When pride still matters

Chapter 207 Smart LeBron
In the Bucks locker room, Yu Fei accused Ray Allen like a wolf, "When I am not on the court, you are the backbone of the team. Why did you do nothing in the second half?"

"Look at Kobe, then look at you!" Yu Fei seemed to regard Kobe and Ray as players of the same level, "Why can someone take over the game in the absence of the number one player? If you just don't play well on the offensive end, Forget it, your defense turned out to be terrible, and the reason why we lost the game was all your fucking fault!"

Ray Allen is miserable. Is he not the only Bucks player who performed poorly in the second half?
Others are not much better.

The main thing is that everyone is used to being a green leaf around Yu Fei.

Suddenly, Yu Fei was not around, and they were just like headless flies using the original tactics, only to find that the ball holder at the top of the arc was no longer the macho man who averaged 30+8+8 points per game.

Since Yu Fei is the only absolute strong point in the Bucks team that can attract double-teams, those shooters who benefit from the pick-and-roll and shoot high shooting percentages are unable to position themselves for a while.

The only one who behaved normally was Sprewell.

Sprewell is both offensive and defensive, and even if his shooting percentage is not good, he can still break through.

Although it is unreasonable for Yu Fei to put all the responsibility for the loss on Ray Allen, as the second-in-command, he must accept it.

However, Ray Allen will inevitably be harsh: "I'm not the only one who didn't perform well in the second half."

"You have the nerve to say that? As our core player, you haven't played well yourself, why should you ask others to play well? How much do you get, how much do others get? As a top-paid player, you should have a top-paid player. contribute!"

Ray Allen was blushing and found it difficult to refute.

George Karl found that Yu Fei is becoming more and more bossy now. If he lost last season, he would not criticize his teammates like he does now.

This defeat also indirectly proves one thing. The Bucks rely much more on Fei than the Lakers rely on O'Neal.

Looking at the league, it is estimated that only Duncan of the Spurs has a greater overall influence on the team than Yu Fei.

Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

Karl couldn't help thinking about this problem.

Yu Fei's ball possession rate ranked first in the league. Over time, star players like Ray Allen gradually adapted to the role of "deputy" and at the same time lost the ability to play unparalleled independent C.

Although Karl looks down on Ray Allen, during the "Three Musketeers" era, Allen was undoubtedly the player with the highest frequency of Kyrie's shots among the Bucks.

His Kyrie performance determines at least 20% of the Bucks' game results.

Now, after working with Yu Fei for a season, he has lost that ability.

Ray Allen, who averaged 27 points per game against peak Iverson in the Eastern Conference Finals, has been sealed.

Ray Allen is now a top secondary attacker who can steadily contribute 20 points per game, but he cannot be counted on for the entire Kerry team.

However, the Bucks won the championship last season, and Karl cannot say that Ray Allen's functional deterioration is harmful to the team.

It's a pity for Ray Allen himself.

Praise belongs to Da Fei, and honor belongs to Da Fei. Now that Da Fei has fought with someone and left the game early, he will take the whole blame if he leads the team to defeat.

Is this how people live?When Carl saw Yu Fei spraying Ray Allen to death, he actually felt compassion, "Okay, Frye, I believe Ray did his best tonight, and we'll fight back next time."

Yu Fei snorted coldly before shutting up.

Laettner asked playfully: "I wonder how many games you will be suspended this time."

In this regard, Mason has experience: "Although those punches were hard, Frye was the one who fought back. I don't think it will exceed three games."

"Okay." Yu Fei said, "If it takes more than three games, I will ask Larry to send you to the Clippers."

"Damn it! Don't just send people to the Clippers! What's wrong with the Clippers? Kobe can't go even if he wants to!"

As soon as Mason mentioned Kobe, the atmosphere in the locker room became much happier.

Although the fight between Yu Fei and O'Neal is very effective in the program, Kobe is the king of program effects this season, comparable to Kelly Irving during the Nets era.

First of all, there is no need to mention the things between Kobe and O'Neal. As a "sexual assaulter" who is going through the judicial process, if the court finds him guilty during the season, his career will be over.

In order to prevent Kobe Bryant from being harassed by the media, the Lakers protected him tightly every time he entered and exited the airport. However, he still did not have any trust in the team and spent a lot of money to hire a whole team of bodyguards to not only follow him to and from the training ground, but also He also took the team's special plane to the away game.In the context of Kobe's possible conviction, Buss offered Kobe a four-year, $4 million contract to appease him, but Kobe still refused.

reason?

"I don't think I will definitely play with the Lakers until I retire," Kobe said. "In the sports world, the story of success is just a fairy tale."

Then there is the incident that Mason mentioned. During the Lakers' game against the Clippers, Kobe destroyed the opponent's ball and yelled at the Clippers coach: "Trade me!"

