Chapter 31: The Heartwarming Big Boy
The full-time score between the Emerald team and the Gray Wolves was 54-35, and the Emerald team won by a wide margin.
Yu Fei crushed D'Angelo Collins, and as he had predicted before the game, Collins brought less than half the pressure that Anthony had yesterday.
In this game, Yu Fei performed extremely comprehensively, scoring 21 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists, 7 blocks and 3 steals, although there were 3 turnovers, but it was harmless, because his performance was Collins' dream self.
It was almost a disgraced game for Collins, who had just eight points, 10 rebounds and three blocks, and didn't have the demeanor of the fifth-highest school student in the country.
This battle not only allowed Yu Fei to lock in the title of the best high school student in the senior group of this year's ABCD training camp, but also made Collins disqualified from competing for the title - each ABCD training camp will select two senior group MVPs and junior group MVPs, but there are unspoken rules in the selection method, that is, each senior group MVP will select a twelfth grade student and an eleventh grade student to participate in the senior group competition. The MVP of the Lower Grades is selected from the 11th graders who compete in the Lower Grades and the rare 10th graders.
Before this game, the MVP of the senior division was supposed to be in Collins' pocket, but after this game, no one will feel that Collins is worthy of being elected.
Yu Fei had everything Collins had before.
After the match, although Yu Fei still had two games to play, he still received enthusiastic fans.
Anthony, who fought with him yesterday, came to say hello, and James also wanted to be familiar, not to mention the others, everyone wanted to get to know him.
After watching this game, Michael Jordan quietly left the Rothman Center.
He felt that the trip was very rewarding, and he was so impressed by Yu Fei's performance that if they drew a lottery pick of around 5-10 this year, he would consider using that pick to select Yu Fei.
However, if the Wizards get the top five picks, then it will be difficult for Yu Fei to enter the scope of consideration.
Because there are three high school prodigies who are sure to participate in the draft early this year, none of them made it to ABCD camp because they don't need to, and they established themselves as early as the eleventh grade, and only a sudden upstart like D'Angelo Collins would have insecurity.
But, at the end of the day, the insecurity is all about lack of talent, and if Collins had absolute confidence in his talent, he wouldn't have been attending this year's ABCD camp.
In the second game of the day, Yu Fei played 14 minutes to help the team establish an absolute advantage, and then he left the court and gave a personal interview to Gary Smith, the chief writer of Sports Illustrated.
It was a very fortuitous opportunity.
Yu Fei didn't know Smith, but he knew Sports Illustrated, and he knew the weight of the chief writer of Sports Illustrated.
Therefore, when Smith said in the first sentence: "Fulai, in fact, I have been following you for a long time", Yu Fei felt a kind of surprise that his hair was upside down.
He thought Smith was being polite, so he responded politely: "It's my pleasure." β
"I didn't mean to pay attention to you," Smith said, "it was an accident, I happened to be on vacation in Seattle and you were playing there, and if I had to say why, I thought, it was God's arrangement." β
God's arrangement?
As far as Yu Fei knows, it is rare for Westerners to really believe in the existence of God who hang God in their mouths all day long.
However, what surprised him the most was that Smith was not polite, he had really been concerned about himself for a while?
"You're paying attention to such a niche game?"
Smith wasn't that boring, of course, so he emphasized, "It was an accident, and if I had to do it all over again, maybe I'd have ignored your existence like everyone else." β
"Like D'Angelo Collins?" Yu Fei made a joke.
"Nope." Smith's answer finally convinced Yu Fei that it was not polite for the chief writer of the pictorial to pay attention to himself for a long time, "just like Jeffrey Day." β
Jeffrey Day was the first stumbling block on Yu Fei's path to fame, and his role at the Seattle Area Invitational was no different from that of Collins today.
Smith's ability to name this shows that he is right.
"I believe what you say." Yu Fei said, "I also believe that you are serious. β
This private interview, which is not formal, begins in this case in a formal atmosphere.
