Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 27 Hornacek
In fact, Mark Price's pattern is still small, and he only guessed part of it correctly.

Li Weisi not only called a few rookies, he also called every player on the team one by one, asking if they want to come to the arena to train together?
As a result, four rookies who were selected this year immediately expressed their willingness to come, and there was one Rodman who had no contact information. Li Weisi called Southeastern Oklahoma State University, where Rodman is, and asked him to pass it on for him.

Except for the rookies, whether it is the old players of the original team or the new players who were traded during the offseason, they all first euphemistically stated that they could not be there, and then hung up the phone and scolded their mothers, thinking in their hearts, could this be a fool Bar?
How can someone come up and ask if they want to train together without even meeting each other?Train you X, do I know you well?It's the offseason now, why are you acting so blindly?You just entered the league and took a break for a few months, but what about us?I have been playing for a year, and the wonderful vacation has just begun. You let me train?Do you think I'm stupid?
For the rejection of others, Li Weisi was not too disappointed. At most, he felt sorry for them silently in his heart. He put all his attention on himself and the other rookies, thinking about how to make them feel better in a short period of time. Improve as much as possible within 2 months.

Before Price and Duckworth could change their clothes, a handsome 1.9-meter-tall Caucasian guy walked in tremblingly. His long chin felt like he could plow the ground, and he trembled a little, as if he was timid. There were only three people present, and they secretly let out a long sigh of relief.

After seeing Li Weisi among them, he immediately came to Li Weisi and whispered, "You... hello! West, I'm Jeff Hornacek, do you remember me?"

"Hello, of course I remember you. We met in the NCAA quarterfinals. You are No. 14 of the Iowa State University Cyclones, right?" Everything was written in the information given to him by the former Frank.

"That's right, it's me! I didn't expect us to be on the same team. It's great." Because Hornacek's chin is too long, his smile is a bit naive and very confusing.

"Oh? Did you guys fight each other in college?" Duckworth's surprised expression was so exaggerated that it made people feel a little fake.

Hornacek scratched the back of his head and said embarrassedly: "Yes, our school played against Stanford in the quarterfinals, and in the end, West broke through and threw a throw to the quasi lore."

"Wow, cool..." Duckworth praised again, "It's so cool that you can lead the team to the quarterfinals."

Hornacek was a little embarrassed in the face of Duckworth's praise, and quickly waved his hands and said: "No, this is the result of the hard work of everyone on our team, and in the end we still lost to West's Stanford, he That's really great."

Compared with Hornacek, Li Weisi is much more confident. He nodded calmly and said, "You are not bad either. Whether it is shooting or assisting, you have left a deep impression on me. Although it is not as good as my genius, it is already very good." Rare."

"..." Li Weisi's words made everyone present dumbfounded. Even Duckworth, the king of supporters, didn't know how to respond to these words. How could he boast about himself?Is this even a shame?

While lamenting that Li Weisi didn't want Bilian, Hornacek was very happy for Li Weisi's praise of himself. You must know that Hornacek lacks self-confidence at this time.

Although Hornacek's father is a basketball coach, Hornacek has been unpopular in the team since he was a child, and he can't even play the main force.

If it wasn't for one of his teammates getting into a car accident in high school and being unable to play, which made him squeeze into the starting lineup and emerge from then on, I'm afraid he would have been inactive throughout high school.

And although he performed well in high school, he still couldn't attract the favor of universities, and only a few small colleges were interested in him.

But at that time, he still had the enthusiasm of his youth, and firmly believed that he could become an excellent college player, so he chose his favorite university while working in a paper cup factory.

In the end, under the running around of his father, Hornacek joined the Iowa State University basketball team at his own expense without a scholarship, and became a "Sequoia" player, that is, only training on the team does not mean Team game.

Fortunately, with his outstanding strength, Hornacek gradually gained a firm foothold and led the team to the NCAA quarterfinals.

However, after graduating from university, Hornacek once again fell into a situation where no one paid attention. It can be said that Hornacek's basketball career has been in a life of being underestimated and counterattacked again. template.

Of course, becoming a coach later on is another matter. At that time, he had already taken the wrong script, kept failing, and failed to counterattack again.

Before the draft, Hornacek had grown up this time. He lost his youthful frivolity and gave up unrealistic fantasies. He began to interview for jobs in several accounting firms, trying to get a job with a stable salary. accountant profession.

But at this time, his supernatural father helped him again and contacted him with the Suns' pre-draft training camp, and he was successfully selected by the Suns.

This also ignited Hornacek's fighting spirit again. Hornacek, who was ready to go to the Suns, was cut off by the Warriors with the 11th pick in the second round.

Although the Warriors immediately signed a five-year contract with him, which made him feel relieved, Hornacek, who was unfamiliar with the place where he lived, was still a little anxious. Therefore, when the entire Warriors team, Li Weisi, the only person he knew, called him After the phone call, he immediately agreed to Li Weisi's invitation.

Therefore, although he felt that Li Weisi was a bit thick-skinned at this time, he still praised his strength, which made Hornacek feel at ease and regained a lot of confidence.

Just before nine o'clock, Clinton Smith also arrived, so the five started training together, and the person who proposed the training plan was naturally Li Weisi.

No one else objected to this. Firstly, Li Weisi has a high ranking and is an MOP. Everyone recognizes his strength. Second, they also noticed that Li Weisi has a very close relationship with the Warriors' senior management, so everyone agreed Recognized Li Weisi's leadership.

As for why not hire a personal trainer?I'm sorry, but in this era of NBA, there is no such profession.

Just like this, a few people foolishly followed Li Weisi and started practicing here. Leaving aside the effect, the atmosphere is quite harmonious anyway, and the relationship between the few people is also increasing day by day.

However, the harmonious situation did not last long. In mid-July, Rodman's appearance broke the originally peaceful training life.

(End of this chapter)