When pride still matters

Chapter 194 Long Step
The Bucks' draft representative will be assistant coach Ron Adams.

When he heard that Yu Fei had also come to the scene, he just thought the other party was joking.

Frye just completed a great season, and now it's time to take a break. Will he come to the draft?

Then, he saw Yu Fei dressed up like a Hollywood superstar and accepted an interview with TNT.

Charles Barkley said to Fei: "Hey, Frye, you know Michael is my good brother, right? For what you did to him, I should beat you up!"

Yu Fei used Buckley's inequality very skillfully: "No one who has no championship is qualified to beat me."

The so-called Buckley inequality is actually easy to understand: If you are a champion, when you agree with Buckley, what he says is valuable. If you disagree with him, then what is the name of the untitled CJB? Kiss you. Go get your butt!

Kenny Smith laughed out loud.

"You are perfect for our program!"

Yu Fei smiled and said: "When I retire, I will consider joining you."

"So, why are you here today? Logically speaking, aren't you already on vacation?"

"Today happened for a reason, and I'm here to support my little brother."

"Who is your little brother?"

"Of course it's LeBron James."

Regardless of whether Yu Fei did it intentionally or not, this is the 55th time that he has called James his little brother in public video materials.

Although James has the largest marketing momentum in history, Yu Fei is the most successful high school player after Moses Malone (he won the MVP and FMVP in his second year). It will not make people feel inappropriate for him to call James his little brother, but it will make people feel that James has a future But hopefully, he will have a great big brother before he even enters the NBA.

For the next 10 minutes, TNT's programs revolved around the story of Yu Fei and James.

Yu Fei told a lot of stories about him and James in the show.

When TNT host Ernie Johnson asked: "Although you and LeBron are both high school players, your skin color, origin and even the environment in which you grew up seem to be very different. How did you find common ground with each other?" of?"

"We have one obvious thing in common." Yu Fei laughed at himself, "We both lost our fathers as long as we can remember."

Yu Fei's appearance really shocked the scene of the draft. Originally, the rookie was the protagonist tonight, but now, the media are all moving closer to him.

Regarding Yu Fei, the media has countless questions.

Then, tonight's theoretical protagonist, quasi-number one pick LeBron James, appeared.

James was wearing a white suit, white shirt and white silk tie, sitting at the top table of the rostrum. Although he had seen many big scenes, tonight's battle still made him feel nervous.

Yu Fei came over.

"MVP! MVP! MVP!"

New Yorkers unexpectedly like Yu Fei.

This may be related to the fact that Yu Fei almost ruined Jordan's reputation.

But Yu Fei just waved at these meddlesome Yankees and walked up to James and asked with a smile: "Do you think you will be selected in the first round or the second round?"

James jokingly replied: "Maybe in the second round, you listen."

In addition to shouting Yu Fei MVP at the scene, a group of people shouted in unison: "Over-over-over-estimation! Over-over-over-estimation!" (O-VER-RA-TED)

Yu Fei smiled, and he turned to say hello to James' mother Gloria: "Madam, how do you feel as the mother of the most high-profile rookie in history?"

"Hahaha~~~!!" Gloria fits Yu Fei's image of a heroic girl, very unrestrained and cheerful, "That's okay!"

Yu Fei joked: "If you are not the first person called later, we will blow up the Gund Stadium (the Cavaliers' home stadium)."

"You're a bit too extreme, brother." James knew that Yu Fei was joking, and he was indeed amused.

"see you later."

Yu Fei walked towards the team representative area, and strong "MVP" shouts rang out again.

At that moment, James felt that Yu Fei was the center of attention.

The loss may only have occurred for a second, and James was immediately relieved. This is of course, Frye is the youngest double MVP winner in history.

Yu Fei went to say hello to the representatives of the Bucks.

"I had no idea you and LeBron had such a good relationship," Adams said.

"Of course." Yu Fei is the repeater, "LeBron is my little brother."

Adams nodded: "I see, Frye, when the draft is held later, do you want to sit in the front row as a representative?" "You mean as a team representative to witness our selection with the No. 20 pick in the first round? Zaza Pachulia? I'm not interested at all, and I hope you won't mention me during the interview." Yu Fei said, "You know, selecting Zaza is the decision of the entire organization, and It’s not my decision alone.”

Adams believes that Yu Fei does not want to take responsibility, but this is normal.

"no problem."

Afterwards, Yu Fei returned to his seat.

