NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 350 The seventh regular season MVP trophy and preparations before joining the Clippers

In the end, the three first-round rookies selected by the Clippers were Shai Gilgeous-Alexander with the No.12 pick, Troy Brown with the No.16 pick, and No.20 with the seventh pick. Pick Robert Williams.

Alexander serves as a guard, while Brown and Williams are both forwards. For the Clippers, who have no shortage of guards and strikers, this draft can only be regarded as a long-term investment. A topping used as a chip.

However, as Wang Chao said, for the Clippers, the draft is not important at all. Their current lineup is already strong enough. ability.

And the Clippers' salary space can fully support their signing of Wang Chao.

This season, they sent away Chris Paul and Blake Griffin with two big contracts of more than 2000 million. officially due.

Of course, the Clippers are not planning to renew the contract with Jordan. Although the opponent has been selected as the best first-team defense, he is only a blue-collar player in the final analysis, and with age and injuries, his explosive power is not as good as before. Howard's situation Similar, and because of its own ability, it is not as good as Howard.

Without Jordan’s contract, the highest salary in the Clippers is Danilo Gallinari, who earns $2159 million next season. He is also the only player in the Clippers with an annual salary of more than 2000 million or even 1500 million. players.

Under Gallinari, there is Tobias Harris with a final year contract of 1480 million US dollars, Louis Williams with 800 million US dollars, and Brogdon with a rookie contract of less than 200 million US dollars.

As for Harrell, Powell and Bradley and other strong players, their contracts have expired and they need to re-sign a new team contract this summer.

Speaking of which, renewing the contracts of Harrell and Powell is still quite troublesome. Although they didn't have many chances to perform in the Clippers last season, they both averaged double figures in scoring on the bench. What's more, when he was in the Nets before, he could be regarded as a friend who drank some soup with Wang Chao. His value has risen, and they are all players who need an annual salary of tens of millions to win.

But the salary cap of the NBA 2018-19 season will reach 1.018 million. At the same time, the owner of the Clippers is still the richest owner in the league. Steve Ballmer. It can be seen that the Clippers are quite rich, so this issue does not need Wang Chao to consider at all.

Of course, in addition to the current lineup of the Clippers, Wang Chao still needs to make some small adjustments to the team's roster, but that is after the opening of the free market in early July.
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After the draft, there will be another major league event in June, which is the awards ceremony held on the 6th.

After the league reorganized the season awards, including regular season MVP, best defensive player DPOY and other awards, the announcement and award time were changed to after the finals. The league obviously wanted to emulate the Oscars, but the results proved not to be good, so this After this rule was used in 17, the league only lasted for three years before returning to the tradition of announcing season awards during the playoffs. However, the awards show was still retained, but it was only used to award other insignificant awards , such as the most hardworking award, the best field lens award and the like.

It is now 2018, and it is still within the implementation time of the new rules. Therefore, during the previous playoffs, the various season awards have not been announced, but in fact, everyone has no expectations for the ownership of the season awards at all, because there is no one at all. suspense.

Among several more important awards, the best rookie was won by the No. 15.8 pick Ben Simmons, who averaged 8 points, 8 rebounds and [-] assists per game.

Although Mitchell of the Nuggets is not inferior to Simmons in scoring, the gap in rebounds and assists is a bit big.

The reference proportion of individual awards to the team's record is still relatively small, so even if Mitchell won the championship with the team, he still failed to get the best rookie award.

Similarly, Derrick Rose, the sixth man of the Nuggets with an average contribution of 16+4 per game, also failed to be selected as the best sixth man. The winner of this award was precisely the sixth man of the Clippers, Lewis williams.

This is also impossible. In the Clippers, as the sixth man, Lou Williams averaged 22.6 points, 2.5 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game. He is the top scorer in the team, even if Rose once played a single game in the regular season The shocking performance of 50 points could not suppress Louis Williams, because on January 2018, 1, Louis also had a performance of 10 points in a single game, and he was facing the powerful Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference.

Although missed these two awards, the Nuggets still won the two biggest awards of the season.

