warrior godfather

The turmoil in the trading market is a huge change for some teams, but it has no impact on the Warriors players.

After signing Antetokounmpo, the Warriors ended their operations in the trading market. Players don't have to worry about being sent away suddenly one day, and can concentrate on preparing for next season.

……

California, Los Angeles.

In a popular nightclub, Clay sat with a group of friends, smoking cigars, embracing left and right, talking happily with the hot girl in his arms, and laughing loudly.

"Come, come, respect our champion defender!"

A tough-looking white man in luxurious clothes raised his wine glass and shouted loudly.

Others raised their wine glasses one after another, and followed suit:

"Clay, you're fucking amazing!"

"Klay, you've already won two championships, shouldn't it be time to get a big contract next?"

Clay let go of the blonde girl on the left, raised his glass and took a big sip. After hearing this, a glint of haze flashed in his eyes, but he immediately smiled and said:

"Of course, I will sign a big contract."

"Haha, it's time to celebrate. How about a sea party?" A black man said excitedly.

"I'll pay for it!" the first white man shouted loudly.

Clay grew up in a wealthy family, and most of his friends came from wealthy families, or at least the middle class, and his family did not lack money.

"Clay, let me know that you have renewed your contract so that I can contact the yacht." The white man urged.

The haze in Clay's eyes became heavier. He put down his glass and said:
"That may have to wait until next year, and I probably won't renew my contract with the team this year."

"What? You played so well, and the Warriors didn't renew your contract in advance?" the white man asked in surprise.

They are all fans of the NBA and know the rules of the NBA very well.

The smile on Clay's face had disappeared, and he said calmly:

"The team has the idea of ​​the team, but this does not prevent me from getting the maximum salary, and it is the same if I renew my contract next year."

"That's right, isn't it just a year late to renew the contract, come on, drink..."

Everyone stopped talking about this topic, and started to revel again.

However, Clay was not in the mood to continue playing any longer. He picked up his own things, declined everyone's persuasion, and even the hot blonde was no longer attached to him. He left the nightclub and returned home.

The next day, he got up early, drove to the training hall, and started shooting practice.

The friend's words reminded Clay that he has not yet renewed his contract with the team, the next contract has not yet been settled, and the next season is his contract year.

He hasn't reached the point where he can sit back and relax and can't waste time in nightclubs. He needs to train hard, perform better next season, and sign a maximum-salary contract.

However, the training plan has to be changed, and Klay plans to make great efforts to improve his shooting and make more three-pointers next season.

As long as he becomes a scorer with an average of 20 per game, the team will definitely sign him with a maximum salary contract!

As for defense and passing...

With Stephen and Drummond, he doesn't need to think about passing the ball. Kawhi is the best perimeter defensive gate. He only needs to be an end point, and the team can win.

Clay couldn't think of anyone else to be the Warriors' opponent. He believed that as long as he teamed up with Stephen to rain three-pointers, the Warriors would be invincible!
……

Michigan, Sekino.

After breakfast, Green joked with his younger siblings, said goodbye to his mother, Mary Green, and drove to the training hall to start his day of training.

He will train here until the evening before going home, and eat a lunch specially prepared for him by a nutritionist at noon to match his weight gain plan.

After the finals, Green only rested for less than half a month before devoting himself to training.

He did not stay in the big city for training, but returned to his hometown Saikino.

The salary of Green's rookie contract is not high. After paying federal taxes and California state taxes, he bought his family a house in a middle-class community and a family car with multiple seats. Quality of life, temporary employment of training teams during the offseason, there is not much left.

If he hadn't participated in the training camp opened by the Warriors in Miami in the summer of 11, Green's salary would even be stretched.

In order to save money, he chose Huisai Keno training and hired a local training team from Michigan to further reduce the cost.

Like last year's offseason, Green's training this summer is very heavy, covering three-pointers, defense, passing, movement and control.

His positioning is biased towards blue-collar players, his scoring ability is not outstanding, his lack of independent offensive ability is his biggest weakness, and his versatility is his biggest advantage.

