When pride still matters

Chapter 358 Yesterday Reappears
Josh Childress has absolute confidence in his talent.

Although he didn't think he was Yu Fei's opponent, he did feel a strong desire to compete when he heard that he would win as long as he completed a successful defense.

However, having desires is one thing, achieving goals is another.

After that, Yu Fei was like a singles textbook, using pull-ups, sudden stops after dribbling, dribbling jump shots, breakthrough layups, dunks to the basket, floaters and even post-ups.

Childress' talent is unquestionable.

However, like many talented men, he can solve problems with talent but not with skills.

If things go on like this, he will lose his skills.

After 11 shots, Yu's missiles were all missed. Childress's afro looked like it was smoking, and his confident face was filled with doubts about the bleakness of life.

"Josh, don't mind," Durant said, "Frye beat LeBron the same way."

After being exaggerated by the media, the game in which Yu Fei defeated James in Las Vegas was called the "Regicide Battle."

"Uh." Durant didn't know for a moment whether Childress was asking whether Yu Fei crossed James in the game or caused similar humiliation to James.

Now the rumor has iterated that Yu Fei dunked James to the ground several times and then stepped over him, causing him to leave in shame and anger.

"This is not enough." Yu Fei said, "If we want to win the championship, you have to get better."

Everyone says their goal is to win the championship, but few take it seriously.

"Da Fei, did I hear you correctly?" Percy asked.

Just kidding, if Da Fei gave up the opportunity to complete three consecutive championships in Milwaukee just to save his hometown team, then this name would be too noble.

Childress wanted to refute, but when he thought about himself, he was a useless dog that was beaten to pieces 11 to 0. What qualifications did he have to speak harshly?
"My best thing is help defense," Childress said.

"You all know why I'm here," Yu Fei said. "In the long run, to activate fans' enthusiasm, awaken the market, and make Seattle hot, we must be a championship team."

Durant thought of Bosh's famous quote and said, "I think it's pretty much the same."

Win the championship?

Childress heard Durant talking about James and couldn't help but ask: "Did Frye really step over LeBron?"

If he can win the championship with the SuperSonics, he will be able to achieve the only three consecutive championships in history by changing teams.

But Yu Chui and Zhan Hei said: You are too conservative.

The SuperSonics were the last team in the Western Conference last season, but are they going to win the championship this season?

Childress came to Yu Fei and said, "I lost."

Moreover, since James directly withdrew from the national team, some outrageous rumors emerged one after another. The media believed that their descriptions were exaggerated enough. No one would believe it unless they saw it with their own eyes.

What's more, the Sonics were the last-place team last season.

Regarding Fei's goal, George Karl and Kwame Brown who came with him were not surprised.

"You have a big problem with your single defense." Yu Fei said, "With your talent, your defense shouldn't be so bad."

But if Yu Fei said this, everyone would believe that he was sincere.

Yu Fei's voice attracted everyone's attention like a bell.

On the other hand, all the old Sonics doubted whether they really had a chance to win the championship.

Rashard Lewis was retained because Yu Fei chose to stay, but for him to say he will win the championship in the new season, this is really a surreal thing for him who led the team to win the No. 1 pick last season.

But for Brandon Roy, Yu Fei’s desire to win may not be out of reach.

If the Sonics weren't bent on ruining the situation, they wouldn't have arranged for him to undergo preventive surgery last season.

It is precisely because he announced his retirement for the season after playing only a few games that the SuperSonics' record dropped all the way to the bottom.

Now, he has recovered, Yu Fei has come, and Lewis has stayed. The Sonics actually have three star players. If you really want to talk about it, they are also the Big Three, no worse than the Celtics.

"Indeed, we have to prove that we are no worse than the Seahawks and Mariners." Roy said naively, "As long as we win the championship, we will get a brand new arena, and then the Sonics will stay!"

The Sonics were on track from the first day of training camp.

Jack McCallum noticed Yu Fei's concern for young players, and the way he led the team seemed completely different from the legendary violent and self-absorbed maniac.

Yu Fei will not step on his teammates' faces to make them realize that he is the leader of the team. He will not even educate an arrogant idiot like Childress if necessary.

But McCallum still noticed some differences.

Yu Fei's way of treating Durant is obviously different from others. Yu Fei adopted an aggressive style to deal with Durant.

