The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Chapter 372 Eight consecutive championships, No.1 in history

The first game of the finals was the home court of the Knicks, and Mavericks owner Mark Cuban came to the scene to supervise the battle in person.

Before the game started, Cuban stood up and greeted Li Xun.

Although Li Xun is no longer playing, and it is unlikely to return to the Mavericks in the future, Cuban is still full of infinite gratitude to Li Xun.

When Li Xun left the Pistons, even he himself did not expect that Li Xun would choose their Dallas Mavericks.

In just three years with the Mavericks, Li Xun has brought endless glory to the Mavericks, and of course he has also brought considerable monetary benefits to Cuban personally.

In addition to Cuban, Mavericks coach Carlisle also nodded at Li Xun with a smile.

Since Li Xun left, he seems to have aged ten years in the past two years, and his hair has turned gray.

No way, when Li Xun was here before, he was basically a hands-off shopkeeper, and he hardly had to worry about the team's lineup and on-field tactics.

Now that Li Xun left, he had too many things to worry about.

What gave him the most headache was not the tactics on the field, but the distribution of the ball within the team.

Now the Mavericks are still full of stars, and most of them are young players, who need data to improve their league status.

With Li Xun, there is no such trouble. Li Xun can balance the statistics of these young players very well.

But now that Li Xun has left, there is no such thing as a talker in the team anymore.

Sometimes, not every player will take the coach's words to heart.

Especially those top players.

"Boss, you guys are ridiculously strong this season."

"And our calves seem to be getting weaker and weaker."

Klay Thompson sighed after seeing Li Xun.

This season, after the Mavericks introduced the All-Star lead Lowry, they also had great ambitions and felt that they could do a lot this season.

As a result, after the start of the regular season, their chemical reaction was not very ideal.

Although it also has the No. 60 record in the Western Conference, it only has a record of [-] wins, which is lower than the expectations of the Mavericks.

Originally, they thought that this season would definitely have the hope of achieving a record of 70 wins.

Especially in the regular season against the Knicks twice, they were blown up, which made the Mavericks a little disheartened.

Fortunately, they stumbled all the way and made it to the finals. This season can be regarded as achieving their goals.

In Li Xun's era, if it wasn't for Li Xun's teammates, actually being able to reach the finals was considered a success.

When Li Xun saw Claire sighing, he also sighed slightly in his heart.

Compared with the three years he was here, the current Mavericks are indeed weaker.

First of all, there is no supplement of strong rookies. In the past two seasons, the Mavericks have not even selected a decent rookie in the draft.

If Li Xun has been relying on his old capital, the old capital left by Li Xun will only last for three years at most, because in the fourth year, he will have to give those powerful rookies big contracts.

Although the salary cap has skyrocketed, it has not risen uncontrollably. The Mavericks must be able to selectively retain a few specific players.

So the Mavericks are getting weaker and weaker, that's a fact.

Fortunately, they were not as brainless as the previous Pistons, and they sold the powerful rookies ahead of time.

This also makes the calf weak, but the lean camel is bigger than the horse, and it can still reach the finals.

For the current starting lineup of the Mavericks, Li Xun feels a bit mediocre.

There appear to be strong players at all five positions.

But Lowry at the No. [-] position feels a bit out of place with the Mavericks' overall lineup.

Lowry was even selected as an All-Star starter a few years ago, and logically speaking, he can be regarded as a top star.

But in Li Xun's eyes, Lowry's strength is really mediocre, as if there is nothing strong about him.

He belongs to that kind, he can do everything, but nothing is top-notch.

Good defense, but not at the level of Paul or Rondo.

If the organizational ability is adequate, it can only be said to be adequate.

The offensive ability has a fatal flaw of instability, and the upper limit is not high.

Offensive data such as 8-for-0 in a single game, 10-for-0 in a single game, 13-for-1 in a single game, and 18-for-2 in a single game, looking at Lowry's career, are simply countless.

最为经典的就是19年的猛龙季后赛，洛瑞登场34分钟，来了个7中0怒砍0分。

You must know that he got two free throw opportunities in that game, and he missed both free throws, which is very outrageous.

