Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 507 - 168: The Return of the GOAT (Adjusting ideas today, only 1 update, sorry)_2
"Because the Warriors, eager to return to the top next season, won’t be as patient as other teams."
However, compared to Curry...
If you say that Curry at least managed to show some of his strengths.
Then the other rookie picked by the Warriors according to GOAT’s personal will, Danny Green’s performance, can only be described as ridiculous.
In his summer league debut, Green played a total of 28 minutes.
But if you didn’t look at the statistics afterward, you wouldn’t even feel his presence in the game.
Throughout the game, Green went 0-for-5 from the field, scoring no points, like a headless fly not knowing what to do.
"Where am I, who am I" became Green’s true portrayal on the court.
This was a match that almost destroyed the Warriors front office’s trust in GOAT.
Although it’s common to be patient with rookie players in this league.
But Green’s utterly ridiculous performance still made the Warriors front office feel that GOAT’s insight and basketball skill cannot be mentioned in the same breath.
"We could just find a high schooler to represent us in the summer league, and it wouldn’t be worse than Danny’s performance."
The Warriors internally evaluated Green’s summer league debut: "He doesn’t look like someone who’s played four years of college basketball, but like an amateur basketball enthusiast."
Green’s disastrous performance continued.
In the four summer league games representing the Warriors, Green only made one three-pointer, averaging just 4 points and 3 rebounds.
As for Green’s terrible play, even Qin Yue felt a bit embarrassed.
"Tell Danny to stop playing in the summer league." Qin Yue said over the phone to assistant coach Hollins, who is responsible for leading the Warriors in the summer league, "Make him come back to Oakland immediately!"
Although Qin Yue had anticipated that Green would need time to grow into the ultimate role player he remembered.
Qin Yue couldn’t tolerate Green not even understanding the summer league.
Qin Yue planned to summon Green to the Divine Selection Training Camp and personally coach him.
Moreover, Curry was also summoned back by Qin Yue.
The reason being, Green’s poor performance was also related to Curry, the team’s organizer.
...
In late July, Curry and Green, who ended their summer league journey early, entered the gates of the Divine Selection Training Camp with anxious hearts.
Then, seeing the GOAT inviting Green for a one-on-one match from the outset, Curry could not help but sweat for Green in his heart.
Having attended the Divine Selection Training Camp three years ago, Curry knew very well how nasty the GOAT could be.
And he also knew what Green was about to face in the upcoming duel.
The result was just as Curry expected.
Qin Yue completely demolished Green’s basketball confidence with a bloody massacre of 21 to 0.
And what felt worse than being brutalized was that throughout the one-on-one, Qin Yue would verbally assault Green’s spirit after each play.
He vented all his combative spirit on Green and, as if throwing away trash, discarded the dazed Green into a neglected corner afterward.
Then, knowing he couldn’t escape either, Curry felt a profound sense of resignation when he noticed Qin Yue’s eyes turning toward him.
"Stephen, it’s been a long time since we played one-on-one. Come and have a match with me."
"Oh..."
About fifteen minutes later, Curry, covered in bruises from Qin Yue’s hits, sat beside Green, gritting his teeth and holding back tears.
"Are you okay, Danny?" Curry asked Green.
In response, Green, with hollow eyes, mechanically nodded his head.
"You need to mentally prepare, this is just the beginning." Curry said with a seasoned tone, "From now on, we’ll have to endure such trials every day."
Compared to the three-star high schooler from three years ago, Qin Yue found that Curry not only had improved significantly in his basketball skills but also had a far stronger inner strength than before.
Qin Yue knew very well that basketball does not lie.
Therefore, he invited Green and Curry to one-on-one, not just to have fun through their defeat, but to closely observe how they approach the game and test if they’re mentally prepared for the NBA.
Even though such testing is extremely harsh.
But if they cannot withstand such trials, how can Qin Yue trust them to achieve glory together on the court in the future?
The NBA is a world where the strong prey on the weak.
To earn the trust of your teammates, you must first be strong.
Qin Yue doesn’t expect Green to transform overnight into the ultimate role player from his memory.
But Qin Yue will show Green, in his own way, that to survive in the NBA, he must have an incredibly strong heart.
...
Under the GOAT’s torment, Green’s suffering began.
Meanwhile, this summer, under tremendous external pressure, the Chinese Basketball Association did not dare to forcibly summon Qin Yue and Yao Ming back to China to play in the Asian Championship.
After the Beijing Olympic Games, Qin Yue had been worshipped by countless sports enthusiasts in China as a deity.
Currently, having just emerged from the shadow of a season-ending injury, the Chinese Basketball Association naturally dared not forcibly summon him back to China for the Asian Championship.
And Yao Ming?
Because Yao Ming’s shoulder injury wouldn’t recover until the end of August, and with his accumulated fatigue requiring a surgery to completely resolve his foot injury risk, the Chinese Basketball Association could only give Yao Ming a pass.
