God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 333 Best Rookie Favorite
Every season, the bookmaker will open the market for each award of the season, attracting fans to bet, and this behavior runs through the entire season. In many cases, you only need to look at the odds of each player to know who is the favorite of the award. .In addition, the league will also release official lists every week, including the team strength list, MVP list and rookie list, especially the latter two lists, which are most sought after by fans and players. Played well this past week.

As the spiritual leader of the 76ers, Iverson has been on the official MVP ranking list for a long time, but his position is not particularly high, generally hovering between fifth and sixth.It's true that the league doesn't rank teams based on record, but that's because Iverson didn't show enough leadership, even though he averaged a team-high 23.5 points and 6.7 assists per game.

What makes Brown feel gratified is that Reed also entered the MVP rankings. Although he is the last, he also proved his strength.In fact, it is not impossible for the same team to have two players enter the MVP ranking list at the same time. As long as the team is strong enough and the players themselves can play good statistics, for example, Kobe and O'Neal have also appeared on the list for a long time. And both of them are ranked higher than Iverson. O'Neal often occupies the top spot, and Kobe is ranked fourth.

But Brown doesn't care about these. In his opinion, as long as the team can win the championship, these individual awards can be put aside.Chang Wei also doesn't care about the MVP of the regular season. For Iverson, being able to rank in this position is already very good. After all, the 76ers are a very strong team as a whole, and his teammates are also very good. Reed It is a surprise, there is nothing to say, averaging 21.1 points and 4.2 rebounds per game is also just his normal level.

Chang Wei focuses on the rookie list. Unlike the MVP list, which has ten players in each issue, the official rookie list only has five players on the list, and as long as they perform poorly in the past week, they will immediately lose the attention of the fans.The two rookies of the 76ers, Dalembert and Arenas, unexpectedly appeared on the rookie list for a long time, which means that they have enough strength.

However, they have not been able to top the rookie list for the time being. That position belongs to the handsome Spanish guy Pau Gasol who came from afar. The Eagles management who traded him to the Grizzlies were heartbroken and could only watch Gasol kill all directions in Memphis.

But that doesn't mean Dalembert and Arenas don't have a chance to get their hands on Rookie of the Year, especially Arenas.Perhaps in the eyes of others, Dalembert has contributed more to the team, but in fact the selection of the best rookie has nothing to do with the record. Data then handily picked up Rookie of the Year.

The best rookie of the season in the previous life was Gasol, but his Grizzlies only achieved a poor record of 23 wins and 59 losses, ranking only second to last in the Western Conference. It can be seen that the best rookie does not need to have The record is the bottom line.Of course, to a certain extent, this is also because no one in this rookie season played beautiful data, so Gasol took the lead.

But this time he finally has a competitor, and that is Arenas.Although Arenas is generally ranked behind Dalembert, his data is beyond reproach, averaging 14.1 points, 3.7 assists and some gaps with Pau Gasol, but not so obvious.If Arenas can break out again in the game, it is also possible to steal Gasol's Rookie of the Year.

Of course, regardless of whether Arenas and Dalembert can get the best rookie of the season, Chang Wei has once again proved his vision for picking rookies, which makes the team's chief scout Francis always look at him every time he sees him. It was a look of resentment, for fear that Chang Wei would steal his job.In fact, Chang Wei is not interested in this position, unless the system has left him now.

And if the system really disappears, Chang Wei may be more willing to be a general manager of the team. Building the team according to his own ideas is much better than just giving suggestions.Anyway, now he feels that being an assistant coach is pretty good, especially since Brown values ​​him very much, and he needs to listen to his opinions on many things, which is not much different from signing in by himself.

This time, the performance of Dalembert and Arenas obviously further increased Chang Wei's credit. If any of them can win the best rookie, then Francis should really worry about his job.

In the remaining games of 2001, the 76ers still made great strides. Although they occasionally lost the game, they had more wins and fewer losses against other strong teams, which also made the bookmakers further lower their championship. odds.The strong dominance made Brown dare to rest the main rotation players in more games to prepare for the playoffs.

Well, it does seem a bit early, but it can also reduce the chances of players suffering injuries.Many players suffered injuries not because of bad luck, but because of their long-term high-intensity combat and accumulated injuries. If Brown is willing to give the main players a rest, the team's combat power may be preserved to the maximum extent. .

At the end of 2001, the 76ers were unsurprisingly ranked first in the league, and no strong team could gain an advantage over them.The only regret for the majority of fans is that they have not yet had a strong confrontation with the Celtics, the second in the Eastern Conference, but this can only make the league schedule staff blamed, who asked him to put the 76 What about the match between the Celtics and the Celtics in 2002?You must know that they have to play four games in the same division.

I don't know whether it was intentional or a coincidence. At the end of 2001, the 76ers had as many as five days without any games. This also allowed Brown to generously give everyone two days off, allowing everyone to get a little respite during the season. Chance.Chang Wei didn't find it very hard, but who doesn't like a holiday?He was thinking about whether he should go on a short trip with Harmon. During this time, he basically devoted all his energy to work, and he hadn't had time to get together with his girlfriend for a while.

Fortunately, Harmon himself is also an active player in the WNBA, and he understands Chang Wei's career very well. If it were another girl, Chang Wei could only choose to spend Singles' Day at this time.But it doesn't mean that he doesn't want to make it up to his girlfriend, Brown's vacation came just right, even though it was only two days, it was enough for Chang Wei.

(End of this chapter)