After Jordan's season was reimbursed, the Wizards did not look as new as Yu Fei thought.

This is mainly reflected in several aspects.

One is the targeting of the opponent during the match.

When Jordan is around, opponents will focus on Jordan, even if he usually shoots less than 40 percent from the field. Now, Jordan is gone, and the leaders of the Wizards have become Yu Fei and Hamilton, and to defeat the Wizards, the first thing to limit is the two of them.

Hamilton is a pure attacker, proficient in running off the ball, likes to shoot with the ball, and occasionally attacks with the ball, but his problem is that he is too thin, which has been pointed out more than once by Jordan and Collins.

"Did Rip go to the gym today?" is Hamilton's most hated question.

Hamilton hates the gym and doesn't think he needs to gain weight or build his strength because that would affect his flexibility, flexibility and coordination.

And then there is Yu Fei, who played for most of the season, Yu Fei averaged 17.7 points, 7.4 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game, which can be said to be the most versatile rookie since Grant Hill, but his current offensive ability is okay as a secondary offense, and if you want to be the main offense, you need to look at the shooting feel of the night.

Once he doesn't find his shooting touch, opponents will decisively use the combined defense to limit his penetration.

At this time, he needs the firepower support of his teammates, especially Hamilton, a pitcher who averages 20 points per game.

And Hamilton seems to have an idea of his own.

Nowhere was this more evident than in the Wizards' loss to the Clippers on the road.

When the outside line couldn't be opened, and the inside line was completely blown up by Elton Brand, Yu Fei chose to hold the ball and force a breakthrough to create shooting space for Hamilton.

Hamilton, on the other hand, didn't punish the Clippers' joint defense with a shot after receiving the ball.

This scene is sensitive in the eyes of some media people.

Thomas Flynn, a reporter for the Washington Times, for example.

Is there any reason for Hamilton to abandon his usual way of playing, is it to make this game harder?

Flynn looked at the Wizards' stats.

Yu Fei tonight except for the three points are not very accurate, everything else is okay, 20 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, he played quite a lot of counterattacks to make the Clippers tired, if he can crack the opponent's joint defense, this game should be able to win.

But what if Hamilton doesn't cooperate?

Why did Hamilton do this?

Flynn didn't find the answer in the first place.

Then, at the press conference that night, when Yu Fei entered the media interview room as the team's most watched player, Flynn, who was also in the interview room, discovered the crux of the problem.

When Jordan ended the season early due to injury, there was a vacuum in the Wizards' boss position, but there was no competition at all, and everyone defaulted to the Flying Club to sit in that position.

Everybody, both inside and outside the team, sees it that way.

How can this be accepted by Hamilton, who entered the league a few years earlier than Yu Fei and is still the second leader under Jordan?

"Frye, what do you think was the reason for tonight's loss?"

"In terms of scores, we scored 15 fewer points than our opponents, well, that's why."

"Who do you think deserves these points?"

"The next time I have that kind of situation, I'm going to go for those points."

"Do you think the loss of MJ will have a big impact on you?"

"We had an 11-2 run of games before Michael's injury, we were 1-2 [after losing Jordan] and I don't think it's time to jump to conclusions."

At the end of the interview, Yu Fei met Hamilton on the passage.

"Why don't you shoot if there's a vacancy?"

Yu Fei asked directly.

Hamilton didn't expect Yu Fei to question himself without foreshadowing.

"Not a good opportunity."

"Not a good opportunity? They didn't defend our outside shots at all, I've used the breakaway to draw the defense for you, you were open, and if that's not a good chance, what's a good chance? Yu Fei asked sarcastically, "Do you want them to let you go to the basket?" ”

This kind of aggressive arrogance, Hamilton felt in Jordan.

When Jordan said he wasn't good defensively, when Jordan said he needed to throw himself into the power room, when Collins temporarily put him off the bench at the behest of Jordan's will, that feeling of suffocation was felt in him.

But Jordan is Jordan, why is Yu Fei? He's just a rookie!