"With your victory over D'Angelo Collins and your status as one of the top high school students in the nation, what's next for you? University, or NBA? β
Yu Fei asked, "When will my words be published in Sports Illustrated?" β
"It's going to be next month at the earliest," Smith said. β
That's fine, Yu Fei thinks that there is nothing to hide about this matter, besides, it is not a good idea to use Smith's reputation in the industry to help build momentum for himself.
"I want to follow in the footsteps of Sean Kemp and bring my talent to the NBA." Yu Fei said.
This answer did not surprise Smith, these days, there are few talented high school students who do not want to enter the NBA directly.
After getting this answer, his questions began to lean towards Fei's private life.
"Did you really never play basketball until 11th grade?"
"I played in private, but I didn't receive systematic training."
"When did you feel like you were better suited to play basketball?"
"When I was very young."
"But you chose volleyball in the beginning."
"Because I'm a weak child." Yu Fei said with a serious face, "I'm afraid of confrontation on the basketball court. β
Smith asked teasingly, "Then I want to know, where did that weak kid go?" β
"He's dead." Yu Fei said, "One night a year ago, the weak child had a dream, he dreamed that he would be idle in the future, so he walked boredly on the street, and he found that the road under his feet deviated from the main road, leading him to a dilapidated path leading to the slums, where a group of people with no talent were playing basketball as hard as they could, and they counted the weak boys, full of anger, and they claimed that the situation of the weak boys was their shame, and if they had the talent of boys, they would become multimillionaires, And leave that damn place with his own family. β
Gary Smith's expression grew serious.
And Yu Fei said: "When he woke up, the boy burst into tears, thinking about the meaning of his coming to the world. β
"It was the day the weak boy died."
Smith never imagined he would hear such a touching story in an 18-year-old boy, "It sounds like a remake of Soul Catcher." β
However, Smith's move was fleeting, because Yu Fei nodded and said: "That's right, what I just said is all freshly written, inspired by Matt Damon's "Soul Catcher", you can write the story I made up into the article as it is, anyway, people don't care about the truth of the story, they just want to see a touching and inspirational story." β
Smith Pie said with a smile, "You're so considerate. β
I wish Jeffrey Day and D'Angelo Collins felt the same way about themselves.
It's rare to see such an understanding and warm-hearted big boy.
"Do you want to talk about your family?" Smith's question was very measured, if Yu Fei didn't want to talk about it, then he wouldn't talk about it.
Yu Fei said: "I have been dependent on my mother since I was a child, and I have rarely seen other family members... Well, my mom runs a Chinese restaurant in Kent City and the business is pretty good. β
Smith asked again, "Do you want to talk about your father?" β
Yu Fei still had a slight smile on his face, but if Smith had taken a closer look, he would have found that the young man's face had frozen.
That's proof of a sudden turn in mood.
"There's nothing to talk about," Yu Fei said, "he's dead." β
Smith has a lot of experience in interviewing, and it only takes a second for him to sense how the interviewee feels about the issue at hand, so he quickly moves away from the topic and moves on to something lighter.
For example, Yu Fei's perception of participating in this training camp, such as whether Yu Fei has a girlfriend, such as how he prepared for his plan to participate in the NBA draft in June...
Yu Fei didn't pay much attention to his privacy, and answered all these questions, so rich that even Gary Smith was surprised.
In fact, Yu Fei can not be so honest, for example, he does not have to swear that Kent Merridian High School does not have the Kate Winslet-like plus-size beauties that he likes.
Really, this kind of information is not necessary.
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"Next stop college/NBA? Frye Yu shines at ABCD Bootcamp! βESPN News Express
"David Stern officially approves the Grizzlies' relocation plan." βThe Vancouver Times
"Kings guard Jason Williams fined for making racist and LGBTI discriminatory remarks." - Los Angeles Times
"Kobe Bryant appeared at ABCD training camp today and presented the most valuable trophy to Asian basketball talents." - Orange County Chronicle
"Good night, Kent, before you treat yourself to beer, you need to know that Frye Yu, a 12th grader at Kent Merridian High School, was number one at this year's ABCD camp." - Kent City Radio
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