Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 42
Moses Malone came to the training hall very early, and Li Weisi was the only one who could be earlier than him in the past.

But today is different. When he came to the training hall, not only Li Weisi was there, but Rodman was also there.

He didn't say hello to the two of them, and after glancing at the two on the field, he went straight to the locker room.

Ma Long is a taciturn person with a somewhat withdrawn personality and does not fit in with others. He is like a lone ranger. He walks alone on weekdays and does not communicate with others very much.

However, this does not affect Ma Long's professionalism. As the team's biggest player, he earnestly completes any work assigned by the coach. He doesn't care whether it is dirty work on the court, and strives to contribute to the team's victory without complaint. .

Therefore, even though he can now clearly feel that the team's locker room is divided into two factions, he has never intervened and is only responsible for being himself.

Taking off the sportswear, the solid muscles were revealed, and the dark skin gleamed under the sunlight.

"Hi, brother!" At this moment, Rodman walked into the locker room and whispered.

"What's the matter?" Malone turned his head and glanced at Rodman, without stopping his work, he took out the training clothes he had prepared from the closet and put them on.

"Uh...can you teach me how to play?" Rodman said a little embarrassedly.

"What?" Malone froze for a moment, he didn't expect Rodman to ask that.

Seeing that he had already asked the unspeakable words, Rodman simply broke the jar and said it all: "I am not satisfied with my performance on the court, but I don't know how to work hard, so I want to Learn from the best guy on your team."

"What do you want to learn?" Malone continued with the words in his hand, and in front of Rodman, he took off his pants indifferently.

Rodman glanced down and said excitedly: "Everything! I want to learn everything about you!"

Malone changed into the hip-length shorts and sneakers, stood up, and came to Rodman. He said that Malone was 208cm, and he didn't look much taller than Rodman, at least not 7cm taller.

"Everything about me was not taught by others!"

After speaking, Malone bypassed Rodman and walked towards the locker room.

Rodman froze on the spot, with a bit of unwillingness on his face. He summoned up great courage to stand in front of Malone and say this, but he never expected to be rejected, and a kind of humiliation instantly filled his heart.

At this time, the voice of Marlon Virginia's accent came from the locker room again, "If you want to learn, just observe carefully, and then draw your own conclusions, no one is useless on the court, there will always be someone who can use you place."

Although Malone's words had a heavy accent, Rodman still swept away the haze in his heart, and his joyful mood immediately drove away all the original humiliation.

He suddenly turned his head, nodded heavily at Malone's back, and said, "I will watch carefully!"

With that said, Rodman quickly ran towards Malone, trying to catch up with Malone's back.

Since then, every morning training, Malone, who is alone, has a small follower beside him. When Malone is practicing alone, Rodman takes the initiative to pick up the ball for Malone. When Malone needs to fight, Rodman volunteers. , but served as a sparring partner for Malone.

And Ma Long is not soft at all, his playing style is tough, not relying on technique but relying on physical strength, he also brings this style to the training field, often Rodman is bumped and staggered. Even the restricted area could not be entered, but Rodman still gritted his teeth and insisted, and Howe did not compromise.

Over time, even Ma Long himself felt that this little follower didn't seem to be that bad, at least he still had a bit of heart, so, after a while, the exchanges between Malone and Rodman also increased.

In this way, with the passage of time, it came to mid-October unconsciously, and the mechanical and boring training life finally ushered in some waves, and the preseason began.

Don Nelson made full use of these 7 preseason games as a preseason game to allow the teams to adjust their lineups, determine the team's lineup for the new season, and also to enhance communication between players and coaches.

The results of 2 wins and 5 losses are somewhat beyond the expectations of the fans. This is not because they are disappointed with the team, but that they can still win 2 games in this way, which is incredible.

It's not that the fans look down on the Warriors. It's that in these 7 games, Nelson is too tossed and steals the show.

After coming to the Warriors from the Bucks, Nelson seemed to let himself go. In 7 games, Nelson wanted to use 7 sets of starts, 10 tactics, UCLA cut, bombardment, pick-and-roll, triangle offense, etc., often in the first half of the first quarter. , In the second half, there were 5 ups and 5 downs, replaced by one dozen and four small, and played UCLA cut.

In the end, even the players themselves didn't know what tactics to use, and it was thanks to the fact that the team had Li Weisi, a humanoid tactics collection, otherwise, Nelson probably wouldn't have dared to play like this.

The fact that the team was able to win these two games, in addition to Li Weisi's outstanding performance, probably also confused the opponent with various tactics, which allowed the Warriors to steal two victories at home.

The most impressive player in the entire preseason is not the superstar Ma Long, nor the potential rising star Mullin, but Li Weisi.

In addition to being able to use complex tactics in an orderly manner, in these few games, Li Weisi can contribute 25 points, 16.3 assists, and 8.2 steals in an average of 1.6 minutes of playing time. This performance also comforts the fans. , so it looks at least as good as Freud's last year.

Uh, not the Floyd who can't breathe, but the Warriors' starting point guard "Sleeper" Slip Floyd last season, averaging: 18.8 points, 10.3 assists, 1.8 steals per game.

After working together, Nelson finally determined the starting list for the new season. Well, it was the first time he used the starting list. This really made the players complain about Nelson in private. Look at the pestle in situ.

In addition to the starting lineup, the main rotation lineup has largely remained the same, except that Rodman's playing time was allocated to Whitehead.

Although during this period, Rodman tried his best to learn from Malone, but after all, the time was short and he couldn't make obvious progress at all, so he could only watch Whitehead steal his playing time.

However, fortunately, Rodman did not give up. At this time, he seemed to have found his direction, and he was no longer confused about the future. He stayed with Malone every day, and he deeply felt the charm emanating from Malone. He was fascinated.

Therefore, it also made him willing to put aside distracting thoughts temporarily, so that he could devote himself wholeheartedly to training to improve himself. He believed that the playing time he lost would one day be regained.

(End of this chapter)