Chapter 60: This Cap Is Called 'Welcome Back to the NBA'

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

He remembered that Brown felt a little sick in his back after eating yesterday and was planning to take a leave of absence today.

Did he wake up in the morning feeling better?

"Didn't you take a leave of absence?" Yu Fei asked.

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

Refuse?

This development was something Yu Fei didn't expect, did he play in the NBA? No matter how bad Brown is, he is still the champion, and his status is so low after being tyrannized by the dog?

Is this still the NBA in Yu Fei's memory where the player had a minor injury and had to be raised until all indicators of his body were healthy before he was willing to let him out to play?

This is indeed not the NBA that Yu Fei knows.

In the future, the NBA will do a good job of caring for players, and for players with a solid team, as long as they are not feeling well, they can arrange a rotation.

What now? Whether you're the top pick or not, rookies should be diligent, hardworking, and endure pain, which is the path that every NBA player must follow.

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

The matter has come to this, Yu Fei can only wish Brown good luck today.

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

That literal human-like crumb doesn't know what bad water is holding back.

Yu Fei walked into the arena and first saw a group of veterans practicing shooting.

Jordan doesn't usually train with them.

It's the same today.

Jordan and Grover stay together.

Yu Fei watched Grover guide Jordan to do all kinds of actions, and couldn't help but ask, is there anything special about these actions?

But he ended up just standing still.

He didn't speak to Grover because Grover looked like a replica of Jordan.

Like Jordan, he is bald, short in stature, but sturdy, muscular, and deliberately chooses to wear the same clothes as Jordan.

It's like, he's the embodiment of Jordan.

The most ironic thing is that he has significantly more influence on Jordan than head coach Doug Collins.

That said, in some cases, Collins may need to turn to Grover to remind Jordan of something.

The Wizards are all here today, and in addition to tactical running training, they will also hold an official matchup.

For a team that trains later than the rest of the team, all of the Wizards' training progress has been slowed, so Collins asked for a realistic attitude in today's matchup.

It's also interesting in the grouping format.

Jordan and Hamilton each lead a team.

Jordan's team is almost all old boys, and in addition to himself, there are Leitner, (Chris) Whitney, Tyrone Nesby and Jasidy White.

Nesby is the only young player on the Jordan team, he was drafted in 1998, and this year is the fourth year of his NBA career, and as a basket leader who is even shorter than Ben Wallace, his way to survive in the NBA is to play hard and please the big man on the team.

So, from the first day of Jordan's comeback, Nesby was his loyal licking dog.

Young players have rightfully gathered around Richard Hamilton.

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

Hamilton refers to himself and his teammates as "The New Jacks," a term from the gangster movie "New Jack City."

Yu Fei liked the title, and he believed that Hamilton's intention to distinguish between young and veteran players was not a whim.

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

However, as a thriving Gen Y, Hamilton has already tasted what it's like to play a supporting role as a superstar.

When he was in Philadelphia and didn't go to UConn, he played alongside Kobe Bryant on the same AAU team. Kobe Bryant is the best player of their class and the core of the team, but what about him? Just an anonymous person who came out of nowhere.

Now Kobe Bryant is famous, he has two championships in his hand at a young age, like the next Michael Jordan, Hamilton has no ill will towards Kobe, they are buddies, and they are friends who often talk to each other, but Jordan? Why can this old guy who has been retired for three years still be able to wear the jersey and play again? Does he have anything else to prove?

Hamilton's grievances, even if they are too big, can only be pent up in his heart.

Because the Wizards are Jordan's team by every measure.

"New heroes, you have to play hard today!" Before the match, Hamilton shouted to his younger teammates, "Don't let the old guys look down!" ”

He really wants to play this game so badly.

Yu Fei smiled and looked at his teammates, according to the personnel distribution of the Xinjie team, he should play the No. 3 position.

That's right, and that's how he positions himself in the NBA.

Start from the No. 3 position first, and as for whether you want to play the inside line in the future, it depends on your weight gain.

In the opening jump ball, Brown played as the center of the new team and competed with Lightner for the ball.

Leitner had a height advantage, but his bounce was recouped by time and injury.

As a result, Brown easily filmed the basketball.

Yu Fei ran to the frontcourt, and Hamilton settled on the left and right sides, and when he looked closely, he found that the person who came to oppose him was Tyrone Nesby.

As a short interior lineman, Nesby has the strength of his feet and speed, and he does have the ability to match without discrimination.

However, his defensive habits have always been skewed towards the interior.

Yu Fei was about to ask for the ball, but Coach Lu saw that Brown was about to get into the position, so he hoisted the ball in.

Brown played against Leitner and behaved vigorously.

Suddenly, he seemed to have confidence again.

Can't beat Jordan and can't beat you? That's how he feels.

However, after Leitner's rough confrontation and 100% foul slapping action were ignored by the referee, Brown's weakness of small hands and weak ball control was completely exposed.

The ball was broken from his hand and he opened his mouth to call a foul, but no one paid attention to him.

Leitner picked up the ball and led Jordan to a pass.

This person's character is indeed inferior, but his ball skills belong to the first-class level of the NBA, even if he has never practiced with Jordan, he can send such a comfortable pass.

"Michael, watch the back!"

Lightner's face changed.

His reminder was still a little slower.

Jordan wanted to do a gliding dunk, but unexpectedly, a completely disrespectful madman behind him rose into the air and slapped the ball off the side.

Jordan's brown eyes squinted, and he clearly saw the face of this eyeless bastard - the hateful "anti-Mike"!

At this time, Johnny Bach, who was the interim referee, finished his hat chase and blew the whistle when he was about to launch a counterattack.

Foul on the thug!

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

Bach didn't care about Hamilton, just stared at Yu Fei: "It's not clean enough, in a real game, the referee will blow it, because you are a rookie." ”

Yu Fei understands the reason, but he doesn't want to forget it, "You just missed a defensive foul in the front court that the referee will blow 100% in actual combat, and now you tell me that you blew this foul because the referee may do the same to me in actual combat?" ”

"Hmph," Jordan said softly as he looked at this rather individual 'anti-Mike', "this is reality, rookie, welcome to the NBA." ”

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

Yu Fei's body exuded an aura that made Jordan feel dangerous.

There was no respect in the rookie's eyes at all, neither to Leitner nor to him.

This is completely different from Kwame Brown's disrespectful form of being carried away after being lifted to the top of the clouds.

Brown's performance can be understood as a kind of "passive human nature", but people are human 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.

And Yu Fei is not.

Yu Fei does not show that kind of passive human nature, but "nature".

He didn't care about the unspoken rules of the NBA, so he refused to help Leitner do his laundry, and now he doesn't care about Jordan either, expressing dissatisfaction with Bach's double standards and daring to trash talk about Jordan.

For a dozen seconds, the atmosphere on the field was serious.

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

The thorn head that pierces the hand, as long as it is tamed, is a good helper.

Jordan made both free throws, and as he stepped back, Leitner leaned in and said, "Don't worry, Michael, leave that little who doesn't know the weight of it to me." ”

Jordan expressed doubts about Leitner's ability, but after all, Yu Fei is a high school rookie, that is, his combat power should not be much stronger, although Leitner is not as good as his peak, but it is enough to teach a high school student.

Therefore, Jordan was noncommittal, and tacitly allowed Letnerdai to teach the rookie a lesson.