At halftime, Ye Feng sat silently in the locker room, covering his head with a large towel, and said nothing, in stark contrast to his teammates. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 For the rest of the Trail Blazers, it was more than expected to play the Cavaliers who were the No. 1 team in the East, and they even had the heart to tease each other or talk about a certain round in the first half. But Ye Feng can't, now his position is full of low pressure, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as gloomy and miserable, but everyone also knows very well that he is the one who is the most stressed in the whole team in the entire first half, because he is facing James.

The locker room door opened again, and McMillan walked in with his coaching team, nodding in satisfaction as everyone looked still motivated. But then his eyes fell on Ye Feng, and he couldn't help but look at him, and now the frustration and self-doubt on his body were like a little ink on a blank piece of paper, and everyone who walked into the locker room would involuntarily look in his direction, not to mention that he still had an obvious aura of "no one should approach" around him. McMillan sighed, asking everyone to lower their voices a little, and he himself walked straight over and patted Ye Feng on the shoulder and asked, "Child, are you okay?" ”

Ye Feng didn't take the towel off his head, but he always twisted it slightly, and a slightly hoarse voice stubbornly came out from under the towel: "Coach, I'm fine, it's just ...... He's really too strong, I wonder, what I told you at the beginning, has it become a joke? "What did you say? What did Ye say to the coach at the beginning? The room full of Trail Blazers players instantly turned into reporters from gossip magazines, and they were still busy working in their hands, but they had already pricked up their ears, wanting to hear what kind of response the coach would make, could it be that this time against James or Ye himself?

McMillan didn't satisfy their curiosity, he glanced back at the assistant coach, who nodded, and blasted everyone else out of the locker room, leaving a huge space for Ye Feng and McMillan. Looking at Ye Feng, who was not yet in shape, McMillan was silent for a while, and said slowly: "If you feel necessary, I will arrange Travis to be the starting ...... in the second half" Travis, that is, Outlaw, the sixth man of the Trail Blazers, is also a small forward. Ye Feng didn't react, the whole figure turned into a sculpture, just sat there silently, and didn't express any opinions.

McMillan apparently didn't care much about his reaction, and after a pause, continued: "It's not a shame to be crushed by LeBron in one-on-one, and in 2003, when he first entered the league, there were many of the league's top small forwards who refreshed their ideas on him. Although he has yet to win a championship, no one in the league will deny his quality or his dominance at the No. 3 position. So, this time your personal defeat was completely expected by me, and even if the team lost, it was normal because he alone could be worth half the team. ”

"The reason why I agreed to your request is because I see a bright future in you, and I believe that you will be able to learn something from the confrontation with LeBron. But now, I have to say I'm disappointed, just one half, and I beat you to the way you are? If I let Travis go up, he can at least get rid of some baggage that doesn't exist and help the team use other ways to contain LeBron, even if it fails, it doesn't matter. But how dare I let you play now? 24 minutes, no, less than 24 minutes, which makes you start to doubt yourself? ”

It may be that McMillan's harshness that he has never stimulated Ye Feng, and a voice finally came from under the towel again: "I'm sorry coach, I just think what I said in your office that time was too stupid, I don't know where the gap between me and him is, so I casually say that I want to surpass him." I think...... I think I've betrayed your trust...... It's because of my insistence that you let me start this game, but I'm sorry I messed it up, and if the team loses, the blame should be on me, and I can't stop James......"

"Enough!" McMillan shouted categorically, "Ye, you have not lived up to my trust, or you have not only failed my trust, but you have also failed all the fans who like you and support you, and you have even failed yourself." Why was the 2003 draft another 'golden generation' after 1996? Largely because of LeBron, who is certainly a mountain in front of every small forward in the league now, but what about the future? Don't you have any confidence in yourself? This is just the first time you've played each other! If that's the case every time you do that, then I think you can position yourself as a role player because you've lost the desire to go beyond your goals! Without the confidence to trample your idol under your feet, you will never become a superstar! ”

Ye Feng was shocked, and his breathing gradually became heavier. How could he just be willing to be a good role player? Even if you are extremely good, you still can't get along with superstars! From middle school to college to the NBA, have you been on the basketball court for so many years just to be a role player? When pigs fly! I'm going to be an All-Star, I'm going to be in the Finals, I'm going to be in the World Championships and the Olympics, and it's almost a fool's dream for an NBA role player to do that! While the prospects for the Trail Blazers are wonderful, with Roy, Ade and Oden all first-class talent, am I willing to play on one side and just be the team's fourth or even fifth or sixth option?

If you want to become a superstar, you have to cross the hurdle of James! Even if you can't surpass him in the end, you can't be as threatened to him at all like now, so what's the point of mixing? A player who doesn't want to be a star is not a good player, brother! In that case, what about going up and receiving some "abuse" in the second half? All that I have endured today will be returned to you one day in the future, and if I have been through a few seasons like you, how do you know that I am still inferior to you? Feng Shui takes turns, don't bully young people into poverty!

Ye Feng ripped off the towel covering his head, bowed deeply to McMillan, and pushed open the door of the locker room.