Win 157 million in 4 years to compete for the championship, and I am expected to book two major MVP awards! Even the league wants to see you win the cup

With only four teams left in the playoffs, the situation of the championship this year is becoming clearer and clearer. For the league, this is undoubtedly a great season. Although the early elimination of veteran superstars such as James and Curry means that the NBA is about to enter a new era, fortunately, young stars such as Alexander are expected to become the league's facade of a new generation.

For the NBA, no matter who has won the championship, this is not a bad thing for the league. For example, Alexander, if he is basically locked in the regular season MVP and if he can still lead the Thunder to win the championship this year, he has a high probability of winning the FMVP. In this way, Alexander will become the first player since James in 2013 to win MVP+FMVP in a single season.

, Edwards of the Timberwolves and Halliburton of the Pacers. If these two people can win the championship, this will be a good story in the NBA. You should know that Halliburton, who is a little older among them, is only 25 years old. However, considering the commercial value, the league's most wanted ending may still be the Knicks' championship. As the largest NBA football market, their last championship was in 1973, but their team's market value has never fallen out of the top two in recent years. As the star of the Knicks, the team will naturally be unable to win the championship. Judging from the current situation, he obviously has a chance to help the team return to the top.

This season, Brunson scored the best guard level in the league. He averaged 26 points, 2.9 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 2.3 three-pointers per game in the regular season, with a shooting percentage of 48.8% and a three-point shooting percentage of 38.3%. Although Brunson's physical condition is not prominent in the NBA, he still has become one of the strongest ball-holding cores in active service. Brunson on the offensive end can not only withstand the output, but also play very well. At the same time, he can also take into account the important task of connecting the team.

The most important thing is that Brunson's current contract is very cost-effective. Last year, he signed the 4-year, 157 million contract extension with the Knicks. His annual salary this season is only 24.96 million, which can only rank 67th in the league. But depending on his personal strength, Brunson is obviously at least in the top ten in the league. A large part of the reason why he signed this contract is that he wants to stay in the Knicks and continue to compete for the championship.

Under Brunson's leadership this season, the Knicks achieved a record of 51 wins and 31 losses, which is also their best regular season performance since the 2012-2013 season. However, under the leadership of Anthony, the Knicks performed well this season only, and the 2013 playoffs was the only time they reached the divisional semi-finals. But in contrast, the Knicks, under Brunson, had the worst record in the playoffs in the second round.

This year, since the Knicks are in the same division as the Celtics in the playoffs, no one is optimistic that they can defeat the defending champion before the start, especially considering that the Celtics swept the Knicks in the regular season, most fans of this series think that the Knicks can't hold on to Game 6. But in fact, as soon as they came up, the Knicks won two away games in a row, and one thing in common between these two games is that the Knicks were once behind to 20 points, but in the end they dragged the game into a critical moment and used the big hearts of Brunson and others to win the victory.

After the G3 Celtics' feel refreshed and they won a game, many fans from the outside world began to say that the serious Celtics will quickly end this round of the series, but in G4, the Knicks won the scripts of G1 and G2. They made another big reversal in the fourth quarter when they were behind double digits. This game was Brunson's best performance in this series. He played in 40 minutes, made 14 of 25 shots, 4 of 8 three-pointers, scored 39 points, 5 rebounds and 12 assists, and only made one turnover.

And because in G4, the Celtics also lost Tatum due to injury, this round of series completely lost suspense, and the Knicks finally advanced with a big score of 4-2. When facing the Celtics, Brunson once again proved that he was able to win the "best key player" of the regular season this season was not a futile reputation. Every time the Knicks needed him to stand up and score, he was unstoppable.

Looking back at the Knicks' team history, the last time they reached the Eastern Conference Finals was in 2000, so when the Knicks got tickets to the Eastern Conference Finals again, their home fans seemed to have won the championship. It is also worth mentioning that in the 2000 Eastern Conference Finals, the Knicks lost to the Pacers with a score of 0-4, and last year the Knicks were eliminated by the Pacers in the second round. This year the Knicks faced the Pacers again, so this is also their best chance to take revenge. In addition to testing the Knicks' defense even more, for Brunson, whether he can "name" Halliburton and Turner will also become a key factor, especially Turner, who is the best space-type No. 5 position in the Pacers' five-in-one system. If Brunson and other Knicks players can work together to hit him until the Pacers have to control his playing time, their defensive tasks will become simpler. If this is not done, Turner and Halliburton's pick-and-roll will in turn target the Knicks' own No. 5 position Towns and Miro.

Overall, if the Knicks want to cross the Pacers, then Brunson has to play at the level of the Eastern Conference MVP. Moreover, even if the Knicks really make it to the finals, the strength of both the Thunder and the Timberwolves in the West will not be inferior to that of the Pacers. Therefore, they still have a long way to go to win the championship. As the boss of the team, Brunson must maintain stable performance as much as possible. Only in this way can he have the hope of continuing to attack the FMVP.. In addition, we also mentioned earlier that compared to Oklahoma, Minnesota, and Indiana, New York can win the championship is undoubtedly the most ideal situation for the league, so the Knicks do not have to worry about them losing in some key games.