Chapter 1 Tang Tian Elected Chairman of the Players' Union

Tang Tian's election as chairman of the Players' Union also led to the re-election of the union's vice-chairmen.

Iguodala became the union's first vice-chairman, with Brogdon, Jaylen Brown, and Biyombo also becoming the new vice-chairmen.

The term of this session is the same as in the past, four years.

The news was quickly announced and received unanimous approval from the players.

In the past four years, since Paul became the chairman of the union, James became the first vice-chairman, and Anthony and Wade were also among the vice-chairmen.

This also aroused dissatisfaction among many mid-level players.

Was this Players' Union just a private union for your Banana Boat brothers?

Although this dissatisfaction was not spoken out publicly, there were definitely doubts.

But this time, except for Tang Tian, the others were not Ku Lian Xiong Di (Hard Training Brothers).

Naturally, there were no such doubts with this combination.

Tatum regaining control of the league and Tang Tian becoming chairman of the union, these continuous events in the NBA offseason greatly encouraged fans.

They were increasingly looking forward to the new season.

However, the door to the new season had not yet officially opened before the awards ceremony.

On June 20th, US time, two days before the start of the draft night, the NBA officially held the first annual awards ceremony in Los Angeles.

Xiao Hua's purpose in making this reform was to make the awards more honorable, and he was committed to building it into the NBA's Oscars.

Although he has now stepped down, this awards ceremony must continue.

The hosts of this awards ceremony were Barkley and Kenny Smith, the TNT golden duo.

The first year's awards ceremony was very novel. In addition to the invited candidates, many local Hollywood stars from Los Angeles also came to the scene.

This added a lot of starlight to the awards ceremony and attracted a lot of attention.

Moreover, unlike the regular season awards established in the past, this awards ceremony set up a total of 20 awards, which were full of highlights.

Although there were 20 awards, the big awards were still the ones that deserved attention.

Before that, the list of candidates had already been released in advance.

Best Rookie: Carl Marjanen, Donovan Mitchell, Tatum;

Most Improved Player: Capela, Siakam, Middleton;

Best Sixth Man: Eric Gordon, Louis Williams, Siakam;

Best Defensive Player: Tang Tian, Butler, Rudy Gobert;

Best Coach: Stevens, Budenholzer, Carlisle;

Best General Manager: Demps (Pelicans), John Horst (Bucks), Little Nelson (Mavericks);

Regular Season MVP: Tang Tian, James, Harden;

In addition, the All-NBA Team and All-Defensive Team, which did not have candidate lists, were also worthy of attention.

In fact, you could get a glimpse of this from the players invited to the scene.

For example, Walker of the Pelicans did not appear on the published list of candidates, but he appeared at the scene in a suit and leather shoes.

Obviously, he could at least make it to the All-NBA Third Team this year.

The awards ceremony was a gala, and the invited players all had a separate round table with desserts and fruits on it.

This was similar to the situation at the Oscars.

Tang Tian attended the awards gala with Olsen and his two sons.

No matter how the awards were judged, he would win an award tonight, so his wife and children were indispensable for this moment of glory.

His two sons continued his excellent genes as they grew up and became more and more handsome, attracting the attention of a large number of fans before the start of the gala.

However, the most eye-catching person was Tatum, who had regained control of the league.

There were always people coming to greet him, and this comeback had no probationary period, so he could be said to be quite high-spirited.

Time flew by, and the awards ceremony officially began at 7 p.m.

Barkley and Smith, the golden duo, were very tacit and could handle such a program with ease.

Moreover, the league officials also provided them with a talk show host to help out, and the ceremony quickly got into the rhythm after it started.

The first award announced was the Most Improved Player.

In the end, Siakam of the Pelicans successfully won the award, beating Capela and Middleton.

Siakam had almost no regular season data last season, but this season he averaged 10.2 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 1.7 blocks, with a shooting percentage of up to 52%.

Being able to achieve this data on the highly competitive Pelicans, this Most Improved Player award was well-deserved.

Siakam got up and hugged his relatives and friends. It was really not easy to get this award in his second year.

He also delivered his acceptance speech on stage. He thanked the Pelicans and focused on thanking Tang Tian.

Tang Tian allowed him to participate in the Ku Lian Xiong Di (Hard Training Brothers) training camp last summer, which really helped him improve a lot.

This was the first time the Ku Lian Xiong Di training camp was mentioned in public, which immediately attracted the attention of the reporters in the audience.

It was foreseeable that after tonight, Ku Lian Xiong Di would become as well-known as the Banana Boat brothers.

After the Most Improved Player award was the Best Sixth Man award.

In the end, Louis Williams of the Clippers successfully won the award.

Although the Clippers had a bad record, Williams' performance was beyond doubt.

His average of 23.6 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 5.3 assists was also unmatched by Siakam and Gordon.

Two very weighty awards started the ceremony, but then came a series of newly established awards.

This part was also very interesting.

Best Dunk of the Year, Best Assist of the Year, Best Block of the Year, Best Clutch Shot of the Year, Best Play of the Year, and Best Dribbling Award.

There were a total of 6 awards in this series. Interspersed after the Sixth Man award were the Best Dunk and Best Assist.

These two awards were won by Tang Tian alone.

The Best Assist came from a game between the Pelicans and the Warriors.

Tang Tian leaped and moved in the air, passed the ball without looking after walking, assisting Davis for a tomahawk dunk.

This ball was very exciting, but the Best Dunk afterwards caused cheers from the audience.

This dunk was basically without suspense. It was Tang Tian's in-game 720° dunk against the Trail Blazers in the playoffs.

And the interesting thing was that all three candidates for this Best Dunk were Tang Tian.

One was a dunk over Nurkic in the same game, and the other was a dunk over Vucevic against the Magic before.

Tang Tian became the Dunk King this year, and his dunks have become a new beautiful scenery in the league.

Tang Tian went on stage to receive the awards one after another, and he found that he was running out of words, just like when he won three consecutive championships.

He suddenly felt that this awards ceremony was really not good. He went on stage again and again, and he really had nothing to say in the end.

And the key was that this was not the first time he had encountered such a situation!

He had already experienced it when the Men's Basketball Team participated in the domestic annual Sports Figure of the Year awards!

Awards ceremonies are indeed not fun!

However, a good start also made it clear that Tang Tian would have a super harvest at this year's awards ceremony!