Chapter 663: Founding a Dynasty
PS: In the next volume, I didn't want to write the still life, because according to the current foreshadowing, once I write it, I can't end it without three or five hundred thousand. Still Life was going to write another 350,000 words, and then the book was over, but his mother's new book pounced on a dog, and he couldn't even sign the contract, and the 100,000-word application was rejected, is my book so badly written?
The cruel reality now in front of us is that still life must have an income every month, otherwise there will be no money to buy medicine, and it will really have to hit the streets, so the only way to finish the last volume is to finish it.
The new season of the league will give birth to a triumvirate team with more than five fingers, but the animal combination they were originally going to fight against has been separated, so the next follow-up plot, still life must think about it, in case it collapses, it will be all over.
If you have time, take a look at my new book on the street, from the outline to the setting to the character design, I have been preparing for N for a long time, it can be said that it is all hard work, but what is wrong with the writing, actually pounced like this bear?
The confidence of the still life has been severely hit now, and if I write a new book in two months, I am afraid that I will only be able to continue to write a competition, and then try to touch other categories.
What is possible with this year's FMVP votes going from 9 to 10?
The answer is: a tie!
The NBA's previous FMVP ballots were only 9 votes, and there would certainly not be a tie, but 10 votes were different, and there was a possibility of a 5-5 tie.
Ji Guoyi thought that he was out of action this year, but he didn't pay attention to the vote on the NBA's official website at the moment. He is already ahead of Brother Panda. Who knows if this is the Alliance's work?
David. Before Stern's awards. After talking a lot of nonsense first, and when the Clippers players began to curse their mothers in their hearts, the president turned the topic back to the FMVP awards.
"Panda's achievements in the NBA are well documented, and as a yellow player, his performance in the NBA is no less than that of black players. In his short career, Panda has been named the NBA Finals MVP twice, and his performance in the Finals is extraordinary, as he always stepped up when it mattered. The Clippers are lucky to have such players! ”
David. Since Stern said so, it should be Ji Guoqiu who obtained FMVP, which is also expected.
But the president didn't finish speaking, I saw him change a manuscript and said slowly: "Fox is the youngest player in the NBA to hold the record of 60+, and no one ever thought that there would be a player who scored 60+ in a single game before the age of 20, and he is still the second-highest player in a single game in the playoffs, and he is only 21 years old at this time." Obviously, this fox's scoring ability is outstanding. However, in the team's first two championships, he did not win the Finals MVP. This is a great pity. For Fox, he has become an active NBA superstar and an icon for all rookie players, and the Clippers are lucky to have such a player! ”
Ji Guoshi was dumbfounded, he couldn't react a little, especially when he saw the president and the vice president, one of them holding an FMVP trophy and walking slowly, his head suddenly became blank, and he took the FMVP trophy he coveted in a daze.
"Why do I have a share?" When Ji Guoyi saw the trophy in his hand, he still couldn't believe it, this surprise came too quickly, and he thought that he didn't have anything to do with himself this year.
"Congratulations, you deserve it." Vice President Xiao Hua congratulated Ji Guosha softly after handing over the FMVP trophy.
"Yes, I deserve it, thank you!" Ji Guosha's subconscious response made Xiao Hua on the opposite side not very happy, he felt that this Chinese was too arrogant, without the slightest quality of humility, how to look at Durant is good.
Ji Guoqiu also took over David. The trophy that Stern handed over, and said in his heart that you guys are too fake, and you have already prepared two trophies, which is not predetermined, and Lao Tzu will chop off your head.
After the two brothers received the trophy, a group of white men from Los Angeles officially stood on the winner's podium in a sea of red in Cleveland, and Clippers owner Ballmer finally raised the O'Brien Cup high into the air, and suddenly the salute rang out, streamers flew, and the few boos of the Cavaliers fans in the arena had long been drowned out by applause and cheers.
The Clippers squirted champagne into the sky as they worked hard for a season to finally complete the Treble, and the 2010 NBA season ended peacefully.
"Do you think your time has come?" After the finals, a reporter asked James at the press conference.
"That's a question you asked, and I think it's up to you to answer it." James' face was obviously unsightly, but he quickly cooled down, turned into the passage behind him with his head down, and gradually disappeared into the crowd, leaving the press conference and leaving Cleveland.
The reporters on the scene did not express their dissatisfaction with James's early departure, they had already obtained enough news material, and they were secretly scolding themselves for falling into the well and not being a gentleman. But for the sake of life, at this time, there is only one sacrifice for James, at least even if this guy loses the game, he will never worry about money, and he will still live better than all of them, so envious.
