Chapter Twenty-Three: The Trio

On the evening of the 13th, after the game, the whole Clippers team had dinner in the cafeteria of the Caesars Palace Hotel.

The financial department that came with the team gave each player a $140 stipend, allowing the players to spend their own money.

Of course, tonight's meal is reimbursed by the team, so everyone can eat with an open belly and eat boldly.

Stephen Curry asked for three plates of beef fried rice, two smoked fish, two prawns, a plate of vegetable salad and a roast chicken.

DeAndre Jordan saw the pile of rice in front of Curry and thought to himself that this little man was playing very well, and the amount of food was really awesome.

"Stephen, you can really eat, so why are you so thin?" Little Jordan asked, puzzled.

Curry looked at Jordan Jr. and thought to himself, "Why are you embarrassed to say I can eat it?" If I'm a rice bucket, then you're a rice bucket.

"I didn't grow meat when I was a child, no matter how I ate it, I also went to the supermarket to secretly buy protein powder, but it still didn't work."

The thinness of his body has plagued Curry since he was a child, and he is always thinner than his peers of the same height, so he has tried all kinds of ways to improve it.

"By the way, DeAndrew, how did you grow so tall and strong?"

"My dad is 6'5 (196) and my mom is 6'3 (191)."

“……”

It turned out to be excellent genetic inheritance, which was the most helpless, Curry sighed.

In fact, his father Dell Curry is not short and very strong, and his mother is also an athlete.

Curry got the excellent genes of the two, otherwise he wouldn't have made it to the NBA, but he was not as strong as he could be.

Eric Gordon also sat down with the food, saw the mountain of plates in front of the two, and said, "If the hotel buffet is all like you, the restaurant will definitely go out of business!" ”

Curry and Jordan Jr. glanced at Gordon's plate, hehe, three roast chickens, eight hot dogs, and two big burgers, shut up.

Of the three, your face is the roundest, and it will become more and more rounded in the future.

All three youngsters were born in 1988 and clearly share a common language with their peers, and they became very good friends during training camp.

Compared to other fringe people who are destined to come and go, these three promising young people will obviously develop in the long term and become the backbone of the Clippers in the future.

Kim Hughes also took great care of the three, and the team's tactics were developed around three people, Curry was in charge and Gordon was in the backcourt, and the two played very well in the first game against the Lakers.

The Lakers' outside defense simply can't help the two.

Jordan Jr. on the inside is the main defense, guarding the three-second zone under the basket.

However, Jordan Jr.'s defense in the game did not see much power, and the blocks, rebounds, and basket protection were average.

It's a pleasure to eat cakes, eight out of nine.

I feel that this kid's physical fitness is first-class, but his brain reaction is always half a beat slower, and he can't predict in advance in the face of the opponent's assault.

King Hughes thought to himself that this was the player that Mr. Smart had named to focus on, and he had to develop it well and improve his defensive sense.

Hughes himself is a center and is a qualified backup center when he is a player, with little talent, but he has enough experience and skills to coach Jordan Jr.

However, Hughes also knows that judging from last season's performance, Jordan Jr.'s biggest problem is actually in his personality, which is lazy and not focused enough.

Sometimes the training is too hard, or the intensity of the competition is too high and too tiring, and the guy will complain and feel that it is too hard.

"Mr. Smart's judgment is very accurate, and De Andrew really needs to focus on developing him."

Hughes gradually comprehended Min Congda's guiding ideology of leading the team, and decided to implement it conscientiously, focusing on cultivating Jordan Jr. and Curry, two future stars.

At this time, the trio was eating and drinking, and three of the five roast chickens in front of Little Jordan had already been eaten.

Gordon said: "DeAndrew, you starved to death in your last life, right?" How can you eat so much? ”

As he spoke, Gordon nibbled on a beef burger himself.

Little Jordan touched his stomach and said: "I'm really tired from today's game, I'm already leading by almost 20 points, Coach Hughes still puts me on the court and doesn't let me go, I can't run!" ”

Curry ate the grilled fish in front of him, spit out the bones, and said, "I wanted to stay on the court all the time, but the coach replaced me in the second half to rest, which was really uncomfortable." ”

The two of them sighed, thinking that it would be nice if we could change things.

Gordon said: "I heard that Mr. Smart went to Coach Hughes for trouble today, because Stephen you played for too short, and Mr. Smart was very unhappy. ”

Jordan Jr. said: "Yes, that's right, I thought he would be very happy if we won today, but he looked a little depressed, and he quarreled with Coach Hughes, just to blame Coach Hughes for not letting Stephen play for a while." ”

"Stephen, Mr. Smart is really partial to you. But you are the champion, you must play it, or you will lose Mr. Smart's face. ”

Curry nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, that's right, he has high hopes for me. But I've also heard that Mr. Smart specifically told Hughes to focus on you, DeAndrew, so Coach Hughes asked you to play more. ”

Gordon had already eaten all of his burgers, and he sighed and said, "You two guys are being focused, and it seems like I'm the only one who cares." You say, does Mr. Smart have any opinion of me, that he is not optimistic about me? ”

Curry said: "I don't think Smart likes round faces, he likes long faces, right?" ”

“FXXk you。”

"By the way, why didn't Mr. Smart come to dinner? I remember that he was always very active in eating, and he was really able to eat. ”

"He locked himself in his room when he got back to the hotel, maybe he wasn't in a good mood?"

"Why are you in a bad mood when you win the game?"

"What's the use of winning in the summer league, I guess he must have been in the room watching the game footage, he didn't watch the game in the morning."

"That makes sense, it's definitely watching the game footage... I'm done with my roast chicken, and you'll give me a DeAndrew. ”

"You're going to get the stinky boy yourself! By the way, get me another ......"

The cafeteria at Caesar's Palace is going to lose money tonight.

At this time, Ida brought some food and drinks from the restaurant to the door of Min Congda's room and knocked lightly.

"Mr. Smart, I've brought you your dinner, open the door."

After a while, Min Congda opened the door and immediately lay back on the bed.

Although knowing that summer league is different from the regular season, it doesn't really reflect the strength of Curry and the team.

But the 200 yuan didn't arrive, Min Congda still felt sad, and he didn't take advantage of it.

If you are in a bad mood, your appetite will deteriorate, and you don't want to go to the restaurant, so you can lie down and nourish your wounded soul.

Ida entered the door and put the food on the table, looking at Min Congda, who was in a bad mood, and wondered, why did the team win, Curry performed well, and Mr. Smart was still in a bad mood?

He'd asked himself a lot of questions about Summer League, and Mr. Smart must have had some foresight in mind and had some more long-term questions in mind.

Could it be......

Ida suddenly thought of something, so he walked up to Min Congda and said, "There is a game at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, I think you want to watch it?" ”

"Well, what game? Isn't it 2 p.m. for our game? ”

"Our game is two o'clock in the afternoon, and ten o'clock in the morning is the Grizzlies' game with Blake Griffin."

Min Congda immediately got up and said, "Griffin's game is it?" Very good, accompany me tomorrow morning to have a look, I want to investigate, study and study. ”

Ida smiled lightly, thinking that Mr. Smart really still cares about his selection of the draft, to see what kind of color Griffin is.