Chapter 548 (1/2)
If the scoring king is considered to be the sharpest spear on the offensive end of a season, the best defensive player is undoubtedly the toughest shield in the league in a season.
Like Howard and link, who were the most successful losers in the magic period, Ben Wallace and Mutombo, who were the most successful losers in the magic period, were generally able to support the defense system of a team, and such players were definitely worthy of the title of the best defensive player in the league.
But defending this kind of thing, to be honest, is really very difficult to judge. The scoring king can only look at the score data, and MVP's record plus data performance can often get a reliable answer. But on the defensive side, the defense level is difficult to measure with data, and many times the defense needs to rely on the efforts of the whole team, and it is difficult to quantify the individual defense ability.
As a result, it's hard to judge a player's defense from the data alone, and it's easy to have multiple criteria.
This kind of trouble brought about by the difficulty in selecting the best defensive player has led to many embarrassing things in the history of NBA. Since 1968-69 season began to select the best defensive lineup, the best defensive player who symbolizes the best defense in the league has not entered the best defensive lineup for three times!
The most recent one was Tyson Chandler, who won the best defensive player last season, and ended up in the second best defensive position.
Even Mutombo, known as ”the best defensive center in NBA history”, has once won the best defensive player, but has not been selected for the best defensive experience for a while.
This time, in the eyes of many media, it is very likely that mark Gasol will not even be able to enter the best defensive two!
Because as far as we know, Chandler and Noah are likely to have higher votes than Gasol in the best defensive lineup.
If they finally compare Gasol, Gasol will become the first best defensive player in NBA history who can't even enter the best defensive two sets.
In this regard, the media is full of hype, especially those who voted for Noah and Chandler, they even sneer at the result of Gasol's winning the prize.
”Joaquin Noah, average 2.1 blocks, 1.1 steals and 11.1 rebounds! What about mark Gasol? Average 1.7 blocks, 1.0 steals and 7.8 rebounds per game! He didn't have any data to be better than Noah, but he won the best defensive player? ”
”Tyson Chandler held up the Knicks defense, and you have to know the fact that Chandler's No. 4 partner is Anthony. Even so, he can protect the basket well. How can mark Gasol hod step on Chandler
”When Gasol is on the field, the Grizzlies lose 95.4 points every 100 times they hold the ball. When he was away, the number rose to 102.8. It's a gorgeous number, but I'd like to say that it's not just Pau Gasol, who's not even the best defensive player on the Grizzlies
”LeBron James has defended so well this season that he lost to just mark Gasol? Ridiculous
Mark Gasol's career has been questioned a lot so far, but not once has the scale of the doubt been so large.
I just won the first regular season award in my career. What I got was not praise but doubt. Everyone would be depressed.
Gasol is no exception.
”They voted for this prize, and now it's better. They've come to question me again.”
The next day, on the plane back to Memphis, Gasol looked at the newspaper and chuckled to himself.
In fact, not everyone doubts Gasol. After all, the best defensive player award is voted by the media. It's just that during this period of time, the voice of doubt has overshadowed the voice of support.
”Don't read the newspapers, especially the sports section. Otherwise, you may even wonder if the reporters have brains Link grabbed Gasol's newspaper from the side, got the prize, and cared about what the reporters were doing.
”They said I couldn't play in the NBA. What happened? We're going to play the Western Conference semifinals now, mark! Pay attention and put those idiotic voices behind you Link said, put on the earphone for Gasol, let the Spaniard relax.
Pau Gasol nodded slightly and didn't care what the reporters said.