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Chapter 102 Great People (7000-word chapter, begging for monthly subscription! Happy New Year!)

Ron Artest, who is proud of his achievements.

A cocky Baron Davis.

And then there are the players whose DNA is united by winning a championship.

The first day of joint training.

Even the rearranged dressing room wardrobe was reminding Qin Yue
This team has become a brand new team because of an unexpected championship.

Qin Yue couldn't say whether these changes were good or bad.

They can be positive, but they can also be negative.

Including him, there are as many as 7 DNA players in the Warriors.

These increasingly united DNA players can certainly help the Warriors win one game after another, but conversely, you can also understand it as
The Warriors, who place increasing emphasis on bloodline, will gradually become an extremely xenophobic team.

Generally speaking, the order of NBA locker rooms also represents the composition of a team and the status of the players in the team.

At the pre-season training camp, Qin Yue noticed that, whether intentionally or unintentionally, next to his wardrobe, which symbolized the Warriors' leader.
Almost all of them are players with Warriors pedigree.

Is it that Davis, who has always been arrogant, and Artest, who always talks about toughness and iron-bloodedness, don't dare to fight for the position closer to Qin Yue's closet?
Yes, they just don’t dare to rob.

Because the Warriors DNA led by Richardson, Dunleavy, Murphy, and Jack are not only the Warriors' championship heroes like them,
And their common bloodline with Qin Yue determined that when they took it upon themselves to change the order of the Warriors' locker room wardrobes, even Davis and Artest had to consider whether this was an arrangement from Qin Yue.

Davis and Artest could certainly ask Qin Yue in person, but
The point is not Qin Yue's answer, but that Artest and Davis would not risk angering half the team by changing back to their original wardrobe order.

Qin Yue - the No. 1 pick selected by the Golden State Warriors, the most legendary rookie in NBA history, who became the flagship of the NBA just after his rookie season and has already established supreme authority within the Warriors.

No one dared to offend the emperor in the Warriors, so when the Warriors players who shared the same bloodline with him took the initiative to approach him,
How dare Artest and Davis say no?
This is the terrifying thing about DNA culture. The glory that Qin Yue brings to the Warriors will benefit all Warriors DNA players and make them naturally superior within the Warriors.

Over time, they will form a highly exclusive group because of common interests and refuse new people to join and share the cake with them.

What’s more, Qin Yue couldn’t even solve this problem.

Because he is the biggest beneficiary of the Warriors DNA culture.

However, in the short term, Qin Yue does not need to focus on solving this problem.

After all, the "Red Devils Class of 92" in history and the "Kurtner and Tom Curry" in his memory have both proved with their respective successes that the Warriors, whose majority of DNA players are in their prime, will unite closely around him because of their common bloodline, and will always maintain sufficient desire to win, fighting with him for one championship after another.

The excellent form shown by Richardson, Dunleavy, Murphy and others in the pre-season training camp has fully confirmed this.

At present, the Warriors are enjoying the benefits of DNA culture.

Qin Yue knew very well that the problem the team had to solve now was Artest.

In this regard, Qin Yue did not favor A Tai.

Instead, he specifically praised Barnes' tactical discipline before dragging Artest, who was already extremely aggrieved, into the locker room.

This was definitely the worst day ever for Ron Artest.

Since being traded to the Warriors, he has made a lot of sacrifices for the team's victory almost every night.

He did shoot just 39.9 percent overall last season.

But didn’t the free throws he earned through fighting in every game reduce the pressure on Qin Yue to attack on the court?

And in the finals, if he hadn't stepped up, how could Wade have collapsed early due to exhaustion every time at the critical moment?

So, Artest couldn't understand
Why was he publicly criticized by a new player for merely violating the tactical arrangements a few times in training?

So much so that afterwards, even the team leader he had always recognized singled out the new player for praise.

Artest felt that he could no longer make it on this Warriors team.

This has nothing to do with changes in the team's tactical system.

It's just that Artest believes that his honor with the Warriors has been stripped away, and his face is worthless in this defending champion team.

