Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 756 - 270: I Am the Reason, the Resentment from the 9th Point Guard in the NBA
Another summer passed, and before the preseason training camps started, the league officially announced the 12/13 season NBA slogan:
——I'm-why
This is a slogan with a double meaning.
Because you can interpret this "I" as Qin Yue, who led the Warriors to establish a dynasty last season.
Or you can see this "I" as those players who want to pull the Warriors off the throne.
Of course, in the eyes of many fans, the NBA's slogans over the past three years seem clearly like the official endorsement of Qin Yue's GOAT status.
From the major event when Qin Yue scored 101 points in a single game.
To last season's "why we play."
And now to this season's "I'm-why."
It's no exaggeration to say that the NBA's slogans in recent years have, in the eyes of many, become personal promotional slogans for Qin Yue.
Regarding this, the league's promotional department, which is responsible for setting the slogans, is quite helpless.
Because in this era called "Great Qin"...
No matter what slogan they use to promote the upcoming new season, people are bound to immediately associate it with Qin Yue.
This is the influence of the GOAT.
Just like in the past, whenever people mentioned the NBA, they would immediately think of Jordan.
In late September, the Warriors' preseason training camp commenced as scheduled in Cancun, Mexico.
As a dynasty coach, Mike Malone firmly believes that a large part of why the Warriors could start the first dynasty of Golden State last season is his "vacation indulgence plan" tailored for each main player.
During the Warriors' dynasty period, playing over a hundred high-intensity matches each year, the Warriors' players are undoubtedly the group with the highest injury risk in the NBA.
Therefore, learning from past experiences, since Qin Yue's recovery and return, Malone has ensured that every summer, the players with the highest attendance distance themselves as much as possible from basketball.
Even if it means losing a lot of games early in the regular season, it's worthwhile in Malone's view.
After all, an injury-riddled team can never win in the NBA.
So after achieving a three-peat...
Considering that rest was more important than training for the Warriors' players, under Malone's suggestion, the Warriors held their preseason training camp in the famous vacation spot, Cancun, this year.
Kwame Brown became the most eye-catching player on the first day of camp.
Because while Qin Yue was working like a horse back home, the octagon deathmatch between Brown and O'Neal concluded at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
How should we evaluate this unrestricted combat where every punch landed with force?
Simply put, it was when the audience realized Brown and O'Neal were not just fooling around.
In the long ten-round brawl, even though O'Neal and Brown's combat skills seemed amateurish in Qin Yue's eyes.
This deathmatch, which determined victory and could end in death, was still greatly enjoyed by the audience.
"If we're going to fight, it has to be real, because the audience didn't pay to see Shaq and me have a friendly match."
On the first day of camp, Brown, still covered in bruises, said this to Qin Yue.
In response, knowing that Brown had earned his money through sweat and blood that summer, Qin Yue said, "Too bad you had a chance to KO Shaq in the seventh round."
Upon hearing this, Brown also regrettably sighed, "I didn't expect Shaq could still fight back after taking my knee strike, otherwise, I would have followed up with another punch."
Qin Yue, who joined the team in Cancun, did not partake in any training sessions during the preseason camp.
It wasn't until media day that Qin Yue was allowed, under Malone and the coaching staff's permission, to participate in a shooting practice that lasted less than thirty minutes.
"I don't want you to burn out." At the training ground, looking up at Qin Yue's eager face wanting to play, Malone laughed and said, "Right now, relaxing on vacation is your top priority."
Although in the past two seasons, Qin Yue had already gotten used to waiting until the regular season started to practice through competition.
No matter when, Qin Yue would always have a youthful passion for basketball, and he couldn't avoid feeling a bit of "Coach, I just want to play" when unable to play.
So, with no choice, since he couldn't play, Qin Yue could only teach others basketball from the sidelines, same as the year before.
And Warriors' two rookies fell victim to this.
Especially Draymond Green, who was not yet "Chasing Eggs."
Because Qin Yue had high expectations for Green.
So whenever Green dared to slack off on the court, he would immediately be called to the sidelines by Qin Yue for a stern teaching.
And this...
Undoubtedly became Curry and Butler's favorite episode to watch.
After all, the beatings Green was receiving now were no different from the earnest lessons they endured from the God of Basketball during their growth.
Moreover, how can young talent flourish without discipline and tough love?
"He's such a devil."
Just one week into the preseason camp, feeling he was about to suffocate, Green privately said, "I've heard stories about Michael Jordan's late career, but compared to him, Michael is a saint."
A saint?
Incredible.
At this moment, looking at the overly naïve Green, Brown, who decided to personally show what a devil really was, laughed and said, "'Dray,' free after training?"
