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Chapter 171 The strongest villain, no destruction, no construction! (5000 words chapter, begging for monthly subscription!)
In August, the Warriors officially waived Will Bynum.

Bynum, who was signed by the Warriors as an undrafted player in the summer of 2005, has been the team's third point guard over the past few seasons.

Bynum, who is 183 cm tall and weighs 85 kg, undoubtedly left the most profound impression on Warriors fans with the flying kick he launched at Parker for Qin Yue in the Western Conference semifinals that year.

In the new season, since the Warriors' backcourt is already overcrowded, Bynum is destined to be abandoned.

However, Bynum had a chance to turn things around. As soon as he became a free agent, the Timberwolves offered him a four-year contract worth approximately $12 million.

The Wolves were attracted by Bynum's experience as a two-time champion.

In addition, Rubio is temporarily unable to enter the NBA, and they are in urgent need of a point guard to supplement the lineup.

So, before leaving, Bynum did not forget to complain to Qin Yue on the phone: "Oh no, I'm really going to be exiled to Minnesota now."

Bynum will become a member of the Wolves in the new season.

In recent years, Yi Jianlian, who has always been highly expected by domestic fans, is likely to become the biggest beneficiary.

Because of Qin Yue's previous life, Bynum will be Yi Jianlian's teammate when he plays for the Guangdong team in the future.

On the court, the two cooperated well, so well that a domestic media once wrote an article: "The strongest Guangdong team is born, and Yi Jianlian can't do without Bynum!"①
After cutting Bynum, the Warriors' 15-man roster for the new season is basically determined.

Center: Brown, Foyle.

Power forward: Qin Yue, Murphy, McRoberts.

Small forward: Wallace, Hill, Barnes.

Shooting guards: Bell, Dunleavy, Morrow, Green.

Point guard: Nash, Jack, Curry.

Although on the surface, at the center position, besides Brown, the Warriors only have Foyle, who has begun to transform into a coach, to choose.

But considering that Qin Yue will play as a center in many cases and Murphy can also play as the center when necessary, the Warriors still have sufficient redundancy in the inside rotation in the new season.

Mike Malone, the team's head coach who had just finished his vacation, burst into tears after seeing the team's roster for the new season and said, "I haven't fought such a rich battle in almost two years!"

In the past two years, the Warriors, who have been plagued by injuries, have never had a complete lineup.

During the vacation, Malone did reflect on himself.

But the more he reflected on it, the more Ma Long felt that he was just unlucky.

After all, it would be a headache for anyone to coach if the team's main players were injured one after another.

Of course, Malone did not gain nothing from this reflection.

Because he discovered that Phil Jackson, whom he had always looked down upon, was quite capable in controlling the injury risks of his star players.

Is the "Zen Master" really a useless head coach?

The answer is obviously no.

If Jackson was completely useless, wouldn't those opponents he defeated be able to be described only as stupid and incompetent?
In fact, as a head coach who has led his team to establish dynasties three times, Jackson is not only good at adjusting the players' psychology, but he is also a coach who knows very well how to control the injury risks of star players.

Especially during the Lakers period.

对比00/01赛季和01/02赛季，以及09/10赛季和10/11赛季科比的上场时间你不难发现，每次两连冠过后，杰克逊都会在后一个赛季主动下调科比的上场时间。

In addition, after each championship, Jackson would not complain too much even if the players indulged themselves too much during the holidays.

Because for a championship-contending team, if they want to win the championship, they have to play at least a hundred high-intensity games every year.

Therefore, Jackson will even deliberately indulge the players' holiday life and wait until the regular season begins, and then gradually let them get back to their form through games.

Despite this, the Lakers often lose games that seem outrageous to others.

But in Malone's view, if he wants to create a dynasty belonging to the Warriors with Qin Yue, then Jackson's coaching philosophy is still worth learning from.

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In September, Qin Yue brought Curry and Green, who had been tortured by him repeatedly for nearly two months, to the Warriors' preseason training camp.

In the locker room, looking at the empty wardrobes, Qin Yue discovered with melancholy that, except for a few people, his teammates had been changed almost completely without him noticing.

“Stephen, you will use this wardrobe from now on.”

Pointing to a wardrobe slightly in the middle, Qin Yue lowered his head and said to Curry.

Seeing this, after Qin Yue left, Curry turned his gaze curiously to Dunleavy, who had played for the Warriors for many years, "Does this wardrobe have any special meaning?"

Hearing this, Dunleavy's expression also became melancholy, "This is the wardrobe of an old friend."

"Old friend?"

"He is dead."

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Turning to look at Curry, Dunleavy said, "Since this closet was vacated, the Messiah has never allowed anyone else to touch it. But now he has given this closet to you, Stephen, you can't let him down."

At this moment, Curry's mood can only be described as extremely complicated.

Although death is not so taboo in foreign countries, in Curry's opinion, since this wardrobe is so special, why would Qin Yue give it to him?