Wang Chao won the regular season MVP of the 17-18 season, and Gobert won the best defensive player.

There is absolutely no suspense about these two awards.

Let’s talk about the MVP list first. The players competing with Wang Chao for the regular season MVP this season are James Harden who once tried to compete with Wang Chao for the scoring title, Curry of the Warriors and James of the Cavaliers.

Harden's personal data is the highest in the league, and no one can match it except Wang Chao, but the Lone Ranger's record is too poor, ranking only seventh in the Western Conference. It is somewhat unreasonable to give him the MVP.

As for Curry and James, there is also a big gap between Wang Chao in terms of personal data and team record.

This is completely different from when Curry was awarded the MVP twice in a row in the previous two years.

No matter how biased the local media reporters in the United States are, the objective and fair premise of being a media person still makes it impossible for them to completely lose face.

If Wang Chao continues to stay in the Nets to play their current performance, they can still use the Nets' record as an excuse that they have not improved significantly compared to before.

But the changes that Wang Chao brought to the Nuggets this season are obvious to all. This team, which had the lowest record in the league last season, became the only team in the league with 60+ wins in the regular season under the leadership of Wang Chao. Successfully won the championship.

How dark is this?Can you replace any player in the league, even those superstars in history including Jordan, can you do it?

While the team's record is top-notch, Wang Chao's personal data is also impeccable, averaging 35.8 points, 10.4 rebounds and 9.4 assists per game. Who in the league can match it?Even Harden is only slightly closer to Wang Chao in scoring.

The result is the regular season MVP voting. With a very high vote rate, Wang Chao was elected the regular season MVP of the 17-18 season without any suspense. This is also his seventh regular season MVP, allowing him to surpass the number of regular season MVPs. Sky hook Kareem Abdul-Jabbar enjoys the first place in history alone.

In fact, the US media is also a bit of a broken can.

Since Wang Chao won the sixth regular season MVP and the eighth championship in his career last year, it seems meaningless to use the media to suppress Wang Chao, because it is an established fact that Wang Chao has blown up the NBA, and it is impossible for anyone to find any excuses to argue.

Anyway, this is the case, what else can I do if I continue to present awards to Wang Chao?
Therefore, Wang Chao won the seventh regular season MVP trophy in his career, and his personal honors have reached the level of 7 MVPs, 9 crowns, and 8 FMVPs. The exaggeration is like playing a 2K game. The fans are already a little numb to this. When Wang Chao really lost to a certain player head-on in the regular season MVP selection, this should be the big news that caused a sensation in the league.

Gobert was elected the best defensive player, which is quite interesting to say, because the two strong contenders for the best defensive player with him are the Hornets' thick-browed brother Anthony Davis, and the other is Wang Chao.

In fact, Wang Chao didn't invest much on the defensive end this season. There are two defensive pillars in the team, Gobert and Tucker.

But even so, the impression of winning DPOY consecutively before made him get a lot of impression votes in the vote of the best defensive player, and even surpassed the thick-browed brother Davis.

Of course, there is still a slight gap between Wang Chao's votes and Gobert's. After all, the voters are professional media reporters. They know who the core of the Nuggets' defensive system is. Much bigger than Wang Chao.

Wang Chao's election as MVP and Gobert's election as DPOY are both well-deserved and basically uncontroversial awards, and the announcement of these two biggest awards also represents the successful conclusion of the awards ceremony.

The 2017-18 season also officially came to an end with the end of the awards ceremony. A few days later, the free market officially opened, and each team will start preparations for the 2018-19 season.

"It's time to get to work."

Wang Chao thought silently in his heart.

With the passage of time, Wang Chao's advantage as a traveler's foresight is gradually disappearing, but at least at the current stage of 2018, he can still take advantage of this advantage, and he has already set a good goal.
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June 6, Manhattan, New York.

Brooke Lopez hung up the phone with his agent, his face full of sorrow.

In the past two years, his career has not been ideal.

As a bargaining chip, he was sent to the Thunder for Durant and was traded to the Knicks for Anthony. Brook played for three teams in three years, and the most comfortable one was playing with the Nets in the 15-16 season. when.

