Chapter 138 There is a show! Shen Fei's first offer!
If the historical trajectory of the original time and space is followed, Curry will become the absolute core of the future Warriors dynasty.
But the development of things is often very complicated.
When a player becomes a superstar, things rarely go smoothly.
As far as Shen Fei knows, in the first few years of Curry's career, the Warriors' top brass thought about trading him more than once.
There are two main reasons.
First, before the small ball era took hold, it was generally believed in the league that whoever controlled the inside would be the final winner.
If outside players want to compete with the inside, they must have unparalleled offensive capabilities with the ball like Jordan, Kobe, and McGrady.
In such an environment, shooters are often considered to be the icing on the cake and cannot be cultivated as the core of the team.
Curry, on the other hand, is a thin shooter (he gained weight in the later period, which has nothing to do with being thin).
Therefore, even though he scored a high score of 17.6 points in his debut season and often had high-scoring performances in the follow-up, there were always voices questioning him throughout the Warriors.
The second is Curry's fragile ankle.
Since his rookie season, he has often been affected by ankle sprains and has been unable to play full games.
Last season, Curry even sprained his ankle while moving sideways to pursue a defender during a defensive play.
Yes, no fight sprained ankle!
Frequent sprains also caused problems with his ankle ligaments.
In this regard, the diagnosis of the Warriors team doctor is that Curry is very likely to suffer from habitual sprains in the future.
An ankle sprain is definitely not a serious injury, but once it occurs, it will greatly affect a player's performance.
Just imagine, when the team reaches the playoffs and ushered in the critical moment of the series...
In this high-intensity game, players have to make countless sudden stops and starts every game.
And every time Curry does these actions, there is a risk of injury!
If a role player has such an injury risk, the team may still be able to accept it.
But Curry was trained as the core of the team!
Just imagine, when the game enters a critical moment and the core of the team sprains his ankle in an uncontested round, how much will the team's morale be affected?
Because of these two points, even though Larry Riley loves Curry very much, he has not completely ruled out the possibility of trading him.
"If you trade Stephen and you just want a guard who can shoot three-pointers and connect the team when necessary, it is definitely overkill."
Larry Riley said seriously.
This seemed to be a rejection, but Shen Fei heard a hint of raising the price from this sentence.
Raising the price while sitting on the floor shows that both parties are willing to discuss business...
There's drama!
"Stephen is a genius. I even think that one day he may change the development of basketball."
Seeing that Shen Fei didn't respond, Riley continued.
"I very much agree with your statement. Although this is my first time watching Curry play live, I can also see his full aura."
"However, it's hard to say whether he can change the development of basketball. After all, things are unpredictable. Whether he can grow 'thriving' is also unknown."
Shen Fei said lightly.
This actually implies that Curry is at risk of injury.
"Maybe, it depends on whether the God of Basketball will favor him."
"Since you have ideas about Stephen, I'm a little curious, what chips are you willing to offer?"
"There are obviously so many young talents in the Rockets, but you are still not satisfied and have the idea of our Warriors team..."
Riley asked with a smile.
When Shen Fei heard this, he felt even more excited!
"You're on to the point! We have many outstanding young people on the team. Except for George and Griffin, everyone else can be discussed."
The Asian young man replied.
"As soon as you opened your mouth, you excluded the two most talented young people in the team... How can we negotiate this business?"
Riley shook his head and said.
"If I said that I don't want to trade these two people because of the need to compete for the championship this season, not because of their talents, would you believe it?"
Shen Fei was about to start making nonsense.
Riley shook his head and was about to retort, but the Asian young man didn't give him a chance and continued:
"Both of them are very mature rookies. If Blake (Griffin) lets go, it will not be a problem to score 20 points a game. George now has about 15 points, and he is also a good perimeter defender. .”
"But when it comes to potential, they're not necessarily the best on the Rockets."
Shen Fei said firmly.
"Oh? Then who else is more talented than the two of them?"
Riley asked with great interest, as if he was watching how you made it up.
"In terms of draft picks, Griffin and George are indeed the highest on the team."
"But sometimes the pick cannot reflect a player's true potential. For example, the Spurs' Ginobili and Parker were very late in the pick. The Pistons' Ben Wallace was even more undrafted."
"But if you put their honors together with those of the number one pick, you will find that they are actually much better."
Shen Fei gave an example.
"But after so many years, how many Ginobili and Ben Wallace have been there?"
Riley quickly pointed out the flaws in Shen Fei's words.
Using partial generalizations and special cases to prove his own statement is a bit too naive for an experienced person like him.
"Such a thousand-mile horse can indeed be encountered but not sought, but...I happened to meet two of them!"
Shen Fei said with a smile.
"Oh? I'd like to hear the details."
Riley asked with interest.
"Ty Lawson and Jeremy Lin."
Shen Fei threw out two names.
"Two small guards? If I want them, I might as well keep Curry and continue to train them! At least the probability of winning the lottery is higher."
Riley smiled and shook his head.
"It seems that you don't know much about these two young players on our team."
"Actually, they all have the ability to become the main point guards."
"The reason why I serve as Lowry's substitute is because I need to be more suitable as an engineering guard like Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming."
"Lori and Lawson were both absent due to injuries some time ago, and Jeremy (Jeremy Lin) immediately performed very well."
While talking, Shen Fei silently turned on the [Sound of Enchantment].
The next moment, his voice became deeper and deeper, like the whisper of a devil, but it had an indescribable magic power.
Larry Riley suddenly felt a sting in his temple.
He shook his head, regained his composure, and continued to ponder what Shen Fei just said.
Riley is indeed familiar with Jeremy Lin's performance in the past few games.
But he believes that outstanding performance in just a few games cannot prove that Shuhao has the ability to match the gorgeous statistics.
Among them, there is the possibility that he has a strong touch and "eats dumplings", and there is also the factor that his opponents are not targeting him.
But this Lawson... Riley thought it was a bit interesting!
During the first quarter when he was facing off against Curry, Riley was impressed by his outstanding breakthrough and finishing abilities.
Moreover, although Lawson is not tall, he has a very stocky figure.
Judging from the speed of the first step when breaking through, he also has both explosiveness and strength.
Coupled with good ball feel and extraordinary skills...
Riley believes that this little guard will play some tricks in the future!
However, the Warriors manager still believes that Curry is the better of the two and the one with more training value.
At least from the data point of view, Curry is now completely crushing Lawson!
Riley was about to tell Shen Fei what he thought, but at this moment, an accident happened on the court!