Chapter 210: Full of Honor
Chamberlain didn't know what happened to the Jazz players after they came to Oakland, anyway, when the third game started on April 27, the Jazz players were not very energetic when they entered, which was just the opposite of when they were in the Utah Plateau, and a few rookies even lost their souls, and it is estimated that their days have not been very good.
It's no wonder that in Salt Lake City Warriors players only have to deal with fans in one city, while in Oakland, hapless Jazz players have to deal with fans in two cities, Oakland and San Francisco.
While Mormons in Salt Lake City have always been known for their madness, Oakland and San Francisco have a larger population base, so they have a lot of crazy fans.
Chamberlain was in no mood to ridicule Delon and Boozer because he was notified that NBA commissioner Stern was going to give him the Defensive Player of the Year award before the game, and this was his first major award. The best defensive player is not an All-Star Rookie of the Year or anything like that, and if you can win this award, it will be the object of competition for all teams, and now there are a lot of offensive players in the league, but there are fewer and fewer good defensive players.
This can be seen from the ranking of the best defensive player voting list this time, and Chamberlain is undoubtedly NO. 1, while the second is the Celtics' Kevin Garnett, last season's best defensive player Marcus Camby is third, and the fourth is the Rockets' defensive stunt Sean Battier.
In this ranking, except for Chamberlain, who is a new generation of stars, the other three are veterans who have been in the league for more than ten years, and the youngest Battier is also 30 years old!
Chamberlain is the best defensive player of the season, and that was the consensus of everyone on the day the season ended, knowing that his stats this season are extremely dazzling, both in rebounds and blocks, far ahead of those behind him: 18 per game. 2 points, 17. 5 rebounds, 6. 5 caps, 2. 5 assists and 1. 8 steals, this statistic can be described as more than dazzling.
Looking at the numbers, Garnett averages 18 per game. 8 points, 11. 2 rebounds, 1. 2 caps and 1. Four steals are considered old, and in the game against the Bulls on December 13 last year, he handed out seven blocks, which is also the highest of the season for the Celtics.
But for Chamberlain, his average blocks per game are close to 7!
"It's a monster!" The New York Times, perhaps one of the most authoritative newspapers in the United States, said of Chamberlain, and the Philadelphia Sentinel, another benchmark media in the United States, reported on him: "A super-genius who will rule the league for at least ten years has arrived!" ”
"It's the best time for the fans; It's the worst of times for the players. This is the era of the rise of the new king, this is the era of a hundred schools of thought; This is the time of faith, this is the time of doubt; This is the season of light, this is the season of darkness; This is the spring of hope, this is the winter of disappointment; Warriors fans will get everything, fans of other teams will have nothing; Californians are making their way to heaven; People elsewhere are going straight to hell. ”
The NBA's official magazine, "NBA Dunk", used the above paragraph to praise the Warriors this season, and they deserve this glory.
Born during the 1982-1983 season, the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award was voted on by sports journalists and television commentators in the United States and Canada, with each judge voting for the first, second and third place winners. Players will receive 5 points for each first-place vote, 3 points for second-place votes, 1 point for third-place votes, and the player with the highest final score will receive the award.
For this season's Defensive Player of the Year, there are 124 judges, made up of sports journalists and broadcasters. Chamberlain scored a total of 605 points, including 110 first-place votes, Garnett scored a total of 178, while Camby scored 105 and Battier had less.
Chamberlain won the Defensive Player of the Year honor in a historic way, breaking the age record to receive the honor as the youngest Defensive Player of the Year in history, and as long as he stays healthy, he will become the player with the most of this honor in league history.
In front of him, it was Deacon Beymbe Mutombo and Ben Wallace who won the award four times each, Sydney Moncliffe, Mark Eaton, Dennis Rodman, Hakeem Olajuwon and Alonzo Mourning twice each, but he is only 19 years old and he has what stars value most, youth and time.
To the cheers of the crowd, Chamberlain received the bronze trophy from Stern as the best defensive player, in the image of Bill Russell's classic bent defensive image, who is also regarded as the greatest defensive player in NBA history, which even Wilt Chamberlain could not shake.
Standing in the center of the stadium, when Chamberlain lifted the trophy, the entire Oracle Stadium seemed to explode, and the excited cheers of the fans shook the sky, and Chamberlain's No. 0 jersey flew like a battle flag, appearing in every corner of the stadium.
At this moment, Chamberlain was full of spirit and enthusiasm, he waved his hand to the four directions, feeling as if he had become a king, at this moment his heart surged with infinite pride, unprecedented, he came up with an idea, to rule this league, so that all the fans surrender to him like this!
