Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 247 247. The regular season awards are announced, and the grizzly bear who becomes the honor harvester!Twice elected as the best coach!
With the completion of the first three games of the semifinals, the league announced the winners of various honors in the regular season of the 07-08 season.

Every year when the regular season awards are released, the outside world will be accompanied by huge heated discussions and doubts, and this year is no exception.

However, the list of the best team announced by the league first, in the eyes of the outside world, there are not many objections.

Even this season's best lineup was selected by ESPN as the most reliable one in the NBA in the past ten years.

The five players selected to the best team this year are: Martin, Kobe, James, Pau Gasol, and Yao Ming.

Except for the loss of "Warcraft" Howard at the center position, the other four positions are no different from what fans expected.

Although Paul Gasol overwhelmed Duncan, Nowitzki and Kevin Garnett to be selected for the first team, it also received some heated discussions in a small area.

But this season, Pau Gasol not only has excellent personal data, but the Grizzlies rank first in the league with a crushing advantage. No matter from which point of view, Pau Gasol is worthy of the best team.

It is worth mentioning that Kevin Garnett has become the most regrettable existence for fans this season.

Since the last ligament tear, Garnett's state has been ups and downs since his comeback. This year, he only played 31 games due to injuries. This is one of the reasons why the Timberwolves failed to make it to the playoffs.

At present, Garnett's contract of over [-] million has become the burden that the Timberwolves most want to get rid of.

Although Garnett's status in the city of Minnesota is unquestionable, as Garnett's state has declined sharply, the management headed by McHale can be described as a headache.

After all, if the matter about Garnett is not handled properly, it is likely to be questioned and abused by outside fans.

Even though Garnett suffered frequent injuries in the past two seasons, it is not difficult for McHale to trade Garnett.

The real difficulty is how to clear Garnett out of the team without the fans resisting.

As an important contributor to the team's establishment of the dynasty, if this matter is not handled well, the management is likely to be labeled as a donkey by the fans.

Even if things like word of mouth can't cause substantial harm to McHale, if it is serious, it will become a major drawback for the Timberwolves to sign stars in the future.

For this reason, McHale had a lot of headaches after the team was out.

Whether to keep Kevin Garnett on the team, or to exchange for some better bargaining chips while he still has a certain transaction value, this is what the Timberwolves management is focusing on discussing.

In addition, the Timberwolves' poor team performance this season has also been completely nailed to the pillar of shame, becoming the third defending champion in NBA history who failed to make the playoffs.

The last defending champion team that missed the playoffs dates back to the Bulls that Michael Jordan announced his retirement.

In the 98-99 season, after Jordan retired, the Bulls officially disintegrated. It took only one summer to slip from the No. [-] in the Eastern Conference to the last in the Eastern Conference. It can be called the biggest contrast in NBA history.

However, the main players of the Bulls that year applied to leave the team in the summer, which led to a very big change in the team's core lineup in the second season.

But right now the core lineup of the Timberwolves has not changed much. The four stars of Iverson, Garnett, Artest, and Ben Wallace are still in the lineup, but Garnett is only in the lineup due to injuries. Played less than half a season.

But the Minnesota ranked ninth in the Western Conference and missed the playoffs, which fans never expected.

At the same time, it also aroused the anger of Minnesota fans, which led to constant scolding by the team management, and they were under a lot of pressure this summer.

Timberwolves fans firmly believe that the reason for the team's desolation is the departure of the meritorious bishop Luke.

After the Timberwolves missed the playoffs, the Timberwolves fans united and begged Luke to return. For a while, Luke became the focus of the league again and gained a lot of prestige.

If someone said before that a defending champion would plummet just because of the departure of the head coach while retaining the core framework, the fans would most likely scoff at it and feel disdainful about it.

But this year the Timberwolves put the facts before their eyes, and they couldn't allow the fans not to believe it.

Whether Luke made the Timberwolves or the Timberwolves made Luke, this question that has been discussed before has finally been answered this year.

