Morant continued, "With the rule changes this season, scoring efficiency has been down across the league, so point guards haven't been racking up many assists either."
"Doncic is averaging only 8.7 assists this season."
"Jokic is averaging only 8.5."
"Even the European Magicians are in the same boat, so you can imagine that everyone else's assist numbers aren't high either. Mine are a little better this season, at 9.7."
"But Wang Yi's ridiculous average of 12.1 is like he's saying to me, 'Go to hell with your dream of winning Assist King.'"
The reporter couldn't help laughing, then asked, "If Wang Yi takes Assist King away from you this season, will you regret it? Will you be upset?"
Morant just smiled and shook his head. "No, I won't be upset at all, because there are two other guys in the same boat as me."
The reporter immediately caught on.
Besides taking Assist King, Wang Yi might also take Block King and Rebounds King away from Wemby.
He might also take Steal King from another guy, which was why Morant said there were two other victims like him.
As for Scoring King, that had always belonged to Wang Yi anyway.
Ever since Wang Yi joined the Kings, he had won Scoring King every season he played. The title had never gone to anyone else.
Nine-time Scoring King—that was no exaggeration.
The only season he hadn't won Scoring King was the one when he returned from injury near the end of the season.
Under the rules at the time, a player had to appear in at least 60 games to qualify for the Scoring King leaderboard.
Although Morant was full of praise and amazement at Wang Yi's performance, his teammate Noah, privately, wasn't too happy about it.
Noah was an extremely confident