From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 282: The Green Army has gained a lot, and the mysterious award presenter shocked the world.

"Huh-huh--" Many people, including D'Antoni and Casey, stood up and paid tribute. Although they both felt a little regretful and felt that they could also win the award, they had nothing to say about Stevens winning the Coach of the Year award. Who has the best record in the regular season and the final championship winner?

However, Casey and D'Antoni couldn't help but tacitly murmur in their hearts: "What a damn good luck. If Jiang plays under me, this award will definitely be mine."

Fortunately, D'Antoni had already won the award last year, but he just failed to defend the title this year. Casey felt uncomfortable. This award should have belonged to him in the original history, but now it has become Stevens's because of the emergence of Jianghu. .

Cole in the audience was worshiping him. As his opponent, he knew very well whether Stevens had any stomach for him. Stevens didn't know whether he was dazed with excitement or not at all. He just smiled and walked slowly towards the stage. Adjust your tie and cuffs from time to time.

As shown in the footage, Jiang Hu, who was all smiles, was actually not very excited. When Mark Tatum came to him to present the award, Stevens was almost within his expectations of winning the award.

"Thank you." Brad Stevens, who was wearing a black suit and a blue tie, walked onto the stage, hugged Jiang Hu gently, and heard Jiang Hu's congratulatory voice: "Congratulations, coach, this is a matter of course. of glory.”

The 42-year-old young coach has been coaching for more than ten years. Although he is somewhat famous in the coaching world, this is the first time he has won such a heavyweight award.

After receiving the heavy trophy from Jiang Hu and listening to his sincere blessings, Stevens' favorability towards the young core of the team skyrocketed. No wonder his popularity with women is so good. If he were a woman, he would probably You will also become obsessed with him.

"Hahaha, thank you, I was very happy just now... Frankly speaking, this is the first time I have seen this side of Jiang. He is not usually so humorous in the team!"

Brad Stevens came to the microphone and after saying something, he felt so happy that his head went blank. He could only keep saying thank you:

"Thank you Jiang, thank you. Not only did he stand on the stage and present this award to me, he was also the main reason why I was able to receive this award during the season. Without him, we would not be number one in the league. I can A relatively mediocre lineup made it to the playoffs, but it couldn't surpass those teams with extraordinary talent!!"

"Thank you, thank you to all the reporters who voted for me, the coaches association. Thank you NBA, thank you to my boss, thank you Ainge, they prepared a very strong lineup for me, and I know that I am working with very good players every day... …”

On the Internet, major portals immediately updated the news: "Jianghu took the stage and presented the Coach of the Year award to Stevens. He made a very funny speech and ridiculed many well-known coaches, including Popovich. Veach, Jackson and Rivers, and the awards were won by our own coaches."

The joke about the domestic arena has become a hot search on major short video platforms in the fastest time. Even if you look at it from a perspective that you don’t understand well, this joke is very interesting, and those who know basketball have already laughed crazy. , I feel that Jianghu is not only strong, but also very clever.

In North America, fans and fans happily discussed and circulated the latest talk show, and many people also picked up the remote control to change the channel. The real-time viewing data monitored by TNT hit a peak and then gradually fell back.

However, it is obvious that the organizers have carefully designed the award sequence in order to retain the huge audience brought by Jianghu!
After Jiang Hu and Stevens walked to the backstage passage, Kevin Hart came out to introduce the awards that were to be awarded next. Then Payton, nicknamed "The Glove", came up to award the best defense to them. In the applause, he Introducing the nominees:

"He comes from the place where Zeus is in ancient mythology. He was selected with the 15th overall pick. He is called the Greek monster. He is Giannis Antetokounmpo from the Milwaukee Bucks!!"

Everyone in the audience cheered for Antetokounmpo. Payton continued: "He comes from a country with 5000 years of history. He is the most happy person this night. He is last year's No. [-] pick and comes from the Boston Celtics." The team’s arena!!”

Everyone in the audience burst into wild applause again, and Payton continued:

“The last candidate, he comes from the French Republic, the victorious country in World War II!!”

The whole audience burst into laughter. They didn't expect that Payton would come out like this again. He was indeed the former king of trash talk. The effect of a simple sentence was comparable to Green's formula.

Everyone in the camera looked up and laughed. It was true. France was indeed the victor in World War II.

But why does this sentence make people want to laugh out loud as soon as it is said?
I don’t understand, I really don’t understand…

Payton, who made Gobert silent and won the applause of the audience, couldn't help but laugh: "Haha! He is Rudy Gobert from the Utah Jazz."

Jianghu laughed a few times. I wonder if Parker, who is far away in his hometown, is watching the award ceremony?Quite interesting. "Hahaha!" Sophia laughed uncontrollably.

“The winner of Defensive Player of the Year is…” Gary Payton looked down at the opened envelope and announced, “From the Utah Jazz—Rudy Gobert.”

