The convulsion superstar of basketball

Chapter 334 333. Persistence along the way has achieved a better future! (4.1K words ask for a monthly ticket)

Under the enthusiastic cheers of the fans in the audience, Mr. Russell, who is over 60 years old this year, personally awarded the FMVP trophy to Howard.

The moment he received the FMVP trophy, the smile on Howard's face became more obvious.

Obviously, this most valuable player trophy is an affirmation of Howard's contribution this season.

Although the reason why the Magic were able to win the championship trophy this season is certainly not only due to Howard alone, but the contributions of others are also huge.

However, when most of the inside partners are Turkoglu or Lewis, Howard can be said to support the defense of the entire Magic alone.

Even in this period, Howard's offensive skills are still very rough, and there are often some irrational strong plays inside.

However, compared to Howard's contribution to the team on the defensive end, these small flaws can be completely ignored.

After Mr. Russell presented the Most Valuable Trophy of the Finals to Howard, the boiling sound of the entire Orlando Arena has never stopped.

Because since the establishment of the Orlando Magic in 1989, this is the first time the Magic has won the NBA championship trophy.

So for the local fans in Orlando, in recent days, the fans in the whole city will obviously be silent in joy. After all, for this championship trophy, Orlando fans have held on to it for 20 years.

Unlike the small ball market of the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Magic quickly grew into a championship trophy after its establishment in 1989.

Since the 90s at the time, the history of the Magic team has never lacked stars. Whether it is O'Neal, Penny Hardaway, or later Grant Hill and Tracy McGrady, these people can be regarded as well-known players in the league.

But no matter how outstanding the personal abilities of these players are, and how impressive the statistics they gained during the regular season, they ultimately failed to help the Magic win the supreme championship trophy.

And when this year's regular season just started, Magic fans never thought that the team would actually win the championship trophy this year.

You know, all of this came too suddenly. The sudden rise of the Magic not only made other fans in the league feel amazed, even the local fans in Orlando felt pleasantly surprised.

Among them, for the fans of the Magic team, the most surprising thing is probably Su Jiu's strong rise this season.

At the beginning of this season, due to the team's weakness at the point guard position, apart from the little fat Nelson and the aging Tyronn Lue, the team couldn't find a third player who could become a point guard on the back line.

In addition, since it had been a long time since the start of the free market at that time, he was considered a relatively good point guard on the market and had already been looted by other teams.

As for the remaining group of players, in addition to the fact that their personal strength is not equal to the required salary, it is more because these people have large and small flaws, and it is difficult to truly become a qualified rotation player.

So in the end, after a series of selections, the team signed Su Jiu, who was unsuccessful in the draft, at a small price.

It is no exaggeration to say that when they first chose to sign Su Jiu, the Magic never thought about cultivating Su Jiu, let alone making Su Jiu a main rotation figure in the team.

At that time, the reason why the Magic favored Su Jiu among many players was because of Su Jiu's excellent physical condition.

Although at that time Su Jiu could be said to be well-versed in everything, but he was loose in everything, but with Su Jiu's strong physical condition, the Magic team believed that Su Jiu still had the potential to be a defender at least.

At the very least, he can replace the veteran Tyronn Lue for a certain period of time and successfully contribute to the game.

But no one thought that during the garbage time in the opening game of this season's regular season, Su Jiu made everyone feel bright.

Even Stan Van Gundy, the head coach of the team at the time, was a little shocked, because at that time Su Jiu's ball-handling skills and singles rhythm were too surprising.

So since then, Van Gundy has given Su Jiu more playing time on the court, thinking that Su Jiu will become Nelson's stable substitute.

But in the next period of time, Su Jiu's performance on the field not only became better and better, but the mentality he showed on weekdays moved Van Gundy even more.

In the end, with his own efforts, Su Jiu finally succeeded in impressing head coach Stan Van Gundy, and for the first time replaced Fatty Nelson as the Magic's starting point guard.

It can be said that from then on, Su Jiu was like a dragon going out to sea, and he was out of control ever since.

Although there were moments when he was in a bad state, in most cases, Su Jiu's presence not only contributed to the stable offensive firepower, but also helped his teammates become better in terms of mental attributes.

At the beginning, because Su Jiu's performance in the new season was too explosive, fans outside all praised Su Jiu for his inspiration.

After all, even in the long history of the NBA, it can be said that there are very few stories about counterattacks from undrafted picks. At least every undrafted pick that successfully counterattacked will be remembered by people in the end.

However, as Su Jiu's overall momentum became more and more fierce, he was even able to compete for the best rookie with the talented guard Derrick Rose and OJ Mayo.

At this time, more and more people began to hate Su Jiu, and even began to personally slander and insult Su Jiu on the Internet.

Because compared to Derrick Rose and Mayo, Su Jiu is considered a foreigner after all, so when the top basketball talents in the United States at that time were ruthlessly suppressed by Su Jiu, many local fans became anxious and dissatisfied.

But fortunately, Su Jiu successfully withstood the pressure on and off the court in the end. After a whole season of hard work, in the end he overwhelmed Derrick Rose and OJ Mayo and was elected the best rookie of the 08-09 season.

It can be said that after the award was announced at that time, the discussions and doubts faced by the outside world were far greater than the regular season MVP won by LeBron James.

However, because Su Jiu was very good at the time, both in terms of personal data and team record.

So no matter how dissatisfied and questioned the people outside, it still can't change the fact that Su Jiu was selected as the best rookie.