Lawson smiled and asked: "I really want to know, Brandon or LeBron, who is your best friend."

Yu Fei was stunned for a moment, then asked: "Who is Brandon?"

"Tell me you're kidding!"

Yu Fei suddenly laughed: "Of course I'm joking."

"Brandon is of course my best friend, and as for LeBron, I feel like he and I have a connection. We met at ABCD training camp and then played together at Adidas events. I really feel that we will be friend forever."

Lawson said: "If your goal is to become the GOAT, then LeBron is more likely to become your lifelong enemy."

"Superficial." Yu Fei sneered, "Do you think anyone has to be like that old guy and beat his contemporaries to the point where they can't even win a championship in order to become the GOAT?"

"if not?"

"Believe me, GOAT depends on how many GOAT candidate brothers you have."

Yu Fei's words made Lawson dizzy, and he still couldn't understand.

But Yu Fei didn't need him to understand. After a few minutes, the 2003 NBA Draft began.

As in previous years, Stern will stand in front of the stage and tirelessly talk about the things everyone is tired of hearing.

Stern then gave the Cavaliers five minutes to decide who they would select with the No. 5 pick.

Although the Cavaliers' owners joked after winning the No. [-] pick that they hadn't decided yet, the No. [-] pick in this draft was decided a year ago.

From the moment the Cavaliers won the No. [-] pick, the front desk phone in the team's office building was busy for three weeks.The fans of this team with the lowest home attendance were suddenly full of enthusiasm for watching the game. In less than a month, tens of thousands of season tickets were sold.

James hasn't played a game for the Cavaliers yet, but he has already become the team's savior.

As Stern returned to the stage again, he opened the envelope - it was not necessary at all, he could directly tell the Cavaliers' choice.

Because there is never a second option.

"In the 2003 NBA Draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers selected LeBron James from St. Mary's High School with the first pick in the first round!"

From this moment on, Cleveland naturally placed a seemingly too heavy mission on James, which was to break the city's 39-year championship drought.

No Cleveland sports team has won the NFL championship since the Cleveland Browns in 1964.Since then, the city has endured a long drought that included some of the most devastating defeats in modern sports history.

In 1987, the Browns nearly won the AFC Championship and reached the Super Bowl, only for Broncos quarterback John Elway to carry the ball 15 yards on 98 carries to tie the game with seconds left. Losing in overtime, Cleveland was crestfallen.A year later, an even greater disaster occurred. In the last minute of the Browns' AFC championship game, the team's top running back dropped the ball in front of the goal line, resulting in a key offensive failure.The Browns once again lost their chance to make it to the Super Bowl. In 1, the Cleveland Cavaliers were only one second away from ending the Bulls in the series. Michael Jordan used an iconic "shot" to complete the only series-winning goal in NBA history.
This is not only a history of blood and tears in urban sports, but also about how many times a city can be hurt by sports.

For 39 years, sports have not brought any satisfaction to this city.

As a result, such words appeared in the American sports world: God hates Cleveland.

Yu Fei heard the story of Cleveland's suffering from the commentator, and couldn't help but magnify the gold content of James' championship in 2016 several times.Don’t mention off-court issues, don’t mention those messy things. In this context, such a championship has indeed opened the way for James to go to the deputy dog.

Sounds like a fairy tale.

So what if we broke it completely?

Yu Fei watched James walk on stage from a distance, and he actually had such an idea in his heart?
After a few seconds, he couldn't help but pat his face.

How could you do such a thing to your little brother?

James walked onto the stage and was interviewed.

In addition to the questions about Cleveland, the most special question is related to Yu Fei.

"Fry is the hottest NBA player right now. Does his success inspire you?"

"Of course! That's for sure!" James smiled. "You know, no matter who needs a benchmark, Frye is the benchmark for my career. He not only had a great rookie season, but also had an even greater sophomore season. , all I have to do is follow his trajectory, and I believe we can reach the finish line together!”

It won't take long for James to understand that there is no such thing as reaching the end point together in the sports world. Even brothers who support each other will have different intentions. This does not mean that their friendship is false. This can only mean one thing.

This started from Bill Russell's quarrel with Chamberlain because he retired from the game due to injury in the final battle with him, and then to how Jordan stabbed his good buddy severely in order to dominate the 90s. Want to cross the long steps to ascend to the gods?Then you have to give up something, you know, winning is not everything, winning is the only thing.

(End of this chapter)