Champion, please stay!

Chapter 108, Section 106: Is the youth in our memories fading away? Then let it become the youth of a new generation of football fans!

At 9:30 a.m., Yi Shui received a notification from the team, and at 10:00 a.m., the NBA official website announced the list of Players of the Week for the first week. At 10:30 a.m., Yi Shui arrived at Madison Square Garden to meet the team. The certificate sent by the NBA headquarters and the commemorative trophy for Player of the Week purchased by the team from the headquarters arrived.

Being close by is great. In June, when Yi Shui first came to stay at a hotel in New York for an extended period, he walked from Madison Square Garden to the NBA headquarters during his lunch break one day, taking less than 15 minutes. Along the way, he even bought a cup of coffee without sugar or milk, which was photographed by a reporter and made the news.

Yes, the trophy is purchased. The NBA only issues a certificate for Player of the Week, but will notify the team in advance of the award and ask if they want to purchase a commemorative trophy. Most teams usually buy one as a gift to congratulate the player on winning the award.

Walsh certainly wouldn't be stingy with the money. In terms of team funding, Dolan basically has no limits. As long as the rules allow, he can pay players' salaries and coaches' salaries however he wants.

就像托马斯在2005年给拉里-布朗5年5000万、外加1000万的季后赛成绩奖金的巨额教练合同，结果一年后就把拉里-布朗解雇了，通过打官司花了近2000万买断剩余合同，也就是拉里-布朗执教尼克斯队一年赚了近3000万……托马斯的总经理位置依旧稳如老狗。

Yi Shui hummed, "My first NBA trophy came earlier than I imagined," while looking at the trophy.

It's a small trophy with a gold base and a transparent cylinder made of glass or some other material on top. It has his name, the date of the award, and the Knicks logo printed on it, but no NBA logo, which is why it's called a commemorative trophy.
Yi Shui really wants to change his jersey to number 58 to thank his friend, Pao Ge, for this award!
Last night, when they were crushed by the Western Conference powerhouse Jazz, Paul scored 24 points and 15 assists with a high shooting percentage of 7 of 13, leading his team to a 17-point blowout victory over the Cavaliers.

Oh, and we also have to thank James Posey and Chandler. Those two held James to 6-for-16 shooting, limiting him to just 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists.

After learning about the award, Yi Shui went online to check and found that James was the second-place winner of the Eastern Conference Player of the Week in the NBA headquarters vote.

数据来看，开局场均29.2分8板7.8助攻1.8抢断1.2盖帽的詹姆斯，比他的场均26.5+7.6+4.5+2.2+1.8还是要占据一定优势。

The main issue is that after years of promotion, the 20+5+5 stat line has become the representative stat line of an 'all-around player' in people's minds, and its value is inexplicably high... It's time for the government to come out and regulate the market.

However, the Cavaliers only had 5 games in their first "big week" and went 4-1, while the Knicks went 5-1 in 6 games. Currently, the Knicks are still the top team in the East, second only to the Lakers who are undefeated so far.

It's uncertain how long he can maintain his position as number one in the East, but he will try his best to prolong it.

The team provided each player with a locker, the kind with a combination lock, similar to a safe. Yi Shui temporarily left his certificates and trophies there, boarded the team bus, and headed to the airport. After the whole team reunited, they flew together to Memphis.

On the plane, Yi Shui looked at the game summary from last night that he had asked the coaching staff for before departure. His playing time was 33 minutes.

The coaching staff has a strong sense of execution. First, they reduced his playing time, giving him a few minutes of rest in the middle of the first quarter, a few minutes of rest at the beginning of the second quarter, and only bringing him back on halfway through the third quarter, while he played the entire fourth quarter.

Although he did experience a decline in stamina in the final quarter last night, it wasn't due to playing more minutes. It was because of the Jazz's physical play, and his stamina wasn't as bad as it was against the Bobcats. The loss was simply because... we didn't play well.

全队的投篮热图说明了他们进攻受限的原因——12英尺到20英尺，也就是距离3.6米到6米这段区间，他们只进了6球，大卫-李4球、他1球、库里1球，没了。

During this stretch of distance, the Jazz provided very little help defense or rotation.

David Lee played as expected.

Curry was facing a super-strong DeAndre Djokovic, and didn't have many opportunities to shoot from mid-range; his only mid-range basket was a turnaround jumper after receiving the ball at the free-throw line.

Looking at the long-range shots at the right 45-degree angle for 89, and the long-range shots at the left bottom corner, top arc, and right bottom corner for 80/82/81, and the long-range shot at the left 45-degree angle for 85, Yi Shui planned to shift some of his long-range shooting training time to mid-range shots, instead of only practicing mid-range shots when he got the training card as before.

The elementary school students also told him that his shooting practice was too unorthodox, and that becoming familiar with shooting from different positions would help him further improve his three-point shooting...

...

Yi Shui and his team arrived at a hotel in Memphis. He turned on his computer to read the news and saw that he had become the second player to win the Player of the Week award in his debut week, and the news had already generated a lot of buzz.

