Chapter 535 The door opened but not fully opened
Afterwards, Yu Fei and Yao Ming inevitably talked about things after the lockout.
Yao Ming's contract with the Rockets has ended this summer and he will become an unrestricted free agent.
"The shutdown is a good thing," Yao Ming said, "it gives me time to seriously consider the future."
Yu Fei joked: "I thought you were the kind of person who was willing to stay with one team forever."
"I did have this idea when I was 22 years old," Yao Ming said, "because at that time I was making 500,000 (RMB) a year in the CBA and 4 million (USD) a year in the United States. Of course I wanted to stay here until Retirement. After all, the standards in the NBA are very high, and the money I make is the same wherever I go.”
Since Yu Fei almost witnessed the entire process before and after Yao Huang landed in the NBA after time travel, he still knew Yao Huang very well at that time.
Just like Yao Huang said in an interview in his own country, when he came to the United States to train and beat Tyson Chandler, and then learned that the opponent would enter the NBA with the top five picks, he knew that he had The ability to play in the NBA.
In the following years, Yao Quan's series of performances were: "Let me go, I want to make progress so much!"
The reaction of everyone from his parent team, the Shanghai Sharks, was: "Let's dominate the country first and then talk about it."
In the end, Yao Huang took advantage of the window period when Wang Zhizhi, his lifelong enemy in the CBA, landed in the NBA and led his team to win the championship. He also gave up his harsh words of retiring and going to college without letting him play in the NBA. At that time, he left an amateur league that was neither professional nor commercialized, and came to the most professional and commercialized top league in the world. Because he was a foreigner, he had no sense of region and only had For the same money, it doesn’t matter where you play.
So he would think that the eternal rocket is a good idea.
"So," Yu Feixiao asked, "Why does the 30-year-old Yao Huang oppose the 22-year-old Yao Huang?"
Yao Huang replied: "Because of you."
Yu Fei said that he had no intention of letting Yao Huang break away from the ranks of the spokesperson of "One Person, One City".
"Why is it because of me?"
"How do you feel about me getting eliminated in the first two rounds of the playoffs every year and then watching you keep winning?"
There is a saying on the Internet that we are both afraid that our brothers will have a hard time, and we are also afraid that our brothers will drive Land Rover. Yao Huang landed in the NBA in 2002, which was the beginning of Yu Fei's dominance in the 2000s.
It can be said that he has witnessed Yu Fei's journey from being a black man in the United States to being a great player in the United States, and today he is aspirational to win the GOAT in the eyes of the public.
Yu Fei was too successful, which made Yao Huang, who counted on Yu Fei to avenge him every year when he lost, suddenly felt that he could not change the competitiveness of the Rockets, so he might as well try to imitate Bosh and find a good team.
Hearing what he said, Yu Fei understood.
But he couldn't help but joke: "I thought you would be happy to see the team that beat you in the playoffs being beaten by me in the finals."
"Once or twice is okay. Who can stand the same script every year?" Yao Huang said vividly, "Every summer, "Returning the Pearl" is replayed on domestic TV. How many people do you think will repeat it? What about revisiting? ”
I'm sorry, but it's hard for someone, a post-traveler like me, to understand the sentiments of those born in the 80s and 90s.
In his time, "Returning the Pearl" was already an outdated TV series and no one watched it.
"You are right, but you should not compare my continuous winning of championships with "Returning the Pearl"."
"You're right, I guess you don't know what "Return the Pearl" is. I think "Friends" should be more suitable. For me these years, it has been like the reruns of "Friends" on NBC."
Yu Fei smiled and was noncommittal.
He now knows that Yao Huang plans to transfer.
However, he made this decision a little slowly, or in other words, his contract happened to expire this year instead of last year.
If it was last year, he would have come to Seattle.
Now, the SuperSonics' space has been locked up. Roy and Bosh's maximum salary has taken up most of the space, and Yu Fei has not yet renewed his contract. It is foreseeable that Yu Fei will use the full "Yu Fei Clause" to sign a super maximum salary.
Moreover, after this lockout, the salary cap may not increase but decrease. By then, the space of each team will be even tighter, and the SuperSonics will definitely not be able to sign Yao Huang.
But the most important thing is that Yu Fei doesn't like "Friends". He followed the show after time travel and then gave up halfway through.
Because there was one point in the show that he couldn't stand, that is, the screenwriter made Chandler fall in love with Joey's girlfriend for the sake of the show's effect. Of course, there will be a lot of drama and conflict in this arrangement, but for Fei, stepping into Joey's perspective is that my best brother and my girlfriend are getting together.
