On February 3, Beijing time, the shortlist of the eight major awards of the 2022 Lawrence Awards was announced, and the Milwaukee Bucks were nominated for the Best Team of the Year, becoming the only basketball-related finalist in the eight awards. The Milwaukee Bucks official social media posted a group photo of the team's championship winning, and wrote: "Thank you Laureus Sports Award nomination for us to be the best team candidate team of the year in 2022, and congratulations to all the other teams that have been nominated!" ”
A total of six teams were nominated, in addition to the Bucks, the Chinese Olympic diving team, the Argentine men's soccer team, the Barcelona women's soccer team, the Italian men's soccer team and the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 team.
The Laureus World Sports Awards, or Laureus Awards for short, are one of the most influential awards in the world of sports and a global sports awards ceremony. Lawrence means laurel in Latin, symbolizing victory.
Since the scope of the selection is all sports in the world, the chances of basketball winning the award have been small. The last time a basketball project won a Laureus Award was in 2020, when Nowitzki received the Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award. Chinese player Yao Ming won the Laureus Best Newcomer of the Year award in 2003 and the Laureus Sportsman of the Year award in 2015.