When pride still matters

Chapter 297 Eternal Hatred

Houston

Yu Fei remembered that every time he came here before, he could see oversized posters of Yao Huang's image, but now, those publicity has become less.

Is this because they don't love Yao Huang? Not really. They may love Yao Huang more than before, but they no longer regard him as the "next big thing."

This reminded Yu Fei of an inappropriate comparison, that is, the future Zion Williamson, who was offered an endorsement deal of US$9000 million by Nike before he even entered the league. Although he did not play many games in his rookie season, he already had an All-Star level. strength, but what about the next few years? He has been struggling with his weight and has made limited progress. When he was exposed while playing a mother-child role-playing game with a young actress in the dark world while he was recovering from injury, he lost his NBA status at a speed visible to the naked eye. everything else.

Pelicans fans may still expect him to return to the court. After all, he is a good player, but he often doesn't play, but do they still expect him to be as great as James? We all know that the only thing in the rest of his life that may be more explosive than James is the small videotape of mother-son role-playing with a young actress that is leaked to the world. That is the only place where he may surpass James.

Of course, Yao Huang is not as notorious as Fat Tiger in the post-role-playing era. No, strictly speaking, he has become proficient in English and has begun to exude personality charm and become more likable.

But he didn't become the O'Neal-style super center that people expected before the draft.

So, he is just a NICE celebrity now, but he doesn't need to be hyped up anymore.

This year's All-Star Weekend has a different aspect than previous years.

Houston is hosting a carnival the day before the All-Star event officially begins.

Players participating in the All-Star Weekend are theoretically required to appear collectively.

This leaves the stars with already tight schedules one less day off.

Since the carnival before the game was the first of its kind, no one dared to neglect it. Yu Fei arrived at the hotel on time, and then headed to the carnival with Martin, Lu Wei, and Granger.

There are not only All-Stars from the East and West, but also league legends.

Bill Walton, who is both a commentator and writer, and a contracted reporter for ESPN, Jerry West, the logo man, and Scottie Pippen, the Bulls' ambassador, have his magic wherever there are lights. Johnson. As well as Michael Jordan, the small owner of the Charlotte Bobcats, Mr. Qiao, who has been having a hard time in recent years, wants to take advantage of the All-Star Weekend in Houston to promote the upcoming AJ21.

"Fry, I really belong to you." Wharton joked about the recent "Bloodstained Crown" incident that became a big hit as soon as they met. "Many people said that it was Gary's fabrication, but I completely believe that that's what you would say."

Yu Fei said helplessly: "It sounds like I am a bad person."

"No," Wharton said nonchalantly, "You're just like Michael."

Seeing Yu Fei's glare, Wharton walked away with a smile.

Later, Yu Fei took the initiative to say hello to West.

"Jerry, your suggestion last time was very useful." Yu Fei said, "I'm very grateful."

Very grateful? Is it enough to make the jump from Milwaukee to Memphis?

West was sarcastic in his heart, but there was no expression on his face: "This is your own effort, there is no need to thank anyone."

Yu Fei was used to this bad old man being cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and he didn't care about his attitude.

Later, Yu Fei went to chat with future Da Qiao Heipipeng.

Although Pippen said hello to Jordan, he made no secret of the fact that he and Yu Fei had a very happy conversation. When others asked him, "Won't you make Michael angry by doing this?"

Pippen replied with a cold face: "I can talk to whoever I want to talk to."

Even if it was Yu Fei, he couldn't help feeling that Pi Er had a low emotional intelligence. After all, he and Jordan had a close relationship after working together for more than ten years.

Now that Jordanians are at the scene, Pier is laughing and chatting with Jordan's biggest enemy in front of people. How does this make Jordan view him? Can people in this world still see Jordan standing on the sidelines as Pippen's Hall of Fame recommender and listening to Pippen's "Thank God, Thank Dad, Thank Mom, Thank Dan Zi" speech?

Fortunately, Pippen's wife Larsa is a good observer. It was her mediation with Jordan that made the Flying Emperor look better.