This is unacceptable.
However, Yao Huang's metaphor is still appropriate, and the dominance of "Friends" on television is comparable to what he did in the 2000s.
"In that case, I think you should make a decision." Yu Fei asked, "Which team do you plan to go to?"
"I don't know yet." Yao Huang said provocatively, "But I know one thing. If I join a team that can't pose a threat to you even if it has me, it will be meaningless at all."
Based on this premise, Yao Huang doesn't have many choices.
But Yu Fei fully supports Yao Huang in doing this. Getting rid of the Rockets' blood-sucking boss is a good thing for Yao Huang.
One day later, Yu Fei's team played a warm-up match with the Chinese men's basketball team at Wukesong Stadium.
Although the team was named after Yu Fei when they formed the team, "Yu Fei's Team" sounded like they were on a trip and not formal enough.
So in official games, this team is also called the American team.
Fans are undoubtedly more accepting of this team than a motley crew of low-quality American players who come to China for vacation.
After all, Yu Fei is really here.
If it weren't for the suspension, it would be unimaginable for someone with Yu Fei's status to personally organize a motley army to play games in China.
During the warm-up, Yu Fei noticed a young player in the Chinese team.
If he admits correctly, that person is Guo Ailun from Liaoning Youth, and he is also the most promising young player in Asia.
When meeting Yao Huang in the midfield, Yu Fei asked about Mr. Guo: "How is the kid?"
"I'm dumbfounded." Yao Huang reappeared the emoticon on his face, shook his head and said, "I still have to practice."
"Then let me help you practice today?"
Yao Huang said: "It's too bad, he probably won't be able to touch you."
This shows that Guo Shao's rotation position in this men's basketball team is very low.
After all, this is formed from the team that won the quarterfinals in the local Olympics two years ago.
Soon, the warm-up match officially began.
Although Yu Fei's team has a clear goal and comes to China for two main purposes, one is tourism and the other is gold mining, their attitude towards the game is still correct.
The Reebok Big Four consisting of Yu Fei, Roy, George and Brown all started, coupled with Wayne Harrington. In terms of talent in this lineup, as long as they play hard, they can go sideways anywhere.
Roy, who hadn't played in a game for a long time, was very excited when he came up. He first hit a three-pointer from the outside.
Then, he stole the pass of Liu Wei, the chief point guard of the men's basketball team, and scored on a fast break.
What's interesting is that Yu Fei deliberately ran inside to defend Yao Huang and not let him catch the ball.
"Don't catch the ball for me, you'll have a good time when the time comes!"
Yao Huang kept saying harsh words.
Subsequently, the Chinese team also showed its own characteristics.
In other words, this is the characteristic of their head coach Bob Denghuade.
Because of his mediocre resume and his inability to please the media, in China, people who monopolize the discourse of sports media, led by the "Chinese version of Stephen A. Smith", often use the term "high school coach" to ridicule him.
Deng Huade does not have advanced qualifications or deep tactical literacy, but his on-the-spot adaptability is acceptable, and he can see through the elements of the men's basketball team at a glance.
Except for the four current and former NBA players, Yao, Yi, Wang and Sun, the other CBA big players can only serve as role players on the international stage. Moreover, due to the low level of domestic coaches at the grassroots level, these players have not developed high tactical literacy since childhood. Expecting them to play team basketball like in Europe will only turn the game into an outside stance passing game.
Therefore, Deng Huade focuses on the word "fighting". The defense works hard, and whoever has the opportunity to attack will shoot, but Yao Ming is the core, and if he can't open the ball, he will be fed the ball like crazy.
He does not have a mature tactical system, but this simple and rough style is suitable for the men's basketball team.
Due to Yu Fei's fierce defense in front of him, it was difficult for Yao Huang to catch the ball, so the men's basketball team gave the opportunity to the high post.
Although Kong Yiyi, who has been practicing in Portland for three years, has long been criticized for his inefficiency and mechanical rigidity in playing, he has absolute confidence when he returns to the national team.
As soon as Space Yi opened the high position, Yao Huang was also liberated.
Yu Fei wanted to go around again, but Yao Huang didn't play with him. He directly brought the NBA style back to China, pick-and-roll with Liu Wei, and then pulled him to the outside to catch the ball and shoot a three-pointer.
