"The player who won the NBA Regular Season Most Valuable Player Award for the 2017-18 season is Wang Feng from the Los Angeles Lakers!"
Following the voice of the league president, the audience burst into warm applause.
Wang Feng stood up and shook hands with celebrities such as Kobe Bryant and Earvin Johnson, and then went on stage with a smile to receive the award.
After a unified vote by media reporters from the United States and Canada, Wang Feng received 64 first-place votes, 22 second-place votes, and 11 third-place votes. He scored a total of 849 points, beating Harden's 792 points, and successfully won the regular season MVP.
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This score is already very close. It can be seen that there are not a few reporters who voted for Harden, especially the first vote. Wang Feng only had 64 votes. In his impression, Harden in another time and space got the first vote this season.
A total of 86 votes, 22 more first-place votes than Wang Feng.
However, the rate of votes is not critical. As long as it is higher than other competitors, it is a success.
Wang Feng walked onto the podium with a bright smile, received the regular season MVP trophy from the league president, smiled and raised it to the camera.
"Wow, this trophy is heavier than I thought."
There was gentle laughter from the audience.
"At the beginning of the regular season, many people didn't understand why I wanted to go to the Lakers. I have obviously achieved success with the Warriors and Cavaliers. Wouldn't it be bad to stay and continue to pursue the championship? But I don't think so, because
After three years in the league and winning three championships, I should have new pursuits, such as this trophy."
"Any great player in history has the Most Valuable Player Award, LeBron, Steph, so I think I should attack this goal, and definitely not just this time."
"Thank you to my coaches and teammates, my family and the fans who support me. I love you and I hope I will have the opportunity to continue to speak on this podium next time."
Wang Feng said this with absolute confidence.
Because just now, the moment he held the trophy in his hand, a system prompt sounded in his ears.
"Ding——, congratulations to player Wang Feng for winning the 2017-18 NBA Most Valuable Player Award. He will receive a reward: a purple badge of his choice."
That's right! The award for the regular season MVP is a purple self-chosen badge! It is one level higher than the gold self-chosen badge awarded for NBA championships. It is also the highest level of system badges, Hall of Fame level!
This is actually not surprising. Winning the regular season MVP is definitely more difficult for players in the league than winning the championship.
He is as strong as Jordan, who has six championships, but only five regular season MVPs.
And it's unfair to compare top superstars like Jordan and James.
Steve Kerr, the current head coach of the Warriors, won five championship rings as a player, including three after the Bulls won three consecutive championships, and two championship rings after joining the Spurs.
Is it difficult to win his championship? It's not difficult, because you only need to hug the thighs of Jordan and Duncan and lie down to win the championship.
However, the regular season MVP is not a reward that can be obtained for one's own good. Just like the NBA championship, the annual regular season MVP can only be obtained by the strongest and top players in the league. Therefore, it is regarded by the system as the highest honor.
The award is justifiable.
With this self-selected purple badge, coupled with the large number of freely distributed points awarded in the season, Wang Feng will only be stronger next season. Under this virtuous cycle, it is not impossible to win the regular season MVP.
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"Wang Feng won the Most Valuable Player of the 2017-18 regular season, becoming the first Chinese star to win this honor!"
"Wang Feng: My time is coming. This is definitely not just my only regular season MVP."
"Wang Feng and Bingbing dressed up to attend the NBA awards ceremony, suspected to be an official announcement!"
As Wang Feng won the regular season MVP, his popularity continues to rise at home and abroad.
The first Chinese player in NBA history to win the regular season MVP is really incredible.
Of course, Wang Feng has already had the shocking scene of leading the Chinese men's basketball team to win the silver medal in the Olympic Games. In comparison, the influence of the NBA's regular season MVP in the country is slightly less. Instead, it is the news of Wang Feng and Bing Bing walking on the red carpet.
The spike went straight to the headlines.
After working in the NBA for two years, Bingbing's popularity has become even higher. The number of fans on a certain platform has reached eight million, which is even more popular than when she became famous in another time and space. After all, compared to when she unexpectedly became famous with her pure and refined appearance, this time and space's fans are even more popular.
Bingbing has a lot of help behind her, including Wang Feng.
The partnership between Asia's number one basketball player, a popular NBA superstar and CCTV's most beautiful reporter is unprecedentedly popular in China, and even the couple's combination of a popular niche player in the entertainment industry is even more popular.
While Wang Feng was still abroad, he had already learned through Team Yao's management team that he and Bingbing had been invited to participate in several couple variety shows with high ratings.
This left him speechless. Did he look like a variety show star?
But if you think about it carefully, basketball players are indeed relatively popular in China. Dayao, for example, once participated in the filming of a national-level variety show like Where Are We Going, Dad?
The attitude of Team Yao is to hope that Wang Feng can take time to participate in one or two well-known domestic variety shows to further expand his influence from the sports circle to the entertainment circle, which will help to increase his commercial value.
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But at least there is currently no vacancy for Wang Feng in the schedule. Although the NBA season has ended, he cannot return to China immediately.
On July 1st, the free market opened, and many superstars flooded into the free market. Major teams came out one after another, trying to win some capable players in the free market.
The Lakers are no exception, and as the Lakers' current star and team boss, Wang Feng also has to assist the team in doing ideological work for the players.
But don’t underestimate this. The attitude of a team’s core players is often an important factor for free agents to consider whether to join. After all, if there is a conflict between them due to discord, the team will definitely stand by the star player.
On that side, kick these players away.
And when the trading market officially opened on July 1, a lot of news was reported immediately.
Kevin Durant chose to exercise his player option and continue to play for the Warriors next season to challenge for his second championship trophy. This made many people who were sure that Durant would leave the Warriors and pursue his own championship.
People were shocked.
At the same time, the Nuggets reached a contract extension agreement with star Nikola Jokic. The center, who will win two regular season MVPs with the Nuggets in the future, renewed the contract for US$148 million over five years.
The Rockets reached a four-year, $160 million contract extension with point guard Chris Paul.
Among these large contract renewals, the most surprising one is Paul George, who chose to quickly sign a four-year, $137 million contract extension with the Thunder.