Eight Hundred and Nineteen. Averaging 3 Doubles per Game, Sweeping the Next Round
When Sun Ce had two consecutive triple-doubles after the start of the playoffs, the Grizzlies began to go along with the flow to build momentum for Sun Ce and the team.
The meaning is obvious: Our small city team finally produced an MVP, but you all didn't want it. We traded the second overall pick for him, and now we are embarrassed to renew the contract because we can't pay him a high salary. It's up to you.
Ever since Sun Ce got his 30+30+10 triple-double, there has been no suspense about the MVP. From the start of the first round of the playoffs to before the MVP voting, his good performance affected some voters' current senses. More What's better is that players who are already MVP candidates can rely on their wonderful performance in the playoffs to remind voters of his outstanding performance in the regular season.
Sun Ce's biggest feature of the regular season - explosion, was fully demonstrated after the playoffs started.
Although most people think that Sun Ce is a system player, except when he breaks out, he needs to rely on the system to maintain good performance.
But even those who think Sun Ce is a system player also feel that Sun Ce's performance should win the MVP. Sun Ce and his team's performance is impeccable. Overall, Sun Ce is the one who played the best in the regular season this year.
The best performance is the best performance, and the MVP is to choose the one who performed best that season. Otherwise, the MVP can be awarded directly to the player who is recognized as the strongest.
Before 1980, the regular season MVP was voted by players. As a result, Russell won the MVP but not for the first time, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's team did not enter the playoffs and won the MVP. Later, the league changed the rules and separated the MVP and I voted for the media for a while to avoid those relatively rare embarrassments.
According to the latest news, NBA officials have begun to convene 125 voters, including authoritative media, influential radio commentators, well-known commentators, experts, etc., who will gather in New York on April 25 to vote on the 26th. Gambling companies have stopped Regarding regular season MVP betting.
At that time, the trend of the first round of the playoffs was almost determined. If there was a big disparity in strength, the winner would be decided. If there was a small disparity in strength, it would probably take six or even seven games.
However, one thing that is very interesting about voting for various NBA awards is that there are some who abstain from voting. Every year, each award gathers 125 voters related to the NBA through various channels, but there are so many votes every year, so there will be a certain award in different years. Winning all the first-place votes but having different winning votes.
Chris Wallace's statement was important at this time, and some of the front offices of the teams that Grizzlies owner Robert Pera had brought together followed suit.
Warriors owner Lacob said on Twitter: "We often have special talents, and we need special treatment for special talents.
When they are special enough and different enough, giving more money is a good way to deal with it. "
If Chris Wallace said this, the fans would definitely applaud. Just like when he publicly stated that he wanted to give Sun Ce a big contract but was limited by the rules and hoped that the league would change the rules, as soon as the news came out, everyone would praise the Grizzlies. Team.
But Lacob said this...
Most of them ridicule and ridicule.
The owners of the Jazz and Bucks have also begun to make their stance clear... They are basically small city teams. Of course, there are also small city teams that they don't want to support, such as the Thunder.
And teams like the Rockets, Clippers, the soon-to-move Nets, Celtics, and the Thunder ignored Robert Pera's request from the beginning. When nearly half of the league's teams When the front office began to clearly express its support for Chris Wallace, when media outlets familiar with these teams wanted to ask them by phone or request interviews, they could not be contacted.
They hope to suppress this matter and not express their opposition clearly to avoid being disliked by players in the league and players who are about to enter the NBA, but they are unwilling to support it from the bottom of their hearts.
But...their opinions are becoming less and less useful.
On April 24, Dallas Mavericks owner Cuban liked and forwarded Lacob's statement on Twitter. Lakers owner Jim Buss said in an interview: "I am willing to give bigger rewards to the best players. Contracts, especially rookie contract players who have performed so well for so little money for several years, but the rules don’t allow it.”
The owner of the Bulls also publicly supported: "At a certain moment, teams with unique players should not simply pay them based on their age."
Several big-city teams began to publicly support labor negotiations by including conditions for rule changes in this area, putting more pressure on those teams.
