Chapter 209: Honor Slam

In addition to the major awards awarded by the media, there are also some honors that the players themselves have earned, such as scoring champions, assist champions, rebounding champions, and so on......

In the 2009-2010 season, there were only four players in the league who averaged more than 2 steals per game, namely Chris Paul's 2.1 per game, Monta Ellis 2.2 per game, Rajon Rondo 2.3 per game and Wu Huang's 2.6 per game.

Chris Paul won the league's steals crown in the first two seasons, averaging 2.8 and 2.7 steals per game, which is higher than Wu Huang's steals statistics this season. It's a pity that Queen Bee suffered a serious injury this season, and her explosiveness has declined, and steals are just a statistic that tests the explosiveness of players, otherwise Wu Huang's average of 2.6 steals per game may not be able to become the steal king.

In addition to the steal king, the other lists have no share of him, the "scoring king" finally let Kevin Durant get it, the "assist king" was won by the late-blooming Nash again, the "rebounding king" and "blocking king" are naturally the toys of the peak monster, this is Howard's third consecutive "rebounding king" and the second consecutive season to win the "blocking king", many media are optimistic that he will break the previous record of four consecutive rebounding kings created by Garnett, and even challenge Rodman's record of seven consecutive rebounding kings.

New York fans believe that the future Wu Huang has the ability to compete for the "scoring crown", and he scored more points in his rookie season than Durant that year, and maybe he can join the list next season.

Wu Huang is also very confident in this, he feels in his heart that Durant next season should not be his opponent, this is not to say that Durant's scoring ability is not as good as his own, but he and Westbrook are on the same team. If you want to maintain an average of 30+ points per game, this is really a task comparable to a five-star difficulty.

ESPN also reported that Wu Huang also set a record this season, averaging 3.5 three-pointers per game this season and making a total of 279 three-pointers, breaking Ray Allen's record of 269 three-pointers in the 2005-2006 regular season. Became the player who made the most three-pointers in a single season in league history.

"Next season, I hope I can shoot 300+ threes." Wu Huang responded to this in this way, he was reluctant to talk about his three-point record, because he felt that 279 three-pointers in a single season was nothing, and since he was able to do this in his first season, this record would not stay here for long, and wait until he made 300+ three-pointers in a single season.

The night before the Knicks left for Atlanta, Emperor Wu rejected the temptation of several girls and chose to recharge in his apartment. He's going to focus on his first playoff game. Tomorrow is the first playoff game of his career. He can't afford to be weak in the game, even if he is confident in his recovery, but what if the game ends in two or three overtimes?

In the intensity of the playoffs, very few players can resist two overtimes, and if this happens, his recovery ability is the key to breaking the game, so every bit of energy has to be reserved for the game, and the winner is always reserved for those who are prepared.

At noon on the 18th. The Knicks are at the airport, and they will be on their own plane to Atlanta. Team owner James Dolan also set off with the team.

Interestingly, the old version of the Knicks' big mouth didn't know if he drank too much at noon, and during a short stay at the airport, he actually revealed that he was negotiating with several aircraft manufacturers to renovate the new plane, and the Knicks will become the first NBA team to install a catapult device on the special plane in three years, which will make the Knicks players never have a "Munich air disaster" disaster similar to Manchester United.

The media were stunned. If Dolan hadn't drunk too much and bragged about it, it would have been a big deal, but it didn't feel real when you thought about it?

The biggest reason why most of the world's civil airliners are not equipped with parachutes is that most of the civil airliners fly at an altitude of more than 6,000 meters, far beyond the normal parachute altitude. Even if they can open the hatch and skydive, passengers will face high oxygen deficiency, cold, high-speed air currents, etc., and the probability of death is much greater than the survival rate. Secondly, civil airliners basically use pressurized cabins, which means that if the cabin door is opened at high altitude, passengers will fly out with the air flow like cannonballs due to air pressure.

