When pride still matters

Chapter 474 I can’t tell the difference either

The Sonics have never clearly stated who should take the number of shots.

Last season, Yu Fei averaged 19 points on less than 28 shots per game, creating an unprecedentedly efficient performance.

The reason for this is that the third-year Roy has further matured. Not only can he share the ball, but he also needs the ball to complete his transformation. At the same time, the second-year Durant also used the Dongfeng Yu Fei to give up the number of shots per game and averaged 20 point season.

For Durant, the number of shots he got as a sophomore was satisfactory.

But human desires are a deep pit that cannot be filled.

No matter how much you put into it, the desire will only get bigger and bigger, and it will never be satisfied.

Durant does not expect to get more ball rights than Yu Fei, but he believes that he has proven that he is the team's second player in the training camp.

Since he is the second player, he should rank second in the number of shots.

This seems like a logical thing to do, but there are many difficulties in accomplishing it.

This makes it difficult for him to sacrifice his personal shots to help his teammates, because he himself is a person who needs offense to find the feeling of the game.

Reporters were always casual and disrespectful in front of Durant.

The problem is, he thinks he's far better than he was last season.

George Karl believes this is the perfect allocation at this stage.

After the interview, the players were about to get on the team bus.

One of the reasons is that as a combo guard, the biggest difference between Roy and a traditional point guard is that he must remain aggressive.

But nothing like this has ever happened to Yu Fei.

The Sonics' shot distribution looks even and reasonable.

If a combo guard only has organizational and scheduling abilities but no aggression, he is a pure point guard.

Yu Fei was interviewed by the Seattle Times outside the airport.

In the subsequent third game, Sonics second-year guard Anthony Morrow showed his improvement.

Tonight, he scored less than 20 points.

But if it cannot be reflected in the data, everything is in vain.

Durant silently carried a small backpack like a schoolbag. His people-friendly image has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people after several years of shaping.

Everyone who is called a combo guard is often a player who is far more offensive than organizational, and is accustomed to using personal offense to open up situations and thus unblock the team's offense.

于飞用20次出手砍下35分，罗伊再取两双，杜兰特14投7中，拿到18分，波什9投中拿到14分6篮板。

In the third game against the Suns, Morrow made 6 of 4 shots from the outside and scored 15 points. He is the SuperSonics' powerful firepower from the outside.

Kwame Brown looked like he was watching a show.

"The first day I came here, Fry told me to be ready to sacrifice." Bosh's words were as beautiful as Celine Dion's singing in "Titanic", "As long as we go On track, it’s all worth it.”

He was obviously angry, but he still said what Kevin Durant would say in this situation.

Roy is such a player, so he needs the right to take action.

Outside the airport, a large group of people held a protest.

Starting from the opening game, checking post-game data has become Durant's habit.

This happens to be the most vulnerable part of him.

Therefore, the media is often an unscrupulous taker in front of him.

Durant was silent.

The Sonics are back at home.

As a second-round pick, Morrow was not highly regarded in the draft. Although he was a good shooter, he had a lot of off-court issues in college.

After dormant in his rookie season, Morrow began to emerge in his second season, with decisive shooting and tough defense, completely overpowering veteran Michael Finley and firmly occupying a major rotation position.

"With only three games played so far this season, it's too early to draw conclusions about me." The American son said with a smile, "But thank them for motivating me."

Presti chose him just because his style suited the Sonics. Using the second round to bet on the prodigal son's return was not a major risk.

About the current situation of the SuperSonics, about the future of the team, and "Yu Fei's views on the Empire."

Bosh, who has made a painful transition from his role as the team's first man during the Raptors era, currently averages only 14 points and 7 rebounds per game. Compared with the Raptors era, Bosh has no demeanor as the number one power forward in the Eastern Conference.

"Kevin, what do you think about some basketball experts who think you're not improving much in your third season?"

They want everything from Durant, and once Durant expresses dissatisfaction, his image is no longer reliable.

"This is a big question. What is the empire you are referring to? Is it Reebok's products, or is it the brand endorsed by Brandon and others? Or is it the concept that you have been discussing for some time?" Yu Fei said. He said angrily, "Do you really think I should have an opinion on this matter?"

"It's MCCAIT (Let Citizens Focus on More Important Things)," Roy said. "It's coming for us."

The Seattle Times reporter asked cautiously.

His averages are only 16 points and 5 rebounds per game, which is obviously not as good as last season's average of 22 points and 6 rebounds per game.

"What did the mayor do again?"

According to the plan, regardless of the success of the Sonics this season, the team will submit a financing plan for the new arena to the city government by the end of May or June next year.

At that time, the city will vote to decide whether to pass it.

With the Sonics' current reputation in Seattle, it was foreseeable that the financing package would be approved.

For organizations like MCCAIT, this is what they are trying to avoid.

They chanted slogans in groups and held banners that read: We do not pay taxes to make the rich richer!
To people in the sports world, they are like beings from another world.

