Shaquille. O'Neill was the first to take the stage as the host of this year's awards ceremony.

This year. There is no need to deliberately show off the superstars who come to the ceremony. Because if you look at the audience casually, they are all superstars!

After all, even the host is one of the greatest monsters in this league this year.

The luxury of the lineup can be seen!

Of course. T still closes up Link every now and then.

Today, Link brought Rachel to the scene with her two-year-old daughter.

As today's protagonist, Link is the guarantee of ratings, and no amount of close-ups can be overdone to him.

As soon as O'Neill came up, he gave everyone a singing and dancing rap performance, which directly ignited the atmosphere of the scene.

Off the stage, Doncic, another superstar who is a strong contender for this year's Rookie of the Year award, doesn't care about O'Neal.

Sitting next to Link, he had been chatting with Link.

Doncic sat next to Link, just as excited as Kobe Bryant did when he sat next to Jordan.

"Link, let's take a group photo together!"

Link nodded, agreed to Doncic's request, and handed his phone to the European genius.

A few minutes later, O'Neal's performance ended, and Doncic returned the phone to Link.

Link pulled up the photo album and looked at it, and in a few minutes, Doncic actually took more than 100 selfies!

And among the more than 100 photos, there are not many serious group photos, most of them are Doncic's own selfies.

The brain circuits of young players, Link really doesn't understand a little.

But then again, he has now become a super talented idol and a guide for countless young players.

It's a great sense of accomplishment to think about.

"Dad, that uncle is so weird." When Link was deleting Doncic's selfies one by one, the little daughter next to him also complained.

As everyone knows, Doncic at the next table suddenly stood in his ears: "Xiaolin, call me brother!" ”

Link and Rachel couldn't help but smile, the annual awards ceremony didn't seem to be as boring as they thought.

O'Neill's performance is wonderful, but it's an awards ceremony after all, and it's the point of who wins the award.

The first to take the stage to receive the award was Doncic, who won the Best Rookie award without any suspense.

It is no surprise that Doncic, who averaged 21.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and six assists per game in his rookie year, won the award. Link's stats in sophomore years are similar to those of Doncic in first-year grades.

As a European basketball player who hasn't experienced the NCAA system, Doncic's performance has been nothing short of miraculous.

Tre is more explosive than scoring stats. Young, Doncic is clearly the better team leader. And the champion Ayton is not as eye-catching as Doncic in terms of data.

Therefore, Doncic's Best Rookie Award is well deserved.

Link smiled and applauded from the audience, and at this point, the camera gave him another close-up.

People thought that Link was sincerely wishing the newcomer and being happy that he had someone to succeed him.

After all, Doncic is already the recognized successor to Link.

But in reality, Link is actually thinking about how to educate this best rookie next season......

The thrill of being an old fritter and educating a rookie is Link's favorite.

This kind of thing, no matter how many times you do it, Link won't get bored.

Doncic hugged Link excitedly after stepping down, and he felt that he must have impressed Link.

But Link's words as he hugged the European phenom sent chills down Doncic's spine.

"I can't wait to play you next season, Luka, don't let me down."

Doncic swallowed, he wasn't expecting anything from ......

Doncic has been educated by Link a few times this season, and in one of those games, Link personally played against Doncic, and then Doncic made 1 of 10 and 4 turnovers.

Link, the "torture king", left a very big psychological shadow on the young Doncic.

The next award was the Most Improved Player, which was also the first individual award for Link's career.

After Link won the Most Improved Player award in the 11-12 season, he took off completely.

And this year, the winner of this award is Pascal, who just caused big problems for the Grizzlies in the Finals. Siakam.

From averaging 7.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2 assists per game with a three-point shooting rate of 22.0%, to 16.9 points, 6.9 rebounds and 3.1 assists with a three-point shooting rate of 36.9% and shining in the Finals, Siakam's progress has been a leap forward.

However, when accepting the award, Siakam did not dare to look into Link's eyes under the stage. Because of the past Finals G6, it was Link who blocked Siakam at the last moment, which made the Raptors completely lose the opportunity.

Siakam had already struggled into the air with that block, and he thought he wouldn't encounter any obstacles. Unexpectedly, Link rushed in a diagonal stab and pressed the ball to the rebound with incredible height and intensity.

That goal was enough to keep Siakam shut up for days......

Link looked at Siakam's evasive eyes and pursed his lips.

Am I that scary?

