After the tiebreak between the Clippers and the Rockets, Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace rubbed his sluggish eyes and prepared to end this tired day.

Judging from the Clippers' state in recent games, they are indeed powerful opponents. Don't think that the Clippers are going to tie the Rockets for a tiebreak, but they are not strong. If something had happened to Sterling, the Clippers would not have dragged the game to the seventh game at all.

Moreover, after playing tiebreaker seven, the Clippers have been forced to get into a better state, which will help them perform in the second round.

But even so, Wallace was confident about the Grizzlies.

As long as Link is normal and there is no injury, the Clippers will not be able to taste the sweetness of the Grizzlies.

Wallace admits that the Clippers may cause some trouble for the Grizzlies, but they will not take away the victory.

Just as Wallace was about to turn off the lights and go to bed, his cell phone on the table rang.

As a professional manager of a professional team, Chris Wallace, like most of his peers, usually has two mobile phones, one for public use and the other for private use.

Wallace didn't expect that his public cell phone would ring in the middle of the night.

After answering the phone, Wallace realized that it was a call from the Alliance Office.

"What!? Well, okay, I understand. Well, goodbye." Wallace hung up the phone in just two sentences.

At this time, the screen of Chris Paul being interviewed was playing on the TV screen. Paul was excited to face the camera, after all, he took another big step towards his goal of championship.

Seeing this, Chris Wallace couldn't help but shake his head.

What a pity, Paul, who is so ambitious, will be disappointed immediately after he wakes up tomorrow morning.

Wallace picked up his cell phone and was about to call Link to inform him of what he had just learned. But seeing that it was so late, he decided to rule him tomorrow.

Don't you be afraid of being too late for good things.

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The Los Angeles Clippers finally defeated the Rockets, and even Link was happy for the Clippers. After all, he had been waiting long enough and was a little impatient. Link may be more eager than Paul to start the Western Conference semi-finals quickly.

After the Clippers advanced, the whole team was looking forward to the announcement of the Best Defensive Player Award.

A regular season award has a significant improvement in the morale of the team. If the Clippers want to make mistakes, they need enough confidence and courage.

Facing a team that won 74 wins in the regular season, a best defensive player can undoubtedly give the Clippers courage.

If you admit defeat after the first game like the Mavericks, then no matter how strong the Clippers are, it will be useless.

On May 5, Link is also looking forward to the announcement of the Best Defensive Player Award.

Although Marc Gasol just won the Best Defensive Player Award last season, the possibility of winning this year is very small. This year, many excellent big defenders have emerged.

Currently, the most likely winner of the Best Defensive Player Award is Jockin Noah of the Bulls.

This center, who looks like a tramp, is the core of the defensive team of the Bulls, a terrible defensive team. It is also very outstanding in averaging 1.5 blocks and 1.2 steals per game. At the same time, Noah is one of the three players who can average 10 rebounds, 1.5 blocks and 1.2 steals per game in the league this season.

In addition to Noah, Roy Hibert of the Pacers and DeAndrew Jordan of the Clippers are the other two biggest contenders in this award.

As always, the winners of this award are big players. People usually prefer the inside player in the selection of the Best Defensive Player award.

In the entire NBA history, there are only 6 outside players who can win the best defensive player. Since the 21st century, Artest has only one outside player who can win the best defensive player.

Unless an outside player has an extremely good defense, it is impossible to compete with the big guys. Even outside defenders like Kobe, James, and Tony Allen have never tried to be the best defensive player.

After getting up, Link kept refreshing the news page, hoping to get first-hand news. However, he did not wait for the news, but was the first to wait for Chris Wallace's call.

"Chris, so early today?" After Link answered the phone, he looked at the clock on the wall. It was only nine o'clock now, and Wallace called himself.

"We will hold a press conference for you this afternoon." Wallace said straight to the point without greeting Link.

“Hold a press conference, what about?”

"About you won the Best Defensive Player of the Year, Link! Hahahaha, surprise!" Wallace suddenly burst into laughter.

"What!?" Link thought he had heard it wrong, so he asked again. Best defensive player? He won the award himself!?

Wallace was not surprised by this. He had known for a long time that Link would be surprised because he was stunned for a few seconds when he received the league notification yesterday.

"You heard it right, Link. In a few hours, the NBA official will announce that you have become the best defensive player of the season. In the afternoon, come and hug your honor trophy, man."

After Link hung up the phone, he sat quietly for a few seconds, then suddenly jumped up excitedly, raised his arms and ran wildly at home.

Best defensive player, this is a very valuable personal honor! Like most people, Link has defaulted that only inside players can win awards.

But in fact, Link's performance on the defensive end this year is better than both of them!

At first, Link didn't expect that he could win this prize, so now after the result was suddenly announced, Link was really surprised!

I was getting up early this morning just to eat melons, but I didn’t expect that what I ate was my own melon!

Three hours later, at about twelve o'clock noon, Chris Paul turned on the TV happily, waiting for the good news that he had been waiting for in his heart.

However, when the espn host announced the league's selection results, Paul's chin almost didn't dislocate.

This year, it was not Noah, not Hibert, nor Paul expected DeAndrew Jordan.

The best defensive player this year was beyond everyone's expectations. Since being the best coach a few days ago, the second most "unpopular" in this year's regular season awards has exploded.

As Wallace said, Paul, who was still excited yesterday, immediately became extremely disappointed today.

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"Link became the seventh non-inside player in NBA history to win the best defensive player!"

"Since Artest in the 2003-04 season, Link has finally broken the monopoly of inside players on this award!"

"The Grizzlies' defensive efficiency is the first in the league. Link can also contribute 1.2 steals and 1.4 blocks per game. The best defensive player deserves it!"

Less than a minute after the news was announced, the whole world exploded.

Generally speaking, regular season awards will be decided among several expected candidates.

But this time, Link suddenly won the Best Defensive Player Award when he was almost ignored before, which undoubtedly scared everyone.

It is not easy for outside players to win this award. After all, inside players have natural advantages on the defensive end, and they are closer to the basket and easier to end the opponent's offense.

However, even so, Link still overwhelmed the heroes and ruined the dreams and expectations of countless people.

After the results were announced, the specific media voting data were also made public.

People thought that even if Link won the best defensive player, he would definitely win, just like James narrowly defeated Link to win MVP last year.

Little did they know that 100 of the 125 media voted for Link!

Five out of six people think Link is better than the other candidates!

"Link's defense is absolutely suffocating. If you ask top scorers such as James, Durant and George, and ask who they are most afraid of fighting against, they will definitely not say Jokin Noah, but will tell you that it is Link."

"Tiring physical confrontation, exquisite verbal striking and just right interference are the tags that Jordan could win the Best Defensive Player Award back then. And you can't put these tags on Link. If Jordan can win the award, why can't Link?"

"Link's single defense level is so powerful that he locks the opponent's number one scorer without even relying on the power of the system! And who can guarantee that those big guys can not lose their disadvantage when defending one-on-one on the outside? But Link can guarantee that he can also lock his opponent when defending at low posts!"

This time, the media all stood on Link's side. After all, Link was chosen by them themselves.

Link was also very modest when receiving the award in the afternoon. "Thanks to my team, I can't win the award without the support of my teammates and coaches. I'm very proud to be another best defensive player in the non-inside."

It seems that everything is happy. However, just like Joggel won the best coach, other teams will definitely not be convinced. And, they will test whether Link deserves it in the subsequent games!
Chapter completed!