readytorunbook Chapter 167 Internal and External Troubles
Chapter 167 Internal and External Troubles
Chapter 167 Internal and External Troubles
Chapter 1 Internal and External Troubles
Stephen Curry didn't have a good time this season. The competition for power and profit in the team is too serious. The team's head coach Don Nelson is about to retire, and he doesn't intend to continue to join the team. Li, but did not give Curry any substantial help.
Instead, let Stephen Curry fight for everything with his performance alone.
Li Shihao can see that the old Nelson still has high hopes for Stephen Curry, hoping that Curry can find his own basketball path and let him grow step by step.
Old Nelson's vision is very accurate. He has witnessed too many ups and downs in his decades of NBA career. He understands that Curry's current strength is not enough. Only one three-pointer is more reliable, but there is nothing else that can Let him become a qualified starting point guard for the team.
There is still a long way for Curry to go. The many records Curry set in the NCAA are extremely glorious, and some of Curry’s weaknesses are hidden. But after coming to the NBA, these weaknesses cannot be hidden, and they have been magnified little by little. .
If you can't overcome them well, you won't be able to fight in this league for a long time after all.
The old Nelson saw the essence of Curry at a glance, and clearly identified all the advantages and disadvantages. He placed Curry between the starter and the substitute, and kept letting him take turns playing in the two positions.
If he is in good form, let Curry start. If he is not in good condition, if he is targeted, he will be sent to the bench. Although there is a difference between starting and not starting, Curry's average playing time has not changed at all. Stable for more than 20 minutes.
This is also the only preferential treatment that the old Nelson gave Curry.
But even so, Curry still encountered many problems. For example, when he first entered the league, he was not acclimatized, and there were many factions in the team, and there were serious rivalries.
Everyone in the league knows that Monta Ellis is interested in the position of the team leader. At the beginning, he and the bearded Baron Davis competed for the position of the team leader, and there was a lot of trouble.
The old and spicy Nelson suppressed their conflicts. Instead, through the wisdom of the head coach, the two temporarily let go of their hostility and turned the conflicts into motivation for winning.
In the end, a miracle broke out. The Golden State Warriors completed the feat of black eight and successfully kicked the Dallas Mavericks out of the playoffs of the season, ranking in history.
However, the subsequent contradictions cannot be suppressed. After all, Old Nelson is not omnipotent. He can understand people's hearts, but he cannot adjust and sort out the complex emotions of human beings.
Even a champion coach like Phil Jackson, who is good at dealing with players on a psychological level, could not prevent the OK combination from dispersing in the end.
Monta Ellis squeezed out the bearded Baron Davis and dominated the ball.
Monta Ellis, who had no competitors, thought happily that he could become the leader of the team in a fair and honest manner, and no one could compete with him for the right to shoot.
But what he didn't expect was that this move also broke the old Nelson's heart. The disappointed old Nelson understood that the Golden State Warriors had no hope of winning the championship and had to enter the road of reconstruction.
Subsequently, the old Nelson, who held the first round pick in 09, selected Curry from Davidson College in the summer.
This naturally made Monta Ellis feel unacceptable. He didn't expect that the head coach he trusted would choose a rookie to replace him, and the rift between the master and apprentice quietly arose.
Monta Ellis' contempt for Curry this season was witnessed by the players of the Golden State Warriors. No one dared to speak up for Stephen Curry, who is still a rookie. Naturally, Curry received a lot of stares and contempt. .
But Curry still gritted his teeth and persisted, and he also understood how much the head coach Nelson valued him.
All these words that Curry did not say to his family and teammates were all said to Li Shihao. These words were piled up in Curry's heart for a long time. After the opportunity to get together with Li Shihao, Curry naturally started Pouring bitter water.
Li Shihao silently listened to Stephen Curry's confession. He knew Stephen Curry. Although he looked cute and immature on the surface, Curry's heart was much stronger than his peers. This is what Li Shihao thought The most important reason why Curry will be his opponent.
Stephen Curry is also a paranoid person in his bones. Although he is friendly to the people around him, when he encounters difficulties, he will try to solve them by himself, and he is unwilling to say that these troubles will affect the people around him.
Now that he met Li Shihao, Stephen Curry, who had been suppressed for a long time, naturally poured out the words he had accumulated for most of the season like beans.
Stephen Curry's entire face was flushed like a fire, and he didn't know whether it was because of being hot or emotional, "Bruce, you guys have hope to make the playoffs this season, you must keep this opportunity, don't let the Russians The City Thunder took the lead, and I don't want to see James Harden make the playoffs before me!"
Li Shihao smiled slightly and nodded. He understood the awkwardness between James Harden and Stephen Curry. The two were rivals in college. After entering the league, they were players of the same class and in the Western Conference. Inevitably.
Curry hesitated for a while, and finally said, "Bruce, the competition pressure in the Western Conference this season is too great. You entered the playoffs in the seventh and eighth positions, and you still lack playoff experience. You can say that to the Los Angeles Lakers. Without any advantage, I am afraid that there is almost no hope of qualifying. If you rush to No.7 and face the Dallas Mavericks, I am afraid there is still some hope to appear!"
Li Shihao smiled wryly, "One season has passed, and the Dallas Mavericks have also become stronger. They are much stronger than at the beginning of the season. We still have little hope of qualifying against them. We can only say that we will do our best!"
I understand my own affairs. If the Spurs can still fight the Dallas Mavericks in seven games, the Timberwolves are really hanging.
They lack experience in the playoffs, they have no home court advantage, and they are still facing the mighty Dallas Mavericks. Even if they try their best to play the tiebreaker, I am afraid that they will still be eliminated. !
Curry obviously also understood the current situation of the Timberwolves, sighed and did not speak.
This year's Western Conference is really too competitive, and the pressure is too great for this group of rookies, and it is too heavy to breathe.
However, there are also opportunities hidden behind the heavy pressure. If you can overcome yourself and break out from the heavily surrounded west, I am afraid that you will have a sense of boundless sea and sky.
(End of this chapter)