Dunleavy Sr. spoke after the game of the NBA's first tie for FMVP, saying, "Fox deserves FMVP, and when he plays aggressive basketball, he plays his best game." Usually our aggressive offense starts with him, and whoever blocks him, he has the ability to break to the basket and put the basketball in the basket, and that's what he usually does, he's the big brother on the offensive end of our game. ”
Ji Guoqiu did not respond to next season's departure after the game, although everyone knows that he is going to the Nets, but in this happy moment, it is still not to mention things that may upset Clippers fans.
The next day, the Clippers made headlines in national newspapers, and the brothers were once again in the global media spotlight.
-- Associated Press
The 2010 NBA Finals got off to a great start, but ended up with a snake's tail. The Lakers wanted to take the league's team's highest salary. I plan to win the championship with the Big Five lineup. However, he was swept away by his rival in the semi-finals; The Suns are passionately knocking out old enemies Spurs. entered the Western Conference Finals again, but was shot down by the Clippers with four sharp arrows; "Little Emperor" led the Cavaliers to break through, giving Cleveland another taste of the NBA Finals, but also suffered a sweep in the Finals.
In the end, after the finals came to an end and the dust settled, we found that the so-called "dark horses", "old enemies", "veterans do not die", and "the emperor is coming" are just episodes, and strength and stability are the eternal theme of the NBA Finals. The Clippers have long been the winners.
In the fourth game of the finals, 128-110, the Clippers swept the Cavaliers 4-0 on the road, and lifted the team's third championship trophy in Cleveland, becoming the fourth team to win three consecutive championships and creating another Clippers dynasty.
-- The Cleveland Truth-Telling
James' 50 points were the highest score of his career in the Finals, but the loss surpassed the tragic all-time record for a player on the losing side of the Finals by O'Neal in the opening game of the 2001 Finals, which James surpassed O'Neal's record.
On the NBA's rich list, James is second only to the Animal Brothers, and his income in the field of endorsements is even the first in the league. Forbes predicts that James will bring in more than $4 billion in profits for the team and sponsors over the next three years. He is a class cash cow. There is no need to worry about money, but his pursuit has long been not money, but championships.
In the 4th game of the finals, after the end of the 3rd quarter, Da Z, who was tragically deducted by death, was still tearing his throat on the sidelines, and rarely used cruel words to inspire James and his teammates to never give up. For a veteran like Big Z, this may be his last chance to win the championship, but what about James? Again, every opportunity needs to be cherished.
Age is James' greatest strength, and people can sketch out a lot of James' bright future, but who can pack the ticket, and when will the next opportunity come? Ewing missed 2 chances, Utah's golden combination missed 2 chances, Barkley only missed 1 chance, and then they never got a chance again.
When James scored 48 points in the Eastern Conference Finals at the Quickloan Center, many people predicted that James' time had come, but the Animal Brothers told everyone with a sweep that this prediction was wrong again.
We know that James will not make predictions lightly, predictions will only confuse him, he is well aware of the cruelty of the league, although the strength of the East wants to be weaker, many new teams are likely to improve quickly, so when he lost the Finals, he told the media that he was annoyed that he missed this opportunity, but he will continue to improve himself and seize every opportunity.
It's just that we can still see him playing at the Quick Loan Center next year?
-- Los Angeles Times
Since the Animal Brothers joined the Clippers in 2007, the former Fish Belly team has reached the Finals three years in a row, and they have all had the last laugh in a way that is like turning on a cheat.
In 2008, the then-young Animal Brothers led the team to the championship final in their first season and won the team's first championship trophy.
In 2009, they did not fall silent, and the strengthened Clippers achieved the best record in the league in the past decade with 68 wins in the regular season, and finally defeated the Boston Big Three again 4-2 to win the championship for the second time.
In 2010, the Clippers continued their glory again, and this year they officially became an invincible team, completing the NBA all-time best record of 74 wins in the regular season with an unbeatable attitude, and setting an unprecedented 34-game winning streak, and finally completing an unprecedented all-win feat in the playoffs, scoring a "hat trick" of championships, and officially entering the ranks of dynasty teams.
There are two veterans on the Clippers team, and both of them can win a championship. Grant. Hill and McDyes, two veterans of 14 and 15 years in the NBA, have reached the stage of giving up their income for a championship ring, and after coming to the Clippers, the dream of these two veterans for more than ten years has finally come true.
After the game, Grant. Hill, the league's No. 1 gentleman, almost burst into tears when he snatched the ball from the game and laughed, "I'm going to put it between me and my wife when I go to bed tonight......
