There is an old saying in China that good fortune and misfortune depend on each other.
Just when the Trail Blazers team was immersed in the joy of getting 60 wins, they were not happy for long, and injuries struck again. Batum and Beverley were both injured...
If Batum was an accident and no one expected that he would accidentally twist his foot during training, then Beverley is very accustomed to it.
There's no way to stop this. We can't ask Beverley to stop playing so hard.
No one would do this, not even Wang Zelin, because this is the foundation of Beverley's ability to stay in the league. He relies on his hard work, which is why he is appreciated by Coach Terry and all his teammates.
Beverley has been playing for the Trail Blazers for almost 4 years since the Mosaic trade. He relies on his hard work to earn a living and win the respect of his teammates. The defensive rules he relies on to survive are the best in the league.
The most ruthless effort, if this energy is missing... With Beverley's small body and lack of solid skills, all he has is a hand that is steady and unstable in catching open shots for three-pointers.
NBA survival.
Because of this, Beverley has to miss more than 20 games due to injury almost every season. This teammate is very reliable in the game, has a hard-core style and active defense, but the team has to bear his injuries.
Injuries are always a part of the NBA game and no one can avoid it.
Fortunately, the Trail Blazers are currently 6 games ahead of the second-placed Warriors in the league and 5 games ahead of the Spurs, so they should be able to survive until the two brothers return.
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After the two warm-up games, the most difficult game at the end of February is the away game against the Thunder.
In view of the fact that the team has just added two defensive players, both of whom are outside players, they will have to play against the Thunder led by Westbrook, who has recovered from the league. This time in the game to Oklahoma, Terry
The coach seemed particularly cautious.
Veterans Vince Carter and Yi Jianlian took turns to rest. Coach Terry put 8 players on the active roster for this game, namely Lillard, Patton, Connett Lee, McCaw, Jokic, and Harrell.
, Wang Zelin and... the backup guard recruited by the Trail Blazers through a trade with the Mavericks during the All-Star Weekend-Seth Curry!
When it comes to Seth Curry, I'm afraid many people have no impression of him. As long as you mention the other brothers, many people will suddenly realize it.
Because his eldest brother is the Warriors star Stephen Curry.
Compared with his elder brother, Seth Curry's professional playing career seems much more bumpy.
In Wang Zelin's previous life, before Seth Curry became a professional player, he actually had a smooth journey from high school to college and was always a star in the school. However, in his last year of college, Seth Curry underwent right tibial surgery.
He missed pre-draft workouts with NBA teams and subsequent summer league games.
He participated in the NBA draft in 2013. Injury risks and his status as a senior draftee prevented him from being favored by any NBA team, and he had no choice but to become an undrafted player.
Starting in 2013, Seth Curry began to wander around and work as a temporary worker. He has been offered 10-day short contracts by the Golden State Warriors, Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix, Suns and other teams.
The fate of being dismissed upon expiry of an exception.
However, the experience of being hired as a temporary worker many times still cannot stop him from pursuing his NBA dream.
It can be said that Seth Curry has suffered repeated defeats. No difficulties or blows can stop him from pursuing his dream. Until he met the Mavericks, he used his persistence and continuous efforts to slowly realize his dream.
dream.
After the 2015-2016 season, Seth Curry decided to test the free market after briefly playing for the Kings for one year. Eventually, he signed a two-year, 5.9 million contract with the Mavericks.
In the 2016-17 season, Seth Curry played 70 games for the Mavericks, 42 of which were starters. He averaged 8 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists in 29 minutes per game, while shooting 5% from three-point range.
The main rotation players.
I thought he would be able to achieve great things in the next 2017-2018 season, but I never thought that injuries would play a trick on him again.
As early as before the 2013 NBA draft, he had surgery on his right tibia, which caused him to be ignored. This time, Seth Curry suffered a stress fracture of his left tibia and was reimbursed for the entire season.
This directly led to the Mavericks not renewing his contract at the end of the season.
In the 2018-2019 season, he signed a two-year contract with the Trail Blazers, of which the first year was 2.79 million and the second year was a player option.
Since the Trail Blazers are a perimeter-oriented team led by Lillard and McCollum, Seth Curry mainly serves as a substitute for them. He played in 74 games this season, including 2 starts, and averaged 9 minutes per game.
