When pride still matters

Chapter 145 I won’t listen to you, I will see it myself

The feeling of beating the Lakers for the second time was completely different from the first time.

Because the Lakers tonight are completely incomparable to last season.

The Lakers' strength at that time was still at its peak, and they were fighting for their third championship. Although they ultimately needed Dick Bavetta's one-of-a-kind talent to achieve their goals, the Lakers at that time were stronger than the current Lakers. Times is not too much.

After Yu Fei finished the interview, he returned to the locker room. The scene inside was the same as what he usually saw.

Some people have already dressed and are ready to experience the nightlife in Los Angeles, while others have just returned to the dressing room and are preparing to be interviewed.

Others are getting massages from trainers and putting their legs in ice buckets with ice packs on their knees - usually veterans.

But Yu Fei discovered that Anthony Mason was also comforting his old arms and legs.

This old-school tough guy who calls himself tough looks as strong as King Kong, but is equally scarred.

After a while, George Karl came over. He was satisfied with the win against his old enemy, but he didn't want his players to be complacent.

"The Lakers are just a 4-10 team." Karl eagerly added the Lakers' latest defeat, but showed very calmness, "If you are proud of this, that is really sad."

Good guy, who did the pre-war mobilization seriously before the game and described how special this game was?
This is George Karl's problem. He likes to put pressure on his players and give them blood, but when he achieves his goal (win), he can't complete the finishing touches.

He refused to give him chicken soup for his soul because he was a traditional old-school tough guy, and tough guys wouldn't do such things.

After briefly congratulating him on the win and reminding his players not to get too complacent, Carr left.

Everyone could see that Karl's feet seemed to be floating in the wind, and his whole body was light and airy.

He was happy to beat Phil Jackson.

"Hell!" complained Sprewell, "I think George is happier than any of us!"

Leitner laughed at himself: "But he would rather be happy alone than say to us, 'You bastards were great tonight!' Are we not worthy?"

Everyone began to denounce Karl's ruthlessness.

Only Anthony Mason stretched his legs out of the ice bucket, stood up, and flew away.

Some people looked at him warily.

Yu Fei's buddy Lawson even stood in front of him, "What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to talk to Frye," Mason said.

"You can say whatever you want now," Lawson said.

"No, I hope it's just the two of us." Mason meant that either Yu Fei went out with him, or the others left.

Lawson didn't think Mason had any good intentions, and he would never let Yu Fei be alone with this dangerous person.

However, Yu Fei patted Lawson's shoulder lightly and said, "Don't worry, Tony, everything will be fine."

Yu Fei gave Leitner a look and asked him to set an example.

Leitner didn't know if it was a good idea to leave Yufei and Mason alone. He had the same idea as Lawson. It was definitely dangerous to be alone with Mason.

Especially since Yu Fei just threatened Mason with a trade tonight.

But Yu Fei insisted on clearing the place.

"In that case, let's wait outside." Sprewell took the lead and said to Fei and Mason, "I'll take you to a fun place later, don't take too long!"

The players gradually dressed and walked out of the locker room. Laettner was the last one to get up.

He was still worried.

Yu Fei winked again, and then Leitner and Lawson walked out of the locker room together.

"Now there are only two of us, what do you want to say to me?" Yu Fei asked easily.

Mason's face was serious, like a prisoner defending himself in court, "I said, I won't be your problem."

It has to be said that Mason keeps his word. So far, he has not directly become a problem for Yu Fei.

But becoming Yu Fei's problem is not the only way to directly target Yu Fei.

As long as Yu Fei is committed to leading the Bucks to achieve results, he needs a stable team.As a starter, Mason often plays in the transition period. His stability is crucial to the team.

If Yu Fei is on the court, Mason is a qualified starting four, but when Yu Fei comes off the court, he becomes a monster that devours the ball, seriously affecting the tactical operation and bringing the team to a complete standstill on the offensive end.

Mason became the team's problem, and thus indirectly became Yu Fei's problem.

"But if your usage rate suddenly jumps to over 30 percent when I'm not on the court, then you're going to be my problem."

Yu Fei suddenly said an unfamiliar word, which made Mason frown: "What did you say?"

"To put it simply, you held the ball too long."

"I can assist."

"You can indeed assist, but at what cost?"

Yu Fei said: "Lei felt very good at the beginning tonight. Until I came off the court, he was our best player on the offensive end. However, when I came off the court, he began to fail to catch the ball. If you really Understand what is playmaking and what is ineffective playmaking, I believe Ray will not catch the pass after that. You gave him a difficult night, and before this, there have been many people who have been negatively affected by you ”

Mason regards the ball as the prerogative of a star. When he controls the ball, he can feel like a star.

However, Yu Fei's blunt trade threat during the game woke him up from his dream.He felt that he needed to reach a new consensus with Yu Fei.

