"Uh-huh, ahem......!!"

Holding the microphone in his hand, standing in the center of the Sleep Train Arena, Gu Yu watched the ribbons in the sky finally settle, and listened to the cheers of the fans gradually stopping, and his heart was full of emotion. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

But a year ago, he was still in the original timeline, living a life of eating and waiting for death. The days seem to never end, and my life seems to be buried forever under the pressure of work, mortgage, marriage, etc., and there will never be a day.

But now, he is standing on the stage of the strongest basketball league in the world, although the team is a bad team, but he has broken the record, become a hot star, and even hope to win the first individual award in his rookie season!

"Cousin! Cousin! Cousin! Cousin! ”

Among the fans, some people took the lead and rhythmically shouted Gu Yu's nickname. This shout seemed to have a wonderful magical power, and it had spread throughout the audience in an instant.

As far as the eye can see, the fans are cheering, jumping, and excitedly celebrating the hard-won victory.

Although the team has a poor record, although it has not made it to the playoffs, although in any way, the season of the Kings has not been a success.

But people, see the future.

Yes, this season, the Kings really didn't play any impressive results. Even if it has exceeded the expectations of experts before the start of the season, it is still far from becoming a mid-table team in the league, let alone becoming a strong team.

But this season, absolutely, has not been an ordinary one.

"We didn't make the playoffs, guys, I'm sorry."

Just when everyone was expecting Gu Yu, who was arrogant by nature, to say something terrible.

Gu Yu opened his mouth, and the first words he said made everyone dumbfounded.

…… What the?

Hairstyle brother, what did you say??

The arrogant hairstyle brother actually said it...... I'm sorry??

"We're young, we're not in a complete squad, we're technically and physically, we're still very flawed. I know that no one had much hope for us before the start of the season, including as it went on. Even today's record is enough to satisfy everyone. ”

Gu Yu was unusual, put away the grinning smile on his face, and said seriously: "But as an athlete, if you don't want to fight for the first place and don't want to play miracles, what qualifications do you have to stand here, take such a high salary, and say that you love basketball?" ”

This......

Gu Yu's words were as simple and simple as ever, without the slightest flowery rhetoric, let alone any special meaning, just telling, just calmly, telling the facts.

But this simple fact has made the players, coaches, referees and fans on and off the field all cheered.

The deepest part of my heart, the softest place that belongs to sports fans, seems to have been touched by this sentence.

Oh, yes......!

As an athlete, I don't want to compete for the first place, I don't want to create miracles, what kind of athlete should I be?

If the race doesn't start, we already admit defeat in our hearts, or think, we are inferior horses anyway, we are not strong anyway, and no one will blame us if we lose anyway, so we will be negative or even give up the race.

In this case, do we still deserve to be called athletes......?

"Coming to Sacramento and stepping on this court, every day, every day, I was looking forward to a miracle and working hard for it, giving all my light and heat."

Gu Yu didn't wait for the thoughts in everyone's hearts to finish, and shook his head with a smile: "But it backfired, most of the time, we lost." ”

The stadium fell silent.

No one thought that Gu Yu, the hairstyle brother who was considered to be the most able to incite the atmosphere, would actually say such frustrating words in his season speech. Although what he said was all the truth, there was no rhetoric or penmanship

But does it really matter if you say something like this in public??

This season, it's really a season of practice, and the Kings should look to the future, and everybody knows that.

But just after the season ended, if you say such things, what will happen to the mood of the next season? Do you want to make progress in the future, do you want to strive for victory??

...... confess?

Many people have flashed such a word in their minds.

But......

"Gu Yu...... Will you admit ......?? ”

In the media seat, Xiao Yumei's eyes were furrowed, looking at Gu Yu with a serious face, knowing that Gu Yu was definitely not joking.

This was unacceptable to her.

Gu Yu, who are you......

'We lost a lot of games, we lost to a lot of teams.

Gu Yu didn't seem to be ready to explain his statement, Gu Zi continued: "Against the weak team, we lose. Challenge the strong team, and we lose. Except for those few miracles, we just kept losing and losing, losing from beginning to end, and we didn't even reach a 50% win rate, we ......"

As he spoke, Gu Yu's teeth began to clench.

“…… It's like losing all the time. ”

We...... Do you lose all the time?

Cousins, Evans, Garcia, Durham Porter, Udri......

