Chapter 711 Supersonic Culture and the New Supersonic

On March 1st, the doors to the Seattle Supersonics training facility opened extra early.

Although the Seattle SuperSonics' two early arrivals, Kevin Durant and Yes, have been away from the team in recent months, there has never been 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 allow us to get good enough talents, but Yes gave us a chance to live again. 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 All-Rookie 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 its simplicity and closeness to life that it touches people the most.

James Harden considers himself to be 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.

It is too difficult for ordinary people to succeed in a world like the NBA where most talent is based on talent.

Before Yes appeared,

The mainstream in the NBA does not believe in hard work. As long as you have talent, you can become a star even if you go 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' because of his big size, has now become a recognized high-quality role player, a championship role player, a player who cannot play in the NBA and needs to go through the draft. The backdoor player of senior Malone 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 are definitely not 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 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 deep in the soul!

In Harden's view, players like Ibaka who are already 20 years old and whose shooting is still so ugly and whose shooting percentage is so low may have to say goodbye to shooting.

Whether it's free throws, mid-range, or three-pointers, it's better to be a jumper in the NBA. Although a qualified jumper without offense doesn't have much future, he won't starve to death.

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

Why is Ibaka like this?

Just because Ibaka heard a chat between Tucker and Rondo, and knew that Tucker's shooting was not much better than him in the past, 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 want to be an important person too!"

This is what Tucker said.

And he and Ibaka listened.

Who doesn’t want to be someone important?

Ibaka's current progress does not matter at all. As long as he can be favored by Yes, he can change his destiny!

Yes, I like people who work hard!

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

Except for Rondo, who has been taught shooting by Yes, everyone has changed their destiny!

Even Rondo, can't he be a good player now?

This is actually a huge improvement.

At the same time, despite being ostracized from the team, he and Ibaka still maintain great enthusiasm for training and hard work every day, precisely because of their expectations for the person who can change their destiny!

"Yes, I finally came back today!"

Once again, after James Harden was the last one to step through the door of the training facility, his mind was filled with that god-like figure!

The god who blasted a rebound against the US team in the Olympics!

Yes is not only a god in the hearts of those players before the SuperSonics, but also a god in the hearts of those players who want to leap over the dragon gate!

A god who can change their destiny!

Today is the day Yes returns to the team. Originally, Harden wanted to come to training earlier.

In fact, he did come earlier than usual.

But the ladies are too enthusiastic, and the other Sonics players are indeed too beastly.

Unless he gave up on proving he was straight, there was no way he could compare to those beasts.

well……

James Harden is also quite helpless sometimes.

He really envied these teammates who were not suspected.

If he wasn't so suspected, and chased and scolded every day, would it be necessary for him to go to the young ladies to prove it every day?

Is he such an upright person the kind of person who hangs out in nightclubs during the offseason?

Fortunately, although he must be the last person from the team except Yes, Yes will definitely not come too early when he returns to the team on the first day.

So it doesn't matter if you continue with the last one.

As long as Yes arrives, let Yes see that I am really working hard.

And he didn't prefer Yes, pretending to work hard, he was really trying to integrate into the Sonics' hard-working culture!

"Um?"

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

And the familiar figure doing the physical test on the training ground made James Harden's eyes completely light up.

Yes!

So early?

And the physical test is almost over? !

"Yes, your current physical condition is perfect!"

“Perfect beyond imagination!”

Malikros was quite excited.

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

Although he retired successfully, Malikros still felt a little bit empty when he suddenly left the game.

Although he has not played much in the SuperSonics in the past two years, he is really reluctant to part with his disciples such as Millsap, Tucker, and Milicic.

He still enjoys spending time with Yes on the training ground teaching Sonics players defense.

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

With Malikros' reputation in the team, there is certainly no problem for him to want to be the team's assistant coach.

And his business ability is indeed very good.

He has been a player in the SuperSonics for the past two years, but he is actually doing the job of a coach.

But being a coach and actually being a coach to guide players are two completely different feelings.

Ye Si can also see that Malikros is working hard now.

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

Kwame Brown, the team's important rotation center player last season, has now signed a contract with the Mavericks.

David Lee, the team's important rotating power forward last season, was used as the main player in the 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. When he saw his SuperSonics teammates again, although Ye Si was happy, he was also a little bit disappointed. Sad.

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

These are very familiar figures.

Among this group of very familiar figures, Ye Si also saw Gasol and Ingles.

Gasol and Ingles are newcomers to the team, but it seems that their integration into the team is very good.

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

And Ingalls...

His strength is terrible, but just because he said "Be careful!" in the Olympics, he got the greatest recognition from the entire SuperSonics and the entire Seattle.

"What I hate most in my life are those players who join after they can't beat them. Only Ingles, I like him!"

This is the exact words that a famous SuperSonics fan said on Twitter when the SuperSonics announced the signing of Ingles. The number one fan in the NBA is not fifteen but the number two.

SuperSonics chose to sign Ingles when Ingles was suppressed by the whole country in Australia. This was something recognized by all the old Sonics players.

Compared with the cold treatment James Harden and Ibaka received, Ingles' treatment in the SuperSonics is so good that Ingles is so moved that he wants to cry every day.

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

At the club, when he wanted to sign a contract with his first club, the club could even spell his name wrong!

After living in an environment like Australia for so many years, my time at the SuperSonics was like paradise!

If Ingles' treatment in the Sonics is like being in heaven, everyone here is kind to him, even those Sonics fans who may not know his style or have seen his amazing performances. Everyone welcomes him.

Then the arrival of Harden and Ibaka will make the entire Seattle not so popular.

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

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

Beasley and Mayo have won almost all summer league MVP awards this year.

Beasley, in particular, was extremely ferocious. He was MVP in all the games he participated in. Only when he failed to participate in one stop did Mayo take away the MVP.

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

James Harden managed to score in double figures even though he was squeezed out.

But Ibaka...

That's really miserable.

Replacing two pearls with two stones would really make people unhappy.

but……

Being looked at directly by Ye Si, Harden and Ibaka were both a little nervous.

Especially when Ye Si looked at himself and frowned.

"You've gained weight and your butt has gotten bigger."

"..."

Silence, the whole place is silent.

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