That is, he can help Yu Fei lead the team, but when Yu Fei comes off the court, he needs to have the ball.

However, before he made this request, Yu Fei had clearly told him that his privilege was a crime against the team.

If he wants the ball, he becomes Yu Fei's problem.

This made Mason extremely angry. He felt that he had made a lot of concessions. He was polite enough to this rising second-year star, but he never won the respect of the other party.

"I tell you, I've always played like this!" Mason said angrily, "I won't change myself for you! This is how I play!"

Yu Fei shrugged and said, "Then do we have anything else to say?"

After saying that, Yu Fei made a move to leave.

"Wait a minute!" Mason shouted, "You want me to completely give up my old style of play, so what do I get? If you just want to show off my power, I will never fucking agree!"

Yu Fei didn't think he would have any chance of winning if he and Mason fought in the locker room.

But he also believed that Mason could not be violent to him.

Because no one knows better than Mason that he is the most useful person to speak in this locker room.

"If you use your physical ability to hold the ball on defense, you will still be an excellent power forward." Yu Fei said, "You can provide us with the interior defense we need most."

"My versatility, coupled with your defense, coupled with the shooting of Ray, Michael, Spree, Chris, DG, I think we have a chance to compete for a championship."

champion? ? ?
For a moment, Mason thought he had heard wrong.

Yu Fei said he wanted to lead this shabby team that didn't even make the playoffs last season to win the championship?

But it's this ragtag team that didn't even make the playoffs last season that currently ranks first in the Eastern Conference.

Moreover, they recently defeated last season's overall runner-up Nets, and also beat the defending champion Lakers on the road. Is there any problem with aiming for the championship?
Even so, Mason was still in disbelief.

The two were silent for a minute.

Suddenly, Mason turned around and packed his things.

"You have to at least give me an answer." Yu Fei said, "Are you worthy of cooperation?"

After Mason packed up his things, he said roughly: "I won't listen to any more nonsense from you. I will observe whether you are serious or just talking nonsense!"

The two people's alone time ended here.

For Fei, trading Mason is definitely the next choice.

Because the Bucks' inside line is really bad. If they reach the Finals, even if they don't meet the Lakers, they will most likely meet one of Duncan or Nowitzki. If they don't have a strong defensive inside line manning the basket, It might really be used as a breakthrough.

If Mason can change his ways and do his job as a power forward, the Bucks will be even better.

Seeing that Yu Fei and Mason were safe and sound, the rest of the Bucks team breathed a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, led by Sprewell, they went to a nightclub to play late into the night.

Yu Fei only stayed for a short time and left. Although there were many entertainment programs in the nightclub, he didn't want to get too involved in the fun.The looks in the eyes of those flesh-and-blood people who delivered goods to their door looked very attractive, but every time Yu Fei thought about the trouble that would come if he got too involved with them, he lost all desire.

He is not an abstinent person, he also has desires, but he will not get together with an unknown woman in Los Angeles - even if this is Sprewell's arrangement.

After leaving, Yu Fei and Lawson ate something to make up for the competition, and then returned to the hotel.

The next day, the headlines in the professional basketball world were occupied by three parts. The biggest part was that Yao Shuan scored 30+10 in the game against the Mavericks, but what really made him enter the headlines was Barkley's performance against Donkey Butt. An immortal kiss.

The second is Yu Fei's "promise".Yu Fei told the media after beating the Lakers that if the Wizards were better than the Bucks in the future, he would kiss the donkey's butt.

In the end, it’s OK’s farce of endless reasoning and confusion. It’s basically a rant in the air where everyone insists on their own opinions.

The next day, before the Bucks left Los Angeles, there were still media waiting for them at the airport.

"Sorry, Frye is not accepting interviews right now."

Lawson and assistant Clark stood in front of Yu Fei, separating those who wanted to hold the microphone in front of Yu Fei. Then, Yu Fei walked into the airport wearing headphones and carrying a small backpack.

It is inevitable that some reporters will feel that Yu Fei has become arrogant, because usually only superstars refuse media exposure, and little transparent people are eager to accept more interviews.

And Yu Fei was just executing the broker's strategy.

Don’t let people in the media think you are easy to get close to, otherwise they will be unscrupulous.

Set a threshold for “contact” so that they feel that being able to interview you up close is a status symbol.This is Jordan's way of taming the media.

Since Dadan had already demonstrated to the younger generation how to deal with the media, as Dadan's "beneficial friend", Dafei naturally followed Dadan's steps to cross the river.

Ray Allen did the opposite and accepted a group interview outside the airport.

Just as Allen was answering various questions from reporters, George Karl appeared.

He glanced at Ray Allen with some surprise, and then said to reporters: "Why are you hanging around this guy? He wasn't even our fifth-best player last night. Have you forgotten how bad he was last night?" show?"

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