mtl008 Chapter 221 The Li Wan Effect
Chapter 221 The Li Wan Effect
Chapter 221 The Li Wan Effect
David Stern shouted:
"The 2010~2011 season NBA championship belongs to New York...Knicks, let us congratulate them!"
The Knicks at the scene were completely insane.
The cheers never stopped.
The reporters finished voting during this time, and the final results of the Finals MVP trophy were packed in an envelope and passed to David Stern.
In fact, there is no suspense.
In the 5 finals, Li Wan averaged 26.4 points, 10.8 rebounds, 11.6 assists, 2 steals and 1.4 blocks per game. No matter in points, rebounds or assists per game, he ranked first in the Knicks.
At the same time, he was also the first player to average a "triple double" in the NBA Finals...
Such gorgeous statistics, as well as his importance in the team, doomed the Finals MVP award to not be left behind.
The end result was no surprise.
David Stern looked at the answer in the envelope and showed a satisfied smile: "The MVP of the 2010-2011 NBA Finals belongs to... Li Wan!"
The cheers at the scene completely flooded the entire Madison Square with the sound of "Li Wan".
"really……"
In the CCTV-5 studio, Su Qun, Director Zhang and Yang Yi glanced at each other, smiling as they had expected.Although from the perspective of their relationship, they hope that Dayao can also win this award, but... this is indeed Li Wan's team, and his performance on the court is doomed that no one can share this Knicks with him. this award.
"In this case, Li Wan broke another NBA record for Huaxia players!"
After winning the finals MVP award, Li Wan also became another player in NBA history who won the regular season MVP award and the finals MVP award in the same season.
This is the 10th player in the NBA to complete this record.
However, in the history of the New York Knicks, Li Wan is not the first person to do this. Reid accomplished this as early as 1970.
Of course, that memory is too long, so long that even the fans of the New York Knicks have forgotten it. It was the DJ at the scene who reminded them that they knew that in the 70s, the New York Knicks also had such awesome players... …
"4 championships in 2 years, is Li Wan's rookie contract the most valuable rookie contract in NBA history?" Kenny Smith asked a question.
Barkley corrected: "To be precise, it's 4 championships in 3 years..."
According to NBA regulations, as long as a player plays more than 10 minutes for the team during the season, he can get a championship ring.Only the player himself can refuse.
Later, Varejao rejected the Cavaliers' championship ring.
Li Wan also rejected the championship ring from the Lakers.
But this is not what Barkley wants to say. What he wants to say is: "Li Wan played with the Lakers for half a season before being traded out. If it weren't for him, the Lakers would not have been able to trade for Paul Gasol that year. Billy, Trevor Ariza, Jason Nelson and a bunch of good guys..."
From this perspective, the Lakers can win the championship, really thanks to the existence of Li Wan!
Kenny Smith was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized: "Li Wan traded twice in 4 years, but all 2 teams won the championship because of him... This is much stronger than the Kardashian effect!"
The Kardashian effect means that as long as a certain player finds a girl from the Kardashian family as his girlfriend, his team can win the championship.For example, the Lakers in 08, and the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 09 NFL. At that time, there were players on the team who were dating women from the Kardashian family.
This theory was first proposed by the famous American entertainment website TMZ.
It also makes the women of the Kardashian family more and more popular in the sports circle.
But right now, Li Wan has won three championships in four years, and the team that owns him has won the championship because of him. Moreover, it is full of "championship curse" such as "the first championship in team history" and "no championship in 4 years". ...
"This at least increases Li Wan's worth by 5 million!" Buckley thought for a while, and added another price, "No, 7 million!"
But he soon realized that it doesn't make any sense to add more, Li Wan is destined to be the top salary!
Li Wan walked to the center of the stage amidst the pushing and shoving of his teammates.
The crazy shouts at the scene hadn't stopped yet. Li Wan showed the tolerance of the "dominant president" and waited for a long time with a smile. Seeing that the momentum was getting more and more crazy, he couldn't control it.
