The Way of the Center

Since Adam Silver became the president of the nba, he has been committed to making the nba brand more in line with the market.

For example, last season, Xiao Hua changed the regular season awards announced one by one during the playoffs of each season to a special awards ceremony after the championship is decided.

Compared with the previous awards in the media reception room of each team's home court, the awards ceremony undoubtedly makes the league of NBA more commercialized, and it also allows the league to continue to attract the attention of fans during the summer offseason.

This year, because the strength of each team has been strengthened to a certain extent, the playoffs were quite miserable. Even the Trail Blazers have gone through a difficult journey to win the championship.

Against this background, Adam Silver postponed the award ceremony. The purpose is to hope that after the dissatisfaction and unwillingness in the hearts of the players have passed, they can gather together in a friendly manner to participate in the ceremony.

Had the awards ceremony been held just after the season ended, it might have been difficult for people to see James applauding for Angie.

Today, An Jie and his family rushed back to the United States from Brazil to attend the ceremony. If it's nothing to do with him, An Jie really doesn't want to come back from Brazil. But NBA officials made it very clear on the phone. "I'm afraid you'll be nominated for more than one award."

If the winners themselves were not present, then An Jie would be too disrespectful to the NBA. So this guy, who was not used to award ceremonies, had to end his trip to Brazil ahead of schedule, wearing a suit, and appeared in the Basketball City Park at Port 36 in Manhattan, New York.

Except for An Jie, this place is naturally full of stars. Needless to say, many NBA stars, many stars from the entertainment industry also came here today to join in.

Before the awards ceremony began, the famous American rapper Jay-z made a warm-up performance for the ceremony. His songs, without a doubt, completely ignited the scene. Before the ceremony even started, the atmosphere was successfully mobilized by the godfather of hip-hop.

After the performance, amidst the applause of everyone in the audience, nba president Adam Silver walked out of the backstage with a smile. An Jie has not forgotten this guy's smile, because he just took the O'Brien Cup from this guy more than a month ago.

The awards ceremony began soon, but to An Jie's surprise, his name was called when the second award was announced.

The award for the best moment in the playoffs, Anjie's goal in the tiebreaker against the Warriors to lead the Blazers to the finals, successfully defeated all opponents and stood out.

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When Stephen Curry and others saw the replay of that ball again, they only had admiration from the bottom of their hearts. Sadness has been sad, and that failed season is over. Now, it's better to applaud the guy who created a wonderful goal.

After several awards, An Jie also applauded his opponents. This guy Thomas Jr. won the best community service award when he wasn't playing basketball. Little Thomas didn't forget to help others.

The best performance of the year will be won by Curry. He scored 28 points in a single quarter against the Hornets in the regular season, making the game completely lost suspense.

It was not until the Best Fighting Award that An Jie came on stage again. These new nba awards may not be worth much, but they are a good way for fans to look back on the entire season.

The scene of the return of the king in the final game of Anjie made the audience burst into cheers again. James even took the initiative to stand up and hug Anjie, showing respect to his performance at that time.

The Best Fighting Award, An Jie, who played with injuries for the championship, is simply synonymous with this award.

More than ten minutes later, An Jie, whose buttocks were still warm, came to the stage again. This time, Anjie won the best block award. During the regular season, Anjie caught the Lakers teenager forward Larry Lance's dunk. In this scene, there may be no second person in the entire league who can do it.

As these "warm-up" awards were announced one by one, the awards ceremony became more and more interesting. Fans who watched the live broadcast of the ceremony know that the "warm-up" is almost over. It's time to announce the results of those traditional nba awards.

Oladipo, who won the Most Improved Award, kicked off the NBA's main awards. This guy looked very excited after he came on the court, because he was in a trough the previous season, and this year he finally bottomed out and rebounded.

After the best progress award, another important member of the Trail Blazers went to the podium. George Ricard, this guy won the title of best coach again after many years.

If Ricard used to rely on the strong lineup of the Trail Blazers to win, then this year, when the Trail Blazers were troubled by injuries, after he completely changed the Trail Blazers with a closed training, Ricard's coaching ability , there is no doubt about it.

Even Rickard's rivals D'Antoni and Vicki said in the face of reporters. "George Ricard is definitely an extraordinary and best coach. He has always adhered to the principles of traditional basketball, but used tradition to open up a whole new world."

Ricard raised the small gold cup. Ten years ago, he just joined Iowa State University, but he never thought that he would get such an honor one day, and it was more than once.

After winning the award and stepping down, Ricard and An Jie hugged each other tightly. These two guys can be said to have made each other successful.

