Sean Kemp is no longer what he used to be, Marcus Camby is also out injured this season, and the Cavaliers are only 11th in the East.

The New Jersey Nets actually played well in the second half of the season, and just when everyone thought they could make a playoff spot, starting point guard Stephen Marbury suffered a knee injury, starting point guard Kyrie Kittels suffered a knee injury, and as for the injuries of rotation player Evan Eschmeyer and others, that is not to mention the details.

They lost 11 games in a row and managed to finish 12th in the East!

On January 19 of this year, Michael Jordan was appointed president and general manager of basketball operations for the Wizards. However, it was actually useless for Old Man Joe in a suit to sit on the sidelines, and the Washington Wizards won the third-to-last place in the East!

"If only Jordan could play, if Jordan could play, why would we do this!" Countless Wizards fans thought so.

The Atlanta Hawks, who collapsed inexplicably, ended up being the second-to-last in the East, and as for the first-to-last, of course, it was the Chicago Bulls who worked hard to fight for the second No. 1 pick!

In the West, in terms of record, the Lakers are the first, the star-studded Trail Blazers are second, and the old and strong Utah Jazz are third.

However, in this era, the Lakers and the Trail Blazers belong to the same Pacific Division, so the Trail Blazers can only be the third in the rankings with the second record, and the Jazz, the champion of the Midwest Division, is the second in the West!

Fourth in the West is last year's overall runner-up San Antonio Spurs.

Spurs genius Sean Elliott actually made a comeback after a kidney change, which is very shocking. However, he has only played a dozen games, and his strength is not as good as before. In contrast, the Lakers have brought in the peerless coach Phil Jackson, and the Trail Blazers have received two All-Stars, Scottie Pippen and Steve Smith, and the strength has been greatly improved, and it is not surprising that the Spurs can't match them.

The Suns, who got strong reinforcements such as Penny Hardaway in the offseason, ranked fifth, Ewing and Sprewell, Brandon and others led the Minnesota Timberwolves to sixth, and the SuperSonics, who received strong reinforcements such as Cobra Grant in the offseason, re-entered the playoffs and ranked seventh, and the eighth was the Kings who did not rise but fell after trading Wahad.

So the matchup in the west is:

Lakers (1) vs Kings (8) – Spurs (4) vs Suns (5)

Trail Blazers (3/2) vs. Timberwolves (6) – Jazz (2/3) vs. SuperSonics (7)

Since Big Z didn't get another major injury, Nelson Sr.'s Mavericks played well, finishing with a 40-42 record and finishing ninth in the West despite not making the playoffs.

Dan Issel, a first-generation coach, still sold Billups and led the team to 10th in the West.

The team that took Billups was magic, but Doug Rivers was also afraid of Billups' big heart and didn't dare to let him play, plus he had a shoulder injury, so he left him on the inactive list and ignored him.

As a result, the genius of the class of 97 Tanhua did not get any playing time for the Magic, and people can only see the number of the Colorado genius when he played for the Magic - No. 2 in the team photo at the end of the season.

"Bipleus is the biggest parallel import in the 97th session!" Countless people think so.

Celtics fans even squirted Rick Pitino into the sky!

"Pitino, you're a fool, even if you choose Li Wei back then, it's better than choosing Billups!"

Although the Houston Rockets robbed the talent list, as well as the old cat Mobley, Kevin Cato and other powerful and potential newcomers, Barkley was reimbursed for the season, and after the big dream returned from injury, he was no longer as brave as he was in the year, and the newcomers could not lead the team to win and only ranked 11th in the West.

The Vancouver Grizzlies have Raheem, a power forward who averages 20+10 per game, a talented point guard Mike Bibby, a talented sophomore in the class of '98 in exchange for Francis, and scoring guard Michael Dixon, but the record is very bad.

In the middle of the season, they fired the team's head coach, and Brian Hill, who led the Magic to the Finals, still couldn't change anything, and finally finished third from the bottom in the West.

The Golden State Warriors also fired their head coach in the middle of the season, NCAA coach PJ Callesimo, and finally won the second-to-last place in the West!

The team that ranks first in the West and the bottom in the league, and even the Bulls can't compare to the iron-hearted swing is of course the Los Angeles Clippers, which everyone loves and blossoms. They also sacked head coach Chris Ford mid-season.

The major awards at the end of the season, some are clear at a glance, and some are confusing.

For example, the MVP is clear at a glance, the big shark O'Neal, this talented big man who has only entered 1 time and 1 team before, has almost won the MVP this year.

The Best Rookie award is confusing. The first-round rookie Elton Brand averaged 20+10 per game in his rookie year, and the data was extremely dazzling, but the Bulls were the second-to-last in the league, and he couldn't help the team win. In comparison, Francis averaged 18 points and 6.6 assists per game, which is a slightly worse stat, but after the team suffered a large number of injuries, he led the team to better results than Brand.

The Most Improved Player award has been Jalen Rose's highest voice throughout the season.

At the beginning of the season, Donnie Walsh, the president and general manager of the Pacers and the legend who has always kept the Pacers prosperous, traded Antonio Davis for the talented high school student Jonathan Bender, and the Pacers fans were scolded.

Everyone knows that the Pacers' goal is to win the championship, and Jonathan Bender is not an instant force at all!

Reggie Miller, Chris Mullin and others are getting older and older, and the president has replaced his tough interior patron saint Antonio Davis with a high school student, will the Pacers still be competitive in the new season?

Larry Bird also knows that the situation is serious, he boldly used Austin Crohill, Al Harrington and other young substitutes, Chris Mullin is really too old to play, Larry Bird put Jalen Rose in the starting lineup after talking to him!

Under the cultivation of Larry Bird, young people such as Crohill and Harrington have made rapid progress, but the most amazing is Jalen Rose. He averaged 11.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game last season, and this season's statistics have soared to 18.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4 assists.

It is Jalen Rose's explosion that keeps the Pacers still strong, and if it weren't for the Knicks' sudden rise, the Pacers would still be the first in the East this season!

Maddy, Nowitzki, Stackhouse, and even O'Neal have also been put into the discussion of the most improved players, but the media argument is that although these people have improved a lot, they can't compare to Jalen Rose!

Rose deserves to be the most improved player!

In fact, judging from the data, the person who has improved the most this season is Li Wei.

The head coach of the Knicks averaged 1.1 points, 0.1 rebounds, 0.1 assists, 0.1 steals and 0.1 blocks per game last season, and this season this data has soared to 11.1 points, 1.4 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 3.0 steals and 0.1 blocks!

Scores, assists, and steals have all multiplied N times!

But it's a pity that most experts don't regard Li Wei as a candidate for the most improved player, the reason - who doesn't know that Coach Li is a data brush, who leaks people on the field to break through the sky, and makes the fastest progress, and he also deserves it?

To be honest, if he wasn't the head coach, I'm afraid he would have been swept out of the house, how could he get playing time, let alone be on the field all day long!