In the last game on the last day of December, the Nuggets successfully defeated the Knicks, setting their December record at 12 wins and 2 losses.

As a result, they became the team with the highest winning percentage in the Western Conference in December.

This record is partly related to the schedule. After all, the opponents we played in November were stronger, and the opponents in December will naturally be weaker.

But their own outstanding performance is the most critical factor.

Especially since Nene was absent, they won all the games they should have won.

The best honor of this season will also be announced soon.

With the No. 1 record in the Western Conference in December, Karl was successfully elected as the Coach of the Month for December.

However, in the selection of the best player of the month, Anthony regretted not being elected!

The Player of the Month finally went to Chris Paul of the Hornets.

Paul led the team to a record of 10 wins and 4 losses in December, averaging 24.3 points, 3.6 rebounds and 9.8 assists per game.

This selection result also made Anthony very dissatisfied.

He publicly questioned the fairness of the selection in front of the media.

Because in theory, the best player of the month should be given to the best player on the best team.

Everyone on the Nuggets team, including Karl, was also dissatisfied.

But it didn't work in the end.

Because the award that is considered the "best in statistics" is not just the Rookie of the Month mentioned before.

Anthony averaged 22.8 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game in December, which is much lower than Paul.

However, this is obviously unreasonable, because teams with a good record can theoretically defeat their opponents more times. If they have more core players and less data, the results will naturally be worse.

Fortunately, what is lost is in the east, and what is gained is the mulberry tree.

Anthony regretted missing out on Player of the Month, but Lin Ying successfully won Rookie of the Month!

He defeated Durant twice in a row!

In the December game, Lin Ying averaged 13.4 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.8 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.5 blocks per game, with three shooting percentages of 49.3%/85%/40.2%!

Almost all of his statistics have improved compared to November.

He still ranks second among rookies in scoring, third in rebounds, and first in assists after Durant!

And his shooting percentage ranks second among rookies behind Yi Jianlian!

In the national derby against the Bucks, he even contributed a career-high 33 points.

Compare Durant's data in December.

19.7 points, 4.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.3 blocks, 40.7% shooting rate.

At the end of the month he had that aforementioned game of 2.4 points on 17 shots.

The Sonics also only had a 5-9 record in December.

After retreating and advancing, coupled with the comparison in record, the award given by the Rookie of the Year is more reasonable.

For two consecutive months, he has been elected as the best player of the month over Durant. This is enough to make domestic fans excited for a while!

And this time it wasn’t just Lin Ying who excited them!

In addition to Lin Ying winning the Rookie of the Month in the Western Conference, Yi Jianlian won the Rookie of the Month in the Eastern Conference!

In the December game, Yi Jianlian averaged 12.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.2 blocks per game, with three shooting percentages of 50.3%/83.7%/40%!

He ranks third among rookies in scoring, second among rookies in rebounds after Horford, and first among rookies in field goal percentage!

Also in the National Derby with the Nuggets, he contributed a career-high 29 points and also scored his first career double-double with 29 points and 10 rebounds!

With this two-pronged approach, how can domestic fans not be in high spirits!

And no one thinks that Guda is exaggerating. With such a performance that dominates the Eastern and Western Rookie of the Month, don't they deserve to be called the Emperor of the East and the Emperor of the West?!

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And for Lin Ying, this wave of happiness is a double blessing.

On the first day of 2008, someone from Anta came to him with a pair of sample shoes!

In fact, Anta people have been communicating with him one after another about the design of shoes.

Although he doesn't know how to design, Anta still respects his personal wishes.

Then Lin Ying also gave some ideas one after another.

Some of it is his personal preference, and some of it is influenced by the clairvoyance he opened.

All in all, when this sample shoe actually appeared in front of him, he only had one feeling after reading it:

Great! These are the shoes he wanted!

If you take this as your first signature sneaker, it can be described as "perfect".

Lin Ying's affirmation also made Anta people feel that their efforts in the past two months were not in vain.

You must know that in order to design this sneaker as quickly as possible, the entire design department worked hard and barely slept at all.

Because from the design of sneakers to the production of sample shoes, it needs to go through multiple steps such as material selection, board opening, and board making, and it may go back and forth for various reasons.

In addition, the parent company of Fila is involved, not to mention how difficult it is.

Now Lin Ying is also satisfied, which makes them feel that all their efforts are worth it.

Once the shoes are confirmed, the next step is the global launch.

As the first shoe in the LinK series, LinK-1 must have made a huge impact.

Just like the AJ-1 back then, this may even determine whether Anta's investment in Lin Ying can really succeed.

They've bought a lot of newspaper headlines.

They initially set the date of the press conference on January 9th.

1 is Lin Ying’s jersey number in the NCAA, and 9 is Lin Ying’s lucky number in his NBA career.

This arrangement is very thoughtful.

"I think it's going to be a hit."

Lin Ying is also very confident.

Perhaps because of my own opinion, this shoe not only looks good, but also has a very advanced design.

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Lin Ying's press conference will take a few days.

It was at this time that another very important thing also started at the same time.

NBA All-Star voting.

Each team will provide several candidates as a candidate list, and Lin Ying's name is clearly on the list.

If it were a few years ago, when the NBA had no voting restrictions in China, with Lin Ying's popularity now breaking through the domestic circle, he would really be an All-Star in minutes.

When a woman is interested in something like voting, the situation can easily get out of hand.

But even though he was restricted, Lin Ying still received a lot of votes in the first round, and finally ranked third among forwards, behind Anthony and Duncan, beating Nowitzki and Gasol, who had just been traded to the Lakers.

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This startled Stern.

Historically speaking, after Yi Jianlian went to the Nets, he almost edged out Garnett to become an All-Star!

That year, Yi Jianlian averaged just over 8 points per game, and his shooting percentage was less than 40%.

If this were true, the influence of the All-Star Game would have been completely wiped out.

Moreover, when Yao Ming was selected, Stern felt the "power" of Chinese fans and was so frightened that he immediately changed the rules.

Lin Ying was teaching him another lesson this time.

Of course, Lin Ying doesn't care about that. The All-Stars are still a bit out of reach for him now.

He is more concerned about the upcoming sneaker conference and... the current situation of the Nuggets.

Entering January, the impact of Nene's absence on the Nuggets is magnifying.

Especially after the easy schedule in December, the schedule in January has become a bit difficult again.

And I don’t know if it’s because he wasn’t elected Player of the Month in December, but Anthony’s desire to play in singles has become much stronger since January.

Including Lin Ying's playing time surged, he also began to be focused on by opponents.

When he played against the Cavaliers before, Ilgauskas' defense against him was referenced by many teams.

Because his offensive ability with the ball is average, a tall and wingspan insider reaching out to interfere with the passing route will impose great restrictions on him.

This is what Lin Ying needs to overcome in the next games, or in other words, this is his rookie wall.
To be continued...