In the basketball world, starting from the 99 World Youth Championship

Chapter 152 Sharing the Best Rookie Award

This phone does not have the function of a certain brand as a bomb or a hand warmer, which is not bad. As one of the few flip phones on the market, you can't ask for too much.

Zhang Tian's endorsement contract made Reggie Miller all sorts of pantothenic acid. He has been a cow in the Pacers for so many years, but the endorsers completely turned a blind eye. Zhang Tian has only played for one season. Although he did not get a sneaker contract, other They got a lot of endorsements, they can be called No.1 among their rookies in the same class.

Although the No. 200 pick Brand is in the big ball market of Chicago and is the headquarters of Motorola, the endorsement that Motorola offered him was only [-] million for three years. Looking for someone, until Zhang Tian's explosive performance after the All-Star Game attracted the attention of the mobile phone company.

It can be said that Zhang Tian forcibly snatched this endorsement from Brand, and now Zhang Tian not only wants to snatch his endorsement, but now even the honor of best rookie may be snatched by Zhang Tian. Judging from Zhang Tian's performance, if he is not criticized, there will definitely be a lot of criticism.

Stern was having a headache. He had already planned it out. The best rookie of the season was given to Brand. After all, the opponent's 20+10 performance was worthy of this award, but Zhang Tian scored 20.2 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 4.3 assists. , 1.1 steals data, can you ignore it, and Zhang Tian's shooting rate is 40.00%30.00, three-point shooting rate is [-]%[-], except that the shooting rate at the basket and rebounding are lower than Brand, other aspects They are all on par with the No. [-] pick.

"I think this award should be given to Elton. After all, the Bulls are a bad team, and the Pacers are a championship-level team. It's not difficult." Xiao Hua started again, he was very envious of the Chinese market, but there was always something superior to Zhang Tian in his bones.

Stu Jackson, as always, sang against Silver, "Hehe, how did the Pacers perform in the fifteen games Zhang was absent? Are you blind? You can't see it, although the Pacers seem to be based on Reggie Miller. core, but everyone knows that the current boss of the Pacers is Zhang. Although he is a freshman, this league has never been based on age and seniority. If you have more data, you have to show a more convincing performance, and Zhang has undoubtedly done it."

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Seeing that neither of the two assistants could convince him, Stern frowned, "Okay, stop arguing, I have made a decision, Elton and Zhang are tied for the best rookie award, and Zhang's third-team spot becomes Marbury."

If Zhang Tian knew it, he would definitely stop his godfather. The best rookie is really worthless in front of the best team, because too many brushes were born in this award. Although there is the best team, these fifteen people , most of them are ruthless characters.

Now that the decision has been made, no one else is beeping.

So the best rookie award was awarded first, and Zhang Tian and Brand shared this award, which is very similar to that of Kidd and Hill. Many media began to tout, saying that Zhang Tian and Brand would become the next pair of Kidd and Hill. De and Hill.

Neither of the two parties did anything to deal with this bragging, until the day when the Best Rookie Award was awarded, Zhang Tian came to Madison in a suit and leather shoes with Rich Paul Chasson, and Zhang Tian became the second in Pacers history to win the award. The last player for this award was the one mentioned above, a generation of trash talkers. Coincidentally, this guy just announced his retirement this month, and Zhang Tian seems to have taken over his banner and became the Another Pacers player for this award.

Brand breathed a sigh of relief, leading himself for most of the season. If he lost to Zhang Tian, ​​he would really die. This best rookie is related to the reward terms of himself and the Bulls. , The reason why he signed those terms is that Brand is confident that he can get the award. Now he got it, but he almost lost it.

Stern beeped first, then carried the two winners up, and awarded the Eddie Gottlieb Award to them. This award was named after the former owner of the Warriors. That guy He is the biggest contributor to bringing the Warriors from Philadelphia to the Bay Area. Nicknamed Mr. Basketball, a basketball tycoon, he discovered the basketball emperor Chamberlain, although Chamberlain did not win a championship trophy in the Warriors.

Zhang Tian asked Brand to speak first, and Brand said a word of thanks. There is no difference between a very ordinary rookie and an average rookie. Brand has another statistic this season that leads the league, and that is the number of offensive rebounds. Grabbed 348 offensive rebounds, which can be called Moses Malone this season. Moses Malone is the king of offensive rebounds. Like Brand, he is of average height, but his athletic ability is not bad, just like his nickname chairman of the boards (Chairman of the Board of Directors).

Of course, there is another nickname that Moses Malone is remembered-Jabbar's own father. This title is even less well-known than the two mentioned above.

After Brand finished beeping, it was finally Zhang Tian's turn. At this time, the reporters in the audience started filming one by one, and some were pushing each other, wanting to interview the best rookie. The best rookie, nothing new, Zhang Tian is the first Asian player to win this award, although there is a man named Sanban Fu, no, it is Misaka Gen who scored seven points in three appearances for the Knicks in ancient times, but From all aspects, he cannot be compared with Zhang Tian, ​​because that guy is only of Japanese descent, not Japanese, just like Utada Hikaru, he was not born in Japan, he is equivalent to Jeremy Lin later.

But the history of the NBA and the ABA has been ruled by black and white. Now that Zhang Tian has come out, it is only natural to attract so much traffic. Stern is very happy to watch. Those who play better, or even leave the Pacers and become the boss of another team, may be able to maximize the commercial value of Zhang Tian.

"Well, I was very surprised to get this award. At this time last year, I was still working hard on how to enter the NBA. As for the best rookie award, I didn't think about it at all. To get this award, I hope this It's a beginning, not an end."

After Zhang Tian finished speaking, the audience continued to applaud, and the reporters began to ask, "Zhang, you entered the playoffs as the No. [-] in the regular season. What is your goal?"

Sure enough, the meat is here. The Bulls are a bad team, so the reporters won't ask too many questions. The Pacers are the favorites to win the championship.Let's see how Zhang Tian answered.

(End of this chapter)