Chapter Eighty-Nine: All-Stars Without Him Don't Look Like All-Stars
Curry relied on the madness of playing against the Bucks and directly entered the fans' field of vision, this guy also has the capital to impact the All-Star - 1-
I vaguely remember last season, Lin Fei canvassed for Keynes and his teammates, and the Warriors seemed to miss that time, Nelson Sr., Lin Fei, Keynes, Aix, Jobs, Claudeson, Curry...... They've made the greatest team in history, and at this time last year, they were still attacking the league's best teams, alas! Maybe never come back at that time!
Someone asked Lin Fei what he thought of his teammate Curry.
Lin Fei's answer was affirmative: "He is definitely an all-star level player!" He has a good view of the overall situation on the court (in fact, it is just compared to Lin Fei), and he also has excellent long-range shooting ability. There are very few people in the league who can do these two as well as him, and I remember that the player who has done as well as him before was probably only Nash. If they hadn't been selected as an All-Star, I think it might have been a pity for the fans. ”
Oh, my God! Lin Fei actually compared Curry with Nash, which shows that Lin Fei is optimistic about this teammate, and it is no wonder that Curry at this time is even a substitute for Lin Fei in the eyes of many fans, after all, the progress of the Warriors in the past two seasons is obvious to all, and it has also allowed them to accumulate a large number of fan bases. So, Curry, as the most likely player for the Warriors to make the All-Star team today, carries a lot of hope.
Keynes is obviously still sensitive to words like All-Star. If Keynes is still healthy on the field, he has a good chance of being an All-Star, because last season, he was the biggest pearl of the All-Star, and he is still improving this season, if he is not selected again, it is likely to cause public outrage among fans. It's a pity! He didn't even make the squad now, so he missed a good opportunity! Only wait until next season, but unfortunately what the next season will be like, no one knows.
The players who can mix in the league are actually quite strong players, and if you can give them a chance, they will usually burst out with amazing energy. The same goes for Curry!
In the game at home, the Warriors met several strong opponents, and the Warriors also fought with all their might, and Curry also relied on the advantage of being a point guard to hold the ball, with a large number of shots, and his personal data soared, instantly jumping from the average of 12+5 per game in the first few games of this season to 25+10 in recent games. It's been so fast that it's hard to believe.
Perhaps it was because Curry had been suppressed by Lin Fei and Keynes for a long time and did not have the opportunity to fully display his talents, and now that both of them are injured, Curry has become fierce all of a sudden. However, everyone has seen Curry's progress, and the improvement of other players is not as obvious as his. Both Steve Jobs and Aix both saw slight gains, which may be to be expected. In fact, when Lin Fei was first injured, people thought that D'Antoni would focus on the wing and let Jobs and Aix attack more, but in order to be on the safe side, D'Antoni still used the original style of playing as a point guard and let Curry serve as the team's leading scorer.
Some journalists can't be idle all day! Their keen sense of smell directly discovered the clues behind the Curry data. Curry's data is definitely at the All-Star level, as if he is the boss of a team, is he taking power? After all, Curry's 25+10 talent is not to mention playing the main force in other teams, even if he is the core of the team, but once Lin Fei and Keynes return, Curry may have to return to his bench position, will he be willing? For a while, the talk about Curry's seizure of power suddenly became noisy. …,
In fact, Curry was a little dissatisfied with Lin Fei at first, but gradually Curry did find the gap between himself and Lin Fei's strength, that is, he was convinced to lose in the competition with Lin Fei, and Lin Fei directly invited him to play as a substitute several times, which made Curry very admired, and now Curry is quite convinced of Lin Fei. He knows very well that his 25+10 data is actually largely due to the tactics of the Warriors, and Lin Fei's average of 40+ points per game is based on his own strength, shooting one after another, and he will definitely not have 25+10 data when he leaves the Warriors, and players like Lin Fei have the strength to score an average of 40+ per game no matter where they go. There is also Keynes, obviously there is no bad news Curry to form a direct competition, but Curry and Keynes cooperate a lot, he is quite aware of Keynes's strength, from the beginning when he saw Keynes, he knew that this guy had unusual strength, so he would not have the heart to be jealous of Keynes at all.
