Chapter 120: Rookie of the Month

After defeating Rose and the Bulls he led, Ye Feng continued to maintain a good competitive state, and the team's record was gradually climbing. The Trail Blazers www.biquge.info went 5-1 in the rest of November, with their only defeat coming from the Nash and Stoudemire Suns, who scored a game-high 27 points but were powerless to prevent the team from losing. However, the Trail Blazers have undoubtedly had a great month, losing only five of their 16 games and currently sitting in the top four in the West with a 12-6 record, something that many fans didn't expect at the start of the season.

Ye Feng has also gradually become accustomed to the intensity of training and games in the NBA, although he is still a little impulsive occasionally, but most of the time he behaves quite calmly, not at all like a young man who has just turned 20. In fact, there are also people within the team who joke that the young guard team they belong to is not worthy of the name, whether it is Roy and Ade, who have played for two or three seasons, or Ye Feng and Batum, who have just entered the league, they have shown maturity beyond their years. And at this time, he always has to take out Oden to joke, his "maturity" is more reflected in the surface, no way, this guy is too old.

Ye Feng enjoys this change very much, although the rookie always has to be a little rookie, but being able to calm down and implement the coach's arrangement to the letter is undoubtedly beneficial to his growth and the team's record. Feeling the changes in himself, Ye Feng couldn't help but sigh that the phrase "the environment changes people" is not wrong at all, compared with the time in college, his ball skills and playing style have not changed much, but it seems that he is going to be stronger than when he was in the NCAA, which is a change in mood. If he was still a child at that time, then now Ye Feng feels that he has grown up.

The management of the Trail Blazers is also very relieved, and Ye Feng's performance proves that he is worth the price the team paid to get the No. 6 pick. On the other hand, Gallinari, who was traded to the Knicks, this handsome Italian guy does not seem to have found his place in the team, after all, the team's small forward position, the old one has Harrington, the small one has Chandler, and they are all players that head coach D'Antoni has used well. Coupled with the fact that he himself is still adapting to the NBA-level three-point line, it is reasonable that he will not get much playing time. However, if he can regain his shooting level in the Italian league, perhaps D'Antoni will be interested.

If Gallinari had been brought to the Trail Blazers, maybe there would have been a conflict over who would hold the ball, right? McMillan thought to himself, but he soon put the thought behind him. With the gradual relaxation of the NBA's rules on defense, a ball-handler can no longer meet the team's offensive system, and an all-round wing like Ye Feng who can both score and defend with the ball is not said to be there, not to mention that from the last few games, as long as the ball is given to Ye Feng, he has consciously increased the role of organizing the offense while attacking himself, which is a very good sign.

However, there are still people who are unhappy with him as a substitute, such as the team's backup point guard Rodriguez, because Ye Feng's attempt was basically done when he played with the bench lineup, which was equivalent to robbing him of his job. If he is allowed to be a fixed-point shooter, his shooting is not so accurate, if he turns his face with Ye Feng for this, if nothing else, McMillan will not agree to be the first, how can an average level backup point guard be as important as the team's future hopeful? Even if he tells the manager what he thinks, the end result is for him to adjust himself.

From the Spaniard's sudden cold attitude, Ye Feng probably guessed something, but he didn't plan to change his plan, if he retreated because of a few complaints and a not very good attitude from a backup point guard, he announced his retirement as soon as possible. However, in fact, he himself is constantly groping in the game, after all, the team does not plan to play a triangle offensive tactic, and his pink playmaker is basically useless, that is, to share the pressure of the backcourt players in the game. Rao is like this, Ye Feng is still very happy, at least this experience can polish his passing skills and field vision, and if he is needed to organize the attack in the future, he will not be in a hurry.

After beating the Pistons 96-85 on the road, the Trail Blazers' November game is over, but they will have to play consecutive away games against the Knicks, Wizards, Celtics and Raptors, the only good thing is that they are at least in the East, of which the Knicks, Celtics and Raptors are in the same division, so the trip of the Trail Blazers team has been reduced a lot. However, since he has experienced consecutive away games, Ye Feng does not have any special feelings about such a obviously not so hard away game, but focuses on the rookie of the month in November.

