Curry's words stunned Min Congda, and at the same time a bad premonition came over him.
It's a good thing for a player to win the MVP, but it's not necessarily a good thing for a team.
Min Congda knew that the reason why the Lakers, who had won three consecutive championships, fell apart was because of Kobe's desire to "win an MVP."
He is not willing to be the second in command of the Lakers, not willing to be under a lazy fat man, not willing to be a deputy all his life, unable to truly catch up with Michael Jordan.
In the NBA where heroism is rampant, wanting to be the MVP or the boss is not a shameful thing, but rather an honor.
Of course, Curry was originally the nominal boss of the team. He was the first No. 1 pick selected by Min Congda, the "draft miracle" in 2009, and Min Congda's biggest political achievement project.
Everyone knows Min Congda's "tolerance" and "nurturing" of Curry. When Lao Deng wanted to train Curry to become a traditional point guard, no one in the league was optimistic about this thin guy. Only Min Congda had a "smart eye". Yili demanded that Curry be allowed to develop freely.
As a result, Curry used his historic three-point shooting to open up a new world of NBA skills and tactics, and with his thin body, he became the cornerstone of the Clippers, a championship team.
Curry's success is inseparable from Min Congda's support, protection and indulgence. In private, the relationship between the two is even better.
Others call Min Congda "Mr. Smart", but Curry always calls "Smart" to show the closeness between the two.
In the two finals in 2012 and 2013, Curry was the well-deserved Finals MVP. He also won the three-point champion in the All-Star Game.
Now his list of honors mainly lacks a regular season MVP and a dunk king.
If the Clippers continue to maintain dominance in the new regular season and Curry can produce super statistics, he will indeed be the MVP.
But the problem is that Curry's current playing time determines that it is difficult for him to produce super statistics - scoring 25 or even 30 points and assisting 8 times.
Because the Clippers adopt a large rotation method, there are many players, and an absolute core like Curry only averages 29 minutes per game in a game, and 31 minutes in the playoffs.
The 29 minutes of playing time is about 5-10 minutes less than the average core player. In 5-10 minutes, the data shrinks by about 15%-30%.
The data has shrunk by nearly one-third, how can you compete for MVP?
Therefore, Curry is only the "nominal" boss of the Clippers, not the real boss.
In terms of personality, he was born in a family of football stars and had good living conditions since childhood. He lacked the ruthlessness to be the boss of the team and was too cheerful and gentle.
Of course, the advantage of this is that the Clippers team has a harmonious atmosphere, which is not necessarily a bad thing for the team.
However, when Curry wants to win the greatest personal honor, these are all problems.
If you want better data, you must increase your playing time. If you play for a long time, you must squeeze out the playing time of other players.
Other players will have less playing time, and they will have to play around the core of Curry. Their data will definitely shrink, their performance on the field will be affected, and their personal honors and contracts will definitely be affected as well.
If Curry was the absolute boss like Kobe and Iverson, other players would most likely not complain, or they would be too angry to speak out, or they would simply leave and go somewhere else to flourish.
But Curry is not. He has been fighting with everyone for four years. We are all brothers. If you want to win the MVP, what will the brothers do? Will I make a wedding dress for you?
Min Congda's mind was racing. He had already thought about the Clippers' desire to win the MVP because of Curry, which caused the players to be discordant, divided, and formed cliques. In the end, the team's morale collapsed and they failed to win the third championship!
Min Congda had a question in his mind, "Why didn't you want to win the MVP earlier, why didn't you want to win the MVP later, but now you want to win it? Why are you causing trouble for me when I want to win three consecutive championships?"
He instantly felt the malice of fate.
However, he calmed down and asked Curry: "Stephen, if you want to win the MVP, you will inevitably increase your playing time and change the current team's tactical distribution and system. Don't you think this will be a harm to the team? Others What will people think?”
Curry said: "I know, but everyone discussed it during the training camp, and everyone supports me in trying to win the regular season MVP next season."
Min Congda was surprised when he heard this and said: "What? Have you already discussed it? Support you to be MVP? I...how come I don't know, why?"
Curry showed a mysterious smile and said, "Because I gave them an offer they couldn't refuse."
The two did not continue the topic after that. Min Congda ostensibly agreed with Curry's idea and continued to let him be himself and fight for what he wanted.
But after returning home, he felt uneasy. Did these gangsters reach some agreement in private, or did Curry start to form a clique?
It is very possible that there are about 15 people in a team and 8-9 core players. Curry himself is the absolute core. He only needs to recruit 4-5 people to form his own power.
Especially with the support of veterans like Randolph, even if some people in the team have objections, they will be suppressed to ensure Curry's core status.
Thinking of this, Min Congda began to worry again: "This kid used to secretly form gangs, why didn't I find out? Damn it, I am still too relaxed in the management of the team! How can this be possible? But what should I do next? Is it possible that I pull the players over to talk one by one? No, this method is not easy to use in a basketball team, and it might even cause resentment among the players."
Min Congda, who used to be indifferent to the team, now feels that he does not have enough control over the team, and he doesn't know anything with his eyes darkened.
For four years, a group of players who have played together stably is indeed enough to form a stable small group.
I think when Cole and Tyronn Lue were competing for the head coaching job, the Clippers had the foundation and tendency to form two factions.
But later Min Congda ignored it and had no idea what the Clippers' locker room was like now.
Thinking that Ricky Davis had retired and there was a vacancy in the team's roster, Min Congda came up with an idea: He wanted to sign another player as a spy among his players and put it in the locker room!
Of course, what Min Congda didn't know was that on the next day of the game, the team conducted a simple warm-up shooting training at noon, and Curry happily announced an announcement to his teammates in the locker room:
"Mr. Smart agrees, I will chase the regular season MVP next season!"
Everyone congratulated and expressed their support, and then looked at Harden unanimously and said: "James, you are next."
"The next one is Marc Gasol."
"And then there's Paul George."
"Leonard should be next, right?"
"I think Butler is also good, let's compete between the two of us!"
"When will it be my turn?"
"You'd better wait for 18 or 19 years!"
(End of chapter)
