warrior godfather

Chapter 348 There are no absolutes in the world

When the red light came on, all the audience stood up and applauded this rookie whom they were not familiar with before.

Clay was no longer as indifferent as he was at the beginning of the game. He raised his hands high, raised three fingers respectively, walked around the field with his shoulders shaking, and clapped heavily with his teammates from the Shaq team. Green, Jeremy Lin, and Leonard even surrounded him. Beside him, there was a lot of laughter, and even Leonard's face that hadn't changed for thousands of years showed a happy smile.

Their opponents also congratulated Clay one after another. Paul George, who also grew up in California, hugged Clay heavily and sighed:
"Man, this is the craziest three-pointer I've ever seen!"

When he was in high school, he played for Pete Knight High School in Palmdale, California, and played against Lakewood Adesia High School where Harden was, and Santa Margarita Catholic High School where Clay was. The rising genius high school students also know each other.

After Clay returned to the bench, Zhang Yu, Curry, and Butler came to his side and gave him high fives, celebrating his record-breaking performance.

Clay's 54 points broke the single-game scoring record, single-game three-point record, and single-quarter three-point record in the Rookie Challenge.

Curry excitedly and Klay chest-bumped to celebrate:

"Klay, you made 18 three-pointers! My god! How did you do it?!"

Beside him, Butler and Rose looked at Clay in amazement. The three of them sat at the other end of the court and didn't communicate much with Clay before the game.

Clay shrugged:

"You know, I just catch the ball and shoot it, who knows they don't guard at all...Stephen, don't look at me like that, if you want to, you can shoot more, it's easier than training-after all, training Jimmy and Tony will come to see me for a bullfight sometime."

"Hahaha……"

Everyone burst into laughter, Jeremy Lin patted Clay on the back again, proudly said:

"Klay was so accurate today. I got 11 assists just by passing the ball to him."

Rose bumped Clay up and down several times, with a rare look of amazement on his face, and said to Curry beside him:
"Stephen, what kind of monsters are there in your team? 18 three-pointers in a single game... Even if you don't defend in the rookie game, it's hard to do it, right?"

At this time, the reporter found Clay and wanted to interview him. He came to the center of the venue, and everyone was waiting.

The reporter asked:
"Klay, you just played a fantastic game and made 18 three-pointers. How do you feel now?"

Clay smiled and said:

"I feel great, it's my second rookie game and it's my last, I want to thank God for His blessings, I want to thank my teammates, if it wasn't for Jeremy passing me the ball, without Leonard, Della Mond provided me with a screen, and without Ron arranging tactics for me, I would not be able to make so many three-pointers. This is something that cannot be met..."

Zhang Yu stood on the sidelines with a smile on his face, watching Clay being interviewed, warming up for the Rookie Challenge MVP award ceremony that will be held later.

Clay won the first All-Star award on behalf of the Warriors. Curry and Clay will participate in the three-point contest tomorrow. Jeremy Lin will participate in the Skills Challenge. The Warriors may win more awards.

Listening to Clay's interview, Zhang Yu glanced left and right a little bored, then stopped suddenly.

His eyes stopped on a figure standing next to the Shaq bench. He was tall and thin, wearing a decent navy blue suit, and his short blond hair was slightly messy. Looking at Clay on the court, he exudes a refined temperament, like a well-informed scholar, which is completely different from the rookies around him who are muscular and talking and laughing loudly.

Zhang Yu's heart moved, and he didn't go to Clay's interview again. He passed through the crowd, came to this person, stretched out his hand to him, and smiled slightly:
"Steve - don't you mind if I call you that?"

This person is the assistant coach of the Shaq team, Steve Kerr who was the TNT commentator at the time. He had noticed Zhang Yu walking towards him a long time ago. Hearing this, he also stretched out his hand and said with a smile:

"Of course, my friends call me that. Congratulations, Coach Z. Clay played an incredible game today. He deserves the MVP award."

