Chapter 711 Supersonic Culture and the New Supersonic

On October 1, 2008, the doors to the Seattle SuperSonics training facility opened extremely early.

Although the Seattle SuperSonics' two early arrivals, Kevin Durant and Yes, have been away from the team in recent months, there is always a shortage of hardworking people in the SuperSonics.

Millsap, Rondo, Tucker, Barea...each one is a training madman.

"Everyone who plays around Yes will be grateful to fate. God did not give us good enough talents, but Yes gave us a chance to start over in life. When God created us, we had no way to express our opinions to God, so we were God’s creation has become rubbish, but now, if we still choose to ignore the opportunity given to us by Yes, and still fail to seize the opportunity, then no one can save us!”

This is a famous quote from Seattle SuperSonics power forward Paul Millsap. On the first day he joined the Seattle SuperSonics, Harden saw these words from Millsap on the wall next to the training hall.

"Who is the most talented player in the world? Yes, who is the player most favored by God? It's Tracy McGrady. This is something that no one can change. The only thing I can change is to be the one who works the hardest. People put their bodies on the court every day, either in training or in games, always keeping themselves passionate about basketball and always maintaining motivation to move forward. Even if I am the most ordinary person in the world, I can Make the world aware of my existence.”

This is the famous quote from Seattle SuperSonics All-Star small forward, scoring champion, All-NBA Second Team, and Rookie of the Year Kevin Durant.

Just like Millsap's quote is hung on the wall of the training facility, Durant's quote is also hung on the wall next to the training facility.

After arriving at the Sonics training facility, Harden was immediately attracted by the famous quotes said by these Sonics players.

On the walls of the Sonics training facility, he could see many, many comments that shocked him.

These Sonics players are not wise men, and their words are quite simple, without any fancy rhetoric to decorate them.

But it is because of this simplicity and closeness to life that people feel the most deeply.

James Harden thinks that he is also a player with average talent. If players who can become All-Stars in the future are geniuses, of course he is an ordinary person, just like Durant.

For ordinary people to succeed, it is too difficult in a world like the NBA where most talent is valued.

Before Yes appeared, the mainstream in the NBA did not believe in hard work. As long as you had talent, you could become a star by going to Harbin Beer every day.

Before Yes appeared, in the NBA, hard work could not bring enough returns. 100 times the effort might not even get 1 return.

But after Yes appeared, there were too many miracles of hard work in the Seattle SuperSonics!

Millsap, who has never played in the NCAA Division I league and was ridiculed as the "butt king" who entered the NBA because of his big app, has now become a recognized high-quality role player, a championship role player, who is unlikely to play in the NBA. The player who needed to take the backdoor approach of senior Malone in the draft turned out to be a high-quality championship role player. With Yes, his hard work paid off far beyond the upper limit of his talent.

Millsap's hard work and miracles could become a legend that has been praised by other teams in the NBA.

But within the Sonics, he is just the most ordinary one.

Rondo, Milicic, Durant...

These people are more terrifying than him.

Barea, Tucker, Sessions…

These people will definitely not be inferior to him.

It is happiness in a world where as long as you work hard, you can gain something!

It is also happy to be in a world where your talents do not limit your future height!

Harden felt such double happiness on the first day he came to the SuperSonics.

As a basketball player, who wouldn't want to be an All-Star, a scoring champion, and an All-NBA player like Durant?

Durant, who claims to be the most ordinary and ordinary person in the world, can do it. Why can't he do it?

So after coming to the Sonics, Harden spent most of his time integrating into the hard-working culture of the Sonics in addition to going to nightclubs every night to find big app girls to prove that he was really straight. middle.

However, what makes Harden a little embarrassed is that none of the Sonics players take him to play...

Not only did he not play with him, but that stupid big guy from Africa also didn’t play with him either...

Harden didn't want to waste the opportunity Yes gave him to change his destiny.

Of course Ibaka doesn't want to waste it, and Harden feels this clearly.

The scene of this stupid big guy from Africa practicing free throws every day with extremely slow shots really made Harden want to laugh and admire him at the same time.

Ibaka's shooting was the worst he had ever seen. Not only was his shooting percentage low, his posture was also ugly.

Although Rondo's shooting percentage is low, his posture is still very standard.

Using such a standard posture to hit such crazy iron in the training ground, Harden didn't even know if Rondo had offended the God of Luck. Otherwise, James would be so iron with such a standard posture? That is the iron that is truly engraved in the depths of the soul!

In Harden's opinion, Ibaka, who is already 20 years old and whose shooting is still so ugly and whose hit rate is so low, is probably going to say goodbye to shooting.

What free throws, mid-range shots, three-pointers, it is better to be a jumper in the NBA. A qualified jumper without offense may not have much future, but he will not starve to death.

However, even if there is no progress every day, Ibaka is still working hard to practice shooting.

Why is Ibaka like this?

It is just because Ibaka heard a conversation between Tucker and Rondo and knew that Tucker's shooting was not much better than his, but now, under the guidance of Yes, he can shoot three-pointers!

"I will definitely have more time next season. The more you can do on the court, the more important you are!"

"I also want to be an important person!"

This is what Tucker said.

And he and Ibaka listened.

Who doesn't want to be an important person?

Ibaka's current progress has nothing to do with it. As long as he can be favored by Yes, he can change his fate!

Yes likes hardworking people!

As long as you work hard, you can accept the opportunity to change your destiny given by Yes!

Except for Rondo, who has already engraved the iron in his soul, everyone who has been taught by Yes to shoot has changed their own destiny!

Even Rondo can now shoot beautifully, right?

This is actually a huge improvement.

