Last summer, Deron Williams and Chris Paul, selected by the Hawks and Jazz respectively, have already become significant variables in this season's competition among East and West teams for playoff spots.

With Deron on board, the Hawks no longer need to agonize over whether to use Tyronn Lue or Royce Evi at the point guard position.

Undoubtedly, Deron's addition is like replacing the engine of an already perfectly configured muscle car with a top-notch one.

Since Deron joined the team...

Atlanta fans have noticed that Josh Smith is soaring, while Al Harrington and Joe Johnson can exploit mismatches on the court caused by the opposing side's foolish and sluggish defense.

By All-Star Weekend, the Hawks temporarily ranked seventh in the East.

If it were past seasons, Hawks fans would have certainly complained about Deron Williams, who could average 14.8 points, 7.4 assists, and 3.9 rebounds in his rookie season. (Note ①)

Because with such stats, Deron...

Is not even considered in the discussion for this season's NBA Rookie of the Year.

However, not only Hawks fans, but even Deron himself no longer cares about the Rookie of the Year award.

Like Deron.

Paul also doesn't care about the Rookie of the Year award.

Before the All-Star Weekend, under the tutelage of the old coach Jerry Sloan, Paul could contribute 15.1 points, 8.5 assists, 3.5 rebounds, and 2.8 steals per game for the Jazz.

Undoubtedly, Paul's rookie season performance is outstanding and excellent.

Because after he joined, the Jazz, which only had 19 wins last season, also successfully sped up this season.

Currently, they rank seventh in the West.

But even with such a Paul...

He also isn't considered in the discussion for this season's NBA Rookie of the Year.

To be honest, if Stern didn't want to break NBA tradition, he probably would have sent this year's NBA Rookie of the Year trophy to Oakland at the first opportunity.

Because with the emergence of Qin Yue, there's no suspense for this year's Rookie of the Year!

While Deron and Paul indeed performed exceptionally this season, who could compete with the one exhibiting MVP-level performance?

After the All-Star Weekend, Qin Yue led the Warriors to Atlanta to begin their next series of away games.

Philips Arena.

Facing the first opponent of this series of away games.

Confronting this variable in the Eastern playoff spots created by his own presence, Qin Yue, with a performance of 28 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 blocks, and 1 steal, successfully reminded Atlanta fans of their most hated and shameful memories.

"Conspiracy! Conspiracy! Conspiracy!"

Throughout the night, as long as Qin Yue held the ball on the court, Hawks fans expressed their dissatisfaction with the NBA in their own way.

Hawks fans have every reason to be dissatisfied.

Because last summer, to acquire Qin Yue, they endured an entire season of torment.

In the game, whenever signs of winning emerged at home, every on-site fan immediately loudly stopped the players' wishful thinking attempts.

"We don't want to win! Quickly throw that damned basketball to the other side!"

Yet... even though the Hawks crazily ended the season with 11 wins, David Stern, that Jew who should be burned alive, didn't grant them last year's first pick.

Originally, as time passed, Hawks fans gradually forgot about this memory.

But...

Why? Why isn't the Messiah ours? Why did Stern have to send him to save the useless Warriors? What's so good about Oakland? What's so great about the Bay Area? Someday, the omniscient and almighty God will surely send down a great fire to burn that loathsome California to ashes!

On this day of this year, as Qin Yue led the Warriors to an away victory over the Hawks with a score of 110 to 101, Atlanta fans also sent their most vicious curse to all of California.

However, this curse is impossible in Qin Yue's view.

Because until he traveled through time, as the only state in the United States that applied fire safety building codes at the urban-rural junction of the arid regions, California's firefighting was renowned even in China's major newspapers and magazines.

Therefore, a great fire descending and burning California to ashes?

Impossible!

"I can totally understand the feelings of Hawks fans because I sincerely believe that my rookie season performance was excellent."

After defeating the Hawks, the Warriors, without time to rest in Atlanta, hurriedly moved to the next away game and finally reached the end of this journey of more than half a month by mid-March:

——Salt Lake City.

Before reaching the Utah Plateau, the Warriors' record had reached 41 wins and 21 losses.

As the fifth team in the league this season to achieve 40 regular-season wins, they currently rank fifth in the West.

It is worth mentioning that due to the Jazz currently being just 0.5 games behind the Nuggets...

So even though they only secured 33 wins before the game against the Warriors, if they could defeat the Warriors this night, they would immediately leap to third in the West.

Indeed... this is precisely the most foolish aspect of the rule that division champions must be in the top three of the East and West.

Because no matter how hard the Warriors try, the current leader of the Pacific Region, the Phoenix Suns, isn't likely to give up their throne.

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