It's just that the desolation of the Timberwolves is not what Luke wants to see.

Frequent coaching changes cannot determine the offensive and defensive system, and the core players in the team suffer from injuries from time to time. These are the reasons why the Timberwolves fell to the bottom.

Whether the Timberwolves can usher in a rebound next season is still unknown, but it is foreseeable that the Timberwolves will definitely seek changes this summer.

Whether it's the changes in the lineup or the rebuilding of the coaching staff, these are enough to cause headaches for the management headed by McHale, and they even start to miss the days when they had Luke in their hearts.

In terms of the second team, the players selected for the second team of the season's best team are: Paul, Iverson, Nowitzki, Tim Duncan, and Howard.

Compared with the first team, the five players selected for the second team are basically not controversial. After all, these five players have good personal data and team records this season.

Even the Timberwolves, who are ranked ninth in the West, have won 49 wins, which is enough to enter the top four in the East. Unfortunately, the competition in the West is too fierce, and 49 wins can't even catch the last train of the playoffs.

It is a pity not to be selected for the first team, but it is definitely well-deserved to be selected for the second team.

In the end, the five players selected for the third team were: Nash, Pierce, Gerald Wallace, Boozer, and "Small Overlord" Stoudemire.

With the announcement of the best team, the Grizzlies have a total of three players selected to the best team this year, two players for one team and one player for three teams. This can be called the peak season of the Grizzlies since the establishment of the team.

It is rare for a team to have three players selected to the best team at the same time, even if you look at the entire history.

Among them, Kevin Martin and Pau Gasol have never proved themselves before this season.

The arrival of Luke allows the two to have more room for development, from the second-rate star in the league to the top player in the league in a blink of an eye.

The most important thing is that Martin and Gasol are still very young and have a lot of room for improvement, giving Grizzlies fans unlimited reverie.

As for Gerald Wallace, he has proven himself as early as the Timberwolves.

Being selected to the best defensive team all the year round is the foundation for Gerald Wallace to gain a foothold in the league.

The calls for Wallace to be elected as DPOY this season have been overwhelmed. Long before the end of the regular season, he became the leader in the best defensive player list.

With the announcement of various honors in the regular season, Gerald Wallace did not disappoint the Grizzlies fans.

While being unanimously selected for the best defensive team, Gerald Wallace also beat Howard, Duncan and Kobe, and was elected as the best defensive player for the first time in his career.

At the same time, Gerald Wallace also became the second tough man in NBA history to win DPOY as a small forward after Artest.

As we all know, due to the league's planning and differentiation of various positions, the two positions of point guard and small forward are the most difficult positions to win DPOY.

The NBA has been established for decades, and the only player who can be selected as a DPOY as a point guard is "Glove" Payton.

Only Artest and Gerald Wallace this season were selected as the best defensive player as a small forward.

The gold content of this honor can be described as full, at least for Gerald Wallace, the weight of this DPOY has far exceeded the championship ring he received before.

In addition to Gerald Wallace, the other four players selected to the best defensive team this season are: Kobe, Lagabell, Duncan and Howard.

Among them, only Lagabel of the Suns is considered a standard grassroots player, while the other four are all All-Stars.

Being able to share the award for the best defensive team with these four players, Lagabell's title of "Kobe Terminator" is really well-deserved.

The best defensive second team, Grizzlies center Marc Gasol was successfully selected, becoming the first player in history to be selected to the best defensive team in his rookie season.

Gasol's defensive ability is definitely a headache. Even Yao Ming and "Shark" O'Neal have suffered big losses in the hands of Gasol.

Gasol, who has excellent lower body strength, has solid basic skills.

Coupled with the series of training plans that Luke made for Gasol in the offseason, Gasol's performance this season has far exceeded his previous life.

It was a surprise to be selected to the All-Defensive Team, but Luke was not surprised by it.

