When pride still matters

Chapter 290 True friends, but

For the NBA in the first half of December, the main focus is on New York and Indiana. The former drew attention because of its chaotic team atmosphere and endless drama, while the latter struggled because of Ron Artest's unpredictable behavior.

But no one expected that news off the court could briefly ruin a young star's life.

On December 12, Gloria James, 15, was arrested for dangerous driving, speeding, drink driving, disorderly conduct and damaging police equipment.

The reason why this news attracted national attention is that Gloria is the mother of LeBron James.

According to the description of the police officer at the scene, Gloria was not friendly to law enforcement. She was "screaming, yelling, losing her temper, and swearing like a maniac."

Something happened to his mother, and James, as the traffic king of the younger generation in the NBA, will naturally receive extra attention.

Regarding this matter, James showed his usual calmness.

"I don't know what's going on yet," LeBron said before the road game against the Pacers. "Once I figure it out and sit down with my family and talk about it, you know, I'll be able to better comment on it. matter."

If nothing else, this is just another little trouble that Gloria has caused off the court.

As a human son, James can tolerate all his mother's mistakes.

But Frye became famous as the NBA's anti-alcohol ambassador.

Since Yu Fei became DC's anti-alcohol ambassador, after every game, reporters will ask him about becoming an anti-alcohol ambassador.

And Yu Fei also took pains to emphasize that this is the lofty mission assigned to him by DC. As a public figure, he must show his sense of social responsibility.

The comparison between Yu Fei and James has become a common topic in the NBA, but people in Yu Fei's camp are extremely tired of this comparison because they believe that James is not qualified to compare with Yu Fei.

This incident made Yu Fei's supporters discover that Da Fei has another way to beat LeBron.

Single-parent families also have advantages and disadvantages.

Da Fei's mother is a successful businessman, and apart from this identity, the outside world knows nothing about her. She has not caused any negative news to embarrass Da Fei.

But of course Gloria is not bad. Compared to Wade’s mother, Jim Butler’s mother, and the famous bad mothers in the NBA, she is definitely a good woman and worthy of LeBron’s pride. But as a grassroot, she also has some habits of grassroots, and she will cause some troubles from time to time, so she is compared to her.

The public couldn't help but start to question whether James said one thing and did another because his mother kept getting him into trouble, but he had no ability to restrain her.

A small thing becomes a big thing under the impetus of some kind of force.

It happened that such a major event was considered to have a serious impact on James's brand image, and some reporters with insufficient IQ balance speculated that James was behind the scenes, because his new generation of Nike signature boots was about to be released.

James was devastated by the unforeseen disaster, and everyone around him was also in a state of agitation. Everyone seemed to be plotting to murder Xiao James.

"If Frye hadn't been the ambassador, this matter wouldn't have been such a big deal at all!" James' assistant Randy Mims said angrily after James was once again challenged by reporters because of his mother's drunk driving.

However, it is obviously unreasonable to pass the blame to Da Fei.

Yu Fei became the ambassador only because of Thanksgiving. How did he know that Zhan's mother knew how to drink and drive?

"Stop talking." James was upset, "I don't want to hear this!"

Rich Paul asked: "Did Frye call after what happened?"

"He called me right away," James said, "and expressed his regret to me."

Paul asked, "What then? Didn't he do something?"

"He didn't know what to do," James said. "He wanted to know what he could do."

Paul laughed mockingly: "In other words, he can offer nothing but verbal comfort?"

It's hard to hear, but it's true.

Yu Fei cannot serve as a prohibition ambassador and at the same time publicly say to the families of drunk drivers: "I stand with you."

"You know, he's an ambassador for temperance, and there's no way he could publicly support my mom," James said. "I understand what he's doing."

For the people in the James camp headed by Paul, their core is James, and they must do everything they can to maintain this man's reputation, image and status.

As James' external tentacles and tentacles, they feel the arrogance and arrogance of the Flying Camp in every aspect.

In the eyes of people around Yu Fei, comparing James with Yu Fei is an insult.

Paul can be sure that Reebok and his newly established "BBF" company behind Yu Fei must have secretly exerted a lot of effort to make this matter such a big deal.

Otherwise, this matter would not have become a national incident.

Moreover, he could see that although LeBron said he understood and didn't mind, there was definitely some grudge in his heart.

Frye Yu kept saying that LeBron was his little brother, but he didn't stand up to support LeBron like a big brother in this matter.

Concerned about the image of a temperance ambassador and cherishing your own reputation? These are all legitimate reasons, but are you someone who cares about your image and reputation?

Do you care about your image and reputation when you threaten the management for a thug like Latrell Sprewell who chokes fans?

You have repeatedly refused to be called up by the U.S. team for your own selfish interests. How have you ever had the slightest sense of social responsibility?