"I know Scotty, he is the kind of person who does whatever he wants." Jordan said, "Even if you don't tell me this, I don't care, LaSalle, you are too serious, and I will not forget what Scott has given me. My help."

Larsa smiled: "I will never forget those days. I remember when you beat the Jazz at the United Center (1997/Game 1), Marcus was still asleep in my arms."

"Well, it was a really good time," Jordan said wistfully.

"Young man, I like what you are doing, keep working hard, I am optimistic about you." Pippen and Yu Fei chatted happily, and in the end they even spoke like a high-quality celebrity who likes to support younger generations.

It's hard to say whether what Pippen was referring to as what Yu Fei was doing was "averaging a triple-double per game" or whether it was pervasively disgusting Jordan like a woman's monthly routine.

Then, Yu Fei went to chat with the Eastern All-Stars.

He and Jordan were fine, much to the relief of many.

However, Yu Fei did not expect that the alliance would have a blockbuster arrangement.

As usual, the media will be allowed to visit all public activities of the alliance.

Today, the league asked West, Dr. J, Magic, Jordan, Kobe, Yu Fei, and James to form an interview team to attend the press conference.

All-Star has always been a place that values ​​heritage.

A few years ago, Jordan passed the torch to young people at the All-Star Game, but the league obviously felt that such a inheritance ceremony was not formal enough, did not carry forward the past, did not set up the future, and was not even concrete. With so many people in the All-Star Game, everyone Are all qualified to pass on Jordan’s torch? Of course not. Therefore, since the torch was inherited from West's generation, it is natural to pass it on to specific people.

"Do you really think the torch is in my hand?" West laughed at himself, "I was not the biggest winner of that era."

Dr. J took over the topic smoothly: "With all due respect, torches and inheritance were not popular before the 80s. This tradition may have started with Irvin (the magician), so he has the most say."

The magician begins to occupy the stage like a star with his own light.

"You all know that since Michael completed that spinning layup in front of me, I have no fire left in me." Magic exaggeratedly complimented Jordan next to him, "He took away all the fire. So regarding this issue, you’d better ask him.”

Yu Fei frowned when he heard this. It was unimaginable that the magician was captured by Jordan once and then became a Tie Qiao. From this point of view, Xiao Zhan still has the character.

So what if he was captured twice by Duncan? So what if he was captured alone by Curry once? So what if he was captured twice by Kudu's team? Everyone has captured each other, and no one can blame anyone. As for Nowitzki, who was lucky enough to enter the finals twice and happened to encounter a mental problem with James, so he was lucky enough to capture someone and never come to the finals again? Your retribution is not to get the NBA's historical deputy, the 21st century's top dog, to come to your Hall of Fame speech to congratulate you.

When you come out to hang out, you must have some backbone!

Seeing the magician's dog-like face, Yu Fei felt that Xiao Zhan looked more pleasing to the eye. Jordan made a reserved gesture and took the phone with a smile on his face.

Then, a reporter stood up and asked flatteringly: "Michael, as the greatest player of all time, if you had to choose, to whom would you pass your torch?"

Jordan smiled: "You know, this is a multiple-choice question."

"What if I can only choose one?"

Jordan looked at the three young men around him subtly. He couldn't choose Yu Fei, nor would he choose Kobe - at least not the first one, because if he chose Kobe, he would have to face the question "Why not choose the one who looks better?" "Promising Yu Fei" question, so there is only one answer left.

"I said, I am not the GOAT, and I have no intention of getting this title, but if I were to choose a person to pass on the torch, I would choose LeBron." Jordan said charmingly, "Because he is the youngest, and youth means infinite possible."

James looked flattered.

Yu Fei started to roll his eyes, why on earth am I sitting here?

Yu Fei was just thinking about who would have a heart attack at the scene, so that he would have an excuse to leave.

Then, he saw Quint DeMeo wearing dog tags at the scene, who was winking at him.

Then, a female reporter wearing glasses stood up. Her name was Lynn Sweet, who came from the Washington Post and usually reported hard-core news that had nothing to do with basketball games. Tonight, she found herself in the unusual position of being in the NBA All-Star Carnival media room, asking the most powerful players some sensitive questions that they probably wouldn't answer.

