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Chapter 97
"Yan, congratulations."

After casually saying a few acceptance speeches, and shaking hands with representatives of those sponsors under the introduction of David Stern, the messy award ceremony finally came to an end, and Yan Hua took the His rookie challenge MVP trophy, walked towards the player tunnel under the gaze of the audience, but Yan Hua just walked into the player tunnel, and found that Derek Rose, Kevin Love, Greg O Deng, Eric Gordon and others were still waiting for him there. After seeing Yan Hua walk into the player channel, Derek Rose, the leader, ran directly in front of Yan Hua, hugged Yan Hua, and then Congratulations to Yan Hua again.

"Thank you, Derek, without you, without you, I would not be able to get this trophy." Yan Hua could see that Rose really wanted this MVP, since David Stern held the trophy just now Yan Hua could see Rose's desire for the trophy from the way Rose looked at the trophy when he played.

Unlike Yan Hua and the rookies who started from juniors or even substitutes, Derrick Rose was highly expected by the management and coaching staff as soon as he arrived in the Bulls, and he was directly trained as the core and boss of the team. And this naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of the Bulls' current boss Ben Gordon and his supporters, so Derrick Rose imagined that everyone could prove their strength and prove that the management did not trust others, and he would It is a more suitable core and boss than Ben Gordon.

As a rookie, Derrick Rose is currently averaging 17 points, 4 rebounds, and 6.5 assists per game, which is definitely worthy of his pick and talent, and Derrick Rose's adaptability in his rookie season , and everyone is looking forward to his growth and future.

While the personal data is excellent, the Bulls' record has also improved compared to last season, but this cannot be regarded as the credit of Rose alone. Ben Gordon, who averaged 20 points per game this season, is also indispensable, so Rose hopes to get a few personal honors to prove himself. For a rookie who has just entered the league, the best team or something is really difficult, and Rose does not have this extravagant hope, so he represents a rookie. The highest honor of the best rookie, and the MVP of the Rookie Challenge, is Rose's goal.

At the beginning of the season, Derrick Rose has indeed become a favorite for the best rookie, ranking first in the rookie rankings for two consecutive months, but as the schedule progresses, when Yan Hua continues to play various opponents For a rookie, these are unbelievable statistics. After the soaring record of the Kings, Derrick Rose has already been overtaken by Yan Hua in the competition for the best rookie, unless he can play better than Yan Hua in the following games. Hua's better data and record, otherwise, he would have little chance of defeating Yan Hua in the final selection. Therefore, compared with the best rookie who has little hope and will not be settled until a few months later, the Rookie Challenge The MVP has become Derrick Rose's pursuit now.

However, Rose missed out on the MVP of the Rookie Challenge due to a combination of circumstances. Although Rose has no complaints about Yan Hua's award, because Yan Hua's performance today is indeed very good, especially at the last moment of the game , the dunk of Al Horford, and the block of Kevin Durant completely reversed the situation of the entire game, and in Rose's view, the relationship between himself and Yan Hua is also good, as "Friend", he should also be happy that Yan Hua won this trophy, but having said that, Rose will inevitably feel a little bit disappointed.

"Derek, actually, I think you deserve this trophy." Seeing Derek Rose congratulating himself with a smile, but with obvious bitterness on his face, Yan Hua felt a little bit sorry, no Yan Hua, who knew how to persuade Ross, could only tell Ross very "hypocritically" that it was not his own fault that he did not win the MVP.

"It's passed, it's passed..., look at the two of you, isn't it just a dispensable Challenger MVP? If you don't know, you think it's an NBA MVP. Look at each of you. "Looking at Yan Hua's humble expression, Greg Oden, who was standing aside, finally couldn't stand it any longer. These two guys were more hypocritical than the other. Ross was obviously very sad, but he still pretended to be something. Congratulations to Yan Hua for winning this MVP, while the other one is obviously very excited, but has to show a heartbroken expression, and the most uncomfortable thing is that the acting skills of these two guys are obviously terrible, But they think that their acting skills are superb, and they are addicted to it and cannot extricate themselves.

"That's right, isn't it the MVP of the Challenger League? There is still a chance next year. Let's all work together to let Derek win the MVP next time." After Greg Oden expressed his dissatisfaction bluntly , Kevin Love, who was standing on the other side, also spoke. Although Kevin Love looked a little shy or even introverted, as an outsider, Love could see it very clearly, whether it was Yan Hua , or Rose, they all want this MVP very much, but there is only one MVP, and Yan Hua won it this year, so Rose can only wait for the next year. Self-knowledge, even though Love is the No. 5 pick this year, no one can get him in this MVP round, because he is not the most suitable one no matter in terms of strength or qualifications and prestige.

