When pride still matters

Chapter 335 Chinese people also buy shoes

On Media Day, Yu Fei accepted one interview after another and answered many questions related to Seattle.

However, reporters found that although Yu Fei was very keen to answer questions from Seattle, his answer to the most important question of "whether he will return to his hometown" was very vague.

He did not convey to the outside world the belief that "I must go back there to save my hometown team."

This reassures the Bucks management to a certain extent.

However, if they really want to reassure them, Yu Fei should sign a new contract with them.

Even another 2+1 short-term contract would be better than the current situation.

Mark Stein, who had a close relationship with Yu Fei, wanted to get exclusive information. He asked Yu Fei privately: "Fry, will you go back? No matter what your answer is, I will not write it in the article."

Yu Fei believes in Stein, but he doesn't want to make a decision now.

Because the season has not yet started, his primary goal now is to lead the Bucks to win their fourth championship in five seasons.

As long as he wins this championship, no matter what decision he makes, he can have a clear conscience.

Karl said confidently: "100% sure."

In the season opener against the Pistons, as soon as he received the ring, Yu Fei started killing mode and scored a near-triple-double of 21+7+7 in the first half. However, in the second half, the fussy Aldridge made him furious.

In just one game, Yu Fei knew that averaging a triple-double per game was no longer sustainable.

A reporter from New York asked George Karl that day.

The most important thing is that young players such as Kevin Martin and Danny Granger have made significant progress.

The Bucks in the new season are only better than last season.

At the end of the media day, all Bucks members wore new jerseys for the new season, a black and green city version jersey that is different from the traditional Bucks green. The biggest feature of this jersey is the four stars on the chest, which represent the Bucks. Four championships in team history.

Instead, Yu Fei needs to adjust his playing style according to the changes in the strength of his teammates.

"How confident are you that you can defend the championship?"

He obviously hasn't decided to leave yet, so why has he started thinking "I'll do whatever I can for you before I leave"?

Yu Fei said to Stein.

Although Ariza and Pachulia were the Bucks' main rotation last season, they did not affect their combat effectiveness, because Pachulia was replaced by Aldridge, and some of the vacancies left by Ariza would be filled by Sprey. Will fill in. Even if the old madman is unable to fill this gap, someone else will take over the job in the Bucks, which is already overflowing with talent.

I, Da Fei, am not a religious man!

No, this data needs to be refreshed!

"Give me some more time."

In the past, he only cared about his own happiness, but now he actually cares about the growth of young people?

Yu Fei can continue to possess the ball in order to maintain the myth of averaging a triple-double per game, but in this case, young teammates who are in the rapid rise period will be functionalized.

Last season, the only one who could help him digest players was Martin. Now, Aldridge needs the ball to grow, Granger also needs the ball to hone his offense, and Martin's demand for the ball is also strong.

The outside world cannot understand Karl's confidence in the team, but anyone who understands the current situation in the NBA knows that there were no major transactions that affected the league's structure during the offseason.

The Bucks traded Pachulia and Ariza for the No. 2 pick.

After the first game of the preseason, the Bucks defeated the Hornets 133-108.

After a few preseason games, Yu Fei felt like he had changed.

"What are you hesitating about?"

"If you get the ball, hit it. If you can't hit it, pass it. Why are you so dazed?"

"Can you fight? Rookie? Can you still fight?"

Aldridge's debut performance was dismal. Strictly speaking, this cannot be blamed on him. Who asked his opponent to be Rasheed Wallace?

But Yu Fei's requirements for him were ridiculously high.

Aldridge struggled in his debut, grabbing only 3 rebounds, 2 turnovers and 3 fouls.

Yu Fei, who was gobbling up statistics in the first half, seemed to have lost his appetite in the second half and only scored 32 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists.

The slump is only a problem for Aldridge alone, and the rest of the Bucks are not sluggish. Martin scored 25 points, and Granger also scored 20 points as the sixth man.

The Pistons have no advantage in any point other than letting the Roaring Gods bully the rookies.

"Detroit is too weak without Ben," Yu Fei said. "I miss Ben. He can at least bring a little suspense to this game."

Yu Fei's words seemed to be a slap in the face to his opponent, but he was actually just helping Aldridge regain his position.

Because Rasheed Wallace beat him up during the game and taunted him: "Are you worthy of being the No. 2 pick?"

It's just that fans who don't know the inside story are destined to blame Yu Fei for this.

But Detroit is one of the cities in the United States with the worst perception of flying. There are more and less anti-fans here, but it doesn't matter to him.

Returning to the locker room and seeing Aldridge being beaten a little autistic, Yu Fei said: "Relax, this is just the first game of your career, everyone comes here like this."

Aldridge asked: "Didn't you score in your first game?"

"Absolutely." Yu Fei thought for a while, "The first game I played was in New York, and I didn't perform well. In the end, I got lucky and accidentally scored a buzzer beater. Hmm."

Hearing this, Sprewell, one of the victims at the time, said: "Oh, I should have strangled him to death at that time, so that he would save many people."

Many things are really afraid of comparison, look at others, and then look at yourself.

Aldridge is becoming more and more autistic.

