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Liam sympathized greatly with the tragic experience of the Mavericks. He was the only one in the world who knew how hard it was for Nowitzki, but then he thought about it. Chandler had already joined the Warriors and could no longer return to the Mavericks. In this way...He hoped that Nelson Jr. could use his skills to find an excellent starting center for the Mavericks. Otherwise, the NBA would develop in an unpredictable direction, including Liam.
In addition to James winning the regular-season MVP, the results for the best rookie teams and best rookies were also announced.
A total of 123 reporters and television commentators participated in the Rookie of the Year voting. On April 30, Curry, who had just returned to Oakland, received the Rookie of the Year trophy at the Oracle Center. He averaged 25.7 points, 7.6 assists, 4.3 rebounds, and 1.9 steals, receiving all the first-place votes and winning the award without suspense, becoming the most dazzling rookie in 2009.
The second-place finisher in the voting was Evans. He played 72 games for the Kings this season, averaging 20.1 points, 5.8 assists, and 5.3 rebounds per game, becoming the fourth player after "Big O" Oscar Robertson, Jordan, and James to achieve 20+5+5 in his rookie season. If this had been in previous years, he would have had a high chance of winning the Rookie of the Year award. No matter how bad things were, Evans would still have been a strong contender for the award.
But who made Curry known? The statistics, record, and efficiency of Evans were crushed by Curry, not to mention that Curry also broke many records. This caused Evans not to be as considered as Liam was in his previous life. All the attention of the people was focused on Curry.
But this might not be good for Evans. Playing in an environment with less public scrutiny would allow him to withstand less pressure and could help him become a better player rather than gradually fading away.
Just two days after Curry was named the best rookie, the best rookie team was also announced. Curry, Evans, Brandon Jennings, Gibson, and Butler were selected for the first team. They were named to the second team.
Butler averaged 12.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 2.1 steals per game during the regular season. He performed well both offensively and defensively. In the second half of the season, he also developed the ability to attack with the ball. It was natural that he was selected for the first team.
The Thunder has too many young players and is not as well-structured as the Warriors. The ball rights are concentrated in the hands of Durant, Westbrook, and Jeff Green. Although Harden is the third option and Presti is optimistic about the future, he doesn't have much ball control and could only serve as the sixth man. He averaged just 9.9 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game. His shooting efficiency was alarmingly low, at only 40.3%, and he was only selected for the second team.
It is foreseeable that as long as the "three young players" of the Thunder, Durant, Westbrook, and Jeff Green, remain unchanged, it will be difficult for Harden to advance. According to information from anonymous sources within the Thunder, the team management is very unhappy about not making the playoffs this season and wants to make some changes. Jeff Green could be traded.
After Liam learned of the news, he was a bit surprised. In his previous life, the Thunder was supposed to trade Jeff Green to the Celtics after the next season, but now those rumors were spreading.
It was the Warriors who delivered the fatal blow to the Thunder and blocked them from the playoffs. The butterfly effect caused by Liam is having a more widespread impact.
After the announcement of the Best Rookie Team, only a few regular-season awards in the league remained unannounced, and people didn't have to wait long for these awards to be revealed one by one during the playoffs.
On May 6, at noon, the NBA announced the best lineup for the 2009-2010 regular season. This is an important honor, second only to the MVP. Although the playoffs are still in full swing, it still attracted a lot of attention and excitement.
There is no doubt that there are three places in the best team. The performance of these three superstars, James, Kobe, and Howard, was obvious to everyone before the halfway point of the regular season, so it was certain that they would be selected for the best team.
In addition to these three, the other two spots in the best team went to Nowitzki from the Mavericks and Dwayne Wade from the Heat.
These two candidates depend on the perspective of the viewer, and the wise have their own opinions.
In Liam's previous life, the other spot in the best offensive team should have gone to Durant, but under the attack of the Warriors, the Thunder didn't make the playoffs. Although Durant was the leading scorer, the NBA currently doesn't value him as much. The Mavericks' record this season was much better than the Thunder's, and in the end, Nowitzki narrowly won the spot.
Wade was able to beat Nash because Nash's stats weren't that impressive, and the Heat's fifth-place finish in the Eastern Conference didn't seem so bad. Although the Mavericks won 8 more games than the Heat, combining the stats and records, Wade was selected for the first All-NBA team for the second consecutive year, which is a benefit from the Eastern Conference.
