warrior godfather

Chapter 267 Warriors' Forwards
Oakland, Oracle Centre.

Bang-bang-swipe!

In the empty training ground, the dull and monotonous sound of dribbling intermittently sounded, interspersed with the crisp sound of brushing the net, showing the superb shooting skills of the people who are training.

The Warriors' All-Star holiday doesn't end until tomorrow, but Butler has already started training. If he hadn't gone to Los Angeles to participate in the All-Star Rookie Challenge, his rest time would be even shorter.

Today's Butler seems to be very excited. He came to the Oracle Arena at eight o'clock in the morning and trained until 11:30 in the morning. After lunch, he took a 30-minute nap in the players' lounge and continued training at one o'clock. It seems that I don't feel tired at all.

brush!
Butler hit another pull-up jumper from mid-range. He immediately ran to pick up the ball, returned to the three-point line, and did a three-threat action for the next practice.

Only thousands of repetitions of training can develop muscle memory and truly master this technique. Butler is infinitely close to this goal.

"Hey Jimmy, have you been here long?"

Suddenly, an enthusiastic voice sounded, and Butler kept moving. After throwing the ball, he turned his head and saw Danny Green walking towards him with a basketball.

"It hasn't been long since I started practicing." Butler nodded to Danny Green and walked to the sidelines, without mentioning that he started training in the morning.

Danny Green is used to Butler's cold reaction. The two have been teammates for a year and a half. He understands Butler's character is like this, and he treats everyone the same.

The fledgling Butler is still a relatively introverted person, far from the "big brother style" that later served as the core of the Heat team.

Danny Green walked to Butler and started warming up seriously, while Butler took this opportunity to rest for a while.

Danny Green suddenly said:
"I didn't expect Wesley to be traded...Jimmy, you are starting again."

Butler paused, then continued to wipe the sweat off his body, and said in a muffled voice:

"Not necessarily, Andrei Kirilenko is the star, maybe he is the starter."

Danny Green shook his head and said:
"How is it possible? He only has half a year left on his contract. I read a lot of articles, and they all said that the coach will not let him start. And you were the starter last season. Wesley is gone. The coach will definitely put him in the starting position. Back to you."

Butler smiled, with unconcealable joy in his eyes. The reason why he trained so hard today was because he heard the news that Matthews was traded, and as Danny Green said, Butler also Think I'm going back to the starting position.

After half the season, he worked hard as a substitute and trained hard, just waiting for the day when he would return to the starting lineup.

No NBA player is willing to be a substitute. Even Butler, who was discovered by Zhang Yu, has been a substitute for most of the season, and there is inevitably some resentment in his heart, especially because he has trained hard for a summer. Qualified for the starting role.

Now that Matthews is gone, Butler is naturally extremely excited, with nowhere to vent his energy, pouring sweat on the basketball court.

"Go! 10 balls, the old rules, you come first!" Butler put the towel on the chair, walked to the court, and said concisely.

Danny Green followed up with a smile:

"it is good!"

This is another habit of Butler. He likes to single out with his teammates during training breaks. At first, it was only him and Curry. Later, under his influence, the whole team gradually developed this habit.

The two came to the court, and Danny Green stepped back to the top of the arc and took Butler's serve.

He made a tentative step first, but Butler was unmoved at all, just clung to him.

The two have singled out many times. Butler is familiar with Danny Green's offensive habits, knows that his dribbling is not good, and mainly defends his shots.

Danny Green made a fake move to the left and broke through on the right. Butler was too tight and was robbed of half of his body by him, but his dribbling speed was not fast. Butler followed up easily. Danny After Green took two steps, he could only make an emergency stop jumper.

Bang!

Under Butler's strict defense, Danny Green's shot ended in an iron strike.

But under the rules of the American heads-up, you can only dribble the ball three times from outside the three-point line. Danny Green's shot just now was a bit reluctant, but he had to.

Then it was Butler's turn, and he opted to receive the ball inside the arc so he could only dribble.

Butler took the basketball from Danny Green and made a three-threat move at the free throw line. Danny Green opened his hands and stood ready.

Butler suddenly shook his left shoulder, and Danny Green subconsciously shifted his center of gravity to the right. At this moment, Butler slammed the ball hard, took a big step to the right, pulled it up and shot.

brush!
Danny Green reacted a little slower because of the offset of the center of gravity, did not interfere with Butler's shooting, and the basketball went into the net hollow.

Danny Green looked back at the basketball falling from the net, shook his head helplessly, walked over to pick it up, Butler showed a smile on his face, retreated beyond the three-point line, and shouted at Danny Green road:
"Danny, come on, you will definitely get a chance, the boss is the best coach, as long as you have the strength, you will definitely be able to play!"

Butler on the basketball court is much more vivid than him off the court.

