Chapter 62: Gambling on the Red Temperature of Career

In Michael Jordan's career, no one has ever tried to challenge him for his place on the team.

Scottie Pippen had a chance, and after losing the semifinals by a narrow margin in 1994, it became impossible to challenge Jordan. Although Pippen kept saying that Jordan was just an average player before he joined the team, he still needed Jordan.

Jordan knows how to control Pippen, but he doesn't know how to control Yu Fei.

As a thriving Generation Y, Yu Fei should be a fan of Jordan.

But he's not.

He wasn't a fan of Jordan, didn't watch Jordan's games, and even had a natural aversion to Jordan because he was from a neighboring area of Seattle.

None of this matters, Jordan doesn't look like a beautiful knife, why does everyone have to like him?

What is disturbing is Yu Fei's obvious disrespect for Jordan.

The absolutely confident Jordan thought he could achieve the absolute autocracy that the country would not have imagined in this team, but Yu Fei stepped up and gave him a big hat - both physical and symbolic - and the idea that he could do anything first came to the idea of "can I ride this fiery horse at this stage".

At this time, Leitner, who claimed to teach Yu Fei a lesson instead of Jordan, said again: "Michael, we have to let that uneducated little know that the NBA has NBA rules." ”

Jordan habitually pursed his lips and had no trust in Leitner: "What do you want to do?" ”

"He's so fast, it's hard for me to keep up with him on the outside, we can have Tyrone as a decoy against him, and as soon as he comes inside, I'll let him know how brutal the competition is in professional basketball."

Jasidy White glared at Lightner disgruntly.

This matter has nothing to do with him at all, why pulled him into the water?

Jordan thought about it for a moment and felt that it was feasible, so he looked at White and said, "That's it." ”

Jordan spoke, and White could only do so, but he was still dissatisfied with Leitner.

Before the game restarted, Yu Fei chatted with Tyronn Lue, "Can you let me control the ball?" ”

Coach Lu has not yet recovered from the shock of Yu Fei's head-on challenge to Jordan, and he will not refuse his request at all.

"Of course, you can fight however you want."

When Doug Collins saw Yu Fei receiving the ball from his teammates in the backcourt, he couldn't help but say in his heart, finally here.

Controlling dribbling is Yu Fei's biggest selling point before the draft, and with this kind of figure, he can dribble as skillfully as a guard, if he can show his characteristics on the NBA court, then the sky is his ceiling.

Yu Fei just showed the hat chasing and breaking through the dunk, but the one hat was the unsuspecting old Jordan, and the other was Lightner who didn't know his characteristics, so it can be said that he played well, but there was no surprise.

Now, as Yu Fei was about to control the ball over half court, Collins coughed loudly and motioned for Jordan's Chris Whitney to step forward to lead the defense.

Facing Whitney, who has many years of NBA defense experience, Yu Fei is difficult to dribble freely, but with the advantage of his size, he can move forward while leaning on Whitney, and it is not a problem to pass the half.

After arriving at the front court, Yu Fei had no intention of handing over the ball, and waved his hand to call for dismantling.

Kwame Brown actively ran outside, and Yu Fei used the block to break through the opponent's defense, saw the stitches, and passed to Brown for a layup to score.

The two sides played several rounds of normal offense and defense.

Yu Fei served as a point guard for three consecutive rounds, first assisting Brown, and then passing the ball to Hamilton, but unfortunately he didn't shoot, and finally used his size advantage to force Whitney, throwing a shot at a 45-degree angle on the right side to hit the board.

Collins has always used Yu Fei as a small forward, and now it looks like maybe he could make a cameo at point guard at some point?

Then, Yu Fei returned the ball to Coach Lu.

When Yu Fei was out of possession, Leitner's plan came into effect.

Jasidi White, who can play three positions up front, came to play against him.

White gave Yu Fei the feeling that he was like Rodney White, a lottery pick at the same level as him, who could swing inside and outside, but because he had no expertise in any aspect, he became neither inside nor outside, not three.

White's biggest advantage in front of Yu Fei is that he has played in the NBA for a few more years and has a better confrontation, but when it comes to the position of small forward, his overall quality is too poor.

