Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 368
The opening game of the new season starts on November 11th, so after entering mid-October, the preseason games will start one after another.

The Warriors played a total of 7 games in the preseason, all against California and nearby states, and achieved 6 wins and 1 loss.

Basically every game, the Warriors' starters only played in the first half, and very few played in the third quarter.

Because of Richmond's plug-and-play, Nelson did not need to make large-scale adjustments to the starting lineup, so he concentrated all his energy on the bench.

After the start of this year, what surprised Nelson the most was Lewis' progress.

He was completely overwhelmed last season, but this season he actually got the hang of it.

Not only can he seize opportunities in offense, but the most important thing is his excellent performance on defense. The Warriors' weak defensive substitutes have also become balanced because of him and Duckworth.

And these were shown vividly in the preseason. When facing the opponent's main lineup in the second half, they were not at all inferior, so that in the fourth quarter, even the substitute lineup was bullying others. It didn't look so miserable when the three lineups were sent up.

The only game the Warriors lost was because the third team played for too long.

At that time, even though the opponent was on the rise, Nelson didn't say anything at all, and he still went step by step, so when he lost, anyone with a discerning eye knew that the Warriors didn't care about winning or losing at all.

Before the start of the season, such a powerful Warriors attracted the attention of the media, because the progress of the Warriors was blindly visible.

You know, last season, the Warriors were already able to fight seven games with the Lakers, which is a historical team. Wait and see.

Before the start of the game, the Warriors won No.1 in the first announced team strength rankings, which shows that the media is optimistic about the Warriors' strength.

In addition, the Pistons ranked second, while the defending champion Lakers ranked No.3.

This season, the Lakers lineup continued to remain unchanged, and even signed a strong support Orlando Ulrich, but even so, most of the media are still optimistic about the Pistons.

It is really the Pistons that left a deep impression on people in the finals last season. If it weren't for Lambiel's controversial foul, the defending champion at this time should be the Pistons.

In addition, what is eye-catching on the list is that the media ranked the Bulls in fourth and the Celtics in No.5.

This season, the Celtics changed coaches during the offseason. The original coach KC Jones was promoted to vice president of the team, and the head coach chose the unknown Jimmy Rogers.

But even so, the Celtics are still strong, but they are underestimated, which is really unexpected.

In short, with the end of the preseason and the advent of the new season, the lake, which was originally calm during the long grass period, gradually became restless, and everything was building momentum for the new season.

Just as the new season was about to start, Li Weisi was the first to leave the training hall instead of continuing to practice after training this afternoon.

This caused the shock of other players, and everyone speculated, what happened to Li Weisi?
Just when everyone was puzzled, Li Weisi and the bodyguards returned to the arena carrying two large boxes. When they opened it, they were full of sneakers.

It turned out that after a year and a half, the "Professor II" sneakers were finally released.

As the "professor first generation" sold well, the "professor second generation" sneakers also entered the research and development process.

Different from the hasty research and development of the first generation, for the second generation, not only Frank has such high requirements, but even Nike has put forward high requirements.

For this reason, Hatfield proposed three versions of the design, all of which were rejected by Frank.

Poor Hatfield's hair was about to fall out. Just when Hatfield had no idea, Frank proposed a general design framework for sneakers.

Seeing Frank's sketch, Hatfield's eyes almost popped out, and he wanted to point to Frank's nose and scold: You have such a great design, why didn't you come up with it earlier?Is it fun to play with people?

In fact, Hatfield really misunderstood Frank, and Frank struggled for a long time before finally deciding to use (copy) (copy) this design.

After all, there are too many sneaker designs he can think of, and it is really a headache which one to use.

In the end, Frank took into account the factors of today's existing technology, and finally chose the sketch of the original space-time AJ11 sneakers.

But even so, this time was advanced by as much as 8 years.

In Yuanshikong, there has been a long debate about whether AJ1 or AJ11 is the most classic sneaker in the Jordan series. I have to say that the AJ11 designed by Hatfield really surprised the world.

It is also because of this that when manufacturing sneakers, they encountered huge challenges, especially the full-fiber carbon plate for the sole, which stumped the researchers of the entire Nike laboratory.

Therefore, the sneakers that were originally expected to be launched during the playoffs of last season were repeatedly postponed. Even with the addition of Antoine's laboratory, this technical challenge was not completed until September this year.

When Li Weisi took out this pair of shiny patent leather sneakers, it immediately attracted the attention of all players.

Like the "professor first generation", when the "professor second generation" new shoes appeared, Li Weisi immediately gave a pair to each teammate of the team.

"This size 11 is yours! This size 12 is yours!" Li Weisi distributed the sneakers to his teammates one by one according to the size of the sneakers of his previous teammates.

Unlike the national code, the US code of 11 is equivalent to the national code of 45.5.

The teammates are all people who know the goods, and everyone can't put it down when they get this pair of unique sneakers.

In fact, not only his teammates, but even Li Weisi was overjoyed when he saw this pair of sneakers for the first time.

After trying it on, I don't want to take it off.

After trying it on, every teammate expressed his gratitude to Li Weisi.

Although Li Weisi's personality is a bit strange, after two years, everyone can feel Li Weisi's true heart, his selfless dedication, and his help to his teammates are all seen by everyone.

It is precisely because of this that everyone can accept Li Weisi and tolerate him, not to mention his weird personality, even if he says the earth is flat and burns sage before the game, no one cares about it, and it will not cause trouble in the locker room riot.

It can only be said that Li Weisi is using his own unique method to manage the locker room. This method of leading by example and selfless dedication is more able to unite the entire team.

After replacing with new equipment and stabilizing the locker room, they are ready for the upcoming new season and ready to go. All of them have only one goal, and that is to hit the championship!
(End of this chapter)