Superstar Tyreke

Chapter 201 Prosperous Petri

LeBron James won the MVP for the first time in the 08-09 season, won the MVP in the 09-10 season, and won this highest personal honor for the third time in his career this season. He became the 8th superstar in history to win the regular season MVP three or more times.The previous seven were Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Walter Chamberlain, Larry Bird, Erwin Johnson and Moses Malone. Such an achievement at the age of 7, James is a well-deserved historical superstar.

Although Tyreke and Durant are almost the same as James in terms of personal data and team record, James deserves this award. He can grab 27.1 points, 7.9 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game this season. For him, his shooting percentage is as high as 53.1%. His partner Dwyane Wade praised him with great emotion: "LeBron's performance is unbelievable. He can dominate both offense and defense in every game. "

James not only dominated the court with his strong personal performance, but also dominated the votes of media reporters. Although James competed with Tyreke and Durant for MVP, the final score gap between the three was not particularly large , but James won 121 of the 1 No.65 votes, more than half, which is enough to show James' influence among the media.

In the end, James won the MVP with a total score of 804 points. Tyreke ranked second in the final ranking of the MVP with 612 points, slightly overwhelming Durant who scored 2 points. He missed it, but being ranked second in the MVP ranking is also a great affirmation of him.

However, when the final ownership of the MVP was released, the fans of the Kings and Tyreke felt aggrieved for Tyreke. The record of the Kings this season was equal to that of the Heat, but last season the Heat were already super strong in the finals. Although the Kings have improved significantly last season, they are still just a mid-lower team that has not made the playoffs.At the same time, the teammates around James this season are Wade and Bosh. As the best teammates around Tyreke, Cousins ​​has shown strong personal abilities this season, but compared with famous superstars like Wade and Bosh There is still a huge gap.In the case that the overall strength of his teammates is not as good as that of James, he led the team to achieve the same record. At the same time, coupled with the bonus of the scoring champion, he still did not win the MVP in the end. It is no wonder that the fans are dissatisfied.

The Sacramento Bee, a local media in Sacramento, also managed to get an interview with Tyreke after the MVP was announced, but due to preparations for the second round of the playoffs, they could only conduct a telephone interview. Don’t feel disappointed. He has gotten enough this season. LeBron James and Kevin Durant are both good enough. It’s normal for anyone to win the MVP. Now the main goal is the Western Conference semifinals. Ranking No. 2 in the MVP ranking has already demonstrated his own improvement. Since he did not get the MVP this season, he will continue next season!Tyreke believes anything is possible with the support of the fans!
When the Sacramento Bee published the content of Tyreke's telephone interview, many fans continued to express their dissatisfaction with Tyreke's loss of MVP.

"LeBron James is a legendary star, but Tyreke Evans is even more amazing this season! Tyreke Evans deserves MVP!"

"LeBron James played in a big city, just because he is more popular, he won the MVP over Tyreke?"

"The same record as LeBron James, Tyreke also has the bonus of scoring champion, why can't such a performance win the MVP?!"

"Looking at Tyreke's impact during tough times for the team, I think the people who voted had shit in their heads!"

"I'm a fan of LeBron, but I think this season's MVP should belong to Tyreke. On the basis of last season, Tyreke has made another leap. With such a team performance and personal performance, Tyreke is the The best guy in the regular season this season!"

There are a thousand Hamlets in the hearts of a thousand people. Fans have their own opinions. The debate on the ownership of the most valuable player in the regular season of the 11-12 season is still going on, and it will inevitably be discussed repeatedly by fans in the future. , but now it is a fact that James won the MVP of this season.

Although Tyreke missed the MVP, another person in the Kings has achieved an outstanding achievement this season, that is, Kings general manager Jeff Petri.

This season, Petri won the best manager award for the third time in his team manager career. Since the establishment of this award in the 1972-1973 season, only Jerry Colangelo has won this award more than twice. He has won the best manager award 4 times in total, and Petri won this award again this season, making him from Bob Bass, Wayne Embry, Bob Ferry, Stan. Carsten, Jerry Krause, Geoff Petri, Jerry West, Brian Colangelo stand out from the crowd of two winners and become the only one who has won three times Team Manager of the Best Manager Award.

The first of Petri's iconic operations this season is to trade down with a higher pick in the draft, and finally win Jimmy Butler and Kenneth Faried. Jimmy is based on his strong defensive ability Became the team's leading outside gate, while Faried provided the team with strong inside fire support on the bench. The two ranked third and fourth in the selection of the best rookie this season. A low pick and two strong rookies made the outside world marvel at Petri's draft vision.In addition, David West was captured from the Celtics and Pacers, making West the pinnacle of the team's inside line. Although West still suffered injuries this season, West The wealth of experience has greatly helped the team on and off the field, and the signing of Caron Butler has also greatly enhanced the team's strength at the three position.

In the end, Petri overwhelmed Pacers general manager Larry Bird and Spurs general manager RC. Buford to win the best manager award, and Petri was very grateful to Terry when he won this award. Ke, Tyreke's wonderful performance has given the team a proud record this season. The improvement of the record is one of the foundations for Petri to win the award, and Jimmy Butler, who was recommended by Tyreke to himself, eventually became Mastered Petri's classic operation of discerning the bead.

Petri is proud of the vernal equinox at this time. At this time, he is already thinking about the team operation plan for the next season, and the Kings have also arrived in Oklahoma in the midst of intensive preparations...

(End of this chapter)