"You heard it right, sickle, in an hour, the NBA will officially announce that you have become the best defensive player of the season!"
"Your trophy is coming to Madison Garden this afternoon and you can hug it like crazy, man!"
After Lian Dao confirmed, he was quiet for a few seconds.
Then he threw away the towel excitedly, waved his arms towards the sky and performed a set of combination punches.
“It’s great to win this award~!”
"Hey, sickle, you are the hottest superstar in the league now, don't be so frizzy, hahaha!"
After hearing Donnie's teasing, Lian Dao also had black lines in his head.
He is really an old guy who always takes revenge when he has a grudge, but Lian Dao likes him.
"Then do you still want to cancel the interview?"
Donnie teased deliberately.
"Of course not, this is my moment of glory, and I'm going to enjoy it, right, Donny?"
Sure enough, no one can escape the law of true fragrance.
"Hahaha, that's right, young man, young people should be manic and forge ahead!"
Downey admired Lian Dao more and more. He felt that the greatest decision he had ever made was to select Lian Dao with the No. 1 pick.
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Best Defensive Player, this is a highly valuable personal honor!
Although Lian Dao also wanted to win it, he, like most people, believed that only inside players would win the award this season.
But in fact, Lian Dao's performance on the defensive end this season is better than them all!
At first, Lian Dao didn't expect that he would win this award, so now that the results were suddenly announced, Lian Dao was really pleasantly surprised!
An hour later, Durant opened the NBA official website with great interest, waiting for the good news he was expecting.
If Yin Baka can win this award, then the entire Thunder will be even more impressive in the next semi-finals.
So Durant very much hopes that his teammates can win this award.
However, when he refreshed the official NBA website page, Durant's jaw almost didn't dislocate.
This year, the winner of the Defensive Player of the Year award is not Chandler, Howard or Durant's expected teammate Serge Yinbaka.
This year's Defensive Player of the Year exceeded everyone's expectations.
The biggest upset in this year’s regular season awards has just appeared!
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"The youngest Defensive Player of the Year winner in siBA history!"
"The seventh non-post player in NBA history to win the Defensive Player of the Year award is born!"
"The improvement in the Knicks' defensive efficiency since Sickle joined is obvious to all!"
"Sickle averaged 2.1 steals and 1.3 blocks per game. He deserves the title of Best Defensive Player!"
"Sickle is the second player after Michael Jordan to win both the regular season scoring title and the Defensive Player of the Year award in a single season!"
"Not only that, you know Sickle's regular season MVP is already a sure thing!"
"The key to winning the scoring title and assists title is in a single season. It seems that even the basketball gods didn't achieve it, right?"
"You mentioned one less three-point champion upstairs. However, even if you didn't add the three-point champion, just the results above have made all NBA stars admire you!"
"..."
Less than a minute after the news was announced, the whole world seemed to explode.
Under normal circumstances, the regular season awards will be decided among several expected candidates.
But this time, Lian Dao suddenly won the best defensive player after being almost ignored before.
This undoubtedly shocked everyone!
It is not easy for outside players to win this award.
After all, inside players have natural advantages on the defensive end. They are closer to the basket and can more easily end the opponent's scoring.
However, even so, Lian Dao still dominated the crowd and disturbed the dreams and expectations of countless people.
After the results were announced, the vote scores of the candidate players were also announced to the public.
People thought that even if Lian Dao won the best defensive player, he would definitely win by a narrow margin.
There cannot be much difference between his vote share and the second place one.
As everyone knows, Lian Dao's vote rate once again exceeded everyone's expectations.
Lian Dao's vote rate was the highest among all pre-selected players.
In second place is Yin Baka, whose vote rate is %.
Followed by Tyson Chandler, his vote rate is %.
Then there is Dwight Howard, with a vote rate of %...
In other words, Lian Dao steadily beat Yin Baka in second place in terms of votes for the best defensive player.
This also means that most people believe that Liandao is better than several other candidates.
"Sickle's defense is definitely the most suffocating. The key is that he can not only defend players in the same position, but also mismatch defense, he can also do his best!"
"The most important thing is that he can restrict the opponent's top scorer without relying on help defense."
"And facing those big men in the paint, he also managed to limit his opponents!"
"If you ask James, Durant and Anthony and Pierce, these top scorers."
"Ask them who they least want to fight against, and they won't say Yin Baka or Chandler, they will tell you sickle!"
"He seemed to enjoy every fierce physical confrontation on the court, coupled with exquisite verbal attacks and just the right amount of interference."
"These are all compliments to Jordan, but putting him on sickle, I don't think there is any problem!"
This time, the media all sided with Lian Dao.
After all, this vote is theirs to decide, and they cannot slander the players they selected.
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Lian Dao was also very low-key when he presented the awards in the afternoon.
"First of all, I would like to thank my team, my teammates and coaches for their support and recognition... I will continue to work hard and become better!"
It seems like everything is going smoothly, but other teams are definitely not convinced by this.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The most unconvinced among them was the Thunder. Durant also posted on social platforms questioning the professionalism of the vote.
"This is an insult to Serge. He is the real owner of this honor. The league should not give all the awards to sickle just because of his popularity!"
Not only Durant, but JR Smith also posted.
"If sickle can become DPOY, then LeBron should be qualified too!"
The Thunder and Heat were the teams most dissatisfied with Lian Dao's award.
On the contrary, Tyson Chandler, who had previously had trouble with Lian Dao, did not express his opinion.
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Lian Dao had already anticipated these doubts.
The honor has been obtained, but whether it can be held securely depends on the subsequent performance.
In subsequent games, the Knicks' opponents will also test Lian Dao to see if he deserves the title of best defensive player.
Just like when Lian Rice tested Howard.
But Lian Dao doesn’t want to hear his opponents spout rubbish like “Your DPOY is fake, right?”
Therefore, in order not to hear such trash talk, Lian Dao decided to let his opponents see his defensive skills in the next game!
Their semifinal opponent, the Pacers, is one of them.
However, as Durant and JR Smith spoke, reporters also kept an eye on Lian Dao's social media.
According to Lian Dao's character, it was impossible for him not to respond.
Sure enough, not long after, Lian Dao posted a photo of the trophy on his social media.
There are MOP, Rookie of the Year, championship ring, three-point contest championship trophy, dunk contest trophy, All-Star Game MVP trophy, Rookie Game MVP... Best Defensive Player trophy on the photo.
There are so many trophies on the table that the Player of the Month trophy is not even qualified to be put on it.
"There are too many. It's time for me to buy a bigger house to display these trophies!"
A simple sentence and a picture can cause tons of harm.
Who doesn't know that you have a luxurious villa with an area of more than 900 square meters, and how many trophies can't be accommodated?
Dog of Versailles!!
After Durant, Yin Baka, JR Smith and James saw it, they gritted their teeth with hatred.
This guy is showing off, he is showing off, and I can't even refute him!
I hate it so much, I hate it so much!
Everyone who saw Lian Dao's movements couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
Some other players who originally wanted to join in questioning Lian Dao are now very glad that they were a step slower.
You may be able to attack Lian Dao in other aspects, but when it comes to personal honor, don't compete with Lian Dao.
You can't beat it. In the history of the NBA, you can't find any third-year player other than Lian Dao who can have so many honors.
Aren’t those guys who question Lian Dao just full of envy, jealousy, and hatred?!