Chapter 514 Before this era is named

Chapter 514 Before this era is named

"I suddenly feel that you are a good fit for Marvel."

At the end of training that day, Yu Fei and Roy had dinner together.

Roy is cutting a steak. He has a little-known quirk that he likes to cut a large piece of beef into triangles, squares, and rectangles. Moreover, the last piece of beef he cut must be square, otherwise he would not eat it.

Roy was concentrating on cutting the steak. When he heard what Yu Fei said, he couldn't help but ask: "You know I'm not interested in superhero movies. I always think that the popularity of superhero movies is a regression of the audience's aesthetics, but I still want to ask Why did you say that?”

"Because someone like you who starts acting stupid in public without saying hello is very suitable to appear in a Marvel movie." Yu Fei complained, "Every one of our Marvel movies is composed of characters like you as the protagonist. ”

"Indeed." Roy ignored Yu Fei's sarcasm and began to complain about the plot of "Iron Man", "Do you know why I hate Marvel? You said arms dealers like Tony Stark sell weapons all over the world? How could you start wanting to become a superhero and defend the world just because you did something good?”

Yu Fei mocked: "Just like you pretending to come back at the training ground without saying hello to me and forcing me to speak out what's on my mind?"

"To be honest," Roy said seriously, he said as righteously as the protagonist of the movie, "I think my motivation for doing this is much nobler than Tony Stark's reason for becoming a superhero. If you didn't cooperate with me, I am ready to participate in 5-on-5 training with injuries.”

"Then do you still imagine that you are lame and perform well in training, and then officially come back in tomorrow night's game, leading the team to defeat the Lakers just like Willis Reed decades ago?"

Yu Fei asked jokingly.

Roy was happy when he heard it. What a beautiful dream is this?

"A little bit." Roy suppressed a smile and said, "But I didn't think much about it."

"Idiot!" Yu Fei painstakingly cut a heart-shaped piece of beef and pointed it at Roy, "If you like to dream, just dream something that can't happen in reality!"

Roy rolled his eyes at this.

"As expected of the master of the empire, he always speaks so condescendingly." Roy asked, "Seriously, besides me, do you have any friends in the team?"

Yu Fei just wanted to say it.

Roy added: "Besides Kwame and Jermaine, is there anyone else?"

"Chris." Yu Fei said, "I am the reason why he chose Seattle."

"There are also DJ and Zuo. I helped them sign some endorsement deals in China." Yu Fei calmly recounted the relationships that were bound by interests rather than friendship. "They are very grateful to me. We may not be the kind of friends you say, but They are more reliable than friends.”

Counting Roy, Yu Fei has at least six trustworthy people in the Sonics.

Such relationships are not a problem at all.

But in Roy's eyes, Yu Fei's identity is different.

"What are you going to do with people who are neither your friends nor grateful to you?" Roy asked the real question.

It is true that those who are close to Yu Fei can accept themselves as vassals of the empire, and they will not express dissatisfaction even if the glory lies with Fei. But there are other people who both recognize the concept of empire and feel that they are part of it.

For example, someone like Kevin Durant.

He couldn't be grateful to Fei, and he wouldn't think it was a rare blessing to be riding the coattails of a championship like the SuperSonics at the beginning of his career. They considered themselves an important part of the championship.

This is a conceptual conflict caused by alienation in looking at the problem.

Those who are committed to elevating Yu Fei to the gods insist on this concept because Yu Fei has brought success to his team.

Putting aside the Wizards who traded Yu Fei after his rookie season, Yu Fei's achievements in Milwaukee and Seattle make people believe that he can win the championship wherever he goes.

As for teammates, the media will not say that they are unimportant, but they are all replaceable.

This is basically the standard for measuring a pantheon-level superstar.

Although the helpers provided a lot of help, without Yu Fei, everything would be impossible. If Yu Fei is replaced with a group of teammates of similar strength, the championship will still be within reach.

For Durant, who is desperately seeking recognition, such a concept is like a broken crystal ball, smashing the reality he knows.

This will lead to a situation where Yu Fei's occasional poor performances will be ignored by the media, because no one can maintain good condition forever.

And games where Yu Fei's teammates perform poorly will be severely scrutinized.

Like last night, Yu Fei seemed to have tried his best, but lost due to poor performance of his teammates. Then Yu Fei's massive fans, media and reporters who support Yu Fei will form a storm of public opinion towards those cheaters. teammate.

