When pride still matters

Chapter 61: This block is called 'Welcome back to the NBA'

When Yu Fei returned to the arena, he accidentally discovered Kwame Brown.

He remembered that Brown felt a little discomfort in his back after eating yesterday and planned to take leave today.

Did he feel better when he woke up in the morning?

"Didn't you ask for leave?" Yu Fei asked.

Brown said with resentment: "The coach rejected my request for leave."

reject?

This development was unexpected by Yu Fei. Is he playing in the NBA?No matter how bad Brown is, he is still the No. [-] pick, but after being brutally beaten by a dog, his status is actually so low?
Is this still the NBA in Yu Fei's memory, where players have to take care of themselves until all physical indicators are healthy before being released to play games even if they have minor injuries?
This is indeed not the NBA that Yu Fei knows.

In the future, the NBA will do a good job in caring for players. For players with a stable position in the team, as long as they are not feeling well, they can arrange a rotation.

What now?Regardless of whether you are the top pick or not, rookies should be diligent, hardworking and endure pain. This is the only path for every NBA player.

In fact, Brown was destroyed by Jordan on the spot precisely because he was too lazy and weak.

At this point, Yu Fei can only wish Brown good luck today.

Moreover, he couldn't care about Brown because he still had Laettner to deal with.

That bastard who looks like a dog in the literal sense is holding back some bad water.

When Yu Fei walked into the gym, he first saw a group of veterans practicing shooting.

Jordan doesn't usually train with them.

The same is true today.

Jordan stayed with Grover.

Yu Fei watched Grover instruct Jordan to do various actions, and couldn't help but wonder, is there anything special about these actions?
But in the end he just stood there.

He didn't talk to Grover because Grover looked like a carbon copy of Jordan.

Like Jordan, he is bald. Although he is short in stature, he has a strong body and muscular muscles. Moreover, he deliberately chooses to wear the same clothes as Jordan.

It's like he is the embodiment of Jordan.

The most ironic thing is that his influence on Jordan was significantly greater than that of head coach Doug Collins.

That said, there may be situations where Collins needs to turn to Grover to remind Jordan of something.

All members of the Wizards are here today. In addition to tactical movement training, they will also hold a formal competition.

For a team that trains later than other teams, all the Wizards' training progress has been slowed down, so Collins asked for a practical attitude in today's game.

The group format is also interesting.

Jordan and Hamilton each lead one team.

Jordan's team is almost all veteran players. In addition to himself, there are also Laettner, (Chris) Whitney, Tyrone Naseby and Jasidi White.

Naseby is the only young player on Jordan's team. He was undrafted in 1998. This year is the fourth year of his NBA career. As a blue-collar insider who is shorter than Ben Wallace, he is in the NBA. The only way to survive is to please the big boss in the team besides playing hard.

Therefore, from the first day of Jordan's comeback, Naseby was his loyal dog.

Young players naturally rallied around Richard Hamilton.

In addition to Yu Fei, there are also Kwame Brown, Tyronn Lue and Hubert Davis.

Hamilton calls himself and his teammates "The New Jacks," a term that comes from the gangster movie "New Jack City."

Yu Fei likes this title. He believes that Hamilton's deliberate distinction between young people and veterans is not just a whim.

Hamilton knows very well that Jordan's comeback has delayed his time to become the team boss, but Jordan will always retire, so the team will be his sooner or later.

However, as a burgeoning Generation Y, Hamilton has already experienced what it's like to play a supporting role for a superstar.

In Philadelphia, before he went to UConn, he played alongside Kobe Bryant on the same AAU team.Kobe is the strongest player in their session and the core of the team, but what about him?Just a faceless guy who came out of nowhere.

Now that Kobe is famous and has won two championships at a young age, he is like the next Michael Jordan. Hamilton has no ill intentions towards Kobe. They are buddies and best friends who often talk to each other, but Jordan?This old guy who has been retired for three years can actually put on the jersey again and go into battle. Why is this?Does he have anything else to prove?

Even if Hamilton had great dissatisfaction, he could only keep it in his heart.

Because the Wizards are Jordan's team from every angle.

"Young heroes, you have to perform well today!" Before the game started, Hamilton loudly encouraged his young teammates, "Don't let the old guys look down on you!"

