I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 115 A Private Challenge (Second)
Curry opened the door, and Baron Davis leaned against the door, straight to the point: "Stephen, are you free? Go and buy me a box of cigars. I'll give you the money later."

I came to him at night just to order him to buy cigars.

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

Is there any store open at this point where you can buy cigars?

He didn't know Minneapolis well either.

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

With that said, Curry was about to go out, but Davis stopped him and said, "I told you to buy it and you bought it. Are you so obedient? Forget it, I'll go with you, I I am addicted to cigarettes, and my mouth is itchy."

Now the vast majority of NBA players are non-smokers. After all, smoking hurts the lungs, and cardiopulmonary function is the most important thing for athletes.

In the past, there were old smokers in the NBA, such as Tom Heinsohn of the Celtics. He liked to smoke in the locker room, making the locker room foggy, like having a peach party with the Queen Mother.

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

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

Baron Davis also likes cigars. He forgot to bring them on this road trip, and he must take a sip when he becomes addicted in the middle of the night.

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

It was extremely cold in Minneapolis at night, the blizzard had just stopped, and the ground outside was covered with snow.

Fortunately, there are many closed corridors and overpasses in this city, so that pedestrians don't have to endure the cold north wind in the cold winter.

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

On the way, Davis asked Curry: "Stephen, why didn't you refuse me just now? It's not a good job to ask you to buy cigars so late."

Curry puts his hands in his pockets and wears a wire cap on his head. If it weren't for his height of 190, he would look like a junior high school student.

"My dad told me that rookies are like this when they enter the league. If they want to buy cigarettes for the boss, that's how everyone comes here."

Davis laughed and said, "You have a good father, it's a pity I never played with him."

Dell 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 took Baron Davis as a new force after Dell Curry left.

Fast-forward ten years, and now it's Dell Curry's son to replace Baron Davis. It's kind of a cycle.

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

Curry grinned and retorted: "I don't think you would, you're not Kobe."

Davis said: "You fart, is it only Kobe who does that?"

Curry said: "When you were drafted in 1999, you didn't want to be selected by the Hornets, so you didn't go to Charlotte to report. But then the Hornets selected you, and you still obediently played for the Hornets for several years, didn't you?"

"If you are determined not 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, and the old things from the past were revealed. At that time, he really didn't want to go to the Hornets.

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

This shows that Baron Davis' character is not as rough and savage as his appearance looks, and sometimes he just pretends.

The two chatted while walking. This is the most chatted Curry and Davis have had since joining the Clippers.

Recently, the relationship between the two has been a little delicate due to the problem of playing time. Davis doesn't pass the ball to Curry very much on the court.

Davis knocked on the door at night to find fault, but there was no way. Curry was so obedient, and he often carried his bags for him.

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

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

After taking a few mouthfuls of smoke, I felt comfortable.

"Can you have one too? It's very enjoyable."

Curry waved his hand and said, "I won't smoke now."

"If you don't smoke now, when will you smoke? Will you smoke again when you become an adult?"

"I've grown up a long time ago, and I want to wait until I win the championship."

Davis sneered, and said: "Every rookie is so arrogant, so was I back then. If you think of the Hornets, be the Hornets. A bad team with no history. I'm going to be the boss here. I want to be this team. No.1 in history, lead them to the championship and enter the Hall of Fame!"

"Shet, it's not that simple at all, brat. Now the Clippers, do you think there is any difference from the Hornets back then. A bad team, and a cursed bad team."

"But we're getting better."

"What's changed, what's the matter here, brother! Look at our recent state, everyone is not right, they are all thinking about more playing time. Including you."

"I don't think so, I just want to play well."

"You don't think so, but some people do. Do you know why Coach Dunleavy suddenly changed his rotation strategy?"

Curry looked at a loss, and he also felt very strange why the team suddenly changed the rotation rules when they were doing well.

In the past, everyone clocked in at the designated time, and the rules had already been formed, but now they are not used to breaking it.

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

"because I?"

Davis took a puff on his cigar, then spit out a bunch of smoke rings, and said: "Because Manager Smart wants you to be on the job, he wants to train you, and he wants to give you more playing time. He thinks that Coach Dunleavy is giving you too much time. Less. Just like the last time on the plane, do you remember, he snatched your playbook and told you not to memorize the tactics, he just wanted you to be the core figure of the team."

Only then did Curry know that it turned out that Smart meant for the team to adjust the rotation this time and add playing time to himself.

Knowing this, Curry sighed and said: "I understand, since he selected me with the No. [-] pick, he has been very optimistic about me and has been working hard to train me. Recently, I let him down."

Thinking of Min Congda's "care" for him after being selected by the No. [-] pick, Curry felt heavy in his heart.

"It's nothing, you are the champion. When I was selected as the third place in the past, I was trained and cared for. When you fail to meet their expectations, you will be sent away and exchanged for what they want. Players. NBA, that's what it is, a business."

Curry understands this. His father played in Charlotte for ten years before being sent away to Milwaukee.

"Thank you Baron, thank you for telling me this, for reminding me of this."

Davis blew 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 up playing time to you kid. Playing time is never given up, but earned by myself." Yes. Even if you are the team's key training target, you have to fight for your playing time."

"If you want more time, your performance on the court is a challenge between me and you. If you perform well enough, I am willing to be a substitute for 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... Baron, your decline has been a bit fast in the past two years, and your data has dropped quite a lot. of."

"..."

"Boy, can you talk? Believe it or not, I'll put a cigar in your mouth!"

(End of this chapter)