If Qin Yue's previous way of comforting Barnes was fair and convincing, then Artest's feelings at that time were aggrieved and sad.

"Tell me, do you want to get rid of the donkey after it has done its job, or hide the good bow after the birds are gone?"

In the locker room, Artest looked up at Qin Yue, knowing that he could not beat the opponent, and said with a look of grievance after curling up his body.

Seeing this, Qin Yue did not rush to get to the point.

Instead, he had a heart-to-heart talk with Artest first.

The content of this conversation is called reminiscing about the past.

"You still remember that I held up 'Big-Yao' for you several times during the game against the Rockets. You have no idea how strong that guy is!"

"Don't mention it. In the game against the Lakers, every time you trash-talked Kobe, he would trash-talk me back. That guy is so fucking hateful. He only dares to take it out on me!"

"Hey, you're right. Baran is unreliable. You still have to count on me to share your pressure at the critical moment."

When the good memories of last season were spoken by Qin Yue, they were awakened little by little in Artest's mind. Seeing that Artest had completely calmed down, Qin Yue got to the point.

You know, Qin Yue didn’t study psychology in vain at Wake Forest.

So, under Qin Yue's analysis, Artest soon discovered.
When Mike Malone said that he should reduce his inefficient personal ball-holding offense, he did not mean to completely deprive him of his tactical position.

Because in a 48-minute NBA game, how could Qin Yue handle so much ball possession?

"You mean, the coach only wants me to play more as a team in certain important games. But usually, the team needs me to provide more offensive firepower?"

Hearing this, Qin Yue nodded and continued to analyze to Atai: "Even in some important games, your ball-holding offense is particularly important."

Qin Yue knew very well that the new tactical system that Mike Malone wanted to create, if not exactly the same as the future Nuggets, could at least be said to be exactly the same.

In the starting lineup, Kwame Brown will play half the role of Aaron Gordon.

Why half?

Because Brown has better defensive talent and he can't shoot three-pointers.

Richardson will play the remaining half of Gordon, as well as half of Porter Jr.

Since opening up his Ren and Du meridians last season, Richardson, who can cut into the basket without the ball and find flaws on the outside, is definitely one of the best athletic shooters in the NBA in the current era.

And what about Artest and Davis?

They will team up to play Jamal Murray and Caldwell-Pope.

Since Artest and Davis' offense is not stable enough, only by combining their offenses and creating better offensive space for them through Qin Yue's efficient organization can they become more efficient.

As for Qin Yue?

That is of course Nikola Jokic, who takes care of everything on the court, and the remaining half of Porter.

In addition, the Warriors' bench gang will definitely be reused by Malone in the new season.

In addition to Dunleavy Jr. and Murphy who have already proven themselves on the road to winning the championship.
The addition of Barnes and the growth of Biedrins and Jack have quietly given them the redundancy to carry out a ten-man rotation in the new season.

This means that the Warriors will be more dominant in the regular season than last year.

then
After hearing Qin Yue's description, Artest slapped himself twice on the spot, because he almost lost the chance to defend the title with the Warriors today because of a momentary impulse!

"I'll apologize to Matt this afternoon."

"No, there's no need to apologize, Ron. This is just a quarrel between the two of you due to a disagreement. Now that I have come forward, the matter is over. If anyone is not satisfied, he can come to me."

The emotions of new comrades and the atmosphere of fair competition within the team must be taken into consideration, but the face of old comrades must also be given.

Qin Yue, who has always had the final say in the Warriors, temporarily used his prestige and eloquence to settle the conflict caused by the change of coach and the team's tactical style.

Yes, only temporarily.

After all, in the NBA
Only those victories and the final championship are the only cure.

……

On the 30th, Qin Yue left the Warriors' pre-season training camp.

Because this day is his big day:
——His No. 10 jersey, which symbolizes the pinnacle of Wake Forest, will be officially retired today.

The year before last, all the teammates from the Demon Deacons who teamed up to win the March Madness were present.