Suddenly, they broke the dimensional wall between serious social issues and sports narratives.

Protest leaders wanted to get close to Sonics players and ask them why they couldn't pay out of their own pockets.

This situation is not something Kevin Durant, who considers himself a good guy, can handle.

The people at Nike never taught him how to maintain his image when things like this happen.

But the people at Nike did teach him how to deal with situations he didn't know how to handle.

Durant said almost formulaically: "I need to know more."

"The situation is very simple!" the other party pressed. "You made 2.6 million US dollars last year, but now you are asking taxpayers to spend 2.5 million US dollars to build you a new arena. KD, please answer me in the name of God. There is a trace of this matter." Is it reasonable?”

That money didn’t fucking go into my pocket!

Durant almost wanted to roar.

But, God, that's not what Kevin Durant would say.

"If this matter is unreasonable, you should go to the city government building and set up this array, instead of embarrassing this young man here who doesn't understand the situation."

Yu Fei suddenly came over and started arguing with the other party eloquently.

The speed of their words and the intensity of their exchanges were reminiscent of public debates during the presidential election.

“Let me tell you again! Even if the city government passes the financing plan, the financing funds come from the citizens of Seattle! This means that the city government must hold a public vote to raise financing funds before implementing the financing plan. Only with the support of citizens will the funds In place. You have no control over this matter. The final decision lies in the hands of the citizens!" Yu Fei said sarcastically, "Instead of harassing us here, you should consider how to damage our image in the minds of the citizens. Even if you can't. Don't embarrass KD. He's the fans' favorite player, and publicly embarrassing him won't do your program any good."

"However, with your level of intelligence, it may not be easy to understand this matter."

Sonics left.

This is just one of many confrontations between Yu Fei and MCCAIT.

But this was the first time Yu Fei's teammates saw him debate with a pro-democracy organization like MCCAIT.

People on the bus couldn't help but wonder, if it were me, could I win the debate?
Many people realized for the first time that Yu Fei was not only a talisman on the court, but also a patron saint off the court.

Such a person who bears a burden beyond what ordinary people can handle in all aspects will not be truly happy even if he enjoys the reputation of "Master of the Empire", right?
Is the rescued Durant grateful to Yu Fei?
A little, but not much.

Because besides being grateful, what he felt most deeply was Yu Fei's free will.

He can say whatever he wants and do whatever he wants without being bound by moral shackles. After all, he is a self-proclaimed immoral person.

The media's attacks on his character, questioning of his character, and dissatisfaction with his conduct as a person had stopped a few years ago.

Because they found that no matter how they denied Yu Fei, they could not stop this man's success.

If only he had stayed in Milwaukee.

There's nothing much to say about that kind of small place. Even if he were to become the God of Milwaukee, no one would say no.

But when you come to Seattle, there is a gap of ten times the geographical advantage that can be reflected in commercial value, and a hundred times of influence that cannot be reflected in the media.

If you can't deny him, you can only achieve him. As a result, Yu Fei's character flaws and problems with people and things were suppressed by the public opinion of "Don't be picky about the winner."

From then on, Yu Fei was free from shackles.

Durant enjoys playing the good guy, but the biggest disadvantage of being a good guy is that he cannot give sharp responses to doubters like Yu Fei.

Because that response is usually offensive.

As a good person, you should rather be offended and suffer alone than embarrass others.

Is this how people live?

The Sonics' first loss of the season came in the fourth regular season game.

And, it was an upset.

The opponent is the rebuilding Memphis Grizzlies.

The core player of the Grizzlies is Joakim Noah, a crazy player that people can easily associate with Garnett.

Tonight, Yu Fei has no touch on the outside, so he needs to attack the basket frequently.

But Roy has less touch than Yu Fei, can't make shots, can't make breakthroughs, and has offensive problems, which makes his organization very unsmooth.

However, Durant maintained a normal touch.

But Roy has already formed an inertia.

If he can't do anything in the game, give the ball to Yu Fei.

Unfortunately, Yu Fei frequently fell into a one-on-one position on the weak side tonight, so he rarely passed the ball.

Bosh is also misfiring. You can't expect a person who has given up on the responsibility of the general to suddenly step up when the general is dysfunctional.

But it was Kwame Brown who really had an important impact on the situation.

Tonight is another 0-point night for Brown.

This is mainly because he only played 11 minutes and was sent off before the bakers had time to feed him cakes.

Brown had a serious conflict with Grizzlies Iranian center Hamad Haddadi.

That was at the beginning of the second quarter. The two first competed with each other. As a traditional center of sufficient size, Haddadi had an obvious physical advantage over Brown.

After several hand-to-hand fights, Brown couldn't take advantage, so he shouted: "Iraqis, tell me how to say 'only brute force' in Arabic."

Brown said this to provoke, but accidentally insulted his opponent.

Calling an Iranian an Iraqi is like calling a Chinese a Japanese. Due to historical reasons, if the person concerned feels that you said it deliberately, it will be highly insulting. Of course Haddadi thought he was doing it on purpose and punched Brown.

