NBA Opening Draw To Twilight Shaquille O’Neal: Chapter 1102 Don\'t take Seth for Curry!

There is an old saying in China that good fortune and misfortune depend on each other.

Just as the Blazers team was immersed in the joy of winning 60 wins, before they were happy for too long, another injury hit, Batum and Beverly were both injured...

If Batum is an accident, and no one expected him to accidentally twist his foot during training, then Beverly is very common.

There's no way to stop this. We can't let Beverly play so hard.

No one would do this, and neither would Wang Zelin, because this is the reason why Beverly can gain a foothold in the league. He relies on his hard work, which is why he is appreciated by Coach Terry and his teammates.

From the Mosaic team to the present, Beverly has played for the Trail Blazers for almost 4 years. He relies on hard work to eat, and also relies on hard work to win the respect of his teammates. The defensive law he relies on to survive is the league The most ruthless hard work, without this kind of energy... With Beverly's thin body, lack of solid skills, and some only one hand that is stable and unstable, there is no way to catch the ball in the open three-pointer. Survive.

Because of this, Beverly misses 20 games due to injuries almost every season. This teammate is very reliable in the game, has a tough style, and is active in defense, but the team has to bear his injuries.

Injuries are always part of the NBA game, and no one can avoid it.

Fortunately, the Blazers are currently 6 games ahead of the league's second-ranked Warriors and 5 games ahead of the Spurs. They should be able to survive the return of their brothers.

After the two warm-up games, the most difficult game at the end of February is the away game against the Thunder.

In view of the fact that the team has just played two defensive champions not long ago, and they are all outside players, and then they have to play against the Thunder led by Westbrook, who has regained the open space in the league. The coach seemed particularly cautious.

Veterans Vince Carter and Yi Jianlian took turns to rest. Coach Terry put 8 players on the active list for this game, namely Lillard, Barton, Connette Lee, McCaw, Jokic, Harrell .

Speaking of Seth Curry, I am afraid that many people have no impression of him. As long as other brothers are mentioned, many people will suddenly realize it.

Because his eldest brother is the Warriors star Stephen Curry.

Compared with his big brother, Seth Curry's career as a professional player is much more bumpy.

In Wang Zelin's previous life, before Seth Curry became a professional player, he went from high school to college smoothly and was always a star in the school. However, in the last year of college, Seth Curry underwent right tibia surgery, which made him He missed pre-draft NBA team workouts and summer league thereafter.

In 2013, he participated in the NBA draft. The hidden dangers of injuries and his status as a senior draft pick prevented him from being favored by any NBA team, and he had no choice but to become an undrafted pick.

Beginning in 2013, Seth Curry began to wander around and work as a temporary worker. He successively moved to the Golden State Warriors, Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix, Suns and other teams to give 10-day short contracts. One exception is the fate of being laid off when it expires.

However, the experience of being hired as a temporary worker many times still cannot stop him from chasing his dream of NBA.

It can be said that Seth Curry has been defeated repeatedly, and no difficulties and blows can stop him from pursuing his dreams. Until he met the Mavericks team, he used his persistence and continuous hard work to slowly realize his dream. dream.

After the end of the 2015-2016 season, Seth Curry decided to test the free market after playing for the Kings for a short period of time. In the end, he signed a 2-year 5.9 million contract with the Mavericks.

In the 2016-17 season, Seth Curry played 70 games for the Mavericks, 42 of which served as the starter. He averaged 8 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists in 29 minutes per game. main rotation player.

I thought that there would be some achievements in the next 2017-2018 season, but I never thought that the injury would play a joke on him again.

As early as before the 2013 NBA draft, he had surgery on his right tibia and no one cared about him. This time Seth Curry suffered a stress fracture on his left tibia and was reimbursed for the entire season.

This directly led to the Mavericks not renewing his contract at the end of the season.

In the 2018-2019 season, he signed a two-year contract with the Trail Blazers, of which the first year was 2.79 million, and the second year was a player option.

