Chapter 14: Achilles' Heel

In the 2010 NBA draft, the Warriors selected Apa Yudu from Baylor University with the No. 6 pick in the first round, this is a Nigerian-American, like Yudu's predecessor Olajuwon, he has very good physical qualities, is a strong shield on the defensive end, but has rough skills on the offensive end, and has no reliable offensive means, so the Warriors made a big trade this summer, sending three role players, including Azubuike, to the Knicks, Got All-Star forward David Lee, whose contract is expiring.

David Lee is 206 cm tall, is a strong offensive and defensive power forward, has been playing for the Knicks since joining the NBA, and he has improved every year, always a role player has grown into a standard All-Star forward, Last season, he averaged 20.2 points and 11 rebounds per game, David Lee is a left-hander, but the ability of the right hand is also very good, the physical condition is average, the face frame is better than the basket back technology, there are mid-range shots, can control the ball and pass, fully meet the conditions of the Warriors to play run and bomb, but on the defensive end, David Lee's role will be greatly reduced, and the slow pace of the defense and low enthusiasm are the most favorable evidence that he has been criticized as a "data brush".

The Warriors immediately offered him a six-year $79.54 million quasi-max salary contract after getting David Lee, and then in just two days, they signed Dorrell White with a three-year $11 million contract. He played as the Warriors' starting No. 3 this season, averaging 16.5 points, 9.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game.

This season, the Warriors still haven't taken off the hat of the belly, with only 36 wins over the season, at this time Nelson Sr. has stepped down and become the general manager of the Mavericks, and Keith Smart, who has played 2 games for the Spurs, has become the new coach, but obviously, he is not too in control of this team, Monta Ellis has shown with his actions that he is already the boss of this team, he has played 80 games this season, He averaged 24.1 points, 3.5 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game, shooting a career-high 45.1% from the field and 36.1% from beyond the three-point line, while Stephen Curry became the man behind Monta Ellis, who averaged 18.6 points, 3.9 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game, shooting 48.0% from the field and 44.2% from three-point range. But he also averaged 16.5 points and 9.8 rebounds per game.

It is worth mentioning that this season, the Warriors signed Chinese-American player Jeremy Lin with a cheap 2-year, $1.23 million, Jeremy Lin participated in the 2010 NBA draft, but unfortunately lost, no team was willing to give Jeremy Lin a chance to play a training camp invitational, but just when Jeremy Lin decided to take a year off, the then Mavericks general manager Don Nelson gave Jeremy Lin a godsend and invited Jeremy Lin to participate in the mini-training camp in Dallas, He played well and played 5 summer league games for the Mavericks, including one that blew up the year's champion John Wall, and with such a performance, the Mavericks, Warriors, and Lakers all offered Jeremy Lin an offer to contract, but Jeremy Lin finally decided to return to his hometown team to play, and this team is the Warriors.

Jeremy Lin can land in the NBA to play, to be honest, it is indeed a groundbreaking thing, he broke the prejudice that Chinese cannot gain a foothold in the NBA in the position of point guard, although in terms of nationality, Jeremy Lin is American and does not speak Chinese, but that is not his choice, his father and mother are Chinese, nationality can be changed, but skin color, race can not be changed, Jeremy Lin played 29 games for the Warriors this season, He averaged 2.6 points, 1.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.1 steals in 9.8 minutes per game.

In the 2010-2011 season, the well-staffed Warriors still did not fight in the overall strength of the West, with 36 wins in the season, ranking 11th in the West.

In the 2011 NBA Draft, the Warriors selected Klay Thompson from Washington State University with the eleventh pick in the first round, like Stephen Curry, Klay is also a famous teacher, his father is former Lakers star Mitchell Thompson, the elder Thompson was the top pick in the 1978 draft, serving as a center, and had a 21+11 performance at his peak, known as the best player born in the United States, and remember the Nike "AIRFORCE1" mentioned before Did the first six players endorse it? The elder Thompson was one of them at that time, because of his father's relationship, so that Thompson Jr. was exposed to many NBA stars at a very young age, Kobe Bryant, Rasheed Wallace and Drexler have all coached Thompson Jr.'s basketball skills, Thompson's physical fitness is very average, dribbling is very poor, so he basically has no ability to offend the ball on his own, and the defensive end is a hole when he first enters the league, but Thompson is self-aware and diligent, After a lot of training, he finally became the main shield of the Warriors' outside defense, but compared to the defense, Thompson's biggest use on the court is undoubtedly the three-point shot, his quick shot and very standard hand shooting percentage, but it needs to be paired with a point guard with excellent passing ability to open up the shooting space for him.

