Chapter 44: Regular Season MVP

If nothing else, you will be the biggest winner of the 2012-2013 season! The fat man muttered inwardly.

His only contenders are Durant for the Thunder and James for the Heat, but neither of them should be able to compete with him. He led the team to the first place in the regular season with 66 wins in the regular season, and he also led the team with a single core, unlike James and others.

The league best player award is named after the first president of the NBA, Maurice Podolov, and the NBA's MVP trophy for the Most Valuable Player is called the "Maurice Podolov Cup".

The 3 most important points of the MVP selection criteria:

1. Lead the team to good results

2. As the core of the team, you must have immediate results

3. Ability to make teammates better

The above three points Yang Yi is completely in line with, his leading record is the first in the league, his personal ability is undoubted, and the Pelicans are a group of rookies under his leadership to play their own momentum, which is much stronger than last season. Therefore, his chances of being voted the regular season MVP should be ahead of James and Durant.

Although there is no precedent in the league for a regular season MVP in his rookie season, it cannot be said that a rookie cannot be selected as the best player. On the contrary, the biggest reason why the rookie was not elected MVP was because his own strength was not enough to convince the public and he could not suppress a group of arrogant soldiers in the league.

Just like James and Durant, it's good for rookies to be able to fight against them without saying anything in front of them.

Yang Yi did not integrate his skills in the system to achieve the purpose of maximizing his strength. And in real life, a day's rest obviously does not allow him to integrate all his skills.

But fortunately, Kobe Bryant retired from injury, Nash is old, and Warcraft and sister-in-law can't support the Lakers' crippled sky.

The Lakers, from the moment Kobe Bryant fell, have been out of the playoff race.

When the Pelicans defeated the Lakers before, the teams in the Western Conference playoffs also split the winners and losers. The first game went unexpectedly well, with no team committing any of the following fouls, with the Pelicans taking a 1-0 lead, and the rest of the Thunder, Spurs and Nuggets also winning 1-0.

It can be said that the western battlefield is going well. Compared to the west, the east is not having a good time. Except for the Heat, who have the Big Three, firmly pinned the eighth-ranked Bucks to the ground, the other games have their own twists and turns.

The Knicks and the Celtics played inseparably, and at the last minute they took the next game 1:0 because of Anthony's stunner; The Pacers and Nets were more miserable, as they were fouled by their opponents and lost a game on their home court.

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On April 24, Game 2 of the first round of the playoffs was held at the Pelicans' home arena, the Smoothie King Center.

The star-studded Smoothie King Center was filled with jubilation, and tidbits of salute firing flew all over the sky.

The league's president, David Stern, has just announced that the 2012-2013 regular season MVP has just been released: Pelicans rookie Yang Yi has become the new year's regular season MVP, replacing Derrick Rose as the league's youngest regular season player of the year.

Yang Yi's performance in the regular season won over all members of the media jury, and he was unanimously voted the league's new best player, leaving contenders James and Durant far behind.

"Congratulations to the host for winning the Regular Season Player of the Year award, and the system will reward the host with 100 glory points." As soon as Stern announced the winner of the best player, the system elf sent 100 glory points to the fat man's account.

Double happiness is coming! Hearing No. 3's reminder, a smile appeared on Yang Yi's originally calm face.

The regular season MVP is just a title and an honor, although it can make the fat man famous and become the object of attention or envy and hatred of thousands of players. But these are all false names, and they are far from being as cool as directly giving him the benefits he needs in front of him.

"The One, this is the honor you deserve, come and say a few words to everyone!" Stern said a bunch of clichés, and after announcing the attribution of the best player of the regular season, he motioned for Yang to come over and say a few words to the fans.

"Thank you, thank you David. If it weren't for your cultivation, I don't know how long it would have taken me to get to this point. Yang Yi followed Stern's words and walked towards Stern. However, he did not take the microphone from Stern first, but gave Stern a big hug first.

Yang Yi knew that if it weren't for Stern's strong support, his life in the league would definitely not be as comfortable as it is now. There were many times when the referees in the league were open to him, and it was Stern's support, which he took to heart.

Although it may be that Stern pushes the league to compete and make the league as a business group more attractive to fans. But it is undeniable that I am indeed a beneficiary.

After hugging Stern, the fat man picked up the microphone and announced his award speech.

"Thank you to my parents, to the fans and friends, to the owner Benson and the head coach Monty for bringing me to the platform of the league and giving me ......the opportunity to perform," Yang Yiyang said a big call, thanking all the people who should not be thanked.

"I've heard that the regular season MVP is a curse, I don't know if I can break it." Speaking of which, a good-natured laugh rang out in the center of the Smoothie King.

The curse of the regular season MVP is an interesting phenomenon in the NBA from 2003 to 2011, and it is difficult for players who win the regular season MVP to win the championship trophy.

Since 2001, there have only been three regular season MVPs who have reached the Finals, and only Tim Duncan has won the championship

In the past 10 years, there have been 3 consecutive MVPs, and in addition to Tim Duncan appearing stronger, Steve Nash and LeBron James are both sad. When Nash won the MVP twice in a row, he stopped in the Western Conference Finals, the first time it was the Spurs who stopped them, and the second time it was the Mavericks.

Iverson in 2001 and Duncan in 2002 both ran into the Lakers dynasty, but Duncan managed to pull one back in 2003. Kevin Garnett lost to the Lakers' F4 duo in 2004, 2005 and 2006 were Nash's miserable years, Dirk Nowitzki was created by the Warriors in 2007 and lost to the Kobe Bryant Finals in 2008, and in 2009 and 2010, the pain was left to the "little emperor" LeBron James.

In the 2011 regular season MVP, Derrick Rose was the youngest player in history to win the Most Valuable Player award, and after sweeping the Heat 3-0 in the regular season and winning the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals by a big score, he lost four games in a row and unfortunately stopped in the Eastern Conference Finals.

The 2012 MVP curse was broken by the little emperor James, but I don't know if Yang Yi will give people a surprise this year. He led the team to a dominant performance in the regular season, and the first round of the playoffs looked like no pressure, and whether he could lead the team to the end is a question of concern for fans and the media.