At the beginning of the death entanglement, Curry followed me to slam dunk

Chapter 20
One morning in June, trainer Mike arrived at the Warriors' training facility early as usual, waiting for his employer to arrive.

This offseason this year, he found a fairly stable employer, which made him feel that his luck was pretty good.

Training 6 days a week, eight hours a day, the training items have always been unshakable endurance, explosiveness, strength, jumping and shooting. Although a bit boring, it also gave him a stable income during this time.

After careful calculation, it has been two months since he was hired. The fierce NBA playoffs have long since cleared, and Kobe Bryant has also won the fourth NBA championship in his career.

It's just that his employer doesn't seem to be affected by the changes in the outside world at all, and he still carries out simple and boring training day after day.

Although Mike has served several unknown players in the NBA before, it is really true that in the offseason, like this yellow-skinned employer, he does not go traveling, does not go to nightclubs, does not go to pick up girls, and spends all day in the training hall. Not common.

Such a handsome young man with a lot of gold and a great body lives like an 80-year-old man all day, which makes Mike wonder if his employer is a bit masochistic.

However, if you want to stand out in this crazy league called the NBA, sometimes it’s impossible without a bit of masochism. Kobe Bryant, who won the O’Brien Cup this year, is not the biggest masochist in the league.

"Hi! Mike! I kept you waiting for a long time." Du Zhe walked into the training ground after finishing his morning run on the beach and said hello to Mike who was in a daze.

Compared with two months ago, his body is obviously much stronger, and his arms are also much thicker. These are the marks left by his hard training day after day in the past two months.

Although in Mike's view, Du Zhe's daily training is extremely boring.

But Du Zhe didn't think so, for no other reason than that he could see his real-time progress on the panel.

Du Zhe would feel excited whenever he saw a breakthrough in an ability value. This intuitive positive feedback made him very motivated during training.

Up to now, several abilities of exercising every day have been improved by 2-4 points.

【Explosive Power】: 77
【Strength】: 75
【Bounce】: 78
【Endurance】: 89
[Open three-pointer]: 66
[Talent]: Death Coil (Hall of Fame), Frame Protector Elite (Bronze)
And his comprehensive rating has also risen to 74 points.

It's only June now, and there's still a long time before the offseason ends. It seems that when the new season starts in October, it will definitely be more than enough for my overall rating to exceed 6 points.

Then, as usual, Du Zhe continued today's boring training with his trainer Mike.

It's just that the training hall today seems to be much more lively than usual.

In the originally empty venue with few people in sight, there were many more staff members, who seemed to be busy arranging something.

After a while, several young people similar to Du Zhe walked into the arena, and then began to conduct various tests.

But Du Zhe didn't care about this. He was still sweating silently in a corner of the training hall.

"Oh! I really envy these young people for having the opportunity to be selected by an NBA team." Mike, who was assisting Du Zhe in training, looked at these young people and said with envy.

Hearing this sentence, Du Zhe finally came to his senses.

That's right... It's almost the end of June, and the draft is about to start!
These days, he is immersed in training every day and has long forgotten about the playoffs and the draft.

After all, as a time traveler, he knows the direction and results of these things well, so he really can't arouse his interest in paying attention.

But today was also the first time he witnessed the NBA rookie trial training, so he stopped the training at hand and admired the performance of these future talents with great interest.

It can only be said that most of the young players who can be invited by the lottery team for trial training are still talented, either with explosive physical talent, or with proficient and stable skills. Mike on the side looks envious and inferior.

Du Zhe glanced roughly, and there was no Stephen Curry in the crowd.

According to his previous impression, before the draft began, many teams, including the Warriors, were eager to get Curry, and Curry's favorite was the New York Knicks.

The reason is easy to understand. New York is the largest city in the United States. Regardless of the Knicks' record in recent years, their popularity in the market has always been at the forefront of the league.

In Curry's view at this time, joining the New York Knicks is obviously the right choice to maximize his own commercial value.

The exchange with then-Knicks coach D'Antoni solidified Curry's thoughts.

D'Antoni promised to select Curry with the No. 8 pick and at the same time build team tactics with Curry as the core so that he can grow into an outstanding player comparable to Nash.

For this reason, Curry rejected the trial training invitations of several teams with the top picks, including the Warriors holding the No. 7 pick.

But what happened next is familiar to everyone. The Warriors, holding the No. 7 pick, chose to gamble and compete for love. In the end, Curry had no choice but to join the Golden State Warriors.

It seems that all the young people who came to the trial today have worked in vain... Du Zhe couldn't help but sigh.

However, one of the items in today's trial training seemed a bit interesting to him.

This project requires players to spend 90 seconds on the court to score continuously after the trial.

When a player completes a shot in either half of the court, whether the shot is made or missed, he must dribble the ball to the other side for another shot or layup.

In order to get more points, players need to run non-stop within a limited time, and at the same time make as many shots as possible.

Therefore, this project will not only test the players' dribbling and shooting abilities, but also challenge their speed and physical strength.

More importantly, adding this item after the trial training is also a challenge to the mentality of the players who are physically and mentally exhausted.

And this kind of mentality can often play a vital role in the game, especially at the decisive moment.

"Mike, after the training in the morning and afternoon every day, I will practice two more rounds of this, and you will be responsible for recording good points for me." Du Zhe pointed to the exhausted trial players on the court, and said to Mike said.

This young man from Huaguo definitely has a tendency to self-abuse... This is the only thought in Mike's mind at this moment.

But he won't express these thoughts. After all, doing things with money is the most basic professional quality.

He immediately gave the most positive response to Du Zhe's suggestion: "Yes! boss!"

(End of this chapter)