After Dunleavy finished chatting with Ricky Davis, he approached Baron Davis the next day.
Baron Davis learned that Dunleavy wanted to increase Curry's playing time under Min Chongda's instruction.
As the current nominal boss of the team and leader of the locker room, Big Beard is obviously not very happy.
"Our current results are very good, and my condition is also good. If Stephen's playing time is increased, then I will have less playing time, right?"
Dunleavy nodded and said: "Yes, but...this is what Smart meant. He said that everyone should have the ball to play."
Baron Davis said: "I understand that Stephen is the future, but I'm not really old yet. I'm in pretty good shape!"
"Your condition has indeed improved recently, but it's still what Smart meant."
Davis shook his head and said: "You can increase Curry's playing time, but I don't want to shorten my playing time. More than 35 minutes, this is a must, and I have to stay in shape!"
Davis and Dunleavy bargained. The star needs playing time to accumulate data and perform well.
Balang is only 31 years old this year, which is theoretically the most mature period for a player.
But Davis didn't play well last season. He was plagued by injuries and only played in more than 30 games.
His scoring average has dropped to 13 points per game, a new low since his rookie season, which has had a negative impact on his value.
His contract will expire in two years until the end of the 2011-12 season, so there is no rush.
But if he cannot return to his peak in the past two years and cannot perform as well as he did in the past, this contract will be his last big contract.
From now on, he will only be able to earn a middle-class or basic salary, which means that his career will enter a countdown to retirement.
After the start of this season, Baron Davis feels that his condition is slowly improving.
Although injuries have caused a significant decline in his explosive power, his shooting feels much better.
He tried to play with rhythm and experience and reduce reliance on physical fitness.
If the Clippers have a good record this year, it will be a bonus to Baron Davis's worth.
Dunleavy had no absolute motivation to convince Baron Davis. Since Baron was not very willing to share playing time, he could just push it to him when the time came.
Anyway, Balang and Min Congda have a good relationship. They often hang out in nightclubs and bars. They will handle the relationship themselves.
Dunleavy didn't hesitate any more and just took it one step at a time. He and Baron Davis were not particularly good at dealing with each other.
Davis was used to playing under Don Nelson before coming to the Clippers. He was unrestrained and free, and was not very accustomed to Dunleavy's style.
The communication between the two was not smooth last season and there was no communication in private.
Now that Dunleavy wants Balang to give up playing time, Big Beard will definitely not be happy. It's useless for you to use Min Congda to suppress me.
The conversation between the two parties ended unhappily.
At the same time, assistant coach Sposato also communicated with Curry and expressed that he would increase his playing time and give him more opportunities to perform.
Of course Curry accepted it gladly. Now he can only play about 20 minutes in each game, and he always feels that he is not enjoying himself.
Now Dunleavy doesn't want him to memorize the tactical manual every day, but Dunleavy is the head coach after all, and he still has to follow the head coach's arrangements in terms of playing style.
Sometimes Smart is watching the game from the sidelines, and Curry can be a little more arrogant and play according to his own ideas.
If Smart didn't come today, Curry would have to behave himself, follow Dunleavy's arrangements, focus on organization, and supplement by his own offense.
One disadvantage of always playing with the second unit is that it cannot compete with the opponent's high-level starting players.
The second team is all young players or benches, and the defensive intensity is not at the same level as the starting lineup. There is a feeling of rookies pecking each other.
This is not a good thing for Curry to gain more goals. He needs to compete with the highest level team in the league in order to quickly improve himself.
"I have no problem. I am always ready. If I am asked to start or play more time, I can do it."
Facing the challenge, Curry is full of confidence.
Since entering the NBA, he has been under tremendous pressure and faced challenges from all aspects.
However, all these pressures were turned into motivation for him, and he trained hard every day to improve himself.
Fitness, eating more, shooting, and running back and forth were all things he did every day when he was in school.
The difficult thing about professional sports is that most of the results of training are not visible in a short period of time.
For example, Curry has insufficient confrontation. Since the summer training camp, he has been getting up every morning to work out and practice strength.
Curry's strength foundation is actually very good. His bench press number is higher than that of some insiders.
But his weight is too light. Part of the reason for his excessive bench press is his short arms, and bench press does not help much in confrontation.
He needs to train his core and his lower body and add weight to it.
At the same time, it is necessary to ensure that the added weight and muscles do not affect the shooting feel.
He has been training hard for four months towards this goal.
What's the result? It's very small, the arm circumference has increased a little, and the weight has increased a little.
But in the fiercely competitive NBA, it's still not enough, because if you practice, others will practice.
Compared with yourself, you are making progress, but if you compare yourself with others, your progress will be negligible, and you may even regress.
To truly achieve qualitative improvement, the training time must be measured in years before the results can be seen.
He wants to be friends with time, and as time passes bit by bit, he will use invisible improvements to accumulate his own advantages and make up for his shortcomings.
This road is lonely and difficult. In Los Angeles, there are too many temptations around me.
Those players who have fallen, don't they work hard?
No, there is no player who can enter the NBA without working hard.
But hard work alone is not enough. Perseverance and unremitting efforts are required.
Players who have been eliminated will persist on a monthly basis, while ordinary players will persist on a yearly basis.
Star players persist in units of five years, while superstars persist in units of ten years, and ten years are consistent.
And if you want to become the top group at the top of the pyramid, you must persist with a lifelong goal until the moment you can't move at all.
Curry's seemingly thin body, the moment he entered the NBA, he was determined to burn his whole life to improve himself.
No one noticed this except himself.
Minton didn't, Dunleavy didn't, and Sposato didn't.
Not even his father, Dell Curry, thought it was great that his son could establish himself in the NBA.
If Curry can achieve his father's achievements, he will be considered very successful in the eyes of others.
Old Curry played in the NBA for 16 seasons, won the Best Sixth Man Award, and had a very successful career.
Some media now believe that Stephen Curry will inherit his father's legacy and become an outstanding sixth man.
Curry does wear the same No. 30 jersey as his father, but how could he be willing to just be a sixth man?
(End of chapter)