Yu Fei ran through the weak side, took advantage of Brown's off-ball cover to get rid of it, received a pass from Lu on the outside, and then found himself empty, and immediately tried to score three points.

Since the beginning of the training camp, Yu Fei has carried out high-intensity shooting training every day, and although he has not recovered to the best time, he has regained his confidence in shooting.

This ball, the arc is just right.

"Huh!"

"Jasidy, what the are you doing?!" Jordan was furious, "How do you make a rookie score like that?" ”

Leitner, who was a fox and a fake tiger, said, "That rookie doesn't have the ability to shoot from a distance at all, can you let him throw it too?" ”

White was even more upset with Lightner, was he talking about human words? Since a rookie doesn't have the ability to cast far, then I shouldn't let him vote? Can you blame me for his throwing?

It's just that White knows that the most important thing for him now is to satisfy Jordan.

Lettner is a stupid dog who only wags his tail at the dog, and it is superfluous to deal with him.

The hard work of the offseason is paying off.

Every staff member on the Wizards team can pinpoint the best players in the game.

That is Yu Fei.

Compared with Yu Fei, who was tried out at the Verizon Center, this Yu Fei is faster, stronger, and better at using technical movements than at the beginning.

While most of the players were still recovering, Yu Fei's competitive state had reached the standard of the game.

In the face of Jordan's attack, Yu Fei defended every move in place, and finally forced the opponent to pass the ball.

"Passing?" Yu Fei spewed trash talk at Jordan without any scruples, "Steve Cole is not here." ”

As soon as the words fell, Chris Whitney hit a three-point iron.

Jordan had to turn his anger on Whitney, "What the are you doing?!" ”

"Is it any good for you to provoke Michael so much?" Director Lu asked.

He wanted to persuade Yu Fei to stop.

"You're wrong, he likes it." Yu Fei snorted, "Look at how he treated Kwamei, instead of dealing with it passively, it is better to take the initiative!" ”

Yu Fei was quickly sanctioned by the gods.

When he wanted to try his hand at attacking in the low post on White, Jordan wrapped up early and slammed his ball down with a knife that contained more than a decade of skill.

Jordan missed a counterattack, but Johnny Bach blew a whistle on Yu Fei, who failed to catch up on the block.

Jordan's brow furrowed, and he sneered fiercely at Fly, "You're stupider than that careless bastard of Carl Malone!" ”

How dare you talk about the steal Malone?

Pushing people down and then throwing goals can still be called the stunner of the century, which is really troublesome!

Yu Fei has completely entered the realm of a qualified Gen Z (people born between 1997 and 2012 / the generation here refers to Yu Fei before the time crossing) basketball fandom, as a person who does not have any good feelings for Jordan, after coming into contact with Jordan, the bad feelings multiplied, and he became a real "anti-Mike".

"Indeed, I'm not as good as Carl, and Carl is not as good as you, who can push people casually like you and make the referee not allow anyone to touch you?" Yu Fei scoffed, "You'd better score both goals." ”

In terms of free throws, Jordan belongs to the upper middle level in the supergiant, the free throw shooting rate reached 85% in his heyday, and the career average free throw shooting rate is 83.5%, which can be said to be very stable, but today's confrontation is Jordan's first high-intensity confrontation game since 1998, which is different from the previous confrontation in the training camp in Chicago to accompany him to rehabilitation.

Jordan hit the first free throw, but the second missed the basket.

Yu Fei jumped up, collected the defensive rebound with one hand, and directly released the ball to start the moment he landed, the speed was very fast, Lightner didn't have time to foul, and rushed out of the backcourt three-point line at once.

"Jasidy!" Jordan yelled.

White was the only one in a favorable defensive position, but he didn't want to touch Yu Fei at all.

Because Yu Fei rushed over at full speed, if he intercepted at this time, if he succeeded or not, the risk of injury would be greatly increased, just a confrontation match, is it necessary? Everyone is a worker, and they don't see each other when they look up, this anti-Mike is just doing something that everyone wants to do but dare not do, why do you want to work hard with him for Boss Qiao's selfishness?

White was cowardly, turned into a cowardly lizard, and at the moment when Yu Fei jumped with all his might, he dodged sideways, allowing him to complete a visually full gliding tomahawk slam.