So Li Xun doesn't think Lowry's joining will really bring the Mavericks back to life.

Soon the game on the field began.

Li Xun played very actively. This season he is relatively low-key, but now that it is the finals, there is really no need to be low-key.

If you keep a low profile, the Finals MVP will slip away.

Paojiao and Paul are both outsiders, and Li Xun is not a great philanthropist, and he is not generous enough to give up the honor of FMVP.

As a result, the Mavericks lost all four games.

As Li Xun expected, Lowry's series collapsed a bit, averaging only 11 points per game.

On the one hand, Paul's defense is strong enough.

On the other hand, Lowry seems to have never been tough in this kind of tough battle.

In this round of finals, Li Xun averaged 28 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists per game, basically the FMVP did not run.

As the referee blows his whistle, the game is declared over.

Li Xun's eighth career championship has arrived.

This is not just the eighth championship, but eight consecutive championships!
Nine years of professional career, nine finals, eight consecutive championships!
Li Xun is already a god-like player.

No one doubts that when Li Xun retires, he will definitely have more rings than Lord of the Rings Bill Russell.

Xiao Hua has already sat in Dallas' home arena with the championship trophy.

At the moment of holding the cup, the Dallas fans did not leave.

In their view, it is completely acceptable for the championship to be taken away by Li Xun.

After all, Li Xun is also one of them.

After winning the cup, the FMVP candidate belongs. Li Xun has undisputedly won the seven FMVPs of his career.

There was an FMVP that was given to Yao Ming before, otherwise Li Xun would also be the FMVP of the eighth team.

Since then, Li Xun has officially surpassed Jordan and has become the player with the most FMVPs in NBA history.

Li Xun actually doesn't feel much about winning the championship now. This kind of thing is too much, and it is not challenging, which can no longer make him feel happy.

But Pickled Pepper, Paul and the others were extremely happy.

Paul even burst into tears with excitement. Before he knew it, he had been in the league for more than ten years.

At this moment, he finally won his first championship in his career, and he has no regrets in his career since then.

The key is that he won this championship as a golden peak, against the Big Four of the Cavaliers and the Dynasty Mavericks, and won the championship with an undefeated record, so the gold content of this championship is still quite high.

At least it can improve Paul's historical status.

Pickle is very excited, because he can stay with the Knicks for another year next season, and then he can win another championship.

When Li Xun leaves, he already has two championships in his hand.

In the entire history of the NBA, not counting jigsaw players like Horry, there are actually not many first-line stars who can win two championships.

With these two championships, coupled with his miraculous comeback from a serious injury, his historical status must not be lowered.

At least it will not be unable to be selected into the top 75 in history as it was later.

Ah Lian was also too excited.

I have been a pseudo-big brother in the Nets for so many years, and I finally won the championship today.

Said to be a pseudo-big brother, mainly because Garnett and Pierce went to the Nets later. Thinking about the temperament of these two people, how can the UAE have any status in the Nets.

This is also the reason why the Arab League will leave the Nets without hesitation.

After the FMVP candidate was announced, Knicks owner James Dolan immediately stepped onto the podium.

Begin to award championship rings to the Knicks generals.

That's right, the championship ring is now awarded on the night of the championship.

Since Cuban made this bad start in the first year when Li Xun went to the Mavericks, after so many years, Li Xun's team has begun to adhere to this tradition.

That is to reserve the championship ring in advance, and then directly award the championship ring to the players on the night of the championship.

This behavior is undoubtedly a bit too arrogant.

But if you don't do this, the fans will not agree.

What's the meaning?Didn't book the championship ring in advance, did you look down on Li Xun?

Do you think Li Xun can't lead the team to the championship this year?
So in the first year when Li Xun came to the Knicks, Dolan inherited this tradition from Cuban and made the ring in advance.

Anyway, the ring is not worth much, as long as the fans are happy.

And this behavior is also a kind of respect for Li Xun.

Li Xun was also very helpless, and thought about telling Dolan not to do it like this, but how could Dolan agree.

He works in the media, so of course he knows that the higher the profile, the more topical it will be.