What's even more incomprehensible to Curry is that.
He had already prepared to wear the No. 12 jersey for his debut season, but on the opening day of camp, the team's general manager Chris Mullin told him that he could choose the No. 30 jersey that Qin Yue had worn.

"Messiah said that it was a jersey with special meaning to the entire Bay Area," Mullin said meaningfully, "but he knew very well that jersey also had extraordinary meaning to you personally, so if you wanted to wear No. 30 in the new season, he would be very happy for you to inherit the jersey."

Curry, who has been scolded or beaten every day for the past two months, couldn't believe that the GOAT, who has always been unkind, would be so understanding.

However, since the No. 30 jersey does have extraordinary significance for the entire Curry family, after mustering up his courage, Curry said to Mullin without hesitation: "I want to wear No. 30."

As we all know, the number Dell Curry wore on his jersey when he was playing in the league was 30.

Therefore, in the eyes of Curry, who has always been proud of his father, the No. 30 jersey is not only a tribute to his father, but also a continuation of the Curry family spirit and the belief that supports him in playing basketball.

However.
This No. 30 jersey, which is of great significance to Curry personally, also has extraordinary significance to the Warriors.

Because it symbolizes the championship trophy that Qin Yue won again for the team after an absence of 31 years, and it symbolizes the glory that Qin Yue led the Warriors to achieve in the past.

So even if Qin Yue agreed to let Curry inherit this jersey, Curry would have to have enough courage to wear it.

"Good luck," Mullin said to Curry.

Then, Curry took the opportunity to ask, "By the way, who owned the wardrobe that Messiah asked me to inherit?"

"Baron Davis," Mullin replied.

Curry was puzzled: "But why do they all say that the owner of the closet is dead?"

"Because Baron's basketball life has been destroyed by the cold and ruthless reality." Mullin said, "He came to Oakland in the cold winter four years ago, but ended his basketball life with his own hands in the hot summer a year ago."

Curry still finds it hard to understand what Mullin said.

After all, every NBA team has its own unique corporate culture.

Curry knows he still needs time to integrate into this team.

But overall, Curry's experience on the opening day of camp was pretty good.

Whether it was old Hill, whose smile could make people feel like a spring breeze, or Nash, who patiently taught him passing and controlling the ball, Curry learned a lot from them.

Besides, GOAT's personality is bad.
But when the GOAT showed off his omnipotent basketball skills on the court, Curry's young heart was deeply shocked.

In the past few years, the minimum standard of the NBA No. 1 pick, who has already taken off the title of "fake No. 1 pick", is like a toy in front of the GOAT.

In the past, he had only seen GOAT Curry in full force mode on TV. It was not until then that he realized that in the past two months, GOAT had never been serious in front of him and Green even once.

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At the moment when GOAT was destroying Brown's body and mind like a devil, Curry noticed that all his teammates around him showed fanatical admiration to GOAT.

"He's back!" Dunleavy said with tears in his eyes, "He's finally back!" When Nash witnessed Qin Yue's excellent condition after returning from injury, he even seemed to become ten years younger in an instant.

Hill, who originally planned to retire, took advantage of the spare energy after training to practice three-pointers in the bottom corners on both sides.

Brown, who had been tortured by Qin Yue for a whole hour, did not feel sad for a moment about this one-sided massacre. Instead, he said with surprise: "The broken sword has been reforged. The king will hold Anduriel and lead us to attack Mordor!"

Wallace, who was extremely confused last season, has found the meaning of playing for this team.

Veteran Foyle hugged Jack and Morrow excitedly.

Barnes and Murphy kept shouting "Hail!" on the sidelines.

After the training, Morrow and McRoberts immediately took the initiative to take on the responsibility of massaging Qin Yue's legs and shoulders.

When even Green quickly handed Qin Yue a sports drink, Curry suddenly understood why everyone was saying
GOAT means everything to the Warriors.

Perhaps, the Warriors were not Curry's favorite team before the draft.

But at this moment, Curry admitted that being able to join a championship-contending team in his rookie season and play with a group of ambitious teammates did make his originally resistant heart involuntarily begin to surge.

After the first day of training, head coach Malone wrote on the tactical board: "Our theme this season is 'Burn-It-All-Down'. We want to prove to all our opponents that we are still the unstoppable team!"

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After practicing together for several days, Curry had a clearer understanding of the strength of GOAT.

Except for the fact that the GOAT often unexpectedly came last in the team's three-point shooting competition, his various basketball skills were no different from those of a god in the eyes of the young Curry.

As long as he wants, he can easily pass the ball to his teammates in any position.

In the team competition, every teammate who faced him would become a plaything in front of him.

Curry always tries very hard to recall the scenes of his childhood watching Michael Jordan's games on the sidelines, and compares Jordan to Qin Yue in his mind.

Then, Curry concluded that the new GOAT may have surpassed the old GOAT in some aspects.

For example, the new GOAT brings huge improvement to the entire team through organizational scheduling.