No matter how good the coach's tactics are, the players are still playing. If An Jie hadn't attacked the city for him, Ricard might not be what he is today.

After a member of the Trail Blazers won another award, the award ceremony was temporarily dominated by other teams.

Jordan Clarkson of the Los Angeles Lakers won the best sixth man, and Ben Simmons, the No. 1 pick of the 76ers "late" for a year, won the best rookie.

The penultimate award for the best defensive player finally whetted the appetite of the fans.

Morris, Draymond Green, Leonard, Gobert and Angie became the final candidates.

Since the beginning of the 11-12 season, the best defensive player award has never changed hands. For six consecutive years, it was won by An Jie. This record is not only unprecedented, but may even be unprecedented. After all, a player like Anjie who completely dominates the defensive end is really likely to never appear again.

So this year, whether An Jie can win this award again. Whether the new generation of players such as Gobert and Leonard can shake Anjie's status has become the biggest suspense.

Gobert's frame protection is very efficient, and Draymond Green has also proved himself to be a versatile defensive expert. As for Morris, this guy's defense has always been underestimated by people, but after joining a hot team like the Trail Blazers this year, the moments when he stepped forward on the defensive end finally made everyone look at him with admiration. Leonard, needless to say, is now the best perimeter defensive gate in the NBA. And An Jie is that lofty benchmark, a monster that can really defend from position one to position five.

Adam Silver knew that the fans were looking forward to the result of this award, so he also played tricks when announcing the answer.

Finally, Xiao Hua looked at the envelope. The shots were given to five candidates, each with a different expression on their faces. But only An Jie, he just smiled faintly.

The best defensive player, for An Jie, is as common as eating and sleeping.

"Let's congratulate An! He has become the best defensive player in the league for the seventh consecutive year!" Sure enough, when Silver announced the answer, An Jie just stood up and bowed to the surrounding guests. With this award, no one can shake An Jie's status!

His performance on the defensive end is phenomenal. As long as Anjie is in the penalty area, the other 29 teams must find another way. Countless superstars have been defeated in the penalty area guarded by Anjie, and the best defensive player is none other than Anjie.

In the end, the awards ceremony entered the **. The results of the regular season mvp will be announced soon.

In the two years that the Trail Blazers failed to reach the finals, Anjie also missed the MVP award consecutively. The year before last, Stephen Curry broke Anjie's rule and snatched the mvp away. Last year, Angie's good brother Westbrook became another brand new MVP with his historic triple-double average.

This year, Harden, Curry, Durant, Westbrook and Angie will compete for this award. Interestingly, among the five candidates, only An Jie was an inside player. Among them, three have played for the Thunder. Of course, people also discovered that the once omnipotent "little emperor" has fallen off the candidate list due to his increasing age and declining data.

The situation in which Thunder's three young masters rule the league separately has become a topic that the media likes to talk about. Of course, this has also become the pain of Thunder general manager Presti's life. If he could have kept the three of them working together, God knows what the Thunder would have been like.

On the big screen at the scene, the highlights of the five candidates in one season are being played. Judging from the collection, each of them is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Each of them represents the highest level of the league.

The big screen at the scene went black, and the lights came back on. Xiao Hua walked to the front of the stage again, and the camera was once again on An Jie's face.

An Jie held Catherine's hand tightly, and beside him, Ricard was praying to heaven.

Anjie's competitors are all extremely powerful, and it is no easy task for Anjie to regain the mvp trophy.

But looking at it from another angle, Anjie's performance this year is absolutely commendable. He has the best record in the league, another victory of more than 70 games, the NBA championship, and averaged 28.6 points, 14.4 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 2.9 blocks per game. The data. An Jie's performance was no worse than any other candidate.

Xiao Hua slowly opened the envelope in his hand. Seeing this scene, An Jie seemed to have returned to the scene when he participated in the draft.

The NBA president on the stage decides An Jie's fate, but An Jie off the stage can only keep calm amid tension.

Adam Silver looked at the camera skillfully, and quietly opened the envelope, for fear that people would see what was written in the envelope.

The guy smiled slightly and leaned forward slightly to get closer to the microphone.

"The 2017-2018 season nba regular season mvp award winner is..."

"In the 2008 NBA draft, the Sacramento Kings selected..."

The tall giant stood up suddenly, and he felt that his name was about to be called.

"Anjie!"

"Choose Anjie, from Iowa State University!"

The two voices intertwined in An Jie's ears, and the two different times and spaces seemed to intertwine together. An Jie walked up to the podium in a daze, the dream became reality again...