Speaking of Karl Malone, it is easy to remind everyone of three people. The first is Stockton, the most critical teammate in Malone’s career, and the second is Jordan. Jordan has ended Malone's win twice. The third one is Duncan. I think that when Malone kicked Duncan back then, people can think of the picture when they see these words. In addition to being able to think of Jordan and Duncan when talking about Malone, there is another reason - Malone snatched the MVP of the two.
Malone won the regular season MVP twice in his entire career, but the controversy on both occasions was very big. The first time in 1997 he averaged 27.4 points, 9.9 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.4 steals. The team has a league record. Second, Jordan averaged 29.6 points, 6 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.7 steals per game, ranking first in the league. And this time Ma Long won the MVP in the words of Ma Long’s mother: "Thank Jordan for giving the MVP trophy to my son." The reason given is that the Bulls' record has declined. They won 72 last season. Jordan scored 1 point less than last season. The Jazz is the best record in team history. This reason is too unconvincing. In 1999, Malone averaged 23.8 points, 9.4 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.2 steals, second in the league. Duncan averaged 21.7 points, 11.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.5 blocks per game. Duncan ranked first in the league. Looking at performance and record, Duncan should be the MVP? Why was it given to Malone in the end? Let's take a look together.
's lockout affected the course of the entire season
It can be said that Malone was able to win the regular season MVP thanks to this suspension. After the Bulls won the championship and chose to retire, the owners of the league teams finally Unbearable, they began to oppose the league’s salary cap and the upper limit of player salaries, trying to reduce the wages of players. The player union was not happy to hear it. Not only did they not accept it.It also proposed to increase the salary of the players with the minimum salary, which also led to the further stimulation of the contradiction between the two sides, which eventually led to the reopening of the game until January 1999 (the first negotiation between the two sides was in July 1998).
Because the suspension time is too long, in order not to affect the following season, the league stipulates that only 50 games will be played this year. Malone’s attendance rate is high enough to play 49 games this year, and Duncan After all 50 games have been played, Malone is not dominant! In addition, Stockton next to Malone was selected for the best three teams this year, and Duncan had no teammates selected for the best team. Duncan personally contributed the most to the team. Why did he lose to Malone?
The main reason is this suspension. Because of the suspension, all aspects of the league chose to do it in advance, just to not hinder the normal progress of the next season. As a result, they only played 40 games in the regular season and began to select the regular season MVP. At that time, the Jazz’s record was the league’s first, and Malone naturally had the advantage in the vote. Then Alonzo Mourning was voted second, and Duncan was third. In fact, the gap between the three people in the MVP vote this year is very different. small.
After the MVP election, the league thought it had solved a problem. Who would have expected an accident in the last 10 regular season games. Duncan led the team to an 8-game winning streak and directly surpassed Malone. At that time, it was very speechless, but considering that the MVP had already been issued, he could only pretend to be dumb and dumb, and said nothing about it.
The battle of proof from Duncan!
After losing the regular season MVP, Duncan was also very angry. He vented all his anger to his opponents in the playoffs. In the first round, facing the Timberwolves of Garnett, Duncan led the team directly to the 4th round and easily advanced. In the second round, facing the Lakers of O'Neal, Duncan swept directly in the first round. Facing O'Neal who was trying to resist, Duncan averaged 29 points and 10.7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks and led the team to advance.
After the Western Conference finals, he met the trailblazers of Pippen , Sabonis and Rashid Wallace .Are they all great? As a result, Deng headed the team for another sweep. In the finals, facing the Knicks of Ewing, Alan Houston and Larry Johnson, Duncan solved them in 5 games and scored an average per game. 27.4 points, 14 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1 steal and 2.2 blocks, won the championship and also won the FMVP trophy.
Duncan is only the second year of his career this year. Although it was an accident that the MVP was given to Malone due to 10 games in advance, it also shows that there is a certain shady problem. Malone’s performance and his attitude towards the team His contribution is obviously not as good as Duncan’s. He was able to win the MVP. I think more reason is that Jordan left. The league thought he would become the new king. As a result, he gave the 35-year-old veteran the MVP, making him the best in history. A good MVP trophy winner, but actually the most questioned MVP. After all, Malone created the best record in team history in 1997, and his personal performance was not bad, but this year was purely caused by the league!
Because of this mistake, Duncan’s historical status has also been affected. Although he is the No. 1 power forward in history, he only has two regular season MVPs. If he wins three, he may be able to and Magicians are competing for their historical status, and Ma Long's historical status is not low, but to be honest, the two MVPs here are the lowest gold content I have ever seen. Do you have anything to say? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.
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