The free market in 2006 was very uneventful, as Ben Wallace, the number one fish, decided on his next home before heading into July.

In addition to Big Ben, Al Harrington, another hot player in the free market, also made a quick decision to move from Atlanta to the Golden State Warriors.

Then, with Nene and Jason Terry on the team, Peja left the Pacers for the Hornets, and the free agency market was literally out of big names.

Aside from the normal signings of the free market, there are very few exciting deals.

The only shocking trade since the end of the season was for the Bucks to sign LaMarcus Aldridge for three players and the Knicks in the first round.

Against a team that had just climbed from the trough to the top, they didn't have to take the risk, but they did it anyway.

The move was interpreted as Milwaukee not knowing how to keep Frye, so much so that they would rather break a roster that had proven to be successful than acquire higher talent to satisfy Frye.

Sports writers always have the most inner drama.

Just when the big-name players were choosing their next home, Yu Fei, who was plagued by intelligent groin injuries, announced: "Due to a groin injury, I will miss the US team this summer. Anyway, I stand with Coach K and all the staff at Team USA. ”

For some Americans, they have come to terms with the reality that the best basketball players in the world may never play for their country.

And for others, like Yu Fei, the embodiment of the American Dream, what reason is there not to fight for the Star-Spangled Banner?

So his groin injury must be real.

Yu Fei let the outside world make a lot of noise, but he no longer bothered to talk about it.

It's just that Yu Fei's announcement that he missed the Dream Team due to injury was not the biggest news that the team appeared in that month.

Immediately after that, Dream Team leader Kobe Bryant will retire from the Dream Team due to knee surgery.

Bryant's exit soon sparked all sorts of speculation.

Like Bill Simmons, a big Cammy who is afraid of the world is like to have a rhythm, and he wrote in the article: "Listen, I absolutely believe that Kobe Bryant has a knee injury, but does he have to have surgery? Just after Frye missed out on the Dream Team again? Just after the national team decided on three captains? If you're Kobe Bryant, after you've had such a great season, the person who is most qualified to lead you refuses to be on the Dream Team, but the captain of the Dream Team is made up of three hairy boys, you are called the leader, but you don't really have a personal status, in this case, do you want to stay on this team? ”

A large part of Simmons' article is malicious speculation, but his speculation is based on existing information.

For example, the fact that Kobe Bryant is not the captain of the Dream Team is very controversial in itself.

When the Dream Team defeated Athens two years ago, James, Anthony and Wade were at odds with the veterans, but they openly stated that they wanted to wash away the shame in the coming years.

At that time, Coach K was an assistant coach of the Dream Team, and he was impressed by the sense of responsibility of the three young men.

As the stars of the older generation refused the call of the Dream Team and Yu Fei missed due to injury, Coach K decided to make the three of Zhan Weigua the captains of the new Dream Team.

Shortly after this decision was made, Bryant withdrew from the Dream Team due to knee surgery.

This is a natural source for conspiracy theories in the United States.

Although both the Dream Team and Kobe Bryant have publicly stated that the rumors are false, all kinds of news have caused the Dream Team to receive a lot of attention before the roster is confirmed.

During this time, Yu Fei has been busy with business matters.

Reebok needs to make the most of his storied season to generate revenue, and Yu Fei also needs to expand the reach of his personal brand.

Yu Fei traveled around New York while conducting special training.

Subsequently, Yu Fei became famous on Wall Street for his off-market investments, and even Warren Buffett, who was called the "Omaha Prophet" by Wall Street stockholders, became interested in him.

At that time, Reebok's president Paul Els was running errands here, and when he talked about Yu Fei at a party, Buffett took the initiative to say that he wanted to meet him.

Els was happy to make it happen.

In late July, Yu Fei teamed up with Reebok and the Bucks to hold a charity tournament to raise money for the people of the western region who were eating vegetables in western China and the war-affected Middle East and Africa that were widely rumored on the Internet at the time.

Before the charity match began, Yu Fei met Buffett under the recommendation of Els.

Buffett greeted him with a pleasant smile and basketball-related jokes, and his words seemed to be just casual words, but Yu Fei knew that it was definitely prepared in advance.

