One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifteen. The Most Unexpected "Big Prize"

It is a terrible thing to relax, especially in the wild division of the West. They can't relax from the second round.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the team meeting started, which was different from usual. It was mainly for chatting.

"I think the Thunder will advance."

"I hope the Trail Blazers will advance. The Trail Blazers are easier to play, but it is more challenging to play against the Thunder..."

"Jamie Michael, since you think it is more challenging to play against the Thunder, then you go to defend Kanter."

"Oh, Zach, I'm just a development player, that's your job!"

"..."

"..."

Jamie Michael Green's importance in the team is increasing day by day. He will definitely get a contract next season. The Grizzlies have the priority to renew the contract of development players. If they want to keep him, there will be no problem. If they can't stay, he won't worry about the contract. There are many teams that want this 26-year-old forward 3D who is in his prime.

The players were not just talking nonsense. When they talked about Kanter, although they were "shifting the blame", they talked about what aspects of Kanter were difficult to deal with, how to deal with them, and when they defended well and poorly in the regular season.

Westbrook, Lillard, McCollum, Whiteside, Durant... The discussion about these stars was the same. Anyway, they "shifted the blame" first and then gradually got to the point.

However, Sun Ce's discussion enthusiasm was not high today, because today was the voting day for the best rookie and the regular season MVP!

His teammates also knew what he was thinking, so they didn't mention it at this time, so as not to make Sun Ce, who was already in a state of entanglement, even more entangled.

His teammates hoped that Sun Ce could win three consecutive MVPs, and they also worked hard, and they went all out to help Sun Ce create the highest conditions that could be achieved.

Now the regular season is over. With Sun Ce's current position in the league, he no longer needs to rely on his performance in the first round of the playoffs to attract attention and compete for the MVP like in his sophomore year. His teammates have done everything they can. Now we can only hope that the media, experts, commentators, and announcers will vote more for Sun Ce, because Curry will definitely get a lot of votes. Even if Curry was suppressed by Sun Ce this season and became the worst background, Curry's performance cannot be ignored anyway. Both have 72 wins. Except for being suppressed by Sun Ce in direct confrontation, it is hard to say who is better at other times.

However, at noon, there was no movement from the MVP voting, and another news came...

...

"Hahaha,

Congratulations, Third Brother, this is a good sign! You won the MVP every time you won this award before! This is a good sign!"

Randolph laughed and patted Sun Ce on the shoulder. Next to him was Stu Jackson, the vice president of the league, who brought the Most Improved Award trophy.

Sun Ce wanted to hit Randolph, but after weighing it, he realized that he couldn't beat him. He gave up this tempting idea and counterattacked: "You talk as if you haven't won the Most Improved Award."

"..." Randolph was silent for a moment, and then changed his expression: "Actually, this award is pretty good, at least there is a trophy."

Listening to the sweet conversation between Sun Ce and Randolph, the teammates got used to it.

However, Sun Ce won the Most Improved Award for the third time... It's really amazing, and this record is 100% unbreakable, but it's really funny!

4 regular season MVPs, and he can still win the Most Improved Award!

As for Randolph's "Third Brother"... The title of "Third Brother" no longer means "brother" in the Grizzlies, but has become Sun Ce's nickname. When Yao Ming came to watch the regular season curtain call, he jokingly followed others to call him "Third Brother". Sun Ce refused at first, but over time, he just let it go.

This also proves that Sun Ce's status in the basketball world has been improved. He can get the honorific title of "Third Brother" wherever he goes.

However, Sun Ce always thinks of a nation that cheats...

Sun Ce reluctantly took the Most Improved Player Award trophy from the league's vice president. Stu Jackson understood Sun Ce's current dilemma very well... He couldn't help laughing when he saw the voting results of the media, experts, and announcers.

In the voting results, McCollum, who came in second, received 27% of the votes, averaging 20.8 points and 4.4 assists per game, and his average score soared by 14 points.

Antetokounmpo, who came in third, received 25% of the votes, averaging 17+8+5+1.2+1.9 per game this season, a huge improvement.

But neither of them could beat Sun Ce! Sun Ce received 29% of the votes!

The Most Improved Player Award is not based on the record, because most of the winners are not players from strong teams, but on the improvement of personal performance.

Although the Grizzlies' regular season record has declined significantly compared to last season, Sun Ce averaged 40 points per game this season, which is an increase of 8.6 points compared to last season. This is not the same as McCollum's average of 6 points per game to 20 points, but 31.4 points to 40 points, which is completely different! The key is that the hit rate has also increased by one percentage point, which is scary enough.

At least, the improvement of other candidates this year cannot be compared with Sun Ce's improvement.

As soon as Sun Ce got the trophy, a Zu Ge came out from behind. Seeing the official announcement that Sun Ce won the Most Improved Award, Zu Ge rushed from home and just caught up with the award ceremony.

As for the press conference after the award ceremony... Sun Ce refused to hold a press conference!

However, the Grizzlies still held a press conference, not for Sun Ce, but for Coach Hollins!

Coach Hollins defeated Steve Kerr with 67% of the votes and became the first consecutive best coach in NBA history!

This was basically confirmed after the Grizzlies reversed the Warriors and won the regular season championship in the last game of the regular season.

Although he did not plan to hold a press conference, Sun Ce attended the press conference because Coach Hollins won the best coach for the third time in his coaching career and completed the historical achievement of winning the best coach for two consecutive years.

Compared with Coach Hollins's history-making without much suspense, Sun Ce won the Most Improved Award... Not many people expected it, and those who voted were dumbfounded.

Many people saw that Sun Ce had made great progress this year and wanted to vote for him, but they didn't expect that Sun Ce actually got nearly 30% of the votes!

But this proved the value of Sun Ce's award this time, because many people who really wanted to vote for him did not vote for him for various reasons.

Of course, some people also chose to promote Sun Ce in the Most Improved Player Award because they were going to vote for him in the MVP vote. However, they could never have imagined that Sun Ce actually won the Most Improved Player Award...

Although Sun Ce became the target of ridicule by fans for winning the Most Improved Player Award, no one really questioned him, because no matter how you look at it, Sun Ce deserved it!