"I got into the league before you, I know the game better, you can't tell me what a good chance is and what is not a good chance!" Hamilton quibbled unassumingly.

I'm XX than you, can't you tell me XX when the dog will be contagious with ominous syndrome in old age?

"Are you unhappy with the status quo, Rip?" Yu Fei suddenly smiled, "Do you have any opinions about me?" ”

In Hamilton's eyes, Yu Fei is no longer his little brother.

In other words, since Yu Fei entered the starter, the relationship between them that supports each other no longer exists.

Because Yu Fei dared to do what he didn't dare to do - he was against Jordan in the team ruled by Jordan.

Hamilton didn't dare.

What is Hamilton's boldest dream? It was he who told the media the day before yesterday that in five years, Jordan will not be here, and they will still be here.

He's the future of the team, that's his biggest dream.

And Yu Fei is a player who openly confronted Jordan and was not completely suppressed, but relied on his irreplaceable strength to make his status higher and higher.

On the eve of Jordan's surgery, Yu Fei's last words to Jordan shattered all of Hamilton's illusions.

That means even if Jordan retires, the Wizards are still not his team.

"Impossible!" Hamilton didn't dare to face his heart, nor did he dare to confess to Fei, "I've always supported you, Fry. ”

The next day, Yu Fei came to the Verizon Center early as usual.

"Yo, Tim, you're there too?" Anthony Lawson discovered Tim Grover.

This is the white guy that Yu Fei has always asked him to flatter, and every time he sees Grover, Lawson greets him like a kind nephew.

Grover saw Yu Fei, who was ready to start training.

He'd heard rumors of being too diligent in training, but never confirmed it himself, and to this day, Jordan plans to return to Verizon Center to make a statement of presence and boost the team's morale with the message "If you make the playoffs, I could be back." This chance made Grover realize that Yu Fei was such a hard-working player.

He remembered Lawson's fawning over him and his constant reference that "Frye was always looking for the best trainers."

"If you're here, I think, the boss is too?" Yu Fei asked with a smile.

"Of course." "Michael never gave up on his team. ”

Is it? And what did the 1993 bulls say? What about the 1998 Bulls?

Well, the death of my father and the dismantling of the team are all reasonable reasons.

But the name Jordan will arouse Yu Fei's rebellious psychology.

Then, Yu Fei met Jordan on the sidelines, who was walking with a cane.

"I watched yesterday's game." Jordan took the initiative to say to Fly, "If it's my pass, do you think Rip will miss those open shots?" ”

"I don't think so." Yu Fei scoffed, "Because he doesn't want to be asked after the game why he didn't do something on the field to help his teammates." ”

Jordan smugly: "You want to replace me, you want to lead them to the playoffs, that's what you said, right?" If you can't get Rip to work with you, why do you think you can do what you say? ”

"It doesn't have anything to do with you anymore, does it? And, who are we now in the need to fight for playoff qualification? Who would rather play with an injury than shoot more than 25 goals on the field with less than 30 per cent? Who has lost the ability to maintain high-quality offense and defense for a long time, but plays more than 38 minutes per game? Who left like a hero when leading the team to a 2-11 record that directly led to our playoff prospects becoming bleak? Yu Fei looked at Jordan like a pile of shit that no one cleaned up, "I don't say this to the media, you should be grateful, you just proved that you are destined to achieve nothing without Scottie Pippen this year, as for whether I can lead them to the playoffs and wipe your shit clean, that's my business, don't care about you old and useless dead cripple." ”

！ #￥！ @￥！ @#

Jordan was furious, picked up his crutches and wanted to have an imperial PK with Yu Fei, but the surrounding staff rushed up, they were not afraid of the two fighting, but afraid that Yu Fei would really shoot at Jordan.

Whether it's Jordan angrily hitting Yu Fei with a cane, or Yu Fei being rude to Jordan who has limited mobility, either of these two things will make the Wizards rush to the headlines, and it will also be accompanied by endless negative effects.

Although the staff stopped the conflict between Yu Fei and Jordan, the impact of this incident indirectly led to a difficult day for Richard Hamilton.

