During the two days over the weekend, Curry settled down in Los Angeles. He picked an ordinary house in San Gabriel in the northeastern part of the country, bought it directly, and moved in with his girlfriend Ayesha.
It is a middle-class community in Los Angeles. The advantages of living there are that it is quiet and safe, and it is also convenient for my girlfriend to work.
The disadvantage is that it is far away from the training center, which takes more than 40 minutes by car.
But there was no way, he didn't want to live in the Inglewood area, where gangs were rampant and it was really not safe enough.
The long drive couldn't stop his passion for basketball, and he couldn't wait for the team to prove his strength.
Public opinion during this period was really unfriendly to him. The media was overwhelmingly questioning Curry's selection as the No. 1 pick, believing that he was not qualified to overtake Griffin and become the No. 1 pick.
"Los Angeles Times": "The Los Angeles Clippers passed up on the next Karl Malone and selected a weak outside shooter. This will be another major mistake in their draft history."
"Los Angeles Weekly": "There has been surprising chaos within the Clippers. Their treachery has not only hurt the team's credibility, but also ruined the team's record and box office for the next ten years."
ESPN's official website's ball commentary article: "...Curry is a defender worth looking forward to. He has excellent outside shooting ability, but he cannot shoulder the heavy responsibility of the No. 1 pick. This is too difficult and heavy for him. This This obsession may have followed him throughout his career..."
Among the various media in Los Angeles, only the "Los Angeles World Journal" said some good things, believing that this unexpected choice may bring unexpected changes to the Clippers.
Of course, one reason why "World Journal" said good things may be because it is a Chinese newspaper. The news that a Chinese has become the general manager of the Clippers made them a little excited, so naturally they wanted to say good things.
Ayesha has tried her best to put away various newspapers in the past two days and prevent Curry from reading sports news, just to reduce this pressure.
But today, when network information is so developed, it is impossible for Curry, as an adult, to know nothing about it.
On his personal website at Davidson University, he even received insulting text messages from some fans, bluntly saying that Curry is not worthy of being the No. 1 pick and that one day he will become a parallel No. 1 pick.
Facing these floods of negative voices, Curry is under a lot of pressure.
But he did not retreat, but turned these pressures and doubts into motivation to move forward on the court.
He printed out several copies of the draft comments given to him on the draft website and posted them on the wall of his bedroom, in the bathroom, and on the lockers in the training facility and Staples Center.
"Stephen Curry is 1.91 meters tall and weighs 83.9 kilograms. His physical fitness is below the NBA average, his ball-handling skills need to be improved, and his finishing ability at the basket is weak. Because of his strength, he will fight when he encounters tough opponents. It's very difficult; accurate shooting, high golf IQ, and calmness at critical moments. It's very difficult to reach a very high level. Don't expect Curry to control the team's offense."
These comments will always inspire him to improve himself in the future.
The team would start training camp on Monday afternoon, so he drove over in the morning and started training early.
When he saw Min Congda, Curry felt happy. For the manager who selected him with the first overall pick, Curry not only did not complain about him, but felt that this man had a sharp eye for pearls.
You treat me as a nobleman of the country, and I will repay you as a nobleman of the country!
Curry has long made up his mind to repay Min Congda's favor as the top pick with outstanding performance in the future.
"Hey, Smart! Try the hoop here!"
Curry greeted Min Congda and threw the ball in his hand towards him.
This startled Min Congda, who barely caught the ball and felt a little pain in his hands.
"It's so powerful."
Min Congda was holding a basketball in his hand. The last time he touched a basketball was in elementary school far away.
At that time, the school gave every child a basketball, not to encourage everyone to play basketball, but to do basketball exercises!
It is unimaginable that basketball is not for playing, but for holding and doing exercises. This is the domestic physical education.
He took the ball and smacked it on the floor twice. Min Congda's ball-slapping technique looked amateurish at first glance.
Curry smiled and said: "Smart, don't you know how to play basketball?"