At this point, the men's basketball team has opened up the situation, both internally and externally. On Yu Fei's side, Roy made a strong start, and then began to give the ball to young players such as George.
But George's performance was enough to make the Spurs management who was paying attention to him from afar look dim.
It's too rough in every aspect, with all kinds of irons on the offensive end, and unreasonable defensive mistakes.
Kwame Brown is also a show-off.
He and Yu Fei have been to China several times, and he knows that there is a very important social concept in China: face.
It's like the American idea of "dignity."
You give people face in China, just like you give dignity to strangers in the United States. If everyone looks good, life will be easier.
So Brown didn't intend to go all out, he just wanted to do it casually, and even if he was serious, he couldn't guard Yao Huang.
After one quarter, the men's basketball team was full of momentum and actually scored 22-14.
Yu Fei did not score in the first quarter. There are two reasons. One is that he only played five minutes, and the other is that he played at the power forward position, focusing on defense and playing tricks with Yao Ming. He did not expect that the offensive performance of George and others would be so unsatisfactory.
"Okay, be serious." Yu Fei said during the break. "Although the outcome is not important, don't act too casual. We need to get the points back in the second quarter!"
After Yu Fei's training, he appeared again in the second quarter. This time he did not play power forward.
At the same time, he was joined by Roy and Beverley.
Yu Fei said he should be serious, so they should be serious.
Beverley began to lead the defense of the men's basketball team in the frontcourt. Liu Wei is a magical player who can open 50-50 against world-class defenders in the international arena - and can also be pressed by the Koreans for half a game in the Asian arena - and has been continuously prevented from making mistakes by Beverley. .
So Deng Huade commanded on the spot and asked Sun Yue to step forward to respond.
As soon as Sun Yue got the ball, he faced Yu Fei's high-pressure defense.
This is the defense that made James suffer in the Western Conference Finals. The reason why Sun Yue's prospects in the NBA are ruined is because before the draft, he was considered to be able to play in all three backcourt positions, but at the NBA level, his skills are so rough. He can barely even serve as the third position.
In less than a second, Sun Yue dropped the ball, and Yu Fei dribbled to two meters outside the three-point line in the frontcourt and hit a three-pointer.
The men's basketball team requested a timeout.
"The bad news is that Frye is starting to get serious." CCTV's commentator surnamed Yu said cheerfully. "The good news is that the men's basketball team has forced Frye to get serious."
The men's basketball team's insiders undoubtedly have a huge advantage, but they have a long-standing problem that they cannot give the ball to the inside players.
Especially now.
Yu Fei, George and Beverley began to press the ball with intensity, and the ball suddenly failed to pass halftime.
In less than four minutes, Yu Fei led his team to a 15-4 offensive.
Deng Huade called a timeout again. This time, he replaced Liu Wei, who was suffering. The defense of the US team reminded him of the game against Greece in the 2006 World Championships.
Liu Wei was replaced by the much-anticipated superstar Guo Ailun.
The domestic consensus is that Guo Shao's dribbling skills surpass Liu Wei's, so Liu Wei is afraid of pick-and-rolls, but Guo Shao is not.
And the facts prove that this is wrong.
Guo Shao's basic skills are indeed superior to Liu Wei's, but the main pressure of the full-court press comes from physical fitness, movement speed, and size. Technique is the least important part.
Guo Shao dribbles better, but he lacks explosive power and accelerates very quickly, but Beverley can prevent him from even having a chance to accelerate.
Although the men's basketball team changes players at random, the full-court press in Yao Shuan's era is like the sideline ball after 2019. It is a word that makes Chinese basketball people tense up when they hear it.
Why is breaking the press no longer an issue in 2019?
Because, the men's basketball team at that time was so weak that it no longer required strong teams to use a full-court press on you.
In other words, the men's basketball team used its own strength to eliminate a difficult and complicated disease, but it turned into another difficult and complicated disease because of Zhou's abstract brain circuit.
Yu Fei led his team to use a full-court press to turn an 8-point disadvantage into a 9-point advantage, and then gave up.
After all, a full-court press consumes a lot of physical energy. This warm-up match - more accurately, is a friendly match. There's no need to go overboard.
Guo Shao could finally dribble the ball across half court normally and see the opponent's basket.
What he didn't expect was that Yu Fei would come to guard him personally.
Yu Fei's defensive intensity was not very strong, and Guo Shao had enough space to make moves, and he began to change directions continuously.
When he thought he had an opportunity, he broke through Yu Fei's weak side, but was blocked during a layup.