9 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists, and his three-point shooting percentage reached 45%.
It is worth mentioning that this year he was specially invited to participate in the All-Star Three-Point Contest, competing with his brother Stephen Curry on the same stage. Although he was eliminated in the first round, it was the first time he showed on the big stage.
own.
During the playoffs, he reached the Western Conference Finals with the Trail Blazers. Although he was swept out by his brother's Warriors 4-0 in the Western Conference Finals, Seth Curry's performance was recognized by many people and also contributed to his career.
A resume adds experience.
Perhaps because after touching the floor of the Western Conference Finals, Seth Curry was full of confidence for the first time in his ability to gain a foothold in the NBA. After the end of the season, he once again chose to jump out of the contract and signed a four-year, 3,200-dollar contract with his former team, the Mavericks.
Wan's contract has reached the first peak of his life.
Perhaps Cricket's four-year, $32 million contract is nothing compared to his brother, Stephen Curry's five-year, $200 million contract, but this is already the largest contract Curry has received in his career.
It was also from the beginning of this season that Curry's NBA career began to go uphill.
Along the way, he firmly believed that he was the "little strong" who could not be beaten to death. His persistence was an inspirational model, and he finally achieved a better ending.
Of course, Wang Zelin is not very clear about Seth Curry's experience after 2020, but this does not affect his knowledge of such a marksman who happens to be in the stage of being unknown.
At his suggestion, the team management negotiated with the Mavericks during the All-Star period and acquired Seth Curry at a price that he considered negligible.
In the end, Seth Curry arrived in Portland two years earlier than he remembered.
In his previous life, it was this valuable experience in Portland that allowed Seth Curry's entire career to complete its transformation, and his personal strength entered a new level.
In this life, Wang Zelin believes that with Seth Curry behind him, he will only be stronger than in the previous life!
Due to All-Star trade regulations, Seth Curry could not be dealt with immediately after arriving in Portland. In the past week, although he played with the team, he watched on the bench as a cheerleader.
In addition, he had almost no reputation other than being labeled as "Stephen Curry's younger brother", so his arrival did not attract any fixed attention from the outside world.
As everyone in the media knows, the Trail Blazers seem to have hired another mascot during the All-Star period.
Wait, why do you say use?
Oh, I remembered, before Seth Curry, there was McCaw, the number one mascot officially certified by Wang Zelin.
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Seth Curry took off immediately after receiving the basketball. He didn't even stand still...it went in!
It’s this kind of god again, and he’s so successful!
It's Seth Curry again. This is already his third three-pointer in the fourth quarter! He allowed the Trail Blazers to quickly overtake the score and open up a 5-point lead in one fell swoop. This goal allowed the Blazers to quickly overtake the score.
The Trail Blazers have 35 seconds left to beat the Thunder for the third time this season.
The Thunder fans at the scene covered their heads in frustration. Seth Curry actually hit a three-point drift shot under the interference of Westbrook's defense...
What's even more exaggerated is that such an incredible three-pointer was almost a miss.
Today is February 28th. The Trail Blazers are already in their third game after the All-Star Game. It is also their third game against the Thunder this season.
In the first three quarters, the two sides were inextricably tied. Even at the beginning of the fourth quarter, due to the lack of personnel of the Trail Blazers tonight, many players fell into a physical crisis, and the Thunder seized the time to overtake the score.
But when the official timeout ended in the final quarter, with less than 5 minutes left in the game, Trail Blazers head coach Terry replaced starting shooting guard Will Barton and brought in newcomer Seth who had just joined the team.
After Curry, the situation on the court suddenly changed.
Seth Curry chose the No. 31 jersey just as Wang Zelin remembered. It’s not that he didn’t want to choose the No. 30 jersey like he did with the Kings and Mavericks, but because the Trail Blazers’ No. 30 jersey has been retired by the management.
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The owner of the No. 30 jersey in the history of the Trail Blazers is the ancient legend Bob Gross. This legendary veteran in the history of the team was selected by the Trail Blazers with the seventh overall pick in the second round in 1975. He has been playing for the Trail Blazers throughout his career.