New York, is that all?
Look at this bunch of worthless people.
I really can't do anything about them~
Really couldn't calm down, Li Wan didn't wait any longer, picked up the microphone and shouted: "I can understand everyone's excitement, but what I want to say is that this is the beginning, not the end, enjoy this night, see you next year !"
boom--
Just this sentence.
Madison Square exploded again.
New York fans, like the most devout cult believers, shouted "giegie pick me", no, "giegie call me"!
I'm calling for giegie!
Amidst the loud cheers, the 10-11 season officially came to an end.
However, the carnival belonging to the New York Knicks continues.
In the locker room, after more than half an hour of spraying, all members of the Knicks rushed into the shower room with unknown liquid hanging on their bodies.Li Wan, as the MVP of tonight's finals, enjoys a single room alone.
The others were honest and embarrassed to stay longer. Shaq O'Neal ran out first, took the championship trophy in his hand, and signaled that the interview could begin.
When asked what he thinks of the 23-year-old Li Wan who already has two finals MVP trophies, he did not hesitate to praise him: "He is the Michael Jordan of this era, I think I can say that, even simply Comparing the first four years of his career, no one in this league has been more successful than him."
继这个赛季拿下了常规赛MVP后，站在所有人面前23岁的李万，拥有的抬头是：07~08赛季“最佳新秀”、09年全明星MVP、09年总决赛MVP、08年最佳三阵、09年最佳二阵、10年11年最佳一阵、11年常规赛MVP、11年总决赛MVP、10年11年防守最佳一阵……以及9个“月最佳球员奖”和23个“周最佳球员奖”……
To be honest, this honor is more gorgeous than the entire career of the average super giant.
And this is the honor that Li Wan won at the end of the first contract of his career.
Another reason why Shaq O'Neal praised Li Wan so much is:
This season Li Wan has brought him to a height that does not belong to him.
Whether it was sweeping the Magic in the Eastern Conference semifinals, revenge against "Warcraft", or the "OK" combination civil war in the finals, he kicked Kobe's ass again, and it should have been an opportunity that was impossible for him at his age.
But under the leadership of Li Wan...
he made it!
Some media called this season the revenge journey of "Shaq O'Neal".
Because apart from the Pacers who played in the first round, the players of other teams, including the team itself, have more or less grievances with Shaq.
Needless to say, the Magic team, when Shaq was at its peak, the management issued an article asking fans "Whether Shaq is worth 2 million", and Howard talked about "Superman" every day;
The same is true for the Heat. Seeing that he was useless, he kicked to Phoenix without asking his opinion at all. As for the reason for trading him, Pat Riley thought he was always late and had a problem with his attitude and thinking... 04 Why didn't I see you say that in the year?
Lakers...
Not to mention!
Just after they won the "three consecutive championships", Kobe was traded to the Heat because of his unwillingness to pay the "maximum salary", which was the team that hurt him the most.
Now, one two three...
They were all caught by Shaq!
To end his career with such a season, even if Shaq O'Neal himself evaluates it, his answer is only two words:
perfect!
For Li Wan's evaluation, let alone Gao Legao's high!
Some reporters were keenly aware of his little thoughts, and asked, "Do you think Li Wan can surpass Kobe?"
The sharpness of this question is comparable to "I fell into the water with your mother at the same time", but Shaq O'Neal did not hesitate at all, and said directly: "To be honest, I don't know how strong Li Wan will be in his peak period." , he is still on the way... This is my biggest feeling! And the rules of this league are changing all the time. I can't forcefully compare two people under different rules. If we choose a more compromise solution, let's take If honor is the basis, I think... Li Wan will surpass Kobe!"
As soon as this remark came out, many reporters were surprised.
But what surprised them even more was...
They were not surprised by the answer!
Looking back on what Li Wan has done and the speed at which he harvested honors, it is not difficult for him to surpass Kobe!