Fortunately, Yao Wei got the offensive rebound and tipped the ball in.
After that, another ball was thrown. Yu Fei shook his head and kept control of Guo Shao for 15 seconds, forcing him to shoot the buzzer beater.
"There are too many invalid dribblings." Yu Fei said, "But there is nothing wrong with your technique."
What? What does he mean?
Mr. Guo didn't expect Yu Fei's Mandarin to be so good, let alone that he would take the initiative to talk to him.
"Since it's my sister's problem, why doesn't it work?"
Mr. Guo replied and ran back.
A minute later, another goal.
Guo Shao tried to use Buddha worship to light up Yu Fei several times, but Yu Fei suddenly suppressed him to the sideline and made a mistake directly out of bounds.
Later, Guo Shao was directly replaced by Deng Huade due to his ugly performance.
Yu Fei said when he left: "The country cannot solve your problem."
Mr. Guo was stunned for a moment and said nothing more.
The subsequent games went very smoothly. Yu Fei controlled the intensity and the men's basketball team tried its best to catch up with the score. However, every time they tried to catch up, the American team rained on the outside.
In the end, with overwhelming overall talent and Yu Fei's official game status, the men's basketball team lost at home by 5 points.
The audience cheered.
When they first heard that Yu Fei was going to lead his team to play a friendly match in China, many people didn't believe it. After all, Yu Fei's status in the industry was too high. Unexpectedly, he actually came and played for 27 minutes. It didn't look like he was traveling at all.
"It's my fault, I hit him too hard in the first quarter and made him anxious." Yao Huang joked after the game.
Yu Fei affirmed the performance of the men's basketball team with an official tone.
When a reporter asked him what he thought of Guo Shao, Yu Fei said meaningfully: "With his height combined with his ability to control movement, he is qualified even for the NBA. He has very high talent, but if he wants to change To get better, we must have higher pursuits.”
Later that day, Mr. Guo obtained Yu Fei's contact information through Yao Huang.
They had a phone call.
Mr. Guo wanted to know what Yu Fei's last words meant.
Yu Fei told him his thoughts.
He believes that CBA does not have a professional team to solve Guo Shao's current technical problems. In the United States, dozens of players like Guo Shao with acceptable qualifications but fatal technical weaknesses can be trained in batches every year. Some of them can rely on advanced training methods to achieve breakthroughs and reach higher levels, while others will stagnate, depending on the training team they choose and their personal efforts.
"You mean, I have to go to the United States?"
"You are only 18 years old and have not entered the professional league yet. Theoretically, you are still eligible to play in the NCAA." Yu Fei said, "If you are willing, I can help you contact him."
If ordinary people tell Mr. Guo that you have such and such problems, they cannot be solved in China.
Mr. Guo may not even listen.
But the weight of Yu Fei's opinion, the current GOAT, is different.
Two days later, Yu Fei and the others played a warm-up match against the men's basketball team again, and finally won by 6 points.
After the game, Yu Fei told Mr. Guo that he would stay in China until early October and call him if he decided.
Mr. Guo was indeed moved and wanted to accept Yu Fei's suggestion.
However, as a youth training player, the Sports Bureau and the Liaoning Youth Team have invested huge manpower and material resources in him. They hope that Guo Shao will join the first team as soon as possible and contribute to Liaoning basketball.
Even though Guo Shao's old uncle is very well-connected, Guo Shao cannot be freed from the constraints of the club and the Sports Bureau.
He cannot go to the United States unless he gets permission.
Yu Fei finally got a reply from Guo Shao: I want to go, but the situation does not allow it.
This is the gravity of reality. Wang Zhizhi paved the way for the NBA for those who came after him, but has this door really been opened? It opens up a little.
The problem is that it is not prepared for players like Guo Shao who have acceptable qualifications but are unlikely to enter the NBA with talent.
Those who are qualified to enjoy the shade under the tree of the predecessors are the uniquely talented monsters like Yi and Zhou.
Those players who lack qualifications but also come from youth training still face the shackles of their parent teams.
Yu Fei had no choice but to reply: "If you want to come to the United States for special training in the future, you can contact me."
"No problem, thank you brother!"
His replies were as fast as lightning.
The amazing thing is that Yu Fei can completely imagine the tone of Mr. Guo's words.
⑴If Stephen A. Smith is the American version of Yang Yang, then Yang Yang is the Chinese version of Stephen A. Smith. Although I feel that these two people are not at the same level in terms of rhetoric or professionalism
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