the great gatsby

Chapter 14
It is sad to say that this summer, Curry, who was only 21 years old, participated in the draft. He himself is very happy to play for the Knicks, not only because he can play in the metropolis, but also because of his father Dell Curry, Curry Sr. publicly stated at the time that he hoped his son could go to the Knicks, so the Knicks and Curry called each other very much before the draft.

Before the draft started, Curry's agent even sent a text message to then-Warriors deputy general manager Travis Schlenk, asking them not to select Curry. Schlenk's reply to him was: Curry is us. People who need it.

Everyone knows what happened afterwards. The Warriors cut off Curry before the Knicks, and achieved some dominance with Stephen Curry.

But it's no wonder the Golden State Warriors, Curry's predicted pick is 5th, the 5th pick is in the hands of the Wizards, and the 6th pick is in the hands of the Timberwolves. These two teams also lack point guards in their lineups.

But the Wizards are not in a hurry. They are not interested in the No. 5 pick, so teams including the Knicks, Rockets, and Timberwolves are willing to trade for this pick. Originally, the Knicks were the most promising.

D'Antoni very much hopes that the team can fight for this pick. He knows Curry's ability well. One month before the draft, when he walked out of the gate of the New York training hall, he jokingly told Curry, "We may not Choose you," Curry asked, and his answer was "Alan Houston doesn't want to become the second-best shooter in Knicks history."

The No. 8 pick is obviously not safe, but the Knicks are not willing to send Larry Hughes in the negotiations with the Wizards - the latter was traded away by the Knicks management after the start of the new season, so the Knicks' sad reminder is their own Caused.

The east corner is lost, and the mulberry elm is harvested.

D'Antoni accidentally discovered Gatsby's talent and beauty. This is purely because he deliberately planted flowers but never picked willows and willows. In D'Antoni's view, Gatsby is likely to be comparable to Stephen Curry. , What is the most attractive thing about Stephen Curry, one is shooting skills, and the other is the true qualities of a killer.

Needless to say, shooting skills. Stephen Curry, who has already booked the best shooter in history before two-thirds of his career, certainly does not need to be discussed. What is even more desirable is Curry’s killer qualities. In the NCAA arena In fact, every critical moment is when he shows his fangs, which is common for shooters, but not often for shooters who are both accurate and have a strong heart.

Gatsby didn't have the greenness of a newbie in the team's training. He dared to take responsibility, dare to take action, and sort out the offense. No matter whether his teammates were more experienced or rookies, he was always under his command. He took action decisively whenever there was an opportunity. In the first game of the previous game, by the fourth quarter, the Knicks had surrendered. Gatsby led a group of fringe players to bring the [-]-point deficit back to more than a dozen points!

That was his first official NBA game!

What's more important is that Gatsby is different from other rookies. He has never gone to college. He was busy with his acting career in high school and had no time to play ball, let alone participate in regular competitions. For such an amateur player, he went to college. After the game, he was able to play so well!

If you give him time, let him hone his body, and let him adapt to the game, then how far can such a player grow!
D'Antoni admired in his heart, and he secretly decided to pay more attention to Gatsby, maybe he was a missed genius.

The teaching assistant watched with fascination as Gates made three-pointers one after another. The speed was extremely fast, but there was a sense of rhythm. The students who are about to be late for school are slowly dealing with a plate of steaming rice rolls. The gesture seems to say - don't worry, there is plenty of time anyway.

Fantastic!the TA thought.

Fantastic!D'Antoni thought.

Fantastic!thought Gatsby.

It is indeed wonderful. Gatsby feels that after more than ten hours of systematic training, although he has achieved a similar appearance, he always lacks some essence, or soul. Until this moment, he felt that he had touched the soul:
——He felt as if he had been opened up to the two meridians of Ren and Du. Every time, the strength was transmitted from the toes to the knees, through the core strength of the waist and abdomen, to the shoulders and back, to the elbows, wrists, until the friction between the fingertips and the basketball, and finally by the fingertips. The tip controls the direction, and the basketball spins into wonderful arcs...

Oh, the fingertips are not the last, the last should be mind control - he can even clearly feel whether the basketball can accurately enter the basket after drawing a large arc!
He was 24 feet away from the basket, and the ball was thrown into the basket time and time again. This feeling is not an exaggeration to describe it as wonderful.

Gatsby is excited, not just because he is shooting accurately, but because he is about to meet Stephen Curry - the next game the Knicks will face the Golden State Warriors at home.

I don’t know if it was the bad taste of the league that made the Golden State Warriors, who defeated the Knicks, go to Madison Square Garden to play. Originally, the Knicks rarely played against the Golden State Warriors in the preseason. The two teams are so far apart. , from the Golden State to New York - almost from the westernmost to the easternmost, but it happened to be arranged.

Gatsby, who was a CBA player in his previous life, understands Stephen Curry's horror too well!

In his previous life, Gatsby was considered one of the top three point guards in the CBA. What he expected most was to play against top NBA point guards such as Curry, Irving, and Westbrook. He never thought that he would be able to realize his dream in this life.In this life, he has used the system to practice a one-motion shoot similar to Curry. He is trying to see whether his fake shooting is better or Curry's is better.

In the 2006-07 season, the Golden State Warriors led by mad scientist Don Nelson relied on run-and-gun tactics, broke out at the last moment of the regular season, and caught the last train of the playoffs.

In the first round of the playoffs against the Dallas Mavericks, the league's No. A total score of 2 eliminated the Mavericks, creating the third "Black Eight Miracle."

But then Baron Davis, Al Harrington and Jason Richardson left the team, and the Golden State Warriors also declined. In the 2007-08 regular season, they ranked ninth in the Western Conference and were blocked from the playoffs. outside.

Last season, the Golden State Warriors couldn't even make it to ninth. They were crushed by the Suns and ranked tenth in the West. This is not the end. The Golden State Warriors will rebuild this season, so the record will decline further.

But that doesn’t mean the current Warriors are weak. This is a team with good players like Monta Ellis, Stephen Jackson, Anthony Morrow, and Cory Maggette, plus rookies Stephen Curry and Azubuike. , Biedrins, this warrior is not weak.

However, this is compared to the Knicks. The Knicks this season are equivalent to the type of bullying. Of course, the season has just started, and everyone doesn't know the details of the Knicks yet.

(End of this chapter)