And the higher the topic, the more money you make.

That night, Dolan paid for the Knicks to have a good night in Dallas.

In the afternoon of the second day, the Knicks generals returned to New York by plane.

After arriving in New York, it is natural to be greeted by enthusiastic fans.

During the period, it is indispensable to sign autographs for fans, or give some jerseys and shoes.

After working till night, Li Xun got a chance to breathe and fell asleep soundly.

In the evening of the second day, Li Xun attended the NBA Annual Honor Awards Ceremony with Abby Hornacek dressed up.

In the past two years, Li Xun has always attended the ceremony alone. This year, he brought his girlfriend Abby to participate together. It can be seen that the relationship between the two is indeed unusual.

Originally, this awards ceremony was just a formality for Li Xun.

Because Li Xun knew what award he could get.

"I declare that Manager of the Year is Phil Jackson of the New York Knicks."

Xiao Hua announced the awards on stage.

A Zen master in a suit walked onto the stage with a smile on his face and said some clichés.

It can be seen that Zen master is quite satisfied with the current situation.

Their Knicks completed the feat of winning the championship this year, which is destined to make Zen Master's name go down in history.

Regardless of the reason why Li Xun chose the Knicks, fans of later generations only know that Li Xun joined the Knicks when Zen Master was in office, so this is the credit of Zen Master.

The next best coach of the year was reelected by the old Hornacek.

The Rookie of the Year was taken down by Ingram of the Lakers.

Under normal circumstances, this award was actually won by Brogdon.

But it's not to say how outstanding Brogdon really is, but the performance of this rookie's rookie season is hard to describe.

You may not be able to find such a rookie in the entire history of the NBA.

Brogdon's best rookie data is only 10 points and 4 assists per game.

It's not that he is too strong, but that the rookie performance of the same class is too rubbish.

And now because of the Knicks that Brogdon joined, the average data per game will definitely not reach this point.

Ingram can be regarded as a big man among the dwarfs, averaging 9.4 points per game and winning the best rookie.

Many stars on the scene suffocated their laughter. Maybe they also felt that winning the best rookie with an average of 9.4 points per game was really far from the big picture.

If this is placed in the 96 generation, the average of 9.4 points per game would not even qualify for the rookie team.

Then there are the first and second teams of the All-Rookie Team, and both Siakam and Brogdon were selected for the first team.

The next best defensive lineup.

This year's Knicks can be said to be amazing.

In the best defensive first team, Li Xun and Paul were selected for the first defensive team, and Paojiao was selected for the second defensive team.

It is really rare for a team like this to have three players selected to the best defensive team.

"I declare that the Defensive Player of the Year for 2016-2017 is Draymond Green of the Boston Celtics."

As soon as Xiao Hua's voice fell, the scene was in an uproar.

What?This year's DPOY is not Li Xun?
Are you kidding, Li Xun has been DPOY for seven consecutive seasons, but he didn't get it this season?
Looking at the defensive statistics, apart from Li Xun, there is no other candidate for this honor.

In terms of steals per game, blocks per game, block rate, steal rate, defensive victory contribution, defensive efficiency, etc., Li Xun has an absolute advantage.

Many stars on the scene set their sights on Green, wanting to see what Green's expression is now.

Green also came to the scene tonight, and at the moment he was completely confused.

He was notified by the alliance to let him come to the ceremony.

At first, he didn't think much about it, thinking that he was selected to the best defensive team, and came to join in the fun.

As a result, the alliance directly threw a hot potato at him.

It is not a good thing to take this DPOY, even Green understands this truth very well.

In fact, the statistics in all aspects are completely inferior to Li Xun.

After the award ceremony is over, I'm afraid I will be sprayed to death by the fans.

Back then, Camby took the DPOY and was sprayed for more than ten years. Even after Camby retired, there were still fans who caught the spray.

And Camby's data back then was actually quite brilliant.

But now Green is not as good as Li Xun in everything, and he feels that his reputation may be ruined by this DPOY.

This is definitely a hot potato.

If he had to choose, he would definitely not want it.

There is a defense for a while, which is actually very good.

(End of this chapter)