The five people selected for the best second team are Nash, Stoudemire, Anthony, Durant, and Curry.
This is the first time Durant and Curry have been selected for the All-NBA team. The difference is that this is Durant's third year and Curry's rookie season!
Not only that, many people complain that Curry's stats of 26.6 points, 6.5 assists, and 4.8 rebounds are roughly the same as Wade's. However, Curry's efficiency is even higher than Wade's. His true shooting percentage has reached 60.4%. The efficiency is terrifying, much higher than Wade's 56.7%, which is the difference between an efficient, high-performance scorer and a medium-high performance scorer. Moreover, the Warriors have won 4 more games than the Heat!
Besides the Warriors fans, many bystanders believe that Curry should be in the first-team spot, but Wade is much more popular than Curry. This opinion has been countered online. Wade's fans definitely praise Wade as the champion and MVP, believing that Curry is just a "villain success." "The three-pointers are simple points, Wade's drives are the real scoring, Curry's scoring should be discounted," "When Wade won the championship, where was Curry? Youngsters, don't be too arrogant!"...
The Warriors fans countered to refute these comments:
"Do you know what it means to replace the old generation with the new? How dare you complain after being eliminated 0:4 in the first round?"
"Haha, Curry played really well in his rookie season. In three years, if Curry can't surpass Wade, it's over!"
"Let Wade come to the West and try. There are so many tanking teams in the East that allow the Heat to improve their record. If the Warriors were in the East, they would have been among the top three!"
"..."
These arguments were naturally seen by Liam, who pays close attention to social media. He watches the conflicts, confrontations, and fights between the two fan groups with a completely different mindset than in his previous life, where he only watched the show.
The fandom is indeed the essence of any fan group, and those who truly understand the game will always be a minority...
Liam looked at the large-scale fight scene, almost identical to his previous life, and felt a little emotional in his heart. If he weren't the head coach now and were still a fan, he would have participated as well, wouldn't he?
There was much less debate about who should be on the best third team. The number of fans for Roy, Gasol, Duncan, Deron Williams, and a certain dead Australian was noticeably smaller than the stars on the first and second teams, though there were complaints about them. The fans couldn't make much noise online.
The best defensive team was announced simultaneously with the best team. Compared to the best team, this could only be considered a small honor, but it still attracted a lot of attention.
Led by Howard, who had previously won the Defensive Player of the Year award on April 21, James, Kobe Bryant, Gerald Wallace, and Rondo were selected for the Defensive Team, while Tyson Chandler, Duncan, Wade, and Seifero were selected for the second team.
The best defensive team is selected by coaches, but players cannot vote for members of their own team; otherwise, Liam would definitely have included Chandler, Varejao, and Butler.
Everyone has defensive capabilities, but except for Chandler, who has a reputation as a defensive warrior and performed exceptionally well after being traded to the Warriors, his performance with the Bobcats was completely different and had a disadvantage in appearances. Under such circumstances, he was selected for the second defensive team, while the other two were left off the list because they were not famous enough.
Liam wasn't worried about Butler. He would definitely earn many honors in the future, but he regretted that Varejao was the best second defensive team player this season, and it was the only honor the Brazilian had earned in his career, but it was lost unknowingly in his own hands.
This is something unavoidable. If Varejao had stayed with the Cavaliers, his defense would certainly have been recognized by the outside world, but the Warriors receive much less attention than the Cavaliers. And Chandler also has a reputation. With little focus on the defensive side, Varejao could only regret losing the opportunity.
In addition, the Sixth Man of the Year award this season went to Jamal Crawford, whose magnificent behind-the-back dribble has always been praised, and the Most Improved Player award went to Aaron Brooks from the Rockets.
Liam also won something. He "took" the Best Coach award that originally belonged to Brooks. Although the Warriors finished sixth in the Western Conference, compared to the Warriors' record of 29 wins and 53 losses last season, they had significantly improved by 21 games!
And before the season started, no one was optimistic about the Warriors' performance, but as the head coach, Liam exceeded everyone's expectations, which was a very important factor in winning the Best Coach award.
Thus, Liam won the Best Coach award in his rookie season as an NBA coach, which was completely different from the treatment he received when he led Butler University to the NCAA championship.
