Chapter Ninety-Five: The Storm is Treacherous
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
Yu Fei's words soon swept through the sports program being broadcast on the TV station, which was a sudden big news.
And the next day, those who prefer to get sports information in the newspaper will also learn what happened to the Wizards tonight.
"Frye, remember what I said to you?"
"Don't do the irreparable?"
"You remember."
"Because I don't want to redeem it anymore."
Arne Trem sorted out his thoughts, and felt that the current situation was not bad for Fei.
The only thing Yu Fei will lose in this matter may be some fans.
Yu Fei has been rumored to disrespect Jordan for a long time, and tonight's interview confirmed it. Moreover, he is not only disrespectful to Jordan, but also has some blasphemy against Jordan. What is certain is that Jordan's team will issue a press release tomorrow to reveal another part of the truth beyond "he said he was going to trade me".
When the time comes, Jordan will be forgiven, he bullied Kwame Brown, that is to love talents, cherish talents, in order to temper the willpower of young people, and what about Yu Fei? Didn't he grow up under Jordan's "inspiration"? Why is he not grateful? What does it mean that he stops Jordan from educating rookies, and does he want to be the boss? Even if he had that potential, it would be too early.
What is certain is that the media offensive of the Jordan team will put the coffin on the whole thing, and when the time comes, Jordan will still be Jordan, and Yu Fei will be saddled with the name of thorn.
"Which team do you want to go to?" Trem asked.
"Except for the Clippers."
"I know, go and rest, it's a big thing, but it's not out of control, there are many players in history who have made a lot of trouble and ended up standing still." "The trading world is changing fast, and you still have to be prepared to stay until the trade actually happens." ”
"I can do it, anyway, it's not me who loses face if the deal is not completed."
"If I had known you and Michael were so bad." Trem somewhat regretted letting Yu Fei and Kwame Brown participate in the Wizards' tryout.
Yu Fei hung up the phone with Trym.
Just as he was about to rest, Quint Demio's phone called.
"Da Fei, why did you make such a big news quietly? The people at the headquarters are going crazy! ”
Yu Fei asked rhetorically: "Don't they agree with me doing this?" ”
"No, they have long wanted you to leave, as long as you are in one day, no matter how well you play, you are promoting MJ's shoes, no one will notice your 'chosen one', you need to go to a team that can have you as the core." "You've made a big fuss this time, but we're unprepared, so they're mad!" ”
Yu Fei really didn't consider Reebok's reaction, because when he fought Jordan in Washington for 300 rounds before, Reebok had never participated.
Since the signing of the agreement, there has not been much contact between the two sides, except for some necessary activities and the release of Yu Fei's signature sneakers.
It's just that after Yu Fei entered the starter, Reebok found that the investment in him could be exchanged for several times or even ten times the return, and if he can continue to improve, the future is limitless.
Yu Fei and Demio chatted for about ten minutes, and then Reebok's people called Anthony Lawson, and Lawson quickly ran to Yu Fei's room to hand him the phone.
Yu Fei had to hang up Demio's phone first and chat with Reebok's people.
Reebok asked Yu Fei to explain the cause of the incident in detail.
Because Jordan's team will definitely launch all media forces to counterattack, relying on Yu Fei's agent alone can't hold this position at all, that is Jordan's nearly 20 years of professional basketball network accumulation, if you want to not suffer in public opinion, Reebok must take action.
"Have you beaten Nike in terms of media?" Yu Fei asked curiously.
"I can't beat it," the person in charge of Reebok said honestly, "but MJ is a thing of the past for Nike, and Tiger Woods is in progress, you know, even if it is a god in the sports world, he must be at his peak to have the influence of God, MJ has been symbolized, and Nike may not intervene in this matter, because in the end, no matter whether MJ's image gets better or worse, people who like AJ will still buy AJ, and those who don't like AJ will not buy AJ." ”
These doors and doors were not understood by Yu Fei before, and this can be regarded as learning in tears.
After the person in charge of Reebok understood the situation about the same, he asked Yu Fei's future plans: "Fry, are you willing to play in a big market team?" ”
"Could it be that the company can even get involved in this kind of thing?"
"It's man-made, Fry, and we'll use all the resources and forces at our disposal to help you transfer."
"I don't have any specific ideas about it, except for the Clippers, which team can do."
"Son, you have to put the market first, and only those who have a big market can build an empire."
And then I'm going to be a KING too? He is already the chosen son, how rude is it to be a KING again?
"You guys look at it, I want to rest"
The next day, there was a seismic effect in the world of sports.