Whenever Karl organizes players to train in groups, Yu Fei is always opposite Durant.

If Durant's shooting performance is not as good as his own, he will talk trash.

"Isn't shooting your strong point? What's wrong with you?"

"Kevin, maybe you should change your shoes. If you wear Nikes too much, you'll be like LeBron, who can't learn to shoot."

And so on, the intensity Yu Fei exerted on Durant far exceeded that of others. This was simply a severe assessment.

Durant sometimes feels at a loss, sometimes feels a little flustered, but most of the time, he can adjust his mentality.

Kwame Brown revealed to McCallum: "I don't know what Da Fei's purpose is, but he does remind me of my time at DC recently. Fortunately, the person who plays me is KD."

Every day, Yu Fei would fight with Durant.

Durant never won.

He can occasionally score a few goals and occasionally let the score remain deadlocked, but as long as Yu Fei exerts his strength, the suspense will disappear.

"You really can't even bench press the lowest weight, right?" Yu Fei asked, "If this is true, I think in addition to improving your shooting, you also need to increase your strength. Otherwise, I can't imagine it. How do you survive in front of a guy like Ron Artest?"

Durant said simply: "I'm taller than him and I can shoot."

"What a fool!" Yu Fei said rudely, "He would have knocked you down long before you took action!"

Now Yu Fei is starting to look a bit like the person in the legend.

If others observe carefully, they can see a flash of dissatisfaction and anger on Durant's face. That emotion disappeared in an instant. Then, Durant walked to sit under the basket, his gentle eyes focused on Yu Fei. On the body.

But Yu Fei didn't look at him, and just repeatedly practiced hook shots near the basket.

Every move Yu Fei makes is like copying and pasting.

The muscle memory was ingrained in his mind.

Jack Sikma, who returned to the inside coaching position, said: "Your turning hook is impeccable in my opinion."

"What about this one?" Yu Fei switched to his left hand and then hooked.

Hikma said truthfully: "The proficiency level is far behind and needs to be improved."

Durant didn't understand why Yu Fei wanted to practice low-post offense. It didn't mean that he couldn't practice it, but shouldn't a perimeter player like him perform perimeter-style low-post offense like Jordan and Kobe?
McCallum, who seemed to be everywhere, walked over, and Durant knew that he was the writer who had been with Yu Fei all day long.

"Did Fry make you angry?"

McCallum is direct.

"Will my answer be included in your book?" Durant asked.

McCallum smiled: "Maybe. Do you think your answer is not suitable for inclusion in my book?"

"I admit I'm angry." Durant glanced at McCallum with his non-aggressive eyes - almost the exact opposite of Yu Fei's eyes. "But I sat down and thought about it, why am I so angry? Because Frye is very passionate, and I hate failure. It's good to hate failure. This is not a personal grudge. Frye wants me to improve, and I hate that I can't stop. But I know I need time so I have to channel my emotions in the right way."

If Yu Fei's career so far has been an impeccable history of super giant growth, then recording Durant's rookie season also has special significance for McCallum.

Durant is just like Kobe back then. He was lucky enough to play alongside the best in the league in his first year.

If O'Neal is not a good role model, then Yu Fei is definitely the best role model Durant can have.

You know, the most important reason why Durant was able to counterattack and become the No. 1 pick is that his template was determined by scouts to be Yu Fei.

A supernova who uses Yu Fei as his development model comes to play next to Yu Fei. Is there any more dreamy start to his career than this?
Yu Fei's spurring on Durant continues.

Durant's life seems extremely difficult, because Yu Fei will not forgive him just because he is a rookie. He is as strict as those perverted parents who are imprisoned for abusing their children.

When media day arrived, some reporters who heard about Durant's experience couldn't help but come to Yu Fei and ask him why he was so harsh on Durant.

Unexpectedly, Yu Fei's answer was not the cliché "I want him to get better", but closer to a mysterious philosophy: "I want to take off Kevin's veil and let everyone see what he is really like. .”

"Did you do it?"

"not yet."

"Why don't you think the Kevin you see is the real Kevin."

"Because he is a good person." Yu Fei smiled lightly, "But in my eyes, except for my mother, there is no pure good person in this world."

(End of this chapter)