When pride still matters

Chapter 400 The Way to Death
When the Hornets walked into Key Arena, it looked like the Lakers were coming.

They are another Yellow Jackets team in the West.

Yu Fei had no feelings for them, just like the outside world didn't have much impression of the Hornets.

The Hornets' dark horse story was taken away by the Sonics, and the MVP topic about Paul was also monopolized by Yu Fei.

Yu Fei just wants to say hello to the opponent and advance to the next round as soon as possible.

However, when he routinely exchanged greetings with Paul at midfield, he could clearly feel the hostility on the other side.

"Hope you have a good night."

Yu Fei said so.

After all, the other party is a teammate of Team USA, so it is normal to give them a smile.

"Of course we will be happy," Paul said, "but not you."

It's been a while since anyone dared to speak to Fei like this. He was stunned for a moment, and then said, "OK, we can wait and see."

Tyson Chandler is the only starter in the Hornets without a shooting range, but his basket protection, rebound protection, fighting and pie-eating abilities are all top-notch.

Returning to the backcourt, Roy asked: "Do you have so many enemies?"

When Brown saw Chandler on the opening jump ball, he felt like he was back seven years ago, that summer when he had unlimited expectations for the future. He beat Chandler to death in front of Michael Jordan during the DC tryout.

"roll!"

Roy maliciously speculated: "Is it possible that it's your problem?"

The ball was thrown into the sky by the referee, and Brown took off with perfect timing to slap the ball to Roy.

The Hornets are a very modern team.

Obviously, Chandler is very adaptable to the existing system. He is like Kwame Brown to Paul.

But no one expected that Chandler would grow into the top blue-collar player in the West with Paul.

George Karl privately (and behind Kwame Brown's back) called the man "Kwame with good hands."

Lack of range is not a problem, what matters is whether it can adapt to the system.

The Bulls, where Chandler originally worked, traded their core player, Elton Brand, in order to train him (select him). In the end, he failed to perform. When his rookie contract expired, the Bulls had no intention of retaining him. They determined that this was a failed product.

"I heard that he is Bronny's godfather." Yu Fei guessed, "Given his relationship with LeBron, it is reasonable for him to dislike me."

Where does this Jordan disciple come from, talking trash before the game starts?

They have Paul as the core and are surrounded by shooters like Peja and Maurice Peterson. David West is an underrated power forward who is good at shooting. In this era when small ball is opened in advance, I have developed a 35% three-point shot.

He still doesn't know the answer to this day.

But looking at Chandler's situation, Brown was finally relieved.

To this day, he still thinks, if it was Chandler who defeated him that day, if he was not selected by DC, if he went to a team that is more suitable for the growth of rookies, would his career be different?
DC is the Colosseum, and only beasts can survive. Brown is not a beast.

Look, everyone depends on Big Daddy for survival, but there is always someone whose Big Daddy is stronger.

Brown firmly believes that as long as he does everything he should do, Yu Fei will lead them to victory.

Roy caught the ball without pausing and quickly threw it towards Yu Fei.

Yu Fei caught the ball, accelerated past Peja, and rushed to the frontcourt like a fast car to dunk.

2 is better than 0
"This is the MVP!" KeyArena home announcer Bob Black shouted, "Give cheers to our MVP!"

The sound was so loud that MVP truly satisfied the vanity of winning the grand prize.

But when Yu Fei ran past Paul, he found that the other party was staring at him with an ugly expression.

Just by looking at each other, Yu Fei seemed to know where Paul's dislike for him came from.

Is it because of MVP?
But isn’t that right? Wasn't he voted third?

It would be understandable if he was voted second, but why should he be upset if he was voted third?

Yu Fei continued the game with doubts, and Paul quickly responded in the frontcourt.

He used Chandler's pick-and-roll to completely get rid of Roy's defense, dribbled to the right, and hit a wide-open jumper.

2 is better than 2
"Chris is the real MVP!"

Chandler shouted at Yu Fei.

"Interesting." Yu Fei threw the ball to Brown and asked him to serve. "Do you think they are crazy?"

Brown volunteered: "Da Fei, that idiot doesn't need you to take action!"

Brown's look of being convinced of Chandler really gave Yu Fei the feeling of dreaming back to seven years ago.

When Brown defeated Chandler in the trial, Yu Fei was also present.

Thinking about it now, that was the beginning of a bad fate.

"If you can't score, you won't have the right to play singles tonight." Yu Fei said. "rest assured!"

Is there bloodline suppression on the court? Yu Fei doesn't know.