The Rookie of the Month award is the NBA's monthly award for the best rookie in the Eastern and Western Divisions, and the winner receives the award before their team's next home game. This year's rookies are very interesting, the gap between the strength and weakness of the East and the West is more obvious, although there are Rose and Beasley, the two top two rookies in the East, but the next string of rookies are all from Western teams, including Loew of the Timberwolves, Westbrook of the Thunder, Mayo of the Grizzlies, Gordon of the Clippers and Ye Feng himself, and don't forget that there is still a guy who is still in his rookie season, Ye Feng's teammate Oden, it can be said that the competition for the best rookie of the month in the West is much more cruel than that in the East. If you don't play a very good performance, then it is very likely that this award will only go to someone else's house.

In fact, this year's Rookie of the Month is only a little exciting for the players themselves, and the team has always been dispensable with this award, and they may be interested in it if it is replaced by Rookie of the Year. Also, many NBA players who were unknown in the end also won the Rookie of the Month in their rookie seasons, not to mention that some players who won the Rookie of the Year award failed to become stars, and it is natural that the team is not motivated.

But Ye Feng still wants to see if he can win the best rookie of the month in the first month, not to show off or anything, he just wants to see where the gap between himself and other rookies is, or if there is no gap? As a Chinese, Ye Feng never arrogantly thinks that Lao Tzu is the best in the world, but he is also never arrogant, thinking that everyone else is stronger than himself. Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses, and using their own weaknesses to fight with other people's strengths is not something that only fools do?

The NBA's official move was fast, and the Trail Blazers' game against the Pistons was not over, and the official website released the best rookie winners in the East and West for November. There is no suspense about the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month, although Beasley has had a lot of opportunities next to Wade, but because of the presence of Haslem and Marion, he still plays as a substitute most of the time, which also leads to a certain gap between his statistics and Rose. Averaging 17.2 points, 3.2 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game, this is the report card that Rose handed in, and he ranks first among Eastern Conference rookies in points and assists. In fact, in addition to Beasley, only the Nets' big Lopez in the East has hope to compete, so it can be said that the pressure on Rose is very small.

The West is the complete opposite, with a number of high-pick rookies on 15 teams, and none of their performances have disgraced their picks. In addition to the ULCA troika, Mayo's 14.3 points and 4.5 rebounds and Gordon's 15.1 points and 3.7 assists are also very eye-catching, but it can't be helped, the performances of Westbrook, Ye Feng and Loew fully explain why they are the NCAA champions. While Loew didn't perform well in both games against the Trail Blazers, his average for the month wasn't to be underestimated, averaging a quasi-double-double of 14.7 points and 8.9 rebounds per game made it difficult for McHale to find fault with him.

However, his stats are also the worst of the three. Although Westbrook averaged just 13.7 points per game because he played next to Durant, he had a whopping 7.5 assists of any rookie in the class of 2008, which is also among the top 15 in the league. And Ye Feng is the most dazzling of the three, averaging 18.5 points per game to lead all rookies, and once blasted out 30+ points in the game, in addition, averaging 6.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game also proves that he is not just a pure scorer.

In the end, the best rookie of the month in the west was given to Ye Feng. In fact, the NBA's official experts were quite nerve-wracking when they were selected, one was the rookie with the highest points per game, and the other was the rookie with the most assists per game, and they had been torn between Ye Feng and Westbrook. However, the Trail Blazers' record and Ye Feng's versatility have tilted the balance in the hearts of the pundits in favor of the young Chinese forward, while the small group that insisted on Westbrook was also impressed by Ye Feng's performance.

Of course, Westbrook and Love are not dissatisfied with Ye Feng's selection of Rookie of the Month, everyone on the court is their own master, and they are still good friends who talk about everything off the court, and their friendship with UCLA has not changed because of joining the NBA. However, according to their usual urine nature, they still "shamelessly" asked Ye Feng to invite them to the most luxurious and extravagant local restaurants in Portland for dinner. Ye Feng agreed without hesitation, in his opinion, a meal between friends is really nothing, everyone is barely rich now, isn't it?