"Just call me Ronan." Zhang Yu held Cole's hand, "Klay is one of the best shooters in the league. I'm not surprised that he has played like this. As long as he is in the state, he can do it." to anything."

Cole nodded and said:
"Yeah, I have been paying attention to the Warriors, and I have also commented on several Warriors games. Clay is definitely a killer that cannot be ignored. To put it bluntly, I saw the shadow of me from him. Of course, he is better than the same time. I’m much better now, and when I was playing, I didn’t dare to shoot so many three-pointers, otherwise the coach would scold me bloody.”

After he finished speaking, he blinked mischievously, Zhang Yu shook his head and laughed:
"Steve, you are too humble. You are the man who saved Michael Jordan. You still hold the record for three-point shooting in the NBA. Klay's career has just begun. If you want to catch up with you, you are still far away. far."

Cole smiled and said with some emotion:
"Ronan, the times are different. When I was playing, there were a lot of open opportunities, and Klay made a lot of strong shots. If it were me, I would definitely not be able to make as many difficult three-pointers as he did... ..."

He paused, feigned anger and said:

"And Stephen, to be honest, Ronan, you are very rude. At the beginning, I was very optimistic about Stephen and contacted many teams. I wanted to trade the draft pick up and choose Stephen, but he didn't participate in any trial training. I hesitated. Again, I still dare not take the risk. I found out later that it turned out to be a conspiracy between you and Stephen, and you hid it from the entire league! If I had known that you bought the Warriors, I would have traded to the No. [-] pick at all costs Pick, snatch Stephen from your hand, the Clippers use the No. [-] pick to choose Griffin, it is completely reckless!"

"Haha..." Zhang Yu couldn't help laughing, "Steve, I didn't expect you to be so optimistic about Stephen. At the beginning, many scouts were not optimistic about his future, and they didn't even think he could gain a foothold in the NBA. You know, there are too many in the NCAA. The all-powerful genius, after coming to the NBA, he was not acclimatized, and soon disappeared."

Cole looked straight and said:

"Stephen is different from them. He has a kind of spirituality. I went to Indiana to inspect Stephen and watched the Bulldogs game. Ronan, your coaching is great, and the Bulldogs' tactics are executed very well...but say To be honest, Stephen is the most dazzling one in the game, the first time I saw him, I knew that he would definitely become a star."

Zhang Yu nodded while listening, and after he finished speaking, he pointed sideways to Curry who was applauding Clay:
"Do you need me to call Stephen over? He will be very happy to hear you praise him so much."

Cole smiled and waved his hands:

"I think it's better not to bother him to celebrate Clay. When I go to Oakland to explain the game in the future, I will have the opportunity to communicate with him, and those have passed. I am no longer the general manager of the Suns... To be honest, I am really I'd love to see Steph play on my team."

He turned his head slightly and stared at Curry with a hint of regret in his voice.

Zhang Yu nodded thoughtfully, and did not speak again. For a while, both of them fell into silence.

But this silence was not embarrassing at all. Cole looked at Curry with sad eyes, as if recalling his time as the general manager of the Suns, with a complicated look on his face. Zhang Yu stood by and quietly accompanied Cole.

After a while, Zhang Yu suddenly spoke and said softly:

"There are no absolutes in this world, maybe you will see this scene in the future..."

Cole was taken aback, then turned his head slowly, and looked at Zhang Yu with some doubts, as if he didn't understand what he meant.

Zhang Yu smiled slightly:
"Let's not talk about that, Steve, let's exchange phone numbers?"

……

An hour later, Clay, Green, Jeremy Lin and Leonard finished their interviews. Led by Zhang Yu, the Warriors players and their relatives and friends followed closely, they left the new Amway Center in a mighty way, and headed for Zhang Yu’s long-scheduled meeting room. Nice restaurant to celebrate Clay's rookie game MVP.

Although there were a large number of them, they were inconspicuous near the Xin Amway Center full of fans. After eating, everyone returned home happily. As for whether the young players will have their own arrangements, Zhang Yu doesn't know.