This young man...
It's really scary!
It's scary, even if the comparison object is Kobe, they still feel that the chances of winning are great!
A reporter jokingly asked again: "Man, if the person who cooperated with you back then was Li Wan, how many championships do you think you would have won?"
Shaq thought about it seriously and gave an answer: "If it's in the Lakers, it might be three or four... If it's in the Knicks, I think it will be an era!"
An era is ten years!
"Why can't even reach half of it with the Lakers?"
Shaq said with a smile: "Because Bass is reluctant to continue to give me a maximum salary!"
This remark caused the audience to laugh.
This "big shark" is really...
Take revenge!
Even though he has taken revenge now, it can be seen from his answer that he still minds...
Also, anyone who wins the "three consecutive championships" for a team at its peak will take it for granted that the team will give him a big enough maximum salary as a "retirement contract"!
Even if there are Kobe's factors affecting it, it shouldn't be rejected directly!
Then Shaquille O'Neal officially announced: "I will retire this summer..."
Although the reporters had expected that there would be no better time to retire than this, they still asked, "Shouldn't you play for another year?"
Shaq O'Neal, who entered the league in 92, has played for 19 seasons, and in one more season, he will tie the record for the longest personal career in NBA history. - 20 seasons!
Shaq shook his head: "My old diesel engine is completely out of gas! I made a lot of money, it's time to enjoy life..."
After thinking about it, he took another sentence:
"With my five championship rings..."
Perhaps from this, we can see how difficult it is to win the championship. As a player who will definitely enter the NBA President Hill after retiring, Shaq O'Neal only won 19 championship trophies in 5 seasons. In other words, it takes about 4 seasons to win a championship trophy.
Even if Li Wan doesn't count the Lakers' championship trophy, his speed of winning the championship is also very terrifying, 2 championship in 1 years.
There is no doubt that after winning this championship, Li Wan's status in the league is basically at the level of the top three.
It can be said that it is equivalent to Kobe after winning the championship in 08, leaning on the throne.Just waiting to win another championship trophy, unlock the "Consecutive Championship" achievement, and secure the No.1 throne in the league.
Li Wan attended the press conference after the game. The reporter took Shaq O'Neal's answer and asked him his opinion. Li Wan smiled noncommittally and did not answer these questions, but said:
"My challenge has just begun!"
It's just that this answer obviously won't satisfy the reporters. They can look forward to Li Wan answering this question head-on, so they are bound to Kobe!
Li Wan shook his head slightly.
These guys...
Can't it be bigger?
"My challenge has just begun..."
What is it with Kobe?
It's just a little snake, it has already lost to me twice in the finals!
In Li Wan's eyes, it is now the entire alliance!
If he wants this alliance to be named "Li", he must have at least two "back-to-back" "two consecutive championships"!
Donnie Walsh was sitting next to him, listening to Li Wan's words, his eyes showed some thought:
Li Wan is...
Talk to me!
Li Wan said, "My challenge has just begun...", which means "I can't be satisfied with just this one championship, and I want to win more championships in the future!"
At that time, he said to the off-court: "The New York Knicks will continue to defend their title this summer and make full preparations!"
This is not just for Li Wan...
Well, it was for Li Wan!
The meaning is also very simple:
Whatever Li wants to do, we can do it!
The Knicks spent about 8 million on this lineup this year, more than 2 million in luxury tax, but if Li Wan thinks it’s not enough, Donnie Walsh won’t hesitate, and will definitely continue to spend money... …
After digging and searching for two or three years, I finally caught the opportunity and spent some money, what's wrong?
As long as Li Wan is happy!
What happened to throwing a little bit of money?
And if I really want to say, the New York Knicks' signings in the summer are not difficult. Although Shaq O'Neal retired, the Knicks' core lineup has not been affected.
Shaq O'Neal averaged 7.4 points and 4.5 rebounds per game in the regular season this season, and he was playing soy sauce almost throughout the playoffs.
