This is the first time Xie Kai won the regular season award in his NBA career, and he is also the first yellow man to win this award. Although this award is not as valuable as the regular season MVP and the Best Defensive Player Award, for a young player, the significance of this award lies in commending his progress this season.

After Xie Kai won the Fastest Progressive Player Award, the Kings' official website immediately announced it on the homepage. Sacramento Bee's local media, Sacramento Bee, also quickly released a column, detailing the past and present of the Fastest Progressive Player Award, as well as the significance of Xie Kai's winning this award as a Kings player.

The NBA's Fastest Progressive Player Award is an award given to the fastest-progressive players in the NBA's regular season since the 1985-86 season. The award is voted by sports journalists in the United States and Canada. Each judge votes for the first place, second place and third place players. Players will get 5 points for each first place vote, second place vote will get 3 points for each third place vote, and third place vote will get 1 point. The player with the highest score will get the award (regardless of whether the player gets the most first place votes).

Xie Kai became the 25th player to win this award since the birth of this award. Looking back at the players who have won this award before, there are many stars like Tracy McGrady, O'Neal Jr., and Arenas.

After Xie Kai won this award, his friends in the league, teammates of the Kings, coaching staff members, etc. all sent congratulations, which made him very happy.

Of course, so many people congratulated him, but Tyrek Evans was not there. But Xie Kai didn't mind. He never regarded the other party as his good friend or the most important person. It doesn't matter whether he has it or not.

Although the Kings still failed to enter the playoffs this season, as Xie Kai personally, he did not get anything. He won some personal honors, which made him 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 call. After agreeing to Zhou Jing, he took a plane back to his home in Los Angeles.

Xie Kai's mother Chen Guixiang has been following the NBA online. She mainly focuses on the NBA online to learn about her son. She knew that the team where her son was played all 82 regular season games on April 14. She also went to Staples Center with her friends to watch that day! Because she did not enter the playoffs, her son's game this season has ended from the 15th. So from the 15th, she proposed to let Xie Kai go home.

Xie Kai kept refusing, but finally couldn't push it anymore, so he had to go back. It was not that he didn't want to go back, but that he wanted to spend a few more days outside. He didn't even have the opportunity to rest during holidays before playing NBA games. Finally, he waited until the end of the season, but he didn't want to go home immediately and be in charge of his mother.

Xie Kai returned to Los Angeles, and his mother Chen Guixiang was busy making delicious food for him, as if she hadn't seen her for a long time. In fact, the two had met at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on the 14th of this month and even spoke.

Xie Kai is playing better and better in the NBA, and his fame is getting bigger and bigger. He has become a celebrity in the Chinese circle in Los Angeles. From time to time, his compatriots will come to meet him at home and receive many gifts, which makes him somewhat flattered.

This kind of life was quite fresh at the beginning, but I couldn't stand it after a long time. After Xie Kai returned home, he became a little annoyed. Instead of being visited as a scenic spot at home, it would be better to go on vacation with friends!

On April 30, the NBA officially announced the final list of the 2009-10 rookie of the season. Kings first-year player Tyrek Evans was elected Rookie of the Year.

Evans is the top scorer in the 2009 rookie, averaging 20.1 points per game, ranking 5th (5.3), second (5.8), and second (1.51). In addition, he is also the fourth player in history to average 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game in the rookie season. The previous three were "Big O" Oscar Robertson, "God of Basketball" Michael Jordan and "Little Emperor" LeBron James.

Xie Kai felt that no matter whether he likes Evans or not, Evans deserved to win the Rookie of the Year. Whether it is performance or personal data, he has enough capital to win this award. Perhaps the only drawback is that the Kings' record has not improved much compared to last season! But anyone with discerning eyes also knows how determined the Kings are to play badly. Therefore, the reference factor for the record is not that great.

The next day, the NBA officially announced the 2009-10 Rookie Team, and Tyrek Evans, who just won the Rookie of the Year, was selected as the first team of the All-Rookie Team.

As a result, the Kings have the first-team player in the All-Rookie Team for two consecutive years, which has once again brought their outstanding draft vision to a great media outlet.

Xie Kai missed the playoffs, and his good brother Russell Westbrook's team, the Thunder, entered the playoffs with the record of eighth in the West. Their first round of the playoffs were defending champion Los Angeles Lakers.

On April 30, the Lakers VS Thunder's first round of Western Conference playoffs G6. The defending champion Lakers narrowly defeated the Thunder 95:94, eliminated their opponents, and advanced to the second round of the playoffs.

The Youth Army Thunder team missed the tiebreak battle.

That night, Westbrook was in a bad mood and asked Xie Kai to chat.

Xie Kai is actually very envious of Westbrook. Even if he loses in the end, he is still a heroic one. Compared to himself, he has never even touched the side of the playoffs!

However, he also understood Westbrook's mood at this time. He almost forced the defending champion into the tiebreak in his first playoff journey, and even had hope of "Black Eight", but failed. This feeling was really not good.

As a friend, although Xie Kai didn't know what to say, he could at least be a listener, let his good brothers complain, complain, and then comfort him.

Westbrook is a person with a temperament and is in a low mood quickly, but after venting, nothing happened soon. After all, he was not so regretful, he was just a little unwilling to give up.

The two quickly agreed to train together during the offseason, go on vacation together, and relax.
Chapter completed!