Due to public opinion, by noon, some team owners who had previously not wanted to support this matter but could not oppose it began to relent.
Celtics general manager Danny Ainge said in an interview after receiving the boss's instructions: "We need to make some changes, but only if such players are special enough, just like the lords, otherwise the rules are the rules. This is The key to the healthy operation of the NBA is that only players like Lords can receive such special treatment, otherwise this rule will be meaningless and we will be as chaotic as we were more than ten years ago. "
Sun Ce saw Ainge's speech after doing waist and abdominal strength training in the gym in the afternoon. He felt that Ainge's words were basically the bottom line of those big city teams who were unwilling to support. They had to support under pressure from public opinion, but the bottom line of support was very high. He mentioned "must be as special as the lord" twice in a row. Maybe even if the terms are changed, the triggering conditions will be very harsh, such as the rare situation like his season...
For future second-round picks, it may be difficult to trigger the terms, but... that is other people's business. As long as Sun Ce can trigger the terms, it is enough.
In a few years, the salary will increase so much that there will be room for renewal if you play well. Sun Ce estimated that only he can use the change of this clause.
After reading the news for a while, he felt that getting a big contract should not be a big problem, so Sun Ce no longer paid attention to this aspect. He could only wait for such things.
After dinner in the evening, Sun Ce received a text message from a familiar producer from .T. Seeing "ready", Sun Ce set off and went to the temporary studio built by .T TV in Denver...
New York, NBA headquarters.
David Stern has been very upset recently. He is about to retire in two or three years, and he has to deal with the troublesome labor-management negotiations.
It was not so bad in the early years. The terms formulated in the 1980s were income guarantees without a fixed proportion of total salary. The owners of each team only needed to give contracts under the salary cap terms. At that time, except for the teams in big cities, all the teams were losing money. The owners were investing with passion and doing it for love.
But it was different in the early 1990s. The league's income soared. In 1989, the total income exceeded 500 million US dollars for the first time, and in 1994, it exceeded 1 billion US dollars for the first time, which led to a surge in the salary cap. During this period, very huge contracts were generated, but fortunately, the owners could still accept it. But in 1998, the owners really couldn't accept it. 70 to 80 percent of the income was salary expenditure. They wanted to set a limit. At first, the owners wanted 64 points, but the players didn't agree, which led to a lockout.
The final result of the discussion was that the players received a 57% share of all basketball-related income from the NBA. In the players' contracts, 10% of their annual income was placed in a trust fund under the American Sports Association. If the league's income for the season was lower than the expected salary cap set by the previous season's income, the remaining salary would be paid out after a proportional deduction. If it was higher than expected, after paying out 10% of the salary in trust, 57% of the extra income would be paid out to all players playing in the regular season of the season according to the rules.
Until the agreement expired again in 2006, there was no problem. In 2005, the contract was renewed for 5 years in advance, and the income was still rising rapidly at that time.
But in 2009, it was time for early renewal negotiations again. This time, the boss refused to do it. Most of the bosses who suffered from the financial crisis in 2008 suffered property losses and wanted to reduce the player share ratio to 45%. The players naturally disagreed, which meant that all players needed to directly reduce their salaries by about 20%, and the salary cap would also become a hard salary cap, which meant that the renewal of the cap could not be completed.
Since August 2009, the negotiations have been held more than 20 times, and each time they ended unhappily. The representatives of the players' union headed by Fisher and the representatives of the owners headed by Jordan were unwilling to compromise.
The most recent negotiation, on April 18, fell through again.
Everyone knows that a hard salary cap is impossible, as it will trigger the US antitrust law. The NFL implements a hard salary cap, but the NFL does not have as many salary restrictions as the NBA. Instead, there can be signing bonuses, performance incentive bonuses, veteran incentive bonuses, etc. If the owner and the player are willing, they can sign a 10-year contract.
But the NBA has restrictions at every stage from rookies to veterans. Rookies cannot get high salaries, those who are too old cannot get high salaries, those who do not have bird rights cannot get the highest annual salary increase, contract years...
