When pride still matters

Chapter 58 The No. [-] pick is already like this. I don’t even dare to think about how angry the No. [-] pick is.

Richard Hamilton is easier to work with than expected.

During the short conversation, Yu Fei discovered the innocent side of Hamilton's character, that is, he easily trusts others.

And, he will look at the world with a superficial perspective.

For example, he is from Philadelphia, but he claims that there are no unique products in Philadelphia and that the so-called proliferation of unique products is a smear campaign by despicable outsiders.

His reasoning was that none of his friends had it, so Philadelphia must not have it.

Yu Fei almost suspected that this person was pretending to be stupid with him, but if he thought about it carefully, was this necessary?

In any case, Hamilton gained Yu Fei's favor.

At yesterday's media conference, although Yu Fei had met with other members of the Wizards, there was basically no communication and they only exchanged names.

Today can be regarded as the first day of the training camp. After Yu Fei completed the morning training, he took a short break after lunch and arrived at the Wilmington campus gym on time in the afternoon.

Almost all the Wizards players whose names are on the books came to the scene, except for Jordan and Kwame Brown.

Everyone knows that Jordan will miss the first few days of training camp due to tenosynovitis.

Where is Brown?
When Yu Fei was wondering, team coach Doug Collins answered everyone's doubts: "Kwame will not participate in training today due to back spasms."

Without Jordan and Brown, the only person on this team who can make Yu Fei feel a little warm is Tyronn Lue, who just transferred from the Lakers to the Wizards this summer.

There is no way, the image of Coach Lu is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the emoticon package "You really know how to play.JPG" is also popular in domestic sports forums.If Lue’s guidance during the Cavaliers period was just a pendant for James, then when he took over the Clippers and led the team to the Western Conference Finals when Kawhi Leonard was reimbursed for the season, setting a record in team history, he The NBA has earned its place.

Due to the absence of team leader Jordan and key training Brown, Collins did not let the players compete as usual.

Today's training focuses on tactical movement.

"I hope that the old players can help the new players. Even if today is our first collective training, I hope that what is presented to me is a team with one heart and one mind."

Probably because he has just returned from being a commentator to being a coach, Collins still gives people the feeling of explaining the game when he is giving lectures.

During the training, Yu Fei more or less exchanged words with others.

Almost everyone leaves a different impression.

Chris Whitney PG, a six-year veteran of the team, is warm-hearted and plays a leadership and role model role.

Another veteran, Hubert Davis SG, was demanding and did not allow anyone to hold him back.

Tyronn Lue is running into walls like a headless fly.

As the Wizards' only signing after the draft, his performance made Colin frown.

Then there is one of the ugliest people Yu Fei has ever seen in his life - Popeye Jones PF.

In terms of ugliness alone, he has surpassed Yu Fei's buddy Anthony Lawson.

Lawson actually doesn't have much trouble with his facial features except for his larger nostrils, but Jones is not like that. He has a pair of big eyes that are not angry or intimidating. When he stares at people, those eyes seem to pop out of their sockets, and even It's terrible.

Fortunately, this man was ugly but had a good temperament. Yu Fei overlapped with him. After being knocked down by him, he opened his eyes wide and stretched out his hand as if he was angry, "I'm sorry, my fault."

"It's okay, I forgive you." In fact, Yu Feiren was still dizzy, and he didn't know who ran wrong.

The veteran who left the worst impression on Yu Fei was Christian Leitner. This man was fair-skinned and looked like a gentleman, but he was a villain who liked to bully others.

He used the word "pig" when Tyronn Lue's movement conflicted with it.

The soft-spoken Lu Gu could only swallow his bad breath.

Yu Fei also became cautious in his movements. He didn't want to be bitten by a dog.However, dogs are dogs not only because they like to be mean, but also because they like to take the initiative.

At the end of the first day of training, Yu Fei returned to the locker room to change clothes. Leitner took off his clothes in front of his face and threw them to the ground. "Rookie, help me send these clothes to be washed."

