When pride still matters

Chapter 369 Prophecy
How arrogant Artest was when facing Durant, but how restrained he was when facing Yu Fei.

Against Durant, he can defend himself at all costs, because Durant can't do anything to him, and the referee is on his side.

But for Fei, if he defends like Durant, Yu Fei can quickly break through him with his footsteps.

As for those actions that angered Durant.
You can use it, but Artest has seen with your own eyes how Yu Fei treats his enemies.

He felt that it was enough for the Cavaliers to have LeBron to shoulder all the blame, and there was no need for him to provoke Yu Fei.

As a result, Artest provided preseason-level defensive intensity to Fei.

Yu Fei almost suspected that this person had some conspiracy.

But he soon felt the same joy as Roy. His opponent had obvious flaws and there were no traps attached. He naturally had to seize the opportunity and score decisively.

By the time James returned to the game, the Sonics' lead had reached 17 points.

Seeing James, Yu Fei was in high spirits and was about to continue to end the relationship with him.

Moreover, he did not want James to bear the reputation of a deserter.

Faced with a person who has humiliated you over and over again, you don't let go and start a showdown with him, but instead engage in tactics. If this isn't cowardice, what is it?

Yu Fei, on the other hand, was under pressure from the referee and could only turn his attention to the game.

But James still needs to find excuses to avoid fighting.

Yu Fei was a little regretful that he could win steadily, but couldn't compete with James happily.

The referee who took appropriate measures successfully restrained Yu Fei's desire to attack. In the end, the Cavaliers' targeted confrontation made Yu Fei decide to call it quits.

However, the days to come are still long anyway, so he can count them slowly.

But the referee's penalty scale suddenly disrupted Yu Fei's plan.

Any normal man wouldn't be able to bear hearing this.

When Yu Fei made an inappropriate move against James, the referee directly blew the whistle.

In this way, the name of avoiding war is considered.

It turned out that their lead was big enough. Unless the Cavaliers used all their outside firepower, a defeat was inevitable.

If Yu Fei wants to talk trash, the referee will give a warning first and then give him a T.

They saw with their own eyes the fight between Yu Zhan and heard with their own ears Yu Fei's claim to end James' career.

Although it makes sense tactically, it definitely doesn't make sense from a human perspective.

But James just held back.

He knew that there was still a gap between him and Yu Fei. If they really matched up to the end, they would never be able to take advantage.

Especially the wealthy people sitting in the front row.

Mike Brown doesn't want James to continue to be pestered by Yu Fei.

Many people at the scene were disappointed with James.

How to do it? First of all, it is clear that Artest and Yu Fei should face each other. Secondly, no matter how Yu Fei calls the pick-and-roll, the Cavaliers' purpose is to squeeze the screen and not switch defenses.

This is a man who has the courage of an ordinary man but not the wrath of an ordinary man.

He is too sensible.

It is this statesman-like sanity that makes people believe that he will definitely decide his future from a rational perspective.

Among these people is Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert.

Before tonight, like other James supporters, he believed that his absence in Game 4 of last season's Eastern Conference Finals was just accidental. As long as he was given the chance, James would fight to the end.

Now, they see the answer with their own eyes.

Unless he is sure of winning, James will avoid all head-to-head confrontations.

Doing this will deal a heavy blow to James' already declining popularity, and will also give Yu Fei's camp an opportunity to take advantage of him.

This is why Gilbert is disappointed and angry with James. Why is LeBron so cautious? Is this the mentality of a person who achieves great things?

Look at Frye!

The way he wanted to tell the whole world about his victory made Gilbert furious.

Until then, he can comfort himself by saying that LeBron just needs time.

But now, he doesn't have such confidence. Because even LeBron himself doesn't think he can succeed in Cleveland, otherwise why would he force the team to sign a 2+1 contract with him?
Even if Gilbert tries his best, the Cavaliers can't turn waste into treasure. They lack exciting chips. Therefore, it is impossible to build a lineup that satisfies James in the short term.

