The Lakers celebrate the exposure of winning the championship! Zhan Huang quickly sprayed champagne + twisted his hips to dance, and his teammates looked forward to a bonus of 500,000
The Lakers emerged as the biggest winners of any team in the first midseason tournament, lifting the trophy with a 7-0 undefeated record. James was the top winner of all the players, taking home the MVP trophy of the first Mid-Season Tournament. At the same time, a championship was added to his honor book. How did the Lakers celebrate their championship?
At the end of the awards ceremony, James returned to the locker room with the MVP trophy in his hand, and he said, "It's all done! baby!" Obviously, James is very eager to win the midseason championship, and he played very efficiently in these seven games, averaging 26.8 points, 7.5 rebounds and 8.2 assists per game, and shooting 63% from three-point range. The MVP trophy for the mid-season tournament is awarded to the player who performs best in a season, so even though Bushy Eyebrows outperformed James in the finals, the MVP gave James a better player throughout the season.
James walked into the locker room, immediately grabbed a pair of glasses, and then quickly put down the MVP trophy and immediately picked up a bottle of champagne. He muttered, "I don't know if these lads know how to open champagne to celebrate." ”
At this time, the Lakers players also began to take champagne and prepare to open it. But James moved too fast, quickly opened the champagne, and then sprayed at his teammates.
James has won the championship four times before, and he has long been familiar with the process of spraying champagne to celebrate the victory. For some of the Lakers' younger players, they may not have experienced this before. James squirted so well, he was happy.
James' excitement drove his teammates, and Reddish was excited to spray champagne, and he moved very widely. Reddish only gets a base salary contract this season, and the $500,000 bonus is a small amount for James, but it is a lot of money for players like Reddish on a base salary contract.
When the Lakers win the championship, according to the rules, both regular contract players and head coaches receive $500,000 each, two-way contract players receive $250,000, and assistant coaches receive 75% of the $500,000 bonus — $375,000.
In his MVP speech, James specifically mentioned that when he walked off the court, the first question his teammates had was when they would get the money. James said, "I don't know." ”
After the champagne spray, James showed off his dancing posture and twisted his ass to dance. The teammates are also very face-saving, Jaxson Hayes, Hachimura, and Brother Thick Eyebrows all writhing and dancing with James. The Lakers locker room was in a state of excitement.
James then sat down in his locker and continued to twist and dance. James went on to take care of his body, soaking his feet in ice buckets and wrapping thick ice packs around his knees. James used ice to recover his body. Lao Zhan attaches great importance to the details of body maintenance, which is an important reason why he is still in excellent shape at the age of almost 39 and is still a title contender.
Winning this championship adds a stroke to James' honor book. Although the gold content of the mid-season championship cannot be compared to the NBA championship, it can barely be regarded as James's fifth championship. James is one step closer to Jordan. If James wins another NBA championship this season, he will also have six championships, and more debate is expected about who is the greatest player in history, he or Jordan.
Jordan has won the championship six times in history, played dominantly at his peak, and must win the championship in the Finals, which is something that no other superstar has been able to do. From an objective point of view, the current James is still difficult to be called the first person in history, and even if he wins another championship this season, it may be almost meaningless.
But if James wins two more NBA championships, will he surpass Jordan? After all, if he equals Jordan in terms of championships and adds the midseason championships, then objectively he has more NBA championship trophies than Jordan. Jordan has won more scoring titles, but James is the all-time scoring leader.
So, for James, who is about to turn 39, this mid-season tournament title is also very important. Because of this, James played very focused in the mid-season tournament, more focused and more ferocious than many young players, because he was more hungry for this championship in his heart.
In the mid-season tournament MVP selection, out of 20 media votes, James received 14 votes, Bushy Eyebrows 5 votes, and Haliburton 1 vote. Fans voted 5 for James and Haliburton for 2.
James has won 4 regular season MVPs, 4 Finals MVPs, 3 All-Star MVPs, 1 midseason tournament MVP in his career, and is currently only short of the division finals MVP trophy that was just set last season. After winning this championship, James has set his sights on challenging for this season's championship trophy. On the road to chasing Jordan, James still needs to fight forward.