Chapter 284: Player of the Month

After beating the Wizards, the Nets ended their November game, and under the leadership of Ji Liang, the Nets burst onto the occasion, with a 10-5 record this month, ranking third in the East, behind the Pacers and Heat.

In just one year, many players have risen to the rookies of the class of 98, Chi Liang and Carter have become the core of their respective teams, and players such as Pierce and Jamison have also become indispensable players for their respective teams.

As for Nowitzki, he has played a lot more minutes than last season, his stats have improved a lot, and he has become the main substitute for the Mavericks.

It can be said that the success rate of the 98th rookie is amazing.

The time is starting to enter December.

At noon the next day, Chi Liang stretched his waist, although he was still a little tired, his spirit was good. As usual, Ji Liang came to the stadium early in the morning, and as soon as he changed into his jersey, he was pulled aside by general manager Ed Stefansky.

"Chi Liang, congratulations!"

"Congratulations? What do I have to congratulate? Chi Liang was stunned for a moment, and then his heart moved, and he faintly thought of something.

"Don't worry, you'll find out later!" After Stefansky finished speaking, he turned to one of the workers and shouted, "Has the photographer arrived?" Then ask him to come over quickly, he can take pictures! ”

Soon, a middle-aged photographer walked over, with long flowing hair and a scruffy beard, full of 'artistic vibes'.

When Stefansky was discussing with the photographer, Chi Liang finally knew why Stefansky wanted to congratulate him.

The reason is simple, he won the honor of Player of the Month in November.

The day after the game against the Wizards, the NBA officially announced the Player of the Month for November.

This is also the first time that Chi Liang has won the honor of the best player of the month, especially in this era, the best player of the month is not divided into east and west, and only one player can be elected, and the gold content is naturally far greater than that of later generations.

In addition, unlike the Weekly Awards, the Monthly Honor has a special trophy!

In November, Ji Liang averaged a triple-double for the first time in his career, averaging 31 points (first in the league), 11.8 rebounds (fourth in the league), 10.1 assists (second in the league), 2.2 blocks (seventh in the league) and 1.9 steals (seventh in the league) in 15 games, making him the first player to average this statistic in a month since the 1973-74 season when steals and blocks became official technical statistics.

Under Chi Liang's leadership, the Nets went 10-5 in November, including a seven-game winning streak, which put them in joint fifth place in the league.

In addition, Ji Liang achieved eight triple-doubles in November, also ranking first in the league. He shoots 57.4 percent from the field and 44 percent from three-point range (first in the league) and ranks first in the league with an efficiency rating of 31.6.

Other nominees for November's Player of the Month include O'Neal, Duncan, Hill, Iverson, Malone, Garnett, Mourning, Webb and Kidd, all of whom also had excellent stats and results in November.

Among them, O'Neal, who ranked second, played an average of 37.4 minutes per game, scored 28.7 points (second in the league), 13.4 rebounds (first in the league), 3.4 blocks (first in the league), and shot 59.5% (first in the league. Under his leadership, the Lakers have an 11-4 record, which is better than the Nets.

O'Neal's stats and team record are not outstanding, but unfortunately he is facing Ji Liang's average triple-double per game, and naturally he will be pressed down, especially his 41.8% free throw shooting rate has cost him a lot of points.

In addition, compared with last season, the Nets' improvement is quite obvious, which also adds a lot of points to Ji Liang.

In addition, after winning the Player of the Month honor, Ji Liang once again took a record for the youngest player, and in the history of the Nets, there has never been a record for a new player to win the Player of the Month in that month.

After picking up the Player of the Month trophy, Chi Liang was also indescribably excited, and some fans who came to the scene also spontaneously contributed applause and cheers.

Seeing this scene, the other players of the Nets also showed envy, Chi Liang is still a sophomore rookie, and he has achieved heights that many NBA players can't touch, and he will definitely achieve more honors in the future.

Player of the Week, Player of the Month and Regular Season MVP, from small to large, and can win the Player of the Month honor, at least he is also a star player in the league.

The current Chi Liang is only one step away from a superstar, and he is just one step away from heavyweight honors. Of course, if he precipitates for another year or two, he can become a superstar even if he doesn't have heavyweight honors.

From the establishment of the team to the present, the Nets have won the honor of Player of the Month only a handful, Chi Liang has just joined the Nets team, and he has become one of them, and all fans believe that the rise of the Nets is unstoppable!

After the photoshoot, media reporters began to interview him about his feelings at this time.

Ji Liang organized the words and said: "To be able to win the honor of the month, this is undoubtedly an affirmation for me, we played a great start in November, but now is not the time for complacency, in the next time, we must continue to move forward and win more games!"

In Chi Liang's view, the Player of the Month is equivalent to him suppressing everyone this month, which is a veritable NO1 in this month, and it is even more beneficial for the award evaluation after the regular season.

After Chi Liang won the best player of the month, the major media naturally rushed to report, and the local media praised Chi Liang to the sky, believing that Chi Liang's performance is enough to compare with most of the retired stars of the Nets, as long as Chi Liang can lead the team to the playoffs this season and can lead the team to play a brilliant performance in the playoffs, he can suppress other stars except Julius Irving.

No way, the Nets' history is so bad that there is only one superstar like Julius Irving.

However, Chi Liang does not have such a mind, comparing himself with the historical stars of the Nets, and waiting for his career to be decided.

In addition to the local media, there are also many critics who have given countless praises, and being able to bring a weak team to this point is enough to prove the importance of Chi Liang to the Nets, and it also proves how wise the Nets are to trade Marbury and Van Horn for the sake of Chi Liang.

At the same time, many experts have made bold predictions, believing that as long as Chi Liang can maintain an average triple-double per game, and the Nets will remain in their current position until the end of the season, then the regular season MVP is likely to be won by Chi Liang.