Eating is very important for professional players. Daily training and competition consume a lot of energy. If you don't eat well, you won't be able to practice well.
For this reason, Min Congda must of course carefully examine the Clippers' food level.
The Clippers hired a dedicated team of chefs to serve the players, and the dishes in the training hall restaurant are rich and diverse.
"Have some seafood fried rice, this fried chicken looks good, have some... not too much, I want to eat something else."
"There are a lot of grilled shrimps. Shrimps are very nutritious, rich in protein and delicious. Give me two portions and add more seasonings! Grilled fish can also be used, don't bake it too much..."
"What are the vegetables? Broccoli? Although it is very nutritious, I don't like eating it. Let's get some lettuce, purple cabbage, chickpeas, snow peas, and some mashed potatoes! Add some sauce, it's good..."
"Are there any drinks? Is there black tea? No black tea? This won't work. You need to prepare some black tea. To improve... let's have a milkshake first. Is there any Coke? No, okay, let's have another glass of soda."
Min Congda is still very good at eating.
I collected a bunch of food on the plate and basically tasted all the dishes in the restaurant.
The conclusion is: it is nutritious and balanced, and the taste is not bad. According to the Chinese people's eating habits, the color, smell and taste are not interesting, but they are still passable.
The most important thing is that the quantity is large and it is free, which is very important to Min Congda who is currently short of money.
The clothing system has prepared the basic necessities for him. He doesn't have to worry about housing or transportation. He only has to eat every day.
The summer league starts on July 13th, and there are still more than two weeks left. We have to wait until the team loses to pay wages.
During the meal, Coach Dunleavy sat across from Min Congda with a dinner plate. Looking at the piles in front of Min Congda, he said: "Mr. Smart, not only do you have a very good shooting talent, but I can see that your appetite is also in line with your career." Players are the same, maybe you should become a professional player."
Min Congda didn't pay attention to the sarcasm in Lao Deng's words and said, "If I had met you earlier, maybe I would have embarked on this path."
Thinking about it, Min Congda's sports talent is quite good, but his parents never thought of letting him pursue sports since he was a child.
They adhere to the traditional concept that the poor are rich in literature and martial arts, and children from poor families should study more. Practicing sports is not a serious job, and they will be second-rate and useless in the future.
Only a few days after arriving in the United States, Min Congda has already discovered that sports is an extremely huge industry here and a promising employment option.
Seeing that Min Congda was not angry with him, Dengleawei softened his attitude and stopped being thorny in his words.
He asked seriously: "Mr. Smart, what are your plans and plans for the new season?"
Min Congda took a bite of fried chicken. He wanted to say, "I plan to make the Clippers rotten to the end," but he couldn't say this. Besides, the Clippers have no room to decline.
But Min Congda doesn't want Dunleavy to lead the team and play well. If he wins too many games, what will happen to his salary? What to do with $300 million?
He thought for a while and said: "I don't have any specific plans, nor do I have any record requirements. Don't focus on winning or losing at the moment. I think the most important thing for the team... the most important thing is for everyone to be able to Give full play to your talents and realize your own value! Let the players in the team explore their potential and play happily. This is the first priority!"
Min Congda's answer stunned Old Dunleavy. This was the first time he heard the general manager put forward such a goal.
NBA head coach is a very stressful position. Winning is always the first priority. Once the record is poor, the head coach will be the first to take the blame.
Dunleavy has been the head coach of the Lakers since 1990 and reached the Finals that season. Although he lost to the Bulls, it also gave him a firm foothold in the league.
After four unsuccessful seasons with the Bucks, he achieved impressive results with the Trail Blazers and Clippers, establishing himself as a quasi-famous coach.
The general managers of the teams he has worked with are all famous figures, such as Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, and Bob Whitsett. Working with Dunleavy will not only give them enough support, but also Apply tremendous pressure.
The ability to withstand pressure is always the basic quality of NBA head coaches, so their expressions on the sidelines are always filled with bitterness and hatred.
After being a head coach for several years, there is no one who doesn’t look bad or looks old. This position is really tiring.
Dunleavy is not young, and the Clippers are in turmoil. In the past three seasons, the team's staffing and morale have been disappointing.