First Doncic, then Siakam, both of these young men have been psychologically shadowed by Link.

However, it's not just them. In fact, most of the people who took the stage to accept the award today have an unforgettable past with Link.

Later, the Best Teammate award was won by Link's good buddy Conley. Conley is notoriously good-tempered, and he hasn't even suffered a single technical foul in so many years, and he deserves to be named the best teammate.

And Conley may be the only one today who hasn't been psychologically shadowed by Link.

Then, the best sixth man, Lou Wei, he will never forget those nights when he repeatedly wanted to explode, but was suppressed by Link with even more terrifying firepower.

The award for the best defensive player was won by the French spider Rudy. Gobert took it off.

But the embarrassing thing is that the dunk of the year just announced before was precisely the goal that Link dunked Gobert......

So, when Gobert went up to accept the award, his smile was a little stiff.

It seems that when he won this award, he was completely highlighting Link's strength from the side.

The live footage was given to Link again and again, explaining Mike of today's awards ceremony. Brin said with a smile: "Link's dominance is beyond doubt, because all of the people who received the award today were ruled by Link except for Conley. ”

Finally, the most high-profile part of the annual awards ceremony has finally arrived.

Who owns the MVP, this is what fans care about the most. And this is also the reason why Link attended the award ceremony today.

Doing what Jordan failed to do, Link is excited just thinking about it.

Everyone was waiting for it, and the atmosphere of the award ceremony instantly became tense.

In the past two years, there has been no suspense about the ownership of MVP. But this year, Link has two strong competitors around him.

One is Harden, who has played at a poetic level this year. averaged 36.1 points per game, 32 consecutive games of 30+, and won the scoring title...... Although the Rockets have a poor record this year, Harden's individual performance is indeed impeccable.

Another rival is Antetokounmpo, a once-skinny Greek who led his team to 60 wins in the East without James last season. Moreover, he played a very dominant performance in the game.

Most teams are helpless against the "Greek monster". His impact, his physical condition, allows him to tear through the opponent's defense with ease.

With very good stats, he also has a team record that Harden doesn't have.

Of course, Link is still the favourite.

Averaging 30.3 points, 8.2 rebounds and 9.4 assists per game, Link's average of a quasi-triple-double per game is impressive. In fact, as long as Link brushes it a little, he is more than capable of averaging a triple-double per game.

However, as we all know, Link has never been very interested in brushing data.

In addition to the beautiful statistics, the Grizzlies' No. 1 record in the league is also very advantageous.

Overall, Link remains the league's best overall player.

His scoring isn't as perverted as Harden's, and his physical condition isn't as subversive as Antetokounmpo's.

But the truth is, none of them are as powerful as Link.

Adam. The joke ended up laughing, and this time, he was smiling very happily.

Because one of the most important awards of the awards ceremony was finally received this year.

The joke first praised Harden and Antetokounmpo, but in the end, the name that followed the MVP trophy was still Link!

As always, no one can shake Link's rule.

At that moment, all the guests in the audience gave a standing ovation. Including historical stars such as Kobe Bryant and O'Neal, they are only supporting roles today.

Antetokounmpo brought all of his family with him and prepared a long acceptance speech.

But seeing that it was Link who won the award, Antetokounmpo was also convinced.

Link was on the podium for the first time, and for the first time, jokes were able to hand the MVP trophy to its owner instead of the courier.

Link lifted the trophy without weeping or saying so much.

Although Link became the fourth person in NBA history to be able to achieve MVP three times in a row, and did what Jordan failed to do, Link was very calm.

He thanked his wife, teammates and friends, and then said something that left many scratching their heads.

"And then it's all about to begin."

With that, Link stepped down. Although only a few words were spoken, the ratings of the awards ceremony rushed to the peak, and the applause at the scene lasted for a long time.

Bill, who applauded silently from the sidelines. Simmons understood what Link meant.

If Link and Jordan were racing, then before, Link could only be regarded as struggling to catch up.

And now, right at this corner, Link is about to officially start overtaking!

But then again, the Grizzlies' championship prospects next season aren't promising.

Because all sorts of gossip about the Grizzlies has been going on for a long time.

Pat. Riley's summary of "greed" reappeared in the same summer as the Grizzlies won their first three-peat.

The Grizzlies' dynasty lineup is basically not completely retained.

Bill. Simmons couldn't help but be a little worried, this last corner was really not good.