Chapter 194: Internal Troubles and External Troubles

Stephen Curry has not had a good season this season, the competition for power in the team is too serious, and the team's head coach Don Nelson is also retiring, and he has no intention of continuing to meddle in the team, although he is interested in Curry's future, but he has not given Curry any substantial help.

Instead, let Stephen Curry fight for everything with his game performance alone.

Li Shihao can see that Nelson Sr. still has high hopes for Stephen Curry, hoping that Curry can find his own basketball path and let him grow step by step.

Nelson Sr.'s vision is very accurate, decades of NBA career, let him witness too many ups and downs of the past, he understands that Curry's current strength is not enough, only a three-point shot is more reliable, but the rest of the place can make him a qualified starting point guard for the team.

Curry still has a long way to go, and many of Curry's records in the NCAA are extremely glorious, hiding some of Curry's weaknesses, but after coming to the NBA, these weaknesses can't be hidden, and they are magnified little by little.

If you can't overcome them well, you won't be able to fight in this alliance for a long time after all.

Nelson Sr. saw the essence of Curry at a glance, discerning all the strengths and weaknesses, he put Curry between the starter and the bench, and kept letting him take turns playing in both positions.

If he is in good condition, he will let Curry start, and if he is in bad condition, he will be targeted, so he will be sent to the bench position, although there is a difference between starting and not starting, but Curry's average playing time per game has not changed, it is more than 20 minutes of stability.

This is also the only preferential treatment that Nelson Sr. has for Curry.

But even so, Curry still encountered many problems, such as not adapting to the water and soil when he first entered the league, and the team was full of factions. Dumping is severe.

Monta Ellis is interested in the position of the team's leader, which everyone in the league knows, and he and the bearded Byron Davis competed for the position of team leader, and there was a lot of trouble.

The old and spicy old Nelson suppressed their contradictions, and instead through the wisdom of the head coach, the two temporarily let go of their hostility. Turn contradictions into motivation to win.

In the end, a miracle broke out, and the Golden State Warriors completed the feat of Black Eight, successfully kicking the Dallas Mavericks out of the playoffs that season and ranking in history.

However, the contradictions behind it can't be suppressed, old Nelson is not omnipotent after all, he knows people's hearts, but he can't regulate 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, can't stop the dispersion of the OK combination in the end.

Monta Ellis squeezed out the bearded Byron Davis. Alone on the ball.

Without a rival, Montaelis was overjoyed to think that he could become the boss of the team in the open, and that there was no one to compete with him for the right to shoot.

But what he didn't expect was that this move also broke Nelson Sr.'s heart, and the disappointed Nelson Sr. understood that the Golden State Warriors had no hope of winning the championship and had to enter the road of rebuilding.

Then, Nelson Sr., who holds the '09 first-round pick, drafted Curry from Davidson College in the summer.

Naturally, this was unacceptable to Montaellis, who did not expect a manager he trusted to choose a rookie to replace him. The rift between the master and the apprentice was quietly generated.

Monta Ellis's disdain for Curry this season is something that the Golden State Warriors players have seen with their own eyes, and no one dares to speak up for Stephen Curry, who is still a newcomer. Naturally, Curry received a lot of scorn and contempt.

But Curry gritted his teeth and persevered, and he also understood how much head coach Nelson Sr. valued him.

These words, which were not originally said to his family and teammates, were all said by Curry to Li Shihao, these words were hidden in Curry's heart for a long time, and after having the opportunity to get together with Li Shihao, Curry naturally began to pour bitter water.

Li Shihao listened silently to Stephen Curry's confession. He knows Stephen Curry, although he looks cute and immature on his face, Curry's heart is far stronger than his peers, which is the most important reason why Li Shihao thinks Curry will become his opponent.

Stephen Curry is also a paranoid person at heart. Although he is friendly to the people around him, when he encounters difficulties, he will try to solve them himself, and he is reluctant to talk about these troubles affecting the people around him.

Now that he has met Li Shihao, Stephen Curry, who has been suppressed for a long time, naturally poured out the words that had accumulated for most of the season.

Stephen Curry's whole face was red, like a fire, and I don't know if it was because he was spicy or emotional, "Bruce, you have hope to make the playoffs this season, you must keep this opportunity, don't let the Thunder overtake me, I don't want to see James Harden enter the playoffs before me!" ”

Li Shihao smiled slightly and nodded, he understood the awkwardness between James Harden and Stephen Curry, the two were originally competitors in college, and after entering the league, they were the same players again, and they were still in the West, and it was inevitable to compete against each other.

Curry hesitated, and finally spoke, "Bruce, the pressure of competition in the West this season is too great, you enter the playoffs in the seventh and eighth positions, and you still lack playoff experience, you can say that you don't have any advantage over the Los Angeles Lakers, I'm afraid there is almost no hope of qualifying, if you rush to the seventh place, against the Dallas Mavericks, I'm afraid there is still some hope to appear!" ”

Li Shihao smiled bitterly, "After a season, the Dallas Mavericks have also become stronger, much stronger than at the beginning of the season, we still have little hope of qualifying for them, we can only say do our best!" ”

I know for myself that if the Spurs can still play seven games with the Dallas Mavericks, the Timberwolves are really hanging.

They are too lacking in playoff experience, they have no home-court advantage, and they are still facing the powerful Dallas Mavericks, even if they are fighting to tie seven, I am afraid that they are still out of the game, but if they don't play tie-breaks, I am afraid they have no hope of qualifying!

Curry, apparently understanding the Timberwolves' current situation, sighed and didn't speak.

This year's West is really too competitive, and the pressure is too much for their group of rookie players, and it's a little overwhelming.

However, there are also opportunities hidden behind the heavy pressure, and if you can overcome yourself and break out of the heavily surrounded west, I am afraid that you will have a sense of the sea and the sky. (To be continued.) )