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A few days later, all the players with guaranteed contracts had come to the team to report. At this time, Stephen noticed that Ginobili was in the team, and he turned out to be the third in addition to Duncan and Robert Horry. Characters, and especially after Oberto joined the team, as a teammate of Ginobili's Argentine national team, he also only followed Ginobili's lead.

But these are of no significance to Stephen. No matter what number he is, at least his achievements are there. Last year he led the Argentine national team to win the Olympic gold medal, and this year he won the American State Championship. You must know these two events All with the US team.

Probably because they just finished participating in the national team competition, and the training they arranged for them was mainly restorative, so Stephen didn't see Ginobili's ability, and only saw him training occasionally. At that time, Stephen felt that his hit rate was not too high.

Stephen has been following Robert Horry in the team. Of course, the two players are inside players and outside players. During training, due to different training subjects, they must train separately. At this time, Stephen will follow Brent Barry and Van Exel.

It feels good to be surrounded by someone. So far, what Stephen has enjoyed in the Spurs is harmony and friendliness. Players without a guaranteed contract will naturally not regard Stephen as a competitor, and those with a guaranteed contract will not regard Stephen as a competitor. Threat, in short, Stephen is very happy here, especially for many old players, like Bruce Bowen, Stephen came here as a backup tire for him, and often pointed out Stephen's defensive skills.

The preseason will start soon. According to the schedule, the first game of the Spurs is to challenge the Miami Heat in an away game. The Miami Heat, which has just restructured the lineup, beat the Spurs at home. Antoine Walker, who has just been traded here Showing off his power, coupled with Wade's excellent performance, defeated the defending champion and won the first victory.

In this game, Stephen only played for less than 5 minutes, scored two rebounds and one steal. It can be regarded as feeling the atmosphere of the NBA arena. It is indeed different from college basketball. Just as Stephen is looking forward to the second When he had to perform well in the first game, he didn't even set foot on the court in the second game.

The Spurs were even worse this time. It was also an away game. After all, they were only three points behind in the last game. In this game, they were behind by 76 points. They were severely taught by the Philadelphia 27ers, and Stephen was looking forward to it. He was able to play against Allen Iverson, but the head coach Popovich didn't give him this opportunity at all. He could only watch Iverson score [-] points and seven assists in this game. On the Spurs side, a temporary player named Marvin Sanders suddenly exploded into the limelight and scored the team's highest [-] points.

And this Sanders' position overlaps with Stephen's, which makes Stephen feel a little bit of a sense of crisis. Who knows that he has a strong offensive ability? Although his defense is five blocks behind Stephen's, his offense is good, but In the away game, there is no place to practice more if I want to.

Fortunately, the third game was at home against the Washington Wizards. In this game, Stephen still didn't get 1 minute of playing time, but the Spurs still lost, but in this game, Sanders' performance It was quite satisfactory, but another player, Udic, suddenly broke out, but he still didn't win.

The defending champion has lost three games in a row, and the three opponents are relatively strong except for Miami on paper. The 76ers and the Wizards are not strong teams. What a struggle, such a defending champion is a bit incomprehensible.

No one doubts the strength of the Spurs. There is no big deal that hurts the muscles and bones. All the deals are reinforcements. The reason for the defeat points to this one.

The fourth game was a home game against the Houston Rockets, who are also the top three in Texas. In the absence of the Rockets' main player Yao Ming, the Spurs were still struggling to win. The Rockets included the newly signed Stromy Swift, plus McGrady's double blow, the Spurs never took a lead from start to finish.

In this game, Stephen played for a few minutes, but he still didn't perform well. The team was defeated. No matter how hard he tried, he didn't have the ability to defy the sky. Instead, he played against Luther Head. At that time, Stephen's performance was eye-catching.

The close-fitting defense does not give Luther Head any room to shoot, but Luther Head must have a certain amount of space. Before Stephen came on the court, Luther Head made four of five shots, including two three-pointers. , and when Stephen played, Lutherhead was defended without scoring a point. It seems that even in the professional basketball arena, Stephen's defense is still very oppressive.