As special guests, two outstanding seniors, Duncan and Howard, were also invited to attend.

However, when Qin Yue appeared on the stage holding the FMVP trophy
Duncan and Howard always felt a dull pain in their chest.

In the center of the stage, Prosser said with pride: "Wake Forest now has two NBA Finals MVPs, which fully proves what an excellent school we are."

Then, Prosser turned his gaze to Qin Yue: "To be honest, I really don't want to praise your senior, because he has proved everything with the first NCAA championship in our team's history! He will be our eternal legend!"

At the scene, as soon as Prosser finished speaking, the crowd who came to watch the ceremony immediately burst into deafening cheers.

Are Qin Yue only popular in the Bay Area?
of course not.

Due to Charlotte's unique location advantage (only more than 100 kilometers away from Winston-Salem), when he led the Warriors to visit Charlotte last season, there were a large number of Wake Forest fans at the Bobcats home court to cheer him on.

Moreover, Qin Yue's historical status in the small town of Winston-Salem will be passed down from generation to generation because of his outstanding achievements for the Devil Deacons.

As Skip Prosser said.

Qin Yue has a military achievement that even Tim Duncan cannot match.

This military achievement completely established Qin Yue's legendary status in Wake Forest.

Here, he is eternal and unique.

In addition, on the day of the jersey retirement ceremony, Qin Yue also met Rachel Carlisle, whom he had not seen for a long time.

Unlike the chief female host of the news department who always revolved around Qin Yue during college, Rachel knew very well that her relationship with Qin Yue would be complicated and difficult to sort out, but at the same time, it was destined to have no results.

During her internship at Nike, Rachel witnessed firsthand what kind of position Qin Yue occupied in the Nike empire. She even participated in many planning meetings as a person close to Qin Yue on how Nike would gradually deify Qin Yue.

During their time together at university, Rachel knew very well that Qin Yue was by no means a heartless person, but his loyalty had long been given to that damn basketball.

Qin Yue only loves basketball in his life, and basketball is his only love. This is outrageous, but Rachel knows that this is the truth.

So, after a year of calm, Rachel decided to take the initiative to back off. That day, facing Qin Yue's invitation, she curled her lips and said with a smile: "If I have a boss who pays me and lets me do it for free, why not?"

On the night of the jersey retirement ceremony, Rachel successfully got Qin Yue for free.

The next day, after a night of in-depth communication, Rachel officially joined Qin Yue's team.

Originally, Qin Yue wanted Rachel to be in charge of his press and public relations, but considering that Rachel had accumulated a lot of experience in sports marketing during her internship at Nike, and that Qin Yue had a pleasant cooperation with the Slavic girl sent by Schwartz over the past year, Qin Yue finally decided to let Rachel be in charge of his sports marketing-related matters.

This made Evans, who had been extremely busy recently, feel completely relieved.

"That's great. I finally don't have to help you connect with those damn sponsors anymore."

As Qin Yue's personal chief steward
Evans has lost 30 pounds in the past year.

Moreover, the better Qin Yue's performance on the court, the greater Evans' daily workload will be.

Now, having successfully passed the blame for sports marketing to Rachel, Evans felt like he had returned from hell to earth.

"Next, you have to take me to relax. When I was planning a party for you, do you know how painful it was to be interrupted by a phone call at a critical moment?"

"But I still have to get used to the team next."

"Sports Illustrated just picked some cover girls for you."

"Well, I'm not that busy. After all, Michael Jordan said that a balance between work and rest is the key to greatness."

Damn work-rest combination!
Why didn't Sports Illustrated tell you about such a "big" thing earlier? That day, when Qin Yue saw the cover girls that Sports Illustrated had carefully selected for him, he looked at Evans, who was next to him at the time, with his extremely angry eyes many times.

Three days later, Qin Yue, satisfied, officially returned to the team.

On October 10, the Warriors officially held their annual media open day.

Facing the siege of reporters, the young Warriors' new head coach Mike Malone showed a maturity that was totally inconsistent with his age.