If a hard salary cap is implemented, most of the previous NBA clauses must be abolished and new appropriate clauses must be drafted. Otherwise, just wait for the antitrust agency, the Antitrust Division, to investigate. Those guys will hand over fines to the Federal Trade Commission for whatever they find, and the IRS will enforce it.
Therefore, the bosses are using the hard salary cap as a weapon to get the players to accept a reduction in the share ratio.
The players certainly understand this, but they just won't give in.
David Stern really wants to retire right now.
Just when David Stern was getting annoyed, his secretary brought him a new newspaper.
After reading it, David Stern was indeed much happier, and the bosses also had different opinions.
Modify the rookie renewal regulations...
"Are they about to have an internal conflict over this?" David Stern pouted.
But this is good news. Not so many bosses care about NBA income. Except for the Lakers, almost no bosses live on NBA income alone.
It's just that money is something that you lose if you lose it. Some, like Jordan, saved their salary for 30 years to buy a house... No, they bought a team, and they care about paying a few million less in salary every year; most bosses are different. The impact of the financial crisis has slowly passed, and the mentality of wanting to stop losses in 2009 has gradually disappeared. Now they just don't want to admit defeat.
David Stern likes Mavericks' Mark Cuban, Lakers' Michael Buss, Grizzlies' Robert Pera, Bulls' Jerry Horatio... these bosses too much.
Although Cuban always goes against him, he feels good when he fines him.
Bath, big spender.
Jerry Horace, in order to renew Jordan's contract in the mid-1990s, proposed to give Jordan a starting salary of 30 million per year in addition to the salary cap.
Robert Pera, a new generation of big money spenders.
The most annoying thing is that the owners of the Rockets, Bobcats, Spurs, and Celtics are very picky.
The current situation is that the bosses are all businessmen and are unwilling to admit defeat, so they seem to be monolithic in terms of negotiations.
But now there is an episode that makes them "infighting".
"It's just not enough..."
David Stern put aside news about changes to the terms of rookie contract extensions.
Looking out the window at the night, David Stern knew that another shutdown was inevitable.
For players, every percentage point of the share is money, but for most owners, it is a matter of face.
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The fierce playoff battle is in full swing, and two more game days have passed.
After the game on the 24th, all series have been played twice.
The Grizzlies currently lead the Nuggets 2-0, the Lakers lead the Thunder 2-0, the 76ers lead the Magic 2-0, the Celtics lead the Knicks 2-0, and the Bulls lead 2-0. Pacers.
After the Mavericks were almost upset in the first game, they showed off their strength the next day. Yao Ming scored 19 points in the second quarter, and Nowitzki scored 22 points in the third quarter. The two scored 60 points in the first three quarters, helping the Mavericks to 91 in the third quarter. 66 led by 25 points, and finally completed the 112-90 massacre, and the score was 2-0.
Unsurprisingly, the Heat got crazy revenge in the second game after 0-1, crushing the Hawks 93-69 and tying the score at 1-1.
On the Suns side, the glory moment of the veterans could not continue. They had a great game in the last game. It seems that the highlight moment is over in this game. They were beaten by the Spurs by 32 points 91 to 123.
When Sun Ce watched the news, he could only sigh. This was expected. The Spurs looked like they were going to challenge the Suns and take revenge. The Suns veterans were excited and upset in the last game. Take home field advantage.
After the anger, they met the even more angry Spurs, and it was normal to lose. It all depends on whether the veterans have a chance to create another miracle.
As for the Grizzlies, they have been here for the past two days after arriving in Denver, preparing for the game in an orderly manner. They rested on the 23rd, watched videos and games, trained on the 24th, and Sun Ce even went to record a show in the evening.
In the past two days, voting for Most Improved Award, Best Sixth Man, Best Coach and other awards have been completed, followed by voting for MVP, Best Rookie, and Best Defensive Player.
On April 25th, the regular season MVP voting day is also the day of the third game between the Grizzlies and Nuggets.
Without much effort, the Grizzlies easily defeated the Nuggets 93-79 on the road.
