Reverse Growth Superstar

On the base of the Most Improved Award, four lines of small print are written.

The first line, "2011-12".

The second line, "NBA Most Improved Player."

The third line, "Tom Lin." These are also the two largest words in the four lines.

The fourth line, "Memphis Grizzlies."

Link was still looking at his trophy until he got on the plane back to Memphis. The Most Improved Player Award may not be an important award in the eyes of some people.

After all, when people compare the personal honours of a star, the three honours mentioned are nothing more than the first team, the championship and the MVP. You rarely see people saying that because whoever has won the Most Improved Award, that's why they are awesome.

But after all, this is Link's first regular season award in his career, which he still cherishes very much.

This time, Link was really happy because he won the prize. The happiness brought by this sense of accomplishment even exceeds the happiness brought by triggering the reward clause.

Therefore, when Link got off the plane and found that he had hundreds of thousands of dollars in the account, his heart was calm. Now, Link is no longer for money to win honor, but for his career to win honor.

After all, which player wants his career to be mediocre? What's more, Link is still an idol.

As soon as the players walked out of the airport exit, they found that reporters and fans had gathered in large numbers in the airport lobby.

The Grizzlies returned to Memphis with a total score of 4-0. Link also took home the Most Improved Player trophy, which naturally made Memphis local media and fans very excited.

Link looked at the reporters and fans gathered around, feeling like a hero returning home in triumph.

"This is just a Most Improved Award. It's such a big battle. You said, if I could return with the MVP trophy one day, what would Memphis look like?" Sitting on the team bus, watching the enthusiastic fans outside the window Guys, Link and Randolph talked.

"If you can get the MVP trophy, I expect that the Mayor of Memphis and the governor of Tennessee will come to meet you. The entire Memphis, it is estimated that there will be 10,000 people." Randolph replied casually, anyway, he didn't really think about Link getting the MVP trophy. What will it be like. Because of the word MVP, it is too far away for the Grizzlies players.

After all, it is an MVP trophy. Only the most dominant star can be qualified to take advantage of that honor.

But looking at Link's changes over the past year, Randolph suddenly felt that maybe everything could happen to that kid...

Last year he just lost the draft, but this year he became the most improved player and became the core of the Grizzlies. God knows what else he can do in the future. MVP? Maybe it really works.

After the Grizzlies bus arrived at the Federal Express Arena, the players disbanded on the spot and got a rare break.

Since the Grizzlies and Spurs are sweeping their opponents 4-0, they can rest for a few days. Therefore, Hollins can also pause training for a day to give the players a breath.

The Grizzlies’ series wars are temporarily suspended, and of course everyone knows that this is just a brief calm before the more intense war.

At the same time, in San Antonio, the players' daily training remains the same.

Burris Dior was dangling in the locker room with a cup of coffee. Duncan was discussing something with Popovich, flirting from time to time.

Parker is sorting out his sneakers, Ginobili pays attention to his locker at any time, for fear that his underwear will be stolen and frozen again.

This is the locker room of the Spurs, where the full day of the Spurs players begins.

Among all these players, Kawai Leonard is the most special.

He doesn't like to tell cold jokes, and basically doesn't respond to other people's jokes. After a whole day of training, you may see Duncan's cute smile, or Popovich's changing tricks to make the media laugh, but it's very likely that you won't see Leonard change his face.

Even, it is very likely that he can't hear a word.

However, this taciturn silent kid has now been fully accepted by the Spurs. In the latter part of the regular season, the first-year Leonard was already the starting third for the Spurs. In the series where the Spurs swept the Mavericks 4-0, Leonard played very well as a starter.

Everyone knows that Leonard doesn't like talking or yelling. But it was all clear how much power was hidden in this taciturn child.

During training this afternoon, Popovich found that Leonard's three-pointer feels very hot. During the regular season, Leonard made 37.6% of three-pointers, but because Leonard only shot 1.7 three-pointers per game, the sample is not large, so this does not prove Leonard's three-pointers. outstanding.

