When the time came to 2008, Li Yan's performance still showed no downward trend. He continued to contribute 30+ triple-doubles.
Behind Li Yan is New York, the largest city in the United States, which makes his "spotlight" shine even more brightly.
In this year's All-Star voting, Li Yan has so far topped the list, surpassing Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett, which reflects his extraordinary popularity.
Li Yan's popularity in New York is at its peak. The New York media and fans all love Li Yan miserably. They have long been dissatisfied with the condescending look of the Los Angeles people.
It turns out that media propaganda is really important.
Under the overwhelming public opinion offensive from the New York media, Li Yan suppressed Kobe Bryant on the regular season MVP list.
Li Yan's statistics are very good, but Kobe's are also outstanding.
The most important thing is that the Lakers' record is better than the Knicks.
According to the MVP selection criteria, the team's record is also a big bonus item.
What's more, Kobe Bryant is currently the number one player in the NBA, and he has never won a regular season MVP.
Overall, the Lakers have a better record, and Li Yan's data is better.
In this case, Kobe should have the advantage.
After all, Garnett, Nash, and Nowitzki all won the regular season MVP award when the team's record was dominant.
If you just look at the data, Kobe's data in the past two seasons have been unparalleled in the league.
However, Li Yan's current popularity is frighteningly high, and the New York media's "carpet bombing" propaganda has achieved remarkable results.
1. Li Yan's consecutive 30+ games reached an exaggerated 20 games, second only to "Basketball Emperor" Wilt Chamberlain.
2. Li Yan still maintains an exaggerated data of 30+ triple-doubles per game, and tops both the scoring and assist charts. He will become the first person after "Big O" Oscar Robertson to average a triple-double in a season. Double nba player.
3. The Knicks ranked last in the weak Eastern Conference last season, but this season they have directly reached the third position in the Eastern Conference. The reason why the Knicks are not as good as the Lakers is because the Knicks themselves are not strong enough, and Li Yan's team leadership ability is stronger than Kobe.
4. Can Li Yan save the Knicks who are rotten to the core? Does Li Yan need to prove anything? Throwing Kobe to the Knicks will never achieve such an effect.
Through repeated publicity by the New York media, even Kobe fans are a little less confident.
Kobe is very strong, but Li Yan seems to be even more powerful. After all, he can even lead the Knicks.
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As the season progressed, the Knicks also suffered some injuries.
Nate Robinson and Zach Randolph will miss some time due to injuries.
Nate Robinson is okay, Zach Randolph is the Knicks' second scorer, and his pick-and-roll with Li Yan is extremely powerful.
In addition, Randolph's concentration on the defensive end has improved significantly this season.
Although Randolph's one-on-one defensive ability is not very strong, he at least relies on his positivity to give the Knicks a positive influence on the defense.
Losing Randolph still has a considerable impact on the Knicks. It is very obvious that they lost to the Magic very cleanly in Orlando.
"Warcraft" Howard is unstoppable. Neither Eddie Curry, who is "to be scrapped", nor "handsome guy" David Lee can cause any obstacles to Howard.
The Knicks' interior was riddled with holes, and the Magic played very smoothly inside and outside.
Li Yan's performance was still outstanding, but he was unable to lead the Knicks to victory on the road.
The Knicks' adjustments came quickly. After Randolph was injured, they accelerated the pace of offense and defense transitions, which could maximize Li Yan's advantage in impact.
In mid-January, Li Yan visited Seattle with the Knicks.
The Seattle SuperSonics are an out-and-out bad team this season, and their record is only better than the Miami Heat.
After Wade was retired for the season, the Miami Heat directly chose to pursue the No. 1 pick; as for the SuperSonics, they are making every effort to cultivate Du Xiaoshuai, the "temperamental male god" in the future.
Durant is averaging 20.3 points and 4.4 rebounds per game this season. The numbers are good but his shooting percentage is a bit poor.
Xiaoshuai's shooting percentage was 43% and his three-point shooting percentage was 28%.
Durant hit the basket with a "clang". Fortunately, the Sonics were patient enough and the "Seattle Young Master" could continue to improve himself through "forging iron".
Such a Sonics will naturally not be a match for the Knicks, but there is something to watch in this game.
That is the battle between Yi Jianlian and Durant.
After Oden suffered a season-ending injury, Durant's statistics were the best among this year's rookies, and it was considered a certainty that he would win the Rookie of the Year award.
However, with the "fueling" of the New York media, Yi Jianlian, who performed equally well, joined the battle for "Best Rookie".
They believe that if Yi Jianlian is given unlimited fire power, the UAE can also produce data like Durant.
Durant is a very sensitive person. Although he doesn't care about it on the surface, he is already secretly fighting in his heart.
"The Knicks are very strong, but I won't give in. I will give my best performance here." Durant said.
Reporter asked: "Some people say that the Sonics have been losing games and your data is not convincing. They think Yi will do better if he and you swap roles. What do you think?"
Durant blushed and said: "Tonight, I will beat him in the matchup."
Compared with Durant, Yi Jianlian seemed very modest: "KD is very strong and the data will not lie. I look forward to playing against him and I will try my best."
It's not that I look down on the "temperamental man", but the Sonics are indeed not strong enough to cause difficulties for the Knicks.
On the basis of winning the game, Li Yan's idea was to pass more passes to Yi Jianlian.
Yi Jianlian is in good shape now. If he can maintain the momentum, strike while the iron is hot——
The course of UAE's career is about to be rewritten!
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