The Godfather of Basketball

When personal relationships are evenly matched, it's a head-on bid.

Because the Warriors don't want too many people to enter the board of directors, they hope that the 20% of the shares will eventually be owned by one person in principle, and those consortiums have also announced their withdrawal one after another. In the end, only Stevens and Swift are left .

Both of them are determined to win the acquisition, and the private price of this 20% stake is also rising.

From 150 million, to 170 million, to 180 million...

When the price soared to 200 million, Stevens finally chose to quit.

After all, he is a venture capitalist. When the investment and return may be out of balance, he finally chose to give up.

And Swift also successfully purchased Ranadive's 20% stake in the Warriors at a price of US$200 million.

As soon as the news came out, the league was shaken.

While lamenting the entry of the world's hottest female singer into the NBA, people in the industry were also amazed at the final price.

20% of the shares sold for 200 million, which means that the actual value of the Warriors has exceeded 1 billion!

You must know that Ranadive only spent more than 500 million to buy the King.

The value of big-city teams, and the rise in market capitalization of NBA teams, is scarier than anyone imagined.

David Stern's global layout has finally begun to reflect its value.

Of course, Tang Tian himself was the most excited in private. Although he had to interrupt many of the company's investments because the final price exceeded expectations, from a long-term perspective, this is definitely a profitable deal.

Swift successfully bought shares in the Warriors, and Tang Tian has already led the Thunder and the Grizzlies to two games.

As expected, even though the Grizzlies have an outside lineup like Conley, Tony Allen, and Prince, they still can't stop the Thunder's four young players. Leading to 0.

Around this time, the league successively announced the final ownership of several major honors in the 2012~2013 season.

Thunder and Heat became the biggest winners.

In the first selection of the best sixth man, James Harden defeated JR Smith (25%), Jamal Crawford (15%) and others with a super high ratio of 53%, and successfully won the best sixth man. Good sixth man.

Harden averaged 19.2 points and 4.3 assists in the regular season this season, and made 42% of his three-pointers. This is probably one of the least suspenseful sixth man selections in league history.

The best head coach was won by Spoelstra from the Heat, leading the Big Three to the best record of 66 wins in team history. He won this award, just like the sixth man, without much suspense.

After announcing the best sixth man and best head coach, the league also announced the selection results of the best team and best defensive team.

The best team in the league: Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, Yao Ming;

Second Team: Russell Westbrook, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, Blake Griffin, Tim Duncan;

Three teams: Tony Parker, James Harden, Paul George, Chris Bosh, Dwight Howard;

All-NBA Defensive First Team: Chris Paul, Tony Allen, LeBron James, Serge Ibaka, Yao Ming, Tyson Chandler;

Second Team: Mike Conley, Jimmy Butler, Paul George, Tim Duncan, Marc Gasol;

(Because of the same selection score, the best defensive team was finally selected with 6 players.)

The Heat, the Thunder, and the three are best in the first, second, and third teams. Even the best defensive team has one player each. Such a team is rare in history, and it also makes fans look forward to the finals of the two teams.

It is also worth mentioning that this is Kobe's 11th selection to the league's first team, tying Karl Malone's historical record.

At the end of these awards, the biggest and finale is naturally the regular season MVP award.

The competition this year has also been fiercer than ever.

LeBron James: Averaged 26.2 points, 7.3 rebounds, 6.9 assists and 1.7 blocks per game, shooting 56% from the field and 40% from three-pointers.

Chris Paul: Averaged 22.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 10.2 assists per game, shooting 48% from the field and 40% from three-pointers.

Kevin Durant: Averaged 28.2 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game, shooting 52% from the field and 43% from three-pointers.

Carmelo Anthony: Averaged 28.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game, shooting 44.9% from the field and 37.9% from three-point range.

This is the hottest four-person team in the MVP list. After that, the still efficient Kobe (27 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists), Parker (20 points, 3 rebounds and 7.6 assists) who averaged more than 20 points per game, led the team to the playoffs. Curry (22.9 points, 4 rebounds, 6.9 assists) in the second round of the game is also a candidate that cannot be ignored.

In terms of statistics, Durant and Anthony are the two most prominent.

In terms of record, the Heat, Cavaliers, and Thunder rank first, second, and third in the league, and the difference in record between them is not big.

In the end, after voting by 130 media outlets across the United States and online audiences, James won the 2012-2013 regular season MVP with 38% of the votes, beating Durant (24%) and Anthony (17%) , This is also the first time in his career to receive the honor of MVP.

The results of this selection immediately aroused heated discussions among fans.

"LeBron's performance is impeccable, the Heat are the number one in the league, this is the undisputed MVP!"

"LeBron has proved that he can do well without Tang Tian. As long as he wins the final championship, he will fully prove himself!"

"The result of this selection is unfair. Durant's data is obviously historical. Just because the Thunder lost 4 more games, his outstanding performance cannot be wiped out."

"I think so too. You have to know that James Harden has grown rapidly this season. Under such circumstances, he can still get such data. Durant's strength has improved even more than last year. He should get this MVP."

"Hey, a group of guys who can't afford to lose! LeBron is so strong, didn't that Durant guy say he wants to win more MVPs? Now he has no chance!"

"Brother, you are very good, but I like it, looking forward to the scene when LeBron beats the Thunder to win the championship, continue to kill Durant and the Thunder's championship dream, revenge Tang Tian, ​​hey, man! If I were the president of the league, I would definitely like this Script!"

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Just as Rose's MVP award last year caused a lot of controversy, the results of this year's MVP selection did not skip this link. The fans' comments made people look forward to the upcoming finals even more.

"Perhaps the person who wins the championship is the one who should be the MVP." Even Barkley began to look forward to it.

After losing the MVP, Durant unexpectedly chose silence, but from the daily training, he can feel that he has become more serious.

The game between the Thunder and the Grizzlies continued in Memphis. Perhaps stimulated by the results of the MVP selection, Durant's desire to score soared. He scored 39 points and 41 points successively, refreshing his single-game scoring records in the playoffs one after another.

Also in this scoring performance, the Thunder won another 2 games in a row on the road, swept the Grizzlies 4-0, and moved strongly to the Western Conference Finals.