Basketball's best forward and guard

Chapter 99 100 [About fmvp]

With the finals approaching, several well-known gambling companies have successively given the final winning odds of the two teams.

On the whole, the San Antonio Spurs, who have not yet experienced a defeat in the playoffs, are favored as a whole, and the odds turned out to be 1 to 1.06!

This really makes people feel extremely distressed for LeBron James, because from LeBron James' point of view, this is undoubtedly a shame.

"Just wait and see. Although the San Antonio Spurs are very strong, we are definitely not that bad. We used to be able to win the championship in the hands of the 73-win Golden State Warriors, and we can also win the championship with the San Antonio Spurs."

In the Cleveland Cavaliers Training Center, the little emperor responded aggressively to the odds given by the bookmaker, and he also whipped the Golden State Warriors, which made many people dumbfounded.

"He's a great guy, we're both Rich Paul players, maybe in a while we'll be friends"

When the reporter asked what he thought of Jiang Hao, James did not evaluate Jiang Hao's performance on the court, but expressed his desire to become friends with Jiang Hao off the court.

The reporters on the scene were not surprised by James' answer, because James has always evaluated young players in this way for so many years.

.........

Because of the record in the regular season, the first two games of the Finals series will be played at the Cavaliers' home court first.

So, on the morning of the first day of the Finals, the Spurs arrived in Cleveland.

There are many developed cities in the United States, such as Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, etc., and these big cities also have NBA teams.

And in some small cities, relatively underdeveloped cities, there are also NBA teams, such as San Antonio where the Spurs are located, and Memphis where the Grizzlies are located.

But in Jiang Hao's view, it's unbelievable that a "town" like Cleveland, which seems to be beyond the reach of a small city, actually has an NBA team.

Everything here is full of underdevelopment. Sometimes, Jiang Hao feels worthless for LeBron James. He didn't expect that James, who is No.1 in the league, can stay in this small city for a long time.

"So, is this the city we're going to play in the Finals?"

On the way to the hotel where he was staying by car, Jiang Hao couldn't help complaining to Murray. Jiang Hao is a person who likes to wander, so subconsciously, he really doesn't like "little".

"Cleveland is indeed small, but Jiang, the Cavaliers' home court is not small. In order to keep LeBron James, Cavaliers owner Gilbert has invested a lot in arena construction"

Dejounte Murray clearly knows the Cavaliers better.

"I hope, anyway, I hope that my career will never stop in this city." Jiang Hao shook his head.

After a short rest in the hotel, Jiang Hao and the others rushed to a training hall they had made an appointment with before. In the training hall, everyone quickly started training.

Gregg Popovich has always been a cautious person. Although the whole world is optimistic about the Spurs winning the championship, he will never slack off because of this. He does not want his players to relax their vigilance, just like the Houston Rockets in the 90s of the last century Just like the phrase "never underestimate the heart of a champion" that head coach Tom Norwich said after winning the championship, LeBron James is not a young man, if he is accidentally upset, it will be too late to regret, so , He asked the players to immediately devote themselves to training and seriously prepare for the game.

"Kawhi, can you do me a favor?"

In the training hall, Jiang Hao took the initiative to find Kawhi Leonard.

Kawhi Leonard turned and looked at Jiang Hao.

"You once won fmvp against LeBron James. Obviously, you have certain experience and more or less understanding of his style of play. So, can you imitate LeBron James' style of play? ?”

Jiang Hao expressed his thoughts. He hoped that Leonard could help him. Although Andre Iguodala had taught him some skills to deal with LeBron James before, those were all theories. He wanted to be able to prepare in training before the game started. In this case, he thought of Leonard.

"sure"

Leonard nodded, he didn't mind being Jiang Hao's training partner, because Jiang Hao's strength qualified him to do so.

On the sidelines, Popovich is very pleased with this scene, which is what he wants to see the most. If the two cores of the team can cooperate sincerely, then the winning rate will undoubtedly increase.

.........

"He's LeBron James, man, he's No. 1 in the league, you're kidding me"

After the training, Jiang Hao was interviewed by a reporter. When a beautiful reporter asked him if he could handle LeBron James, Jiang Hao responded with a smile.

Because he thinks this question is a bit ridiculous. Although he has a courageous heart, it does not mean that he does not know the heights of the sky and the earth. With his current ability, it is tantamount to wishing to completely deal with LeBron James.