After all, it is impossible for the Grizzlies to rank sixth in the league in defensive efficiency in the regular season with Gerald Wallace alone.

The contributions of the Gasol brothers on the inside and Kyle Lowry on the outside cannot be ignored.

No matter who these guys make the All-Defensive Team, Luke will not be surprised.

I just didn't expect Marc Gasol to overwhelm his brother in the votes and become the first rookie in history to be selected to the best defensive team. This is indeed something that Luke did not expect.

As for the other four players of the best defensive second team are: Paul, Bowen, "Little Prince" Prince, and Battier.

It is worth mentioning that Battier, who was selected to the best defensive second team this season, was named by ESPN as the player with the cleanest defensive action.

Even Gasol will take the initiative to exert strength during physical confrontation, and it is difficult to achieve a completely clean defense.

Battier, on the other hand, made defense to the extreme within the rules. He can be regarded as a clear stream among NBA players, and he is also an admirable opponent.

After the best/defensive lineup is released, the selection of the best coach this year seems dull.

As early as the moment the season ended, Luke booked the best coach of the year in advance.

Bringing a team that ranked last in the league last season to the No. [-] position in the league, if Luke cannot be elected as the best coach, then the league's claim to be fair, just and open selection will become a joke.

This is something the league absolutely does not want to see.

In the end, Luke overwhelmed Rivers and Hornets coach Byron Scott with crushing votes, and was elected the best coach for the second time in his career.

It is second only to Nelson, who won the best coach three times in his career, and Riley, the "magic operator", and is tied for third with Hubie Brown, Bill Fitch, Cotton Fitzsimmons and Gene Sue.

However, considering that Luke is only 38 years old and has been elected as the best coach twice, everything is possible for Luke who holds three championship rings.

No one knows whether Luke can surpass "Zen Master" in the number of championships, surpass Auerbach in personal influence, and surpass old Nelson in winning the best coach, but Luke has already become one of the best basketball coaches in the active league. One, there is absolutely no doubt about it.

In terms of the best sixth man, Grizzlies player Mike Miller also defeated his opponent with a crushing advantage. He averaged 16.1 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game and was elected as the best sixth man for the second time in his career.

Obviously, Mike Miller has become the league's best bench bandits.

The shooting ability without dead ends on the offensive end makes Mike Miller very lethal, and his 41.3% three-point shooting rate also makes Miller one of the best outside shooters in the league.

Mike Miller, who has a player option for the last year of his contract this summer, will definitely choose to test the free market after his outstanding personal performance this season.

It is foreseeable that it is not difficult to sign a big contract in the free market based on Mike Miller's average data this season.

After all, just being elected the best sixth man twice in his career is enough for Miller to get a tens of millions of contracts in the league.

It is difficult for the Grizzlies to keep Mike Miller in the summer. Unless Luke is willing to give Mike Miller a contract with an annual salary of more than [-] million, other teams will definitely not give up competing for Mike Miller.

This also allows Mike Miller to have more options in the free market. For the Grizzlies, this is obviously a bit bad.

As for the most improved player and best manager of the season, the Grizzlies were also in the bag.

Kyle Lowry's improvement this season has made him unmatched in the MIP selection, and although the Grizzlies' operations this season are all from Luke's hands, this is well known in the entire league.

But the credit for trading players still has to be counted on the head of general manager Chris Wallace.

Lie down and won the award for the best general manager, which strengthened Chris Wallace's determination to follow Luke.

Although Luke doesn't necessarily need his presence all the time, as long as he can become Luke's confidant, like Bill Lambiel, and follow in Luke's footsteps no matter where he goes, Wallace feels that he will have a future in the future.

The disclosure of various honors undoubtedly aroused the enthusiasm of the fans, and by the way, it also made people focus on the final announced regular season MVP.

The most dominant players on the regular season MVP list this year are Kevin Martin, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, Pierce, LeBron James and Pau Gasol.

Among them, Kobe and James occupy the advantage in statistics, while Martin, Gasol and Pierce occupy the advantage in team record.

