msmithbooks Chapter 224 The Long Offseason Begins
Chapter 224 The Long Offseason Begins
Chapter 224 The Long Offseason Begins
This is the first time Xie Kai won the regular season award in his NBA career, and he is also the first person of yellow race to win this award.Although this award is not as valuable as the regular season MVP and best defensive player awards, for a young player, the significance of this award is to recognize his progress this season.
After Xie Kai won the Most Improved Player Award, the Kings official website immediately announced it on the homepage.The Sacramento Bee, a local media in Sacramento, also quickly published a column detailing the past and present of the Most Improved Player Award and the significance of Xie Kai winning this award as a Kings player.
NBA的进步最快球员奖是一个自1985-86赛季以来每年对NBA常规赛中进步最快的球员所颁发的一个奖项。该奖项是由美国及加拿大的体育记者进行投票选出的。每一位评委分别投票选出No.1、No.2与No.3的球员。球员获得每一张No.1的选票将获得5分，No.2的选票将获得3分，No.3的选票将获得1分。最终得分最高的球员获得该奖项（无论该球员是否获得最多的No.1选票）。
Xie Kai became the 25th player to win this award since its inception.Looking back at the players who won this award before, there are many stars like Tracy McGrady, O'Neal, and Arenas.
After Xie Kai received this award, his friends in the league, Kings teammates, members of the coaching staff, etc. all sent congratulations, which made him very happy.
Of course, so many people congratulated him, but there was no Tyreke Evans.But Xie Kai doesn't mind, he has never regarded the other party as his good friend or the most important person, it doesn't matter whether he is there or not.
Although the Kings still failed to enter the playoffs this season, as Xie Kai personally, he did not get nothing. He won some personal honors, which made him feel less regretful about not having the opportunity to play in the playoffs.
Xie Kai stayed at the University of Kansas for less than a week. He couldn't resist his mother's continuous calls, and after agreeing with Zhou Jing, he flew back to his home in Los Angeles.
Xie Kai's mother, Chen Guixiang, has been following the NBA online. She follows the NBA online mainly to learn about her son.She knew that her son's team played all 4 regular-season games on April 14, and she went to the Staples Center with her friends to watch the game that day!Since he did not enter the playoffs, his son's games this season have all ended since the 82th.So from the 15th, she proposed to let Xie Kai go home.
Xie Kai kept pushing, but finally couldn't go on pushing, so he had to go back.It's not that he doesn't want to go back, but that he wants to spend a few more days outside.Before playing NBA games, he didn't even have a chance to take a good rest during the holidays. After finally waiting for the end of the season, he didn't want to go home immediately and be under the supervision of his mother.
When Xie Kai returned to Los Angeles, his mother, Chen Guixiang, was busy making delicious food for him, as if she hadn't seen him for a long time.In fact, the two met and talked at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on the 14th of this month.
Xie Kai is playing better and better in the NBA, and his reputation is getting bigger and bigger. He has become a celebrity in the Chinese community in Los Angeles.From time to time when he is at home, some compatriots will come to meet him, and he will also receive many various gifts, which makes him somewhat flattered.
This kind of life was quite new at first, but after a long time, it became unbearable. It was less than 3 days after Xie Kai returned home, and he became a little annoyed.Rather than being visited as a scenic spot at home, it is better to go on vacation with friends!
On April 4, the NBA officially announced the final list of the best rookies of the 30-2009 season.Kings freshman Tyreke Evans was named Rookie of the Year.
埃文斯是2009届新秀中得分王，场均能砍下20.1分，篮板排名第5（5.3），助攻排第2（5.8），抢断也排在第2（1.51）。此外，他也是历史上第四位新秀赛季场均拿下20分5篮板5助攻的球员，之前3位分别是“大O”奥斯卡·罗伯特森、“篮球之神”迈克尔·乔丹和“小皇帝”勒布朗·詹姆斯。
Xie Kai feels that whether he likes Evans or not, Evans really deserves the Rookie of the Year award.Whether it is field performance or personal data, he has enough capital to win this award.Perhaps the fly in the ointment is that the record of the Kings has not improved much compared to last season!But anyone with a discerning eye knows how determined the Kings are to play badly.So the reference factor of record is not so big.
The next day, the NBA officially announced the best rookie team for the 2009-10 season. Tyreke Evans, who had just won the best rookie of the year, was selected to the first team of the best rookie team.
In this way, the Kings have had the best rookie team first team players for two consecutive years, which made their excellent draft vision once again brought out and praised by the media.
Xie Kai missed the playoffs, and his good brother Russell Westbrook's team, the Thunder, entered the playoffs with the 8th record in the Western Conference.Their opponent in the first round of the playoffs is the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers.
At the end of April 4th, the first round of the Western Conference playoffs between the Lakers VS Thunder G30, the defending champion Lakers narrowly defeated the Thunder 6:95, eliminated their opponents, and advanced to the second round of the playoffs.
The youth Thunder team missed the tiebreaker.
That night, Westbrook was in a bad mood and asked Xie Kai to chat.
Xie Kai is actually very envious of Westbrook. He was able to fight the defending champion in 6 games. Even if he lost in the end, it would be epic.Compared with myself, I haven't even touched the edge of the playoffs yet!
However, he also understands Westbrook's mood at this time. The first playoff trip almost forced the defending champion into the tiebreaker, and there was even hope for a "black eight", but it fell short.This feeling is really uncomfortable.
As a friend, although Xie Kai doesn't know what to say, at least he can be a listener, let good brothers complain, complain, and then comfort each other.
Westbrook is a temperamental person, and he gets depressed quickly, but after venting out, nothing happened soon.In the end, he wasn't that regretful, he was just a little bit unwilling.
The two quickly agreed to train together during the offseason, go on vacation together, and relax.
如果说选秀前两人不是同一个档次的新秀，那么如今，两人算是同一个档次的球员了。威少本赛季的数据是16.1分4.9个篮板8次助攻，而谢开是22分6.5个篮板5.1次助攻。
(End of this chapter)