After playing against the Houston Rockets, Roy and the Knicks ushered in 2017, and a third of the NBA games have passed.

After playing a third of the season, the currently unprecedentedly powerful Golden State Warriors still dominate with a terrifying record of 29-5, with Curry, Durant, Thompson, and Green as the main lineup, plus Iguodala and Livingston on the bench, the Warriors are almost invincible.

The Warriors' biggest rivals are still the Cleveland Cavaliers, the old rivals in the East, and the San Antonio Spurs, both of which are very close to the Golden State Warriors in terms of roster depth and team stability.

The Cavaliers are already very close to the Golden State Warriors in terms of strength after bringing in Anthony and Thomas Jr., and all they lack now is run-in. The Spurs are the complete opposite, their whole team is quite tacit, but the strength is a little worse, Duncan retired, so that the GDP combination is completely disbanded, and now the Spurs' signature players are Leonard and Aldridge, but they obviously do not have the deterrent power of GDP back then.

Leaving aside the Warriors, who have a small list of mountains, and the Cavaliers and Spurs, the strongest challengers to the championship, the current ranking of the league looks like this:

The first place in the East is, of course, the Cleveland Cavaliers, who have had a great season with a 25-7 record. In fact, as Anthony and Thomas Jr. have gradually completed their run-in, the Cavaliers have shown a strong ability to challenge the Warriors. The second-best team in the East is the Toronto Raptors, who have risen suddenly in the past two years, with a 21-11 record, four games behind the Cavaliers, and Roy's New York Knicks are still third in the East with a 20-13 record, and they are 5.5 games behind the Cavaliers.

After the Eastern Conference top three, the Charlotte Hornets are 19-15 (seven games behind), Boston Celtics 18-16 (eight games behind), Atlanta Hawks 17-16 (8.5 games behind), Washington Wizards 16-16 (nine games behind), Milwaukee Bucks 16-16 (nine games behind), Chicago Bulls 16-18 (10 games behind), The Indiana Pacers are 16-18 (10 games behind), the Orlando Magic are 15-19 (11 games behind), the Detroit Pistons are 15-20 (11.5 games behind), the Miami Heat are 10-24 (16 games behind), the Brooklyn Nets are 8-24 (17 games behind), and the Philadelphia 76ers are 7-25 (18 games behind).

Judging from the situation in the East, in addition to the Cleveland Cavaliers have an absolute lead, the Raptors and Knicks both have the strength to compete for the second place in the East, and winning the second place in the East and avoiding the Cavaliers may be their best plan. The Eastern Conference is completely messed up after the third place, and although the big dark horse Hornets are temporarily ranked fourth, they have limited strength and can't expect too much; With Irving and Horford, the powerful Celtics have not yet found a stable winning state, and it is understandable that they are in fifth place; As for the traditional powerhouses that have been hurt this season, the Hawks and Bulls can only play the role of spoilers this year, and they can't expect much; The young Wizards and Bucks have good potential, but they are destined to continue to pay tuition.

After reading the east, then look at the west.

This year, the overall strength of the Western team is still slightly stronger than the Eastern team, and the pattern of the West is strong and the East is weak, the most obvious example is that in the East, there is only the Cavaliers competing for the championship, while in the West, there are the Warriors, Spurs, and Rockets.

In addition to the Golden State Warriors (29-5), who are ranked first in the league, the San Antonio Spurs' record is as stable as ever, with new cores Leonard and Aldridge, plus the old and strong Parker and Ginobili, leading the Spurs to a 27-6 record, only 1.5 wins behind the Warriors. In third place in the West is the Houston Rockets, who have just been hit hard by the Knicks, and that home loss basically announced that they have temporarily withdrawn from the Western Conference championship race, and their current record is 25-10, 4.5 games behind the Warriors, and the single-core Harden is destined to not go far.

The top three in the West are Utah Jazz 20-14 (9 wins behind and in the top four due to division titles), Memphis Grizzlies 22-13 (7.5 games behind), Los Angeles Clippers 22-14 (8 games behind), Oklahoma City Thunder 19-14 (9.5 games behind), Sacramento Kings 15-18 (13.5 wins behind), Portland Trail Blazers 14-21 (15.5 wins behind), The New Orleans Pelicans are 14-21 (15.5 games behind), the Denver Nuggets are 13-20 (15.5 games behind), the Los Angeles Lakers are 12-23 (16.5 games behind), the Minnesota Timberwolves are 11-22 (17.5 games behind), the Phoenix Suns are 10-24 (19 games behind), and the Dallas Mavericks are 10-24 (19 games behind).

Compared to the chaotic East, the pattern of the West is clear at a glance, with teams that should play the playoffs playing the playoffs and teams that should play the Bolotto zone playing to the death. In addition to the battle for the eighth place in the West, there may be suspense, and the top seven seats are almost scheduled (Warriors, Spurs, Rockets, Jazz, Grizzlies, Clippers, Thunder), anyway, whoever hits the eighth place will be humiliated by the Warriors' data, and it is better to put it in peace for the next year.