At the same time, although he was excluded from the team, he and Ibaka still maintained a great passion for training and hard work every day, precisely because of their expectations for the person who can change their destiny!

"Yes, I'm finally back today!"

James Harden once again stepped into the door of the training hall as the last one, and his mind was full of that god-like figure!

The god who scored 50 points and 36 rebounds against the US team at the Olympics!

Yes is not only a god in the hearts of the former players of the Supersonics, but also a god in the hearts of those players who want to make a breakthrough!

The god who can change their destiny!

Today is the day when Yes returns to the team. Harden originally wanted to come to training earlier.

In fact, he did come earlier than usual.

But the ladies were too enthusiastic, and the other players of the Supersonics were really too beastly.

Unless he gives up proving that he is straight, there is no way he can compare to those beasts.

Alas...

Sometimes James Harden is also quite helpless.

He really envies these teammates who are not doubted.

If he was not so doubted, so said, and so chased and scolded every day, would he have to go to the ladies every day to prove it?

As a person with such integrity, would he be the kind of person who hangs out in nightclubs during the offseason?

Fortunately, although he is definitely the last one to come to the team except Yes, Yes will definitely not come too early on his first day back to the team.

So it doesn’t matter if he continues to be the last one.

As long as Yes sees that I am really working hard when he arrives.

And he is not biased towards Yes, pretending to work hard, he is really trying to integrate into the hard-working culture of the Supersonics!

"Huh?"

However, when James Harden pushed open the door of the training hall, he saw a scene that surprised him. All the players were surrounded by a training ground.

And the familiar figure who was undergoing physical tests on the training ground made James Harden's eyes completely light up.

Yes!

So early?

And the physical test is almost over? !

"Yes, your physical condition is perfect now!"

"Perfect beyond imagination!"

Malik Rose was very excited.

Because the former assistant coach of the Sonics, Scott Brooks, went to the Bulls to be the head coach, he chose to retire after the team signed Ingles.

Although he retired successfully, Malik Rose still felt a little bit empty when he suddenly left the court.

Although he didn't play much in the Sonics in the past two years, he was really reluctant to leave his disciples such as Millsap, Tucker, and Milicic.

He still liked the days of teaching the Sonics players defense with Yes in the training ground.

So when he saw that the Sonics needed an assistant coach after Scott left, he volunteered to take over.

With Malik Rose's reputation in the team, it was of course no problem for him to be the assistant coach of the team.

And his business ability is indeed very good.

In the past two years, he was a player in the Sonics, but he was actually doing the work of a coach.

But doing the work of a coach and being a real coach to guide players are two completely different feelings.

Yes can also see that Malik Rose is working hard now.

After winning the championship last season, the Seattle SuperSonics have changed a lot.

Kwame Brown, the team's important rotation center last season, has now gone to the Mavericks to get a big contract.

David Lee, the team's important rotation power forward last season, was used as the main player to trade with the Cavaliers for Harden.

In addition, the team's assistant coach was poached by the Bulls, and Durant missed the entire regular season due to a broken leg injury. When seeing his teammates from the SuperSonics again, Yes was happy, but also a little sad.

Milicic, Millsap, Tucker, Nick Collison, Sessions, Damien Wilkins, Quentin Richardson, Barea, Rondo...

These are all very familiar figures.

Among these very familiar figures, Yes also saw Gasol and Ingles.

Gasol and Ingles are new to the team, but it seems that the two have been well integrated into the team.

Gasol is very strong and has a certain reputation in Europe. He is recognized by the players of the Supersonics as a qualified replacement for Kwame Brown and can become the backup center of the defending champion team.

And Ingles...

His strength is very bad, but just by his "Be careful!" at the Olympics, he got the greatest recognition from the entire Supersonics and Seattle.

"I hate those players who join when they can't beat them the most in my life, except Ingles, I like him!"

This is the original words of a famous fan of the Supersonics, the first fan in the NBA is not the fifteenth but the second, when the Supersonics announced the signing of Ingles.

The Supersonics chose to sign Ingles when he was suppressed by the whole country of Australia. This was recognized by all the old players of the Supersonics.

Compared with the cold reception of James Harden and Ibaka, Ingles' treatment in the Supersonics was so good that Ingles was moved to tears every day.

In Australia, he was not only bullied by Bogut in the national team but also nicknamed the turtle.

In the club, when he wanted to sign a contract with his first club, the club even misspelled his name!

After living in an environment like Australia for so many years, the time I spent in the Supersonics was simply heaven!

If Ingles' treatment in the Supersonics was like coming to heaven, everyone here was kind to him, even those Supersonics fans who might not know his style and had never seen any amazing performances from him welcomed him.

Then the arrival of Harden and Ibaka made the whole of Seattle not so welcome.

Especially in this year's summer league, Mayo and Jordan performed very well.

Mayo is one of the best players in this summer league, second only to Beasley and Rose in the US team. The three most talented rookies are Mayo and Beasley participating in the summer league.

Beasley and Mayo almost won all the MVPs in this summer league.

Especially Beasley, who is so cruel that he won the MVP in all the games he participated in. Only one game he did not participate in allowed Mayo to take the MVP.

Although Jordan is not as eye-catching as Mayo, he is better than James Harden and Ibaka.

Although James Harden was excluded, he barely scored in double digits.

But Ibaka...

That was really miserable.

Two pearls were replaced by two stones, which is really unpleasant.

However...

Being stared at by Yes, Harden and Ibaka were a little nervous.

Especially when Yes frowned at them.

"You are fatter, and your butt is bigger."

"..."

Silence, the whole audience was silent.