Gilbert once comforted himself that LeBron, unlike Frye, signed a short-term contract just to give the management a sense of urgency.

But this self-consolation never really succeeds.

Because there are more and more signs that James will leave in the summer of 2009.

Tonight the signs were the most obvious.

Gilbert saw that James was different from basketball players in that he thought too much.

Sadly, the more he thought about it, the more he realized Cleveland was no place for kings.

Staying here would only slow down his pursuit of Fry.

Frye can give up three consecutive championships for his hometown team, but will LeBron give up his hometown team for the championship?
Emotionally, of course Gilbert is willing to believe that James has an innocent love for his hometown, but intellectually?

The reason James made Gilbert lose confidence was that he was too rational.

It is absolutely impossible for him to make the emotional decision to leave the Bucks and transfer to the SuperSonics like Yu Fei did.

Two people who are committed to putting themselves on the label of "more than just a basketball player" in business, in the end only one person does not look like a pure basketball player.

Gilbert sat silently in the presidential suite watching the game time run out.

109 is better than 94
The SuperSonics defeated the Cavaliers and won three consecutive games in five consecutive games. As one of the teams with the loosest schedule at the beginning of the season, they are currently ranked first in the Western Conference and completely unlike a team that was at the bottom last season.

That's the magic of Frye Yu.

He can really change an entire team by himself.

ABC interviewed Frye live - of course, of course they wanted to interview the man of the game who beat LeBron again.

Gilbert wanted to know how many consecutive victories Yu Fei had against James.

"Fry, this is your 25th consecutive victory against LeBron." The words of the ABC frontline reporter almost broke Gilbert's defense. "what do you think?"

Yu Fei responded with a joke: "Are there that many? Well, if it's true, that's cool."

Gilbert had thrown everything in the room.

How stupid do these LeBron James guys have to be to think that LeBron has more development potential than Frye? Twenty-five consecutive losses! You can say that losing one or two games is due to the team's gap, but losing 25 consecutive games cannot be explained by the team's gap.

"You and LeBron had a heated confrontation on the court. How much personal emotion was there?"

"Is it intense?" What Yu Fei was most dissatisfied with tonight was that after the conflict, the referee chose to cool down the situation, and the Cavaliers' coaching staff also decisively shifted their matchups. "It's far worse than it was in Las Vegas."

Gilbert still doesn't know how much damage Frye did to LeBron in Las Vegas.

Although he had heard many rumors, those rumors had become increasingly outrageous and had no credibility.

"When you first arrived in Cleveland, you publicly predicted that LeBron would leave when his contract expired. Was this a joke or did you mean it?"

Gilbert can only watch the live interview in two ways in the presidential suite, one is the live big screen, and the other is the TV in the suite.

At this moment, Gilbert suddenly turned up the TV volume to the maximum.

He wondered why Frye had come to this conclusion.

He was once LeBron's big brother, and now he is LeBron's enemy. He may be the person who knows LeBron best in the league.

"Many people don't understand my decision to leave Milwaukee, because there is a team there that is perfect for me. If I stay, we have a great chance to compete for three consecutive championships." Yu Feina made one of his own. Simple and easy to understand metaphor. "As many reasons as I have to stay in Milwaukee, LeBron has as many reasons to leave Cleveland. This is not a prophecy, this is a fact."

"FUCK YOU!!!!!"

Gilbert was so angry that he threw the remote control at the TV: "Even people like you understand the weight of hometown, how can LeBron not understand? Even people like you."

Gilbert's voice became weaker and weaker, and Yu Fei just said what everyone knew.

What makes Gilbert panic is that LeBron has a choice and they don't.

They must make keeping LeBron their number one priority, even if it means taking the entire future within their reach.

What Gilbert fears is that even if he spends all his money and gives up all the future of the team, he will not be able to turn the Cavaliers into a powerful championship team.

In this case, if LeBron still chooses to leave, the Cavaliers will be in doom.

Gilbert was distraught, but he didn't know what to do next, and neither did his management.

(End of this chapter)