A classic scene was born: Da Fei tried his best, teammate CBA.

That's why Roy is doing this show today.

He didn't expect to solve the problem all at once, but keeping the words in his heart was definitely not the solution.

Instead of watching them suffer from mental breakdown, it would be better to force Yu Fei to speak his mind, so that he would be happy first.

Only when Yu Fei was happy could there be hope for the game. As for the Durants who were injured because of this, that was not within Roy's consideration at the time.

That's why there is this problem.

What are you going to do about people who don't appreciate you?

In Roy's view, Yu Fei didn't seem to have thought deeply about this issue.

"I don't plan to do anything." Yu Fei casually picked up a piece of cut beef with a knife and fork, "I don't care."

This is true.

Over the past few years, the outside world has been changing, and people's views on him have been changing. Industry insiders have strong suggestions for him, and the media who like him regard him as a god.

The magic of the big city suddenly makes Milwaukee seem like nothing.

Yu Fei has reached higher mountains with the Bucks, but no one outside of Milwaukee regards him as a god.

But now, everything has changed.

But he hasn't changed. He just knows that others' opinions of him have changed. Sometimes, he will adapt to such changes and do things to consolidate his image, because being on the altar is in line with his vested interests and the intricately connected interest groups behind him.

But on the court, he never changed.

He always knew he was a basketball player.

Initially, he just wanted to be the best of his generation.

In recent years, he has found that surpassing Jordan has entered the foreseeable schedule, so he is even more eager for honors.

More than that, he wanted to get better, so he gave up the core play style of the Bucks and transformed into an all-around small forward. However, the situation could not keep up with the changes, and he came full circle and returned to the starting point.

But he is still himself, and what he pursues is victory.

Therefore, from his standpoint, from his perspective, and from his heart, he doesn't care at all about the background of these trivial matters and the people they affect.

He had a good game, but his teammates didn't play well. He accepts that as a result, everyone will behave badly. But isn’t it normal for people who don’t perform well to be scolded? Could it be said that if these people were not their teammates, they would not be scolded?

This kind of blaming behavior is not valid here.

He will not think that he has received all the praise and glory, so he should bear all the successes and failures alone, because in the past two years, everyone on the Sonics has benefited to varying degrees, but he has benefited the most. , should it be condemned?

This is a failure to distinguish between priorities and the concept of stealing. All players who play for the Sonics should know who the core of the "Empire" is. This has been the case in the past few years. If someone does not accept it, they should jump off the bus when they can, instead of enjoying the benefits of the empire in good times and complaining that they have received too little and shouldered too much in bad times.

Why does George Karl think Yu Fei is the ultimate ball-carrying core?

This is a proof from the perspective and psychology of looking at this issue.

As a ball-handling core, he doesn't have the mental baggage of "I've done everything, what are my teammates doing?" when he takes charge. In this matter, he also does not have the empathy of "I have received so much love and applause, so I should help my teammates share the responsibility for failure."

Yu Fei once said that he has no morals.

This sentence is completely true here.

He will not be bound by a sense of morality.

In his opinion, in the world of sports competition, where the strong are respected, the chance of morality being effective and effective is zero. Those who have no morals are often losers on the road to competition. They either wait for colleagues with a killer mentality and moral sense like Tim Duncan to lead them forward, or they leave the image of a gentleman like Grant Hill. , and ultimately achieved nothing.

Yu Fei's views on these things are simple.

He goes above and beyond what he's supposed to do, and if he doesn't do it, he accepts all criticism. However, the people around him should also do their own things well. If someone fails to do a good job, he will not do anything to the other person. But if you do not even reach the average level, you will be scolded after the game, and in the end you will have to do something good. Putting the blame on him was something he couldn't tolerate.

So he said to Roy, I don't care.

This is not perfunctory, but his intention.

If he doesn't care, he just doesn't care, but if someone doesn't play well and wants to blame him, he will use unprecedented intensity to let people see how he behaves when he cares about something.

Even though Roy is Yu Fei's best friend, he can't really understand his thoughts.

But even if he could understand, he could only shake his head and sigh.

There is no right or wrong here. Position, stance, and personality determine that Yu Fei and others cannot view issues from the same perspective.

The next day was also game day.