But since the NBA playoffs were coming soon, this group of people wanted to see Su Jiu's jokes in the playoffs. After all, even the best rookie in the regular season would not increase his personal aura after entering the playoffs.

Even if there is no accident, after entering the playoffs with the title of best rookie, it may make Su Jiu's situation even more difficult.

But no one expected that after entering the playoffs, Su Jiufei's personal data did not decline, and even vaguely improved.

Especially in the Eastern Conference semifinals at that time, the Magic and the Celtics at the time had a complete battle to seven games.

The main reason and credit for the Magic's ability to drag the Celtics into the tiebreaker at that time must be attributed to Su Jiu.

In the first few games at that time, at the beginning, the Celtics defended a shrinking zone defense, mainly to defend the Magic's inside offense.

And also successfully pinched the performance of Iverson and Howard.

The reason why the Magic were able to defeat the Celtics was because Su Jiu used a three-pointer from the perimeter to break through the Celtics' perimeter defense.

Forcing the Celtics to shift their defensive focus in the next few games, putting more defensive pressure and attention on Su Jiu.

Thus relaxing the vigilance against Howard and Iverson to a certain extent.

In this way, the Magic struggled to drag the game into the tiebreaker. In the tiebreaker, people outside were more optimistic about the Celtics.

Because compared to the slightly immature Magic at that time, the Celtics had a lot of experience in tough battles.

But in fact, this round of the series seems to be like a script written by God. In the high-profile tiebreaker, when Su Jiu faced the Celtics' tight defense from the outside, his performance not only did not stretch his hips, but became stronger.

Throughout the tiebreaker, Su Jiu could be called a shooter from inside and outside. Using his super personal ability, he managed to penetrate the Celtics' defense.

In the end, he led the Magic to successfully defeat the Celtics and won the very tragic tiebreaker at that time.

In the next two rounds of the series against the Cavaliers and the Lakers, Su Jiu's performance was still very stable.

Even in some games, Su Jiu would be put on the bench by Van Gundy and unable to play because of poor hand feeling.

But in most cases, Su Jiu's performance on the field is that two words have been used throughout his life, and these two words are "stable"! !

In this round of finals, the reason why the Magic were able to easily sweep the Lakers with a total score of 4:0.

In addition to some internal disagreements in the Lakers, which caused Bynum, the little shark, to be unable to play, and thus was ruled by Warcraft Howard, Su Jiu's role on the offensive end cannot be ignored.

And on this point, it is not difficult to see from the fact that Van Gundy took the initiative to take Turkoglu on the court just to liberate Su Jiu on the offensive end, how important Su Jiu's offensive firepower is to the Magic.

In this round of finals, Su Jiu averaged 38.7 minutes per game, and personally contributed 17.1 points, 8.3 rebounds and 5.4 assists.

This statistic can be called amazing, even if this statistic is taken out alone, then presumably few fans will believe that this will be the statistic of a first-year rookie.

Even though the best rookie award already represented Su Jiu's strength among rookies, it still made people feel incredible when Su Jiu was able to maintain such a stable output in the finals.

Even at a certain stage, people were comparing Su Jiu with the legendary superstar Magic Johnson.

After all, the performance of these two people in their rookie season was very stable and comprehensive, and their performance in the finals was even more impressive and important.

And before the last finals match, when the outside world had already started to discuss who could win the finals MVP, Su Jiu's voice could be said to have reached a peak.

The voting support rate on the Internet is not inferior to that of Warcraft Howard.

You know, although Howard supported the Magic's inside defense alone, on the offensive end, Su Jiu's role and contribution were also unfathomable.

It is no exaggeration to say that without Su Jiu, even if Bynum was unable to play because of the quarrel with Kobe, it would be difficult for the Magic to achieve a stable win.

If Howard of the current Magic team is like Shaquille O'Neal of the Lakers dynasty, then if Kobe must be selected among the next players, then this person will definitely not be Iverson or Lewis, he will only be Su Jiu.

But unfortunately, although Su Jiu played amazingly in this year's finals, compared to Howard, who played a dominant role in both offense and defense, the final MVP trophy had to be passed by Su Jiu.

But even if Su Jiu missed an opportunity to compete with Magic Johnson in a real sense, one thing is certain, that is, Su Jiu's future can definitely be called a bright future! !

And because at that time, the Magic signed a two-year non-guaranteed contract with Su Jiu, of which the second year was a team option.

However, following Su Jiu's amazing performance at the beginning of the season, the contract was quickly completed by the Magic in less than a month.

But as of now, the remaining salary of this contract for the remaining year is completely not worthy of Su Jiu's personal performance.

So before the finals were over, many outside experts began to analyze that the Magic might choose to take the initiative to terminate the contract with Su Jiu during the offseason in order to keep Su Jiu, so as to re-sign a multi-year maximum salary contract.

And this kind of behavior is obviously able to express enough sincerity to Su Jiu, otherwise, once Su Jiu's contract expires, then in the free market, there will be a lot of teams in the league willing to contribute a maximum salary for Su Jiu.

After all, for a rookie like Su Jiu who not only has both offensive and defensive skills, but also won the best rookie award and also proved himself in the playoffs.

As long as you don't face injuries during the rising period of your career, then in the next few years, the maximum salary contract is basically a certainty...

　Thank you Super Sai [-], my fourth brother for your support, haha, I haven’t received a tip for a long time, thank you, thank you very much! !

　　

　

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