Curry was curious.
What would it be like if Jordan could play against Qin Yue in their respective peak periods?
Curry feels this should be a evenly matched matchup.

That is, their teammates are likely to suffer badly as a result.

After all, while the new GOAT is beating up the old GOAT's teammates, the old GOAT will definitely be playing with the new GOAT's teammates.

San Francisco Chronicle reporter Anthony Lester was allowed to participate in the Warriors' preseason training this year.

Regarding Qin Yue's outstanding performance in the pre-season training camp, Lester wrote excitedly: "I am very sure that the Messiah will return in 100% condition! He is ready to continue to dominate the basketball world!"

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Two weeks later, one day before the Warriors' open media day, ESPN experts still only ranked the Warriors fourth in the new season's power rankings.

Behind the Lakers, Celtics and SuperSonics.

In this regard, ESPN explained that Nash, who has never proven himself in the playoffs, will turn 36 in February next year.

"Steve was once the NBA MVP, but as a veteran, we don't know if Steve can maintain his playing form year after year."

In addition, Wallace, another major helper of Qin Yue, was only a quasi-star forward in people's past impressions.

"Gerrard is a good fit for the Warriors in every way, but compared to the people around Kobe, Tim and Big Yao, Gerard is still a little less of a star."

As for Stephen Curry, the No. 2 pick that the Warriors acquired through a trade this summer?

"The Warriors only traded so high to draft Steph because they thought he would fit their style of play.

And as the second pick in a weak draft year, can Stephen really immediately become an indispensable member of this Warriors team?
At least in our opinion, the Warriors without Jason Richardson are not as good as they were in previous years in terms of roster level. "

In the eyes of ESPN experts, the only thing worth praising about this Warriors team is that they have a group of very strong championship pieces.

But in the NBA, the reason why championship puzzles can only be championship puzzles is that they can never decide the fate of a team, right?
In short, ESPN has no doubt that Qin Yue will return as a king in the new season.

But they are not optimistic about the Warriors' prospects of winning the championship.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to the Warriors fans who are indignant about this, the outside world's views are generally consistent with ESPN.

Qin Yue may still be the same Qin Yue.

But the Warriors may not still be the same Warriors.

On the day of media openness.

Qin Yue noticed that both Nash and Wallace were angry about the comments from the outside world.

Last season, Nash wasted a year waiting for Qin Yue to return. Now his biggest dream is to win the championship with this Warriors team.

However, in ESPN's evaluation, Nash became the one who held back.

This undoubtedly filled Nash, who had already accumulated a lot of resentment, with the motivation to prove himself.

Nash hopes to slap the media in the face with his performance.

Wallace, who is not good at speaking, hopes that he can grow into a real star striker beside Qin Yue.

Qin Yue did not expect that ESPN's report would give such a strong stimulus to his two deputies.

Therefore, Qin Yue, who felt that the troops were in good spirits, did not hesitate any longer and directly stated on the media open day: "The championship will be our only goal in the new season."

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After the media open day, the Warriors achieved a total record of four wins and two losses in the six preseason games of the new season.

Curry, who has gradually integrated into the team, performed well in the preseason, shooting up to 60% from three-point range.

However, Curry, who chose to wear the No. 30 Warriors jersey, inevitably became the target of nitpicking by Warriors fans and the Bay Area media.

After all, the original owner of this jersey is the new GOAT of the basketball world.

On the court, Curry, who dares to inherit the No. 30 jersey, will have his performance in every offensive and defensive round magnified invisibly.

But compared to the stereotype of Curry, the more Qin Yue tortured his nephew, the more he discovered that Curry's tenacity was far beyond his imagination.

Therefore, Qin Yue was not worried that Curry would be crushed by the pressure.

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Compared to Curry, Danny Green's preseason performance can only be described as frustrating.

Qin Yue knew very well that in this upcoming season, Green was destined to spend most of his time with the water dispenser.

Because there is no time left for Green to adjust and prepare.

The opening game of the new NBA season will kick off on October 10th.

As the most watched game of the four games on the opening day, the Warriors will go on the road to challenge the Lakers and visit the Lakers' championship flag-raising ceremony and championship ring awarding ceremony on site.

For those players on the Warriors who had won two championships with Qin Yue, this was undoubtedly a great humiliation.

Although the league's original intention in arranging the Warriors to challenge the Lakers on the road was to hope that this blessed land of Los Angeles would allow the GOAT to regain the feeling of the game as soon as possible.

And continue to hype the feud between GOAT and Kobe, and use it as a gimmick to harvest traffic.

But when the former high-ranking Warriors players will welcome the regular season opener as spectators
On the day they set out for Los Angeles, Qin Yue didn't even need to do any mobilization, as the entire Warriors team had already quietly reached a consensus.

"If the league wants us to be villains, then we will be villains," Dunleavy said after the team arrived in Los Angeles. "We must ruin this night for the people of Los Angeles!"

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①: The title of this report comes from a certain Yi, and the content of the article is quite interesting.

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