But think about Lowry and DeRozan's Raptors, no matter how strong they look, they will be manipulated by James, and think about Lillard's Blazers, no matter how brave they are against other Western Conference teams, they always behave like this in front of the Warriors. Like a servant.

Maybe some mutual symbiosis exists.

Brown's confidence in Chandler came from seven years ago. Seven years later, the development of the two of them can be said to be the same. One was known as Little Webb and the other was called Little Garnett. As a result, they are now blue-collar workers with no spirituality.

Brown's isolation ability has long since disappeared.

But now, when he takes the ball and hits Chandler with his back, the little Weber's spirituality that had been wiped out by Jordan actually revived a little.

Brown dribbles the ball, plays with his back, and then attacks with the ball facing the basket. At this point, he can still hold the ball, and Yu Fei is deeply pleased.

Chandler's defense was not stable. Under Brown's strong attack, he failed to stabilize and was ridden on him to score.

Yu Fei can't remember the last time Brown played so strongly.

Maybe he came here a few times last year when he was abusing food at the US Championships?
"No matter what you call him, Da Fei is the MVP!" Brown scored and sprayed, "No one can take it away!"

Those who haven't already are flying to find Paul. This man who has been ignored in the MVP competition can't help but find the real owner.

Paul called Peja to pick and roll, hooked up to switch defense, and then dribbled the ball. His speed and change of direction were excellent, but this round, Yu Fei stuck to him.

No matter how Paul changes, Yu Fei can keep his body in front of him.

Paul had no way to look back. In the end, he faced Yu Fei's body and forced a pick without seeing the basket at all.

"Shh!"

This is the reason why, as the core point guard with a height of only 183 centimeters, the teams have nothing to do.

His shooting, breakthrough, and finishing at the basket under strong confrontation are all at the top level.

The core point guard with an all-round offensive threat is also a master organizer. This is why he can single-handedly lead the Hornets to rise.

After this shot, Yu Fei couldn't bear it anymore.

"He plays like I owe him an MVP." Yu Fei said to the people around him.

Roy asked: "Can you still afford it?"

"Hmph, give me the ball!"

Yu Fei was too lazy to explain.

Yu Fei dribbled to the frontcourt and called a pick-and-roll like Paul to force a switch.

But Paul's fight against Yu Fei was a small one against a big one, but the Hornets didn't want to give Yu Fei a chance to fight against a small one.

Hornets coach Byron Scott's arrangement for calling pick-and-roll calls is determined not to switch defenses.

Yu Fei made a strong sudden move and caused Peja to foul.

After serving again, Yu Fei did not catch the ball immediately.

He sank into the three-point line, waiting for an opportunity to wander. Suddenly, he came to Roy's side to pick and roll.

Paul's tall stature made it impossible for Paul to get rid of the wall he turned into flesh. Roy dribbled through, disrupted the defense inside, and then threw the ball to Yu Fei.

Now, Paul had nowhere to escape.

Yu Fei pushed hard with his body, almost knocking Paul to the ground. He immediately dribbled forward and broke through. Paul, who was trying to block one or two and waiting for help, was instantly knocked away.

He only felt severe pain in his body. This breakthrough was no less impressive than that of his godson and his father.

Yu Fei rushed to the basket again, and Chandler struggled to defend, but he didn't expect the force of the attack.

Yu Fei regarded it as nothing, jumped up in the paint, rode Chandler's body and hit a dunk that would scare anyone.

"BOOM!!!!!"

With a loud noise, the basketball rushed to the ground like a missile, and then bounced to a position higher than the top of the basket frame.

"!!#￥#@%￥"

The referee made up the whistle, Chandler was ridden, but still violated the opponent's cylinder, which was a defensive foul, and Yu Fei received an additional penalty.

But Yu Fei ignored the biggest obstacle to this attack and turned to look at Paul who was rubbing his belly: "Do you know the way to prove to people that you are the real MVP? Stand upright like a man. In front of me instead of hiding from me on defense, what, did LeBron’s rickets get passed on to you?”

"There's nothing about LeBron here!"

"It's better not!" Yu Fei sneered, "If you choose to go against me because of LeBron, then we can have fun!"

Even Paul doesn't want to get involved in the feud between Yu Fei and James.

However, when he chooses to antagonize Yu Fei in order to prove that he is more worthy of MVP, is there any difference in how he chooses?
The aloof king does not want to share his crown with anyone. As long as you have any intention in your heart about this matter, you have a way to die.

(End of this chapter)