He really wanted to play this game well.

Yu Fei smiled and looked at his teammates. According to the personnel allocation of the Xinjie team, he should play the third position.This is just right, and this is also his positioning in the NBA.

Let’s start from the third position. As for whether you want to play inside in the future, it depends on your weight gain.

On the opening jump ball, Brown came on as the Jays' center and competed with Laettner for the ball.

Although Laettner has a height advantage, his jumping has long been taken back by time and injuries.

As a result, Brown easily shot the basketball.

Yu Fei ran to the frontcourt, and he and Hamilton took positions on the left and right sides. After a closer look, he found that the person coming to confront him was Tyrone Naseby.

As a short inside man, Naseby's footsteps and speed are his advantages, and he does have the ability to match up indiscriminately.

However, his defensive habits have always been biased towards the inside.

Yu Fei was about to ask for the ball, but when Director Lu saw Brown approaching the position, he lobbed the ball in.

Brown looked lively against Laettner.

Suddenly, he seemed to have confidence again.

If I can't beat Jordan, I can't beat you?That's how he feels.

However, after Laettner's rough confrontation and 100% foul shot were ignored by the referee, Brown's weaknesses in small hands and weak ball control were completely exposed.

The ball was knocked out of his hands and he opened his mouth to call for a foul, but no one paid any attention to him.

Laettner picked up the ball and led Jordan to send a pass.

This person's character is indeed inferior, but his skills are at the top level of the NBA. Even if he has never practiced with Jordan, he can still send such a comfortable pass.

"Michael, watch your back!"

Leitner's expression changed.

His reminder was still a little slow.

Jordan wanted to make a gliding dunk, but unexpectedly, a madman with no respect for the elderly rose up behind him and swatted the ball away from the side.

Jordan's brown eyes squinted over and clearly saw the face of this blind bastard - the hateful "Anti-Mike"!
At this time, Johnny Bach, who served as the temporary referee, completed Yu Fei's pursuit of the goal and sounded the whistle when he was about to launch a counterattack.

Thug foul!

"Isn't it?" Hamilton said dissatisfiedly, "That's a clean and good defense!"

Bach ignored Hamilton and just stared at Yu Fei: "It's not clean enough. In a real game, the referee will also blow it because you are a rookie."

Yu Fei understands the truth, but he doesn't want to let it go. "You just missed a defensive foul in the frontcourt that the referee would 100% call in actual combat. Now you tell me that you called this foul because in actual combat the referee may Would you do this to me too?"

"Hmph," Jordan said softly, looking at this rather unique 'anti-Mike', "This is reality, rookie, welcome to the NBA."

Yu Fei looked at Jordan without giving in and said coldly, "Then, that block just now is called 'Welcome back to the NBA'."

Yu Fei exuded an aura that made even Jordan feel dangerous.

There was no respect in this rookie's eyes, either for Laettner or for him.

This is completely different from Kwame Brown, who gets carried away after being praised to the top, and therefore shows disrespect.

Brown's performance can be understood as a kind of "passive humanity," but the reason why people are human is because they have self-control and know what to do and what not to do.So, when Brown was kicked from the sky to the ground by Jordan, he recognized himself.

But Yu Fei is not.

What Yu Fei shows is not his passive humanity, but his "nature".

He didn't care about the unspoken rules of the NBA, so he refused to help Laettner do his laundry. Now he also doesn't care about Jordan. He expressed dissatisfaction with Bach's double standards and dared to trash talk Jordan.

For a few seconds, the atmosphere on the court was serious.

Jordan stepped to the free throw line and took a deep breath.

No matter how prickly the thorns are, as long as they are tamed, they are a good helper.

Jordan made both free throws and when he stepped back, Laettner came closer and said, "Don't worry about it, Michael, leave that ignorant little bitch to me."

Jordan expressed doubts about Leitner's ability. However, after all, Yu Fei is a rookie in high school, that is to say, his combat power should not be much better. Although Leitner is not as good as his peak, it is enough to teach a high school student a lesson.

Therefore, Jordan was noncommittal and tacitly agreed to let Lightner teach the rookie a lesson on his behalf.

(End of this chapter)