors have a higher record than the Hawks, the Hawks are the first in the Eastern Conference, while the Warriors are second in the Western Conference.

The second point is that the Warriors were already a top team in the league last season. There are Curry, Cousins, Thompson, Iguodala and many other stars in the team. They are strong, but the Eagles are not. The main team The Eagles in basketball only had four players selected to the All-Star team at the same time this season, and none of the team averaged more than 4 points per game. Playing team basketball without top stars will test the coaching ability of the head coach.

In summary, Cole is not wronged at all to lose to Budenholzer in the selection of the best coach.

After the above messy season awards, there are two most important awards of the whole season.

The first is the highest honor for blue-collar players, the best defensive player award DPOY.

The player who won the best defensive player award in the 14-15 season is none other than Wang Chao.

With an average of 12.4 rebounds, 2.2 steals and 1.2 blocks per game, Wang Chao won the best defensive player for the second time in his career.

When he learned that the best player award was awarded to him, even Wang Chao was slightly taken aback.

Although his defensive performance this season is still among the top in the league, he is far less diligent and serious than last season. Therefore, in terms of high-level defensive statistics, he is not the best. Many players can compete with him. Keeping pace with, such as his teammates, Leonard, who has grown up and displayed extremely strong defensive power.

In the selection of the best defensive player, the shortlisted players other than Wang Chao include Leonard of the Rockets, Draymond Green of the Warriors, and DeAndre Jordan of the Clippers.

The number of votes Wang Chao received was extremely close to that of Leonard and Green. It can be said that he narrowly won at the buzzer, but no matter what the process is, being selected is being selected.

Relying on this Best Defensive Player Award, Wang Chao became the first outside player to win and win this award since the DPOY award, and the second outside player to win the Best Defensive Player Award twice in a row. .

It's just that Wang Chao himself wasn't very happy when he got this award. He knew that the league probably played tricks in the selection of this award. Otherwise, Leonard and Green would have a chance to compete with him. Most of the award-winning media are more inclined to vote for a player who has never won this award.

Now that the league has awarded the best defensive player award to himself, from a certain point of view, it can be regarded as a disguised consolation.

comfort what?Of course it is the regular season MVP.

As I said before, the best defensive player is only the highest award for blue-collar players. No top superstar will think this award is too valuable, and getting it is just icing on the cake.

What really measures the level and value of a superstar is the Most Valuable Player Award, which is the regular season MVP.

In the past five years, Wang Chao has monopolized this award. Every season, he can use his nearly perfect personal data performance and the team's superb record to make this award no suspense.

Five consecutive regular season MVPs are also an important reliance for Wang Chao to establish his personal historical status.

Usually, when evaluating a player's historical status, personal honor and team honor are combined.

The highest honor of team honor is the NBA championship and finals FMVP, while the highest personal honor is the regular season MVP.

The reason why Jordan can rank No.1 in league history is because he has 5 regular season MVPs, 6 championships and 6 FMVPs. His hard honors are impeccable. , First defense and other honors, created the title of God of Basketball.

And the future LeBron James, with 4 regular season MVPs, 4 championships, and 4 FMVPs, especially after surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in total career points, was evaluated by the major media as an existence second only to Jordan in history , for the same reason.

Many people think that James is too utilitarian, and the three giants in the group took shortcuts to win the championship and are not worthy of participating in the historical ranking status. It is an indisputable fact that James is firmly seated as the second man in history.

Some people even think ridiculously that James was able to win four MVPs because of the media and the league's star-making, including the second place in history is also operated by the league, and his own strength is not worthy of such honors. Then the question arises, who is the biggest beneficiary of the NBA's star-making?
Michael Jordan, of course.

In order to win a phenomenal star, David Stern took care of Jordan in every possible way. Even the Bulls' salary cap can ignore Jordan's salary. In the 96-97 season, Jordan's salary was as high as 3014 million!At that time, the salary cap of the league was only 2436 million US dollars, and Jordan's salary alone was higher than the sum of the salaries of most teams in the league at that time.

Of course, Jordan's strength is also fully worthy of this price.

Kobe is also a typical example highly praised by the league. In the 2007-08 season, Kobe's only regular season MVP was a product of the operation of the league. At that time, the Celtics' Big Three had the best record in the league. James with the highest efficiency is the Cavaliers, followed by Paul of the Hornets. Kobe can only rank No.8 in the efficiency list, but it is Kobe who finally won the regular season MVP title.

Data cannot represent everything, but the efficiency value list is the most intuitive data that reflects a player's performance. James' four regular season MVPs were all players with the highest efficiency value in the season at that time. Why was the player with the highest efficiency value in the league selected as the MVP? The league insists that a player who has water and efficiency can only rank eighth in the league deserves his name to win the MVP?
The topic is getting further away. Whether James, the four-time champion and four MVP, is the second in history. This issue must be debated for a long time. Some people think it is, and some people think it is not.

But at least in this book, this issue does not need to be too entangled.

At present, there is only James, who has one crown and one MVP, and his historical status is only hovering around the top [-] in history. The players who can be ranked in this position are without exception the famous top superstars in history, but compared with the achievements that James should have achieved, it is obvious. The difference between cloud and mud.

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