Therefore, the high-altitude pressurized parachute jump of a civil airliner requires a complete set of ejection devices, and this device is not realistic to press on civil aircraft, because the cost is too high. But some Saudi tyrants' special planes, as well as the special planes of dignitaries from various countries have this kind of device, if Dolan is willing to spend money, for the team to modify a special plane with a catapult device, although it still sounds a bit incredible, but it is not impossible, it just makes people feel that others are stupid and have a lot of money, but the team staff must raise their hands in favor, because then they will really not be in the slightest danger.

In addition to talking about the unreliable special plane, James Dolan also told the media: "This year's best newcomer award obviously belongs to Hugo. Whether or not people think there's competition, we don't think so. In fact, a month ago, Dolan instructed the Knicks to print 20,000 T-shirts with the words "Best Rookie Hugo" and 10,000 stickers with Wu Huang's portrait, ready to be distributed for free to fans who have bought season tickets to use at home in the playoffs.

Is this really too ostentatious? But for Wu Huang, it is really difficult for him to keep a low profile, and there is no suspense about the award of this award.

Wu Huang himself smiled at the airport: "I am about to make my playoff debut, but I am not nervous, just a little excited, you can see each of us, every pair of eyes, how happy we are to make the playoffs." "But we're not content yet, we want to win the silver trophy, but I think the gold trophy is definitely better than the silver one." ”

Of course, the media won't believe these words, which are just the rhetoric of most team leaders before they go on the road, and the harsh reality is that the Knicks can win an away road in Atlanta, which is already a very remarkable result.

UA began designing his playoff version of his sneaker shoes for Wu Huang two months ago, and the Hugo-One-Elite sneakers worn by Wu Huang, who won two MVPs at the All-Star Game, left a deep impression on fans. Sales continued to climb after the All-Star break, so UA launched its last playoff sneaker at the end of the Hugo generation.

Wu Huang now brought his two new Hugo-One-"Playoff", which are also offshoots of the Hugo generation, and the last version, this time in two colorways, black and blue, and gray, white and blue. The upper is decorated with water ripples, the details are decorated with aqua blue, and the number "14" of Wu Huang is added to the tongue for the first time. It's not just a number, it's a symbol of a unique demographic, and the new colorway gives the playoff-exclusive sneakers a different look.

The Hugo-One-"Playoff" uses several new technologies that weren't used in the first two versions, and is supposed to be a bit of a warm-up for the second generation of sneakers. The difference between the Playoff is that the original material has been partially redesigned to provide a lighter body and better support, and the use of optimized cushioning technology has a better dynamic grip system and cushioning. And with a modern aesthetic, it sets a new standard for practical sneakers.

Wu Huang has experienced the performance of this new pair of sneakers before, and the grip ability when stopping and starting is not much improved, but it is indeed lighter, and the cushioning performance that was not good has only been slightly improved, and the biggest improvement is the wrapping feeling of the sneakers, UA can make the sneakers so light. The protective performance has not been reduced, which is the biggest improvement in Wu Huang's opinion.

Generally. The shoes are about 20% lighter in weight, but instead of decreasing in performance, there is a slight increase, which in itself is a very big improvement. Just like today's mobile phones are getting thinner and thinner, but the battery life has not decreased, but has improved.

UA has launched a total of three versions of the sneakers for Wu Huang. They both belong to the Hugo generation and use roughly the same sneaker technology, the biggest difference is the color scheme. Although this playoff version has been renovated in terms of materials, it can only be said that it can only be said to be a small patch in other aspects, and the three pairs of sneakers are - original: UA-Hugo-One, all-star version: UA-Hugo-One-"Elite", and playoff version: UA-Hugo-One-"Playoff". The prices are $139, $169 and $199, respectively.

By the end of the regular season, Wu Huang's signature sneakers had sold $110 million worldwide. If you count from January this year, Wu Huang's sneakers sold a total of $45 million in the first quarter of 2010.

UA conservatively estimates that by the time Hugo II sneakers come out next season, Wu Huang's total sneaker sales in 2010 will reach between $150 million and $200 million, perhaps as many as Kobe Bryant and James' sneaker sales.

