Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 597 Who is he?
The big sunny day is scorching the earth, and even the air is so hot.

This kind of weather is not suitable for traveling, but looking at the scene of heavy traffic in front of him, Payton has a little doubt in his heart.

Is this a training camp?This is clearly a vegetable market!
Of course, this is just an exaggeration. In fact, Payton has no doubts that this is a training camp, because he has already seen several familiar faces of NBA players in just a few minutes of standing here. What really surprised him was the number of people who came.

Isn't this Li Weisi's private training camp?Why are there so many people here?
This cannot be doubted. After signing with the Supersonics, he was still thinking about what to do in the offseason, but he did not expect to receive a call from Antonio Davis.

Since Davis is also from Oakland, the two had played against each other in high school and knew each other, but they only knew each other. They have rarely contacted each other over the years, and they just said hello at the draft.

To be honest, Payton was not very impressed with Davis. Until he learned that he was selected by the Warriors, he couldn't help but feel that Davis was really lucky.

After several years of deliberation, other teams in the league have long discovered that the Warriors are very good at drafting and cultivating people. No matter what kind of crooked melons, no matter how bad the draft pick is, they can play out. And it can be big and good.

Second-round rookies like Hornacek, Duckworth, etc., not only played out, but also got big contracts one by one, not to mention there are low-ranking rookies who performed well on the team.

If there is only one or two, it can also be attributed to luck, so so many players can play well, apart from the selection, what everyone pays more attention to is the training.

And that's why so many people will come to training camp this year.

The same is true of Payton. On the phone, Davis asked himself, "Would you like to come to West's training camp with him?"

Of course, Payton would not refuse. He had long wanted to compete with Li Weisi again, but unfortunately, since his strength improved, he has not been able to get a chance.

On July 7, Payton came to the arena of Stanford University early, waiting at the door for Davis to come with him, so that he could go in together.

Just as Payton was still thinking about how many people would come, someone suddenly patted himself on the shoulder behind him, which startled Payton.

"Hey bro? Uh, what's up with you?"

Payton, who came back to his senses, took a closer look. It was not Davis, but a young man who was slightly shorter than himself, looking at him with a fierce face.

"It's okay, what's the matter?" Peyton, of course, would not say that he was frightened, and quickly calmed down.

"Ha, you are this year's No. [-] Gary Payton, right?" The visitor recognized Payton's identity at a glance, and then said, "What a coincidence, I thought I would meet you in the new season, but I didn't expect you Come to the training camp, very good, as this year’s second-best rookie, you are qualified to challenge me, work hard, please me as much as you want!”

Hearing that the man in front of him looked like a second child in middle school, speaking so arrogantly, Peyton was furious immediately, and said viciously, "Who the hell are you? You are so arrogant!"

"Oh, interesting, very good. I heard that you defended well. Just wait and see how I dunk you in the training camp!"

"Hmph, try it if you have the guts!" Payton said without giving in, even though he didn't understand the other party's purpose at all.

After all, Peyton is not an easy person to provoke. Facing the provocation of the other party, he Payton will not care who the other party is. He is not even afraid of Li Weisi, but he is also afraid of you, a small character who can't even pronounce his name?
Wait, yes!Who is this person?

It wasn't until this moment that Payton came to his senses and began to bicker with this person, but he had never heard of this extremely arrogant person before him. As a veteran basketball fan, he could call out most players in the NBA. The name came, but it was obviously not the one in front of him. Not only that, even this year's rookie didn't seem to have seen this guy's appearance. Did he jump out of that rock?
"By the way, who the hell are you?" Peyton couldn't help asking, looking at the extremely annoying guy in front of him.

"Hmph, remember, my uncle's name is John Starks, the man who is about to knock you on the head!" After finishing speaking, Starks turned his head and walked into the training hall.

Starks?Starks?Who is this person?

Seeing this person's arrogance, Peyton pondered the name in his heart several times, but found that he had never heard of this person's name, which made Peyton even more confused.

"Hey, Gary, why are you here so early?" Fortunately, after a while, Davis finally arrived. Seeing Payton at the door, he took the initiative to say hello.

"It's not too early, I just waited for a while." Payton said angrily.

"What's the matter?" Davis felt Payton's low pressure and asked subconsciously.

"It's okay, we met an annoying guy, let's go in!" Peyton shook his head and suggested.

"Oh, that's good too!"

When the two walked into the arena, they immediately saw a lot of familiar figures, such as: Reggie Miller of the Pacers, Pippen of the Bulls, Kevin Johnson of the Cavaliers, Tim Hardaway of the Suns, Dan Marley et al.

Of course, there are Warriors players.

Although many people from the Warriors were unable to participate, the rest were more than those from other teams, including Mullin, Richmond, Curry, Cole, Anthony Mason and rookie Davis.

Payton roughly counted, the Warriors and other teams combined, there are nearly 20 players, more than the average team.

"There are so many people!" Davis on the side obviously saw this kind of scene for the first time, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Yeah! I didn't expect there to be so many people..." In the middle of speaking, Payton suddenly paused, staring straight at the corner of the court.

Davis noticed Payton's game, followed Payton's gaze, and found that a player had just walked out of the locker room, but surprisingly, he was actually wearing a Warriors uniform.

"He, who is he? Does the Warriors have someone like that?" Davis couldn't help asking after seeing the strange face of the man.

When Payton heard Davis' words, he first glanced at Davis in surprise, but soon realized that Davis had just joined the Warriors, so he must not know who the Warriors signed again, so he reminded: : "His name is Starks, a very annoying guy."

"Starks?" Davis repeated the name Peyton said in his mouth, thinking carefully in his mind, but like Peyton, he had no impression of this person's name at all.

I couldn't help thinking to myself: How could the Warriors recruit such an unknown person?Is there something special about this guy?
(End of this chapter)