When Danny Green heard Butler's shout, he paused to pick up the ball. He then bent down to pick up the ball, turned around and threw the ball towards Butler, and said with a smile:
"I will!"

But his voice was not so firm, but contained a bit of bitterness and a bit of bewilderment.

If it's not for playing, who would choose to practice extra during the holidays?
Butler took back the starting position, but Danny Green didn't know when he would get a chance.

But he believes in the coach. Danny Green has never complained about the coach since the coach recruited him into the team and gave him a guaranteed contract.

The only thing he can do is to train well, use his best state to meet the opportunity that may come, and then try his best to seize it.

Danny Green came in front of Butler, bent his knees, lowered his center of gravity, opened his hands, and stared at Butler's every move very seriously, as if looking at his own future, and said in a deep voice:

"Come on, I'm ready!"

……

boom!
The sound of the plane's engine pierced through the sky. Kirilenko leaned against the window, looking sideways at the shrinking city outline outside the porthole, with joy and regret in his eyes.

He really left the Jazz.

Although Kirilenko expected that he would have such a day sooner or later, when this day came, he still felt at a loss.

After entering the NBA in 2001, Kirilenko has been playing for the Jazz. He has spent one-third of his life in Salt Lake City. He is as familiar with this city as he is with his hometown of Izhevsk. marrow.

In the past 10 years, he has got a lot of things--the best rookie team, the best defensive team, the All-Star, the block leader, the maximum salary contract... Here he is stepping towards the peak of his career step by step, and he is also here slowly. Slowly slipping from the peak, for the Jazz, he suffered from injuries all over his body. He was once the most versatile fighter in the NBA, and he can no longer play the terrifying stats of 5*5.

But now, all this is gone from him, and he is going to a new city.

There have always been conflicts between Kirilenko and Sloan. Even after he led Russia to win the European Championship and won the European Championship MVP, he said that he "never wants to play in the NBA again." However, the temptation of the maximum salary contract and the The desire to prove himself made him return to the team, but the increasingly marginalized status of the team made Kirilenko unhappy.

"I want to play basketball, I want to play happy basketball, I don't want to be a robot in Sloan's tactical system."

Kirilenko remembered what he had said. Now that he has finally left the Jazz, Sloan will never coach him again. He hopes that he can have a better life in the last half of the season of his contract. , After all, he doesn't know if this is his last half year in the NBA.

boom--

The plane finally rose above the clouds, and the pure sunlight was so dazzling that it shot straight into the porthole. Kirilenko covered his eyes with his hands, lowered the curtains, and turned his head back.

In any case, he's about to start a new career.

……

"Ding--"

"Hey... oh, Andre has come to report? Did the physical examination go well... Well, it's fine, give him a brief summary of the team's tactics and let him familiarize himself with it. Training is going to be tomorrow, and there are other things in time notice me."

After Zhang Yu finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

Larry Riley called him and told him that Kirilenko had come to Oakland to report and had successfully passed the physical examination. You can play the game.

Zhang Yu put the phone aside and let out a long sigh of relief.

He is not in a hurry to let Kirilenko appear immediately. Although the AK47 is sharp, it needs time to get familiar with the Warriors' tactical system in order to perform at its best after being traded. It's just that the Warriors have a tough battle to fight in two days. Kirile If Lian Ke can play, he will have one more card available, and the Warriors' chances of winning will increase by one point.

The trade to Kirilenko is the result of careful discussions between Zhang Yu, the coaching staff and Larry Riley. He is the best return the Warriors can get in this deal, and he can also fill the poor line. Ward, but unless the heads of the Jazz front office collectively get kicked by a donkey, that's unlikely.

Snapped.

Zhang Yu pressed the space bar on the laptop, and the paused video continued to play. In the screen, it was the scene when the Warriors and the Heat played against each other for the first time this season.

The Warriors' opponent two days later is the Heat.

After a bleak start of 9 wins and 8 losses, the Heat made great strides. In the next 22 games, they only lost 1 game. The second in the Eastern Conference, second only to the strong rising Bulls.

The Big Three seem to have found a way to coexist. Although there were occasional fluctuations, the Heat showed a very strong dominance and really launched an impact towards the championship.

Now the voices mocking the Heat on the Internet are much smaller. The NBA is a arena for winners and losers. If the Heat show their strength, they will gain a large number of loyal fans who worship the strong.

Zhang Yu squinted his eyes, carefully studied the game video of the Warriors' disastrous defeat, and then clicked on the edited video of the Heat's last 5 games, and carefully browsed through it.

After watching all the videos, Zhang Yu leaned back and leaned on the back of the chair, watching the frozen picture on the screen, a sneer gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Although the Heat's run-in is getting better, the Warriors have not stood still. Now that Kirilenko has joined, he is confident to win this battle of revenge!

(End of this chapter)