After the end of April, the selection of mvp once again became a hot topic for people to discuss.

Link and Curry, the two men who made the whole league frightened, were inevitably placed together and compared.

Last season, Link was elected MVP with unanimous votes. But this season, the myth of unanimous votes will definitely not appear again.

Stephen Curry's emergence has changed so many things.

Judging from the data, Curry averaged 23.8 points, 4.3 rebounds and 7.7 assists per game, which is not as good as Link's average of 30.7 points, 8.1 rebounds and 8.3 assists per game.

Link is a career-high number for both scoring, rebounding and assisting this year!

Average of 30.7 points per game makes Link the scoring champion this season! Westbrook, who ranked second in the average score list, only 28.1 points!

With just comparison data, Curry can't compete with Links at all except for his three-point shooting percentage.

But the selection of mvp is not so "brainless" comparison of data.

Before 1980, MVP was selected by players. So there would be "big o" to average triple-double per game, Chamberlain averaged 50 points per game, but Russell won MVP in the end.

Because players do not study the data carefully, they are only responsible for selecting "the most awesome players at the moment". Since then, data has not been the only criterion for selecting MVP.

After 1980, the selection of MVP was handed over to the media. It seemed much more reliable, but MVP was still not an award that was more than personal data.

For example, in 1997, the Bulls won 69 times, Jordan had the second most efficient in the league, the first in the league in the win index, and averaged 29.6 points, 5.9 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game. But in the end, it was the "postman" Carl Malone who won the MVP.

This can't help but give people the feeling of "Marron hasn't gotten MVP yet. Since he has performed well, although he is worse than Jordan, he should be fine."

There are many similar things. In 2005, Shaq averaged 22.59 points and 10.4 rebounds per game. But people awarded the MVP to the Canadians because "Nash actually made the Suns earth-shaking".

MVP is always selected by people. Factors such as personal data, teammate strength, and partition strength have different proportions in everyone's mind.

Therefore, players who are not the best data have the best chance to get MVP.

Warriors fans believe that even if Curry’s data is not as good as Link’s, his epoch-making performance this year will definitely impress many media.

In the opening of the Blazers in April, Curry broke his record of 272 three-pointers in a single season.

Therefore, the NBA's three-point record in a single season was maintained by Curry in three seasons in the first five seasons, and in two of them, Curry could create it alone.

And in the past three years, his three-point shooting percentages have been 45%, 42% and 44%.

There is no doubt that Curry has become the greatest three-point shooter in this era and even in history. Warriors coach Stephen Cole has scored 84 three-pointers in 128 playoff games in his player career, and Curry has scored 84 three-pointers in 23 playoff games.

Curry's data is indeed not as good as Link, but he told the whole world that basketball can still be played like this.

Such achievements will definitely affect the media's choice. God knows whether they will choose a player with the most data for some special reasons, like in 1997 and 2005.

Therefore, in the eyes of most people, Link MVP's status is already in jeopardy. In the imagination of most Warriors fans, Link should be very anxious now, so anxious that he can't sleep at night, and his legs are weak when he gets up in the middle of the night.

But Link answered confidently at a press conference yesterday, which disappointed many people.

Link was not afraid at all, he was not anxious at all. He didn't think anyone could steal his mvp because he had done his best.

Link's arrogant attitude not only dissatisfied some Warriors fans, but also dissatisfied the Warriors players.

On April 26, just one day after the Grizzlies eliminated the Pelicans 4-0 and advanced to the second round.

The Golden State Warriors also cleanly defeated the Dallas Mavericks with a total score of 4-0 and advanced to the second round of the playoffs.

Like the Grizzlies, in 4 games, the Warriors even did not even have any of the Mavericks narrowed the score difference to single digits. Stephen Curry gave a crushing performance and scored 40 points in one game...

Judging from the performance in the first round of the playoffs, Curry and Link, the Warriors and the Grizzlies are equally matched.

After the Warriors successfully advanced, Draymond Green and Andrew Bogut, two big mouths, stood up at the post-match press conference and spoke out for Curry.

"Link is an arrogant maniac. He did win more best of the month, but the selection of MVP has never had much to do with the best of the month. I believe Stephen will become an MVP, and he is obviously more popular with people." Green bluntly used the word "autocracy" to describe Link.

Bogut's mouth was not clean, "If Link wins MVP again, it would be better to destroy this award. This award is given to the player of the season, not to the player who disrespects the opponent the most. Link is a bastard, and Stephen should be people's idol."

The last time the two sides fought, Bogut was directly deducted by Link undoubtedly made him very resentful.

Since then, he and Green have formed the Warriors' "mouth gun group" and have been squirting at Link every few days.

Green and Bogut's response was very tough, but unexpectedly, Link responded on his social media as soon as possible.

"Draymond Green is a good guy, really, I really enjoyed the 1.8 seconds I spent with him. I believe Andrew was not malicious either, because he didn't even dare to look me in the eyes after I knocked him down last time. This proves that he is not a villain, but just a coward."

Link's response mercilessly stepped on Green and Bogut's painful feet. He used his 1.8-second kill and buckle Bogut in Green's head to make a comeback.

Link's exquisite counterattack made his dynamics crazy repost. There was no doubt that this round of verbal battle was Link winning.

Although the quarrel between the two sides cannot determine the final ownership of MVP, this undoubtedly made the gunpowder smell stronger and stronger between the Warriors and the Grizzlies, and people are increasingly looking forward to the encounter between the two sides in the Western Conference Finals.

Of course, in addition to MVP, the results of major regular season awards are also announced one by one during this period.

Since there is still fierce fighting between the Trail Blazers and the Clippers, the Grizzlies players have no match missions for the time being.

Until May, the Clippers and the Trail Blazers had not yet decided on their winnings. Before the second round of the playoffs began, the results of the regular season awards had already begun to be announced.

On May 2, the NBA officially announced the results of the selection of the best coach of the year. Steve Cole of the Warriors won the award with an overwhelming advantage, winning the Warriors' first regular season award of the season.

Although the Warriors are not the number one in the West, the speed of the Warriors' rise and the huge changes they have brought to the league cannot be ignored.

Cole deserves his award.

A day later, on May 3, the league announced the selection results of the best defensive player of the year.

Link became the first person to win the Best Defensive Player Award after Dwight Howard. At the same time, he was also the first outside player in NBA history to win the Best Defensive Player Award.

Link won the Best Defensive Player Award, which was actually something most people expected. However, after the voting results for the Best Defensive Player Award came out, it caused an uproar.

In this year's best defensive player selection, Link's vote rate was 28.68%, while Spurs forward Kavay Leonard's vote rate was 27.30%!

He is only a slight difference from the Best Defensive Player Award!

Although the difference is 1.3%, Leonard and the Spurs did not make any comments on this. But the Warriors fans couldn't sit still. In their opinion, this was simply a signal that Link lost the favor of the media.

So, Curry's call for MVP became even higher in an instant.

"Link won the best defensive player, but next time, he won't be so lucky."

"I can now imagine the result of the MVP vote. Stephen has a chance to beat Link, and the chance is still very good!"

"I really want to see Link's expression after she threw away MVP. I will use it as an emoticon package."

The Warriors fans were all in a panic, more excited than the Spurs fans.

However, this time, Link did not respond immediately. It was not because he was panicked, but because he didn't have the energy.
Chapter completed!