"What the are you doing?!" Jordan flew into a rage, "What the are you doing?!" ”

White said aggrievedly, "I did my best, Michael!" ”

Yu Fei believed that White's defense did his best, and if he didn't do his best, at most he didn't risk being injured and forcibly blocking himself.

But Jordan definitely didn't believe that he did his best, this is a bully who feels the need to make his teammates strong by breaking them down, he wants to suppress Yu Fei now, but White chooses to be a cowardly lizard, this damn waste, it's useless.

The angry Jordan found a little bit of the feeling of the game, and faced the fly again, even if he didn't shake off the defense, he still used the arc to shoot against the defense and score.

It's not his best.

Yu Fei felt that if Jordan recovered to his best condition, when he had physical strength, he should be the strongest offensive point in the team.

His off-ball offense and off-ball movement are so good that the only thing Hamilton is better than him is his physical strength, and even his best off-ball movement is nothing to worry about in front of Jordan.

Yu Fei's performance gradually created an atmosphere of anxiety in the hearts of some veterans.

Someone like Letner who contradicts him is even worse.

It's already terrible to have Jordan on the head, and the downfall of Kwame Brown is what many veterans want to see, and no one wants to have a master and a young master in the team.

But now, the problem is even worse.

Yu Fei is far stronger than Brown and has a rare confrontational personality that is not afraid of Jordan.

Just in the first match, the smell of gunpowder between him and Jordan was so strong that it suffocated the veterans.

Lettner has to worry about one thing, if Yu Fei gets Jordan's approval, will he become the new young master?

Even if Yu Fei can't get Jordan off the stage now, Leitner will still have this idea, because that's Jordan, he likes confrontation, he likes the kind of tough guy who dares to accept his confrontation, this kind of person is one in a hundred when he plays.

They forgot one thing, Jordan likes confrontation and challenger, but also divides.

It's as if he doesn't treat Isaiah Thomas and Reggie Miller as people when he plays, but he feels honored to be respected by Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.

What Yu Fei shows today is infinitely closer to the former, not the latter.

For Jordan, who is aging and unable to use hard power to suppress Yu Fei stably, how could he hope that the young man he hand-picked is a mad dog like Reggie Miller and Isaiah Thomas?

Lightner was determined to suppress Yu Fei's arrogance.

It's just that in the ten-minute game, Yu Fei didn't give him any chance.

Because Yu Fei didn't try to attack the inside line in the positional battle except for the fast attack, his throwing was too accurate, a small forward with an inside body, he didn't practice hook hands, he didn't practice low-post back play, but had an experienced throw, how outrageous is this? Did he ever encounter a giant who had to throw to avoid blocks?

Finally, in the second half of the matchup, Leitner saw an opportunity.

Yu Fei executed a round of whistle kicks, and his continuous shaking made it difficult for Jasidy White to stabilize his center of gravity. White's body was like a rootless tree, swaying from side to side, and soon he couldn't withstand the large change of direction and shaking, his knees went down, and he knelt down directly.

Yu Fei got up, took a step inside, stepped into the paint area and jumped, he was determined to dunk, but, Leitner appeared, with his physical fitness, he couldn't stop Yu Fei at all, even if he jumped, it was just a background board for the dunk, he was crazy?

Lightner raised his hands and pressed his elbows against Yu Fei's side waist, and at that moment, Yu Fei felt a shock, a strong pain hit his waist, and his body smashed to the ground like a meteorite.

"Beep !!"

Now Johnny Bach had to blow for a foul on Leitner, which was too much.

"Fry?"

"Fry!"

Yu Fei lay on the ground and twisted his body, although it hurt, it was fine.

He clenched his fists, and his uncontrollable anger skyrocketed as fast as he could.

Lightner innocently stretched out his hand, "You all saw it, it was he who rushed too hard, I was just careless..."

Leitner didn't finish his sentence, and Yu Fei, who had already gotten up, found the target and punched him directly in the face.

Leitner was knocked to the ground.

“WCNMLGCB!!!”

Yu Fei hysterically yelled a word that no one understood, and threw a frenzied punch at Lightner.

All of a sudden, things were completely out of control.