Chapter 1763 The Biggest Winner of the Season

Kenny Smith said that the Lakers have performed well this season, which is recognized by most people.

Indeed, after Ji Feng successfully accepted the last award of the regular season this season, all the heavyweight best awards in the NBA regular season this season have been released.

The Lakers can be said to be the biggest winners!

In addition to the incredible Ji Feng who won the Defensive Player of the Year for four consecutive years as mentioned before, the Lakers also won many awards.

The first, of course, is the Best Sixth Man award that Artest cherishes.

There is actually not much suspense about this award. No one's performance this season can compete with Artest.

Artest played 80 regular season games this season, including 21 starts. Most of the time, he appeared as the sixth man behind Ji Feng, and his average playing time was only about 27 minutes per game. It is undoubtedly a very low number for Artest, but in such playing time, Artest averaged 14.1 points, 7.7 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. His shooting percentage this season reached 53%, which is the highest in his career. Highest.

He is also the Lakers' fourth scoring point after JKJ.

After all, Artest was once a regular starter no matter which team he played for. In this era of small forwards, players like Artest are definitely the favorites of every team. Only the Lakers would be so extravagant. Let Artest play the sixth man position.

This was considered to be something the Lakers dug their own graves in the first two seasons. After all, Artest has always been a cancer in the locker room. He is known as a powder keg in the locker room. Conflicts not only with opponents but also with teammates are also for Artest. It was commonplace that in the king's year, Artest offended the king all over the place, which shows his power.

Although Artest has softened a lot in the Rockets due to Yao's humility and the presence of Uncle Mu, the crazy conflict with the Lakers in the playoffs still showed his fiery personality. Once it explodes, almost no one can suppress it.

Moreover, Artest's temper is recognized around the world as being difficult to control. As early as 2003, he had two arguments and scuffles with Heat head coach Riley during a game against the Heat. In February of the same year, at an NBA union player gathering , had a fight with Rockets player Posey in front of former US President Clinton.

Yes, before coming to the Lakers, Artest gave people such an impression. To a certain extent, Artest was also the representative of Zhongyong. Although he has been doing well in the league, this still has nothing to do with people's view of him. There is a lot of distance between expectations. In the Pacers, Artest has the potential to become a superstar in the league.

But after coming to the Lakers, everything became different. Artest is still the one who has extremely outstanding strength, speed, stealing ability and first-class defensive skills on the court. He is the leading scorer who freezes the opposing team on the court. Fun guy, but he's become calmer and less explosive and angry on the court, which is amazing to everyone.

"There is magic in the Lakers." So said the fans who don't know the truth.

The actual situation is, of course, that Artest has found a sense of belonging in the Lakers after a long absence. Just as he said at the press conference during the award ceremony: "The Lakers are my home. I don't want to go anywhere. I feel very happy playing here." I’m happy. This is the most harmonious locker room I’ve ever seen. We trust each other and strive for the same goal. There are two incredible guys here, Ji Feng and Kobe. When you stay with them every day, you will naturally influenced by them."

"I want to give this award to the fans and my teammates. This is really a great season, but it is not over yet. Our goals continue!"

After happily saying his acceptance speech, Artest left with the trophy in his arms. Backstage, Ji Feng, Kobe and others watched the whole process. After Artest arrived, a group of people set off in a mighty manner.

Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad party, it's daily training. They were still preparing for the playoffs with the Thunder at that time.

It is worth mentioning that this is not the only award Artest has received this season. As early as April 23, Artest received the Kennedy Citizen Award. This award is designed to recognize those who have served public welfare and community during the season. A player who has made outstanding contributions, Artest also became the second player on the Lakers to win this award.

In other words, Ji Feng and Artest teamed up to bring four awards to the Lakers, accounting for half of this year's awards.

This is the most awards the Lakers have won in a single season in the past few seasons. No wonder some fans said that if there were one or two more, it would not be an exaggeration to call this season the year of the Lakers.

Unfortunately, the league will not let this happen. Although Stern strongly favors the Lakers, a hundred flowers blooming is the normal development trend, not to mention that it is almost impossible for a single team to win all awards.

The most regrettable thing this year is Zen Master. After last season, he once again missed the best coach award. In this award, he ranked second, and was only 8 points lower than the first.

Of course, the consolation is that the coach who won this award still has some connections with Phil Jackson.

In the early morning of May 2, Beijing time, the Chicago Bulls held a press conference at the Beto Center to officially announce that Tom Thibodeau was awarded the NBA Coach of the Year for the 2010-11 season. Thibodeau became the first Bulls coach to win this honor in 15 years since "Zen Master" Phil Jackson in the 1995-96 season.

Since the league established the Coach of the Year award in the 1962-63 season, only four people have won this award in their rookie seasons. In addition to Thibodeau this season, the other three people are Larry of the Pacers in the 1997-98 season. -Bird, Rivers of the Magic in the 1999-00 season, and Carlisle of the Pistons in the 2001-02 season.

At the same time, Thibodeau also became the fourth person in Bulls history to be elected Coach of the Year. The previous three predecessors were Johnny G. Cole in the 1966-67 season and Dick Motta in the 70-71 season. , and Phil Jackson in the 1995-96 season.

Thibodeau was elected with 534 points, and Jackson ranked second, only 8 points lower than Thibodeau. It was a pity that he missed his fourth best coach trophy. This can also be seen that Jackson’s coaching performance this season is still Recognized by people, after all, not everyone can achieve 70 consecutive wins.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with Thibodeau winning this award. This is Thibodeau's first season as head coach. He led the Bulls to the Eastern Conference's best record of 62 wins and 20 losses, which also tied the Bulls since the 1997-98 season. The most wins in the regular season; at the same time, it improved by 21 wins compared to the regular season record of 41 wins and 41 losses last season.

Apart from this award, other awards have nothing to do with the Lakers.

Heat general manager Riley won the best manager, and it is well deserved to form the Big Three. Not all managers have the ability to recruit three superstars in their prime into one team.

Love won the Most Improved Player Award. Love played in 73 games for the Timberwolves this season, averaging 20.2 points per game, grabbing 15.2 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and a field goal percentage Reaching 47%, several data have created new personal career highs.

The Timberwolves are also preparing to rebuild around Love, but it's a pity that Love is really just an enhanced version of David Lee, and his ability to lead the team on his own is really worrying.

And Griffin, an 'elderly' rookie, successfully snatched away John Wall's Rookie of the Year award, and he got what he wanted after a year.