In the 2011-2012 season, the Warriors made a number of trades and multiple signings, and the Golden State bandits of the former Black Eight Mavericks were unrecognizable, and after 37 games in the team, the Warriors actually traded Monta Ellis! In fact, at that time, for the Warriors, the trade was imperative, Ellis and Curry had a problem with the distribution of the ball, but what everyone didn't expect was that the person who went turned out to be Ellis, last season has proved that Ellis and Curry's style of play is not compatible, both of them are players who need to have a lot of ball holding opportunities, Ellis will not run without the ball, Curry did not develop the technical ability to shoot the ball in such an unnatural situation, Ellis averaged 21.9 points and 6.0 assists per game this season, and trading Ellis is equivalent to officially establishing Curry's leadership, but how has Curry performed this season?

On March 10, 2012, Stephen Curry sprained his ankle again in the game, according to incomplete statistics, after entering the NBA, Curry's ankle has been sprained as many as 15 times, and the team doctor has prescribed him a diagnosis of "habitual sprain", but this time it is obviously more serious, which directly led to Curry's reimbursement this season, after he played a total of 26 games, Averaging only 14.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, Curry fell into a trough in the third year of his career, so that plus Monta Ellis, who is popular with fans, was traded away because of Curry, and for a while the inexplicable black Curry began to enthusiastic, and more importantly, Curry, who was reimbursed for an ankle injury this season, was the year before the contract, but he received a four-year contract extension worth $44 million from the Warriors, thinking that Curry blocked the Warriors' way to rebuild glory, Curry seemed to have become the enemy of the entire Golden State, Curry understood that if he wanted to change all this, he could only show good results on the court, but the annoying ankle injury was like an Achilles heel, which made Curry helpless.

Ellis was sent to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for Australian champion Andrew Boggart and former martial arts saint Stephen Jackson, but the latter did not play for the Warriors again, and two days later, the Warriors sent Jackson to the Spurs for Richard Jefferson and a first-round pick. Bogut has not played for the Warriors this season due to injury, while Richardson has played in 22 games, averaging 9.0 points and 3.5 rebounds per game.

Rookie Klay Thompson played in 66 games, averaging 12.5 points in 24.4 minutes per game and shooting 41.4 percent from three-point range, and Nate Robinson, whom the Warriors signed for $980,000 in December, played a huge role in the team, averaging 11.2 points and 4.5 assists per game in 51 games, becoming the team's bench bandit, and another player who played well on the bench was Brandon Rush, a three-point shooter traded from the PacersHe averaged 9.8 points per game off the bench and shot 45.2% from three-point range! Dorrell White still played 61 games with the Warriors as the starting small forward, averaging 10.3 points and 4.6 rebounds per game, and David Lee played at a relatively high level this season, playing in 57 games, averaging 20.1 points and 9.6 rebounds per game, becoming the team's absolute interior pillar.

This season is also a season of failure for the Warriors, they have only achieved a total of 23 wins this season, injuries and frequent personnel changes are the main reasons why the team's record has been stagnant, but although the Warriors have a poor record, but the team's appearance is not the same as in previous years, and the tactical literacy has also been greatly improved, laying a very good foundation for the rise of the Warriors in the future, all these changes come from the head coach - Mark Jackson.

Mark Jackson was the 15th pick in the first round in 1987 and spent 17 years in the NBA, including the New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers, Indiana Pacers, Toronto Raptors, Utah Jazz and Houston Rockets. In his debut season, he averaged 10.6 assists per game and won your best rookie, he is also the NBA so far, the lowest ranked player in this honor, Mark Jackson is low-key, but he is very rigorous in doing things, few people now know that in fact, Mark Jackson is the third in the NBA's all-time assist list, when he plays, he is a one-size-fits-all, and he does not allow the slightest mistake, and he becomes a head coach after retiring, first of all, he is kind and knows how to get along with this group of young people in the team, and secondly, he is strict, whether the ball goes in or not on the offensive end, you have to play out the tactics, and you have to fight it on the defensive end, dare to be lazy and immediately replace you on the cold bench, regardless of whether you are a star or a dragon, play well Don't TM make a little temper and play smart, in the end, he is still very tough, but his temper is very stubborn, all the teams he coaches have a bad relationship with the team's management, he doesn't want the team's management to interfere with some of his rights, all in all, Mark Jackson still has the ability, and his rigorous style has injected some new things into the Millennium Fish Belly Warriors that can allow them to pursue winning, so to speak, this Warriors, It was the original template for the Warriors team that won the championship in 2015.