"Okay, I didn't ask you to compete with me." Yu Fei continued to explain, "You know Yao from Houston, right?" Who doesn't know? Aldridge nodded.

"He was just as bad as you when he made his debut." Yu Fei said, "What happened? In his rookie season, he rode on the head of Miami's big fat pig and became an All-Star starter, so his performance at the beginning was almost nothing."

Aldridge was even more disappointed: "I don't have 1.3 billion people voting for me."

"Then what the hell are you pretending to be a depressed person here?" Yu Fei threatened, "If you continue to beat me up like this."

Kwame Brown responded: "Just trade him to the Clippers!"

"No," Yu Fei said, "If you can't adapt to the intensity of the NBA, just go to the Development League and stay for a while."

After saying that, Yu Fei glared at Brown, "They are always going to trade people to the Clippers. Who do you think the Clippers are? A garbage shelter? Can you be a little patient with the rookies? Don't be like the bald guy in Charlotte." Asshole-like bastard!”

Brown wondered if he wasn't the one who kept putting pressure on Aldridge on the court, right?

After entering November, the Bucks struggled for a while.

Because Yu Fei wanted to give some ball rights to his teammates, and then he found that the Bucks were already in his shape.

Young people do need the ball to grow, but this requires him to feed the ball.

Just giving them the ball to play freely can only be tolerated by Martin and Granger. Lu Wei has also shown a certain potential to resist the ball, and the performance of others is not satisfactory.

This leads to a classic situation. When Yu Fei is on the court, the Bucks are undoubtedly the strongest team in the league.

Once he came off the court to take a break, the team started to shoot at random. Not to mention weak, but in every aspect it didn't look like a championship contending team.

The onset of macronuclear dependence was significant.

The only way to cure such a stubborn disease is to let the big core leave completely, and then they can start over and establish their own system.

This gave Yu Fei some other ideas about his playing style.

One-star four-shot and 5-out are themselves a style of play that uses shooting to widen the width of the court, thereby simplifying offensive tactics and offensive options, making the game simpler.

This style of play is extremely demanding on the core, and for shooters, all they need to do is run and shoot.

This has been the Bucks' signature game for the past few years.

They are used to playing like this, which is why it is difficult for them to make changes in the Yu Fei era.

Even if Yu Fei wanted to change, the reality did not allow him to do so. He had to "reluctantly" return to his true colors and continue to be his core player and ball tyrant, sucking the blood of his teammates.

However, this blood was not in vain. Yu Fei scored comprehensive statistics, but his personal offensive weight dropped significantly.

Last season, he averaged 36 points per game. Last season, he averaged 33 points per game. So far this season, he has averaged only 27 points per game.

In contrast, Kevin Martin increased from 18 points per game to 22 points per game, and sixth man Danny Granger increased from 9 points per game to 15 points per game.

As stars rise, role players' data declines.

The scoring data of Bell, Sprewell and others have declined slightly, but this is not an unacceptable situation.

At the end of November, the Bucks won 13 consecutive games and have not lost a game so far this season. Yu Fei returned to averaging a triple-double per game and led the league in assists with an astonishing 13 assists per game.

In the last game of November, the Suns gave the Bucks their first defeat of the season.

The two sides started an offensive battle, and the Suns were even better, narrowly defeating the Bucks 131 to 127, ending the defending champion's winning streak.

于飞打出赛季至今手感最差的一场比赛，全场21中8，凭借罚球拿到25分10篮板14助攻。

To Yu Fei's surprise, there were many human rights fighters at the Suns' home court, surrounding many political issues that he was not interested in. This even affected the press conference that night.

"Fry, will you join 'Darfur Dreams'?"

"what is that?"

"A non-profit organization designed to pressure Laos and China on human rights issues."

"You know, I go to China every year. The people there are very nice and nice to talk to. You actually want me to put pressure on them?"

"No, I mean, Lao Zhong Xiang Sultan."

"Okay, I'm not interested in this."

"Fry, genocide is happening in Darfur"

Yu Fei smiled and said: "You know, Chinese people also buy shoes."

"Don't you have any conscience at all?!!!"

"I really don't have this thing."

The human rights reporter's blood pressure rose rapidly, but there was nothing he could do. Yu Fei is the most controversial sports star in the United States. He does not seem to care about his reputation or the universal values ​​based on the American spirit. He only cares about himself.

It’s just that the same thing will bother Kobe and James and all famous NBA players. Unless they think they have no conscience like Yu Fei, or the media in their area is underdeveloped, otherwise, this is what they have to face.

The next day many human rights reporters began to question Yu Fei's character, which was ridiculous.

Do you still need to question Da Fei’s character? Those who hate him no longer regard him as a human being. Are you questioning his character? You don’t think this person has any character, do you?

Having a bad reputation has its benefits. After feeding human rights reporters shit in person, no one asked Yu Fei for his opinion on the Darfur issue.

PS: Those of you who have read old books should all know this history. I won’t make a fuss about this passage in this book, it’s just a subplot within a subplot at best. Mentioning this, I have to mention it just because I am writing about this time period, just like it is impossible to turn a blind eye to Mo Gou’s Twitter even in 2020. Because they were all major events at the time.

(End of this chapter)