Chapter Twenty-Six: The Madness of Old Nelson (Part I)

When Lee learned of Curry's response, he had flown to Oakland with the team's flight, and after a few hours of flying, Lee set foot on the city's soil for the first time.

This is San Francisco, one of the largest concentrations of Chinese Americans, and there are millions of compatriots and fathers of the same color and blood as him.

More than 100 years ago, the Chinese ancestors crossed the ocean to this strange land, and took root in the sea of blonde and blue-eyed people to survive, they worked hard here, worked hard in discrimination and ridicule to work hard to create their own family business, and started a family here, it can be said that this city carries the blood, sweat and years of several generations of Chinese.

When driving past the Golden Gate Bridge, the landmark of this bay city, looking at the magnificent and beautiful night view of the city, Li Shihao had a good impression of this strange California city for the first time in his heart.

Before the game tonight, Curry sent him an invitation, and Curry found a classical Chinese restaurant in the city's Chinatown, listening to Curry's boast that it has a history of hundreds of years.

The last time I went to Nash's banquet, Li Shihao didn't call his teammates, and afterwards they shouted for a long time, and this time he received Curry's invitation, Li Shihao brought Lefu and Brewer.

Both of them are the most compatible with Li Shihao in the team, and the time spent between the three of them is not much, but the chemistry between the three is extremely good.

It's been more than ten days since the new season began, and the Timberwolves have a three-win, three-loss record in six regular season games, and they are in ninth place in the now fiercely competitive West, just one win away from the eighth-ranked Thunder, which has surprised many experts and media.

The Timberwolves won just 24 games last season. And at the beginning of this year's new season, it showed such a good state, although the team's initial offensive and defensive system is still a little immature, but it is enough in the face of half of the teams in the league, the current Timberwolves, the defensive ability has improved greatly compared to last season, although the offensive end has slightly decreased in the deterrence of the inside, but Li Shihao can often fire on the outside at a critical time, so that the team can open up the situation, which was not seen in the Timberwolves last season.

At the beginning of the new season, the young lineup of the Timberwolves has made many teams in the league suffer, slightly sharp, orderly offense and defense, which is the best evaluation of the Timberwolves.

Look no further than these three youngsters on the Timberwolves!

Kevin Love, who entered the league in '08, was a young interior player who was drafted by the Memphis with the fifth pick in the draft, and countless people were laughing at the Grizzlies' vision of the uniform team, and then the rookie was packaged and sent to Minnesota in exchange for OJ Mayo, and then countless people began to fire at the Timberwolves.

However, the rookie has played a performance that has impressed countless people this season, averaging 15 per game. 3 points 13. 2 rebounds 3. The two-double-double of 1 assist is impressive, the rookie has a good shooting touch and good defensive ability, but these are not enough to show what makes him special, and what really shocked the pundits in the league is that the white man is averaging 13 per game on the inside. 2 out of 6 rebounds. One is frontcourt rebounding, which is nearly half of the frontcourt rebounding rate, allowing the Timberwolves to have a higher margin for error when attacking.

What does this mean?

The league's technicians counted the Timberwolves' offensive and defensive transitions this season and found that Kevin Love grabbed 6 for the Timberwolves. 1 in 5 frontcourt rebounds. Seven were successfully converted into real scores after the second attack. In other words, the Timberwolves have 11 more rebounds per game than their opponents out of thin air. 4 points.

This data is the embodiment of the value of Lefou, and this ability is not visible to many pseudo fans simply from the data!

Look at Corey Brewer, he didn't play much, as a young player who was drafted by the Timberwolves with the seventh pick in '07, he didn't show the talent that a team leader should have, but he actually evolved into an excellent defensive point on the front line, and with the team's run-in and his personal strength continues to improve, this defensive point is constantly transforming into a defensive gate.

A pair of extra-long arms, speed comparable to that of a defender, top-notch bounce, and when it all came together on Cory Brewer, a young wing defender was born.

These outstanding innate physical conditions are enough for his defensive range to easily encompass the offensive means of most of the league's forward guards.

In addition, Brewer is also an excellent fast-break counterattacker, he can fast-forward and counterattack with Li Shihao at the first time when the opponent makes a mistake, and quickly cause a lightning fast attack!

And Li Shihao's strength in the new season should not be underestimated, the organizational ability of the first-line point guard, the stable mid-range shooting, and the highly efficient breakthrough ability are a dark horse with excellent color among the rookies this year.

The stable triangle composed of three people makes the Timberwolves' initial offensive and defensive system a great threat, and with the gradual deepening of the regular season, the cooperation between the three people will be better, and I believe that even if they meet the top teams in the league in the future, they will have the power to compete!

