Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 757 - 270: I Am the Reason, the Resentment from the 9th Point Guard in the NBA_2
"Are you free, what's up?"
"Nothing much, I just want to treat you to a big meal."
Don't get it wrong, Brown genuinely wanted to treat Green to a big meal.
However, this custom dinner, worth about thirty thousand US dollars, was hosted by Brown, but Green had to pay the bill.
At a luxury hotel in Cancun, after enjoying the meal, Green realized that Brown, who was supposed to treat, had already vanished. Green immediately understood that this was a rookie prank by an NBA veteran.
Then Green found himself in an unprecedentedly awkward situation.
Because at that moment, Green, whose salary hadn't been fully received, had no idea where to find thirty thousand US dollars to foot the bill.
Under the increasingly unfriendly gazes of the hotel staff, the desperate Green had no choice but to ask his agent to call the Warriors' management.
And the next day, when a dejected Green arrived at the training ground, Brown immediately walked over and laughed, "How was the dinner yesterday, 'Dray'?"
Then, after patting Green on the shoulder, Brown said, "'Dray', what Michael Jordan did to me on the Wizards was a hundred times worse than what I did to you yesterday."
"Listen, rookie! Never, in the Warriors, compare the scum Michael Jordan with the great Messiah, or no one will save you next time."
Green didn't expect that his private complaint about Qin Yue would lead to Brown's revenge.
"Remember, 'Dray', while playing on this team, you can be dissatisfied with the Messiah." Butler, speaking from experience, advised Green, "But any dissatisfaction with him must be expressed to his face."
Green nodded and broke out in a cold sweat, saying, "No wonder none of the veteran players wanted to talk to me today."
Butler sneered, "Talk to you? 'Dray', you should thank Kwame for saving you yesterday."
That's right, Green was fortunate that Brown was the one who dealt with him yesterday.
Because if Brown hadn't stopped Barnes, who never tolerated anyone badmouthing Qin Yue, and the absolutely loyal JR Smith,
Green's mere complaint about Qin Yue could have gotten him punished by those two a thousand times over.
Green learned a good lesson from Brown during the preseason training camp.
As the time moved into October...
Curry, who was already having a difficult summer in the Warriors, suffered another "serious blow."
The ESPN positional rankings for the 12/13 season were released.
Curry, who already had three championships, was ranked only ninth among point guards in ESPN's comprehensive ranking.
And what Curry found most unacceptable was ESPN's remarks about him.
"Stephen Curry should thank his teammate, the Messiah, otherwise he wouldn't have been ranked so high."
ESPN conducted two surveys about Curry among ninety anonymous players this summer.
The first survey asked if Curry was the weakest second option in NBA history.
Seventy players said yes.
The second survey asked if Curry was currently the most overrated player in the NBA.
This time, over eighty players agreed.
Qin Yue was very aware that this was the first backlash Curry faced after choosing to join Under Armour this summer.
Unlike the 1990s,
In the second decade of the 21st century, the NBA had quietly transformed into the shape of a Nike Empire.
In Qin Yue's previous life, during the same historical period, the media pressure Curry faced, needing to constantly prove himself in almost every game, was incomparable to that faced by ordinary NBA stars.
But Qin Yue had no doubt that Curry could overcome such pressure.
Of course, as someone who had been through it, Qin Yue still needed to reassure his easily-triggered deputy.
"What's there to care about ESPN's rankings?" Qin Yue said to Curry, "Since they can rank LeBron James as the fourth small forward, why care about ESPN's evaluation of you?"
Upon hearing this, Curry said aggrievedly, "That's what makes me sad! Why is LeBron ranked so much higher than me?"
At this moment, Qin Yue never expected that his reassurance would cause Curry to feel even more wronged.
Meanwhile, as the Warriors were actively preparing for the preseason, James, about to lead the Timberwolves in a bid for the 2013 number one draft pick, found himself in unprecedented despair.
Even though the regular season hadn't begun yet,
James knew that this Timberwolves team was already preparing for the next season.
The perennially ambitious but unlucky Bogut was set to be the starting center for the Wolves this new season.
Yi Jianlian, who could only be tough on the international stage, was the Wolves' player with the second most fame after James.
Luke Ridnour, 31, would be at best a backup for other teams.
However, in the upcoming new season, Ridnour would be an undisputed starting backcourt player for the Wolves.
Of course, there were potential newcomers on the Wolves team as well. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶
For instance, in his rookie season, with a true shooting percentage of 47%, Ricky Rubio, who claimed to have practiced hard over the summer but couldn't even surpass James in team training.
Undoubtedly, this Wolves team was the worst James had ever been on.
No hope.
No future.
Only endless darkness.
Moreover, due to dissatisfaction with the management's trade of Love and Bill for James.
