"I have to thank all the judges. It is a great honor for me to receive this award."

"But I want to say that in my heart, Tang will always be the recipient of this award. He is the role model I will always chase."

Butler's speech fully displayed his Tang Tian fanboy style.

But what he said was the truth.

Not only the previous matches between the two on the court, but also after he arrived at the Pelicans, he often went one-on-one with Tang Tian, and his offense and defense were completely blown away.

But the fans off the court didn't know, and there was already a burst of cheers and applause at the scene after Butler said this.

Even a superstar of Butler's level is a fan of Tang Tian, so there is no need to say more about Tang Tian's strength.

After the Best Defensive Player, the Sager Strong Award and the Best Teammate Award were successively awarded.

The Sager Strong Award is to commemorate the famous NBA reporter Craig Sager, who just passed away after fighting leukemia for 3 years.

The winner was former Pelicans coach Monty Williams.

His wife passed away in a car accident two years ago, but he persevered and has now returned to the NBA, serving as an assistant coach for the 76ers.

He took the stage wearing a colorful floral shirt that Sager loved during his lifetime.

He thanked many people, but most of all his wife.

"Her departure has made me stronger. I know the children need me. I am no longer just a father, but also a mother."

Williams' words moved the audience even more.

Tang Tian also stood up and applauded his former coach. Although this award is not a big one, it is of great significance.

The remaining Best Teammate Award was also very competitive, with the fierce competition focused between Tang Tian and James.

In the end, Tang Tian defeated James to win the award.

Not only former Pelicans players and teammates, but even opponents like Westbrook and Curry praised Tang Tian.

Not to mention after this season, a group of players wanted to be teammates with Tang Tian.

James' expression was slightly lonely at this time.

Since the beginning of the awards ceremony, he has only received an insignificant Play of the Year award.

The result was really a bit shabby.

But who told him that there was Tang Tian? If there was no Tang Tian, many awards would have belonged to him.

He bit his finger and looked around, and began to be a little absent-minded about the awards ceremony.

Speaking of which, after failing to win the championship with the Cavaliers this season, he had thought about leaving the Cavaliers.

The current situation made him even more determined in this idea.

At this moment, he found that there was another person who had similar emotions to him.

Durant.

Durant was even worse than him, and hadn't won a single award so far.

When the two looked at each other, they really felt a sense of sympathy.

Tang Tian gave a 30-second acceptance speech, running to the stage non-stop, he was really running out of words.

After this award, another heavyweight award was presented.

Coach of the Year.

Somewhat similar to the situation with the previous Executive of the Year, the three candidates were from the Bucks, Pelicans, and Mavericks.

Strictly speaking, these three teams had the most surprising performances of the season.

This award was as suspenseful as the previous Executive of the Year award, and perhaps even more so.

Among them, Mike Budenholzer of the Bucks had the highest voice.

Although the Bucks had a strong lineup this season, the improvement in their record and reaching the Eastern Conference Finals Game 7 in the playoffs were both solid achievements.

If the former Spurs' top assistant coach's coaching in Atlanta was a failure, then he was undoubtedly successful in Milwaukee, and very successful.

The reason why he had the highest voice was because the Coach of the Year award was closely related to the improvement in the record, and the Bucks had the biggest improvement.

Rick Carlisle's voice was also not low. After losing Butler, many people thought the Mavericks would be finished.

But Carlisle used his skillful hands to create a Mavericks team that integrated offense and defense, and managed to achieve the second-best record in the West without a superstar.

Finally, Alvin Gentry's situation was very similar to that of Dell Demps.

The Pelicans had a hard-trained quartet plus a group of high-quality substitutes, which was definitely the most realistic version of what Shaquille O'Neal said, "My grandma can lead the team to win the championship."

So whether it was the role of the coach, or the team's lineup was too strong, there would be doubts accompanying it.

"The winner of the 2017-2018 NBA Coach of the Year is Brad Stevens!"

Barkley rarely didn't play tricks this time, and directly announced the final result in the envelope.

80-win coach Stevens!

It sounded as domineering as an 800,000 restricted area coach.

In fact, at the moment when he stepped into the field of 80 wins, those controversies and doubts were no longer so important.

Even strong teams can capsize in the gutter, and winning 80 games was something no one dared to think about before.

Not to mention that Stevens had many Popovich-style bluffs during the season.

After the Best Coach, other awards such as the Community Assist Award (Durant) and Clutch Player of the Year Award (James) were also announced one after another.

When the awards ceremony came to an end, it was also the last super award.

Regular Season MVP!

This year's three candidates: Tang Tian, James, and Harden.

The data of the three.

Tang Tian: 27.6 points, 7.3 rebounds, 7.5 assists, 2.1 steals, 1.3 blocks, 55% shooting percentage, 44.8% three-point shooting percentage.

James: 27.5 points, 8.6 rebounds, 9.1 assists, 1.4 steals, 0.9 blocks, 54.2% shooting percentage, 36.7% three-point shooting percentage.

Harden: 30.4 points, 5.4 rebounds, 8.8 assists, 1.8 steals, 0.7 blocks, 44.9% shooting percentage, 36.7% three-point shooting percentage.

Among the three people's data, Harden's is undoubtedly the most beautiful.

After Cousins' season was reimbursed and Paul's state declined, he almost carried the Rockets forward by himself.

Although the shooting percentage is low, he made up for it with a lot of free throws, and his true shooting percentage is not low.

Tang Tian's data has declined a lot compared to last year, but that is more because the team clocks in after three quarters.

And that is compared to himself. Compared to James, his data is still more beautiful.

Among the three, James has the smallest chance of winning.

He can't compare with Harden and Tang Tian in terms of data, and even his most proud efficiency has lost its color in front of Tang Tian.

Not to mention the team's record.

For the last big award, Barkley and Smith also laid the groundwork for various suspense.

It wasn't until the fans under the stage started booing that Smith coughed a few times and announced the final result.

"The winner of the 2017-2018 NBA regular season MVP is... Tang Tian, this is the third consecutive year he has won the MVP, congratulations to him."

When Tang Tian's name was read out, James had an expression as if he had known it all along.

Harden had a helpless wry smile on his face.

He doesn't know how many years he has been running with Tang Tian.

They avoided Jordan, but they can't avoid Tang Tian!

But everyone at the scene gave Tang Tian applause and cheers.