The players of the Kings look at me, I look at you, and after a little thought, they are speechless.

We seem to ......

"It's really always losing......!"

Cosby stood behind the crowd, leaned back, slumped in his seat, stared blankly at the ceiling, looked at the dazzling lights of the stadium, and let out a long sigh.

Winning the season and playing against strong teams has done some miracles.

After that, lose.

In November, we were losing.

In December, we continued to lose.

In January, February, March, and now April, we ......

"Losing ...... all the time"

Cousins also lowered his head, and the joy of accumulating more than 30 victories in a season was swept away in an instant. It was as if all the strength in his body had been drained, and the players only felt that everything was so powerless.

Basketball.

Why is it so difficult for us to fight this sport from childhood to invincible......?

"It's been an extraordinary season, though."

In the center of the court, Gu Yu's words turned around, his eyes looked at the floor, looked at the Kings logo at his feet, and continued: "We defeated the Thunder, defeated the Spurs, defeated the Mavericks, defeated the Lakers, defeated the Heat, and even defeated the defending champion - Philadelphia 76ers. ”

The on-site staff seemed to understand what Gu Yu meant, and on the big screen in the center, a whole season's wonderful game pictures kept appearing.

Goal after goal, roar, successful defense, beautiful coordination again and again.

Cousins' back-to-body attack, Evans's sharp breakthrough, Thorton's 100-step penetration, Gu Yu's unsolvable singles......

Wonderful scenes continue to be presented, fans raised their heads and looked at the screen played, this belongs to the youth of a whole season, and full of passionate memories, many people, and even a little moved.

"We've become big killers, we've taken out one unbeatable alliance after another. We took out the Thunder Four, we destroyed the German tank, we ran over the Heat giants, and we defeated the first man in the league! ”

Gu Yu also raised his head to look at the big screen, and in his eyes, something seemed to be flickering.

"We've won, we've won a lot of games, we've earned the respect of our opponents, we've won the eyes of the experts, we've won the love and respect of the media and you, the fans. This season, we haven't lost. The moment we won, I felt like I was truly the king of the world, and I was already at the top of the world! ”

“YEAAAAAAH……！”

On the Kings bench, there were players who raised their arms fiercely, and those wonderful game pictures kept emerging, as if they were once again leading them back to those nights, those bloody nights when they were not afraid to face strong opponents and bombarded from head to end.

Then, the next second.

"But the next game starts, and then it ends, and we lose again."

Gu Yu's head lowered his head.

'We don't have consistency, we don't have the strength and courage to win games in a row. We collapsed again and again, were pressed to the ground by our opponents again and again, and watched the dazzling score comparison on the scoreboard again and again, but we had no choice but to sit on the bench and chew on the painful memories of defeat. ”

In the picture, one team after another, in the sleep train, in the league's major arenas, roared over the young king. The crown fell to the ground and was crushed by a foot that he didn't care about, but he didn't even look at it, and walked by expressionlessly.

The Kings, really, have lost too much, too much.

"We've had a bad run over the last few seasons. This year we added new members, like me, like DeMarcus. We've got new partners in the trade, like Marcus. We, too, sent away a lot of people, such as Antoine Lite, such as ...... Whiteside, like Eugene Jett. ”

People who have played for the Kings this season and then left Sacramento for various reasons keep showing their faces on the big screen.

In the memory, they wore the King's jersey and fluttered in white, running hard, scrambling, roaring, and despairing.

Rebounding, Defense, Three-pointers, Steals......

Although these people have come and gone, this season of the Kings has been built by them together.

The king's future, in that light, is engraved with their names.

"I ...... Really, really ......."

Gu Yu's eyes were moist, and he raised his head again, looking at the fans in the audience.

"Really...... Enough has been lost. ”

The tears dissipated, and the perseverance and arrogance returned to Gu Yu's eyes.

"We're going to win."

Gritting his teeth, Gu Yu said in a deep voice: "We, the King, Sacramento, California Basketball...... We, we must win. Now we may still be immature, and there are many times when we are not calm enough to handle the ball, and we are not good enough, but ......"

In the field, someone had already begun to beat faster, and it seemed that they had smelled the air with the incomparably thick boiling battle intent.

"Three years."

Gu Yu stretched out three fingers, gritted his teeth and said: "Give us three years, within three years, we will let the light of basketball shine on Sacramento's 'royal land' again......!" ”