An analyst at Fox commented on Wu's sneaker sales: "First of all, the aesthetics, these sneakers are really good-looking, then his star status continues to rise, the media attention has also helped him sell more shoes, and finally the market share in Asia has pushed up Hugo's sneaker sales around the world." ”

Wu Huang's sneaker sales range, the big head is indeed in Asia, his sneakers in the first quarter of this year in North America sales of only about 15 million US dollars, many media believe that North American sales are not good because UA prices Wu Huang's sneakers are too high, James and Kobe Bryant's sneakers are sold at about $150 at this time, but Wu Huang's playoff version of sneakers reached $200 for the first time, Americans are not all tyrants, not everyone is willing to spend $200 to buy a pair of sneakers that can only be worn on the outdoor court for one or two months.

That's right, Wu Huang's sneakers are a pair of typical indoor basketball game shoes, and whoever wears his shoes to play outdoors must be a local tyrant!

On the afternoon of the 18th, all the individual awards and best teams for the NBA2009-2010 season were announced on the NBA official website. At this time, the Knicks had just gotten off the plane, and Wu Huang and his agent Brandon stepped off the Knicks' plane together.

The Knicks' special plane was originally not to accept outsiders, but Wu Huang has the qualifications to open the back door, and the Knicks now have three players under Brandon, and three players plan to switch to Brandon's agency, this season through Wu Huang's help. Brandon is heading in the direction of an NBA economic predator.

Atlanta is the home base of the Moretz family, and they still have many family businesses here, so as soon as Wu Huang walked into the hotel where the team was staying, he met the other three brothers of the Moretz family who moved in a day earlier, and of course, there was also an annoying Chloe Moretz who also followed, but the little girl was blocked by her four tall brothers. It is estimated that this will be abducted and no one will find out.

Wu Huang browsed the league's awards at the hotel, starting with the results of the "Regular Season Most Valuable Player" (MVP), and LeBron James of the Cavaliers was selected.

There has been no doubt about this award for a long time, after the American media broke the news in advance that James had won the MVP, everyone already knew the result.

Today, it was officially announced that LeBron once again "reigned supreme in the world", and he also became the 10th player in history to win the regular season MVP. In addition to James, Russell, Chamberlain, Abdul-Jabbar. Moses Malone, Bird, Johnson "Magic", Jordan, Duncan and Nash have all been named regular season MVPs in a row.

Out of a total of 123 first-place votes, James received 111 of them, which also set a new record in 6 years. Since Garnett received 120 first-place votes in 2004, no player has been more dominant than James this season.

It is worth mentioning. In the selection of the Most Valuable Player, Wu Huang also scored 233 points. Ranked fifth among all players, such a Kikoku made him unexpected.

The exact numbers for this selection are: out of 123 sports media and television commentators from the United States and Canada, four voted for him for first place. In the selection, each first-place ballot gets 10 points, the second-place vote gets 7 points, and the third-place vote gets 5 points. Fourth place gets 3 points and fifth place gets 1 point. The players ranked 2 to 5 in the Most Valuable Player Selection are: Kobe Bryant (560 points), Howard (450 points), Wade (340 points), and Wu Huang (233 points).

Kobe Bryant was a little embarrassed because he ate a "duck egg" and he didn't get the first place vote. However, in terms of total points, it still beats Warcraft, The Flash and the Emperor of New York, and ranks second.

The winner of the "Best Defensive Player" award was also unmistakable, with Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard being elected for the second year in a row. For Howard, all he has to do now is improve his offensive skills so that he can challenge LeBron James in the MVP race.

"I think the MVP is judged by how many points a player scores, and that's okay, but defense wins championships and wins games." Howard said in an interview in Orlando that he is averaging 18.3 points per game this season, and if he can add five points to that, then he is qualified to challenge James

Howard scored a total of 526 points, including 95 first-place votes, and only 122 people voted. The Hawks' Josh Smith was second with 130 points, and the Knicks' Iguodala was third with 120 points.

