The day before the Sacramento Kings and Western Conference semifinals against the Los Angeles Clippers began, the NBA officially announced the awards for the 2013-2014 regular season.

Judging from the final attribution of the awards, there are no surprises in most of the awards, and the biggest surprise is probably Gu Yu's identity as a defender and winning the Defensive Player of the Year award.

After that, the official announcement continued, the frolic dispersed, and the Sacramento Kings, along with all the teams in the league, and all the fans around the world, once again, felt the absolute dominance of the Philadelphia 76ers over the league in recent years.

It also felt that their next opponent was definitely not simple.

"The Best Sixth Man award was finally won by Jamal Crawford of the Los Angeles Clippers, and this is not the first time he has won the Best Sixth Man award.

When the host read out the Best Sixth Man award, the celebratory atmosphere of the Kings players cooled down a little.

"In this case, it's Paul's two-team and one-defense, Crawford's best sixth man, and the Clippers don't look terrible." McGee snorted beside him.

"It's true that in a super strong team, it doesn't look very scary, but there are two things that you have to pay attention to."

Just when everyone was talking, a voice sounded at the door.

Gu Yu looked back and saw that it was Phil Jackson.

"Hehe, don't be so nervous, I'm not here to put pressure on you, it's just that you have to know these two points." Phil Jackson smiled: "First, Paul is a point guard, if there is any position on the basketball court that can be reflected in the team's overall strength and record as quickly as possible, it is the point guard." ”

"A good point guard can transform a team. Can you imagine how much strength the Clippers would have had if they didn't have Paul and the rest of the players at the same positions? Although Griffin is still a first-line power forward, although Jordan Jr. is still a defensive master, although Crawford is still the best sixth man, although Redick is still a high-quality shooter, but without a backbone, this team is a piece of loose sand, which is the level of the middle and lower reaches of the chaotic army. ”

Seeing the crowd nodding, Phil Jackson looked at the screen, where Crawford's season highlights were playing.

"So Paul's role is definitely not as simple as averaging 20 points, 10 assists, and more than 2 steals per game. His existence has made the Clippers team a whole, and with him or not, the Clippers are two teams. For another example, what was the situation of the sun before there was no Nash? What about after Nash? Nash's peak data of 18 points and 10 assists is eye-catching? Actually, no, but with Nash, the Suns are a different team, and that's where the point guard comes in. ”

When he said these words, Phil Jackson's eyes drifted to Wei Shao from time to time, and Wei Shao was a little unconfident.

Speaking of data, Wei Shao's current data has long been among the league's first-line stars. Speaking of ability, Wei Shao's personal assault and level of tearing defense are definitely the top in the league.

But why, this season, Wei Shao played a pretty beautiful 24+7+7 data, but he still couldn't get the favor of the judges? Why is Wei Shao such a beautiful basic data performance, but he can't even enter the three formations?

Is Parker's stats much better than Willis's? What about Lillard?

Their data, strictly speaking, is not even as good as Wei Shao!

But they made the best team, but Wei Shao didn't.

Where is the gap? Is it just a difference in the number of appearances?

Definitely not.

To truly become a first-class player in the league, Wei Shao still has a way to go.

Fortunately, this time, Wei Shao had a man named Gu Yu by his side.

And this man can't leave Sacramento on his own initiative.

'Number two, it's true that they only have two players who have won the season awards, but what about us? Phil Jackson continued: "So far, we've only had our cousins win the season award alone, and we've only been worse than them. ”

The words are heavy, but they are true.

No matter how many awards Gu Yu gets alone, it can only prove that Gu Yu is strong alone.

The Kings have had a poor season and there must be other factors besides injury problems.

For example, the run-in, such as the system, such as the level of trust between the players, such as the overall maturity of the team when playing on the field.

Against other teams, these problems may not be a problem, after all, the Kings have the league's best offensive firepower.

It doesn't matter if I don't play calmly enough, basketball, in the final analysis, is still a sport that competes in the number of points, as long as I score more points than you and play better offense than you, the final winner will still be me.

But against the Clippers, against Paul the supercommander on the basketball court.

These problems will be magnified in an instant, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Keep watching." After a few sentences, Phil Jackson said no more, sat down next to the players, and watched TV together.

