Chapter 225 [Ranking and Awards]

Hayes could well be the regular season MVP this season!

In Hayes' previous life, the man who won this season's MVP was Kobe Bryant. This also caused a group of people to cry out for Paul, Paul's call to win the 2008 MVP was once higher than Kobe, and his contribution to the team was also more than Kobe, but in the end it was Kobe who took the MVP. It's like Jordan lost the 1993 regular season MVP and the 1997 All-Star MVP - the league awarded the MVP to Kobe Bryant just because the Lakers had the best record. (At that time, Kobe Bryant was 12 years old, and Paul was only 3 years old).

But reality has changed drastically from previous lives. Because the alliance is full of strong teams. Kobe Bryant led Bynum and Odom to support them for half a season, and the results were only in the middle of the stream. Even after Gasol's arrival, their results went up and they ended up finishing fourth. That's simply not enough to get him on the final shortlist for MVP.

MVP awards are announced after the first round of the playoffs. But Hayes is confident that he will be the MVP of the season.

According to the league's selection criteria, the regular season MVP will be produced among four players: Yao Ming, Hayes, Chris Paul, and Kevin Garnett. This is based on the regular season data obtained by the trio and the team's record.

The Hawks had the best record, with Yao Ming's 22.8 points, 10.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.8 blocks, the worst of the four. Moreover, the Hawks have Joe Johnson as an All-Star, Yao Ming's leadership role has been weakened, and Yao Ming's defensive ability needs to be improved. The Hornets have the second record in the West, and Paul's 21.2 points, 4 rebounds, 11.6 assists and 2.7 steals are very beautiful, but the record is slightly inferior and the qualifications are too shallow. The Timberwolves and Bobcats have similar records, with Garnett's stats far inferior to Hayes, and the superstar Iverson on his side to help reduce his role.

Although Hayes and Paul are three years old, he has an advantage that the other three don't have, and that is that David Stern wants him to be the face of the league. Giving him an MVP trophy isn't it a matter of words? What's more, his stats are the most beautiful in the league.

The 2007-2008 NBA regular season ended on April 18. The playoffs will begin on April 21.

The Eastern and Western Conference standings and records are as follows.

East: 1. Atlanta Hawks (61-21); 2. Charlotte Bobcats (59-23); 3. Orlando Magic (52-30); 4. Cleveland Cavaliers (45-37); 5. Detroit Pistons (43-39); 6. Boston Celtics (41-41); 7. Toronto Raptors (40-42); 8. Philadelphia 76ers (37-45); 9. Indiana Pacers (36-46); 10. New Jersey Net (34-48); 11. Chicago Bulls (33-49) 12. Washington Wizards (32-50); 13. Milwaukee Bucks (26-56); 14. New York Knicks (23-59); 15. Miami Heat (15-67).

West: 1. Minnesota Timberwolves (58-24); 2. New Orleans Hornets (57-25), 3. San Antonio Spurs (56-26); 4. Los Angeles Lakers (55-27); 5. Utah Jazz (54-28); 6. Dallas Mavericks (51-31); 7. Denver Nuggets (50-32); 8. Phoenix Suns (48-34); 9. Portland Trail Blazers (46-36); 10. Seattle SuperSonics (45-37); 11. Memphis Grizzlies (41-41; 12. Sacramento Kings (38-44); 13. Houston Rockets (30-52); 14. Los Angeles Clippers (23-59); 15. Golden State Warriors (22-60).

After the Grizzlies traded Gasol, their record plummeted to 11th place. The Warriors' record is only better than the Heat, and they are at the bottom of the league, which is the best draft pick the Bobcats have gotten, and there is a good chance of drawing a top-three pick, and the Bobcats will definitely strengthen their strength in the summer. The other three picks won't be very high, and Hayes hasn't thought about it seriously and is ready to take it one step at a time.

A day later, the playoff bracket was lined up. As in previous years, experts have made predictions about the outcome of the first round.

Eastern Conference matchup: Hawks vs. 76ers. The 76ers are not dominant inside and outside, and it is difficult to beat the Hawks.

Bobcats vs Raptors. The Raptors are not bad, but against the Bobcats, they are destined to be eliminated. Biedrins and Bosh are both lanky and tall interior linemen, and Biedlins defended Bosh well during the regular season. Hayes is one of the most reluctant players in the Okafor league. The Bobcat has an all-round advantage on the inside.

Magic vs Celtics. The Magic has the advantage on the inside, and there are also several fierce players such as Nelson, Vince Carter, and Turkoglou on the outside, and the only advantage of the Celtics is Pierce, but Turkoglou has exploded this season, and it is not a fuel-efficient lamp, the Magic swept the Celtics in the regular season, and the green shirts in the playoffs are more than lucky.

Cavaliers vs Pistons. The old enemies are reunited, the Cavaliers have home-court advantage, and the interior defense of the lineup has been strengthened. The Pistons are at a disadvantage inside, and there is only one Rasheed Wallace who has offensive ability, and how to defend LeBron James is also a serious test. The Cavaliers are expected to advance in five or six games.

It is difficult to have an upset in the east. In the west, there are many strong teams encountered.

First up is the Timberwolves vs Suns. O'Neal's addition failed to bring good changes to the Suns, not only reducing the Suns' attack speed, but also occupying the offensive space of "Little Overlord" Stoudeyer on the inside. The Timberwolves' lineup configuration is more reasonable, but the Suns are also a strong team after all, and they should be able to cause some trouble for the Timberwolves.