Whether it is Yu Fei's bad comments on Jordan, or the sentence "he said he wants to trade me", or the counterattack of Jordan's team, and Reebok's mobilization of all media forces to contain it, the professional basketball critics have been stirred up into a mess.
Interestingly, the fans support Jordan a lot, while the media, especially the arrogant sports writers, support Yu Fei a lot.
Because Jordan's hegemonic behavior is an open secret in the industry, Yu Fei's act of standing up and resisting is completely legitimate for them.
The most thorough bath of Jordan was ESPN's Mark Stein, who wrote in the day's article: "Now, Michael has no way back, and it seems like he has to trade Frye." Because Frye dismantled his hegemony and exposed his authoritarian and bullying side-mates, he was inoffensive for a long time as the sole god of basketball, but why should we pretend that he is a perfect saint? His peak was in the 90s, was it a difficult thing to be the only god in those days? No, it's not difficult at all, as long as you don't let your assistant massage your prostate, don't bite your opponent's ear during a game, don't get HIV because of promiscuity, don't be suspected of killing your wife, and rule your own sport, you can be the only god of that era. That's a very low standard. ”
The funniest is Bill Simmons, a fellow ESPN columnist, who first denounced Yu Fei at length, from Yu Fei's tryout fight with Eddie Griffin before the draft, to his blatant "betrayal" of Jordan at a press conference last night, and made the team's discord public to argue "Is Frye Yu the contemporary Rick Barry?" Then, at the end of the article, he "@" the Celtics general manager: "Dear Chris Wallace, although Frye Yu has more problems than you, he is still the best NBA rookie since Tim Duncan, if we have even a 1% chance of getting him, I implore you not to use your 10KB brain to do any thinking, trade!" MJ gives him whatever he wants, and we can afford anything but Pierce! I want to see Frye in a Celtic jersey right now! ”
Yu Fei was officially put on the shelves and became a consultable commodity.
It was also from this day that the Wizards did not let him play games anymore on the grounds of protecting Yu Fei, except for letting him participate in daily training.
The first game that Yu Fei missed was the Wizards' rematch with the Heat at home.
After the news that Jordan was going to trade Yu Fei was exposed, Riley called Jordan as soon as possible.
And Riley's offer is simply heavyweight.
"Michael, you can ask anyone on our team, I can give you three more first-round picks!"
There's only one way a coach like Pat Riley who cherishes the future would take the future to the stud is when he believes Yu Fei can bring a future that no one on the roster or the next three first-round picks can't get back.
Jordan didn't immediately promise Riley.
Judging by the criteria of the offer, Riley's bid is already high, a high-potential rookie who performs well, and any player for the Heat + three first-rounders, which is a bargaining chip that can be traded for an active All-Star player.
But Jordan didn't want to give because he felt like he would regret it one day.
In that night's game, Riley wanted his players to become supermen so that Jordan could see how good they were.
If Yu Fei doesn't play, the Wizards are wrong in all aspects, if it weren't for the poor strength of the Heat, plus Jordan's shooting rate tonight was "as high" as 38%, maybe they really won.
82 to 80
It was an ugly and uninteresting game, and the Wizards won in the absence of Fly, which was probably the only thing that would please Jordan.
Subsequently, the Wizards waited at home for a rematch with the Knicks.
It has to be said that Jordan and Hamilton have done their best to win, both have above-average performances, but they are also the only ones who have performed above average for the Wizards.
The Knicks had six double-doubles, and the Wizards had two double-doubles, and in this case, the loss was doomed.
Then, the Wizards got another offer.
The Rockets wanted to trade Eddie Griffin and a 2003 first-round pick for Yu Fei.
This offer was rejected on the spot.
"Eddie Griffin? What kind of waste is that?! These are Jordan's exact words.
Offer, counter-offer, pull. Jordan, who was determined to trade Yu Fei, could not get a return that met his heart in the market, because anyone with a discerning eye could see that the person who was in a hurry to make a deal was Jordan, and in this case, there was no need to come up and quote the reserve price.
is also Riley's kind of bargaining chips that have a little friendship with Jordan and really have no trading chips, so he can only take the future stud and try to win quickly, but the more Riley wants it, the more Jordan doesn't want to give.
The situation is so embarrassing, but Yu Fei is not in a hurry at all, he should train and train, he should rest and rest, because he doesn't need to participate in the game, so he doesn't go to the home court, he doesn't follow the away, and he goes home at night to see Vince Carter angrily slash 35 points to teach the seniors a lesson and beat the Wizards by the way, today is another successful day.
(End of chapter)