Yu Fei has seen a lot of bullying in Korean dramas. Although no one has ever bullied him in reality, but now, if someone wants to do this, how can he give in?
"What if I refuse?" Yu Fei asked.

"You better do this for me," Laettner said confidently. "It's a rookie's responsibility."

"I refuse." Yu Fei said, "I can help Rip and Chris, but I won't help you. I don't want to be associated with a sick person like you."

Leitner's face was extremely gloomy at that moment, "It seems that no one has ever taught you rookie etiquette."

"If you think you are qualified to teach me, don't blame me for rejecting you again." Yu Fei was already ready to fight Leitner. As long as the other party dared to act rashly, he would cut off the bird's reproductive function.

It's already too much for a small bird to be invisible, but you still like to take off your clothes and let others see you?

Yu Fei sarcastically said: "How can a despicable villain like you, who likes to trample on his opponents, teach me etiquette? Don't forget, you were already a thief when you were not even a rookie. The Dream Team is not the best team in history. The only reason is because there is someone like you on the team."

The furious Leitner was furious, "I'm going to give you a fucking lesson!"

The two did not fight, after all, there were still many good people at the scene.

Chris Whitney pulled Laettner, and Hamilton, as the second in charge, spoke: "Christian, why are you fighting with a kid?"

As he spoke, he winked at Director Lu and asked him to take Yu Fei out of the locker room.

As a player who has the body of Iverson but does not have the talent and skills of Iverson and also has the efficiency of Iverson, in addition to being very experienced in guarding Iverson, Coach Lu is inferior to NBA players in many aspects. index.

The reason why he has been able to stay in the NBA for nearly ten years is not only because he is diligent and studious, but also a good person and has high emotional intelligence.

After Hamilton winked, Director Lu immediately took Yu Fei away.

"Fry, you are too impulsive today."

Director Lu is a veteran. He was bullied by various old hooligans as early as when he was with the Lakers. He is very open-minded about this kind of thing. In his opinion, a trash man like Laettner with a bad reputation just asked Yu Fei to help him. Taking the clothes to wash was already for Jordan's sake.

Who would have thought this kid had such a personality?Even if he refuses, he still mocks Leitner in front of him. Do you still want to have fun together in the future?

"I've been putting up with him for two hours," Yu Fei said, "I was just making excuses."

Director Lu was dumbfounded. Why is this kid still a thorn?

It's an unspoken rule of the NBA for veterans to tease rookies. As long as you don't go too far, it's like when Anthony Davis was a rookie, he was stripped naked and filmed in the locker room by a bunch of old hooligans.

This is not the most outrageous thing. The most outrageous thing is an anecdote that Director Lu heard with the Lakers. That story happened in the Showtime era.During a certain away trip, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar opened the luggage of a rookie player and found a pair of women's underwear inside, which belonged to the rookie player's fiancée. So he put the underwear on his head and shouted: " Your wife is on top of me! Your wife is on top of me⑴!"

Can you imagine that picture?
"Christian is a player that the team relies on, and you are also a rookie that the team will vigorously train. It stands to reason that you should have a good relationship." Director Lu made a final effort.

Yu Fei sneered disdainfully: "That idiot has changed five teams in the past seven years. How long do you think he can stay in DC?"

Director Lu stopped wasting his words. To put it bluntly, Yu Fei had the capital to turn against Leitner.He was a lottery pick, and Laettner was, as he said, just the consolation prize the team got in the Juwan Howard trade.If he can adapt to the Wizards of the Jordan era, maybe he can play in DC for a few years. If not, maybe he will be sent away before the season is finished.

Looking at it this way, Yu Fei is confident.

Director Lu had to take a look at Feigao.

Is this a high school rookie?The No. [-] pick is already like this. I can’t even imagine how bad tempered the No. [-] pick can be.

⑴The source is "Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s" written by Jeff Pearlman. PS: Why are the author and the book posted in English? Because this book has not been translated in China. If you are interested If so, just copy my search and you will find it.

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