NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 147

After the miscellaneous honors in the front were released, the honors with real gold content came next.

Combe listened intently as Stern read out the All-Defensive Team list.

Best defensive team: Mourning, Duncan, Big Ben, Pippen, Payton plus Jordan.

Best defensive second team: Mutombo, Daba, Wu Sheng, McGrady plus Kidd.

This year's defensive team is also very special, with six players selected.

Jordan Pippen and Jordan Pippen, as regulars in the first round of defense, even though they are going their separate ways now, they are still selected at the same time.

The bus in the defensive second team, in fact, his defensive efficiency may not be much higher than Camby or Ratliff of the 76ers, but he is in a super powerhouse like the Raptors, so he has natural bonus points from the judges.

Two people were selected for the first team, and two were selected for the second team. Even if the Raptors sold the defensive lineup players Camby and Wu Sheng, their defense this season is still very solid.

When the next DPOY results came out, the audience cheered.

Daben got DPOY again, becoming the fourth DPOY player in NBA history. The first three were Moncrief, Rodman and Dameng.

It's not just as simple as Lianzhuang, Daben also broke a frightening record this year.

His defensive efficiency value this year is as high as 87 points!
Generally speaking, outside players can control the defensive efficiency value within 105, which is considered a good outside defensive player.

If the control can be within 100, then it belongs to the super outside line gate.

The defensive threshold for inside players is 100 points, and if they can be controlled within 100 points, they are good inside defenders.

If it can be controlled within 95 points, then there is a good chance of getting DPOY.

The closer to 90 points, the greater the chance of getting DPOY.

Big Ben is doing well this year. He directly broke through 90 points, becoming the only player with a defensive efficiency value lower than 1982 points in a single season since the DPOY award in 90.

Garnett's defense is good enough, the best of his entire career is a 92-point defensive rating in a single season.

The later Warcraft Howard was weaker, and his best season was 94 points.

Uncle Mu is best at 92 points, and Camby is 91 points.

The famous Mammoth Mark Eaton only has 98 points.

Olajuwon of the same Lianzhuang has 93 points, and Rodman has 97 points. Rodman often defends the outside line, which is not suitable for comparison with Daben.

There is only one Deng Daida, who is a little bit qualified to compete with Daben in this respect. He has 89 points.

As for DPOY Gobert in the future, the difference is too much. He has 98 points, but he is in the small ball era, and the offensive rhythm is too fast, so there is not much reference value.

From the perspective of defensive efficiency alone, Daben really deserves the ceiling of inside defense.

"Ben, you can have a good night's sleep tonight. You definitely deserve the annual salary of 500 million."

Kong Bu said to Big Ben with a smile.

At present, Big Ben holds the highest salary in the Raptors. Even a super veteran like Payton, his annual salary is only 800 million.

For a long time, Daben felt ashamed and felt that he was not worthy of such a high salary.

Now that he has successfully won DPOY consecutively, and then created a miracle record that almost no one can break, his 500 million will be much more secure.

In fact, Daben just thinks too much, he feels that he earns too much, and he is a bit unworthy, but McGrady, Xiao Ao and others really don't think much of Daben's annual salary.

When McGrady didn't enter the league, he had a sneaker contract.

When this sneaker contract is over, he can at least sign a super sky-high contract of more than 800 million US dollars, which is only [-] million in Big Bena, how can he take it to heart.

And McGrady will definitely get the maximum salary in the future.

Xiao Ao also has a sneaker contract at present, but his sneaker contract is almost negligible, after all, he is an insider.

His current main income is some endorsement contracts. Because he has a baby face, he is very popular with fans and earns a lot from endorsements.

Big Ben is a bit miserable. He has no sneaker contract until now. Nike wanted to sign him, but in the end they gave him a three-year contract of 3 million.

He is not as popular as Xiao Ao, and few manufacturers are willing to ask him to be a spokesperson.

So his only income is the player contract.

People like Carter and Pierce now have sneaker contracts, and they all know that as long as they can make a name for themselves, as an outside player, they can get more casually than Big Ben.

Just when everyone was happy for Daben, the best team of the year was released.

The Raptors all pricked up their ears, listening to Stern read out the list.

The best team has a high gold content, as long as it is selected, it will be at least the top five in each position in the league.

The first is the best team.

Mourning, Duncan, Big Zhi, Jordan and Payton.

