I just play ball

Chapter 328 First Shooting Guard
With such news, Li Yue was very happy, because being selected to the best team in a single season at the same time as a teammate is an extremely difficult achievement in the long history of the NBA. Even if it is as strong as the invincible combination of Jordan and Pippen, it has only been achieved once.

The other is Malone and Stockton, as well as Nash and Stoudemire of the Suns in the 06-07 season.

The whole team simply celebrated in the locker room, and then they were busy with their own work, taking a bath, taking a shower, and packing. They need to fly to Houston overnight to fully prepare for the third game against the Rockets the day after tomorrow.

Li Yue took care of everything first, and simply attended the press conference as a team representative.

Perhaps because of the news in advance, the number of participating media is more than the usual [-] or so. According to visual estimates, there are nearly a hundred. Weekly magazines such as "Sports Illustrated" also came, and even reporters from "Time" magazine .

When Li Yue took his seat on the stage, there was bursts of applause, and the host began to introduce the rules as usual.

When the speech was over, the Los Angeles Times reporter asked: "Congratulations on being the best player of the season. How do you feel?"

Li Yue prepared his language slightly, held the microphone and said slowly: "I am very honored and excited at the moment. It has been my dream to become the best player in the NBA for many years. Now that my dream has come true, I would like to thank my teammates And the coaches, who are selfless, hardworking, and full of talent, have helped me achieve excellent statistics in many games. I would also like to thank the management such as Mitch Kupchak and the Bass family, who trusted me to get the best stage in the world, Finally, I would like to thank my family and friends, their long-term support is a bright light that will always shine on my life path."

The ESPN reporter asked: "You averaged 30.8 points, 10.2 assists and 8.9 rebounds per game this season, which is very close to Oscar Robertson's average triple-double data. Will you strive to get more rebounds next season?"

"Personally, I really want to achieve that great feat, but the season is long and it is difficult to predict what will happen during the period, so I choose to let everything happen naturally. If it is a little bit close to the end of the season, I will definitely find a way."

The Fox reporter asked: "I noticed that Kobe was also selected to the best team this time, but his average data per game is not enough compared to James Harden in the same position. Many people on social networks complain about this. What do you think? view?"

Li Yue heard the words and thought carefully, and then said: "James Harden is an extremely good player. I also know about his performance in this game, but I don't know the specific selection criteria for the best first-team players. For his failure to be selected I feel sorry for him in this incident, and I want to congratulate Kobe on his selection, he deserves the honor."

The TNT reporter asked: "When you were interviewed before the game, you said that you were willing to renew your contract with a salary below the market price like Andre Iguodala. What prompted you to make this decision?"

"I want the team to be able to compete for the championship for a long time, and if it requires someone to make sacrifices, and if someone has made sacrifices, such as Iguodala and Nick Young, then I am willing to make sacrifices. "

"Then what do you think of Kobe's early contract extension?" The CBS reporter rushed to ask, "There are a lot of opinions that Kobe's contract is too big, and as the oldest player of the Lakers, he should make the most sacrifices."

"Kobe has the qualifications and strength to get a high salary, but whether he is willing to make sacrifices should not be decided by others, that makes no sense." Li Yue replied, "As for whether the contract amount is too large, I suggest you ask the general manager Mitch Kupp about it. Check."

The reporters at the scene asked several questions one after another, and Li Yue answered them one by one according to the situation, and the press conference came to an end.

Accompanied by the staff, he went straight to the parking lot to meet his long-awaited teammates.

The team bus started slowly. After a game and many chores, most people closed their eyes quietly, or took out their mobile phones to perform various operations. Li Yue also joined in and opened the Twitter app to browse the news.

The best team has become a hot topic of discussion as imagined. He and Kobe were selected at the same time to generate a large number of related tweets, and whether Kobe is more qualified than Harden to be selected has generated a lot of intense, violent, and hate-filled discussions.

[Darryl Morey: Attention!I don't have a personal grievance against Kobe, but this selection of the best team did not strictly abide by the standards, because Kobe played less than 58 games this season, and the personnel involved in the selection made great mistakes.I will complain to the league office after work tomorrow, requesting a re-selection and giving all players a fair chance. 】

It seems a bit funny, but Morey’s Twitter received a lot of likes, comments and retweets, mainly based on the Rondo clause. Li Yue knew about this clause. It can be included in the statistical list of various statistics. If the number of appearances is insufficient, the overall data must be divided by 70% of the games to participate in the ranking.

The reason why it is set at 70% is not a specific number of games, but it is because of the possibility of a shrinking season of less than 82 games.

This regulation came into being because in the 12-13 season, Rondo played only 38 games and had a total of 420 assists. After the average calculation, he averaged 11.1 assists per game in the season, beating Paul, who played 70 games and averaged 9.7 assists per game. The assists leader of the season.This is somewhat unacceptable in reason. In order to avoid similar embarrassing situations in the future, the league began to implement the Rondo clause in the 13-14 season, and Paul finally succeeded in winning the belated assist king.

However, the league has never stipulated that the selection of the best team must meet the Rondo clause. Looking forward, Webber in the second team in 02, Yao Ming in the third team in 06, and Wade in the third team in 07 also did not play 58 games.

There are precedents and no new regulations. How can it be said that the regulations are violated? It is simply a forced replacement of the concept.

Considering that people must think of this point of view, Li Yue searched casually and found that Stephen A. Smith really mentioned it. He immediately liked it and reposted it.

Once the tweet was released, a large number of comments flooded in, and Nick Yang and others retweeted it one after another.

Those who support Morey’s point of view avoid talking about this point of view, and start discussing Harden’s season average of 25.4 points, 6.1 assists and 4.7 rebounds. Except for the number of turnovers per game, various statistics can be said to completely surround Kobe. Like the All-Stars, it is completely emotional. Such behavior seriously hurts the mentality of young players and hinders the development of young players.

The hat was buckled a lot, and those who supported Kobe took out the playoff data for comparison.

Although logically untenable, Harden's performance in the first round was mediocre, and he couldn't say he surpassed Kobe, and his performance in the first two games of the second round was even worse. This makes it difficult for those who support Morey's point of view to refute.

Those who support Morey pointed out that Kobe's contract will cause the Lakers to lose their competitiveness and are very likely to self-destruct the empire. Those who support Kobe emphasized that Harden "likes" fouls too much and is destined not to win the championship.

ESPN initiated voting statistics, and Morey retweeted to express his support for Harden, but in just 10 minutes, Kobe crushed with 86.14% approval rate, and continued to grow, showing no sign of losing.

Just when the debate was coming to an end, Harden updated his personal Twitter and forwarded a Fox Sports reporter's article "James Harden, the No. [-] shooting guard after Michael Jordan, no need to wait too long"

(End of this chapter)