And his innate "poisonous tongue".

"Why are people still discussing who is better, LeBron or Messiah? Didn't we already know the answer to this question on Christmas Eve last year? LeBron could only rack up stats in garbage time, while Messiah had already scored a 40+ triple-double in the first three quarters."

"As a former assistant coach for the Cavaliers, am I being too harsh on LeBron? No, I don't think so. In my opinion, LeBron still has a lot of work to do before he can figure out how to better connect his dribble and shoot.

"Who will be the Warriors' biggest opponent this season? It's definitely ourselves. We have a group of talented players and a superstar whose dominance can last for at least ten years. As for me? The great coach Mike Montgomery has already said that the Warriors only need to tie a dog to the sidelines to win the championship."

After saying that, Malone, who was interviewed with his beloved dog, generously showed his purebred Rottweiler to the reporter.

This is Mike Malone
If you insist on asking Qin Yue to describe him in detail in a paragraph, Qin Yue can probably only think of the "winning version of Ten Hag".

In short, other teams must not let him seize the opportunity.

Otherwise, Mike Malone would definitely use his big mouth to repeatedly scold those defeated opponents.

In addition, on the media day, Qin Yue’s former angel investor, Ira Berko of the New York Times, also had the opportunity to interview Qin Yue.

"The Warriors changed their head coach this summer. What role will you play under Coach Mike Malone's tactical system?"

"I-Can-Do-All-Things."

I-Can-Do-All-Things
This is exactly the famous saying of Qin Yue's "nephew Curry" in the future, but in this life this famous saying is destined to belong only to Qin Yue.

Because in the next "Bawang Series", this sentence will be engraved on the edge of every pair of Qin Yue's new sneakers.

"Many teams have strengthened their rosters during the offseason, and many people have called the new season's Western Conference the Wild West. Do you think this will be an obstacle for you to lead the Warriors to defend their title?"

"I know that winning the championship makes us a thorn in the side of all teams, but I am looking forward to competing with these masters."

On the public day, Qin Yue chose to give ambiguous answers to all questions that could be hit by a boomerang.

After all, O'Neal's previous experience is right in front of us.

This summer, the former No. 1 center in the league was whipped by the Los Angeles media for three full months.

No one knows how O'Neal survived these three months.

But the good news is that due to his bad mood, O'Neal lost weight visibly at the Cavaliers' media day on the 3rd.

As the reporter who knows Qin Yue best in this alliance.
Because he didn't want to return to New York with a meaningless interview transcript, Berco could only carefully select a few topics that Qin Yue would definitely be interested in.

"Do you know that after completing the trade with the Grizzlies, Kobe has already made a bold statement that he will personally take back the throne of the league's top player?"

"Ok?"

At this moment, Berko tampered with Kobe's statement.

In the star rankings previously released by ESPN, because Kobe was only ranked third at the shooting guard position, Kobe's original words at the time clearly meant that he would slap ESPN in the face with his actions.

In other words, he will regain the title of the league's top shooting guard.

But, if Berko just relayed Kobe's original words to Qin Yue, wouldn't all his decades of work as a reporter have been in vain?
Then, Berko revealed another piece of information to Qin Yue: "After being traded to the Cavaliers, Shaquille O'Neal claimed that LeBron James is the future."

"Oh?"

The information that Berco revealed to Qin Yue once again demonstrated his profound skills.

Because after being traded to the Cavaliers, O'Neal's words for James were clearly: "LeBron James is definitely the future of Cleveland."

There is no doubt that this information, after being screened and quoted out of context by Berko, has successfully aroused Qin Yue's interest.

Moreover, Bercow deliberately mixed several pieces of real information into these "Fake.News".

"Lakers guard Monta Ellis said you were just lucky to lead the Warriors to the championship last year."

"Mavericks head coach Avery Johnson admitted that if he were given another chance, the Warriors would lose to the Mavericks by a score of 1 to 4."

"Greg Popovich said at the Spurs' open house that Tim Duncan was unable to play to his full potential last season only because of plantar fasciitis. You just beat the league's top power forward who played with an injury."