Since the SuperSonics' home game is scheduled for 4 p.m., the training session will be earlier than usual.

After research, the coaching staff determined that the overall penalty trend in the series was in favor of the Sonics.

Therefore, Lue coached overnight and defensive assistant Tim Grgulic developed a defensive scheme.

First of all, DeAndre Jordan will officially enter the starting lineup starting from the third game, because his finishing efficiency at the basket is higher and his success rate in protecting the basket is one level better than Kwame Brown.

Brown had objections: "My free throw shooting percentage is 20% higher than DJ's, and the pick-and-roll quality is also higher than his. Can he understand the tactics?" "He doesn't need to understand all the tactics." Coach Lu said humorously, "Ours The main tactic is to give the ball to Frye, which is easy to understand.”

Xiao Ou added: "Also, although the free throw shooting rate of 65% is higher than the free throw shooting rate of 40%, it is also an unqualified shooting rate and cannot stand the test at all."

"Is it your turn as a substitute to talk about our starting players?"

The two were about to quarrel when Yu Fei stopped and said: "That's enough, shut up!"

Moreover, the adjustments to the starting lineup do not stop there.

Brown wasn't the only one given the starting nod.

Director Lu also announced that veteran Larry Hughes will start tonight, replacing Anthony Morrow.

Since Hughes came to pitch, the Sonics have been using him as a backup snake oil.

Whichever position is vacant, let him fill that position.

He is 196 centimeters tall and can shoot, dribble, defend, and occasionally hit with the ball, just like a poor man's version of Roy.

Many of his skills are no longer as good as they were at their peak, but among his many skills that have significantly degraded, the one he has best retained is defense.

However, due to his strong ball-pressing style in the early days, his defensive power dropped a lot after the league banned taking shots.

But in fact, the on-the-spot execution of prohibitions on hands-on operation has been in a very confusing state for more than ten years after the introduction of this specification.

You can see that the same referee has zero tolerance for overhands in one game and loves to see overhands in the next game. This situation often reverses in the first and second halves of the same game.

In the first half, the referee allowed you to take action, but in the second half, the referee felt that you went too far, so contact with body hair was a foul.

Now that there are signs that the penalty scale is in his favor, and with the SuperSonics' offensive resources far inferior to the Lakers', Director Lu seems to have little chance of winning if they continue to attack.

Therefore, as a pioneer in the small ball era, Director Lu patted his thigh and believed that they could use the penalty scale to play against the trend.

Come on, defend.

As the old saying goes, defense wins championships.

Director Lu believed it.

Since the game is in the afternoon, the Sonics' training time is only half of the usual time.

He announced tonight's starting schedule, spent another half an hour explaining the defense that might be used tonight, and told the players in a tone of "the referees stand with us" to give the Lakers more intensity.

Yu Fei doesn't like to strategize about "the referee is good for me", but since things have developed like this, it would be real stupidity not to take advantage of it.

That afternoon

Many major international companies in Seattle got off work early. Not only did the wealthy middle class fill up the season ticket seats at Key Arena, but there were also some ball-savvy people who didn't usually pay much attention to basketball, but were attracted by the heat of the Empire Battle and spent 10-15 times more. Buy tickets at poor prices to watch the game live.

In Seattle, attending SuperSonics games is not only a fashionable thing to do, but also a way to express status.

Powerful people can use various connections to get good seats.

Season tickets, which were sold at low prices during the Reggie Lewis era, have now increased in price 30 times, becoming the highest-return commodity in the Seattle area.

Even Hollywood stars will want to come to watch the game as long as they are available.

At this time, Key Arena is at a disadvantage compared to top arenas such as Staples Center and Madison Garden.

There are private rooms, but they are far less comfortable than those in famous arenas.

There are also VIP seats in the front row, but the comfort level is not necessarily better than ordinary seats.

As the face team of the NBA, the SuperSonics Key Arena has increasingly failed to match their status.

Not only do league professionals think so, some Seattle fans who have gone to big cities to support the team live also think KeyArena sucks.

But after it was revealed that such an arena, which was lower than the NBA average, earned the team an average of US$100 million in annual profits, the Sonics' new arena plan, which they had been planning for many years, encountered unprecedented resistance.

