On the 18th, all NBA regular seasons ended and the rankings of each team were confirmed.

The 2-8 West playoff teams are the Spurs, Kings, Mavericks, Jazz, Suns, Trail Blazers, and Timberwolves. The 9-14th place is the Rockets, Supersonics, Nuggets, Clippers, Grizzlies, and Warriors.

The Eastern Conference champion is 76ers, with only 56 wins, 18 games behind the Lakers and one game behind the Spurs.

The 2-8th place in the East are the Bucks, Heat, Knicks, Raptors, Hornets, Magic, and Pacers. The 9-15th place are the Celtics, Pistons, Cavaliers, Nets, Hawks, Wizards, and Bulls.

The player's regular season data is released, and the 76ers players are the winners.

Guard Iverson became the scoring champion with 31.1 points, and won the first steal with 2.5 steals; center Mutombo averaged 13.5 rebounds per game and won the rebounding champion for the rest of the game.

The assist king was won by Suns guard Jason Kidd, averaging only 9.8 per game.

The blocking champion is Ratliff, averaging 3.7 per game.

After the Lakers broke the regular season record, the media cheered, while the comments on the Internet were mixed.

Some people belittle the Lakers online, believing that the Lakers' 74 wins are not valuable, saying that the current NBA team is far inferior to that of those days, especially the defense is too poor, and it cannot be compared with the 70s and 80s.

Then these people began to list how brave and good at fighting the NBA players in the "Golden Age". Each team has a few extremely tough thugs. How did they perform wonderful boxing on the court, free wrestling and fighting each other. The most powerful time, one punched out all the brains.

"Wait, don't they play basketball?"

"I also play basketball. Is this a tough guy? Do you understand? Look at the soft people who abide by basketball rules now..."

Who can argue with such a post that is so stingy?

When Guo Xu saw this kind of comment, he felt that such a person was helpless. He said that he was like there were many live broadcasts at that time.

If the old fans who really watched many games on site would never say that, because the physical conditions of the players at that time could not be compared with those of modern ones. The videos left behind were all thin like monkeys. The figure of "Tian Gou" Kareem Kareem looked a bit deformed. Can those unknown thin men withstand O'Neal?

This kind of people are called "Ancient Blow", and in their eyes, ancient people are all good, although they may still be liquid at that time.

Of course, everyone in the 21st century should also give enough respect to players who have gradually improved the NBA. Without them, they have made outstanding contributions to the development of basketball.

If Chamberlain hadn't introduced professional training into the NBA, can we still see these players with stronger physical fitness than the next? If there were no players with super dominance to expand the NBA's three-second zone, would today's basketball game still be so exciting? If there were no Baylor, the 8-south King, how could the future 6-south King emperor be whitewashed?

Many "ancient blowers" have blown the wrong direction. They have never thought about the training environment of ancient celebrities, nor have they considered their food and accommodation issues. They play in simple courts, wear canvas shoes, eat junk food, and have a salary similar to office workers. What about the current players?

It is the hard work of the older generation of players that creates a good environment for today's players. Modern people should be grateful, rather than bragging about how powerful they are, and they are biased against the past and the present.

Only by telling the truth and understanding the truth can we feel the greatness of our predecessors better.

Fans who have supported the Lakers think it is normal for them to break the record, and it is no difficulty to break it, because the Lakers team has the strongest lineup in history.

The "ok combination" has led the team to win the championship last season to prove its strength. O'Neal is a double MVP in the league, Kobe is the second team of the best team, the first team of defense. Now the Lakers' basic salary is added to a super rookie who averages 20+ per game and dares to challenge Iverson. How can they not break the record?

To put it bluntly, the NBA is a business league, making money first, and promoting the NBA forward is the big goal. The Lakers break the Bulls' record of 72 wins, which shows that the NBA is improving and Jordan is not an unsurpassed star. David Stern is definitely happy.

The news media praised Guo Xu, and in addition to discussing the best rookie, online fans also discussed the possibility of Guo Xu winning the best sixth man. League officials attached great importance to this matter.

David Stern specially convened officials to hold a meeting, intending to change the selection mechanism of the NBA regular season awards.

Stern said: "I believe everyone knows the discussions of online fans. Everyone wants to know whether a player can win the Best Sixth Man Award while winning the Best Rookie. There was no such precedent before, but now there is one. Can you discuss how to set a precedent for Jason Guo?"

A slender face in a suit and glasses, with wind-catching ears, the bald man raised his hand to speak first. He was Stern's assistant named Adam Silva.

"I think this is necessary this year. According to the rules, the best rookie is the competition that rookies participate, and the sixth person is anyone can participate. Jason's data is the best in both selections, and I think it will cause a lot of controversy if he doesn't choose him.

After Silva finished speaking, everyone felt that this issue was nothing to discuss. From the perspective of interests, the result was obvious.

Giving Guo Xu only one award will be controversial, and giving him two awards will become beneficial. This is a good gimmick, and it can bring out a new star to attract attention in the playoffs.

Everyone agreed that Guo Xu finally got into the president's eye and was going to be promoted. Otherwise, the referee would be fouled against him in the regular season, and he would be really hard to play after entering the playoffs.

Then Stern discussed the issue of the regular season MVP. He really wanted to award this award to Iverson. O'Neal had won it once last season, and his popularity would not increase even if he won the award. Everyone knows that he is great and there is no need to praise it specifically.

How much does Stern like O'Neal? In 1996, O'Neal's honor was only one Rookie of the Best, one scoring champion and one Finals experience. Then he was selected as the NBA 50 superstar. Stern was not worried that he would suffer a major injury like Bill Walton, and from then on, Minran and everyone else were.

In the NBA, Stern is the boss, and he really praises whoever he wants. Because the league needs new superstars to sell tickets to make money, McCardu, the three-time scoring champion in 1996, was excluded from the top 50 superstars.

Now Iverson has a large number of fans. An MVP can bring him into the ranks of superstars, making fans like him more and pursue him. With only two scoring champions, many people will definitely not believe it. Always promoting his invincibility is not a long-term solution. This advantage is too vague.

Everyone discussed for more than half an hour, but no one came up with a good idea to prove to the fans that Iverson was better than O'Neal.

It's really hard to praise. Iverson's shooting percentage is too low. He is the scoring leader. He is 14.8 per game and ranks first in the league. He only ranks eighth in the efficiency list, behind Guo Xu and Kobe. He doesn't have to say that he is better than O'Fat, who is the first in efficiency. He can't compare with both younger brothers.

In the end, there was no way. Stern decided to give MVP to O'Neal. Anyone who won the award would be difficult to convince everyone. As a MVP, Iverson looked at the record. As long as he led the team to win the first place in the Eastern Conference, he would give him the award.

What Stern could not expect at this time was that he would not have waited for that day. Iverson never led the team to play in the top three in the Eastern Conference record this year, and he retired earlier than Stern...
Chapter completed!