Chapter 778 I’m Coaching Michael Jordan (Third Update!)

Stevens was successfully elected as the best head coach in the 2015~2016 season with 42% of the votes, beating out Kerr (19%) and Popovich (10%).

This result is expected.

The two most amazing teams this season are the Pelicans and Warriors. Both teams broke the regular season win record.

But the Warriors already won 67 games last season, so the increase in wins is actually not that big.

Of course, under normal circumstances, 73 wins is enough for Cole to win the best head coach.

It's a pity that the Pelicans still have 74 wins this season.

In this comparison, Cole has no chance of winning. He received 19% of the votes, which is already regarded as the media being biased towards him.

However, in this way, Cole is a bit unlucky. Last season, he was beaten by Budenholzer to lead the league with 67 wins. This season, he cannot compete with Stevens with 73 wins.

This is a capital word for tragedy.

"Stevens is a very good head coach and he deserves this honor. For me, that's not that important. What I want to do is lead this team to defend the championship."

Cole seemed nonchalant.

On the match day, the team members concluded their morning training.

They already knew before practice began that Stevens won the best coach award, and now a group of people were standing behind the door holding champagne.

Tang Tian made a random excuse and led Stevens to the door of the locker room.

This scene seemed familiar.

Stevens pushed the door open and Tang Tian stepped aside.

"Champagne!"

Champagne sprayed out towards Stevens.

Stevens was instantly wet from head to toe.

"Ahem!"

He was also sprayed in the mouth, choked and wiped his face, and then he saw the team members cheering and screaming.

"Best head coach! Best head coach!"

Stevens laughed too.

This group of guys, his suit was specially picked for today's game, so being criticized like this is a waste of time.

But the smile on his face was genuine.

The team members celebrated him in this way, which shows that there is no barrier between everyone.

Just like he said at the beginning, everyone on this team can change their name from Stevens to Brad.

Tang Tian laughed loudly at the door.

When he was with the Spurs, he and Duncan were criticizing Popovich, and now he is criticizing Stevens with the Pelicans.

This can be regarded as continuing his NCAA tradition.

The New Orleans Arena was still full that night.

The desperate counterattack in the second half of the opening game gave fans confidence in the Pelicans again. They looked forward to the team pursuing the victory and rewriting the big score to 2-0.

Before the opening ceremony, the award ceremony for the best head coach of the season was held on site.

Stevens took the trophy from Silver's hand, and the audience burst into deafening cheers.

Brad Stevens, 40 years old, won the best head coach in his third season in the NBA and coached the Pelicans.

This resume is a personal honor for Stevens and for New Orleans as a whole.

Just like the glorious 74 wins, the Pelicans must get back everything they didn't get last season!

After the award ceremony, Stevens delivered a personal acceptance speech.

"Thank you to my wife Trish, thank you to Mr. Benson, thank you to Demps, thank you to the team management, my coaching staff, my players and all the fans. This honor cannot be achieved by me alone. It’s a collective effort by everyone, and it belongs to the city of New Orleans.”

The reason why I chose to receive the award before the game was for the obvious purpose of boosting the morale of the team.

Stevens's acceptance speech was aimed at this goal.

Sure enough, before he finished speaking, the scene was already filled with overwhelming cheers.

Later, Stevens talked about the difficulties the team encountered during the season and the efforts of the players.

"...They're fighting for this city."

Needless to say, Stevens' eloquence is close to Tang Tian's level, and the fans' emotions are completely aroused by him.

At this point, his speech has basically been finished.

“Finally, I have to thank one of my teammates, Don.”

When Tang Tian's name was mentioned alone, the decibel level reached a peak.

Tang Tian is now unparalleled in popularity in New Orleans.

"He gave me the opportunity to coach Michael Jordan."

Stevens' words were concise, but they shocked everyone after he said them.

He was calling Tang Tian publicly, comparing Tang Tian to the god of basketball, Michael Jordan!

Arrogance, exaggeration, shock, excitement...

Various emotions were shown on the faces of the fans at the scene.

But in the end, it all turned into even higher decibels of cheers.

Tang Tian, ​​why can’t it be Michael Jordan? !

Jordan is great, but he didn't win his first career championship until his 7th season!

Tang Tian has already won two championships in the first two years of his career, and is also the FMVP!

Even as the core of the team, he led the team to break Jordan's 72 wins in the fifth year of his career!

Jordan's scoring average and two three consecutive championships are his most important honors, but now, Tang Tian also has such an opportunity!

Let’s not talk about surpassing, but Tang Tian can really chase and rival Jordan now!

As for his personal strength, Tang Tian's defensive difficulty in the eyes of other teams is also very close to that of Jordan back then!

So I was shocked when I heard this at first, but after thinking about it carefully, Stevens was right!

Tang Tian was surprised that Stevens would say that, but he smiled and nodded after listening.

He used to target Durant, he chased and overtook him.

He then targeted Kobe, who also caught up and overtook him.

Now, it's time for him to chase the only basketball god and try to overtake him!

Carter, Kobe, James, past league spokesmen all failed in their pursuit, and in the end they could only be beaten by one person.

But all he has to do is transcend!

Stevens' speech was very expressive, not only raising the mood of the fans at the scene, but also the players were full of excitement.

As a result, they defeated the opposing Mavericks as soon as the game started.

Carlisle is indeed a master coach. After one game, he has clearly analyzed the Mavericks' strengths and weaknesses in the series.

In this game, he didn't make too complicated defensive arrangements, just simple man-to-man marking, but he studied a lot of tactics on the offensive end.

The purpose is to rely on the team's advantage of numerous scoring points to win the game with offense.

But it's a pity that Tang Tian had anticipated this move in advance.

The Pelicans were prepared in advance, like having the upper hand in a game of chess.

As a result, the Mavericks still struggled offensively, but their defense was even worse than in the previous game.

The Pelicans adjusted their offense and focused on Tang Tian at the beginning.

One comes and one goes.

When they entered the rotation about 10 minutes into the first quarter, the score on the field was 30 to 15, and the Pelicans were already leading by a full 15 points.

During the timeout, the fans were chanting Stevens' name.

With the momentum of being the best head coach, Stevens blew up the league-renowned Carlisle!