It wasn't until the finals that D'Antoni gave him more playing time out of tactical considerations, averaging 12.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.
The statistics are good and the effect is also very good, but the situation at the time, in fact, Kwame came up and played a fast-paced offense and defense, and the effect was the same. This team does not lack the role of standing out on the offensive end.
Of course, the most important thing is that the existence of Dayao makes Shaq O'Neal leave without any obvious problems...
As long as the Knicks' core lineup is stabilized and another round of upgrades is carried out, Donnie Walsh has already seen the championship trophy in the new season smiling at him.
He expressed his determination, in fact, he wanted to tell Li Wan: We are still a team, and this team is still dominated by you, and this will not change in any way because of winning the championship!
At the same time, the end-of-season summary of the Lakers on the other side is also drawing to a close.
Kobe knew Shaquille O'Neal's evaluation of him and Li Wan, and felt all kinds of sourness in his heart. He once again said in front of the media: "Next season, we will never lose in the finals again!"
Kupchak, who heard these words far away in the general manager's office of the Toyota Center in Los Angeles, showed a bitter smile.
He looked at the cap space of the Lakers.
Last summer, Kobe completed a contract extension with the team, 3 million in three years, so that his contract next season is a terrifying 8350 million;
Pau Gasol 1871 million; Deron Williams 1636 million...
It is equivalent to saying that for these three people alone, the total salary for the next season will be as high as 6047 million!
Adding in Ariza and Bynum's 1200 million, the cost of the Lakers' starting lineup is... 7247 million!
This can already pay the luxury tax!
From the price of this lineup, we can actually know why the Lakers' bench is so miserable.
It's not that I don't want to buy good players, it's that I really have no money...
Now Kobe is talking in front of the camera, is he talking?
This is clearly threatening him to reinforce in public!
Can……
What about money?
Really, go fuck it!
Kupchak feels that the general manager of the Lakers has done his job...
Or, start writing your resume now?
He was in a panic, but Li Wan, who had just finished the press conference, received a familiar number.
"Hey man, congratulations on another championship... If I come to New York in the summer, would you welcome me?"
"Need to say? Dude, I've always wanted to be teammates with you again!"
Li Wan laughed when he heard the voice in the microphone.
It is none other than Odom, who was traded to Salt Lake City by the Lakers before.
Needless to say, the strength of the New York Knicks' lineup, but if you really want to find problems, you can still find them, such as the lack of a serious ball handler on the bench.
If Odom can come over, it will definitely solve this problem!
You know, the original Odom just won the "Sixth Man of the Season" this season, and he is still at his best.
This time, due to the influence of the "butterfly effect", "basketball reasons" appeared earlier, which also made this season a poor season for Odom. He had no intention of fighting, and he averaged only 11.8 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.
But this year he is only 32 years old. As far as his talent is concerned, even if this season is a bit wasted, it is not a big problem, and his state can still be recovered.
Odom's only big problem is his self-control.
Li Wan was not worried about this.
With him and Artest, sincerity alone is enough for Odom to concentrate on playing!
Originally this summer, he wanted to let Donnie Walsh contact Odom.
Although this guy still has a one-year contract with the Jazz, as far as he knows, this guy is not happy playing in the Mavericks, let alone Salt Lake City, which has no fun.
Now it seems that he still understands Odom, and it is estimated that he has already started the sale process!
After the phone call, Li Wan glanced at the text message again.
Taylor sent him several congratulatory text messages. This guy's concert tour has just ended, but he has to make a movie with Li Wan in the summer, so he has to make some announcements in advance. It was full, and I didn't watch this year's finals, which made those gossip magazines think that the two of them had a "love change".
Taylor, who broke the defense, scolded on Twitter for several days...
Mainly, there have been a lot of people who claim to be Li Wan's "husband and wife" on the Internet recently, and some of them even sent photos in private messages, provoking her with their bodies.
