Basketball: Starting from the Rodman template

Chapter 15: Stephen Curry's Transformation

Stephen Curry didn't expect such an offer from Dell Curry all of a sudden.

He and Woody are having a great time these days, and he's fantasizing about a happy basketball career at St. Mary's after a successful tryout.

He also knew very well that Dell Curry's favorite team from the beginning was St. Mary's High School.

This high school itself is a high school with good teaching quality and is very prestigious in the industry.Now it also has the biggest buzz among high school basketball teams right now.With heat, good performance can attract attention.

He wants to know why.

Dell Curry said: "Stephen, you have to know that when there is a bullying incident in a team, it means that the team itself has a big problem!"

As an NBA player, Dell Curry knows that sometimes the media reports are not true. The first thing he did when he came to Akron was to understand the truth of the matter.

In the end, from what he had heard, it was true.

At that time, Dell Curry's first thought was to pass St. Mary's High School.

But when he heard that Stephen Curry's new friend in the gym was also on the St. Mary's high school basketball team, he was a little shaken. ——With friends and the status of "the second generation of stars", shouldn't you be bullied?
It can be seen that St. Mary's High School is really good!

He went to meet Drew, the head coach of the St. Mary's High School basketball team, and wanted to fight for a chance for his son to be a major player, but he said whatever he wanted, but Drew refused to let go. He just said: "As long as the performance satisfies me, I will definitely not bury him!"

Before coming to Akron, Dell Curry had taken Stephen Curry to tryouts at several high schools in Toronto and Charlotte, some of which made promises as starters.

Drew's reluctance to express his opinion made Dell Curry feel that Stephen Curry might be wasting his time here, and it would be better to go to those schools that are relatively less well-known but can ensure the main starters.

Four years of high school, every year is precious!
Stephen Curry listened quietly and understood Dell Curry's concerns.If it was the former Stephen Curry, he would follow his father's arrangement and choose a safer path.

Because of his talent and current situation, there is no room for wasting time. If he can't make a name for himself before the second year of high school, it will be difficult for him to become a "star high school student" in the third year of high school, and the difficulty of going down is increasing day by day.

Can……

"I still think you shouldn't have set a frame for yourself so early..."

Somehow, Stephen Curry remembered what Woody said when he tried to improve his dribbling.The speed at which his ball-handling has grown this week is a testament to his potential in that area.

Perhaps, like his ball handling, he still has a lot of potential to be discovered, provided he stops being a "greenhouse flower."

"Dad, I know that your consideration is absolutely correct, but I want to try and see if I can rely on my own strength to start at St. Mary's High School. I believe I can do it!"

Stephen Curry's persistence took Dell Curry by surprise.

In his still soft tone, there was a little more stubbornness, which surprised Dell Curry even more.

If you want to become a professional player, you need a "stubbornness" that will not give up until you reach your goal.

In the past, Stephen Curry had a too gentle personality. When Dell Curry considered issues, he would make conservative choices as much as possible, whether he used Reggie Miller as a template to create Stephen Curry or made high school team choices.

But he didn't express his relief immediately, but said with an unclear expression: "You have to think about it, Stephen, every step you take now is very important!"

He's putting pressure on Steph Curry.

Unexpectedly, Curry's eyes became brighter, and he nodded without hesitation: "Well, dad, I've already thought about it. Tomorrow, I will definitely conquer Coach Drew with my trial performance and give him a satisfactory performance!"

Satisfied Drew?

Dell Curry recalled several contacts with Drew, and he can feel that this is a head coach who values ​​physical talent very much.

This may be a conceptual bias caused by coaching LeBron James.

Of course, even Dell Curry has to admit that good physical fitness does make high school basketball easier.As long as the talent is high enough, you can play basketball in the same way you play rugby.

As far as his physical fitness is obviously flawed in both dynamic and static talents, it may be difficult to satisfy him, right?

***
The result was beyond Dell Curry's expectations.

"Wow, Stephen, you did really well!"

At noon the next day, when the trial ended, Drew immediately hugged Stephen Curry to express his appreciation.

At first, after reading Stephen Curry's physical test report, he smacked his lips in dissatisfaction.

But when some basketball-related projects began, Drew admits, he was superficial.

This kind of feeling is like when a friend of his in school was confessed to by a girl with a five-point appearance, and he didn't want to talk to her, and suddenly found that she was wearing black silk and had a Xiaobawang game console at home.

A sense of surprise filled my heart.

And when his friend found out that this girl was really good at playing game consoles, it was even more extreme.

After watching Curry's shot, Drew felt the surprise of his friend at the time.

"Dude, you gotta come to St. Mary's, I can guarantee you that when you graduate high school, you're going to be one of the hottest high school students in America!"

Drew still didn't make the promise of "starting the core as soon as you enter the team", but this is no longer important. Even Dell Curry was surprised. After coming out of the arena, he immediately asked: "Stephen, when did you have such a good ball-handling ability?"

"It was Woody who told me that he felt that I shouldn't set a framework for myself so early and should try more possibilities..." Stephen Curry replied weakly.

After a morning of trial training, he was exhausted.

Speaking of Woody, Curry wanted to rush to him immediately, not to tell him the good news of his successful trial training, but to question him:
What about the least difficult trial training?
Thirty or forty small projects, from 7:12 am to [-] noon...

Stephen Curry tried out ten high schools this summer, and no high school had as many trial programs as today. He felt that his underwear was stripped off, and he stood completely naked in front of Drew.

Dell Curry became interested in Woody now, and he began to realize that his son's sudden change of stubbornness might be influenced by him.

Good teacher and helpful friend.

There are similar proverbs in America.

Dell Curry feels that his son can get in touch with Woody more, and he is somewhat looking forward to seeing more good changes in Stephen Curry's personality and more characteristics of professional players.

At the same time, he also realized that he had made too subjective choices in the past and neglected to cultivate Stephen Curry's self-awareness. On the road of basketball, he restricted Curry too much.

Of course, he will also give Woody some help.

such as……

"Stephen, your friend is in training, is there anything you need help with? I won't be back in Toronto for a while, so I can just help you improve some problems!"

Upon hearing this, Little Curry immediately said, "I'll go and ask him now!"

It is false to ask whether you need help, but it is true to "invoke the teacher to ask the crime".

When he arrived at the arena, Woody was training in full swing. He rushed up "angrily". When he was about to speak, Woody saw him first: "Hey, man, how is the trial training? Did it succeed?"

Stephen Curry nodded subconsciously and answered Woody's question first.

"That's great, we will really be teammates in the future, Stephen, let's work hard together in the new season!" Woody was very happy for him, and made an encouraging gesture of "Come on together".

"Yeah!" Stephen Curry also showed a joyful smile.

Then he came back to his senses...

Eh?
No!

I am not going to say this!

　The second update is at 12:[-] noon.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)