When the time came for the media to open in the afternoon.

When Richardson, Davis, Artest and Brown were preparing to take the core makeup photos with Qin Yue
Looking at Qin Yue's burning eyes
Brown said quickly, "I didn't slack off during the days you were away!"

Seeing this, Richardson followed closely and said: "After every training session, I will practice 1000 three-pointers!"

On the side, Davis pointed to his belly and said: "My body can prove my dedication in training!"

Finally, Artest said with tears in his eyes: "I follow the coach's instructions in every training session!"

What a terrible look!

Who sinned against our Messiah?
Originally, Berco, who just wanted to get more reporting content from Qin Yue, never thought that he would inadvertently give Qin Yue more motivation?
"The [Qin Yue's Double Life] series of tasks is now open.

Completion Difficulty: Nightmare.

Since you all don't submit to me, I will beat you all into submission!
Real-time mission completion conditions: In the regular season opener between the Warriors and the Mavericks, give Avery Johnson an unforgettable defeat. (The Warriors' winning margin cannot be less than 30 points)
Reward for completing real-time tasks: a random technical attribute gift pack.

Perfect reward for real-time mission: If the Warriors win by 50 points or more, the random technical attribute package obtained by the host will be automatically upgraded to legendary, and the host will also receive an additional legendary random defensive attribute package.

Note: This series of tasks is a real-time triggered task, which will be triggered at different stages of the host's career based on the host's real experience. "

"The mission [Favored and Fearless] is now open.

After last season, Michael Jordan's preference for you has become so strong that he has nothing to fear.

Now, you need to continue to torture this basketball god with your performance on the court, and it would be best if you could make him suffer every day.

Task completion conditions: In the 06/07 season, your average data must not be lower than '30+10+5' (points + rebounds + assists), and the sum of your overall hit rate, three-point hit rate, and free throw hit rate must not be lower than 175%. (No specific individual hit rate requirements)

Mission completion reward: [The.Zone] badge fragment and a legendary random technical attribute gift pack.

Note: If the host fails to complete this task, it will automatically enter a cooling-off period. How to reactivate it depends on the host's actual performance and whether Michael Jordan is still interested in the host.

In addition, after completing this mission, the [To the Top of the Mountain] mission will be automatically activated."

“The [Charles Barkley’s Gift] series of quests is now open.

[Charles Barkley’s Gift 2]: If you want to reach the top of the mountain, how can you do without help?

Barkley, who has a liking for you, has discovered the joy of using you to break through the defense of the basketball god.

Mission completion conditions: In order to prove your toughness, Charles Barkley has made a bet with Scottie Pippen, who is a guest on TNT TV. Please help Charles Barkley win the bet.

Mission completion reward: The badge level of [Pig Rush] will be automatically upgraded to Superstar.

Note 1: The higher the level of the badge, the higher the trigger probability and the stronger the amplification effect.

Note 2: This badge can only be upgraded through the [Charles Barkley's Gift] series of tasks. "

On the media open day, Qin Yue, whose fighting spirit was further strengthened by Berco,
He will face the upcoming 06/07 season with a series of tasks issued to him by the Mountaintop system on that day and his anger.

Compared to his debut season, before the start of the 06/07 season, the actual combat rating given to him by the Mountaintop system had reached 93 to 94. (Note ①)

In the actual 2K7 game, he has a score of 98, tied with Kobe for first place among all players.

James was originally going to get a score of 98 in this game, but 2K lowered his score to 96 because there is no harm without comparison.

But games are games after all.

Now, there are less than 10 days left until the Warriors' first preseason game of the new season.

Qin Yue will use the next period of time to work with his teammates and gradually adjust his condition to the best.

After the media open day.

Almost everyone on the Warriors team felt Qin Yue’s brutality.

In an interview, Kwame Brown revealed to the outside world: "I think he (Qin Yue) is ready for the new season. Look, everyone! Great people never talk about greatness, they only do great things."

……

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