Min Congda threw the ball back to Curry and said: "I'm just watching the ball, I don't need to know how to play!"
In fact, Min Congda has never watched much football. The only complete game he has watched is Xiangbei vs. Lingnan.
That was when he was in elementary school. After that, basketball had no connection with him, and he didn’t know how the system found him.
Curry took the ball, made a few smooth crotch dribbles outside the three-point line, and then quickly shot a three-pointer.
The ball drew a beautiful arc in the air, and then fell into the net with a "swish" sound, light and smooth.
Min Congda looked at his movements, which were cool and natural, and his shooting distance was very far, still one step away from the three-point line.
Can this be invested? Sure enough, he is a professional player, and he does not get five million dollars a year for nothing.
Then, Curry ran over to get the ball, dribbled out of the three-point line, changed places and shot again.
Smooth shot, beautiful arc, hit again!
He hit several of them in a row, which stunned Min Congda.
He asked Ada with some worry: "Ada, are all NBA players shooting so accurately?"
Ada said: "They are all accurate. When no one is guarding them, they almost always hit the target. They are the best basketball players in the world."
Min Congda said oh, he felt relieved after saying this. Everyone was correct, so it was nothing special for Curry to do this.
In fact, Ada also wanted to say that although everyone is very accurate when they are relaxed, Curry's shooting is so easy and natural, and he can shoot casually from such a distance, it seems that he has never seen it in training.
But Ada thought, how could Mr. Smart not know about this?
He just asked casually to test his basketball knowledge.
Curry finished warming up and said to Min Congda: "Hey Smart, come and shoot a few shots?"
With that said, he threw the ball to Min Congda again. Min Congda was prepared this time and caught the ball very steadily.
He saw how easily Curry shot the ball and thought, just give it a try and throw the ball into the small iron basket. What's so difficult about it?
So, he followed Curry's example, holding the ball up from his chest, throwing it with one hand over his head.
Min Congda was standing not very far from the basket. The ball drew an unbeautiful arc in the air, hit the basket, bounced around, spun around... and actually fell in!
Ha, it's quite simple. It's really not difficult.
Curry clapped, picked up the ball and threw it to Min Congda.
"Stay further away and throw another one!"
Min Congda stood a little further away, caught the ball, adjusted it, and threw it with greater force in the same posture!
This time the posture was a bit ugly, but the ball bounced on the basket and fell in again!
"Not bad, do you want to try a three-pointer?"
Curry encouraged Min Congda to try three-pointers.
The three-point line in the NBA is very far away. If ordinary people are not trained or do not play regularly, they will most likely not even be able to touch the basket when shooting three-pointers.
Min Congda stood outside the three-point line, looked at the basket more than seven meters away, and swallowed. This distance is really far. How did Curry throw the ball in so easily?
After adjusting his breathing, Min Congda mobilized all his strength and pushed the ball toward the basket!
The ball drew a straight arc, hit the backboard with a bang, and then bounced into the basket!
Three out of three!
"Wow! Mr. Smart, it seems you are very powerful, amazing!"
Min Congda rubbed his arm and smiled. It turns out that basketball is quite simple.
He went over and patted Curry on the shoulder and said: "This is my first time playing basketball. It doesn't seem to be difficult. You have to work hard and train hard."
Curry was surprised when he heard that Min Congda was playing basketball for the first time.
"Is this really your first time playing ball?"
"Yeah, I didn't have a chance to play before."
"Then you must have a very good talent. If you practice hard, you might become an excellent basketball player."
Min Congda sighed. If he had known that he could earn hundreds or tens of millions of dollars from playing, he might have tried playing.
A deep voice came from the other corner of the court, "The accuracy is not bad, but the shooting posture needs to be improved! There is also something wrong with your power, Mr. Smart."
An old man wearing a white coaching shirt walked towards the two of them. It was Clippers head coach Mike Dunleavy.
Behind him were members of the Clippers coaching staff, as well as young Clippers players arriving one after another.
The Clippers' first collective training of the new season is about to begin.
