Three Hundred and Eighty: The Huge Pressure on the Thin Body

The Golden State Warriors ended last season with a wave of 6 wins and 22 losses, which led to their final score of 23 wins and 43 losses, ranking third from the bottom in the Western Conference.

At the beginning, the Warriors were definitely eager to hit the playoffs. The arrival of Mark Jackson changed the Warriors' style of play drastically. He even asked the management to send away Monta Ellis in exchange for Australian No. 1 pick Bogut to fill the ball team defense.

But then, continuous injuries made Mark Jackson decide to give up last season. Therefore, after playing well at the beginning, the Warriors finally chose to play badly on purpose. Because the Warriors have to get the top 7 picks in order to keep the draft picks. With the playoffs already hopeless, what the Warriors can do is to work together to lose.

As a result, the fans in the Bay Area broke out collectively.

Boss Lacob was booed at Mullin's jersey retirement ceremony as the frustration fans have endured for 20 years showed no sign of relief.

Last season, the Warriors had some hopes for a change, but they ended up taking the most shameless performance in recent years. Every year, more than half of the teams can enter the playoffs, but the Warriors have only made it once in the past 18 years. The fans are naturally very angry.

But this year, when the Warriors have a complete lineup and want to start winning, Stevens believes that they can complete the transformation.

In addition to the fact that the Warriors have excellent young players such as Curry, Thompson and "North Carolina Eagle" Barnes, it is also because the Warriors chose to trust Mark Jackson.

For 20 years, the Warriors have been in turmoil. They have changed 11 coaches in 20 years, and the team does not have a stable style at all. Although the old Nelson once led the Warriors to create a black-eight miracle, that team was a team with more than blood but not enough stability.

The entire team only has offense but no defense, and the offense is extremely dependent on talent. Even if this kind of team completes the miracle of black eight, it is doomed to be a failure and can only be a flash in the pan.

Facts have also proved that the Black Eight Warriors are indeed just a flash in the pan.

After Mark Jackson took office, he completely changed the face of this team. Before the opening of last season, Mark Jackson instilled a defensive concept into the team and took the initiative to reduce the team's tempo. Last season, the Warriors' defense has achieved initial results, reaching the league average. The last time the Warriors could do this was in 1998!

Also as a head coach, Stevens could see the changes Mark Jackson wanted to make in the Warriors. He is trying to pull the Golden State Warriors out of Nelson's shadow.

This season, if Curry and Bogut can stay healthy, then Stevens believes that it will be easy for the Warriors to make the playoffs!

Facing a playoff-level team, Stevens is of course very concerned.

In the first game of the new season, the Warriors still relied on defense to defeat the Suns despite Curry's poor state. The Suns only scored 80 points in the whole game, which is enough to explain the problem.

In this day and age, limiting an opponent to 80 points is a remarkable achievement. The Golden State Warriors are very different from before. Mark Jackson decided to let everyone see the results this season!

So in the past few days of training, Stevens has mainly focused on offensive exercises. As long as you can break through the Warriors' defense, winning the game is not a problem.

As for offense? Then it depends on whether the offense led by Link can overwhelm Stephen Curry who has just returned from injury.

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When Link got off the plane, he immediately saw the poster of the Warriors starting five for the new season.

Bogut, David Lee, Barnes, Thompson, and Curry looked at the poster, and Link was stunned for a few seconds.

Unknowingly, the Golden State Warriors have developed into what he is familiar with... The omnipotent Warriors have taken shape.

Last season, Curry only played about 20 games due to injuries and was almost forgotten. But Link knew that that was almost Curry's last trough. After that, Curry will step by step and start to realize his talent.

Stevens has always attached great importance to this game, so the players dare not take it lightly. Although the Warriors were only the third-to-last in the West last season, Stevens said more than once, "It is extremely stupid to judge opponents only by their performance last season."

But even without Stevens' words, Link would still take this game very seriously. After all, he knew very well that Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson at this time were very difficult to mess with.

"It's like this again. Every time a new season starts, we have to play consecutive away games first." Randolph complained, while putting his arms around Link's shoulders, pulling him back from his thoughts.

"Isn't that good? Let people from other places see how good we are first." Link opened his hands, and it didn't matter much to him to play the away game first or the home game first. No way, who made Memphis a small ball market?

For this kind of game at the beginning of the season, it is natural to go to big ball markets like Los Angeles and the Bay Area to play first.

"Hey, I also want to feel the enthusiasm of the home fans. By the way, what video did you watch in the car just now? I couldn't understand any of the words said by those two people in the video."

"Hey, that's Australian English, Zack. I suggest you learn a few sentences too, it's very interesting."

"Australian English? Just as pretentious as British English? Forget it, my English is not good since I was a child, I often misspelled words, and I only know black street slang. And what are you learning that for? Want to go to Australia to see kangaroos?"

"No, it's always good to learn more, so as not to suffer from culture at critical moments." Link smiled mysteriously.

The Grizzlies players all got on the team bus at this time and rushed to the hotel where they were staying.

Tomorrow night, the crucial battle in Stevens' heart will start at the Oracle Arena.

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Stephen Curry is eager to have a big breakout this season, because his injuries last year have put him under too much pressure.

Nike's intention to renew his contract is still unclear. As for the Warriors, although they renewed their contract with Curry in advance, they signed a four-year $44 million contract. But to be honest, this price is also greatly discounted by Curry's injuries last season.

As a comparison, Harden, who was selected in the same year as Curry, signed with the Rockets for 5 years and 80 million. In 2009, Blake Griffin, the No. 1 pick in recent years, still signed a 5-year contract worth $95 million with the Clippers despite limited progress in the past few years!

Compared with them, Curry's contract is simply cheap. You know, Curry's data is no worse than theirs. He scored 30+10+10 in his rookie season, and Curry averaged 18.6 points per game in his second year. He has made more than 43% of his three-pointers for three consecutive seasons. He is known as the best point guard shooter in the league after Steve Nash.

If everything is normal, Curry should be able to lead the team to the playoffs in the third season, he should be able to improve his personal data, and he should be able to get a bigger contract.

But all of these were ruined because of the fragile ankle.

Now, Curry is back, but no longer depressed. The past setbacks are over, and he hopes to change his career from now on!

In the first game of the new season, Curry messed up. Although the team won the ball, he only scored 5 points in the game, and only made 1 of 6 three-pointers.

After that game, Curry was questioned. People say that the Warriors chose the wrong cornerstone of the team. Stephen Curry is a glass man and cannot be trusted.

But Curry didn't care about those voices. He was still eager to show up and shut those people up.

So today, Curry came to the Oracle Arena very early and began to practice his shooting from various positions outside the three-point line.

The poor performance in the last game was mainly due to being away from the game for too long and not being able to adapt to the intensity. But today, Curry believes he can handle it all.

Indeed, the Memphis Grizzlies are strong. Indeed, the No. 0 striker who always loves to bicker with himself is very difficult to deal with. But Curry can't control that much. This game is not only about the team's victory or defeat, but also about the honor of his career!

Is it a waste or a cornerstone? Curry needs proof!

At this time, Oracle Arena was still empty. Therefore, no one saw the continuous white waves under the basket.

Stephen Curry, it's hot to the touch!

This thin No. 30 believes that he can tear that difficult No. 0 to pieces tonight.

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