Congratulations Booker! Congratulations to Tyronn Lue! Huazi is tough and Xiao Hua, Zhan Mei bad news, and the Rockets trade is frustrated
NBA Player of the Month and Coach of the Month released
The NBA officially announced the winners of the best players in the East and West in January today, with Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker and Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell elected respectively. In January, Booker averaged 30 points, 4.4 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.1 steals per game, shooting 40% from three-point range, leading the Suns to an 11-5 record and returning to the top six in the West. Mitchell led the team to 11 wins and 2 losses, averaging 28.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, 7.6 assists and 2.1 steals per game, shooting 35.7% from three-point range. The two of them deserved to be voted the best of the month!
In the NBA's official list of Best Coach in the East and West for January announced today, Clippers coach Tyronn Lue and Knicks coach Thibodeau were elected respectively. It is worth mentioning that this is the second consecutive month that Tyronn Lue has been named Coach of the Month. Last December, Tyronn Lue led the team to an 11-2 record and was named Coach of the Month. As a result, Tyronn Lue became the first coach in Clippers history to win the award for two consecutive months. In the past two months, the Clippers have achieved remarkable results under the leadership of ghost coach Tyronn Lue, and their championship strength has been fully demonstrated.
Congratulations Booker! Congratulations Tyronn Lue! Congratulations Mitchell! Congratulations Thibodeau!
Huazi is hard and Xiao Hua
Yesterday, NBA Vice President Joe Dumas announced a $40,000 fine for Timberwolves guard Edwards for his repeated public criticism. And this fuse is that Edwards believes that the Timberwolves have suffered serious injustice in the previous game against the Thunder, and Alexander alone made 16 free throws, while the Timberwolves only made 15 free throws for the whole team. The Thunder alone made more free throws than the Timberwolves as a whole, which made Huazi inevitably unbalanced!
In an interview today, Edwards talked about the $40,000 penalty he was previously given for criticizing the referee. Edwards said, "Shit, I don't care, I have to say that." Like I said, I accept being fined and I have no problem with that. "Even if you get a fine of more than $25,000, you are not afraid, Huazi seems to be going to harden Xiao Hua, the president of the alliance, to the end!
Zhan Mei bad news
The Los Angeles Lakers will challenge the Celtics away today, and the yellow-green battle is about to break out! But such a high-profile rival battle may disappoint the fans! Because James and thick eyebrows will miss the game due to injury. The Lakers officially updated the team's injury list before the game. James (left ankle peroneal tendon injury) and Bushy Eyebrow (bilateral Achilles tendon injury, left hip spasm) will both miss the yellow-green game.
James and thick eyebrows are both absent, which will inevitably make the Lakers' strength greatly reduced and lose their chances of winning, not to mention that the opponent is still the league's No. 1 Celtics. As for the reason for Zhan Mei's absence, the famous Perkins believes that James is putting pressure on the Lakers management to try to push them to make a big deal to upgrade the strength of the championship team.
The Rockets trade was frustrated
The Rockets want to make a high-quality trade before the trade deadline in order to upgrade their roster to compete for a playoff spot. But judging from the current development situation, the Rockets' reinforcement work is not going well, because Mikal Bridges is not for sale by the Nets, and they have no chance of bringing him to Houston at all.
According to Marc Stein of The Athletic, the Nets are reluctant to send Mikal Bridges even if the Rockets bid Jalen Green + back to the Nets for a first-round pick. It is reported that the Rockets had previously made an offer for Bridges, including multiple first-round picks, but was sternly rejected by the Nets. In the 2021 four-way trade for Harden, the Rockets received three unprotected first-round picks ('22, '24, '26) from the Nets. Now that the Rockets want to trade them for Bridges but are ruthlessly rejected by the Nets, it seems that Bridges is indeed not for sale on the team, and his Nets status is solid.