Combe sighed in his heart. This year, the Raptors had no one selected for the first team except for the newcomer Payton.

This is also something that can't be helped, the gold content for a while this year is simply too high.

Mourning's defensive performance this year is second only to Big Ben, and he also averaged 21 points, 11 rebounds and 3.9 blocks per game. O'Neal was overwhelmed by him.

This is also the only time in O'Neal's career that he lost to Mourning.

Needless to say, Duncan and Big Zhi, these two are the absolute core of their respective teams, and their team records are extremely luxurious, all of which are among the top five in the league.

Needless to say, Jordan, he averaged 28.7 points, 5.8 rebounds, 6.9 assists and 2.2 steals per game this season.

Payton can be selected for the first team, on the one hand, he has the super big four-double blessing, and the Raptors have such an outstanding record, if they don't have a team, it can't be justified.

Also, the competition for point guards is not that big.

Stockton was suspended for more than ten games, Malone was suspended for almost the entire season, and the Jazz didn't even make the playoffs. How could Stockton be selected to the best team.

After the roster was released for a while, many Raptors players were depressed.

Especially McGrady, his biggest dream is to overwhelm Jordan before he retires.

Although he eliminated Jordan to win the championship last season, even McGrady knew that he could win against Jordan entirely because of the team's overall strength.

Originally this season, he thought he had a chance to be selected for the first team, but he still failed.

The next best second team, O'Neal, O'Neill, Hill, McGrady plus Iverson.

In the third grade, Iverson finally stepped into the main stage of the NBA and began to get some relatively high-end honors.

The best three teams, Big Ben, Bus, Garnett, Kobe plus Billups.

Compared with last season, the number of Raptors' best team selections this season is not so dazzling, a bit pulled.

There is only one for the first round, two for the second round, and two for the third round.

Just from this best team list, we can see that the NBA has actually ushered in the era of power forwards.

Originally, there were so many top power forwards in this era, such as Duncan, Jermaine O'Neill, Garnett, Malone, Webber, and Dirk Nowitzki, who hadn't made his mark yet, followed by McDyess, Camby, and Lacie. Tom, Harrington, Lewis and others, this is not counting Barkley, Kemp and Wen Baker, who have already shrunk in strength, and then Combe has assembled two monster power forwards, Big Zhi and Bus.

Right now, if every team doesn't have a first-class power forward, they are embarrassed to say hello to them.

Among the six forwards in the best team, only Hill is a small forward, and the other five are all power forwards.

The era of power forwards is coming, but the era of shooting guards is also coming one after another. Except for Carter, the four major shooting guards have been selected to the best team this year.

Prior to this, even if Jordan ruled the league, the NBA was actually considered a center era.

As top centers became rarer, the era of power forwards came, then the era of shooting guards, then the era of small forwards, and finally the era of point guards.

"Boss, do you think we have a chance to win the regular season MVP this year?"

Little Ma Long asked Kong Bu from the side, interrupting Kong Bu's thoughts.

Kong Bu shook his head, "It's hard to say, I hope I can get it."

"We were No. [-] in the league last season, but we didn't get it. This season, we are still No. [-] in the league. If we don't give it to us, it will be unreasonable."

Jordan won the MVP last season, and Combe remembers that Malone won the MVP under normal circumstances this season.

But now Malone doesn't play much, even if this MVP is awarded to Grandpa Lu, it is impossible to be awarded to Malone.

"I declare that the 1998-1999 regular season MVP winner is Gary Payton of the Toronto Raptors!"

Stern's voice came clearly from the TV.

Kumbu was dumbfounded, the MVP was actually given to Payton?

Amazing, this is the first time in NBA history that the MVP was awarded to a player who was transferred halfway.

Because he has been thinking about the task of saving the veteran Payton, Comb certainly hopes that Payton can get this MVP.

But he hadn't had any hope at all before.

The more hopeless the result, the more pleasant the surprise. Payton probably only played in the Raptors for less than two months, and successfully won the first MVP of his career.

Ignoring his stats in the Sonics, after arriving in the Raptors, he averaged 21 points, 13 assists and 3 steals per game, and his shooting percentage was as high as 48.2%. Whether it is offensive or defensive, he actually has MVP-level performance.

So this MVP is unexpected and reasonable.

Kong Bu was overjoyed.

With this MVP base, the task completion will be more assured.

Originally, Kumbu didn't even think about whether he could overfulfill the task. Now if the Raptors win the championship, and Payton also wins the FMVP, and all three mission goals are completed, then the task will be properly overfulfilled.

