Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters

Chapter 919 919 554 Vitality

?Chapter 919: Chapter 554: Vitality Chapter 919: Chapter 554: Vitality We haven’t reached the end yet. What the teammates understood by this was that the season wasn’t over yet.

But could they still function as a united collective to contend for the championship?

After Yu Fei’s return, could he really force the derailed team back on track with his personal prestige?

If it weren’t for the Durant incident, Jeremy Lin’s explosion in New York should have been the hottest sports story of the moment.

Unlike Yu Fei, who reached the top as a superstar, Jeremy Lin was selected by the Warriors simply because the team wanted to attract local Chinese.

As for developing Jeremy Lin, as a team that had long been in chaos, they did a terrible job.

It wasn’t until Jeremy Lin was traded to New York, the Knicks were tanking and had bought out Kidd, but then the point guards suffered injuries that gave him a starting opportunity, beginning the story of “Linsanity” against the SuperSonics.

Just when the story was about to reach its climax, the self-destruction of the SuperSonics seized media attention in an even more ferocious manner.

Even now, the “craze” of Jeremy Lin has gradually returned to calm, while the outside world’s discussion and research into the SuperSonics have become increasingly in-depth.

People wanted to know how the team got to this point.

Before Yu Fei’s injury, although there were disharmonious events, it wasn’t about to erupt like a volcano.

Did Iverson’s remarks really take effect?

But that didn’t explain why Durant had been using a burner account to troll since 2010.

Strangely, during this time, Nike’s reaction was quite calm.

They, like the SuperSonics, explained to the public that Durant’s account had been hacked.

Then, there was no further information.

This incident was devastating to Durant’s image, a kind man, a humble man, a hard-working and critique-accepting good guy, all just a facade?

People were willing to believe that the comments from the burner account were Durham’s true thoughts, indicating that he had always been pretending.

By now, the media had concluded that Durant had torn the SuperSonics apart, and he might have been traded if the deadline hadn’t passed.

That evening
The SuperSonics were about to face their first opponent after Yu Fei’s comeback.

It was a formidable opponent, and also their previous loser—the New Jersey Nets.

Since losing the Christmas battle, the Brooklyn Nets had lost their absolute dominance, they didn’t maintain their winning percentage like the SuperSonics had.

If the collapse of the SuperSonics began with Yu Fei’s accidental injury, the downfall of the Nets started even earlier.

The Big Three, although not vying for position, were in conflict in their playing styles, coupled with insufficient strength in reserves, if The Big Three didn’t play well, there was the possibility of a crash, and now, they had been overtaken by the Miami Heat, falling to second in the Eastern Conference.

Before the game’s star-studded exchanges, the SuperSonics were represented by Yu Fei and Roy.

Previously, Durant would have come over.

But now, Durant had isolated himself from everyone.

Even DeAndre Jordan, who had been closest to him, was keeping his distance,
“Is KD so rude?” Anthony joked as he came over, “I’m going to curse him out using an anonymous account!”

Yu Fei said, “That’s not funny, Melo.”

“Frye, he talked bad about everyone.” Anthony said, “Including you.”

Roy laughed, “Frye has also talked bad about every single person.”

Anthony couldn’t believe Roy was still speaking for Durant, knowing the whole thing blew up because not only was Durant’s burner account discovered, but Durant inadvertently used his main account to call Roy a hypocrite.

“This is different,” Anthony said.

They discussed the issue briefly and then went their separate ways.

Yu Fei couldn’t help but ask Roy, “You’ve forgiven KD.”

“How could I?” Roy said irritably, “Do you know how much trash he’s talked about me using the burner account?”

Yu Fei said with a grin, “I only know about the most infamous thing he said about you.”

This infuriated Roy, running off to shoot baskets in a huff, and because he was so agitated, even his warm-up shots weren’t accurate.

He would probably never understand why Durant suddenly became such a caustic person.

But for Yu Fei, Durant’s “transformation” was long-awaited.

Only, he hadn’t expected Durant’s true nature to be revealed in this manner.

Now that it had happened, there had to be an explanation, and Yu Fei wouldn’t isolate Durant just because of his friendship with Roy.

He was the master of the empire, and he had to consider this matter from the empire’s perspective.

Shortly after, the game began.

Yu Fei didn’t need to regain form like most people recovering from injury.

He found his rhythm right from the start.

Just like last year’s Christmas battle, he dominated Odom in the low post.

Then, moving to the high post, acting as a wall for cover, ball in hand, he conjured passes to his teammates like magic.

Roy got the opportunity for a layup, Hill launched a three-pointer from the corner, and then it was Durant’s turn. He thought his tactical role had deteriorated to its initial low point, but Yu Fei still let him handle the ball for a one-on-one on the weak side.

When he picked up the ball, the Nets’ home crowd immediately erupted in intense booing.

Facing the tough Ron Artest, Artest gave Durant a strong challenge.

The current Durant was no longer the skinny beanpole who would lose form under any pressure. He no longer feared Artest, but under his defense, Durant’s movements were clearly out of shape.

He wasn’t mentally prepared.