In this game, Sun Ce performed normally. He made 6 of 13 shots and scored 15 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks. He steadily helped the team win the victory. The opponent defended him very strictly, fearing that he would cause something else. Sun Ce There were not many points and assists, but there were a few more rebounds and blocks than in the previous game.
The TV stations broadcasting this game were speechless. If you don't broadcast it live, people will go crazy. Live it. There is really no suspense in this series. The Nuggets have given up. They simply don't want Sun Ce to cause trouble.
After the first three games of the series, the Grizzlies won the match point with a big score of 3-0, and promotion is just around the corner.
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Another two days passed, and on April 28, Sun Ce returned to Memphis with his teammates.
The Grizzlies failed to take the series back to Memphis because last night, the Grizzlies' first-round playoff run ended in Denver.
108 to 82, the Nuggets had almost no resistance. After falling behind 0 to 3, the Nuggets were completely defeated. The Grizzlies easily swept the Nuggets 4-0.
After four games, the average point difference of 28.75 points per game set a new record for the largest series average point difference in the new century when the Lakers slaughtered the Spurs with an average point difference of 22.2 in the 2000-01 Western Conference Finals.
Originally, the Nuggets would not have lost like this. The main reason was in the second game. Sun Ce made some nonsense, coach Hollins had a whim, coupled with Stoudemire's 100% bonus, and the opponent "unwilling to give up." ", completely shattering the other party's confidence.
In the next two games, the Grizzlies played generally average. If the Nuggets can really resist, the Grizzlies may not be able to sweep them.
After the first round, Sun Ce scored a total of 93 points, 46 rebounds, and 51 assists in 4 games.
Averaged 23.2 points, 11.5 rebounds, 12.75 assists, 3 blocks and 1.5 steals per game. After scoring, I scored 15 points in one game and 20 points in the other. These two games are considered normal. The 27 points and 31 points in the first two games raised the average to more than 20 points per game. The rebounds have always been It is a normal performance. In terms of assists, it is purely based on 30 assists in a single game in the second game, and a total of 21 assists in the other three games...it seems to be an average performance in the regular season.
However, the media and fans didn't care why. At the end of the series, Sun Ce averaged a triple-double... just bragging!
Sun Ce was also happy to be blown away, but now there is a problem. The Grizzlies don't know how long they will have to wait for the next round of opponents.
A certain player No. 24 from the Lakers who did not want to be named seemed to have a brain problem and got into trouble with the media!
Some media said that Kobe's shots in the second game were not well considered, and criticized him for being selfish. In the game between the Lakers and the Thunder on the 23rd, the Lakers won, but they were behind in the first three quarters and only turned the game around in the fourth quarter. Kobe performed poorly that day, shooting 8 of 24 shots, while Gasol and Bynum grabbed offensive rebounds and shot in the final quarter, relying on the inside advantage to win the victory, so Kobe shot too many shots every time he attacked.
So, in the two games on the 25th and 27th, Kobe shot 9 times in one game and 11 times in another, and the Lakers lost both games.
Now the Lakers and the Thunder are tied 2-2...
That is, the Grizzlies' next opponent will not appear until at least May 2nd.
This is good and bad for the Grizzlies. They all think that the Lakers will advance without any problem, and they can prepare for the series with the Lakers in advance. Moreover, they don't have to consider the problem of the game for the time being, and they can have more sufficient experience to study the current game status of the Lakers and formulate targeted tactics based on this.
However, there is a problem. If the Thunder upsets the Lakers, the Grizzlies will be in trouble.
But compared to the Thunder, the Grizzlies think the Lakers will win.
So, after arriving at the Memphis airport at 11 a.m., the coaching staff announced that the team would have three days off. During this period, the stadium will be open to all players all day, providing free delicious nutritious meals, unlimited refills of functional drinks, and 12-hour personal service from masseurs and trainers...
Just finished the first round, rest for two days, watch the decisive battle between the Lakers and the Thunder on the 30th, and wait until the decisive battle between the Lakers and the Thunder on April 30th to decide the winner, and then start training.