On the second day, Zhang Yu did not get involved in the carnival of "young people". Although he is also very young, he is the head coach, and the players would definitely not feel comfortable staying with him. After spending a day in Orlando, I came to the new Amway Center in the evening to watch today's All-Star Weekend individual event.

The popularity of individual events is undoubtedly the lowest, but today is different. The new Amway Center is full of seats, and the enthusiasm of the audience is also very high. Look at the rookie game, individual game fans are very different.

This is not because of the shocking slam dunk contest today. Since Carter won the slam dunk contest in 2000, the momentum of the slam dunk contest has been declining in the past 10 years, and there are fewer and fewer highlights. Even with Howard and Richardson , Nate Robinson and Griffin are all capable of dunking and participating, and they can't save the declining dunk contest.

It is generally believed that the slam dunk contest is dead, and there will never be a classic slam dunk contest in which Wilkins and Jordan compete for hegemony and Carter beat the pack.

This year's slam dunk contest, except for Paul George, the participants are all unknown people. People are not interested at all. What the audience is looking forward to is the three-point contest. To be precise, it is Curry and the three-point contest. Clay.

Needless to say, Curry, after entering the league, he showed amazing shooting skills. He broke the record for three-pointers in a single season for two consecutive seasons, and shot a historical level of long-range performance. In reality, he has surpassed Ray Allen and is the league's top scorer. The difference between him and Ray Allen is only the accumulation of honor.

In the past two All-Star Games, Curry has won the three-point championship. This is the third time he has participated in the three-point contest. After Greg Hodges, the third player to win three consecutive three-point contests, people are looking forward to whether Curry can achieve this feat.

Outside of Curry, Klay has attracted a lot of attention.

Prior to this, Clay had already gained fame with his outstanding performance in shooting. No team dared to underestimate this cold-blooded shooter who hardly dribbles, but not many non-Warriors fans know Clay. They only know that the Warriors have a good record. Curry's data exploded, but he didn't pay attention to a shooter in the Warriors who averaged less than 20 points per game and almost only shot three-pointers per game.

And after Clay blasted 18 three-pointers and scored 54 points yesterday, his name spread across the United States overnight. Almost all NBA fans know that the Warriors, besides Stephen Curry, also have a player named Clay. Thompson's super shooter, and the two will compete in today's three-point contest, and the popularity of the three-point contest has also soared.

Fans are looking forward to whether Curry, who broke the three-point record for two consecutive seasons, is better, or Clay, who scored 18 three-pointers in a single game in the Rookie Challenge, is more accurate. The name of the Splash Brothers is here. It spread quickly within two days.

In addition to the Splash Brothers, the Thunder's super scorer, this season's scoring leader + MVP favorite Kevin Durant, the Timberwolves' core power forward, Kevin Love, the monster who averaged 26+13 double-doubles per game , will also participate in this three-point contest.

In contrast, lesser-known shooters like James Jones, Ryan Anderson, and Mario Chalmers were not even noticeable at all.

This three-point contest can be said to be full of stars. The gathering of the four masters has attracted countless attention, and the popularity is even higher than yesterday's Rookie Challenge.

Everyone wants to know who will finally win this year's three-point contest champion, which is bound to be one of the most gold-rich three-point contest champions in NBA history!

……

But no matter how eagerly the fans are looking forward to it, they need to finish the two tasteless ribs of the Shooting Star Contest and the Skills Challenge before they can enjoy the feast of the three-point contest.

The shooting star competition has always been lackluster. No fans like to watch a retired old star, with an unknown junior in the team, and a WNBA female player who no one cares about, shooting on the court.

In the end, under the indifference of the audience, the New York team composed of "Central Shooting King" Alan Houston, Knicks rookie Landry Fields, and New York Liberty player Kapi Pontecost won the shot Champion of Star Contest.

When they received the trophy, there was a burst of applause in the new Amway Center. It was not the audience celebrating the New York team's victory, but the joy that this boring game was finally over.

After the Shooting Star Contest is over, it's time for the Skills Challenge.

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