Every season, bookmakers open bets on the various prizes of the season to attract bets, and this behavior is carried out throughout the season, and many times you only need to look at the odds of each player to know who is the favorite for the prize. In addition, the league's official list will also be released every week, including the team power list, MVP list and rookie list, especially the latter two lists, which are the most sought after by fans and players, and any guy who is on the list has made a name for himself in the past week.

As the spiritual leader of the 76ers, Iverson has long been on the official MVP list, but his position is not particularly high, generally hovering between fifth and sixth. It's true that the league doesn't rank teams based on their record, but that's also because Iverson hasn't shown enough leadership skills, even though he's averaging a team-high 23.5 points and 6.7 assists per game.

To Brown's relief, Reed also made it to the MVP rankings, and although he was at the bottom of the list, he also proved his quality. In fact, it is not impossible for two players from the same team to be in the MVP list at the same time, as long as the team is strong enough and the players themselves can play beautiful statistics, for example, Kobe and O'Neal have also appeared on the list for a long time, and both are ranked higher than Iverson, O'Neal often occupies the top spot, and Kobe Bryant is in fourth place.

However, Brown doesn't care about that, and in his opinion, as long as the team can win the championship, these individual awards can be put aside. Chang Wei also doesn't care about the regular season MVP, it's already good for Iverson to be in this position, after all, the 76ers are a very strong team, his teammates are also very good, Reed is a surprise, there is nothing to say, averaging 21.1 points and 4.2 rebounds per game is also just his normal level.

Chang Wei focuses on the rookie list, and unlike the MVP list, which has ten players per period, the official rookie list only has five players who can be on the list, and as long as they do not perform well in the past week, they will immediately fall out of the eyes of fans. And the 76ers' two rookies, Durham Porter and Arenas, have been unexpectedly haunted by the rookie list for a long time, which means they have plenty of quality.

However, they can't become the top of the rookie list for the time being, that position belongs to the handsome Spanish guy Gasol from afar, although many people think that he is not tough enough, but the average data of close to 18+9 per game is indeed real, which makes the Hawks management who rushed to trade him to the Grizzlies in the first place have their hearts broken into scum, and can only watch Gasol kill in Memphis.

But that doesn't mean Durham Potter and Arenas don't have a chance to play the Rookie of the Year award, especially Arenas. Perhaps in the eyes of others, Ballam Porter has contributed more to the team, but in fact, the selection of the best rookie has little to do with the record, and there are even many players who have brushed up on the bad team and easily won the best rookie.

Gasol's rookie of the season in his previous life was Gasol, but his Grizzlies only had a poor 23-59 record, ranking only second-to-last in the West, which shows that the best rookie does not need to have a record to build up. Of course, this is partly because this rookie didn't have any beautiful statistics in his rookie season, so Gasol came out on top.

But this time he finally has a contender, and that's Arenas. While Arenas generally ranks behind Hellam Porter, his stats are understandable, averaging 14.1 points and 3.7 assists per game that are somewhat off of Gasol, but not as obvious. If Arenas can break out a little more in the middle of the game, it is also possible to steal Gasol's rookie of the year.

Of course, regardless of whether Arenas and Durham Porter can win the best rookie of the season or not, Chang Wei has once again proved his vision for selecting newcomers, which makes the team's scout manager Francis look resentful every time he sees him, for fear that Chang Wei will steal his job. In fact, Chang Wei is not interested in this position, unless the system has left him now.

And if the system really disappears, Chang Wei may prefer to be the general manager of a team, and it is much better to build a team according to his own ideas than to only make suggestions. Anyway, now he thinks it's good to be an assistant coach, especially since Brown takes himself very seriously and has to listen to him on many things, which is not much different from interfering in reinforcements.

The performances of Durham Porter and Arenas have clearly added to Chang Wei's credibility this time, and if either of them can win Rookie of the Year, then Francis should really worry about his job.

The 76ers continued to win the rest of 2001, and although they occasionally lost games, they were outnumbered against other powerhouses, which led the bookmakers to further lower their odds to win the title. Brown's dominance has allowed him to rest his main rotation players in more games in preparation for the playoffs.

Okay, it does seem a bit early, but it also reduces the chances of a player suffering from injury. Many players suffer injuries not because they are too unlucky, but because they have been playing high-intensity games for a long time, and if they are willing to rest the main players like Brown, the team's strength may be saved to the maximum.

At the end of 2001, the 76ers were unsurprisingly at the top of the league, and no team could dominate them. The only regret for the majority of fans is that they have not yet played a strong match with the Celtics, who are second in the East, but this can only make the league's schedule staff take the blame, who asked him to schedule the 76ers and Celtics in 2002? You know, they have to play four games in the same division.

I don't know if it was intentional or coincidental, but at the end of 2001, the 76ers had as many as five days without a game, which also made Brown generously give everyone two days off to give everyone a little respite during the season. Chang Wei didn't think it was very hard, but who doesn't like it when there is a holiday? He wondered if he should go on a short trip with Harmon, and during this time he had basically put all his energy into his work, and he hadn't had time to spend a moment with his girlfriend.

Fortunately, Harmon himself is also an active player in the NBA, and he understands Chang Wei's career very well. But that doesn't mean he doesn't want to make it up to his girlfriend, Brown's vacation came just in time, even if it was only two days, which was enough for Chang Wei.