This is the truth about some things, but no one is perfect and nothing is perfect. As long as you are willing to look for angles, there will always be loopholes and flaws.

traveling

Not only is the Bucks' home arena aging, but even their private plane has deteriorated significantly. The flight to Texas was bumpy and bumpy, giving people the feeling of a plane crashing.

Many people vomited.

Yu Fei was uncharacteristically sitting opposite Kwame Brown, with Ariza and Sprewell beside him.

The plane was so bumpy that Brown suspected he would die at the age of 23. "Damn it! Damn it! I shouldn't have come to Milwaukee!" Brown Ghost yelled, "Why did we take such a crappy plane!!"

"Shut up and deal the cards!" Yu Fei gave him a look, "I'm here to play fucking cards!"

Finally, the plane arrived at the airport safely.

Outside the airport, a group of reporters who got the news came here early.

"Fry, what do you think of Gloria James' drunk driving incident?"

"Where do you stand on this matter?"

"As an ambassador for temperance, shouldn't you be firmly opposed to this behavior? Why haven't you said anything about it?"

Yu Fei smiled and said: "You know, I am the prohibition ambassador of DC. You can ask the prohibition ambassador of Cleveland this question."

That night, Yu Fei scored 30 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against the Rockets. If you ignore the decimal points, this is Yu Fei's current average per game.

His comprehensive performance allowed him to overwhelm Tracy McGrady, who was beginning to suffer from congenital spinal problems.

McGrady did not perform well and Yao Ming was absent due to injury. The Bucks defeated the Rockets and won ten consecutive games, which brought their record to the first place in the league.

Yu Fei, who averaged a triple-double per game and led his team to the league's first record, is naturally ranked first in the latest MVP simulation prediction.

Even so, the media are still more concerned about Yu Fei's attitude towards Zhan's mother's drunk driving.

Yu Fei did not make a direct comment, but used some ambiguous words to ignore the problem itself.

When a reporter who was familiar with Yu Fei wanted to get close to him and asked him his true attitude towards this matter.

There was no joy or sadness on Yu Fei's face, he just said in a plain tone: "Jerry, I said I don't want to talk about this matter."

The reporter's heart tightened upon hearing this. Yu Fei's treatment of the media was very similar to Jordan's.

He is usually pleasant-looking, but when it comes to questions he doesn't like, he usually only gives three questions.

If the reporter still wants an answer after three questions, he will never get an interview opportunity from Yu Fei/Jordan again.

Although Yu Fei had not shown any obvious displeasure, the reporter did not want to risk his friendship with Yu Fei, so he stopped asking.

Backstage, the people around Yu Fei were annoyed to death.

"Why should you be responsible for the trouble Gloria caused?" Lawson complained, "This makes no sense!"

Kevin Lin on the side said: "I heard that people in the LeBron camp are very dissatisfied with Frye."

"Dissatisfied?" Lawson was so angry that his mouth was twisted, "Why are you dissatisfied?"

Kevin Lin laughed: "They think Frye doesn't support LeBron enough on this matter."

Lawson laughed angrily and looked at Yu Fei, "Da Fei, what do you say?"

"I'm not a person who values ​​reputation." Yu Fei said, "But my mother was responsible for this. I can't embarrass her. Do you understand?"

Lawson thought to himself, there is still something like reputation.

Especially people like Yu Fei who have been promoted by Reebok as a global brand must pay more attention to their reputation.

"LeBron doesn't think about that," Lawson said. "They just care about whether you can stand with him on this matter."

Yu Fei was silent about this.

Lin Kaiwen suddenly remembered an incident before he officially joined Yu Fei's team.

When Yu Fei refused to join Larry Brown's Dream Team, he was greatly criticized. He was still in college at that time. Although he didn't know what happened, he clearly remembered that James Yu Fei was criticized by the outside world for this. At that time, he took the initiative to express his willingness to join the dream team in Athens in the summer.

Did James stand with Yu Fei at that time?

No, not only did he not come out to support Yu Fei, he also publicly announced in the interview that he would join the national team, thus showing that his sense of national honor is stronger than Yu Fei's.

Now, he actually wants Yu Fei to openly support him regardless of his image as an alcohol-free spokesperson because of his mother's drunk driving incident?

"Fu Lai," Kevin Lin said, "a true friend won't let you stand out in this situation."

Yu Fei thinks this is not a big deal, but people around him and Reebok's top management think this is a rare opportunity.

A small thing was hyped up little by little, and until now, it has gained momentum.

Yu Fei couldn't tell whether these sources were true or false. He only knew this. Neither he nor James wanted this to affect their relationship.

This is the reason why they are restrained in speaking to the outside world.

However, some things are out of control.

(End of this chapter)