After the game, Stephen went to the visiting team's locker room and chatted with Luther Head for a while, talking about each other's encounters in the team, both of them felt a little sympathetic, and Luther Head was not in the eyes of head coach Van Gundy. , The current position in the team is also behind Joan Barry and David Wesley. Speaking of this topic, Luther Head talked about Deron Williams again. How much better, especially the head coach of the Jazz, Sloan, is very strict with Deron, and often scolds Lund. Deron often calls Luther Head to complain about his grievances. His experience is in front of him. Thurhead didn't feel so sad.

The two chatted very speculatively. They were all young people, they were rookies of the same class, and they came out of the same school league. I want to have a long talk with Luther Hyde all night.

While the two were talking, Brent Barry was also chatting with his elder brother Joan Barry. The voice of their conversation was a little louder. Brent Barry heard some of what he said, and frowned. Jumbari smiled at that.

The next day, Carlesimo approached Stephen, and saw that the other party was preparing to have a heart-to-heart talk. Stephen felt very strange. Could it be that Coach Carlesimo wanted to tell him something very serious? Otherwise, why is the expression so deep?

But my contract is a fully guaranteed contract, so I don't have to worry about being fired early, that is, I am ready to criticize myself for not performing well, but my recent training has been proceeding step by step, as for the court, what else can I do in those few minutes.

"Don't be nervous, I heard that you are very distressed about your playing time?" Carlesimo asked Stephen to sit down, and asked Stephen with a smile on his face. Stephen felt nervous when he heard it, and if he didn't complain That's fake, but how would the coach know? Could it be that he was overheard when he was complaining to Luther Head? Stephen immediately thought of Brent Barry on the side. He couldn't imagine that this guy had such a loyal face, but he was still such a person .

"Yes, it feels a little less. I want to contribute more to the team." After thinking it through, Stephen quickly acted calmly. Didn't he have very little playing time? There are no non-guaranteed contracts yet. There are so many players, how can Stephen accept it.

"Hehe, this request is very normal. If you have any request in this area in the future, it is completely legitimate to talk to Mr. Popovich or me. You don't need to worry about anything, but here, I want to advise you, The team is an organic whole, and each person plays a different role in it. This is an objective existence, and you must accept this, understand?" Carlesimo first smiled, and then looked at Stephen with a solemn face. Said.

"I understand, but why do Sanders and Graham play more time than me?" This is the most unacceptable thing for Stephen. If you talk about Bowen and Ginobili, even Van Exel Er's playing time is more than his own, and he has nothing to say. No matter in terms of qualifications, strength, fame, and salary, he is much worse than others. Stephen can accept it, but he is occupied by a group of non-guaranteed contract players. Stephen couldn't accept playing time that belonged to him.

"Hehe, the preseason was originally to test their abilities. It is not normal for them to play more time. The inspection must be completed before the end of the preseason. Those who are qualified will be kept and those who are not qualified will be cut off. The original players You need to find your form through the game, so there is no playing time for you for the time being, besides, you should focus on completing basic training now, and don’t rush to play, this is also for your own good.” Carlesimo is not Fooling Stephen, Stephen's positioning in the team is originally Bruce Bowen's successor, with long-term needs as the goal, and Stephen's immediate combat power is not needed.

"I understand this, but why has the team been losing recently? Is there something wrong with the team?" When Carlesimo said this, Stephen immediately understood that old players need games to find their status. The new ball needs to be investigated to see if they are eligible to stay, so the only sacrifice is myself. The only player on the team who is comparable to him is Udic. He was selected by the Spurs at the end of the first round last year. No wonder his He didn't have much playing time, but Stephen didn't understand his team's continuous losses, so he asked directly. When he learned that he could enter the Spurs, Stephen thought of a lot, and the championship was one of them. One item, but now it seems that the team seems to be bullied by others. In this state, let alone the championship, it is not bad to make it to the playoffs.

"Don't you know that our coach is best at playing poorly? Besides, this is a preseason game. The victory or defeat is not important. As long as the goal of training can be achieved, it doesn't matter if you lose four games in a row and lose five games in a row. You can relax your opponents. You must be vigilant, you must know that we are the defending champions, and every opponent is proud of defeating us, by the way, I have good news for you, you will play a very important role in the next game."

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