Seven Hundred and Fifty-Five: There Are Too Many Trophies to Put Down

Link won the Defensive Player of the Year award, which is undoubtedly a big shock to everyone.

After all, in most people's minds, the award for best defensive player should belong to big men.

The last time he could break this tradition was Artest ten years ago, and it was even earlier that Gary Payton in the 1995-96 season. And it was Jordan eight years before Payton won the award. From the time interval, one can also see how difficult it is for a perimeter player to win this award.

What's more, there's no shortage of good defensive big men in the league this season. Chicago and Clippers fans have been building on Noah and Jordan for a long time, and they're waiting for these two guys to win.

Who knows, the Grizzlies quietly made another upset. Moreover, it is even bigger than the unpopularity of Joger taking the best coach!

After winning the Defensive Player of the Year, Link also became the third person in history to win both the FMVP and the Best Defensive Player Award besides Jordan and Olajuwon.

Jordan won the Defensive Player of the Year in 1987-88 and won the Finals MVP in all of his six championships. Olajuwon was the Defensive Player of the Year in 1992-93 and 1993-94, and the Finals MVP in 1993-94 and 1994-95.

Both of them won the Defensive Player of the Year first and then the Finals MVP. Link, on the other hand, won the Finals MVP first and then the Defensive Player of the Year. From this perspective, Link seems to have made another history.

He's adding yet another punch to his already full season of individual accolades.

Of course, it also made his hatred in the alliance skyrocket.

After Link won the award, Chris Paul immediately supported his teammate Jordan on social media, "This is the most ridiculous selection ever, just because they won 74 wins, they can receive all the honors unconditionally. In the bag?"

DeAndre Jordan's mother, Kimberly Jordan, was also disappointed by the result. "It's an insult to DeAndre, who deserves that honor. The league shouldn't give all the awards because of Link's popularity." give him."

The Clippers were the team most dissatisfied with Link's award, but Noah, the previous top candidate, did not express any opinion.

After all, the Clippers are precisely the Grizzlies' opponent in the next round. They must be very upset watching their opponents grab the big prize ahead of time.

The game between the Grizzlies and the Clippers has not yet started, but the smell of gunpowder between the two teams is the first to become stronger.

After Paul and Jordan's mother spoke, reporters 24 stared at Link's social media, expecting his response with a barrage of witty trash talk.

However, Link only posted a picture of the Most Improved Award, the championship ring, the three-point contest championship, the slam dunk contest championship, the FMVP trophy and the best defensive player trophy on social media the night before the start of the game between the two sides. Group photo.

Link stood behind the trophies, arms outstretched as if embracing them.

The picture is accompanied by a simple sentence, "Who recommends a display rack for me? The old one can't hold these things anymore, there are too many!"

In a word, a picture.

Without swearing or complaining, Link already vomited blood from Paul and Jordan!

This is a fucking show off!

Link's pictures make Paul and Jordan's irritability full of sour smells.

Even the league's No. 1 "Lin Black" Bill Simmons shook his head helplessly after seeing Link's post. He was glad, glad that he didn't go into troubled waters this time.

He knew that Link had many points to attack. But in terms of personal honor, don't go toe-to-toe with Link. In the entire history of the NBA, you can't find any player other than Link who has so many individual honors in just his fourth year.

Paul and Jordan, this time they dug their own pits and jumped. Simmons can only sympathize with this, and Link has nothing to do with it.

The only thing Simmons regrets now is that Link was not born in the 1980s and 1990s. Otherwise, the pretense battle between him and Bird will definitely be unprecedented.

The social media battle between the two sides ended with Link's victory. But everyone knows that this is not the end of the event, this is the beginning of the escalation of the event!

On May 6th, the long-awaited Western Conference semifinals finally kicked off! Originally, the strong dialogue between the Spurs and the Thunder in the second half was more attractive. But because of the dispute over the best defensive player, the Clippers and Grizzlies game has become even more high-profile.

"Fortunately, the Los Angeles Clippers can still prove themselves on the court! DeAndre Jordan will have the opportunity to prove himself more qualified to win in front of Link! I believe that the battle between the two sides will definitely be very fierce!"

"Nothing to say, the Clippers players are holding a sigh of anger now. They will definitely vent all their dissatisfaction on the Grizzlies, and see if the defending champion can stand it."

"This round of the series was escalated because of the best defensive player contest. I hope the Grizzlies don't relax because of too long a break, because the Clippers will definitely try their best to find their dignity!"

Since the morning of May 6, the world has been discussing the upcoming battle.

Today, the most innocent person is the Suns' Slovenian defender Goran Dragic, who finally won the Most Improved Award today. But the heat was all taken away by the Grizzlies and the Clippers.

While the media was all about the Grizzlies-Clippers game, many didn't even know the results of the Most Improved Award had been announced.

Dragic could be one of the most insignificant fastest-improving players in history.

At 6 p.m. that night, the Los Angeles Clippers showed up at the FedEx Arena two hours early.

When they got off the team bus, they all had a strong sense of chill.

Chris Paul was the first to get off the bus with a straight face.

Originally, Paul was just speaking for Jordan, but the picture that Link sent yesterday really stimulated Paul himself.

As the league's first point guard, Paul's only personal honor trophy that he can get so far is only a painless Rookie of the Year and All-Star MVP. After all, the best team, assists, steals and the month These players do not have trophies.

Seeing that Link was able to put the honor trophy on a table in only the fourth grade, Paul was really angry enough.

The most eye-catching thing is that the pile of honors also includes a championship ring.

Paul admits that he did become a "lemon essence" last night. In the face of this kind of thing, the best solution is to defeat the opponent on the field!

Only in this way can you swallow that bad breath. The most important thing is to appease Paul's unwillingness.

Therefore, the Clippers have come very early to prepare for the war. In the locker room, Doc Rivers gave the players chicken soup.

Therefore, before the start of the game, all the players of the Los Angeles Clippers hit 200% anger!

When they came out to warm up, their eyes seemed to turn red. It was as if a pack of wolves that had been starved for five or six days suddenly encountered an elk wandering alone.

The saliva of the Clippers players seems to have dripped on the wooden floor of the FedEx Arena, and the only thing left is killing!

"Finally, we are waiting for the Grizzlies' Western Conference semifinals! But this time, the Grizzlies' opponents don't seem to be easy to mess with." Hubie Brown looked at the unsmiling Clippers players, no one would have thought at first, A Defensive Player of the Year award can actually cause such a big disturbance.

"Of course, the Clippers will definitely unleash their full strength today. Link will definitely be challenged many times on the defensive end. For Link, he must balance both offense and defense today. I have to say , it's a huge challenge." Beside Brown, his partner Jeff Van Gundy replied.

Both knew that the game would be intense, and every time Link stepped into the restricted area, Jordan would stare at him.

But what about Link? He was very relaxed, in stark contrast to the Clippers.

Before the game started, Link, who was interviewed on the sidelines, laughed very easily, "Even if the Clippers win, I'm still the best defensive player. So, I don't know what they have to be angry about. Besides, they are not yet You must win."

Link's speech undoubtedly made the anger of the Clippers players rushed to Tianlinggai.

Before the start of the game, the players from both sides rarely met to shake hands or hug.

Paul only said one sentence to Link before the game, "Your saga will end in the Western Conference semifinals."

Link did not answer, but pressed his leg at the designated position on his own, waiting for the referee to kick off the ball.

He thought to himself, "We still have a legend, how about you? There's no chance for the legend to end."