The three-point calibration device that was originally raised to 90 points may be raised to 92 points, or even 93 points to 94 points.

90 points is a hurdle. If it can reach 94 points, it will be a three-pointer at the historical level.

Payton's three-pointer is considered a short board. If the three-point calibration device is used for him, he will take off directly.

The same is true for McGrady, his scoring explosiveness will become even more terrifying.

Such a heaven-defying thing, in fact, whoever uses it, anyone can take off in place.

Hearing that he had won the MVP of the regular season, Payton was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a while, and he sat on the bench blankly, his eyes lost.

DPOY has his own, all kinds of best first team and defensive first team, and he also has his own.

Now that I have the MVP, if I win a championship next time, I will have no regrets in my career.

He turned his head to look at Kong Bu, his eyes full of gratitude.

If it weren't for Kumbu, who would rather suffer a loss than trade him to the Raptors, he wouldn't even dare to think about this MVP in his dreams.

A player who almost failed to lead his team to the playoffs has no chance of getting the MVP.

Combe was in a good mood.

I got the coach's highest honor COY.

Big Ben won the blue-collar top honor DPOY.

Payton won the regular season's highest honor MVP.

Even if the selection of the best team and best defensive team this year is less than last year, Combe doesn't care at all.

That night, he led all the generals to eat and drink at Hu Chi Hai, this time it was Kong Bu who paid the bill.

Seeing that the season is almost over, and the salary for the new season is about to be paid, it is rare for Kumbu to be extravagant.

……

Five days later, the Raptors defeated the Pistons in an away game, eliminated the Pistons in the Eastern Conference semifinals with a big score of 4:0, and got tickets to the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Pistons lost desperately in the entire series.

It is the kind of loss where there is no hope of winning at all.

Harrington's style of play is actually pretty good against the Duncan bus, but he will be over immediately when he meets Jermaine O'Neill. In the last round of the series, he averaged 23 points and 13 rebounds per game. 14 points and 7 rebounds, shooting only 40%.

Hill's performance is also relatively average. Facing the monster Mashburn, after four games, he averaged 20 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists per game.

In Kumbu's mind, in fact, Hill was very strong before he was injured, with both technical and physical fitness, and good education. Anyway, he was the kind of player who was close to perfection.

It's close to perfect, not really perfect, mainly because Hill didn't have the slightest three-point ability before the injury.

Stern shortened the three-point line in the past few years, and the whole league has tasted the benefits of the three-pointer. Even the original pure insider like Aunt Johnson has worked hard on the three-pointer.

Hill doesn't know whether it's a hindsight, or he is as conceited as Jordan before, thinking that he can dominate the game even without three-pointers.

Anyway, he never took the three-pointer seriously.

Three points is like nuclear weapons, you can use them, but you can't.

Take this round of the Eastern Conference semifinals as an example. Hill holds the ball from the outside, so he doesn't need to defend him at all. He only needs to be blocked outside the three-second zone. If he wants to make a shot, he must come over.

Not only does Hill have no three-pointers, but he is also terrible in long-range mid-range shots. When the three-point line was shortened before, Jordan was good at long-range mid-range shots. He didn't deliberately practice three-pointers and got bonuses. Hill didn't get any arrive.

Looking at it this way, it seems that the most suitable player in the league to use a three-point calibration device is Hill!
If his three-point attribute is raised to more than 90 points, or even 94 points, Kong Bu can hardly imagine how much this guy's combat power will soar.

"How about finding a way to trade Hill next season?" Kumbu was very excited.

It's really tempting to think about it.

Once Hill's three-point ability soars, he is likely to be the strongest small forward in NBA history, bar none.

Top-level defense, top-level organization ability, top-level breakthrough and short-range mid-range shooting, plus rebounding ability at the level of a second-rate center, plus the three-point ability given by Kumbu.

Good looks, first-class tutoring and character.

That way he might actually be a perfect player.

Although Hill is the absolute core of the Pistons, he has led the Pistons for many years and has not achieved any results. Maybe the boss's patience has long been exhausted.

Otherwise, he would leave the Pistons a year later, join the Magic, and start his miserable career as a glass man.

As long as Kumbu gives enough chips, it is impossible for Dumas not to nod.

At that time, Kumbu will be able to create a man-made perfect star.

(End of this chapter)