"Whoa whoa whoa-" The whole audience burst into cheers and applause. When Gobert heard the news that he had won the award, he immediately showed a smile of joy. If you are made fun of, you will be made fun of. As long as you can win the award, he is not talking about me anyway. people, but all French people.

And the French have no way to say what is wrong with what Payton said, because he just told the completely correct truth.

"It's really him."

Although Jiang Hu was nominated, Jiang Hu knew that it would be difficult for him to win the award. Gobert winning the award was a normal result with little suspense. Although Jiang Hu and Antetokounmpo’s defense are highly praised and popular, he relies entirely on defense to make a living. Yes, and it is never possible for the league to award all awards to the Celtics. The cake must be divided together. It is wrong for one person to eat it while everyone watches.

"The General Manager of the Year goes to...Danny Ainge, from the Boston Celtics!"

When the Celtics missed out on the Best Sixth Man, Best Teammate, and Best Fighter awards in a row, the time came for the 10th "scratch award."

Celtics supporters around the world were finally no longer disappointed. Green Army president and general manager Danny Ainge defeated Rockets general manager Morey and Warriors general manager Bob Myers to win the Celtics tonight. The third trophy, General Manager of the Year.

"Huhu——" Under the warm applause, Angie pursed her lips in joy. After celebrating happily with Stevens, Irving, Smart and others, she walked quickly to the stage, passing by the banquet next to the stage. and embraced the welcoming rivers and lakes.

After Ainge thanked his front office staff, Celtics, family and friends on the stage, he looked down at the heavy trophy and said with a smile, "I would also like to express my special thanks to Jiang Hu."

Jiang Hu was destined to be the most photographed person tonight. The live broadcast camera once again focused on his smiling face, and he turned his head and smiled and said something to Sophia.After everyone's applause for Jianghu stopped, Anji said:
"To be honest, I don't attach much importance to this award. Compared with the championship, this thing gives me a far different feeling."

"I still remember last June, I chose Jianghu despite the opposition of almost all the Celtics management. It was really stressful at the time."

"I thought: Jiang, it doesn't matter. You just need to train with peace of mind. It doesn't matter even if you don't play well in a short period of time. I will withstand all negative attacks for you, but you need to grow up in a few years. In the future To be at the top of the league.”

"One year!!"

"I never expected that Jiang would become the top player in the league in less than a year and lead our team to win the championship!!"

"It's great, this is incredible. I'm very grateful to Jianghu. I think all the Celtics stars, even Mr. Auerbach in heaven, should think so too!!"

Speaking of Auerbach, Angie's eyes became a little wet. He was a figure who was like a teacher and a father to him.

Immediately afterwards, Anji's expression suddenly changed and she whispered into the microphone:

“I’m here to inform all the general managers in the league of something, something important!!”

"Jianghu is the cornerstone of the entire Celtics, and it is definitely not for sale. You can trade me with your chips, but Jianghu will never sell it, so please general managers please stop joking about trading Jianghu when you call me. , even if you can offer LeBron James plus 20 first-round chips, I won’t sell it.”

"Hey, did you hear what he said? This is my position in the team!!" Jiang Hu teased Sophia while applauding as hard as everyone else.

But Sophia was really a little depressed and rolled her eyes at him angrily: "I know I'm not good enough for you." Hearing this, Jiang Hu gritted his teeth with a hiss, secretly blaming himself for getting carried away and forgetting her subtlety. Feel.

Seeing Anji's attitude of admiration for Jianghu, the players at the scene couldn't help but applaud very enthusiastically.

In fact, they also want to have a management that treats them like this. No matter what others say, they will not sell it to death, but everyone knows that their status cannot reach the level of Jianghu. If nothing else, Anji will show Jianghu. As a bargaining chip, the other 29 teams in the league can definitely pick and choose at will. There is nothing not for sale in front of Jianghu. This is a super cornerstone that can be used for 15 years without any accident. Even James and Curry cannot guarantee that they will not be trade.

"Damn it!" Durant is not among them. He knows that no management will treat him like this. They will only give the No. 35 jersey to others to wear after he leaves.

He is now extremely disgusted and jealous of this Chinese kid. This kid has a team status that he envies, and has also taken away his championship. As a result, he is always being made fun of tonight.

While he cursed secretly, he felt frustrated and helpless. "Is this guy so popular? Why does everyone mention him!" Other players competing for the same award as Jianghu also felt a bit bad. It seemed that whether he won the award or not, this night belonged to him... Damn it!
The next award to be awarded is more important, the NBA's Lifetime Achievement Award. There is no shortlist for this award, and there are no three candidates. Instead, the NBA selects one every year to receive everyone's applause and cheers. In a sense, it is more like A ceremony of honor.This award is very famous, so the person presenting the award is also very famous.

After Angie left the stage, 71-year-old Kareem Abdul-Jabbar came on stage to present the award. After praising the joyful atmosphere, he deliberately joked:
"Actually, to be honest, I don't particularly want to introduce this guy, because compared to you young people, he is too old."

"He was the man who played alongside me, and together we brought that city its first championship in Milwaukee in 1971, a year when 95% of the people here weren't even born yet!!"

