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

Chapter 111 Persistence (Part [-])

After Dunleavy finished chatting with Ricky Davis, he found Baron Davis the next day.

Baron Davis learned that Dunleavy was going to increase Curry's playing time at the behest of Min Congda.

As the nominal boss of the current team and the leader of the locker room, Big Beard is obviously not very happy.

"Our current results are very good, and my state is also good. If you increase Stephen's playing time, then I will play less time, right?"

Dunleavy nodded and said, "That's right, but... that's what Smart meant. He said that everyone should have the ball to play."

Baron Davis said: "I understand that Stephen is the future, but I'm not really old yet, and I'm in pretty good shape!"

"Your state is indeed improving recently, but it's still what Smart meant."

Davis shook his head and said: "You can increase Curry's playing time, but I don't want to shorten my playing time. More than 35 minutes, this is a must, and I also want to maintain my form!"

Davis and Dunleavy bargained, and stars need playing time to accumulate data and perform well.

Baron is only 31 years old this year, theoretically speaking, it is the most mature period of a player.

But Davis didn't play well last season. He was plagued by injuries and only played more than 30 games.

His scoring average has slipped to 13 points, the lowest since his rookie season, which has had a negative impact on his worth.

His contract expires in two years, and by the end of the 11-12 season, there is no rush.

But if he can't return to the top in the past two years and can't play the performance he used to, this contract will be his last big contract.

In the future, he will only be able to eat middle class or basic salary, which means that his career will enter the countdown to retirement.

After the start of this season, Baron Davis felt that his state was slowly recovering.

Although injuries have caused his explosiveness to decline greatly, his shooting feels much better.

He tries to play with rhythm and experience, reducing his dependence on physical fitness.

If the Clippers have a good record this year, it will be a bonus to Baron Davis' worth.

Dunleavy had no absolute motivation to persuade Baron Davis. Since Baron is not very happy to share playing time, he should just push the problem to him.

Anyway, Balang and Min Congda have a good relationship. The two often hang out in nightclubs and bars, and they will handle the relationship by themselves.

Dunleavy didn't say any more, and he took a step at a time. He and Baron Davis were not particularly dealt with.

Before Davis came to the Clippers, he was used to playing under Don Nelson. He was unrestrained and free, and he was not very used to Dunleavy's style.

Last season, the communication between the two was not smooth, and there was no communication in private.

Now that Deng Lewei wants Baron to give up his playing time, the bearded man is definitely not happy. It is useless for you to use Min Congda to suppress me.

The conversation between the two sides ended unhappy.

At the same time, assistant coach Spozato also communicated with Curry, saying that he would increase his playing time and give him more opportunities to perform.

Of course, Curry readily accepted it. Now he can only play about 20 minutes per game, and he always feels that he is not enjoying himself.

Now Dunleavy doesn't want him to memorize the tactical manual every day, but Dunleavy is the head coach after all, and he still has to follow the head coach's arrangement in terms of play style.

Sometimes Smart is watching the game from the sidelines, and Curry can be a little more presumptuous and play according to his own ideas.

If Smart didn't come today, Curry would have to be more disciplined, follow Dunleavy's arrangement, focus on organization, and supplement by attacking himself.

The downside of always playing with the second unit is that you can't compete with the opponent's high-level starters.

The second team is full of young players or benches. The defensive strength is not at the same level as the starting lineup, and there is a feeling of pecking at each other.

This is not a good thing for Curry to increase the ball. He needs to fight against the highest level team in the league in order to improve himself quickly.

"I have no problem, I am always ready, let me start, or play more time, I can do it."

Facing the challenge, Curry is full of confidence.

Since entering the NBA, he has been under tremendous pressure and challenges from all sides.

However, these pressures have been turned into motivation by him, and he trains hard every day to improve himself.

Exercise, eat more, shoot basketball, run back and forth, these things he did every day when he was in school.

The difficulty of professional sports is that most of the results of training cannot be seen in a short period of time.

For example, Curry has insufficient resistance. Since the summer training camp, he has gotten up every morning to exercise and train strength.

Curry's strength base is actually very good, and he has more bench presses than some insiders.

But he is too light, part of the reason for the bench press is that his arms are short, and the bench press is not very helpful to the confrontation.

He's going to train his core, and his lower body, and put weight on it.

At the same time, it is necessary to ensure that the added weight and muscle do not affect the shooting feel.

Towards this goal, he has been training hard for four months.

What about the result?Tiny, increased arm size a bit, raised weight a bit.

But it is still not enough to watch in the fiercely confrontational NBA, because you practice and others practice.

Compared with yourself, you are making progress, but if you want to compare yourself with others, your progress will be negligible, and you may even regress.

If there is a real qualitative improvement, the training time is based on years, and the effect will be shown.

He wants to be friends with time, and in the passing of time bit by bit, use invisible improvements to accumulate his own advantages and make up for his shortcomings.

This road is lonely and difficult. In Los Angeles, there are too many temptations around me.

Those players who have fallen, don't they work hard?

No, every player who can enter the NBA does not work hard.

But hard work is not enough, we must persevere and make unremitting efforts.

Eliminated players persist on a monthly basis, and ordinary players persist on a yearly basis.

Star players stick to it in units of five years, superstars in units of ten years, and ten years are like a day.

And to become the top group at the top of the pyramid, you must persist with your lifelong goal until the moment when you can't move at all.

Curry's seemingly thin body, the moment he stepped into the NBA, he was determined to burn his life to improve himself.

No one noticed this except himself.

Not Min Congda, not Dunleavy, not Sposato.

Not even his father, Dell Curry, who thinks it's a big deal for his son to be in the NBA.

If Curry can achieve his father's achievements, it will be very successful in the eyes of others.

The old Curry played 16 seasons in the NBA, won the best sixth man, and has a very successful career.

Some media now believe that Stephen Curry will inherit his father's mantle and become an excellent sixth man.

Curry did wear the same No. 30 jersey as his father, but how could he be willing to be only a sixth man?
(End of this chapter)