The Jazz players looked at all this with their arms in their arms, their eyes were full of envy, jealousy and hatred, they not only envied Chamberlain for winning this award, which was what the other party deserved, in the first two games, Chamberlain gave a total of 16 big hats, which completely convinced them.
What they are jealous of is the league's attitude towards him, you must know that in the past, only the MVP would be released in the stadium, and other awards were held at a press conference, but today Stern personally delivered the trophy to the scene, what does this mean? It's very simple, on behalf of the alliance, we want to promote Chamberlain as the spokesperson of the new generation of the alliance.
What intrigued Chamberlain was that he received not only a trophy but also a car, a Barui SUV from NBA partner Kia. The car is not expensive in the United States, but for the best defensive player, the car is custom-made, not only the height and length of the body have changed, but the logo will also be in the shape of the best defensive player trophy, so the value is high.
As the playoffs began, a number of accolades from the 2007-08 season began to be made, with Defensive Player of the Year being the first, followed by Sixth Man of the Year.
This season's best sixth man is the San Antonio Spurs' Ginobili, West still did not compete for Ginobili after all, mainly because he came to the Warriors too late, although the performance in the late part of the game was amazing, but the front and middle sections were too mediocre, and even the front stage can be described as poor.
Candidates for the Sixth Man of the Year must make more substitute appearances than starts, and like the Defensive Player of the Year, there are 124 judges, made up of sports journalists and broadcasters. Each judge will vote for the first, second and third in their minds, with 5 points for the first choice, 3 points for the second choice, and 1 point for the third choice, so that the maximum score is only 620 points. In the end, Ginobili was elected with an absolute advantage of 615 points, Barbossa in second place scored 283 points, and West relied on the second half of the effort to win the third place, but only 44 points of vote.
Ginobili has been really good this season, coming off the bench in 51 of his 74 appearances, averaging a career-high 19 per game. 5 points, 4. 8 rebounds, 4. 5 assists and 1. 47 steals, compared to his career average of 13 per game. 7 points, which is nearly 6 points higher than the average points per game. Ginobili is also the only player to contribute 17 points in less than 32 minutes per game.
Also released were the Most Improved Progress, which went to Turkoglou, and Grant Hill, who went to Grant Hill.
In the Most Improved Award, Turkoglu scored a total of 380 points, and 61 judges ranked him first. Memphis Grizzlies star Rudy Gay scored 167 points and received 23 first-place votes. The Portland Trail Blazers' LaMarcus Aldridge scored 128 points and was favored by nine judges. West was also on the list again, but the unlucky kid got 1 point, and West was dumbfounded when he got this result, so he might as well not be on the list.
Turkoglu averaged just 13 per game last season. 3 points 4. 0 rebounds 3. 2 assists. And this season, the Turk's numbers have skyrocketed in his eighth year in the NBA. He started 82 regular-season games and averaged 19 per game. 5 points, which is nearly 8 points higher than the career average, and another 5. 7 rebounds 5. 0 assists. In addition, 45. He shot a career-high 6 percent from the field and also shot a whopping 40 percent from three-point range and 82. 9% free throw percentage.
The winner of the Sportsmanship Award is Hill, and this hilarious award is named after Joe Dumas to recognize the athlete representative for excellent sportsmanship, fair play and integrity.
You must know that Joe Dumas is one of the iconic figures of the Pistons, he is strong and strong, he is the second person in the bad boy army that year, every time Jordan mentions him, he grits his teeth with hatred, this guy is the best at using small yin tricks, but the ball quotient is very high, reporters and referees can't catch his movements, he is the first person to win this award, it was 1996, Jordan was also playing, and when he learned that Dumas won the award, Jordan, who was drinking water, sprayed all of a squirt......
Many stars still spit away every time they think of the fact that Joe Dumas was named after this award for good sportsmanship.
Chamberlain walked off the court in full glory, after raising the national flag and playing the national anthem, the game was about to begin, Chamberlain's best defensive player was constantly circulated in the hands of several people, Jackson and Barnes were both defensive giants, but they didn't even touch the fart of this award, and now they can only live by it.
Chamberlain waved his hand and said heroically: "I will keep this trophy first, because this is my first best defensive player, it is commemorative, I will give it to Jackson next year, and Barnes the year after that, everyone doesn't have to grab it, everyone has one!" ”
Billups laughed: "Z, if you can do that, then I guess the league will change the trophy image and use your defensive posture to make a new trophy." ”
Chamberlain patted his chest and said, "This is exactly what I am after!" ”
"Bragging!" Boozer and the others came on the field, and they happened to hear Chamberlain's words and expressed their disdain.