Eight Hundred and Five: Elevated Historical Status and Huge Influence

The latest website: The finals of the 2013-14 season started on June 5 and ended in just eight days.

There is no doubt that the process of this round of the finals is unexpectedly short. Who would have thought that the Miami Heat, with the three giants, could not even win a game in this finals.

Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh, when the three announced they were going to meet on the South Coast, people said that the Heat could win at least 8 championships.

The results of it? The Miami Heat have reached the Finals for 4 consecutive years, but they have only won the championship once, and the finals winning rate is only 25%.

This is indeed not a very dominant result.

Or, because the Heat ran into the more dominant Grizzlies.

How hard will it be for the Grizzlies to win this championship? First, they became the sixth team in NBA history to win consecutive championships.

Don't look at the examples of consecutive championships. The Lakers just did it four years ago. But if you look closely, you will find that the only teams in the NBA that can achieve consecutive championships are the Lakers, Celtics, Pistons, Rockets and Bulls.

Even though the San Antonio Spurs had three championships in five years, they never had a single consecutive championship experience.

And now, the Memphis Grizzlies have officially joined the ranks of consecutive championship teams. This small-city team that didn't even exist a few years ago is now unquestionably the league's greatest team.

In addition to the Memphis Grizzlies, Link has undoubtedly greatly enhanced his historical status and influence by winning this championship.

He won his first championship last year, and people might say he was just a fluke. After all, there are some players or teams in NBA history who have won a championship and then fell immediately.

But this year, Link's championship is not so simple. After winning the FMVP and the O'Brien Cup, Link won the four honors of MVP, best defensive player, FMVP and championship at the same time this year!

The first is the MVP and Finals MVP. To get the MVP shows that a player completely dominates the league during the regular season. And getting the FMVP means that the player played his best in the finals. Of course, you have to make it to the finals first.

So, if there is a player who can get both honors in one season, there is only one problem - this player is definitely a superstar of superstars, and a big name of big names.

From the regular season to the Finals, this player completely dominated the entire season.

Wade is great, right? But he hasn't had a regular season MVP so far in his career. Iverson does have a regular season MVP, but he only won one game in the Finals. What about Kobe? He has both MVP and Finals MVP honors, but not in the same season.

With so many superstars in NBA history, there are only 8 people who can win both MVP and Finals MVP in a single season.

Larry Bird, "Magic" Johnson, Willis Reed, "Big Dream" Olajuwon, O'Neal, Duncan, James and Michael. Which list has me. Jordan, the only one before that 8 players who can win MVP and Finals MVP in the same season.

And those 8 players, each with a very prominent name, are undoubtedly the top 20 in history. Link is now the ninth, and his historical status is naturally greatly improved.

What if the requirements were raised? If you add the best defensive player and the championship on the basis of winning the MVP and FMVP in the same season, there will be only two of the nine people left in an instant!

Duncan has won both MVP and Finals MVP, but he has yet to win a Defensive Player of the Year award in his career. Like Duncan, James doesn't have the best defensive player.

Michael Jordan also said that he is finally not on the list this time.

Jordan won the Defensive Player of the Year award once, and he also won the MVP that year. But it is very regrettable that the Bulls led by Jordan did not reach the finals that year, and they also missed the FMVP. Therefore, as strong as Jordan did not achieve MVP plus FMVP plus Defensive Player of the Year plus championship in the same season.

Before Link, only Olajuwon had done such a heaven-defying thing. This is also the reason why Olajuwon's historical status is so high. If you look closely, you will find that Olajuwon's personal honor is actually not as good as many stars. But most of the stars who have more honors than him are not as good as him in history.

It is precisely because Olajuwon is a player who has truly achieved a single-season personal honor Grand Slam, so he is so powerful in people's hearts.

And now, Olajuwon is finally not alone. Of course, he also withdrew from the ranks of "the only one in history".

Link became the second player in history, and the first since the 21st century, to simultaneously win four major honors in a single season.

Even if Link suddenly announced his retirement today, this season alone, his short four-year career is enough to leave a strong legacy in NBA history!

Therefore, Link and the Grizzlies won the championship this year, not just as simple as winning the championship.

Many people found out after the game that they were witnessing not only the birth of a new champion, but the beginning of another legend!

Indeed, Link is an older rookie. He was 22 when he entered the league. In a few days, Link will turn 26.

26 years old, not too old for a professional player, but certainly not young. But even so, people still believe that this will be the beginning of a new legend.

Link is still 4 years away from being 30 years old. In the 4 years, he still has countless possibilities to create miracles.

What's more, even if Link is over 30 years old, people believe that his dominance will never suddenly decline. James is also 30 years old, but he is still one of the best players in the league.

The next day, ESPN's headline pointed out the particularity of the Grizzlies' win this time, "Champions, not just championships."

The article said that although the Grizzlies' two consecutive championships have been very great, this may just be the beginning of a greater era. For now, the Grizzlies are still on the rise. They are also the closest team to a three-peat after the Lakers at the beginning of the millennium.

The Grizzlies' win this time has a lot of meaning.

After the finals, Bill Simmons must be the most uncomfortable. As a professional "Lin Hei", Simmons really wanted to write an article to suppress Link's spirit. But even his club ESPN chose to praise Link, and Simmons could only choose to remain silent.

The discomfort of Simmons represents the state of most fans in the United States at this time.

A truly great superstar will always be full of controversy. If no one hates him, it just means the star isn't strong enough.

But whether you like it or hate it, these are the attention and influence of that star. After all, it is not easy to make so many people hate him by his strength.

The day after the Grizzlies won the championship, almost everything on social media was about Link. The top three hot topics are all Link!

This is the best proof of Link's great influence now.

And aside from the championship and basketball itself, people were shocked by the sudden publicity of Link and Rachel's romance. Even many people who don't usually pay much attention to basketball or sports are eating melons one after another.

It's just that most of people's comments on social media are full of "sour taste".

"I'm against this marriage, how could it be like this!?"

"I'm very curious, how did Link and Rachel get together. I didn't see it before, and there was no clue! Link has never had any scandals outside the court, and it turned out to be a big deal."

"Promise me, Rachel, that your mouth will only be used for food, okay?"

"You are such a strange person. Could it be that adults can't speak with their mouths? Uh...why do you all say I'm an honest person?"

On the Internet, people's discussion of Link and Rachel is very hot. Even many legendary players are very interested in Link.

O'Neal said in an interview, "Link may be the most influential championship in recent years, let alone, I'm going to social media to see more of Link and Rachel's love history breaking news!"

When the Bobcats owner Michael Jordan faced the cameras of the reporters, he calmed down a lot. "I knew for a long time that he would have such an influence, but well, it is still a little worse than me."

The world is talking about Link and the Grizzlies, and whether it's his love history or his championship history, Link is the protagonist.

However, at this time, the protagonist, who was being watched by the whole world, was sitting on the plane returning to Memphis, holding the championship and smirking.

After a whole year of exhaustion, Link, who had binge-watched all night last night, had fallen asleep with the O'Brien cup in his arms.

In the dream, he dreamed of the scene when he won the championship trophy for the third time...

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