It's okay for women.
She is not that big of a milk tea cup!
But many men sent a photo of Yang Ju, took that thing as their advantage, and said to her: You don't have this!
It made Taylor call it "outrageous".
The most outrageous thing is...
They also auto-coded!
Is this Nima reluctant to be seen by anyone other than Li Wan?
So much so that in the past two days, her relationship with Li Wan was much closer than usual.Still take an oath of sovereignty at every turn.
Congratulatory messages from the "Three Little Ones of Ohio" were also sent early, but when Li Wan called them, he found that the phones of these three guys had tacitly shut down.
Brother wins the championship, but hides from brother, what does this mean?
Hey ~
Sure enough, we can only "share weal and woe"!
Brother drove a Land Rover, so ignore him, right?
Li Wan could only call Tai Lun and ask him to buy all the newspapers reporting on the Knicks' championship tomorrow, divide them into three parts, and send them to these three good brothers!
There is no other meaning, the main thing is to share the joy!
"4 years and 3 crowns, is this man a "champion contractor"? "
"After 38 years of winning the championship, the New York Knicks officially ushered in their "King of New York"! "
"This is the beginning, not the end!Li Wan said on the "championship night", the league officially ushered in the era of the Knicks? "
……
Early the next morning, the news of the Knicks winning the championship spread throughout the streets of the United States.
Oklahoma, Kevin Durant, who officially signed a five-year 5 million contract with the Thunder, woke up in the big villa he just bought, and said happily:
"This is all brought to me by basketball, thanks to basketball!"
In the end, I saw Li Wan's smile holding the championship trophy in the news, and the excitement of buying a big house was swept away in an instant.
This……
It was also brought to him by basketball!
"Yeah, training!"
Kevin Durant, who wanted to enjoy himself, immediately called his agent's phone number and asked him to contact the training hall.
This guy has already won the second championship of his career, but he has only entered the Western Conference Finals once. If he didn't train hard when no one noticed, how could he really catch up with this guy?
But before the training started, he didn't forget to like Scarlett's Twitter photo:
My wife is so pretty, hehehe!
In addition, the "Lee Wan effect" mentioned by Kenny Smith has aroused heated discussions from the outside world.
Li Wan, who won 4 championships in 3 years, two finals MVPs, and a regular season MVP, as well as various honorary awards, has been too fierce in the past 4 years.
Such a person, any team's management, even if they have cerebral palsy, will definitely give them a maximum salary contract.
The New York management also officially announced their offer on the second day after winning the championship. Without any surprises, the starting salary is 1450 million US dollars for a five-year 5 million contract. ——The fifth year is a player option.
This is the largest contract Li Wan can get under the current rules.
When Donny Walsh made the offer, he was about to open a bottle of champagne, dance a cha-cha, and celebrate that the Knicks could continue to have Li Wan for at least 4 years...
But the hot discussion of "Li Wan effect" spread to the boss's season summary meeting.
Although the current highlight is the "labor-management agreement", it is easy to quarrel if it is talked too much. During the meeting, Cavaliers owner Gilbert stood up and said "righteous words": "A player like Li Wan can actually have more !"
All the people present were "human beings". As soon as they heard Gilbert's words, they knew right away that they were planning to cheat Dolan, and they... also expressed their interest.
No wonder they are so jealous of New York.
This past season can be regarded as a "dance of demons", all kinds of "giant" teamed up, and the bosses of the teams who attracted people thought that their teams would do a big job in the new season.As a result, on the occasion of "Hundred Flowers Competing for Beauty", the Knicks were stunned to "overwhelm the crowd", making the 10-11 season a "solo" for their family.
From 72 wins and 10 losses in the regular season, to winning the championship with only one loss in the playoffs, the New York Knicks are crazy!
Everyone is "drinking porridge", but you are the only one "eating meat", right?
I can't eat it, and you don't want to eat it either!