In fact, Leonard's three-pointers are indeed not stable. His role in the Spurs is more defensive than offensive.

But today, Leonard's three-pointer shooting rate in training matters has made Popovich shine.

The guy's palm is too big to dial the ball comfortably.

So Leonard's shot was very low and flat. Ordinary people want to shoot in this arc, and the three-point shooting rate is estimated to be 20%.

But Leonard today, no, to be precise, the three-point performance during the entire playoffs was pretty good.

In the playoffs, Leonard averaged nearly 3 three-pointers per game, and his shooting percentage was as high as 40%!

To be honest, this is a surprise Popovich did not expect.

The old man suddenly felt that maybe he could make this kid who averaged less than 8 points per game take on more difficult offensive tasks to contain Link.

So Popovich picked up the tactical board and began to write and paint.

If you want to deal with Link, you can't just rely on a firm defense, you have to have a matching offense.

Popovich smiled triumphantly, he seemed to have found an important offensive point on the third position.

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On May 15, 2012, the second round of the NBA playoffs officially started. The Grizzlies will go to a place they are very familiar with-the ATT Center in San Antonio.

For this game, players and fans have been looking forward to it for a long time. However, the process and results of this game were unexpected.

In the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies trailed the Spurs by 12 points! The San Antonio people are on full fire today, and they are completely free from the weakness they experienced when facing the Grizzlies last season.

Now it's the Spurs offensive bout, and Leonard silently ran to the three-point line. At this time, Tim Duncan had got the position and basketball inside.

Deng Tau's performance today is very good. He has scored 26 points and hit 60%. It can be said that after being blown up by Randolph last season, Duncan completed his revenge this year and tortured Randolph with his knees down to death.

Seeing this, Link had to double-team up. Duncan was too strong today. If Randolph were to defend alone, it is estimated that "Stone Buddha" would have to score a goal this round.

Double-teaming Duncan, this is what Lionel Hollins meant.

However, just as Link caught it, Duncan handed the ball to Leonard, who was ambushing beyond the three-point line.

Link caught up with him as quickly as possible, trying his best to interfere. Leonard's inaccuracy of three points is a well-known problem. Link believes that as long as the interference is in place~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Leonard's three-pointer can't continue to hit!

However, Leonard's long arms allowed him to easily avoid Link's blockade and take the shot calmly. As soon as Link landed, he heard the sound of the Nets rolling behind him.

"How is it possible!?" Link screamed, then looked up at the data on the big screen.

"Three pointers again! This is the third three-pointer Kawai Leonard has made today! Three-pointers are 3 of 3, and the shooting percentage is 100%! God, I think it may be a continuous wave Vicki never expected Leonard to be so accurate today!" Steve Cole on the commentary stage helped Link to tell Leonard's data. Leonard is confident today!

After this goal, Leonard has scored 16 points tonight! As a player who averaged only 7.9 points per game in the regular season, Leonard has overfulfilled the task!

Of course, this also means that Link's defense is seriously negligent today!

After this three-pointer was recorded, the difference between the two teams became 15 points! At this time, there are only 5 minutes left until the end of the game.

Link gritted his teeth, playing the Nuggets in the first round was too easy. Unexpectedly, as soon as the Western Conference semifinals came up, the Spurs gave themselves a spur.

Leonard put great pressure on Link on both offense and defense.

Seeing Link's incredible appearance, Popovich smiled triumphantly.

Leonard's three-point shooting percentage did not surprise him, because he had deliberately increased the number of Leonard shots from the three-point line.

He had known for a long time that No. 2 would not let himself down!

Link looked at the taciturn number 2 in front of him, feeling very uncomfortable. Confronting this kind of "unspeakable" player can really suffocate people.

The revenge of the people of San Antonio is very fierce!

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