In fact, this is also a bad atmosphere that the NBA league has gradually cultivated in recent years, and those rebuilt teams are now becoming more and more realistic, they don't care about the feelings of fans and the media, as long as they see that this year has not become a climate, they simply continue to rot and hoard more rookies. So next year after next year, there are so many next year, so there are teams like the 76ers, Timberwolves, and Suns who are still hovering in the lottery area.

Moreover, with the change of the times, those teams that originally had a high vision have also joined the army, the most typical example is the noble Los Angeles Lakers, the team that has participated in the playoffs the most times in the NBA is now cheeky and the Nets, 76ers and other bad teams have lost games, and what is more interesting is that after Coach Scott led the team to win a few games in a row last year, the Lakers were still scolded stupid by their own fans, which is really incomprehensible.

Speaking of which, 2017 was also a big year for the draft, and those talented teenagers who played in the high school league with Roy are now undergoing the most demanding workouts in the NCAA, including Markelle Fultz of Washington University (23.3 points, 5.9 rebounds, 6.0 assists, 1.6 steals, 1.2 blocks per game), UCLA's Lonzo Ball (14.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 7.6 assists, 1.8 steals, 0.8 blocks per game), and Duke University's JasonTatum (16.8 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.3 steals, 1.1 blocks per game), Josh Jackson of the University of Kansas (16.3 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.7 steals, 1.1 blocks per game) and Daron Fox of the University of Kentucky (16.7 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 1.5 steals per game) all have the strength to compete for the top spot, and that's exactly why. This season, a number of teams have also raced to join the ranks of the swing.

After talking about the team, let's talk about the players.

The five hottest players on this season's MVP list have remained largely unchanged.

LeBron James, the league's first person, naturally has to occupy a position, and his statistics are still bright so far, averaging 37.1 minutes per game, he can score 25.6 points, 7.8 rebounds, 8.7 assists, 1.4 steals and 0.6 blocks.

As the boss of the team with the best record in the league, Stephen Curry must also be on the list, subject to the addition of Durant, his statistics have declined slightly from last season, but he is still at the MVP level, Curry averages 33.2 minutes per game, can score 23.9 points, 4.2 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 1.7 steals, Curry's efficiency is still very high, his style of play is still gorgeous, and as long as the Warriors are still ranked first in the league, Curry is the strongest contender for MVP.

Speaking of Curry, it is natural to talk about his new teammate Kevin Durant, in fact, Durant, who is in the prime of his career, will join the Warriors is unexpected, because theoretically he is the second in the league after James, this season he averaged 34.2 minutes per game, can score 25.9 points, 8.9 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.6 blocks, just look at the data, he may be the real boss of the Warriors, this is the power of "Du Shubao", Everywhere you go, it's like the boss.

There is another person who has to be mentioned, that is, Russell Westbrook, the big data brush, although the Thunder team of this gentleman has a mediocre record, but with his super data, he can also rank among the top five on the MVP list, Wei Shao played an average of 34.6 minutes per game this season, and can score 30.9 points, 10.5 rebounds, 10.7 assists and 1.3 steals.

Ranked fifth on the MVP list is naturally James Harden, Harden's inclusion on the list also means that the "Thunder Three Less" of the year have all become quasi-MVP-level players, which is really embarrassing, Harden is the fundamental reason for the Rockets' rise this season, he averaged 36.5 minutes per game, and could score 28.5 points, 8.1 rebounds, 12.0 assists and 1.4 steals, just looking at the data, it is actually not inferior to anyone above, but Harden's problem is that the results are not as good as James, Curry, Durant, The data is not as good as Westbrook, so it can only be temporarily ranked fifth.

If you talk about the amazing degree of this season, in fact, Roy can also enter this MVP list, his rookie season has played an average of 26.5 points, 5.7 rebounds, 6.4 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.3 blocks per game, which is already breathtaking, plus many records broken, Roy can not enter the MVP list, perhaps it can only be understood that his qualifications are still shallow, and the league does not dare to let him take the position so quickly.

In fact, if the New York Knicks hadn't selected Roy this year and didn't play where they are today, they would definitely be entangled in the bottom quagmire of the league with the 76ers, Lakers, and Nets, but the reality is so interesting, Phil Jackson's unintentional work made Roy and the New York Knicks.

After the game with the Rockets, Roy became a celebrity on the Internet again, and fans once again put him in the high position of the successor of the king of the ball.

Before the clock rang 0 o'clock on the New Year's Day, Roy quietly closed his eyes, looking back on the bits and pieces that happened in the past year, he still remembered the big kills in the high school league and the first MVP in his life, he still remembered the apprehension before participating in the draft and the excitement after being selected, he still remembered the scene of being taught by LeBron James in his NBA debut and the scene of teaching Hayward, Lowry, Wiggins, Lillard one after another, and of course he also remembered the scenes with Abby.

Looking back on the past year, Roy must thank basketball, thank basketball for everything it has brought him, and now Roy finally admits that he loves basketball, he really loves basketball from the bottom of his heart, it is basketball that gives Roy everything, and in the same way, Roy has also given back to a superstar in the world through basketball......