Since the Blazers are an outside-oriented team led by Lillard and McCollum, Seth Curry mainly serves as a substitute for them. He played 74 games this season, including 2 starts, averaging 9 minutes per game. 9 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists, and the three-point shooting percentage reached 45%.

It is worth mentioning that this year he was specially invited to participate in the All-Star Three-Point Contest, where he competed with his brother Stephen Curry on the same stage. own.

During the playoffs, he and the Trail Blazers reached the Western Conference Finals together. Although he was swept out by his brother's Warriors 4:0 in the Western Conference Finals, Seth Curry's performance was recognized by many people, and he also paid tribute to his career. A resume adds experience.

Perhaps it was because after touching the floor of the Western Conference Finals, Seth Curry was full of confidence in whether he could gain a foothold in the NBA for the first time. After the end of the season, he chose to jump out of the contract again and signed a 4-year 32 million contract with his former club, the Mavericks, reaching the first peak of his life.

Perhaps Cricket's 4-year 32 million contract is nothing compared to his brother, Stephen Curry's 5-year 200 million contract, but this is already the largest contract Curry has won in his career.

It was also from this season that Curry's NBA career began to go uphill.

Along the way, he firmly believes that he is the "Xiaoqiang" who can't be beaten to death. His persistence can be regarded as a model of inspiration, and he finally got a better ending.

Of course, Wang Zelin is not very clear about Seth Curry's experience after 2020, but this does not affect his knowledge of such a sharpshooter who happens to be in the unknown stage.

Under his suggestion, after discussing with the Mavericks during the All-Star period, the team management got Seth Curry at a price that seemed insignificant to him.

In the end, Seth Curry arrived in Portland two years earlier than he remembered.

In his previous life, it was this precious experience in Portland that transformed Seth Curry's entire career, and his personal strength entered a new level.

In this life, Wang Zelin believes that Seth Curry will only be stronger than in his previous life if he follows behind him!

Due to the All-Star trade regulations, Seth Curry could not deal with it immediately after arriving in Portland. In the past week, although he fought with the team, he was always on the bench as a cheerleader.

In addition, except for the label of "Stephen Curry's younger brother", he had little fame before, which led to his arrival and did not attract the attention of the outside world.

The media all know that the Trail Blazers seem to have recruited another mascot during the All-Star period.

Wait, why do you say use?

Oh, I remembered, before Seth Curry, there was McCaw, the number one mascot officially certified by Wang Zelin.

Seth Curry jumps right after catching the ball, he doesn't even get on his feet...in!

It's this kind of fairy again, and he's even entered!

It's Seth Curry again, this is already his third three-pointer in the fourth quarter! He allowed the Blazers to quickly overtake the score and opened up a 5-point lead in one fell swoop. This goal put the Blazers 35 seconds away from killing the Thunder this season.

The Thunder fans at the scene covered their heads in frustration. Seth Curry just hit a three-point drift shot under the interference of Westbrook's defense...

What's even more exaggerated is that such an incredible three-pointer is almost flawless.

Today is February 28, and the Trail Blazers have come to the third game after the All-Star Game, and it is also the third game this season to meet the Thunder.

Both sides played inextricably in the first three quarters. Even at the beginning of the fourth quarter, due to the lack of personnel of the Blazers tonight, many players fell into a physical crisis, and the Thunder seized time to overtake the score.

But when the official timeout of the final quarter ended, with less than 5 minutes left in the game, when did the Trail Blazers coach Terry replace the starting shooting guard Will Barton and take the newcomer Seth Barton who just joined the team? After Curry, the situation on the field changed suddenly.

Seth Curry chose the No. 31 jersey as Wang Zelin remembered. It’s not that he didn’t want to choose the No. 30 jersey when he was in the Kings and Mavericks, but because the Trail Blazers’ No. 30 jersey has been retired by the management .

The owner of the No. 30 jersey in the history of the Trail Blazers is the ancient legend Bob Gross. After being selected by the Trail Blazers with the 7th overall pick in the second round of the team in 1975, he has been playing for the Trail Blazers throughout his career. Team effectiveness.