When Sterling called him to inform him that someone would replace him as general manager, he readily agreed. He did not go to the draft at all, and had no intention of taking the initiative to meet the new general manager.
He thought that if the new general manager put pressure on him in terms of the team's record and made various plans, he would simply give up the job. Anyway, his annual salary was several million dollars, and he had made tens of millions with the Clippers. Went home to take care of the kids.
Unexpectedly, this new general manager is not only highly educated, but also has very different ideas. He actually wants everyone to play happily, explore their potential, and not care about winning or losing?
Where did Sterling, a stingy capitalist, find this weird thing? He no longer wants to make money selling tickets? Don’t want to raise the market value of the Clippers and sell them?
Old Dunleavy became a little interested in Min Congda and wanted to see what kind of splash this guy could make in the Clippers.
Min Congda's idea is this. According to his experience, if a unit or company wants to become bigger and stronger, it must be united internally.
Only when your mind thinks in one place and your energy goes in one place can you accomplish something.
Once everyone has his own thoughts and considers his own future and development, then the unit will be finished.
Although he doesn't understand NBA games, everything remains the same. Everyone in the team has a ball to play with and everyone is happy. That is just an ideal state and is simply impossible to achieve!
When the time comes when people's hearts are dispersed and everyone goes their own way, the team will naturally collapse.
The plan was perfect. Min Congda was eating happily. The pile in front of him was almost full and he was very full. Suddenly, he found that Curry next door had finished eating the pile in front of him and went to get food again.
And they hit a lot, another pile!
"Mom is not tall and eats a lot. I was right, you are a loser!"
Min Congda himself is about 175, but he has the nerve to say that he eats more if he is not tall.
After lunch and a short rest, the team started a formal training session in the afternoon.
Dunleavy began to lead the players in tactical confrontation training to test the strength of the young players.
Especially how much Stephen Curry weighs.
Of course, Dunleavy felt that Min Congda's selection of Curry in the draft was just nonsense.
After Brand left, the Clippers were short of a power forward, and Griffin was a top insider once in twenty years.
Skipping him instead of taking a small guard with 191 is really a fool's errand.
Dunleavy tends to be balanced in his coaching style and team configuration, focusing on building the frontcourt, and loves to accumulate forward troops. The offense and defense mostly rely on powerful forwards to take turns.
In the first round of the 2006 playoffs, Anthony was miserable with the Nuggets. After a series, he shot 33% from the field. He failed to score a single three-pointer in five games. His points in the regular season dropped from 26 to 21.
Dunleavy was disappointed that the Clippers did not take Griffin, his favorite strong forward player.
However, Dunleavy has coached many outstanding point guards. Magic Johnson, Damon Stoudemire, and Sam Cassell all performed at a high level under Dunleavy's coaching.
In Dunleavy's view, there is no comparison between Curry and Magic. They are not on the same level at all.
Being able to reach the level of Cassell and Damon Stoudemire already meets expectations, and the ceiling is high if he reaches the All-Star level.
Curry didn't talk much during the training. He followed the instructions of the coach and assistant coaches to run, catch, fight, and shoot, and meticulously executed every instruction of the coach.
Min Congda couldn't understand what the team was practicing. They were running around. Is playing basketball so complicated?
Because it is a summer training camp, the players are all young players and homeless players, so the significance of the inspection is greater than skill training.
Therefore, the confrontation training phase will soon enter. Scouts and coaches will examine the players' technical use, tactical literacy and on-the-spot performance in confrontation situations.
First, there is a group confrontation practice, where the inside line is the inside line and the outside line is the outside line.
Dunleavit intentionally put Curry and Eric Gordon into a group and let the two of them have one-on-one conversations.
Min Congda saw a big round head standing next to Curry and asked Ada: "Who is that? Why is the face so round?"
Ada said: "It's Eric Gordon, the team's No. 7 pick in the first round last year. He made the All-Rookie Second Team last season."
The No. 7 pick is still on the All-Rookie Second Team, another terrifying potential stock!
He looks taller, stronger, and rounder than Curry. He looks like he has a basketball on his head. He is obviously very high-level.
"Another person who needs to pay close attention to...Such a player should also be careful about his potential being tapped and write it down in a small notebook."
