James, the opportunity to challenge Sun Hao head-on, is that!

But what he had never imagined before was that when he played against Sun Hao, Sun Hao had already joined the Lakers.

You know, what he saw and expected to challenge in high school was Sun Hao from the Mavericks.

But this may also be destined, because the Mavericks no longer exist, and Sun Hao no longer exists!

But whether it is Sun Hao wearing a blue Mavericks jersey or Sun Hao wearing a purple gold robe, he is all about to challenge Sun Hao who has won his own title of "Little Emperor"!

There is only one emperor in this world, and that is James!

This is his goal and his confidence!

Of course, the media will not miss this hype opportunity.

At the moment when the playoff ranking was determined, James VS Sun Hao, 23VS95 became a hot topic of hype.

In fact, they don’t have to hype too much, because when James participated in the draft, he already talked about challenging Sun Hao.

Because Sun Hao was not as famous as he is now at that time, and James had just entered the league, and the media just regarded that as an interesting topic.

But time flies, two years have passed, Sun Hao is now a hot superstar in the league, and James has also become a super new star!

The same topic will attract different attention in different periods!

Especially the nickname "Little Emperor" involved between them.

That is actually not just a matter of nickname, but a glory for the players.

If James can really defeat Sun Hao and the Lakers, he will definitely become the gods in one battle!

ESPN also conducted a survey during the hype, which was to vote for the most anticipated match between the East and the East.

This group of Lakers VS Nuggets beats the Spurs VS Suns, Pistons VS 76ers, and Wizards VS Magic, becoming the most anticipated series fans have in the first round.

Of course, there are still two days before the official opening of the playoffs, and fans can only wait if they look forward to it.

But they won't be lonely.

Like previous years, the league announced the first batch of awards of the season before the playoffs began: the fastest progress award, the best sixth man and the best head coach.

The fastest progress award was won by Bobby Simmons of the Los Angeles Clippers.

His average score per game this season is 16.7 points, double the previous season.

Sun Hao is still very familiar with this Simmons, or the halo of this Simmons with the "Fastest Progress Award".

Because Yi Jianlian has played with the Bucks in history, this is also a point among the "many" stars of the Bucks.

Although, it's a little small.

However, this result also made many fans feel unfair for Wade.

Because Wade has made great progress this year, even from a large perspective, he has completed the big step from rookie to All-Star.

In the end, the award was not given to him, which seemed unfair.

However, Sun Hao felt that this might not be a bad thing.

You should know that the fastest progress award has always had a curse: those who win this award will most likely perform much worse next year.

This is true in history Dragic, Brooks, and this is true in this year's Simmons.

So Wade can be regarded as "avoiding a disaster".

The best sixth man was finally given to the Pistons' Starkhouse.

History has changed, and no one had expected that Starkhouse, the "thorny" would be willing to play as a substitute.

And this fight has been fighting for two years.

He can contribute 14.9 points per game this season, which is the most important scoring point on the Pistons' bench.

Receiving this award is the greatest recognition of his sacrifice.

The best head coach was given to D'Antoni.

This result is expected.

The best head coach is also known as the fastest-progress coach. Most of the award winners are those with poor team performance in the previous year, but the improvement has been huge this year.

The Suns still won less than 30 wins last year and were at the bottom of the West, but this season has greatly improved their record to 60+.

This increase is not only huge, it has doubled!

So this award is as “conventional” and there is no problem.

But speaking of this selection mechanism, it is slightly ironic that Phil Jackson, who wears 11 championship rings on his hand, has only once the best head coach in his career.

It was the 1995-1996 season, and the Bulls coached by Phil Jackson set an unprecedented 72 wins!

The reason for this result is simply because... Phil Jackson's coaching record is too stable!

A person who wins 50 to 60 years and scores more than 90 points in the yearly exam, how can you "improve his record greatly"?

So from this perspective, this award is quite unreliable in a sense.

After the league announced the first batch of awards, there was only one day left before the playoffs started.

The Lakers have a home advantage and are waiting for their hard work.

Jackson only arranged daily shooting and tactical training this day, and did not conduct confrontation training.

Unlike other coaches, Phil Jackson is not so strict in arranging training.

What he hopes more is to let the players take the initiative to practice actively through their own Zen sermons.

Kobe's training attitude is also affected by him in some aspects.

It’s not surprising to think about it. O’Neal is such a funny guy, and sometimes he speaks with a strange philosophical flavor.

What the ancients said was very reasonable: those who are close to red are red, and those who are close to ink are black.

Sun Hao was deeply touched after spending a season with the Lakers.

He even felt that Jordan's habit of pretending might have something to do with Phil Jackson.

When I talk about Zen to you, I will ask you if you are pretending to behave?

After the training, Sun Hao and O'Neal sat together and chatted.

In the first season of their collaboration, they scored 60+ records and also won first place in the Western Conference and first in the league.

Although Christie's joining was the key to their improvement in their second half of the season, the team's foundation was still their duo.

In the regular season data of the two, O'Neal averaged 25.6 points, 12.5 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.5 blocks per game!

Although it is a bit worse than the data from two years ago, its data has rebounded sharply compared to last year's F4.

Moreover, his shooting percentage reached 60.1%!

Although he only had 0.1% more, his first shooting percentage in his career exceeded 60%!

This is a very terrifying data even for the inside!

Sun Hao also played the highest season in his career.

He averaged more than 28 points per game for the first time, and averaged 28.2 points and 5.6 assists per game! His shooting percentage reached 47% and his three-point shooting percentage was 44%!

Among them, his average score per game is second only to Iverson and Kobe, ranking third in the league!

Don’t think it’s so strange that Sun Hao can get this score. It’s not unreasonable that the triangular offense is called a superstar singles tactic.

In this system, the personal data of superstars will be greatly improved.

Not to mention anything else, just take the OK combination as an example. Both of them scored nearly 60 points in their peak season.

What a terrifying proportion of this is a team that averages less than 100 points per game.

So it wouldn't be so strange to look back at Sun Hao's average score.

Well, of course, what Sun Hao and O'Neal were sitting and talking about at this time was not the topic.

It’s not that they think there is nothing to talk about on this topic, but that… they have already talked about it.

They are talking about James now.

"You and LeBron met very early?"

"Um."

"How could you have the same nickname as him?"

"This is a long story, and it has something to do with an article written by a reporter from my previous team."

"He knew LeBron's nickname at that time?"

"No, it's just an accident."

...

After a simple exchange, O'Neal probably understood why James challenged Sun Hao.

After he found out, he didn't find anything strange.
To be continued...