The man who claims to be the league's No. 1 big man has been in poor form at the beginning of the season, and he has received a lot of criticism.

Some people say that Brown's life with Yu Fei is too stress-free, which will exacerbate his hedonic mentality.

Because history has proven that this is a person with a weak will.

Brown was too lazy to deal with this group of people. He did take a few months off in the summer, but considering that he and Da Fei had reached the finals for four consecutive years, and even had to play for the US team in two years, the rare vacation was a waste. What's wrong?
Haddadi's critical attack was an unexpected incident and the scene was quickly brought under control.

Brown broke the defense.

He never likes to pay attention to these little minions, because even if he pretends to be 13 to them, there is no sense of accomplishment, it is too low.

Unexpectedly, today, he was beaten by a little guy he didn't like.

"I'm calling you!" Brown shouted angrily. "Let's handle this fucking thing off the court!"

Haddadi didn't care so much about him, and he poured out sweet Persian words.

This was the epitome of the Sonics tonight, there were so many things going on outside of the situation.

Brown and Haddadi were ejected, and DeAndre Jordan, who came in as a substitute, had never played at such a weird pace and didn't perform well.

The Sonics were unable to exert their strength throughout the game. Yu Fei relied on singles to score 35 points, but in the end, the Sonics lost to the Grizzlies by 6 points.

Afterwards, Karl admitted that he should have put Yu Fei back in the No. 1 position when Roy lost control, so as to reactivate the offense.

However, maintaining trust in the core players and not easily changing the established grand strategy is acceptable in a regular season.

Roy made 20 of 7 shots tonight, and he took the responsibility for the loss in front of the media.

"KD was very efficient tonight. How did you consider the tactical design? Why didn't you give him more support?"

The question was sharp, but Roy's answer was very modest: "I'm sorry, I should have done better. No, I must have done better. I really should have passed the ball to KD more. This was my dereliction of duty."

Later, a reporter asked Yu Fei why he didn't take over Roy's job during the game.

Yu Fei replied: "Brandon has proven his ability in the past two years, and being offline for one night will not change this."

"What if you took over Brandon's job?"

"I won't do that." Yu Fei laughed, "Unless he says to me, 'Please, Fry, I'm a piece of shit tonight, please work two jobs and clean up my mess. '!"

Roy said helplessly: "I swear, I almost said that to him."

The low pressure in the media access room disappeared.

This is an ordinary defeat in 82 regular season games.

But George Karl saw something truly special about Roy.

He is not only the glue of the team, but also the only person in this team that Yu Fei believes in from the bottom of his heart.

Milwaukee's Yu Fei has a "me and all" style of play.

It's almost impossible for him to share the ball with anyone else.

From this point of view, it was a good thing for Granger and the others that he chose to leave.

But Karl never imagined that Yu Fei would take the initiative to transform in the Supersonics.

At first, Karl thought this was Yu Fei looking for a breakthrough.

Last season, Karl also felt that Yu Fei took fewer shots because he wanted to cultivate Durant.

Now, he realized how wrong he was.

What is Durant? He doesn't deserve Da Fei's sacrifice.

If there is only one reason why Da Fei chooses to transform and reduce the number of shots, it is to coexist with Roy on the court.

It's hard to imagine that someone as high-minded as Yu Fei is willing to make so many concessions for his teammates.

And this just proves how special Roy is in his heart.

This may be the biggest good news for the Sonics.

This shows that there are still people on the court who can get into Yu Fei's heart.

Roy can uncover the master of the empire and communicate with the real Yu Fei.

After thinking about this clearly, Roy's position in Carl's heart became even more unbreakable.

"How many games do you think Kwame will be suspended for?"

Roy suddenly asked on the way back to the locker room.

"You might as well ask how many Iranian-Americans are going to come out and protest," Carr said.

Yu Fei just wanted to know: "Why can't he tell the difference between Iran and Iraq?"

"If it weren't for weapons of mass destruction, I'm sure he wouldn't even know about Iraq."

The outcome of the league's handling of the fight was quickly announced.

Haddadi was the one who threw the punches and was suspended for three games and fined $30000.

Although Brown retaliated passively, his words hurt 150 million Iranian Americans. They demanded severe punishment for Brown.

Therefore, Brown was suspended for two games for fighting back, then suspended for two games for making inappropriate remarks on the court, and finally was suspended for an additional one game for making inappropriate remarks on Twitter that harmed the interests of the league.

In the end, Brown received three consecutive fines, including a five-game suspension and a fine of up to $5.

However, Brown did not delete the tweet that led to his additional punishment.

Because that tweet has become a trending topic.

“It’s not my fucking fault that I can’t tell the difference between Iran and Iraq! #我狠this世界, # InsiderGOAT, #天chosen’s number one helper”

The replies under this tweet were all: "I can't tell the difference either."

(End of this chapter)