He has always adhered to the idea that it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, and it is not enough to simply tell the players what to do.

He hopes that one day, even if he doesn't say it, the players will be able to solve the problem on their own. Only at that time will the whole team really take shape, and everyone will truly realize that the victory of the game depends on the performance of the players on the field, and the rest is just help.

It is precisely this philosophy that causes Phil Jackson to play less than other tactical coaches when coaching on the sidelines.

But it is this philosophy that has made Phil Jackson one of the strongest head coaches in the history of the league, and his team has always been able to create a dynasty.

"Then there is the Most Improved Player award, there are many players who are capable of competing for this award this year, and the two people with the highest calls in the end are Goran Dragic and Gu Yu."

The host continued to broadcast the report: "Dragic's data progress and court progress are obviously more conspicuous, but cousin Gu Yu's data has skyrocketed, and his performance of breaking through the limit of average points per game data in the past 30 years is also impressive. After a fierce competition, we got the message ......"

The crowd held their breath.

"The winner of the Most Improved Player award is from the Sacramento Kings, cousin Gu Yu!"

“YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAH！！！”

For a while, cheers sounded again in the preparation room, and the players celebrated Gu Yu one after another and asked for a treat.

"Yo, I didn't expect it......!"

Gu Yu himself was also stunned, after all calculations, he didn't calculate that he could still get this award!

You know, the Most Improved Player award is almost never given to a player who was already a superstar last season. There is serious aesthetic fatigue in the award, a player has already played an amazing performance, even if he explodes in statistics next season, it will be even more difficult to get this data.

The most typical is Stephen Curry on the plane of you and me, as we all know, in the 2015-2016 season, Curry's data exploded, his court performance exploded, and he became the first super scorer in history to shoot more than 400 three-pointers in a single season.

At the time, there were also many people who believed that Curry was fully qualified to be the most improved player in terms of how much he improved his season. But the reality is that Curry, who won the MVP trophy last season, failed to get this award.

Although he won the MVP again and became the only star in history to be unanimously elected MVP, the award for the most improved player was awarded to CJ McCollum.

"You're already a superstar and you're competing for MVP. The Most Improved Player award should be given to a role player who improved significantly last season, not you. ”

That's what people really think in their hearts.

But Gu Yu did just that.

Why?

With an all-round performance of 41.2 points, 4.7 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 3.1 steals and 0.4 blocks per game!!

"We believe that my cousin was able to win this award because of his great improvement on the defensive end." The host continued: "Although my cousin seems to have done his best on the offensive end, he can go one step further and create a rare miracle in history, which is worthy of our encouragement. On this basis, my cousin also spent a summer building himself into a first-line defensive warrior in the league, setting a record for steals per game in recent years, so he was able to win the Most Improved Player Award. ”

"Hahahaha, fair fair, quite fair! Hahahaha! Gu Yu was naturally very embarrassed, and he was happy with the people like an emperor.

After that, the best coach award went to the veteran coach of the San Antonio Spurs, Greg Zhuge Vic.

This is the third time he has won the award, and the whole process is a little embarrassing.

"Why not you?!" Gu Yu looked back at Phil Jackson with an unhappy expression.

"Hehe, we are eighth in the West, why should I be the best coach?" Phil Jackson smiled.

"But our Black Eight succeeded, and the old drunkard is your defeat!" Wei Shao was also upset.

"It's about the best coach in the regular season, and it has nothing to do with the playoffs." Phil Jackson knew the hard work of his disciples, and said with a smile: "Don't think too much, as long as you can give me a long face in the playoffs." Best coach or something, it's not like I haven't won it. ”

…… , domineering!

Phil Jackson said a word, and the Kings players were stunned, and then gave a thumbs up one by one.

People with confidence have confidence wherever they go, and people with strong hearts will be strong no matter what the situation, and they are really honest!

The individual data king of the following season has long been known.

The scoring champion, the undoubted Gu Yu. The rebounding king is Chen Mu's performance of winning again, averaging more than 17 rebounds per game, which is just a routine operation for Chen Mu.

The assist king belongs to Paul, the block king is won by the rising star Anthony Davis, and the steal king is won by Gu Yu.

Finally, and the heaviest.

MVP。