Such shocking remarks naturally made national headlines and put the Clippers owner in a good mood, requiring the team to prepare enough salary space to prepare for Kobe Bryant to join next season.

While the Bucks were having fun with Kobe, the Lakers weren't enjoying their road win.

As "Los Angeles Times" reporter Al Aranda wrote: "For the Lakers, the joy of a victory will not last more than an hour."

And on the night of victory against the Bucks, the joy of defeating the enemy may not last even half an hour.

Shaquille O'Neal was furious after hearing Kobe's comments about his fight with Yu Fei.

(Kobe Bryant said: Maybe Shaq should lose weight. Fighting is different from playing. He is too bulky and cannot touch a hair of Frye.)
In fact, the last sentence was a malicious misinterpretation by the reporter.

O'Neal came to the locker room angrily, only to find that Kobe and his bodyguards had already left, "That bastard is talking nonsense again!"

Rick Fox asked in surprise, "What did he say?"

"You can watch TV by yourself." O'Neill said coldly.

What Fox didn't understand was that he knew what Kobe said and he was there at the time. "Shaq, he's right, you're not back to your best shape yet," Fox said cautiously, "Don't tell me you're offended. It doesn't make sense."

"Yes, I feel offended." O'Neal spoke with no deterrent words on half of his swollen face, "If he continues to talk that nonsense, I will kill him!"

The next day, the league announced the results of the fight between Fei and O'Neal.

O'Neal was suspended four games and fined $20000.

Yu Fei was suspended for two games and fined $10000.

Yu Fei reacted fiercely to this. He believed that he was acting in legitimate defense and should neither be suspended nor fined.

But the alliance believes that it is not a judge. They do not ask what is right or wrong. In addition to severely punishing the culprit, those involved must also be punished.

Although Yu Fei appealed with good reason, it was impossible to get a satisfactory answer because the NBA itself is a small independent world with its own set of rules.

After losing to the Lakers, Yu Fei got three days off.

There are two games to be played in these three days. Since they are both away games, Yu Fei, who is suspended, does not need to join the team.

Therefore, Yu Fei nominally stayed in Milwaukee, but actually went to Los Angeles with Christina Hendricks.

The Bucks are heading to the away game.

The first away game is New York.

Since James Dolan took charge of the Knicks, the Eastern Conference powerhouse that re-emerged in the early 90s has now been in decline.

Especially after Dolan Jr. appointed Scott Layden as general manager, he made frequent mistakes.

For the Bucks, even if Yu Fei is away, it will not be difficult to win them.

Ray Allen learned his shame and then acted bravely. He finally stood up like a core, scored 35 points and 6 rebounds, and led his team to win in the away game.

On the bench, Michael Reed also played well, scoring 25 points from inside and outside, and his three-pointers were flawless.

"I miss Frye. If Frye was here, I could score 40 points."

Don't worry, this is the Nth time Reid has shown kindness to Yu Fei this season.

This is something Ray Allen will never learn. This victory seems to prove that the Bucks are not Yu Fei's one-man team.

He told reporters: "No matter who can't play, we have to work hard to win. This is a team effort. You can see the team spirit shining in our game."

However, such good times did not last long.

The Bucks' next opponent is the Detroit Pistons.

That night at the Palace of Auburn Hills, the Pistons' defense suffocated the Bucks.

The Bucks, who had not scored less than 100 points in a game so far this season, were limited to 82 points, while the Pistons won with 94 points.

"It's going to be tough without Frye, but thankfully he'll be back for the next game."

George Karl faced defeat with ease.

"I heard that Frye is on vacation in Los Angeles. Have you been in contact these days?"

"We had a phone call and Fry was very concerned about the team."

In fact, Yu Fei didn't care about the team that much. He regarded these three days as a short vacation.In Los Angeles, he spent three days with Christina, during which he knew nothing about the outside world.

The only person in the industry who has maintained a regular relationship with him is the Cavaliers' LeBron James.

James has been troubled recently because he feels like he can't work with Ricky Davis.

"That guy. He's very selfish. I feel like he's just playing for the numbers. He's the kind of guy who's going to be pissed off because he's not taking fewer shots."

"Fry, are you listening?"

"Yeah. I'm listening."

"Have you ever met such a person?"

Yu Fei was completely unable to take James' question seriously. He said casually: "I have met people worse than him."

"MJ?"

"You're really smart, LeBron."

James couldn't laugh or cry. Are there people on this planet who care about basketball but don't know that Yu Fei and Jordan are incompatible?
"You're coming to Cleveland in a few days." James said expectantly, "You should be able to play, right?"

"Of course, I will definitely appear. After all, this is the first time that you and I, brothers, have played in a game. I am sure that I will definitely appear."

At this time, James realized that he was in some inconvenience with his brother.

"See you in Cleveland then."

"Uh-huh."

(When I wrote this chapter, I had no idea at all, so I wrote some weird things. The full version of the skirt file can be viewed)

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