Compared to the traditional and conservative NCAA, although the NBA also has many traditions, the league has never been stingy when rewarding the strong. Many people can't stand Liam's skin color and age, but his achievements are there, which is undeniable. No one could prevent him from winning this award.
The Best Executive award went to Cavaliers' GM Danny Ferry. The outside world praised his operation of using draft picks and expired contracts to acquire Monta Ellis and Stephen Jackson, thinking that this is what gives the Cavaliers strong competitiveness.
Although the Warriors' drafting, signings, and transactions were also very impressive, and there wasn't a single failed operation, everyone knew that it wasn't Larry Riley's merit but decisions made by Liam. Thus, Danny Ferry narrowly won the competition against Larry Riley.
At this point, all the regular-season awards had been handed out, and fans could finally focus all their attention on the playoffs.
This year's playoffs were obviously going to be memorable. No one expected the playoffs to develop in this direction.
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After the first round, the remaining eight teams were all strong teams, but the attention they received was different. For example, after the Magic defeated the Hawks by 43 points, not many people paid attention to this mismatch.
Similarly, the Lakers and Jazz were the same. In the first two games, the Lakers defeated the Jazz 2-0. Although the difference wasn't huge, the Lakers suppressed the Jazz in every game and won easily. Anyone with a sharp eye could see that the Jazz's journey to the playoffs was over.
The Suns and Spurs piqued a lot of people's interest, but the Suns' playing style completely defeated the Spurs. Facing the Spurs' weak defense, Nash played like no one else on the court. He scored 33 points and 27 points, respectively, and led the Suns to a 2-0 advantage. Fans who wanted to see if the Spurs could continue their journey were suddenly disinterested.
Only one matchup remained, and it was the most eye-catching one: the Cavaliers vs. the Celtics, the little emperor against the Big Three.
The Celtics had eliminated the Cavaliers from the playoffs twice in the past three years, which was blamed on James. This year marked the third matchup between the two teams. Generally, it was believed that the Cavaliers, who were unstoppable in the regular season, would exact their revenge in the playoffs, and James would avenge the past humiliation and defeat their old rival.
Things seemed to go as expected in G1, where the Cavaliers defeated Kyle Renner 101-93. James scored 35 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. The next day, everything seemed to go better...
But the Celtics conquered the Quicken Loans Center in G2, defeating the Cavaliers by 18 points, 104-86, tying the series at 1-1!
James' performance remained steady, scoring 24 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists. However, Monta Ellis, who scored 21 points in the first game, was completely off under Rondo's meticulous "care" and only scored 8 points on 3 of 13 shooting. Stephen Jackson scored just 11 points, and James couldn't carry the team alone, losing to the Big Three of the Green Army, who combined for 62 points.
Cavaliers fans remained optimistic, thinking this was just an accident and that Monta Ellis and Stephen Jackson would return to form in the next game, but they soon felt the taste of despair.
In G3 and G4, Monta Ellis scored 10 and 14 points on 4 of 16 and 4 of 15 shooting, respectively. He was completely different from the scorer who averaged more than 20 points per game in the regular season. The Celtics had carefully woven a defensive net!
Under Monta Ellis' covert performance, the Cavaliers naturally suffered two consecutive defeats, with a score of 1-3, falling into a desperate situation.
In G5, the Cavaliers fought back. James hit 14 of 22 shots, scoring 38 points, 8 assists, and 7 rebounds. His divine performance helped the team secure a victory. Monta Ellis also slightly recovered, scoring 19 points to provide some relief, and chants of comeback began to spread.
But the veteran Celtics didn't give the Cavaliers a chance in G6 at the North Shore Garden Arena. The Green Army took advantage of the situation and defeated the Cavaliers 94-85 at home. They eliminated their opponents with a huge score of 4-2 and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals!
The Cavaliers, who had high hopes for the championship, unexpectedly fell in the second round of the Eastern Conference, causing an earthquake. All eyes were on James.
Would he renew his contract with the Cavaliers despite repeated playoff defeats?
This will determine the future pattern of the league and is a question on the minds of countless people. Everyone is waiting for James' answer.
At that moment, Liam tweeted:
"Who still remembers what I said before the first game between the Warriors and Cavaliers? There will be rewards for the correct answers~."
End of this chapter
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