In the training session that day, Yu Fei chose a substitute team to play against the starting team led by Hamilton in the intra-team match.

From the beginning, when Yu Fei chased Hamilton, the smell of gunpowder appeared.

"Rip, is this also going to break through? What about your shots? Does a groin injury still affect your shots? ”

In the next round, when Hamilton shot a basketball, Yu Fei sneered again: "So you can shoot?" ”

If he throws in.

"Why didn't you vote last night?"

If he loses.

Yu Feihui pointed to Jordan, who was watching the game on the sidelines, and said: "You won't miss this kind of ball if you let that cripple come." ”

Finally, Hamilton couldn't take it anymore and angrily responded, "Why don't you vote? If you can get in, why pin your hopes on me? ”

Hamilton did leave Yu Fei with no choice.

If there is no one to count on around him, then he can only believe in himself.

His shot is just inconsistent, not inadequate.

Especially now, when he's angry, he's incredibly focused, and at times like this, he always feels really good.

That's the difference between Yu Fei and Hamilton.

It's also the biggest gulf between the average star player and the extraordinary talent with great potential.

Yu Fei dribbled the ball, called the No. 2 position to block and force Hamilton's change, and then pulled out his hand in front of him.

"Huh!"

"Is this a defense? See that cripple on the sidelines? You let him defend it better than you! ”

Jordan roared, "You'd better keep your mouth clean!" ”

It turns out that Joe knows that attacking the other party's flaws is an act of "unclean mouth"?

Klaus cried to death, and Boggs cried to death.

"Please respect my freedom of speech." Yu Fei sneered.

Jordan left with a blushing face.

Because if you continue to stay, you will only be humiliated by Yu Fei continuously.

And Hamilton, today will be a long time for him.

The rest of the starting team saw that Yu Fei was determined to take Hamilton Liwei (out of anger) today, so they didn't work hard and fought casually.

The substitute team did not dare not contribute, because the main reason why Yu Fei treated Hamilton like this today was that he didn't play well in last night's game.

As a result, the substitutes were inexorably able to beat the starting team.

After the game, Yu Fei did not speak to Hamilton again.

Only Kwame Brown felt that Yu Fei seemed to have changed a little: "Fulai, do you have any problems with Rip?" ”

"If he doesn't shoot, we're having problems."

"What if he votes?"

"Then I'll see if there are any other problems."

A day later, the Wizards traveled to Seattle to challenge the SuperSonics.

This is Yu Fei's first return to Washington State as an NBA player.

Although he was very aware that he was Kentish, he did feel a little differently when the Seattle-natives welcomed him home as "their own child."

Then, Gary Payton's words doubled his morale: "You're the kid who played in the Regional Invitational?" ”

"Do you remember me?"

"Of course, I remember, just to confirm. Uncle I, I hate you most about being a high school kid like you who doesn't go to college, and I have to teach you a good lesson tonight! ”

Payton did what he said, with 29 points and 7 assists in a single game, but Yu Fei, who seemed to have some BUFF bonus back to the "home court", bravely cut 35 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists to lead the team to defeat the SuperSonics.

At the end of the game, it was clear that the home loss was clear, but the Seattle people were not sad at all.

The cheers at the scene made Yu Fei feel like playing at MCI.

Richard Hamilton scored 21 points and he finally started shooting.

Because Yu Fei changed the way he treated him.

If Hamilton doesn't shoot in the open space, Yu Fei will reprimand him viciously like Jordan.

It's not good to put pressure on others, but if pressure is the only way to get Hamilton to play well, then Yu Fei will not hesitate to do it.

He didn't care what Hamilton thought, he just wanted to get the Wizards out of the quagmire.

Hamilton then refused to attend the post-match press conference.

Reason?

Groin strain, now going to the hospital for a check-up.

When Yu Fei learned about this, he had a hunch - BYD would not directly "smart groin, start!" "Right?

The next day, the Wizards officially announced that Richard Hamilton would miss the game indefinitely due to a recurrent groin injury.

(End of chapter)