The most important thing is that Green has not completed his contract extension with the Warriors. Next season is his contract year. He needs to perform as well as possible and strive for a big contract.

Although Zhang Yu has made a promise that he will definitely renew his contract and give him an additional annual salary of 100 million US dollars, but this is based on the market price. Not so good.

Therefore, Green must further improve his strength this summer.

However, his three-point practice is not as hard as the previous two summers.

Last season, Green made 35.5% of his three-pointers. For a power forward, this efficiency is already very good, which also earned him the title of stretch four.

Green himself also believes that his three-pointers are enough.

The Warriors have super shooters like Curry and Clay, and Leonard's fixed-point three-pointers are also very stable. Next season, he will not need to shoot too many three-pointers.

Green put more attention on the polishing of defense and passing skills.

The death five put forward higher requirements for his frame protection and ball handling ability, which is what he thinks he is the most brilliant. In contrast, three-pointers are not the most important.

"call……"

Under the guidance of the trainer, Green was shirtless and performed boring sliding training.

He was covered in sweat, short of breath, and felt soreness in his legs, but he persisted.

Everything is for the big contract!
……

Charlotte, North Carolina.

In the basketball acceleration training camp, Curry and Antetokounmpo focused on training in different training venues.

Since Zhang Yu introduced Brand Penn to Curry, he has become Curry's regular trainer during the offseason.

Every summer, Curry returns to Charlotte after his vacation to train under the guidance of Brand Payne.

This year, Antetokounmpo also came to the basketball acceleration training camp, but his training is relatively simple, and he does not need Brand Payne to guide him personally, other senior trainers are enough.

Snapped!
Antetokounmpo grabbed a rebound under the interference of the trainer and ended today's rebound training.

He wiped the sweat from his head, walked to the sidelines, picked up an energy drink, and replenished the water lost in his body.

After a few minutes of rest, he has to practice the pick-and-roll.

Pick-and-roll is a technique that every inside player must master. It seems simple, but it is extremely difficult.

The quality of the screen, the timing of dismantling it, the choice of down and out, the use of true and false screens, and the secondary treatment after catching the ball all require a lot of training before they can be initially mastered. To be proficient, you must go through the training of the game .

However, Antetokounmpo's pick-and-roll practice is not that complicated. His outside roll is not threatening, and passing the ball is not his strong point. He only needs to learn how to make a good screen and how to go down. Use of false cover.

"Guru..."

After Antetokounmpo drank the water, he looked at Curry on the other side of the field, with a look of wonder in his eyes.

After the summer league ended, he came to Charlotte and has been training for a week.

Before he came here, Curry had already started offseason training.

After Antetokounmpo came to Charlotte, he received Curry's warm hospitality. Curry took him to his home as a guest and taught him a lot of experience playing in the NBA, which benefited Antetokounmpo a lot.

At Curry's home, Antetokounmpo met Seth. His injury has not recovered, and he has been recuperating at home, feeling a little depressed.

Surgery on his right tibia made him miss workouts and kept teams from taking chances on him. In the draft, no team chose Seth.

After losing, Seth couldn't participate in the summer league, couldn't show his strength in front of the scouts of the teams, and it was impossible for the team to give him a contract.

The only thing he can do now is to heal his injury as soon as possible and try to get a training camp contract before the training camp starts.

Antetokounmpo was very sympathetic to Seth's experience, and enlightened Seth with his own experience, which made him feel a lot better.

Seth also thought about it. Compared with Antetokounmpo, he grew up in such a favorable environment. He entered a prestigious school to play in college. The draft was not just a small setback. He has a father who played in the NBA, and a Brother MVP, it is not particularly difficult to get a chance.

Antetokounmpo started in the Greek second division and finally entered the NBA. He encountered much more difficulties than him.

Since then, Antetokounmpo and Seth have become friends, visiting Curry's house every two days.