Wu Huang mixed three top votes in this rating, and he ranked 10th among all players with 40 points, and it is estimated that there must be Chinese Americans in the selection of MVP and DPOY, otherwise how could he have all the top votes?

The winner of the "Best Rookie" is even more suspenseful, Wu Huang doesn't even need to see it, this award is definitely his.

Knicks coach D'Antoni stepped off the plane and said in an interview with reporters: "From the first day he joined the team, when the veterans saw him playing, they began to voluntarily listen to his command. You're going to see him become a true super-defender in the near future, and I have no doubt that he's going to be a Hall of Fame superstar. ”

Of the 123 voters who took part in the vote, a total of 121 voted for Wu Huang, nearly making him the first player to win the award unanimous. In the eyes of the media, Wu Huang is no longer a new star "like whom", he is a unique superstar in the future.

The "Rookie of the Year list" is also indispensable to Wu Huang, who won the Rookie of the Year award, the New York Emperor is the best choice in this lineup, the other four are Bucks guard Blanton Jennings, Warriors guard Stephen Curry, Kings new core Tyrek Evans and Bulls forward Ty Gibson.

The 2009-2010 regular season All-Season Team list - LeBron James and Dwight Howard received perfect marks in the selection, while Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and Dwyane Wade also made the All-NBA First Team by an absolute landslide.

But the surprise came again, and Wu Huang ended up making the second team with a high score that the media and himself did not expect, and he scored a full 20 points more than the Jazz's Deron Williams.

First lineup:

Forward: LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers.

Forwards: Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder.

Center: Dwight Howard, Orlando Magic.

Guard: Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers.

Guard: Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat.

Second line-up:

Forward: Carmelo Anthony, Denver Nuggets.

Forwards: Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks.

Center: Amar Stoudemire, Phoenix Suns.

Guards: Steve Nash, Phoenix Suns.

Guard: Wu Huang, New York Knicks.

Third line-up:

Forwards: Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs.

Forward: Pau Gasol, Los Angeles Lakers.

Center: Andrew Bogut, Milwaukee Bucks.

Defender: Joe Johnson, Atlanta Hawks.

Defenders: Deron Williams, Utah Jazz.

The "Defensive Team of the Year" selection is different from other categories in that the current head coach of the league has more say in the defensive ability of the players than reporters and commentators, and each head coach does not have the right to select his own players, which means that each player has 29 valid votes, the first vote is worth 2 points, and the second vote is worth 1 point.

In the selection, Howard received another 28 first-place votes, scoring a league-high 55 points. The Magic center is the first player in history to defend both the league's rebounding and blocking titles, and the fifth player in history to be crowned the rebounding champion for more than three consecutive seasons, and under Howard's leadership, the Magic are conceding just 95.3 points per game, ranking fourth in the league. Howard was followed by James' 42 points, Rondo's 35 points, Kobe Bryant's 30 points and Gerald Wallace's 25 points.

Wu Huang didn't expect it this time, originally he thought that this list would definitely not have his own share, but these coaches in the league don't think so, although he can't prevent all-round point guards like Billups and Delon, but he also makes more opponents embarrassed at the same time.

These are very important, and they are also in the eyes of the opposing coach, and those teams that have been harmed by Wu Huang's defense will naturally throw some votes at him during the vote, so he actually got 24 points in this selection, including 6 first votes, and his teammate Iguodala only scored 23 points, which is not as high as his score.

All-Defensive First Team:

Center: Dwight Howard (Magic) 55 points

Small forward: LeBron James (Cavaliers) 42 points

Point guard: Rajon Rondo (Celtics) 35 points

Shooting guard: Kobe Bryant (Lakers) 30 points

Power forward: Gerard Wallace (Bobcats) 25 points

Team 2:

Playmaker: Wu Huang (Knicks) 24 points.

Shooting guard: Andre Iguodala (Knicks) 23 points.

Center: Tim Duncan (Spurs) 21 points.

Small forward: Josh Smith (Hawks) 19 points.

Power forward: Anderson Vallejo (Cavaliers) 14 points. (To be continued.) )