Before Lynn stood up, her peers knew why she was here. Soon, everyone realized that she had questions to ask Jordan, and that she might never appear here again, so everyone took the initiative to give up the opportunity. Gave it to her.

Lynn expressed her gratitude to her colleagues. She just wanted to complete a task. As an experienced reporter, she felt rare embarrassment, as if she was an outlier, but she knew that as long as she held the tape recorder and asked questions, she would be That's it. This is the life of a journalist.

Jordan was smiling, excited that he could embarrass Yu Fei on such a grand occasion. Together with his golden tie, earrings and brown jacket, he looked brilliant, which gave him a familiar feeling, like Back in the 90s, when he was still attracting world attention.

This makes him believe that as long as he does not leave basketball, as long as he is still sitting here talking about basketball, nothing will change.

This illusion lasted for less than two minutes. Lynn Sweet stepped forward, stretched out the recorder, and asked in a robotic voice: "The lawsuit between you and your ex-wife seems to be unresolved. Do you think you have reconciled?" is it possible?"

Everyone was stunned.

A magnitude 10 earthquake occurred in Yu Fei's pupils.

Here comes the heart attack, which unfolds in a better way than Yu Fei imagined.

Jordan looked directly into Lynn's eyes like a beast and then said, "This is none of your business."

These words hung in the air, making the atmosphere freeze into ice.

The naughty reporters immediately asked a dozen basketball questions to resolve the awkwardness, but Lynn interrupted them loudly: "Michael, why do you think your marriage failed?"

"What did you say?!!"

Jordan's brown eyes were bloodshot, the corners of his mouth were trembling slightly, and his expression was terrifying.

Yu Fei is familiar with Jordan's face.

When he was in DC, he often asked Jordan to make this look.

This shows that he is furious.

"This is none of your business!" Jordan shouted.

The league's public relations staff rushed to the fire: "Okay, ma'am, it's someone else's turn to ask questions."

"Hey, what's good? Madam, I like your question. Do you have anything else to ask?" Yu Fei sneered and stopped the league's public relations staff, "Michael and I were teammates for a year, maybe You can ask me some questions about him, and although I didn’t get his torch, I still know something about him.”

Jordan already had a murderous look on his face.

Lynn asked, "Are you familiar with his marriage?"

"I'm not familiar with it, and it's his private matter." Yu Fei said with a smile, "It's just that I happened to be his teammate when he got divorced."

Lynn continued: "From your perspective, how do you view Michael's marriage?"

"This is his private matter. I won't say too much, but I can provide an additional perspective." Yu Fei just calmly said what happened, "I was the rookie he handpicked, and he felt that I Great character, but after a year, he traded me to Milwaukee because we just didn't get along. I won two championships in Milwaukee and there were probably more to come, so I thought divorcing Michael, probably The best decision his ex-wife ever made.”

Yu Fei ignored Jordan who was about to go berserk when he was stopped, and said calmly: "I have proved one thing. People who leave Michael Jordan will become better than before."

Then, Yu Fei turned around and looked at the hysterical Jordan: "Thank you for not giving me the torch, so that I wouldn't have to find an excuse to throw it in your face."

The feud between Yu Fei and Jordan has become a legend with the latter's retirement.

Too many people only know the facts but don’t understand the details.

There are no details today.

Just a simple display.

A demonstration of how much Jordan hates Yu Fei, and how much Yu Fei hates Jordan.

After saying that, Yu Fei turned around and left, ruining the press conference in a simple and crude way.

Except for Jordan, every player on the scene had their own ideas.

Magic could no longer laugh, Dr. J's face was heavy, West was a little surprised, Kobe was thoughtful, and only James was completely shocked.

Is this how Frye and MJ get along?

Is this the legendary grudge?

He received the torch from MJ. Does this also mean that the hatred will be transferred to him?

No, no, that doesn't make sense, and besides, Frye doesn't want this damn torch at all.

James showed calmness in the panic and said to reporters who were either leaving or not leaving: "I can answer some questions."

(End of this chapter)