The three people who cooperate with the increasingly tacit understanding on the court make their relationship very harmonious off the field, although they don't get along for a long time, but the three people's personalities are not compatible with the attributes such as deep and introverted, and they have been together for a long time, and their respective personalities are clear.

Lefu belongs to the kind that looks like a tiger and bear, and the kind that looks honest, but has an extremely turbulent heart in his heart, this kid has always wanted to publish a photo album after becoming famous, the red kind, and has always wanted to use this trick to capture the hearts of the new generation of Hollywood goddesses.

And Brewer is more sincere, this baby's sincere and down-to-earth style on the court is perfectly inherited to life, and the good brothers are the kind that dig out their hearts and lungs, Li Shihao fell in love with this Portland boy with a real temperament as soon as he got in touch with him.

In order to get to the restaurant quickly, the three of them took a taxi directly in the city center and went straight to the location, waiting to arrive, Curry was already sitting there with Ayesha Alexander.

Seeing Li Shihao and Lefu arrive, Curry stood up with a smile and invited everyone to take a seat.

Ayesha on the side was not idle, and a sweet smile appeared on her delicate face: "Bruce, I've arrived so soon, and there are still ten minutes before the agreed time!" ”

Li Shihao smiled when he heard this, and said: "How dare Curry invite me to be late, not to mention that Ayesha is here, if you make you wait for a long time, it will be too ungentlemanly!" ”

Ayesha pursed her lips and smiled when she heard this, and glanced at Curry, her eyes full of sweetness.

The two of them are old lovers, their hometown is in Charlotte, they have been lovers since college, and until now, the relationship is very deep!

Lefu exclaimed, squeezed his eyebrows at Curry and said, "Stephen, you are really a cute man, such a beautiful and good girl is attracted by you!" He sighed as he spoke, looking a little sad.

Ayesha smiled slightly, and when she heard Lefu looking at herself over there, she said, "Kevin, if you want to find a good girl, it's not easy, there are many good girls around me!" ”

Lefou's eyes lit up, and he was a little moved: "Oh? Are you sure? ”

Curry smiled and nodded: "Ayesha knows a lot of beauties, if it weren't for the fact that I only have Ayesha in my heart, I might have pursued it!" ”

Ayesha glanced at Curry when she heard this, her eyes were charming, and then she said, "Kevin, the people I introduced to you are all good girls, not only beautiful, but also with unique personalities!" ”

Hearing this, Cory Brewer was also a little curious, these days, a girl with a personality and a beautiful personality is a goddess, he doesn't pay much attention to appearance, he still likes girls with unique personalities.

"However, if you want me to introduce you, you have to consider a suggestion!"

Love and Brewer glanced at each other, a little puzzled, unable to guess what Curry's girlfriend was selling.

Ayesha pursed her lips and smiled: "You have a few years left on your rookie contract, you can consider coming to Oakland, not only are there many good girls here, but as a California city, the exposure and salary will be much higher." ”

Li Shihao was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled: "Ayesha, you think about Curry now, then you can't dig into my corner!" ”

Lefu and Brewer also smiled and politely rejected Ayesha's suggestion, the three of them have just been formed, but they have already shown good power, although the Timberwolves are a small city, but with their lineup, it may not be impossible to rise!

Curry and Ayesha did not force it, the Golden State Warriors now completely want to tear down the rebuild, and the Warriors' coach Nelson Sr. has completely expressed his determination to rebuild and released the news: "Except for Stephen Curry, nothing can be traded!" ”

It can be said that the Warriors still have a long way to go, and they still need to wait for the test of time if they want to fight their way out of the western part of the arms race.

However, Curry's future with the Warriors is undoubtedly extremely bright!

Li Shihao, as a friend who has known Curry since high school, is naturally very clear about Curry's strength, and he is also looking forward to what such a talented point guard will become in the future under the training of "mad scientist" Nelson Sr.!

Nelson Sr., as the leader of the league, has a very high prestige in the American basketball world, and many famous point guards in the league are under his tutelage, Tim Hardaway, Nash, and "bearded" Davis.

Li Shihao is also a little looking forward to what Curry will be like!

Curry suddenly looked serious, and whispered to Li Shihao: "Bruce, do you know that Tang once wanted to draft the Timberwolves with a draft pick through a trade, and select you and me at the same time in the draft!" ”

Li Shihao was stunned when he heard this, and there was a trace of shock in his eyes!

Don Nelson actually had an interest in himself!