NBA opening draw to twilight Shaquille O'Neal

Chapter 252 The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying!
In addition to the best defensive player.

Tim Duncan, Paul George, Marc Gasol, Avery Bradley, and Mike Conley were selected to the defensive second team.

The defensive team has a rare selection of 6 people this year, namely Chris Paul, Tony Parker, LeBron James, Joakim Noah, Serge Ibaka, and Tyson Chandler.

The reason is that Tyson Chandler and Joakim Noah had the same score when they selected the first defense at the center position, so an unprecedented situation has already occurred.

Since all the awards for today have been awarded, the rest are heavyweight awards, and NBA officials will continue to award them in the days to come.

At noon, Wang Zelin posted the latest post on the NBA's official Twitter: "Congratulations to Wang Zelin for being the best rookie in the regular season of the NBA 12-13 season and becoming the fourth player in history twice!"

"Eh? What record did you break again?"

Previously, Wang Zelin just glanced at it, did not study it carefully, and stopped to look at the content under the tweet.

Although he was able to play in all 82 regular season games at the end of the season, he still won all the Rookie of the Month awards in the Western Conference, and was finally unanimously elected the Rookie of the Month for the 2012-2013 season.

Became the fourth player in the history of the Trail Blazers to be elected as the best rookie. The first three predecessors were Jerry Petrie in 1971, Sidney Weeks in 1972 and Brandon Roy in 2007.

At the same time, he also became the fourth player in NBA history to be unanimously elected Rookie of the Year after Ralph Sampson in 1984, David Robinson in 1990 and Blake Griffin in 2011.

Sogas!

……

It is undoubtedly a joy to win an award.

Especially for the award of Rookie of the Year, each player has one and only one chance to compete in his career. If he fails to get it in the first year, he will never have the chance again.

Not to mention the difficulty of being unanimously elected, I don't know how many superstars have left regrets because they didn't get this award in their rookie year.

At this moment, I have to pay special attention to the old blacksmith on the West Coast. He is a model of this type of player.

After the official website tweeted, the team was also very strong, and held a press conference at 3:30 pm to congratulate Wang Zelin.

As for the awarding session, generally speaking, the on-site awarding will be arranged in the next game.

First, the atmosphere on the scene is more intense; second, it is conducive to boosting morale.

It's exciting to think about awarding the award in the Denver Plateau!

At the press conference, Wang Zelin joined hands with coach Terry Stotts and general manager Nell Orsey, and blew passionately all afternoon: "Thanks to my parents, fans, team, CCTV, and all TV... When I learned that I was the best rookie winner, I felt very honored, especially when I thought that Kobe didn't get it, it felt so cool!"

……

Wang Zelin's acceptance speech in the afternoon went viral, as expected, and the speed of the fire was outrageous. After all, he was bluntly touching Kobe...

em, in fact, it can't be said to be a touch, because that guy really didn't get it.

Back to the arena.

"The king congratulates you!"

Lillard took a deep breath and stepped forward to congratulate him.

"Thank you!"

In this situation, apart from the above two words, Wang Zelin didn't know what to say.

You can't say "it doesn't matter, keep working hard, I can do it and you can do it" and other sand sculpture remarks.

"We are good brothers, it doesn't matter whoever wins the prize."

"right…"

"When you get the trophy, remember to let me keep it for a while. When the team reaches the finals, I will definitely return it to you!"

"..."

Before Wang Zelin could complain, Lillard had already turned and left.

Are you afraid you are thinking about perch?

……

After receiving the award, in the next two days, Wang Zelin was very full in terms of training, feeling and personal state. He was always looking forward to the third contest in Denver Plateau.

On the calm water surface, there are often turbulent waves in the dark.

With a team record of 2:0 and individuals scoring 20 points, 10 points and double rebounds in two consecutive games, the Trail Blazers management is no longer satisfied with a best rookie, and began to push the boat to build momentum for Wang Zelin.

What kind of momentum do you create?
Of course it is the best team in the competition!
Calculated according to past practice, the list of the best team in the regular season will be announced after the second round of the playoffs for all teams, that is, around mid-May.

From the current point of view, the Trail Blazers have the highest probability of making it out of the first round and advancing to the second round. As long as Wang Zelin plays steadily and cooperates with his excellent performance in the regular season, he is very likely to be selected for the best team of the year.

Even if it is a three formation!

It should be noted that he is as strong as Shaquille O'Neal. He averaged 23.4 points, 13.9 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game in his rookie season, but he still missed the best team.

Although this has something to do with the times. At that time, there were three big men at the same level as O'Neal in the league, but it was still inseparable from one word.

Seniority!

Yes, no matter where you are, qualifications are always there.

Stars who have entered the NBA at the same position for a period of time often have more votes than rookies. For example, Michael Jordan's rookie data of 28+6+5 was only selected to the second team, while O'Neal simply failed to make it to the third team.

Refer to Griffin, who was also unanimously voted the best rookie last year and averaged 22 points and 12 rebounds per game, you can see the difficulty of being selected for the best team for rookies.

Of course, there are differences between the two.

Griffin, who got 22+12, did not lead the Clippers into the playoffs, and Wang Zelin's Trail Blazers team, whose data is not much different from it, is about to enter the second round.

This is his biggest advantage!
Looking at the history of the NBA, there are no more than ten players selected to the All-NBA Team in their rookie season. If you remove a few masters in the 60s and 70s, with fewer teams and rules that have not yet been perfected, since the [-]s, there will be no more than four players.

70年入选二阵的天勾贾巴尔、78年入选一阵的逼王之王伯德、85年入选二阵的飞人乔丹以及98年入选一阵的21号新秀邓肯。

It is undeniable that today is different from the past. There are very few high-quality big men in the league. In the competition for the 5th position of the best team, there are only a handful of people who can bring pressure to Wang Zelin.

If he can maintain an average of 20+10 per game and finish the playoffs, he may really become the first player selected to the best team in his rookie year since the 21st century.

The reason why the Trail Blazers dare to start building momentum from now on is naturally all aspects must be considered.

Although the Clippers failed to enter the playoffs in 11, Griffin relied on the report data of the regular season, and the popularity remained high before the announcement of the best team list, which can be called the only one.

It is inseparable from the vigorous momentum of the Clippers.

Today, Wang Zelin's experience is similar to that of Griffin back then, and at the same time, there are fundamental differences between the two... The same data, the playoffs are more valuable than the regular season.

At least that's how it looks from the outside world.

Therefore, if he wants to win the crown, he must go further in the playoffs, let the wind blow bigger and farther, until it becomes unstoppable.

　I'm so sleepy today, I can't even open my eyelids, I'm still 2k away, let's make it up tomorrow morning!
　　Let's go to bed early, too.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)