Grab Curry at the start

Chapter 4 Summer Preparations

"Stephen, do you like dunking?" Zhang Sixin was quite curious.

"Coach, I can dunk." Curry said rather shyly.

Curry was 21 years old at this time, and many NBA players had already grown up to the age of five and three. His appearance still looked a little immature, no wonder he was called a primary school student.

But Curry's strength is already very good.

At the beginning of the summer league, Zhang Sixin came to contact the rookies of the team, especially Curry.

After finishing speaking, Curry performed a one-handed dunk. After the dunk, he was still a little excited, and his father covered his face.

There are many jumpers in the league. Curry is a relatively ordinary type in this regard, but he is definitely much better than the average person, but his wingspan is not good enough. It is definitely unrealistic to easily make a few dunks in the game.

"Coach, his previous coaches didn't advise him to dunk." Dell Curry reminded.

My son has a little hobby, but his body is really not suitable for playing this kind of game.

"Don't worry, just let him relax." Zhang Sixin laughed.

He said to Curry again: "Stephen, you remember, you have to take at least ten three-pointers per game in the summer league. If you complete it well, I will give you a chance to show off dunks in the official game."

"Coach, this is a bit bad." Dell Curry was worried.

Whether it's a crazy shot from the outside line or a show dunk, it sounds unreliable.

"Don't worry, Dell." Zhang Sixin patted Curry's father on the shoulder.

Both their father and son fell into the hands of Zhang Sixin, and now they can only accept their fate.

"Stephen is definitely a superstar seedling. He will grow into the strongest player in the league. We need to give him more space to play. This season, I will train him to become the core of the team's tactics."

"Man, you're not joking." Dell Curry was startled.

Although he knew that Zhang Sixin valued his son very much, why did he feel like a superstar, the core of tactics, like a fool.

"Dude, you're questioning my professional vision. I'm definitely not mistaken. Stephen's shooting talent is unparalleled. After all, basketball is still a game of putting the ball in the basket. He will have a wider attack area than others. The farther away from the basket, the harder it is to defend, isn't it?" Zhang Sixin said firmly.

Zhang Sixin feels very serious, and Dell Curry is entangled. He is worried that the higher the expectation, the greater the disappointment, and his son will be injured at that time, but the head coach attaches so much importance to him, he can't sing against it regardless of emotion or reason.

It's just that Zhang Sixin is a rookie coach who has never coached a formal game. He will never make a mistake with his professional vision. Where does his confidence come from?

Of course Zhang Sixin is confident and in a good mood.

After contacting Curry and his son many times, the two triggered the mission one after another.

Curry made more than ten three-pointers in any ten games. His father made every player on the team hit 100 three-pointers during training.

Dell Curry's task cannot be completed until the start of the new season, because there are still some players who have not come to report in the summer, so he can only get the rookie part done first.

In this summer league, the top picks almost went crazy.

The group of high-ranking guards played casually, and Griffin was unstoppable before his injury.

Of course, there are also Thabeet's mediocre performance. I don't know if the Grizzlies are already nervous.

Of course Curry also performed well. He can score, organize, break through, and even grab rebounds.

Curry looks thin, but rebounding has never been his weakness, and he can already deal with NBA-level confrontation.

Among the high-ranked backcourt players, Curry's overall performance is the most satisfactory.

Evans looks stronger in scoring, but his playmaking needs to improve.

Harden also looks very comprehensive, but Curry's data completely surrounds him.

The performance of the summer league can't tell the whole story, but Curry's performance is completely worthy of his lottery.

"Steph still needs to shoot at least 4 three-pointers in the second half, remind him quickly." Zhang Sixin called Tyronn Lue during the halftime break of the game.

He didn't follow the team to watch the whole process, but he has been paying attention to the performance of the team's rookies.

The sooner the task is completed, the better. Skill points are trivial matters. Hurry up and let the player's strength improve, so that he can lead the team in an invincible position.

In the first season of coaching the team, Zhang Sixin was still relatively busy, at least he had to sit in the office and blow on the air conditioner.

There is no time to go back to China, and the Chinese New Year will be in the middle of the regular season.

Therefore, Zhang Sixin plans to take his family to the United States for a period of time. After all, he has little savings now, so he can be a little extravagant, and help his family hide from reporters by the way.

When Zhang Sixin was an assistant coach, he didn't attract much attention.

However, the appearance of China's first NBA head coach directly ignited the domestic media.

He was in the limelight for a while, his traffic soared, and his family members were always interviewed by various reporters.

This situation will be relieved after a while, and parents will start to feel that they have face, and if there are too many, they will be annoyed.

At the airport, seeing the faces of his parents who have not completely aged, Zhang Sixin was quite embarrassed.

But when his mother urged the marriage, Zhang Sixin returned the emotion.

Resurrection, in fact, changes the biggest mentality.

Zhang Sixin was a little tense in his ordinary life in his previous life, but now he has let go a lot.

I left work and had fun with my parents for a few days, which was very enjoyable.

The draft is in June, the free market is in July, the omissions are checked in August and one or two rests are added, and in September, it is time to intensively prepare for the new season.

Before the team's official training camp, Zhang Sixin accepted an exclusive interview with Huaguo reporters.

We must give the domestic media some face and cooperate with the program.

It’s okay to become a traffic expert, the NBA itself is a business league.

However, business leagues are also competitive sports, and winning always comes first.

"What are the goals of the Timberwolves for the new season?"

"Competitive sports, a team that does not pursue a championship will not become a strong team."

"Who's the best rookie in this class?"

"Without a doubt, it must be Stephen Curry. He is not the No. [-] pick just because I don't have the No. [-] pick in my hand."

"What role will Huaguo player Sun Yue play in the team in the new season?"

"Any player, what kind of role will he play in my team, don't ask me, ask them themselves. As long as they meet my requirements, no matter who they are, I will give them enough opportunities."

"What is your request?"

"My request is very simple, whether they can become the puzzle of the championship, whether they can do their best to win."

"Will the Timberwolves recruit other Chinese players in the future?"

"My team will pursue any player who can be a championship puzzle."

Zhang Sixin chatted with the reporter about a lot of unnutritious topics, because it was just talk.

True determination needs to be shown on the pitch.

However, he was quickly given the title of sensationalist.

(End of this chapter)