"Right, LeBron, where were you at that time??"

"If I guess correctly, your mother was still in primary school at that time!!"

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's words made everyone chuckle from time to time. He was the core of the Bucks' first championship in 1971, when he was 24 years old.

As Kareem Abdul-Jabbar spoke, the television cameras showed a laughing Oscar Robertson, the centerpiece of that championship team.

But because he has not attracted much attention from the audience, he has only had two shots so far. Now that the camera has been given to him, the audience has guessed that tonight's winner should be this "triple-double king".

Sure enough, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar continued: "The league has not forgotten us old guys. They still remember our glorious moments and gave awards to this old guy who loves to collect statistics!!"

After Kareem Abdul-Jabbar finished speaking, the camera showed Oscar Robertson, then flicked to Westbrook, paused for a second, and then immediately cut away. The clever cameraman made the whole audience burst into crazy laughter again.

"Next, I announce that the recipient of this NBA Lifetime Achievement Award is my old partner, Oscar Robertson!!"

Robertson walked onto the stage with a smile and gave Kareem Abdul-Jabbar a big hug.

Then Robertson suddenly sped up his movements and snatched the trophy from customer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's hand as fast as lightning. He turned around and raised the trophy high, smiling and saying:
"You see, this guy is an old guy. I am still very young and as agile as a 19-year-old. I can steal him as fast as I did 50 years ago!!"

"Hahaha~" The people in the audience laughed wildly again. They were amused by the two young-minded old people on the stage.

Oscar Robertson stuck to the microphone and said: "Never believe your so-called brothers. It is true that brothers want to help you when you are miserable in life."

"But it's also true that when you're brilliant, your brother wants to make you look bad."

"I'm very happy that the NBA awarded me this award. It's my honor!!"

"I don't want to say thank you to my family and friends, it's too cliche, I love them and every one of them knows it!"

"But what makes me sad is that this old long-armed monkey gave me the award. This is really not fun at all!!"

“The old guy always told me that his scoring record was something no one could beat!!”

"Actually, when I was young, I felt that no one could achieve my triple-doubles and season average triple-doubles."

"But now? Russell is close, isn't he? Sooner or later he will break this record and I would love to see that happen!!"

"This old man's record will be broken by others in the future. I think that moment will not be far away. It might be LeBron, it might be KD, it might be Jiang!!"

"Nothing is impossible, because the NBA is where miracles happen!!"

"Wow!!" After Oscar Robertson finished speaking, thunderous applause erupted from the audience. Everyone felt excited and eager for the new season to start immediately.

"This is the meaning of us old people. We do not exist to tell you how great we were. We exist to tell you: Go boldly, try, work hard, and break through. Our predecessors have already done it. What has been done before can be done by future generations.”

"This is the era of scientific basketball. You have a better training environment, better science and technology, better medical care, and better ways to analyze the game. I believe that the sport of basketball will become more and more brilliant in your hands. "

“Okay, that’s all my speech, thank you everyone!!”

After Oscar Robertson finished speaking, almost everyone in the audience stood up and gave the old man thunderous applause.

The crackling applause lasted for a long time, like New Year's firecrackers. In the applause, Kevin Hart walked onto the stage again.

Kevin Hart was uncharacteristically not funny, but said seriously:
“Thank you Mr. Oscar Robertson, his words inspired me!!”

"Although I am not a player, just a damn talk show actor, I also sincerely hope that this league and this great sport will get better and better, because as a fan, that will also be my glory!!"

"It's an honor to come here to present awards today. Time flies very fast and the awards ceremony is over in a blink of an eye. Thank you all!!" Kevin Hart said as he bowed to everyone.

"???" The audience in the audience looked confused and looked at Hart in confusion.

How about playing? ?The most important MVP hasn’t been issued yet? ?Is this the end? ?
While everyone was still confused, the camera showed the TNT commentary booth, and then they saw a burly man rushing towards the main stage from the TNT commentary booth.

In an instant, the ground shook.

Kevin Hart was still bowing there and said with a serious face: "Thank you everyone, see you next year!!"

At this time, O'Neal had already rushed to the court, grabbed Hart by the back of his neck, and dragged him backstage.

"Help, help!!"

"My god, damn fat man, what are you doing?"

"Someone help me, LeBron, police, mom, help!!"

"Hahahahaha,"

Seeing Hart being carried away by O'Neal like a chicken, shouting for his mother to save him, the audience once again burst into thunderous laughter!

Ten seconds later, O'Neal had returned from the backstage. He pointed at the microphone and said: "Let us give a warm round of applause to the most valuable player presenter - my good friend Yao Ming from China!!"

"Crash!!"

"Oh~"

"Yao Ming, Yao Ming, Yao Ming!!"

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Yao Ming, who was tall and wearing a dark red suit, strolled out from the backstage. As he walked, he smiled with his iconic "awful" smile and raised his hands to greet everyone.

At this moment, even Jianghu was stunned.

(End of this chapter)