Curry opened the door, and Baron Davis leaned against the door, and said straight to the point: "Stephen, are you free, go buy me a box of cigars." I'll give you the money later. ”

I came to him at night to get him to buy cigars.

Curry scratched his head and looked at the time, it was past ten o'clock in the evening, a little late.

Is there still a shop open at this point where I can buy cigars?

He doesn't know Minneapolis either.

But Curry thought about it, put on his coat, picked up his wallet, and said, "Okay, you wait for me for a while, and when I buy it, I'll send it to my room." ”

Saying that, Curry was about to go out, but Davis stopped him and said, "If I ask you to buy it, you will buy it, are you so obedient?" Forget it, I'll go with you, I'm addicted to cigarettes and my mouth is itchy. ”

Nowadays, the vast majority of NBA players do not smoke, after all, smoking hurts the lungs, and cardiopulmonary function is the most important thing for athletes.

In the past, the NBA had old smoking guns, such as Celtics' Tom Heinsohne, who liked to smoke in the locker room, which made the locker room foggy, like the Queen Mother's peach meeting.

Unlike cigarettes, which hurt the lungs, cigar smoking does not require the lungs, only the mouth, so many players smoke cigars.

Cigars also symbolize victory, and when the team wins the championship, they will take a large box of cigars to smoke, Jordan, Kobe, and O'Neal have all smoked in front of the camera.

Baran Davis also loves cigars, and he forgot to bring them on this road trip, so he had to take a sip when he got addicted in the middle of the night.

The two asked the hotel front desk where cigars could be purchased at this time, and the front desk informed them that there was a 24-hour convenience store two kilometers away, where cigars might be sold.

The night in Minneapolis was unusually cold, the blizzard had just stopped, and the ground was covered with snow outside.

Fortunately, there are many enclosed corridors and overpasses in the city, so pedestrians don't have to endure the icy north winds in the cold winter.

The two of them wore thick down jackets and walked to the convenience store mentioned at the front desk.

On the way, Davis asked Curry, "Stephen, why didn't you refuse me just now, it's not a good errand to let you go buy cigars so late." ”

Curry has his hands in his pockets, a wire hat on his head, and if it weren't for his height of 190, he would be a junior high school student.

"My dad told me that rookies enter the league like this, they have to carry bags and buy cigarettes for the boss, and that's how everyone comes."

Davis laughed and said, "You have a good father, it's a pity that I haven't played with him." ”

Dale Curry played for the Hornets for 10 years until the 1998 season, when he left the Hornets for the Bucks.

A year later, in the 1999 draft, the Hornets acquired Baron Davis as a new addition to the departure of Dale Curry.

Ten years have passed, and now it's Dell Curry's son's turn to replace Baron Davis, what a cycle.

Davis said: "But didn't your dad tell you that you have to have your own temper and personality to become a superstar? If it were me, I'd slam the door and go to bed. ”

Curry grinned and retorted, "I don't think you're like this, you're not Kobe." ”

Davis said: "You fart, is it only Kobe Bryant who can do that?" ”

Curry said: "When you were drafted in 1999, you didn't want to be drafted by the Hornets, so you didn't report to Charlotte. But then the Hornets picked you, and you still played for the Hornets for a couple of years, didn't you? ”

"If you don't want to go, you can learn from Francis, he didn't go, and then he was traded to the Rockets."

The bearded man touched his nose in embarrassment, the old things had been turned over, and he really didn't want to go to the wasp at that time.

Not only did he not want to go to the Hornets, he didn't want to go to all the Eastern teams, he wanted to stay on the West Coast, but in the end he gave in.

This shows that Baron Davis's personality is not as rough and savage as he seems on the outside, and sometimes he just pretends.

The two talked as they walked, and this was the most time Curry chatted with Davis since he joined the Clippers.

Recently, the relationship between the two has been a little delicate because of the problem of playing time, and Davis has not passed the ball to Curry much on the court.

Davis knocked on the door at night to find fault, but there was no way, Curry was too well-behaved, and he usually carried him a bag.

The bearded man really can't find a reason to conflict with Curry, so think about it, take this little brother with you.

The two of them went to the convenience store and successfully bought a box of cigars, and as soon as they went out, Davis pulled out one and asked Curry to light it for him with a special match.

I took a few hard puffs, spit out a puff of cigarette, and felt comfortable.

"Would you like one too? It's very enjoyable. ”

Curry waved his hand and said, "I'm not going to smoke it right now." ”

"If you don't smoke now, when will you smoke it, and will you smoke it when you're an adult?"

"I'm an adult and I want to wait until I win the championship."

Davis sneered and said, "Every rookie is so arrogant, and so was me back then, thinking about the Wasps, let's be the Hornets, a bad team with no history, and I'm going to be the boss here." I'm going to be the first person in the history of this team to lead them to a championship and a Hall of Fame! ”

"Shet, it's not that simple at all, stinky boy, now the Clippers, what do you think is the difference from the original Hornets. Bad team, and cursed bad team. ”

"But we're getting better."

"What is better, this is where is the brother! If you look at our recent form, everyone isn't quite right, they're all thinking about more playing time. Including you. ”

"I didn't think so, I just wanted to play well."

"You don't think so, but someone does. Do you know why Coach Dunleavy suddenly changed his rotation strategy? ”

Curry looked dazed, and he also felt very strange why the team was so good that it suddenly changed the rotation rules.

Before, everyone clocked in and out of the game, and the rules had been formed, and it was very unaccustomed to this destruction.

"Fool, of course it's because of you!"

"Because of me?"

Davis took a puff of his cigar, spat out another string of smoke rings, and said, "Because Manager Smart wants you to be in the position, he wants to train you and give you more playing time." He felt that Coach Dunleavy gave you too little time. Like the last time you were on a plane, you remember, he snatched your playbook and told you not to memorize the tactics, he just wanted you to be the core of the team. ”

Only then did Curry know that this time the team made rotation adjustments, and it was Smart who added playing time to himself.

Knowing this, Curry sighed and said, "I understand, since he selected me with the top pick, he has been very optimistic about me and has been working hard to cultivate me. Recently, I let him down. ”

Thinking of Min Congda's "care" for him bit by bit after being selected by the champion show, Curry felt heavy in his heart.

"It's nothing, you're the champion, when I was selected for the third place before, I was also trained and cared for. One day you don't live up to their expectations, you're sent away and you go for the player they want. The NBA, that's it, a business. ”

Curry understands this, and his father played for ten years in Charlotte before he was sent to Milwaukee.

"Thank you, Balang, for telling me this, for reminding me of this."

Davis spat out the smoke ring and said, "You don't have to thank me, I'm not trying to help you, and I won't take the initiative to give you playing time." Playing time is never given away, but earned by yourself. Even if you are the focus of the team, you have to fight for your playing time. ”

"I want more time and the performance on the field is a challenge between me and you. If you're good enough, I'm willing to substitute you. If you can't, just sit on the bench and eat popcorn. ”

Curry pursed his lips, nodded vigorously, and said, "I accept your challenge, and I will use my performance on the court to buy time." And also...... Balang, you've been declining a bit fast in the past two years, and the data has dropped quite a lot. ”

“……”

"Stinky boy, can you speak? Believe it or not, I'm shoving a cigar in your mouth! ”

(End of chapter)