It was highly controversial, but the point of contention was somewhat unexpected...

On the point of contention regarding 'who should win the award,' most people felt he deserved it.

His only 40+ point game of the season played a significant role, but the most important factor was his rookie status.

He shot 6-for-15 against the Jazz last night, and some people criticized him, but his fans said, "Brook is still a rookie, it's normal. James played even worse against Paul."

Thanks again to Brother Pao!
Before his major injury, Paul was truly formidable... Yi Shui remembers that Paul seemed to be going to get injured this season, and he was diagnosed with an injury during the offseason. He then injured his other leg next season, and he hopes to face Paul before that happens.

Although the floor cannon is also very strong in the future, he wants to fight the 'strongest form' of the cannon brother.

The controversy centers on the argument of whether or not Yi Shui should be ranked alongside Shaquille O'Neal. O'Neal won the award in his rookie season by beating everyone in the league, while Yi Shui only beat players from the Eastern Conference.

Regarding this, Yi Shui personally believes that O'Neal's achievement is more valuable.

But in action, he stood by his own fans and himself, confirming that he was logging in with a secondary account. He replied to a relevant post on the official forum, saying, "After the division into East and West conferences, I haven't seen any other rookies get Player of the Week in their first week," and enjoyed the pleasure of surfing the internet with his backpack. After surfing the internet for a while, Yi Shui suddenly realized something: Pao Ge seemed to be in a bit of trouble.

There were clearly two Players of the Week today, but I didn't see anyone discussing them on PaoGe's side.

He shut down his computer and went to Phillips Arena for extra practice. When he returned to his room from the gym that evening, he dragged his tired body back to his computer, wanting to read some more news praising him to satisfy his craving.

However, at 6 pm, it was 'stealed' from the spotlight.

The Denver Nuggets and Detroit Pistons officially announced a trade, with Allen Iverson and Chauncey Billups swapping teams!

...

The next morning, Yi Shui got up and checked the news. The whole internet was buzzing about Iverson being traded to the Pistons.

Yesterday afternoon, his Player of the Week award and his highly anticipated matchup against Rose, which were still the focus of attention, have completely lost their impact.

He didn't really care about that, since the away team owner would arrange a live broadcast anyway.

He's feeling a bit sentimental right now.

Even after Ben Wallace left, the Pistons still made it to the Eastern Conference Finals for two consecutive years. The coaching of renowned coach Flip Saunders was indispensable, and Chauncey Billups's control of the game was equally crucial.

During the offseason, Sanders believed the Pistons had no chance of winning a championship and chose not to renew his contract, which led to rumors that the Pistons were going to rebuild.

When the Nuggets' dynamic duo was first formed, they were incredibly dominant. However, they were eliminated in the first round for two consecutive years. In particular, last season, Iverson was defeated by Kobe Bryant, which made the Nuggets' management lose patience, and trade rumors began to circulate during the offseason.

Yi Shui knew this deal was bound to happen sooner or later, but seeing the news still felt like a part of her youth had vanished.

He shut down his computer, washed up, ate breakfast, and then went to Phillips Arena with the team.

He first went to the souvenir shop. For the previous two away games, he would buy a small pendant related to the opponent in the morning. If he won, he would throw it behind the stands. If he lost... he hadn't lost yet, and he had successfully thrown it out both times.

His plan was to take the prize home and hang it on the wall of his study if he lost, so he could look at it whenever he had free time.

When he came out after buying the pendant, he ran into an acquaintance.

Rose, Gay, Gasol.

Rose and Gasol exchanged brief greetings.

Guy opened his arms and said, "Wow, isn't this the number one draft pick?", giving Yi Shui a big hug.

Ross asked in surprise, "You all know Brook?"

Yi Shui: "Rudy and I were college teammates, Mark, I beat him in the Olympics."

Gasol clenched his fists. If it weren't for this guy, they wouldn't have fallen to third place in the group, and they wouldn't have faced the United States in the semifinals!

Seeing his sister-in-law's displeased expression, Ross, ever the deviler, said, "Oh, I remember now, you and Rudy are both on the Huskies team, Brooke. I heard the Huskies are retiring your jersey when the season starts next week? Rudy, has your jersey been retired yet?"

“How could I possibly have such an honor? Brook is the greatest player our school has ever had; he is the one who deserves it.”

Guy guessed his teammate's little scheme and completely ignored it.

Rose and her sister-in-law were both hostile towards Yi Shui. Guy, who was a sophomore and got along well with Yi Shui, who was a freshman, ended their chat and left with his two rookie teammates when he saw this.

As Yi Shui watched the three figures leave, although the conversation hadn't been very pleasant—Ross had been eager to start a fight the moment they met—his sadness about the passing of youth had dissipated at this moment.

As the memories of 'youth' gradually fade away, he writes his own history during his youth!

Let yourself become a part of the youth of the new generation of football fans!

(End of this chapter)