In terms of strength alone, he is definitely not up to the standard of retired jerseys in a broad sense.

But he happened to be one of the champions of the first championship team in the history of the Trail Blazers (NBA championship in the 76-77 season). .

The champion member of the team's first championship and his career has always played for the Trail Blazers. With the team's honor and career history both decent, the Trail Blazers management finally chose to retire his No. 30 jersey.

Seth Curry does not have the rookie influence of Wang Zelin and Lillard. As a little-known league bum, it is difficult to get the approval of Bob Gross. In the end, he chose the No. 31 jersey.

However, the incident happened suddenly, and no one expected that Seth Curry, who put on the No. 31 jersey for the Trail Blazers for the first time tonight, became the focus of the audience as soon as he played in the final quarter.

For more than four minutes, he kept running on the court to get open opportunities, and made 3 of 4 three-pointers. Except for the first shot, the last three were scored consecutively, which completely stunned the Thunder. , and also make them passive.

In fact, even Wang Zelin, who is quite optimistic about Seth Curry, did not expect his debut to be so amazing. The reason why Coach Terry sent him to the court at the last moment was definitely not because he believed in his three-point ability, but simply It's because the Trail Blazers are running out of players.

Including Wang Zelin, the entire Blazers team only hopes that this rookie will not seek meritorious service after playing, but only hope that he has no faults.

However, the future top three-point shooter in the league has shown his value at critical moments.

His 3 three-pointers, each of which is priceless, and the efficiency of 3 of 4 three-pointers in a single quarter can also be said to be quite abnormal.

Westbrook sighed and shook his head helplessly. The Blazers' No. 31 three-pointer almost killed the game.

Come to think of it, if it weren't for that guy's magical performance, the Thunder are now the leading side, and they will have the hope of beating the Blazers for the first time this season.

But now 5 points behind, trying to come back... It's very difficult, very difficult!

In the last few minutes, Seth Curry was always able to give the Thunder a blow when the Thunder were about to complete their counterattack.

The key is that each of his sticks can accurately hit Thunderclap's seven inches above, which is comparable to real damage.

The players on the Blazers' bench were all in a frenzy. The first strong opponent after the All-Star Weekend, and the Blazers still had injuries. I thought it would be a difficult game, but I didn't expect such a surprise. Sudden.

"Wang, sometimes I really wonder if you have opened your eyes, your eyes are really amazing!"

Coach Terry looked at Wang Zelin with admiration in his eyes.

"This rookie is so fierce! Now I am a little worried that I will lose my first place." Barton also expressed emotion at the right time.

This is not a joke. If Seth Curry can show such an amazing performance in every next game, without the management saying much, he will take the initiative to give up the starting position to the latter.

The main reason is that Seth Curry's previous reputation was really mediocre, which caused many people to have no impression of him at all. As a result, he turned into a savior in this focus battle, and felt that Porter, the number one team in the league today Lan pioneers.

At a special time and a special place, a special guy came, as if the goddess of fate specially set up a stage for him, just waiting for him to show himself on stage.

Whether it was the players from both sides or the fans in front of the TV, they were all in deep shock at the moment.

The coaches and teammates sighed again and again~www.mtlnovel.com~Wang Zelin was like this. Sure enough, there is no one named Curry who is simple.

Don't misunderstand Seth as Curry, the sand sculpture netizens in the previous life will not deceive me.

With that said, he went straight to Seth Curry, rubbed the latter's head fiercely with his big hand, and encouraged him: "Seth, I believe that after tonight, your name will be remembered in the memory of countless fans." heart.

From now on, you are no longer just the younger brother of Stephen Curry in the mouth of the fans. You are you, you are Seth Curry! "

Seth Curry, who is used to wandering, felt the care and encouragement from the star of the team for the first time, and this person was Wang Zelin.

He really didn't expect that Wang Zelin, the number one player in the league, would be so kind, without the slightest arrogance of the number one player.

"Um!"

Seth Curry gave a heavy hum, his eyes were full of determination, and when he looked at the Thunder, he was even more murderous.