God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 425 The only comfort

While the playoffs are in full swing, the NBA's major awards this season have also been released one after another.Judging from the consistent urgency of the league in the past, except for a few awards such as the most improved award, other awards are basically divided among the strongest teams in the east and west. Looking at the wind, it would be nice to get one.

The NBA doesn't like to play tricks, and it doesn't like to put the most important thing at the end. The most important award, the regular season MVP, is the first to be released.In Chang Wei's impression, the battle for MVP in the first ten years of the 21st century was quite fierce, and no one could occupy an absolute advantage, and it is the same this year.Although the position of shooting guard is full of talents because of Jordan, the two top power forwards in the West, Duncan of the Spurs and Garnett of the Timberwolves, have the best chance of being crowned MVP.

Before the awards were announced, the gaming companies were more optimistic about Garnett. Although the record of the Timberwolves is not as good as that of the Spurs, Garnett can be said to have supported the entire team by himself, and Duncan has more helpers than him. .In fact, personal heroism is very important when selecting the MVP, and Garnett's flamboyant personality is more popular.

It's a pity that it was Duncan who won the MVP in the end. This is also the second consecutive season he has won this award.When the league officially announced the voting results, everyone was silent. Duncan and Garnett had a very close vote rate, with 31.09% and 28.15% of the votes respectively. Even though the numbers were similar, the Spurs’ first record in the Western Conference was still given to Duncan. Added a lot of points.

Of course, this MVP battle also contributed to the multi-season confrontation between the two No. 21s, which was not terminated until Garnett left the Timberwolves disheartened.Thinking of the career development trajectory of the two in the previous life, Chang Wei smiled helplessly. Duncan's career was much longer and more successful than Garnett's, but Duncan's taciturn style was still not as inspiring as Garnett's. , but this does not prevent him from becoming one of the best power forwards in history.

Followed by the best defensive player, no one can compare with Big Ben in this respect, and this is the only award that Chang Wei thinks the Pistons can win.After all, Ben has improved further this season with his help. Not to mention scoring an average of 9.2 points per game, he also became the league's rebounding leader with 15.8 rebounds. At the same time, 3.5 blocks also made him the block leader.Although everyone knows that the Pistons are a defensive team, but as the mainstay of the defense, Daben's role is beyond doubt. As long as the voting authority is not blind, they will write Daben's name on their ballots. name.

The final voting results proved that Big Ben had an overwhelming advantage in the competition for the best defensive player. His vote rate was as high as 50.43%, and 85.47% of the people voted for him. Such a huge The advantage is enough to ensure that he can secure this trophy in his bag. You must know that Artest, who received the second place in the vote, only had 11.59%.

Originally, Chang Wei thought that after the best defensive player was announced, other awards would have nothing to do with the Pistons, but he didn't expect to see a familiar name again in the selection of the best sixth man.Jamal Crawford, as the sixth man of the Pistons, averaged 12.1 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game this season. From the data point of view, he is impeccable. This performance also makes him unexpected He got the second highest score in the selection of the best sixth man.

Although Crawford eventually lost to the king's small guard Bobby Jackson, it also made Dumars look at Chang Wei with admiration. Can the guy in the team take on the responsibility of the sixth man?But Chang Wei discovered it and insisted on bringing him to Detroit. Now Crawford is an indispensable member of the Pistons. The second-ranked vote rate in the selection of the best sixth man is enough to explain the problem .

The Most Improved Award went to the Spurs point guard "French Sports Car" Parker, which surprised Chang Wei.The most improved award this season in the previous life belonged to Arenas, and Parker didn't even make it into the top three.However, since Chang Wei suggested that the 76ers choose Arenas and use him as a super sixth man, this award will be insulated from him, unless he joins a team as the boss in his previous life. Under the circumstances, there is still hope for the fastest progress award.

However, Parker is also well-deserved of the award, last season he averaged only 9.2 points, 4.3 assists and 1.2 steals, and there are 5 games off the bench.After sitting firmly at the starting point guard position of the Spurs this season, Parker played all 82 regular season games, and his data rose to 16.7 points, 5.4 assists and 1.5 steals, and his shooting percentage also increased by 5.2 percentage points.If so, his 26.71% vote rate is only a narrow victory, and he is almost about to be surpassed by the Jazz's Harprin.

It can be said that the Spurs are the biggest winners this season, because the Spurs are not only Duncan and Parker, but also Popovich.After Jordan's peak period, a pattern of strong west and weak east gradually formed. Even if the 76ers won the championship for two consecutive years, this phenomenon cannot be changed, and the western team does have many more stars than the eastern team.In addition to Duncan's strong performance, Popovich's strategizing is equally important for the Spurs to fight a bloody way out of the encirclement. This is also his first best coach title.

Of course, Chang Wei is very clear that this is just the beginning. The reason why the Spurs can become an enduring powerhouse in their previous life is that Popovich's role is far greater than that of any star in the team.Before Chang Wei's rebirth, Popovich had won the best coach of the year three times, tied with Pat Riley and Old Nelson to become the coach with the most awards in history.

The last exciting award is the best rookie.To Chang Wei's relief, although Prince didn't get many votes, he was still the top five rookies. He never expected Prince to win this award. It's not bad to be ranked fifth, although 0.31 The % vote rate is a bit shabby, but it is also an encouragement to him!
The best rookie has no requirements for record, so the rookies of weak teams are more likely to win the award, because they can swipe their data unscrupulously.But this time the best rookie was still given to the Suns' "Small Overlord" Stoudemire as in the previous life, averaging 13.5 points, 8.8 rebounds and 1 block per game, which is fully worthy of this award.Next is Yao Ming, whom Chang Wei has been paying close attention to. In fact, his statistics are not bad, averaging 13.5 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game. The reason why he failed to get the best rookie may be because of his Chinese identity. , and Stoudemire's style of play is indeed much better than him.

But Chang Wei is not worried. He believes that after the special training this summer, Yao Ming will definitely surprise the entire league next season, and it is not impossible to win the Most Improved Award by then.

(End of this chapter)