During the Thunder period, Lopez just caught up with Westbrook's first season in which he averaged a triple-double. He blocks Steven Adams, who is better at rebounding.

Lopez, who is not good at rebounding, can only play as a guest power forward in the Thunder, and the number of shots has dropped sharply compared with the Nets.

The result was that in the 16-17 season, Lopez's average per game in the Thunder plummeted to 13 points and 4 rebounds, and was sent to the Knicks as a trading chip during the summer offseason in exchange for Anthony to form the Big Three.

But Lopez, who came to the Knicks, was also ignored. After the Knicks sent Anthony away, they have entered the stage of overthrowing and rebuilding. For them, Lopez, who is already 30 years old and holds more than 2264 million US dollars, is a foodie. The tasteless tasteless ribs, the reason why they are willing to take over is because Lopez's contract will expire this summer.

The Knicks will definitely not renew Lopez, and Lopez, who has only averaged 12+4 per game in the Thunder and Knicks in the past two years, has a worrying prospect of entering the free market.

The call between Lopez and his agent just now discussed how many teams in the league are still interested in him.

After the agent conducted some investigation through his own contacts, what he brought was bad news.

In the past two years, Lopez has almost lost his own value, and there are not many teams willing to take over the former All-Star center.

To be precise, it should be that no team is willing to offer him a big contract, even a mid-level contract.

"Brook, you have to be mentally prepared to accept a basic salary contract."

Thinking of what his agent had said to him just now, Lopez felt depressed for a while.

Three years ago, when he signed a three-year 3 million contract with the Nets, he once thought that he was about to usher in a new peak in his career.

He never expected that it was already his peak moment.

I am only 30 years old now, and I am still in the golden age of a professional athlete's sports career, but I have fallen to the point where no one cares about it.

"Jingle Bell……"

At this moment, his mobile phone rang, and Lopez, who was in a bad mood, did not go to see who was calling, but directly connected the call.

Then came a familiar yet unfamiliar voice from the other side of the phone.

"Hey, Brooke, how's it going?"

"king???"

Lopez couldn't believe his ears.

As a teammate who once fought side by side for a season, Lopez has Wang Chao's phone number, but since he was traded to the Thunder, the two have basically had no communication.

About being traded to the Thunder and facing Waterloo in his career, in fact, Lopez complains about Wang Chao every time he thinks about it.

He knew very well that the Thunder's trade and signings, the general manager of the management had no say at all, and it was Wang Chao who had the final say.

But when you think about it rationally, no one can blame it.

That's Durant. Even if Wang Chao didn't have the final say, the team's management would agree to the deal without hesitation.

Moreover, whether Lopez is in the Thunder or the Knicks, he is also the main starting player. It is somewhat unreasonable to blame Wang Chao for trading him away from the Nets if he did not play well.

Wang Chao didn't have too much politeness with Lopez, and his speech was concise, simple and direct.

"I'm going to join the Clippers next season, and I just found out that your contract with the Knicks has expired. To be honest, I was always a little regretful that I couldn't win the championship with you in the Nets."

"So I would like to formally invite you. If you are willing, then come to the Clippers. I will lead you to win the championship and try to help you regain your worth within a year!"

Hearing Wang Chao's words, Lopez couldn't help but get excited.

He wants to help me?

There is no doubt about Wang Chao's ability in this league, and the strength of the players he brings out is also guaranteed.

Let’s talk about players like Thomas Jr. and Chandler Parsons. Just looking at the recent past, Rose of the Nuggets was already almost without the ball before joining, but in the Nuggets He has successfully rejuvenated in his second spring and has become a strong contender for the best sixth man of the season. At present, many teams have shown strong interest in him. It is conservatively estimated that the new contract will start at 800 million!
With such a good thing, Lopez didn't hesitate at all, and quickly nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Okay, thank you, Brother Wang, for your compliment! I will definitely work hard and live up to your expectations!"

Listening to Wang Chao, he called him a good guy, and Lopez was really friendly.

(End of this chapter)