Because Warren Buffett's joke goes like this: "You remind me of my younger me, when I also played basketball, I played guard on the court, but as a guard, I didn't even shoot as good as O'Neal, so I knew early on that I couldn't do anything in this business." ”

Yu Fei was amused by laughter.

He then presented Buffett with one of his jerseys in the name of the Bucks, as well as a lifetime season ticket.

Warren Buffett accepted the gift.

The two began to chat, and Els, the introducer of the meeting, couldn't even interject. He was a little surprised, because Da Fei and Buffett looked like an impossible pair.

Da Fei is 24 years old this year, and Warren Buffett is 75 years old. Da Fei is a basketball player from the small town of Kent, Washington, and Buffett is a stockbroker in Omaha who turned careers to become an investor. Da Fei is a controversial figure, domineering and resolute on the court, uninhibited off the court, he has an affair with Sava and has a personal relationship with Paris Hilton. Warren Buffett is recognized as the god of investment, and the only sport he insists on is golf, and there are not many people in this world who are qualified to play golf with him, and his golfers are basically celebrities such as Gates and Bezos.

The biggest difference between the two of them is that although Yu Fei has reached the peak, from the perspective of his career, he has just started, while Buffett has reached the peak of his career.

However, looking at the pair, which are half a century apart in age, but there is no generation gap as a result, Ells senses a strong connection between them—the Prophet and the Chosen One—and that there are many logically similar internal connections in their godheads.

By the end of the meeting, Buffett's sense of flying was getting better and better, and the young man didn't seem as difficult to communicate with as rumored to be.

For this reason, Buffett gave Yu Fei some sincere advice.

He thinks that Yu Fei can invest in more low-cost index funds in the future to maintain cash flow, and most importantly, instead of becoming a part of pop culture, it is better to own a part of the United States, such as the brands such as Pepsi and Gatorade that Yu Fei currently endorses, and should consider acquiring some of their shares, in Buffett's view, the shares of these long-standing companies will only become more and more valuable in the future.

At the time of parting, Yu Fei said: "Wait until next summer, can I invite you to Milwaukee to watch a game?" ”

"Why summer?" Warren Buffett asked with a smile.

Yu Fei said: "Our home heating system is not good, and it is not suitable for on-site football in winter. ”

"No problem." Warren Buffett said, "I'll wear the jersey you gave me when the time comes." ”

Then, Buffett also made his own little request, and every spring at the shareholder meeting in Omaha, Buffett likes to open with a funny video to entertain thousands of attendees. He thought it would be fun to have a one-on-one heads-up with Yu Fei in a basketball game.

Yu Fei said, what is this? Arrangement!

"However, there is one more condition."

Warren Buffett looks extremely serious.

Yu Fei asked, "What is it?" ”

Suddenly, Buffett laughed: "You have to let me win." ”

As long as Buffy dies violently while filming the video because of some physical illness, let alone let him win, even if he is beaten by Buffett like the masters of all walks of life in "Gong Shou Dao" who were violently beaten by Mr. Ma, he has no problem.

"You know, although I grew up in the United States, I'm still Chinese at heart." Yu Fei may have suffered from intermittent Alzheimer's disease, otherwise he would not have been able to say this, "Respect for the old and love for the young is a traditional Chinese virtue." ”

In late July, Yu Fei started this year's Asian tour.

Because Yu Fei "deeply regretted" missing the Dream Team due to injury, he made Japan the last stop of this year's Asian tour.

At that time, he will be a spectator to cheer on the Dream Team.

Meanwhile, the U.S. team is making final preparations for the World Championships.

Worryingly, their warm-up performances weren't as devastating as fans had hoped.

There are many rules in FIBA that are different from those of the NBA.

Bosh couldn't understand FIBA's strange jamming strategy, and James was whistled for a technical foul after he habitually called a timeout in an accident — in a FIBA game, players can't call a timeout.

The U.S. team looks talented, but the chemistry is poor, and the loose free-throw accuracy doesn't tell that this is a skilled team.

Many observers have questioned them.

The last thing James wants to hear as the co-captain of the Dream Team is "Does Frye's absence make a big difference"?

"I don't know what this has to do with Fry?" James said, "Because of a groin injury, Frye and Kobe Bryant won't be here. But even without them, the USA is still the best team in the world, and I promise we'll get better, and what we need is patience. ”

"Don't judge us until it's all over!"

(End of chapter)