As for Paul, the data and team record are not bad, but if he takes out one item alone, he still has some gaps with the others.

This year's MVP selection can be called the most controversial season. According to the selection criteria of previous years, Kevin Martin has a high probability of becoming the player with the highest chance of running for MVP.

However, some fans questioned that although Martin is excellent in terms of personal data and team record, compared with Kobe and LeBron James, Martin obviously lacks some aura that an MVP should have.

The reason why he can rank first in this list many times is that Martin undoubtedly borrowed the light of the excellent record of the Grizzlies.

If the regular season MVP is awarded to Martin, the fans will definitely feel dissatisfied from the heart.

At the same time, some fans complained about Kevin Martin on the Internet.

This season, Martin ranked fourth in the league in points per game, and led the Grizzlies to the top in terms of record.

In this case, if Martin is not eligible to be elected as the regular season MVP, then others are even more ineligible.

In the final analysis, the outside world's doubts about Martin are mainly because Martin is a newcomer who has just risen, and he cannot compare with Kobe and LeBron James in terms of popularity.

If Martin is in his 30s and has accumulated fans in the league, then Martin deserves the regular season MVP position this season.

The NBA not only has fights and kills, but also has sophistication.

For this year's regular season MVP selection, the league is also under tremendous external pressure.

After all, according to the selection criteria of previous years, Kevin Martin is definitely the best candidate for the MVP of the regular season, but in terms of human sophistication, Martin is obviously almost like Kobe.

The league really wants Kobe to get this award, but in this way, the outside world will inevitably question the league's selection criteria for MVP.

That is to say, David Stern, the president of the league, still doesn't know how shameless the CBA will be against Guo Ailun in the later generations at this time, and his assistant Xiao Hua is also ugly, otherwise Stern will definitely not be in the eyes of the unexpected world.

In the end, Kevin Martin defeated Kobe Bryant with a slight vote advantage, won the MVP trophy for the first time in his career, and became the leader of the new generation of the league.

The election of Kevin Martin was questioned by a large number of fans from the outside world, especially the huge number of fans behind Kobe, which made Martin scold him overnight on the Internet.

Even if Martin was elected as the MVP of the regular season, he relied on his solid team record advantage and the double blessing of his personal data advantage.

But being only 25 years old is too young, which not only makes Kevin Martin one of the youngest regular season MVPs in the NBA in the past 30 years, but also Kobe's title as the league's number one guard has also been hit.

Right now, although Martin's performance this season is outstanding, there are still some gaps between him and Kobe.

But just as the fans are worried, Martin is still very young, and no one knows whether Martin can grow into a better player in the future.

The most important thing is that, as the most foul-making player in the active league, Kevin Martin's style of play is inherently controversial.

Now that Martin has won the regular season MVP by defeating Kobe with a slight vote advantage, fans worry that Martin will gradually bring the league into an "era of touch".

Some fans ridiculed that a player who made his fortune by "touching porcelain" can be elected as the MVP of the regular season, and the league has degenerated to the point where no one can hold up the cards.

Kevin Martin this season is like when James Harden won the MVP later, the doubts he has received are absolutely unprecedented.

The fundamental reason is definitely not that the player's personal ability is insufficient, but that the average number of free throws per game is too high, making it difficult for fans to like such a player.

However, making fouls is also a kind of ability. Only when the ability to read the game reaches the peak, players can frequently stand on the free throw line to score.

Whether it is Kevin Martin or James Harden, they are just looking for the key to success in the gap between the times.

From an unknown, counterattack to the regular season MVP, the efforts made in this are worthy of respect.

And this year the Grizzlies also ushered in a bumper harvest of awards, from regular season MVP, best coach, best manager, best defensive player, best sixth man, to best team, best defensive team and even In MIP and many other honors.

Except for the best rookie, the Grizzlies basically swept all the hardcore indicators, which can be called a real honor harvester!

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