Regarding Curry's rise, many people even assert that Curry may usher in his big outburst, for the simple reason that this guy is enlightened all of a sudden! When Curry was the main playmaker under the old Nelson, Lin Fei hadn't even entered the league at that time, and the data was only 16+8, but since the arrival of Lin Fei and Keynes, Curry went through a period of training as a substitute and directly won the best sixth man last season, and this season, when he returned to the team's main organizational guard, he suddenly felt that he had a new understanding of the court. In other words, in fact, Curry was constantly improving during the time he was a substitute, and he was even trying to keep chasing Lin Fei, which invisibly increased his strength, and when he encountered the opportunity to serve as the main point guard again, he ushered in a complete outbreak.
Curry's outbreak is true, but many people assert that Curry can be like Lin Fei again is obviously unlikely, Lin Fei's existence is absolutely unique, which has a lot to do with Lin Fei's style of play and strength, obviously Curry is just constantly strengthening his technical means, these actually have a limit, just like many people's physical strength has a limit, that is to say, in fact, 25+10 such data is almost already Curry's limit!
With Curry's rise, the Warriors didn't fall apart into a puddle of mud as people thought. All-Star love, the Warriors' record after losing Lin Fei is 14-16. Considering the severity of the team's injuries, this is already quite a good result. That also secures the Warriors' top-eight spot in the West, where they finish fifth.
Even if the Warriors looked like they didn't have the fighting spirit at times, they were able to get back into shape in Game 2. Lin Fei and Keynes are not on the court, but the characteristics of the Warriors are still there, and they still have the characteristics of a strong rebound, which will definitely not change because of the departure of one or two players, because this quality has long become a team culture of the Warriors.
At the same time, due to the full support of Lin Fei and Keynes, Curry is in the All-Star vote, and his votes are second only to Lin Fei, Kobe, Westbrook and Paul among Western defenders, ranking before Nash, Parker, Ginobili These long-established guards, obviously, this is absolutely inseparable from the credit of Lin Fei and Keynes, the two have been canvassing for Curry on their Weibo, which directly led to Curry's votes exceeding everyone's expectations, but it is useless to rank fifth in the West. Except for Lin Fei and Kobe, who won the first and second votes, the other four substitute guards were all determined by the coach.
It's a pity! The coach doesn't seem to be too cold about Curry! There are even many people who say that the best team in the league can never play without an All-Star player (Lin Fei is injured and can't play), which may be the saddest thing in the league. …,
However, I forgot that Lin Fei couldn't play, and this issue had been discussed in the league for a long time. According to the alliance's usual practice, there will be a wild card spot in the west because of Lin Fei's injury! This spot can be hand-picked by David Stern! In fact, David Stern had handpicked Kevin Love, the star of the Timberwolves, to enter the All-Star before!
For this wild card spot, there is no doubt that Curry's voice is exceptionally high! After all, David Stern is also a reasonable person, and directly gave this spot to Curry, so Curry entered the All-Star bench for the first time in his life. His existence is to make up for Lin Fei's lack of being able to play as an All-Star.
However, the absence of Lin Fei's all-stars is somewhat boring. Before, people always thought that if Lin Fei didn't have a domineering dunk, the all-stars would not be very interesting, but now people finally know that the all-stars are really meaningless without Lin Fei. People seem to have gotten used to Lin Fei continuing to win his MVP trophy in the All-Star, and fans never seem to get bored of Lin Fei.
In fact, Lin Fei himself is also very unhappy, according to the rules of the league, even if Lin Fei can't play, he must be on the scene during the All-Star game. So Lin Fei could only watch a group of players running on the field, but he could only sit down. Sometimes it's like this, I don't feel uncomfortable, but I look better than others, but I start to feel a little sad.
Curry went to the All-Star List, which is actually going through the motions. Curry is in the All-Star team, giving people the feeling that he is a nouveau riche attending a high-class party of the aristocracy, and he can't find his own feelings, or rather, he is not very comfortable with that atmosphere, so at this time, people miss Lin Fei even more.
Lin Fei seems to have become the most indispensable mascot in today's alliance! He represents popularity, he represents basketball, he represents victory!