Silent Love

Some exist with pride, others struggle with pride, some compete with pride, and there are those who fail with pride, but very few can walk away with pride. 
Congratulations, for as you read these lines, you have witnessed the whole lives of many great basketball players.
This pronunciation was embodied when Stephen Curry, after facing defeat in 2021, claimed that no one would want to face them the following season; When Tim Duncan was convinced before the start of the 2014 Finals that they would not mess up; When Kobe Bryant promised at Old Buss's memorial to take the Lakers to the playoffs; When Nowitzki, shedding his label as a soft player, retreated to the locker room in tears at night; When Kevin Garnett let out a skyward howl after holding the championship trophy; When the 2004 Detroit Pistons won and the F4 Lakers lost…

Our story begins in an era when pride still mattered.

Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters

The Houston Rockets, already with internal issues, had no sound strategy under such circumstances, and were immediately swept out of the playoffs 4-0 by the Clippers.


Before the semi-finals arrived, the League announced the winners of most of the awards.


Unlike last year, there wasn't much controversy this time.


Curry, Harden, Yu Fei, Durant, and Anthony Davis were selected for the first team.


Aside from Yu Fei, Antetokounmpo and Thompson were selected for the third team.


Rivers won Coach of the Year for the second consecutive year.


And Yao Ming, as expected, was selected as the Sixth Man of the Year.


In terms of the All-Defensive Team, Yu Fei, last year's DPOY, clearly lacked energy on the defensive end this year. Not to mention defending his DPOY title, he didn't even make the All-Defensive Team.


Such matters inevitably led to skepticism about whether the voting media members were too frivolous.


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