Frankly speaking, he never thought of completely locking LeBron James, because that is impossible, he just hopes that he will not be too disadvantaged in the matchup with James.

"Of course, I also want to be friends with him, you know, LeBron is the kind of person who is very approachable in life, he has done a lot of good things, he is a good person"

When the reporter said that James hoped to become off-court friends with him in the interview, Jiang Hao also laughed, and randomly said that he had the same idea as James.

"So, playing with LeBron James in the offseason, would it be within your consideration?"

This is a very sensitive and highly topical issue.

"Who knows? It would be great to play with LeBron, but you know, who knows what's going to happen?"

Jiang Hao lowered his head and said in a sinking voice.

In fact, he doesn't like this question very much. It's obviously a trap. No matter how he answers it, it will be over-interpreted, so he can only fool around like this.

Of course, if Rich Paul was at the scene, he would definitely turn around and ask Jiang Hao, is what he said just now true?

Because just yesterday, Rich Paul was still talking to Jiang Hao about where to go during the offseason.

At that time, Jiang Hao's answer was impressive, that is, Jiang Hao told him that no matter what, he would not go to a group, and he would not go to a favorite team to win the championship.

To be honest, this answer makes Rich Paul a little uncomfortable, because he is trying to bring LeBron James and Jiang Hao to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Jiang Hao's saying this undoubtedly made him have to give up this plan.

.........

The finals are about to begin, and the eyes of basketball fans all over the world are once again focused on the NBA, and once again on the finals series between the Spurs and the Cavaliers.

ESPN is definitely picking things up on purpose. They even released a fmvp odds list for the finals on the morning of the finals.

In this regard, Kawhi Leonard topped the list, followed by LeBron James, and Jiang Hao, who has been outstanding in the playoffs, only ranked third on this list.

As soon as this list came out, many people couldn't sit still immediately. They felt that ESPN was simply nonsense.

Especially the Chinese fans on the other side of the ocean.

"espn is here to be funny, right?"

"It's really laughable to death, Jiang Hao is only ranked third"

…………

Obviously, in the eyes of many people, Jiang Hao's ranking is too low. Judging from Jiang Hao's performance throughout the playoffs, he should be ranked first.

But what about now?
Kawhi Leonard actually ranked first?
Just because Kawhi Leonard has won fmvp?

Just because Kawhi Leonard completely recovered his peak form in the last two games of the Western Conference Finals?
Even if Kawhi Leonard is ranked first, what does it mean to rank LeBron James second?
Didn't ESPN see the winning odds given by the bookmaker?

Or do they want to reward LeBron James with a losing mvp?

"It's a ridiculous ranking"

In the TNT live broadcast room, Shaq O'Neal shook his head directly. He did not approve of the list given by ESPN.

"Jiang will definitely be fmvp, and his performance in the finals will even be better than his performance in the western finals"

O'Neill stood firmly on Jiang Hao's side.

"Indeed, I also think this list is a bit outrageous. ESPN guys always like wishful thinking, Jiang can't be ranked third."

Barkley rarely agrees with O'Neal.

And Kenny Smith remained silent from the beginning to the end. If someone sings a red face, someone has to sing a bad face. He actually does not agree with this list, but he did not expect that Barkley would not play cards according to common sense, so he Had to keep silent.

Of course, this list was only circulated by outside public opinion, and it did not cause any disturbance within the two teams. Jiang Hao didn't even take this list to heart at all.

Because as a player, he knows that this kind of list is meaningless at all. The victory of each game is obtained by the cooperation of the entire team, not by this kind of prediction.

Besides, he is full of confidence in himself from the beginning to the end. He said unabashedly that he does want the fmvp trophy, but he will use his strength to fight for it instead of caring about such things here.

Jiang Hao believes that whether it is Kawhi Leonard or LeBron James, or other players on this list, they all have the same idea as him, to use their own strength to win the championship and get fmvp!

.........

In the afternoon, the Cleveland Cavaliers played at Quicken Loans Center.

As long as there is LeBron James, there will be a packed arena, not to mention the much-anticipated finals.

Therefore, when the two teams arrived at the arena one after another, the entire arena was already crowded with people, and the attendance rate was almost [-]%.

Of course, almost 90.00% of them are home fans wearing Cavaliers home jerseys.

(End of this chapter)