NBA's King of Talking

Chapter 686 The 6th MVP

The Clippers swept their opponents in two consecutive rounds, and they haven't lost a playoff game in a very long time. The last time they lost in the playoffs was back in the 2018-19 season, when Durant was still with the Warriors.

As for losing at home, the Clippers haven't lost a game since their new home arena was established, which has already set an NBA record.

In the other series, the Suns defeated the Lakers 4-2 to advance to the Western Conference Finals, and 58 finally got to touch the Western Conference Finals floor!

Congratulations on your 58th birthday!

For 58, achieving a breakthrough in his career and successfully advancing to the Western Conference Finals is something to celebrate. His opponent in the Western Conference Finals is the Clippers, his former team. If he can defeat them and advance to the NBA Finals, then regardless of whether he wins the championship in the end, it can be considered a perfect season.

The question is, can the Suns really beat the Clippers?

External predictions overwhelmingly favor the Clippers. Aside from the haters, almost everyone is optimistic about them, because those who doubted them have been proven wrong, and badly so. Aside from Barkley, who makes baseless accusations for clicks, most others don't want to be proven wrong. Even if they gain attention, being proven wrong damages their authority as legends and experts.

Supporting the Clippers is simple: besides their overwhelmingly strong playoff performance, their style of play is a perfect counter to the Suns. In fact, it's not just that the Clippers counter the Suns; they counter all teams with strong perimeter shooting. And apart from the Nuggets and Bucks, almost every team in the league is a strong perimeter team.

Even the Nuggets and Bucks can gain an advantage in the paint, but they only have a real advantage in one position. Basketball is a team sport...

Clippers fans have received tremendous good news. With vaccination efforts progressing on a large scale in the United States, the latest data shows that 1.7 million people have received at least one dose of the vaccine, with over 6000 million completing the full two-dose regimen. The gradual improvement of testing mechanisms and the decreasing infection and mortality rates have created a more favorable environment for spectators to attend sporting events.

According to ESPN reporter Baxter Holmes, the NBA is expected to allow teams to operate their home arenas at maximum capacity next season. Currently, two-thirds of the league's teams are allowing fans to attend games regularly, including the Lakers and Clippers in California, the region hardest hit by the pandemic.

The Clippers have officially announced that fans will be allowed to attend the upcoming Western Conference Finals game!

This is absolutely fantastic news for Clippers fans!

Finally, I can watch my home team play at the new stadium! Watching a game live is a completely different experience from watching it on TV. It's like watching those amazing movies with your favorite actors on TV; if you were to watch them do *that* live, the stimulation would be so intense that most people who can't handle it would probably ejaculate prematurely…

On June 11, the NBA officially announced the winners of the 2020-21 regular season MVP award! Los Angeles Clippers star player Jia Fei won the award for the second consecutive year!

This marks Jia Fei's fifth consecutive MVP award and his sixth in his career, surpassing Michael Jordan and tying "Skyhook" Jabbari for the most MVP awards in NBA history.

Whether looking at the statistics or the team's performance, Jia Fei deserves this award.

Jia Fei's winning this award not only made him the number one player on the NBA's all-time MVP list, but also activated the additional clauses in his lifetime contract with Nike. He is definitely a winner in both fame and fortune!

On May 16, the NBA officially announced the All-NBA Teams for this season.

The players selected for the All-NBA First Team are Jia Fei, Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Doncic, and Curry.

This marks Jia Fei's seventh selection to the All-NBA Team in his NBA career, and his sixth First Team selection.

It's almost a certainty that Jia Fei will be selected for the All-NBA First Team. It would be a real joke if the regular season MVP couldn't be selected.

On the same day, the NBA officially announced the Defensive Player of the Year and the All-Defensive Team for this season.

The DPOY award went to Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Bucks' star player. The players selected to the All-Defensive First Team were Jia Fei, Holiday, Antetokounmpo, Green, and Gobert.

This marks Jia Fei's seventh selection to the All-Defensive Team in his NBA career, and his sixth First Team selection.

For Jia Fei, his all-around game on both offense and defense is the most terrifying thing. He has won the MVP and the DPOY award, and is now accumulating personal honors at an incredible pace. He has become the most likely player in the current league to surpass Jordan.

On May 19th, Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals, at the Clippers' home arena, Intuit Dome.

58 is back in Los Angeles, but this arena no longer holds any trace of him or his stories. This is a new arena, belonging to the new Clippers, to the era of Jia Fei.

Staples Center is the Lakers' arena. The Clippers also won a championship there, but it is ultimately the Lakers' arena, a place that holds Lakers memories.

58's memories with the Clippers are all at Staples Center, but he never led the Clippers to the Western Conference Finals. Never even touching the Western Conference Finals floor, he has no right to boast about it against a historic powerhouse like the Lakers.

So even if the Clippers were to retire his jersey, in the past, when the Clippers had a very poor history, 58 might have had a chance. But now, there's absolutely no chance. First, the Clippers have become one of the hottest teams right now; while not a historical powerhouse, they are certainly one of the NBA's current powerhouses. Second, 58's #3 jersey now belongs to Jia Fei, and Jia Fei is a definite Hall of Famer, so his jersey will definitely be retired by the Clippers. Therefore, the retirement of the #3 jersey belongs to Jia Fei, and has absolutely nothing to do with 58…

In fact, it's not just the Clippers who will retire Jia Fei's jersey; the Hawks will do the same. It's worth noting that Jia Fei also won a championship with the Hawks, and given his current status, retiring his jersey is an honor for the team, not necessarily solely his.

As for whether the Thunder will retire Jia Fei's jersey, we don't know. If they want to retire it, it would be a bit of a gimmick to ride the wave of popularity. But they do have the right to do so, since Jia Fei once played for their team.

There was no way around it; Jia Fei's arrival left 58 and Shafen with nowhere to go. The more successful Jia Fei became, the more his incompetence was highlighted. They had wasted so many years of the team's peak, and now they wanted to retire their jerseys?

Clippers home arena IntuitDome.

The arena was magnificent, with three Western Conference champion banners and three NBA champion banners hanging in the air. Although only 5000 fans were present tonight, which looked somewhat sparse in the huge stands, it didn't dampen their enthusiasm.

This is the Clippers' own home arena; finally, they don't have to share a home court with other teams anymore. This team, which has already established a dynasty, deserves to have its own home court!