But he still has a heart of awe for Curry. The relationship between the two is not as harmonious as friends, but more like a big brother supporting a younger brother.

Curry not only takes care of Antetokounmpo in life, but also in training, he is also a role model for Antetokounmpo, inspiring him to train hard.

Whenever Antetokounmpo was exhausted and wanted to give up, watching Curry's jaw-droppingly high-intensity workouts was enough to make him feel ashamed of his own thoughts.

Although Curry has won two consecutive MVPs and two consecutive championships, he is still very hard in training, three-pointers, running, movement control, passing, defense... Curry strives to improve his skills in all aspects, and even There is rebound training, but the frequency and intensity are not high.

Antetokounmpo once asked Curry why he should rebound as a point guard, and Curry replied:

"The protection of backboards requires the participation of every player, and the point guard is no exception. As the core of the team, I must lead by example and contribute to the team in all aspects."

In addition, Curry is still working hard to improve his confrontation and strength, just to maintain the long-range shooting feel. He is very cautious in building muscles and does not blindly pursue the improvement of confrontation.

However, this has already made Antetokounmpo admire Curry very much.

After winning two consecutive MVPs and two consecutive championships, Curry is already the undisputed No. 1 in the league. There is no shortage of big contracts and top honors, but he is not complacent at all. He has been making progress and constantly improving his own strength.

This humble and hard-working attitude and the spirit of continuous improvement greatly inspired Antetokounmpo and allowed him to establish a correct view of basketball.

The standard for evaluating whether a player is truly great is not only to see how many honors he has, but also whether he has an indestructible spirit and will to win.

Antetokounmpo watched Curry meticulously perform the most basic shooting drills on the court, and looked at Curry's sweat-soaked sleeveless shirt. Infinite motivation.

Stephen is training hard, so what reason and excuse do I have for being lazy?

No, not only can I not be lazy, I have to go all out and make good use of every minute of training to improve my strength.

I must not drag Stephen down on the pitch!
Antetokounmpo made up his mind to practice for another hour at night, and practice defense if he doesn't practice anything else.

He doesn't expect his poor shooting and dribbling to help the team much on the offensive end, but he is confident that on the defensive end, relying on talent and hard work, he can contribute to the team's victory.

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Riverside, California.

Papa - brush!Papa - brush!

In an arena, Leonard was silently training mid-range pull-up jumpers.

He started from outside the three-point line, dribbled the ball twice, pulled up and shot, and under the interference of the trainer, he completed a mid-range shot.

Every shot he made was as stable as a machine, with almost no difference, as if carved out of a mold.

Every shot he made, he obediently got into the basket.

But Leonard didn't have the slightest expression on his face, and he didn't seem to be happy at all about his shooting.

He is very clear that his level is far from enough.

This is just training. In competitions, his shots will be ten times more difficult, and the confrontation he will face will be ten times tougher.

If he wants to be able to shoot mid-range shots anytime, anywhere in the game, he can only practice thousands of shots to form muscle memory.

And now Leonard is just getting started.

But time is running out. After Butler leaves, Leonard will become the Warriors' starting small forward. Butler's responsibility needs to be shouldered by him.

Leonard's time is running out, he can only increase the intensity of training, frantically squeeze his potential, and grow as fast as possible.

He doesn't have social media, but it doesn't mean he doesn't know the public opinion of the outside world.

He knows that many people are not optimistic about him taking Butler's position, thinking that he is a 3D engineer who can only defend and shoot three-pointers, and will never become a top small forward with both offense and defense.

Leonard was very angry, but he didn't refute, and he didn't want to refute.

He will use practical actions to prove how wrong those people are.

brush!
Another pull-up jumper hit, Leonard wiped the sweat off his face with his elbow, and continued to reach out to the trainer for the ball.

Last season, he missed many, many mid-range shots in the game. Now, he wants to integrate all those failed experiences into training and turn them into his superb skills.

He believed he could do it, and he had to.

Papa - brush!Papa - brush!

The rhythmic sound echoed in the arena and lingered for a long time.