Chapter 184 The major awards of the season and the arrival of the point guard era
After sweeping the Knicks 4:0, the Wizards entered a nearly week-long rest period. During this period, the team will make some adjustments and start to prepare for the intelligence of their opponents in the second round of playoffs.
There is no need to mention these trivial matters. As the first round of the competition becomes increasingly fierce, major awards in the regular season have been selected one after another.
The first thing the league officially announced is the two most suspenseless honors, the best defensive player and the best sixth man.
These two awards are indeed the least suspenseful.
Howard won the trophy of Best Defensive Player for the third time, becoming the first best defensive player to win the cup for three consecutive years in recent years.
The best sixth man was once again won by James Harden of Wang Xiao’s team. This season he averaged 20+8 per game. Such data is invincible among substitutes in the league.
Subsequently, the first, second, third and best defensive teams of the league were announced one after another.
The selected team for the best team were Curry, Kobe, James, Durant and Howard.
Ross, Wade, Anthony, Nowitzki and Gasol were selected for the second team.
Among the three teams are Chris Paul, Westbrook, Harden, Randolph and Aldridge.
There are only 15 best teams in total. Among the more than 450 people in the league, only three of the best positions can enter this ranking. How to choose and decide is a question that voters need to consider from all aspects, and these 15 people undoubtedly have enough commendable strength.
Following the best team, the most suspenseful rookie is the most suspenseful rookie.
The winner was the Chinese American Jeremy Lin.
In terms of regular season data, Jeremy Lin and Griffin were almost the same, but at this time, Jeremy Lin led the Nets and the Bulls to fight to the death to keep up with the second round of the playoffs, while Griffin went to the beach to enjoy a wonderful holiday after the regular season.
The gap in record score made Griffin lose, and also made him lose to Jeremy Lin.
To be honest, when Wang Xiao heard this news, he was a little surprised.
Originally, in his opinion, Jeremy Lin was not very likely to win the best rookie. Even if he had an advantage in his record, he was only about 30%.
The reason for thinking this way is very simple, it is a race problem.
A very simple truth.
The best rookie is voted by news media and journalists across the United States and Canada, and most of these media journalists are white or black, with almost no yellow people.
In this case, Jeremy Lin naturally has a disadvantage compared to Griffin.
Griffin is a mixed-race man, and both black and white people will be happy to vote for him.
This kind of thing has nothing to do with strength. Just like when China participates in the voting, it will vote for its own stars without hesitation, and will not consider the strength of both sides.
In 2003, Yao Ming, who had just joined the league, was able to defeat O'Neal, who was at the peak of his all-star votes and squeeze the Sharks to the All-Star bench, relying on the huge group of Chinese people.
However, the selection of the best rookie is not participated by the Chinese media, and voting will naturally lead to deviations.
Just like Yao Ming was so popular in 2003, his final best rookie was taken away by Stoudemire.
That year, Yao Ming and Stoudemire had almost the same data, and the team's record was only one more game.
But Stoudemire obviously won more votes.
Although Jeremy Lin is different from Yao Ming and is a Chinese American, there is actually not much difference.
So when Wang Xiao learned that Jeremy Lin actually defeated Griffin and won the Best Rookie Trophy, he was surprised. When the votes of the two were announced, Wang Xiao also secretly sweated for his disciples.
Judging from the number of votes, Jeremy Lin won a very lucky victory. He and Griffin had exactly the same number of votes in the first vote, and were slightly behind in the second vote, but he got a much more votes in the third vote than Griffin. He finally won the trophy with a slight advantage of 2 points.
The first vote is worth 5 points, the second vote is worth 3 points, and the third vote is worth only 1 point. Even if Griffin gets one more second vote, he will defeat Jeremy Lin and win the trophy.
I have to say that Jeremy Lin is very lucky, and winning the cup twice in three years at Harvard University has also given him a certain number of fans across the United States.
Jeremy Lin, who won the Best Rookie, also became the first yellow-sex person in history to win the Best Rookie. This is an achievement that even Yao Ming could not achieve.
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After the Best Rookie, the final award and the selection of the Best Player in the Regular Season.
Since the MVP awards of this year's regular season have added voting weight to the Internet, the final results will not be announced until the end of May or even early June.
But so far, there is actually no particular suspense for the candidate who is most likely to win the regular season MVP.
Currently, the top three MVPs in the regular season are Curry of the Wizards, Rose of the Bulls, and Howard of the Magic. James suffered a Waterloo because of his popularity among the Heat. Although his record and personal data are better than Howard, he can only rank fourth, while Kobe ranked fifth.
Due to the poor record, Howard, the third-placed player has basically been eliminated. The most likely winner of the regular season MVP will be Curry and Ross.
Curry averaged 27+6.9 in the regular season, and Ross averaged 25+7.7 in the regular season. The two were almost comparable in data. In terms of record, Curry's Wizards won 68 games, which is obviously better than Ross's Bulls' 60 wins.
But on the other hand, Ross' solid and traditional playing style and importance to the team are in a more dominant position than Curry, and it is easier to win the favor of the media.
So even if Curry has a record, it is hard to say that he has a greater advantage.
Even Wang Xiao cannot tell who these two people will eventually win the regular season MVP award.
However, whether it is Curry or Ross, who wins the regular season MVP, will be a sensational event for the league, and they will set the record for the youngest regular season MVP.
Both of them were born in 1988. Although Curry was several months older than Ross, his record of being lower than the youngest MVP in the league had no effect at all.
Although no one knows who will laugh to the end of the two, the media has begun to build momentum.
Chapter completed!