Chapter 90: The Best of the Week and the Undercurrent

After the Timberwolves played in Boston, they traveled to Atlanta and New Jersey to play the Hawks and Nets in succession.

The hard battle with the Celtics did not affect the state of the game after the Timberwolves, in the face of the provocation of two strong teams in a row, the Timberwolves successfully won two victories, the first game against the Atlanta Hawks, the Hawk King Joe Johnson broke out, showing a very high desire to attack, the whole court cut 36 points, 7 assists and 4 rebounds data, inside and outside shooting, causing great damage to the Timberwolves' interior and exterior defense.

But in the end, Li Shihao relied on two mid-range jumpers to stabilize the situation and kill the suspense of the final game. The Timberwolves relied on a five-point advantage to end the game against the Hawks.

Singles Joe suffered a defeat at home and left the arena that night.

At this point, the Timberwolves have played all the games before Christmas, and in this year's Christmas game, there are no Timberwolves games, which allows the Timberwolves boys to choose to enjoy the joy of Christmas Day at home with their loved ones.

The day before the Christmas War, the NBA league website posted a message announcing the best players in the East and West selected last week.

Li Shihao was once again honored to be elected the Western Conference Player of the Week, squeezing Kobe, Nash and other big-name stars down.

It has to be said that the rookie season is extremely important for every player who has just entered the NBA league, and the exposure and attention given this year is very high.

The league has not stopped the operation of star-making since Jordan's retirement, and NBA president David Stern has tasted the importance of stars in basketball since he met Michael Jordan, a destined world-class star.

After Jordan retired, the NBA's topicality and exposure were far less powerful than before, and he was far less fragrant in the eyes of the national media, so the league launched the star-making movement.

As long as you play extremely well on one night of your rookie season, the chance of overnight fame is definitely not just talking, a lot of spotlight and attention will keep you awake all night, even if you are in a small city, you will wonder if you are in a metropolis like New York, surrounded by thousands of microphones, that kind of attention is absolutely rare.

Rookie, what a rookie is, means that you are younger and more potential than other players in the league, as long as you show outstanding ability, even if you are just a second-round pick, you can get the favor of the media, or even get a big contract.

In order to promote the star-making movement, the NBA league pays great attention to every rookie player, and every player's performance in his rookie season will be recorded, and the excellent ones will even focus on the list.

LeBron James, Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant and other rising stars are countless in the league, and they all made a big appearance in their rookie season, showing outstanding strength, making the league take notice of them and get more media attention.

It's still the same sentence, one step first, one step first!

LeBron James won the Rookie of the Year in his rookie season and became the best player in the official selection of 03, and his topicality and commercial value became more and more excellent.

It is in this situation, even in the remote town of Cleveland, that LeBron James has a huge box office appeal.

There are a lot of outstanding guards in the 09 rookie class, and this position is the fastest metabolism position, and generations of star guards in the league have performed on this stage and set their own records.

It's not uncommon for you to sing and I appear, and only legendary superstars will maintain their professional vitality in this league and become evergreens on the NBA stage.

It's like a saying that is widely circulated in Chinese circles, a person can be popular for two years, it is likely to be accidental, if he can be popular for ten years, he is virtuous, and he can be popular for 20 years, that is Andy Lau.

Li Shihao, as a first-year rookie who has just entered the league, is not outstanding in a large list of rookies, perhaps the only thing that catches the eye is probably only his Chinese identity, but the strong rise of this season has made everyone see that this Chinese kid is extraordinary.

Dominates the rookie list strongly, and he is stepping on a number of talented players such as Brandon Jennings, Tyrek Evans, and Stephen Curry.

After seeing Li Shihao's performance, the NBA league immediately changed its operation strategy and began to pour more resources into Minnesota, a small cold city.

Who knew Minnesota wouldn't be a small city? Cleveland and New Orleans aren't rich at all!

The former is a gathering place for the losers, and the latter is a city rebuilt after the disaster, neither of which looks like a metropolis.

Last week, the Timberwolves played a wave of five consecutive wins, slashing the Clippers, Kings, Celtics, Hawks, Nets and other teams along the way, and Li Shihao averaged 24 per game. 3 points 8. 2 assists 2. 1. A steal and a strong team record are the main reasons why he was able to win the Weekly Championship from a group of superstar players.

Otherwise, even if the league notices his dark horse performance and wants to praise him, it must also pay attention to the opinions of other superstar players in the East and West.

Yao Ming's rookie season into the All-Star caused the league's No. 1 center O'Neal to be extremely unhappy, although the little giant successfully played after that and proved his All-Star interior strength, but it can't hide the fact that most players have a dismissive attitude towards rookie players.

It's like many college students who enter a company or unit for an internship after entering the society, and the senior colleagues they face will not laugh at themselves, and they are usually sneering.

In this business league, the dissatisfaction of old players with new players does not accumulate day by day, the addition of new players means that there are more competitors, and even for most ordinary players, this problem means that the already small player list will be subject to greater competitive pressure, and they are even very likely to lose their jobs because of this.

A job in the NBA is a high-paying profession, and no one wants to give up even being a water cooler cook!

What's more, the league's salary cap has been rising, and the wages of new players are often much higher than the salaries of older players during the same period, not to mention the rumors that some talented rookie players have signed sky-high contracts with sports giants, all of which has made many veteran players full of resentment towards new players.

It's like, "Rookie, welcome to the NBA!" "It's going to be a phrase that veteran players often say to rookies!

Don't listen to old players teaching new players or anything like that, it's all fooling!

Maybe only those superstars will be willing to say a few good words for you when they are in a good mood, after all, they sign sky-high contracts, receive high salaries, have a lot of playing time and opportunities, and they are still happy to say a few kind words for their successors.

Li Shihao's re-election as the best of the week in the West has aroused the resentment of many old players in the league, but these are covered up by the celebratory atmosphere of Christmas, and most of them are still immersed in the sweet Christmas atmosphere, not realizing the turbulent undercurrent hidden under this calm league.