Hornets vs Nuggets. Both sides will surely attack each other. Paul and West's blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation is sharp, and the Nuggets offense is also strong, but the defense only relies on Camby, and the Hornets are expected to advance in 6 games.

Spurs vs Mavericks. The Texas Twins met ahead of schedule. The Spurs' lineup hasn't changed much. The Mavericks brought in Jason Kidd. Kidd has never been able to fit well into the Mavericks' offensive system, and his stats have dropped. As he got older, Kidd's pace became slower and slower, and it was difficult to keep up with Tony Parker, who was good at breaking. The Spurs may win with a larger surname, and the Mavericks may also have an upset.

Lakers vs Jazz. It is widely believed that it will be the Lakers who will advance, and the only suspense is that it will take a few games. Deron Williams has a physical advantage over most guards in the league, but Lakers point guard Derrick Fisher is also a muscle, and Boozer will not have an advantage over Gasol. Shooting guard Brewer was the Jazz's biggest discovery this season, but it was too hard to get him to limit Kobe.

In the first round against the Raptors, Hayes believed that the Bobcats could easily pass the level, but in the second round they encountered magic, and they had to waste a lot of energy. Hayes will face Howard, the monster, as well as a group of outside shooters.

Before the playoffs began, the NBA announced the major awards for the regular season.

Hornets head coach Byron Scott was named Coach of the Season after beating his biggest rival, Hawks coach Mike Woodson. Scott also became the first coach in Hornets history to win the award, leading the team to the regular season title in the prestigious "Group of Death" Southwest Division, and to a 57-25 record, winning 19 more games than last year. The Hawks have won 28 more games than last season, but the Hawks' style of play is not pretty, not strong to watch, and is a complete clone of last season's Rockets-winning style of play. So Mike Woodson is not fancied. The Bobcats have also won 27 more games than last season, D'Antoni is only fourth in the Best Coach nomination, and people don't think about him because he hasn't proven himself in the playoffs, and the Bobcats' success this season is more like relying on Hayes on his own than D'Antoni. In the end, people chose Hornets coach Scott, who played with a more passionate style.

Manu Ginobili officially won the 2007-08 Sixth Man of the Season award. Ginobili scored 615 out of 620 in the Sixth Man of the Year category, and 123 out of 124 sports media and television commentators from the United States and Canada[***] voted for him for first place. The Phoenix Suns' Lindero Barbosa was No. 2 with 283, the Dallas Mavericks' Jason Terry was No. 3 with 44 points, and Bobcats' Weaver was also nominated.

As the Spurs' sixth man, Ginobili has played in 74 games this season and made a total of 51 substitute appearances. He averaged a career-high 19.5 points per game and was the Spurs' leading scorer, while Ginobili also averaged 4.8 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.47 steals per game.

Kevin Garnett won the 2007-08 Defensive Player of the Year award.

Garnett is averaging 12.4 rebounds per game to rank fourth in the league, in addition to 20.8 points, 4.1 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.2 blocks.

Defensive Team 1: Kevin Garnett of the Timberwolves, Kobe Bryant of the Lakers, Marcus Camby of the Denver Nuggets, Prince of the Pistons, Tim Duncan of the Spurs.

Because the Bobcats' overall defensive ability was average and their ability to limit opponents from scoring was too poor, Hayes was only selected to the All-Defensive Second Team.

The other four players selected to the All-Defensive Second Team are Chris Paul of the Hornets, Dwight Howard of the Magic, Raja Bell of the Suns, and Josh Smith of the Hawks.

The Rookie of the Year was won by the Hawks' Rodney Starkey, who averaged 12.6 points, 3.6 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.2 steals per game. Starkey started his first season with the Hawks and finished with the team with the best record in the league. Starkey is average offensively and even better defensively, defending point guards, shooting guards, small forwards, and sometimes even running to the low post when he is out of position. He lacks consistency in offense, but he is physically strong and has a good future.

Rodney Starkey, Kevin Durant, Karl Landry, Yi Jianlian, and Horford were named to the All-Rookie Team.

Magic's Turkoglu won the Most Improved Player award.

Chauncey-Billups receives the Kennedy Citizenship Award. The award was given in recognition of his contributions to philanthropy during the year.

Grant Hill received the Sportsmanship Award, named after Joe Dumas, for an athlete representative who demonstrated outstanding sportsmanship, fair play and integrity.

Individual awards. Scoring leader: LeBron James 30.4 points.

Rebounding leader: Dwight Howard, 14.2 per game.

The block king is the Nuggets' Camby, 3.1.

The assist leader is Hornets Chris Paul with 11.6.

The steal king is Chris Paul of the Hornets with 2.7.

Hayes won the Grammy Award for Composition of the Year for the single "Usesomebody." This is not issued by the NBA.

NBA players get Grammys, and Hayes sets an alternative record. Due to the competition, I didn't have time to attend the Grammy Awards, and Taylor Swift, who won three Grammy Awards for Best Country Female Singer, Best Country Song, and Song of the Year, took the lead.

Outstanding results were achieved. But Hayes wasn't happy. He's having a headache right now because there's something more important than the playoffs waiting for him to work out. In about half a month, the Wenchuan earthquake in China is about to erupt. As a prophet in the United States, how can he convince the Chinese that there will be an earthquake on May 12 and evacuate early?

(To be continued)