850 First Regular Season MVP
The Regular Season MVP trophy wasn't as shiny and gold or silver as other trophies.
It was a little dribbling figure carved from brass.
Beneath the brass figure was a black base.
The whole trophy could be summed up in one word: grimy.
But, as the saying went, you couldn't judge a book by its cover.
This grubby-looking trophy was one of the three most prestigious awards in the NBA.
The MVP trophy was an indispensable factor in evaluating a player's place in history.
Jordan had five Regular Season MVPs;
James had four.
Kobe had only one.
That was also one of the main reasons why many people ranked James ahead of Kobe when discussing the greatest players of all time.
If Kobe had also won four Regular Season MVPs, it would be hard to say which of them should rank higher.
When Wang Yi raised the MVP trophy with one hand, the entire Golden 1 Center erupted in a deafening roar.
"MVP!"
"MVP!"
"MVP!"
It wasn't like the MVP chants during previous games.
This time, they continued for more than two full minutes.
Wang Yi deserved this MVP, and he deserved the crowd's cheers.
At that moment, tears slid from the corners of his mother's eyes.
His father, Wang Jianhua, was also overwhelmed with emotion.
More than 17,000 people in the arena were cheering for his son in unison.
Only the parents of the girls who had won the Women's Asian Cup could probably understand that kind of pride.
At that moment, in more than 200 locations across China, over 200 people Wang Yi's age were watching the game.
A middle-aged man, skinny as a rail, shouted to everyone in the restaurant, "This motherfucker's my classmate! He's my classmate! How badass is that?