"Rick has had a great coaching experience in Sacramento, he has a feeling for the city and the team, and now that Sacramento has a bunch of great young players, that's going to be a big bargaining chip for him to come back to Sacramento. Of course, it's also crucial that Rick Adelman has won 956 games in his coaching career, and he is not far away from being a thousand-win coach, and there is no doubt that he aspires to be one. ”

In the latest issue of the Sacramento Bee report, it was given that according to various news reactions, Rick Adelman and the position of head coach of the Kings have been closely linked, and the difference may be just a contract.

And this paper contract did not drag on for too long, and as the time came to mid-May, the news from Yahoo Sports finally meant that the dust had settled on the incident. According to Yahoo Sports, the Kings have signed Adelman to a four-year contract, and the coach who single-handedly built the Kings into the league's most entertaining team is back in Sacramento.

In the next few days, the media reported on the composition of the Kings' coaching staff, Elson Turner, who had been with Adelman for ten years, was Adelman's chief assistant coach, Jim Ain, who was acting as the team's head coach this season, also remained on the coaching staff, in addition to Adelman's sons RJ Adelman, Terry Porter, Jack Hickma, T.R. Towne and Bill Bayano and others to form the new coaching staff of the Kings.

While the Kings are preparing for next season, the playoffs are also in full swing, the first round of the East and West has all ended, and in the West, although Westbrook is injured, the Thunder still eliminated the Rockets 4:2, but for the Thunder, the next game is not very good.

The Thunder's opponent in the second round was the Grizzlies, and in the first round, the Grizzlies also eliminated the opponent 4-2, avenging the elimination of the Clippers last season.

The Spurs were the easiest of any team in the West to advance, as Bryant was injured and unable to play, and it took the Spurs only four games to settle the battle, sweeping the Lakers 4-0.

The Spurs' opponent is the Warriors, who have begun to recover this season, as the sixth Warriors in the West, won 4-2 in the first round against the third-place Nuggets. This season, the Warriors' performance has surprised many people, with the Warriors' defense improving enough under the tutelage of Mark Jackson, and the growth of Stephen Curry, Thompson and others has also given the Warriors good firepower on the offensive end.

In the East, the Heat comfortably defeated the Bucks 4-1 to advance to the second round, and the Bulls have played extremely well without Rose this season, and they eliminated the Nets in the first round after seven hard-fought games, and the two teams will meet in the second round.

The other matchup in the second round of the Eastern Conference will be between the Knicks and the Pacers, with the Knicks knocking out the Celtics in the first round. The Celtics also reached the Eastern Conference Finals the previous season, but this season, with Ray Allen leaving the Heat, Rondo was injured again, and his strength was also greatly damaged.

The Pacers have continued to improve in recent seasons, last season they broke into the playoffs for the first time in many years, and last season they broke into the second round, this season, they not only ranked third in the East, but also broke into the second round again, with the Pacers' excellent defense, against the Knicks, who won and who lost.

In addition to the playoffs, the awards of the season are also in the spotlight.

Since the playoffs kicked off at the end of April, the league has been judging major awards, including the best sixth man won by the Knicks' J.R. Smith, and the best head coach and best general manager went to the Nuggets at the same time, with Nuggets coach George Carr and general manager Marseille Ujiri winning respectively.

The Rookie of the Year was won by Damian Lillard of the Trail Blazers without much suspense, the Best Defensive Player went to the Grizzlies' Mark Gasol, and the regular season MVP was awarded to LeBron James again, which also made James the first player to win four MVP trophies in five years after Russell, the Lord of the Rings.

These individual awards were followed by the All-Team category, All-Rookie Team, All-Defensive Team, All-Team All.

The Rookie of the Year team is directly related to Li Tian, and before the end of the regular season, the media had a discussion about whether Li Tian could enter the Rookie of the Year team, with both support and disapproval, but the final voting power still belongs to the head coach of each team.

On May 15, Beijing time, the day before Li Tian was ready to leave China for Sacramento, the NBA was the first to announce the results of the All-Rookie Team.

Voting is decided by the 30 teams' head coaches, each team cannot vote for their own team's players, and each coach can select five players for the All-Rookie First Team and All-Rookie Second Team, with no restrictions on positions.

Rookie of the Year Lillard received all the first votes of all 29 head coaches except his own coach and undoubtedly occupied a spot with 58 points, followed by the top pick Anthony Davis with 26 first votes and three second votes, and was second with 55 points.

Brad Beal, the Wizards' rookie show, ranked third in scoring, with 23 first-place votes and six second-place votes, for a total of 52 points.

No. 4 pick from the Cavaliers, Dion West, received 18 first-place votes and 11 second-place votes, ranking fourth with a total of 47.

These four occupy four spots in the Rookie of the Year team, while the remaining one, according to media predictions, will be between Lee Tian and the Warriors' Harrison Barnes.

With 14 first-place votes and 15 second-place votes, Harrison Barnes scored 43 points in the All-Rookie Team selection, but that didn't make him into the rookie lineup, because there was one person taller than him, and that was Lee Tian.

With 15 first votes and 14 second votes, Li Tian scored 44 points in the selection of the best rookie lineup, and it was this one-point advantage that allowed Li Tian to enter the rookie team.

1 point! Such a selection is full of drama and has also caused a lot of discussion.

Not everyone recognized Li Tian as a rookie, because the gap between the two was too small, so after the announcement, many Warriors fans expressed dissatisfaction with the selection results, and some media also thought that the selection of the head coaches was not objective.

However, all this obviously could not change the result, Li Tian, after joining the NBA as an undrafted player, entered the Rookie of the Year team after only getting less than half a season of playing time!

Such an honor is the best affirmation of Li Tian's performance this season, and at the same time, this honor also officially opens a chapter for Li Tian's legend!

(PS: I found that this kind of content is even more difficult to write, and it takes a lot of time to check the information.) ）