Seeing a "crow" taking the lead in flipping the table, what else is there to say?
Together!
Whoever wants to make New York spend more money, I must help the place!
Old Bass didn't speak at first, but seeing that everyone was bluffing and no one was talking about the point, he coughed lightly and couldn't help but said, "If Li Wan meets Bird's terms, he can get more money." money……"
The Bird clause stipulates that if you play for the same team for three consecutive years and you become a free agent after three years, then you are a "qualified veteran player" and the NBA allows your home team to give you the maximum Contract, your salary can be increased by 10.5% on the original basis.
This clause was originally intended to make the home team more competitive when retaining players.
Unfortunately, Li Wan did not meet this requirement.
Therefore, his annual increase is only 8%!
What Old Buss said made everyone's eyes shine.
They all knew that Li Wan did not comply with Bird's terms.
Although they are all just bosses, and most of the time they are "hands-off shopkeepers", but the team's investment has never been a small amount. If they don't understand the league's gameplay, they don't know how the people below have lost their money.
So, don't look at them as usual, but they are very clear about the rules of the alliance.
Besides...
Most of the rules appeared because of their secret promotion.
As a "rule maker", he naturally knows the rules better.
Old Bass specifically raised this point at this time, what is the subtext, needless to say?
Since the existing regulations cannot allow New York to add money, then a "new regulation" should be established!
Dolan listened to the eccentricity of these guys, and didn't say a word. He really wasn't targeting anyone. He just wanted to say that the owners of the other 29 teams in the league are rubbish!
In 02, I was spending [-] million and [-] million, and I was doing these fancy things with me.
You just give Li Wan more money, if I frown when I pay, I will lose!
Another man watching quietly was David Stern.
The attitude of these bosses made him realize a problem:
This group of people seems to have decided that the alliance will not be suspended, and now they are counting on each other...
This is definitely good news!
He quietly texted Joke:
We can start discussing the schedule for the new season...
Li Wan didn't know that at the boss meeting, an open and secret battle was going on around his contract salary.His focus was on the contract Donny Walsh handed him.
Rose did not become the "youngest regular season MVP" this time, and he is not sure whether there will be a "Ross clause"... What the hell!
There will definitely be...
His performance was much better than Rose's during his rookie contract!
Ross can make the league come up with a "Ross Clause", and it must be a certainty for him to let the league have a "Li Wan Clause".
After all, with Li Wan's ability, it would be too easy for the team to form a "Galaxy Battleship" if he didn't get a maximum salary...
This is also the reason why Ross triggered the "Ross Clause" at that time.
David Stern pays attention to two words when doing things:
Balance, balance, or fucking balance!
Li Wan was thinking about another thing, how many years should he sign with the Knicks...
According to the maximization of benefits, it must be a 4 plus 1 contract. In this way, when the "five-year period" comes and the new broadcast contract takes effect, he can directly sign a big contract.
It is worth mentioning that his good brother Mike Conley signed a huge five-year $2016 million contract in the summer of 5.This was the largest contract in the NBA at the time, and it was also the first time in NBA history that someone signed a 1.53 million-dollar contract with an average annual salary of more than 3000 million US dollars.
But it was also this contract that Conley was criticized by countless people because his personal performance was not outstanding.
In the 2015-16 season, he averaged only 15.3 points and 6.1 rebounds per game.
In terms of personal honor, apart from being selected to the second team of the All-Defensive Team in 2013, he has no other achievements.Therefore, after Conley got the largest contract in NBA history at that time, he was also ridiculed countless times.
Li Wan didn't have this problem.
Therefore, signing a 4 plus 1 contract now can maximize the contract benefits of his career.
But signing such a long-term contract with the Knicks...
As far as Dolan's urine is concerned, he really doubts whether this team can maintain the "brain online" for such a long time...
Just like before, there are a lot of information to be checked in the off-season, and they are all spent on checking the information.
(End of this chapter)