"Yes, Kevin is right. We will work together to make you the MVP until next year's All-Star Game." Looking at the expressions of Greg Oden and Kevin Love, Yan Hua knew that he would The expression just now was a bit exaggerated, so before Ross could react, Yan Hua hurriedly continued what Le Fu said, this year it will be me, next year it will be you, one person for one year, everyone takes turns to sit in the village.

"It's a deal." After Greg Oden, Kevin Love, and Yan Hua all expressed their willingness to support him in next year's All-Star game, Rose stretched out his right hand with satisfaction, ready to High five "Oath" with them, and with their support, Rose believes that next season's MVP of the Challenger League is definitely in his pocket.

"Yan, look, you've already won the MVP, we should go out for a drink or two anyway." After a "high-five oath", there came a voice that made Yan Hua bleed. Don't even think about it, it must be Greg Oden this guy.

Although after the Rookie Challenge, there will be the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, the Three-Point Contest, and the All-Star Game, which are more popular and attract more attention than the Rookie Challenge, but for these rookies, they belong to Their stage has come to an end. In the next few days, they just play, watch, and sit on the sidelines as cheerleaders. Don't look at Yan Hua who was also selected for the All-Star Game, but as the third All-Star in the West Yan Hua, the center forward, at best just showed his face on the court. After all, this All-Star session belongs to the stage of Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant.

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"114 to 106, the first-year team ended its 6-year embarrassing history of winning!"

"Shocking, the Kings rookie helped the first-year team to comeback and win! Crowned the MVP of the Rookie Challenge!"

The first-year team defeated the second-year team, ending their embarrassing six-year winless record in the Rookie Challenge. Such a result is somewhat surprising to the outside world, because the gap between the first-year team and the second-year team is huge. Very big, as can be seen from the results of the previous rookie challenge competitions, but this year's rookies of the first-year team unexpectedly counterattacked the second-year team in the competition.

Compared with the surprise of the first-year team defeating the second-year team, it was even more unexpected for Yan Hua to win the MVP of the Rookie Challenge. The NBA is a place where seniority is judged. Every team is like this, the All-Star Game is like this, and the Rookie Challenge is no exception. , Why was Kevin Durant established as the core of the second-year team by Dwight Howard?Is it just because of Durant's strength?Of course not. At this stage, Durant is not strong enough to overwhelm everyone. In addition to strength, Durant's prestige is also an important factor. In the case of Greg Oden's injury and reimbursement, As the No. [-] pick last season and the best rookie, Kevin Durant has undoubtedly become the leader of their rookie class, with strength and prestige. This is why Durant was established as a sophomore After being the core of the team, not only did no one in the second-year team object, but everyone supported him.

Compared with Kevin Durant's expectations, among first-year rookies, there is no player who can overwhelm everyone in terms of strength and prestige. No. 12 pick Derrick Rose, No. [-] pick Michael Beasley, No. [-] pick OJ- Mayo, each has its own merits. Of course, they are also dissatisfied with each other. As for Yan Hua, although Yan Hua is a favorite for the best rookie of the season, in terms of prestige and qualifications, Yan Hua is only the No. [-] pick. Hua, there is no way to compare with Rose and the others, but the final result is so unexpected. Derek Rose and Michael Beasley are fighting with each other, but Yan Hua breaks out of the siege and lifts the rookie Challenge MVP trophy.

So when the first-year team defeated the second-year team, and Yan Hua won the MVP of the Rookie Challenge, it still caused quite a stir in the American basketball world, especially when Yan Hua blocked Kevin Durant The blocked shot became the best moment of the game and the top ten goals in the Rookie Challenge that day, and was repeatedly broadcast by major TV stations.

For a while, there was a wave of praise for Yan Hua across the United States. Of course, it was not just Yan Hua. The second-year rookie Kevin Durant, who scored 43 points in this game, joined Yan Hua Derek Rose, who overthrew the sophomore, Michael Beasley has become the target of many media praises. What's more, some media call the two rookies of the 2007 and 2008 classes the pan-07 generation. He also claimed that the bright future of the Pan-07 generation rookies is not inferior to that of the 03 Platinum generation, and the next ten years of the NBA is likely to be a battle between the 03 Platinum generation and the Pan-07 generation.

(End of this chapter)