Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 26 Unrelenting
The Warriors training facility is located in downtown Oakland, some distance away from their home stadium, the Oracle Arena. Oh, it’s not called the Oracle Arena at this time, it should be called the Old Oakland Stadium.

One more thing, as you can tell from the name, the Old Oakland Stadium is old and small. As one of the oldest arenas in the NBA, this arena can only accommodate 15200 people. It takes ten years to usher in your own new life.

Having said that, there are 10 half-courts in the training hall of the Warriors, including 3 regular NBA full-courts. Li Weisi occupies one half-court at this time, concentrating on shooting training.

Logically speaking, after the end of the season, the training hall should be the most free time, but it is still busy now, because the entire training hall has been contracted by Li Weisi.

Relying on his good (P) good (Y) relationship with his boss Frank, Li Weisi easily obtained the qualification to train in the Warriors training hall, free of charge.

Since returning from New York, Li Weisi came to the training hall to start training the next day. On the first day, the security guard came to open the door for Li Weisi. Later, the security guard directly gave Li Weisi a key to the training hall.

Because he found that with Li Weisi around, he didn't need to worry about it at all. Every time after training, Li Weisi would clean up all the equipment.

Auckland has an oceanic climate. Generally, August is the hottest month. But at the end of June, you can already feel the breath of summer. No, the sun is already hot before 8 o'clock.

Mark Price got out of his car. Under the hot sunlight, his eyes were a little dazzling. His eyes, which were originally small, were even narrowed into a line. He unconsciously covered his eyes with his hands so that Sight can adapt to harsh environments.

"Hey, bro, are you on the team too? I remember seeing you at the draft!"

Mark Price turned his head when he heard the sound, and saw a young man standing in front of him like a mountain. He even had to look up to see the other person's expression.

The visitor was tall, but had a baby face. Although he was a black man, he behaved very elegantly, without the hip-hop style of ordinary black people.

"Hello! Duckworth, I'm Mark Price, you can call me Mark." With that, Mark Price stretched his right hand to Kevin Duckworth's chest.

The big black man in front of him is Mark Price's future teammate, Kevin Duckworth.

Kevin Duckworth held out his hand to Mark Price, and said with a smile, "Okay, Mark, you can call me Duck."

"Duck?" Price asked.

"Haha, yes, that's what my college teammates call me." Duckworth laughed.

"Cool!" After shaking Duckworth's hand, Price said, "You were also invited by Wester Lee?"

"Yeah, that guy was cool, he called my house, and the first thing he said was, 'Hey, do you want to practice?' It was cool, and I didn't realize who it was until I hung up for half an hour, you Is that too?"

"Yeah! This guy really doesn't think of himself as an outsider at all." Price nodded with a sympathetic look.

"I think he's quite to my liking." Duckworth scratched his head.

"Let's go in, the sun is shining here, it's really not a place to talk."

It took only a few minutes between the two of them meeting and entering the training hall, but they chatted very well, thinking to themselves, if all the teammates were like each other, that would be great.

Because it is the offseason, the training hall is very empty and quiet, except for the sound of basketballs brushing against the net and basketballs falling to the ground from time to time.

After the two of Price walked into the training hall, they immediately noticed Li Weisi who was training.At this time, Li Weisi was practicing shooting at the top three-pointer of the arc. His training clothes, which were already soaked on his back, showed that he had been here for a while.

"Hey, West, hello!" Duckworth shouted anxiously to Li Weisi when they were still some distance away.

Hearing someone calling him, Li Weisi did not stop immediately, but continued to move his hands without turning his head, and said, "Wait a moment!"

The two of them never expected that their first meeting with Li Weisi would be like this. Is it because we were late, so do you have any objections to us?

The two of you looked at me and I looked at you, with big eyes and small eyes, at a loss, and could only stand there awkwardly.

However, looking at Li Weisi's shooting, Price quickly discovered how powerful Li Weisi's shooting is. He stood here for just a few minutes, and Li Weisi never missed a three-pointer.

"Wow, he's so accurate!" Duckworth on the side sighed.

Price also nodded, expressing his agreement with Duckworth's point of view. At the same time, he secretly compared himself with Li Weisi. Known for his accurate shooting, he suddenly found that he could not reach Li Weisi's level at all.

At this time, the three-point line has only been introduced into the NBA for less than ten years, and the NCAA has no three-point line. After all, the three-pointer is not the mainstream of basketball tactics.Therefore, in normal training, few people pay so much attention to the training of three-pointers like Li Weisi.

Soon, after Li Weisi threw the last ball in his hand, he stopped what he was doing, panted a little, came to the two of them, and said, "I'm sorry to keep you waiting, my training just now Can't be interrupted."

"It's okay, it's okay!" The two waved their hands one after another.

Price added one more sentence: "We have just arrived, too."

Afterwards, the two chatted with Li Weisi. They were very unfamiliar with Li Weisi. They only knew that he was this year's MOP, this year's Tanhuaxiu, and a future teammate, but they didn't know Li Weisi well.

And Li Weisi didn't know much about the two of them. Although he had read Frank's rookie report, he still couldn't accurately know the opponent's strength based on the written ones.

"Hey, West, why are you thinking of calling everyone to practice together at this time? I think you should have notified other rookies too?" After chatting with Li Weisi for a few words, Price basically understood Li Weisi He is not a very thoughtful person, so he has let down a lot of guard against this training.

"What are you going to do if you don't train?" Li Weisi said seriously: "I believe you have noticed the recent media reports? I don't think you are happy? For the media and old teammates who despised us, we have nothing but Apart from proving yourself with strength next season, is there any other way?

In fact, we are already at a disadvantage. The differences between the NCAA and the NBA are all-round, such as the competition system, competition pressure, training methods, etc. All kinds of differences require us to adapt, and this adaptation takes time and pays a price. I just hope that through the offseason training, we can shorten the time we need to adapt. "

Every man with a heart would not want to be underestimated, and Price and Duckworth are obviously such men, so when Li Weisi said these words, the two of them immediately became excited, wishing to Immediately changed into training clothes and put into training with Li Weisi.

(End of this chapter)