As the most influential civil rights organization in the Seattle area, MCCAIT (Concentrate Citizenship on More Important Things) has blocked the Sonics from acquiring a new arena in the past on the grounds that the team's profits are too low and not worth the expense of building a new arena. , also promoted the introduction of bills related to financing arenas. The new bill requires professional sports clubs in the Seattle area to be profitable for two consecutive years before they can apply to the city for financing for a new arena.

Two years later, the Sonics are not just making money, they're making big bucks. So MCCAIT changed their tone. They believed that the Sonics can make money even in Key Arena, so they don't need a new arena.

This is the final destination of civil rights organizations in Western society after participating in social issues. They no longer have rationality and no longer think about gains and losses. They oppose the mainstream and reject all methods of solving problems. They hope to invest social resources in those false and empty policies. above the target.

Right now, the Sonics are the biggest talk in town.

The new arena is already on the schedule.

Clay Bennett made a high-profile announcement that they would submit a financing package to the city during the finals.

MCCAIT's protests against Sonics intensify.

Recently, there have been physical conflicts between members of the MCCAIT organization and ardent Sonics fans.

This resulted in the MCCAIT organization gathering outside Key Arena that afternoon for Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals.

They held banners and played the rock song "Baby, what else do you want?"

A cartoon of Clay Bennett sits atop a mountain of gold, with a caption that reads: "Isn't $100 Million a Year Enough, Clay?"

The leader of the MCCAIT organization publicly accepted an interview and shouted to Fly: "Fry, the SuperSonics do not need a new arena, what you need is the support of Seattle, and we have already given this support to let citizens focus on more important things!"

Let citizens focus on more important things. This is the name of their organization and its external slogan.

When the Sonics bus arrived outside the Key Arena parking lot, the organization members gathered here were like a religious ceremony, shouting: "Let citizens focus on more important things!"

Yu Fei and his party entered the arena under the cover of security.

In the arena, major television stations in the Seattle area surrounded Yu Fei.

Many of these TV stations do not pay attention to sports in normal times.

But now, they all want to take advantage of the heat.

"Fry, what do you think of MCCAIT's call?"

"I don't care what they say, just like they never care about us. We are people from two worlds." Yu Fei said, "They will never understand that in this city with millions of people, sports are so important to us." For a considerable number of people, it is the most important thing in life. But for people at MCCAIT, this is not the "more important thing."

"Who has the power to define 'more important things'? It is not in the hands of city government officials, nor in my hands, nor in the hands of those who chant empty slogans. It is in the hands of every citizen "Yu Fei faced the camera, and for a few moments, he felt as radiant as President Austria's victory speech "YesWeCan" in New Hampshire two years ago. "I will fight for them and no one can stop me!"

A great star is not necessarily a great public figure.

Stars are often two-faced.

But after Yu Fei reached the top, he only gave the world his sacred side.

In the United States, a country that likes to sanctify successful people from all walks of life, his image became divine at an unimaginable speed.

The public relations manager of the Sonics came over and said: "Everyone, we still have a game, Frye needs to come in to warm up, so, sorry, the interview can only end here."

Half an hour later, Yu Fei's words were circulating in the Seattle area.

Sonics fans went crazy.

The godlike man said he would fight for them.

Then, the Internet exploded in popularity.

The phrase "I will fight for them" became a top trend on Twitter.

The Sonics' support in the Seattle area rose by 5% in a short period of time.

"How many people in professional sports have been able to dominate their own world like Frye in the past half century?" Bob Ryan, a famous Boston reporter who has followed professional sports since the early 1970s, said on Twitter, "In the past , only Ali and MJ did it. But, Frye has joined the ranks. From now on, let us remember this, the past ten years and the next ten years will be called the "Frye Era". '."

"Fry" still had things to do before this era officially began.

James dunked during warm-ups.

The ball flew from one end of the field to the other, and Yu Fei caught it.

The neighboring Xiaojia walked over as usual, then suddenly remembered that they did not lack the ball, and was about to walk away.

But Yu Fei stopped him.

"Mark." Yu Fei gently bounced the ball with his palm, "Help me bring a message to Kobe."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Fei stood behind the LOGO and used a standard ball-smashing action to smash the ball into the frontcourt basket.

"Bang!!!!!!!!"

Basketball hit the board.

When Gasol was stunned, he heard what Yu Fei behind him wanted him to convey.

"I'm going to score 50 points tonight."

(End of chapter)