Team effectiveness.
In terms of strength alone, he definitely cannot meet the standard of retired jerseys in a broad sense.
But he happened to be one of the champions who won the first championship in the history of the Trail Blazers (the NBA championship in the 1976-77 season). His contribution was not small. Later, in the 77-78 season, he was also selected to the second team of the All-Defensive Team.
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As the winner of the first championship in team history and having played for the Trail Blazers throughout his career, the Trail Blazers management finally chose to retire his No. 30 jersey with acceptable team honors and career resume.
Seth Curry does not have the influence of Wang Zelin, a rookie during the Lillard era. As a little-known league bum, it was difficult to get recognition from Bob Gross, so he finally chose the No. 31 jersey.
However, the incident happened suddenly. No one expected that Seth Curry, who put on the No. 31 jersey for the Trail Blazers for the first time tonight, became the focus of the audience as soon as he came on the field in the final quarter.
For more than four minutes, he got open opportunities through continuous running on the court. He made 3 of 4 three-pointers. Except for the first shot, the next three were made in a row, completely confusing the Thunder.
, and also made them passive.
In fact, even Wang Zelin, who is quite optimistic about Seth Curry, did not expect that his debut would be so amazing. The reason why coach Terry sent him to play at the last moment was not because he believed in his three-point ability, but simply because he believed in his three-point ability.
Because the Trail Blazers are running out of players.
Including Wang Zelin, the entire Trail Blazers team only hopes that the newcomer will not seek merit when he comes on the court, but only seek no faults.
However, the future top three-point shooter in the league showed his value at critical moments.
Each of his three three-pointers was priceless. His efficiency of 3 out of 4 three-pointers in a single quarter can be said to be quite abnormal.
Westbrook sighed and shook his head helplessly. Trail Blazers No. 31's three-pointer almost killed the game.
Think about it, without that guy's magical performance, the Thunder would be the leading team now, and then they would have the hope of defeating the Trail Blazers for the first time this season.
But now we are 5 points behind and we want to make a comeback... it's very difficult, very difficult!
In the last few minutes, Seth Curry was always able to give the Thunder a head-on blow just as the Thunder was about to complete its counterattack.
The key is that each of his sticks can accurately hit the Thunder's seven inches, which is comparable to real damage.
The players on the Trail Blazers bench were all going crazy. It was the first strong opponent after the All-Star Weekend, and there were also injured players in the Trail Blazers team. I thought it would be a difficult game, but I didn't expect such a surprise.
Sudden.
"King, sometimes I really wonder if you have opened your eyes. Your vision is really amazing!"
Coach Terry looked at Wang Zelin with admiration in his eyes.
"This newcomer is so fierce! Now I'm starting to worry that I won't be able to keep my top spot." Barton also expressed emotion at the right time.
This is no joke. If Seth Curry can perform such an amazing performance in every subsequent game, he will take the initiative to give up his starting position to the latter without any further explanation from the management.
Mainly because Seth Curry's previous reputation was so mediocre, many people had no impression of him at all. However, he turned into a savior in this focus battle, and felt that he was still the number one team in the league today.
Blue Pioneer.
A special guy came to a special place at a special time. It was as if the goddess of fate had specially set up a stage for him, just waiting for him to show off on stage.
Both the players on both sides and the fans in front of the TV were deeply shocked at this moment.
The coach and teammates were filled with emotion, and so was Wang Zelin. Sure enough, no one named Curry is a simple guy.
Don't mistake Seth for Curry. The netizens who made fun of me in my past life are not deceiving me.
With that said, he went straight to Seth Curry, rubbed the latter's head hard with his big hand, and encouraged: "Seth, I believe that after tonight, your name will be remembered by countless fans.
heart.
From now on, you are no longer just Stephen Curry’s younger brother as fans say. You are you, you are Seth Curry!”
Seth Curry, who was used to being homeless, felt the care and encouragement from the team's star for the first time, and this person was Wang Zelin.
He really didn't expect that Wang Zelin, who was the number one person in the alliance, would be so kind, without the arrogance of the number one person at all.
"Um!"
Seth Curry snorted heavily, his eyes full of determination, and when he looked at the Thunder, he was even more murderous.