Great Michael. Jordan has helped 30 players get championship rings, and now the animal brothers have helped 21 players realize their dreams. Legendary football star Bill. Russell once said, "If you like really good basketball. Then you should love the Clippers. ”
Charles. Barkley also said: "If you want to get the ring before you retire. Then the Clippers are your best bet, and I believe that the Clippers will still be the favorites to win the championship next season. ”
After the finals, Brother Panda used his WeChat to kiss his fiancée across the screen, it is said that this summer, they will officially get married, this championship ring is another engagement ring of Brother Panda, he has completed only Michael. What Jordan did. The giant panda is the second player to win the MVP of the Finals three years in a row.
It is worth mentioning that this year, the NBA has added an unprecedented number of online votes for FMVP, and it is this crucial tenth vote that makes the NBA give birth to a precedent for the first time to tie for the MVP of the Finals. We met a frustrated fox who kissed Taylor the moment he got the MVP trophy. Swift kissed the huge trophy like that.
Looking back at the four games of the Finals, Fox's watch was quite eye-catching, he dragged down the Cavaliers' defense with his lightning breakaways, he bewildered the Cavaliers players with his erratic running, and he made the Cavaliers helpless with his accurate long-range shooting.
In the four games of the finals, Ji Guoyi contributed 24 points, 28 points, 44 points and 53 points respectively. Became the most consistent scorer on the Clippers. Ji Guoyi's survival has enriched the Clippers' style of play, transforming from a strong team that attacks in the half court to a super team that can attack both positionally and quickly. He is also the soul of the Clippers.
――ESPN
Winning the championship, the Clippers have gained fame and fortune, not only won the O'Brien Cup, wore a championship ring, but they also pocketed $3.8 million. Although the Cavaliers finished runner-up, they will also have $2.5 million in cash.
The NBA's earnings have improved dramatically in the past two years, with both teams reaching the Finals receiving more than $2 million in prizes, with the championship winning $3865015 and the runners-up $2545164.
In addition to the players and coaches, other members of the team will also receive a bonus, such as team doctors, mascots and even cheerleaders.
Although the total amount of $3.8 million is not small, after taking out the distribution list, the money that falls on everyone's head is not much. Superstars like Animal Brothers and James are good to get two or three hundred thousand dollars, but usually they don't ask for the money, but give it to other people.
In the 1999-2000 season, the NBA's championship prize was $1.2 million, while the runner-up was only $800,000.
In addition to championship and runner-up bonuses, the NBA also has other awards for teams, and teams receive a share of the NBA's share during the regular season. Each team that makes the playoffs will receive $200,000 in prize money. Reach the second round and get another $300,000. If you make it to the finals of the division, you can also get $400,000.
In this way, the Clippers can finally get a bonus of $4.8 million, and even a player like Beverley who has not played much can almost get a reward of more than $200,000, which is a lot of money for a player like him with a salary of less than a million.
For the Cavaliers, who reached the Finals for the second time in the franchise's 40-year history, they only received a total prize of just over $3 million, but they did a significant benefit for the city of Cleveland.
Every season before "Little Emperor" James arrived with the Cavaliers, the Cavaliers broadcast about 10 games nationally, but this season that number has soared to 100, and the Cavaliers have only played 102 games in total. By the time it comes to the Finals, the Cavaliers will bring in a whopping $15 million in revenue for every home game they play, which is not a small amount for the small city of Cleveland.
-- The New York Times
No one has ever won the championship on their own, and the three dynastic teams of the 21st century, OK Pack, GDP Pack, and Animal Brothers, all have more than one star in their squad.
If James wants to win the championship, he must first form his own empire, and he needs a new knight order to escort him to the throne. But if the order can't be formed, he may have to take the initiative to find his other half.
This is a confusion that belongs to the emperor, he needs to wait, wait for a good royal knight order to be established, wait for God to give him a few more players like the young Big Z, Brand, but he doesn't know how long to wait. Jordan waited for Pippen in his fifth season, but what about James?
Jordan made it to the Finals in his 7th season and James made it to the Finals in his 4th season, and if you look at it from this point, James has surpassed Jordan. But Jordan won the championship in his first Finals, while James' first Finals was swept. Now, James is in his seventh year in the blink of an eye, and he has also reached the Finals for the second time, but the ending is still embarrassingly swept.
In a sense, James is more like another superstar, O'Neal, who made it to the Finals in his third season, but it took him a full 10 years to win the championship. Both Jordan and O'Neal are waiting, waiting for their own maturity, waiting for the right group of teammates, waiting for a time of their own that they may or may never return......
Pippen told the press on the day he retired that Jordan couldn't have won so many championships without him. Regardless of whether this is true or not, we only know that the current James does not have a teammate like Pippen and Kobe, he can't build a dynasty alone, James needs his real helper, maybe that person is not in Cleveland.
If this report of the New York Times was seen by Ji Guoyi, he would definitely be laughed at by the fox brother, but they were not wrong, the person waiting for James was indeed not in Cleveland, but not in New York, but in Miami...... (To be continued......)