Today the Most Improved Player Awards were announced and Morant was successfully elected.
In this final list of scoring situations, we can see that Morant's overall score of 221 points ranks first, the second is Murray from the Spurs, who has a total of 183 points, and the third is from the Cavaliers' outside core Garland, who received 11 first votes, a total of 178 points.
Much talked about awards
The well-known NBA media StatMusk, is even more bluntly said that Bain's average score per game and average assists per game have improved more than Morant, in order to question the attribution of the Fastest Improved Player Award, in fact, in recent years, the Most Improved Player Award has been won by those who are already high draft picks, such as the 19-20 season Fastest Improved Player Award to the 16-year list Ingram, 20-21 season, the winner of the Most Improved Player Award is Randall, who was selected with the seventh overall pick in the first round of 2014. Is it really appropriate to give the fastest-improving player award to these geniuses who already have high hopes? This can't help but make people question.
In fact, not only the fans and media people have such different views, but also athletes and celebrities have something to say. For example, Dream Green, who has spoken on the situation before, said that he completely disagreed with Morant's list of candidates for the Most Improved Player Award, because he should be on the MVP shortlist. Mr. Bagley, who also spoke on TNT, said Morant was the second pick and rookie of the year, and he was a little surprised that Morant was shortlisted for the Most Improved Player Award and was eventually elected.
The Player Award for the Most Improved Player is a bonus to the team's aura
In fact, Morant's successful election has a lot to do with the Grizzlies' significant progress in the regular season this season. The youngsters led the Grizzlies to a 56-26 record, finishing second in the league. In addition to his election, there are two teammates who also ranked in the top ten in the voting, that is, Bane and Jalan Jackson Jr. Why is the Most Improved Player Award a bonus from the team aura? Because in the regular season, the Grizzlies' winning percentage in Morant's absence was much higher than his winning percentage, which also raised questions about Morant's ability to lead the team and whether his contribution to the team was overrated.
The skepticism continues
In the playoffs, this skepticism continues, and the series with the Timberwolves is predicted to be one-sided before the series, after all, the Timberwolves only received playoff tickets through the playoffs, and finally ranked seventh in the West, while the Grizzlies locked up playoff tickets early and also appeared on the playoff stage as the second seed. But the two sides have now played four games, and the battle is 2-2 draw, which is obviously unforeseen before the game.
As a leader, Morant currently averages 20.5 points, 7.8 boards and 10.8 assists per game, and the paper data seems good, but his scoring efficiency is inefficient, shooting 16.3 shots per game, shooting only 43% from the field, and shooting only 27.3% from three-point range, which is obviously unqualified for a guard. And he hit a total of 24 sports goals in these four games, and even the number of tweets he tweeted during the playoffs (29) was much more than his goal, which also allowed some fans to taunt Morant.
It is not a good thing to question
In fact, Morant has previously expressed his opinion on the list of the fastest improving players, arguing that Bane should be more on the list than him. With only 74 points in the most improved player award, It seems that he is not favored by the media people who have the right to vote. But Morant really has nothing to say about his teammates, he always supports his teammates, and this leadership personality is really an important factor in the locker room to unite the team. His reaction in the face of public opinion against him is awe-inspiring, which is the generosity that a person who has achieved great things should have.
No matter how much he questioned, Morant finally won the most improved player award, and it may be a good thing for Morant to continue to question, after all, he grew up from a 0-star high school student to the present, perhaps relying on the mentality of breaking the doubt! And the next thing he has to do is to break the doubts, lead the Grizzlies to win more games, and complete the evolution again after winning the Most Improved Player Award like Brother Alphabet, and finally get the MVP, leading the team to win the championship and get the Finals MVP. This is what Morant aims for in the future.