Chapter 443: Good Things Will Happen Naturally
Durant was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect James to say this to him.
"Really? I don't see it that way. β
Durant responded simply.
But James didn't go any further. He knows Durant, who is Nike's new favorite. With his defeat, Kobe Bryant crossed the 30-year-old mark, and Reebok, represented by Yu Fei, is becoming the ruler of the basketball equipment market.
For Nike, Yu Fei's Chosen Series is the "Flying Man" brand in the new era.
Sadly, this brand does not belong to Nike.
This is a rare image of a superstar in the history of American sports.
As for finding open teammates and even passing the ball with beautiful movements, that's not something that ordinary people can do.
Although Yu Fei was willing to believe that the referee had made a temporary change, reason told him that the only reasonable explanation for the referee's sudden transformation from a four-step layup enthusiast to a basketball rule fundamentalist could only be pressure from outside.
In the end, the second half was reduced to a stage for swiping data.
After eating a few sweets like this, the SuperSonics stretched the difference to 12 points, and the first quarter was almost over.
Yu Fei said: "After I beat LeBron in the low post, the field of vision completely changed, I can almost have a premonition when they will come to wrap up, and the vacant space of teammates appears in my eyes like a gopher out of the hole."
James is only two years younger than Yu Fei, but is behind five championships, four MVPs and a 26-game losing streak head-to-head.
He brushed up on 36 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists, benchmarking Yu Fei's triple-double of 34 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists.
The referee suddenly became resistant to walking, and when he blew the whistle, he actually had a posture of preferring to blow ten wrong shots rather than let go of one, and in just one section, the supersonic speed and the knight were blown 6 steps.
Because the six-year, $130 million endorsement contract signed by Yu Fei with Reebok in 2003 will expire at that time.
O'Neal's defense is now just an empty shelf.
Yu Fei said flatly.
As a result, James was later criticized by his hometown.
Then it was Jordan Jr. who received Yu Fei's pass and ate the cake and was blown away for a walking violation.
He began to devour the market share that would have belonged to James, and gradually, Nike began to invest resources on him.
This kind of fake trick can't bluff anyone.
"I hope so."
He'll put on a serious defensive stance and then stay still when he really needs to help.
Because they all know that Durant's draft template is Yu Fei.
James has heard some rumors that Nike plans to devote all its resources to pursuing Yu Fei next summer.
"It's a little little."
James can lose, but the data can't.
Listening to Yu Fei tell about his experience, Hikma didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
"That's right!" Yu Fei's assistant Lin Kaiwen echoed, "Da Fei's biggest drawback is that his basic skills are too good, and he can't go to the basket in four steps!" β
Nike not only offered Durant an endorsement contract second only to James, but also gave him a rare public image in the sports world - apprentice, good guy, boy next door.
So with the words James said to Durant, maybe he was moved, but his ultimate purpose was not simple.
But they helped LeBron, and who will help them?
After breaking through James's low defense, Yu Fei felt that his vision was extremely broad.
"How many assists do you average per game?" Yu Fei asked again.
Yu Fei should fight how to fight.
If you don't believe it, look at LeBron, who worked so hard to get to Seattle, stood in front of Frye, and was knocked out by a punch in the end.
But James' old problem is that more than 90% of the time he tends to pass the ball outside, and no one knows if he doesn't know if he doesn't know how to pass inside or doesn't like to pass the ball inside, and his offensive options like to burst points allow the SuperSonics to be clear about their options when defending him.
Gram City is not as good as Seattle, but what kind of backcountry is Milwaukee?
Yu Fei first accepted the on-site interview, and then deliberately walked in front of the president.
When Yu Fei sat down on the court, he asked the inside coach Hickma: "Jack, you should have been often caught when you played low in the past, right?" β
Hikma said complacently: "If they hadn't been included, I would have averaged 30 points per game." β
"What's wrong?"
Then, he noticed that Yu Fei was a little surprised.
Carl flew down to rest.
The accuracy of his outside three-point line made Yu Fei feel unfamiliar.
This exacerbates their sense of urgency.
James, in particular, couldn't accept it.
"Less?" Hikma said angrily, "It's already a lot!" β
"No, there's a guy on the other side who has been told by the Knight boss all day that God bless Cleveland, and now he's thinking about how to leave." Yu Fei joked, "If you want me to be good, don't use this word on me." β
Stern wouldn't be so naΓ―ve, and he believed Yu Fei wouldn't either.
That's a lot of pressure on the rest of Nike's basketball players.
It's Yu Fei, who hits James with his back while approaching the ultimate door that the ball-holding core will inevitably touch after mastering the back play - attracting defense in the low post, forming an offensive that blooms in the middle and explodes on all sides.
They can.
In a word, they happily took James' 012 layup off the court, but the game changed in the second quarter.
Yu Fei was indifferent to the communication between the two, and the knights focused on the outside line to allow the supersonic to concentrate firepower on their inside line.
In Hikma's impression, Yu Fei is the No. 1 player with the ball, but he chose to transform when he came to SuperSonic. However, the player's personal style is as deep as the bloodline, and no matter how Yu Fei transforms, he will eventually return to the original path.
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With Durant following Yu Fei to win his first championship, Nike's marketing to him has also entered the next stage.
"Is there a possibility?" Randy Meems is James' mouth replacement. "I mean, maybe. This is my personal opinion and has nothing to do with LeBron. Twenty-seven consecutive losses are not the gap between LeBron and Frye, but the gap between Cleveland and Milwaukee and Seattle? β
But a player who can be a big core at the top of the arc and receive the ball in the low post means something completely different to the team.
Therefore, James's biggest competitor within Nike is actually Durant who stands next to Yu Fei.
James came up and was blown for a walking violation, and he couldn't help but spread his hands.
They expect the back waves of the Yangtze River to push the front waves.
This is a good thing for those who have good technology habits.
If Nike gets his hands on it, they'll get the contemporary Jordan.
From the second quarter onwards, the referee seemed to have changed his person, and the blowing penalty for the footsteps was especially strict.
Hikma uttered the hilarious thing in a serious tone: "You don't make a four-step layup." β
Nike advertised him as Yu Fei's apprentice, and he was a good guy to the outside, while in front of the fans, he was a big boy with a schoolbag.
In the second half, James returned to normal, but the Cavaliers fell too far behind and there was no hope of overtaking.
When Yu Fei made his fourth low-post attack under James' defense, Mike Brown said that he couldn't let Yu Fei do LeBron alone.
With James's understanding of Fly, he knew that the other party probably wouldn't leave Reebok.
Neither he, nor the rest of the alliance, could stand up to him with a single defense.
Because Nike is essentially Jordan's "lair".
Hikma said, "About three." β
In this matter, they have lost hope in James.
Moreover, his projection has improved even more than last season.
Originally, he and Yu Fei were still on par, but suddenly, the knights plummeted.
No, your reaction is in a hurry.
Yu Fei didn't give James a chance, and expanded the difference to 20 points in the half quarter, and before the first half was over, many fans in the key arena lifted the P picture of James kneeling down in front of Yu Fei and crying, which also read: "LeBron, twenty-seven consecutive defeats are not your limit!" β
James in the first quarter was simply a god, with no solution to the breakthrough, and his outside shooting was accurate.
But James is uncomfortable, it's not that he can't play if he doesn't walk, it's a layman who can't play if he doesn't walk, he doesn't. The main reason is that his rhythm of the game was ruined by the referees, so that he couldn't find the feeling of controlling the thunder and lightning in the first quarter.
"We just have to work hard, and good things will happen."
James relied on a legal four-step layup to see who hit whom, although the supersonic joint defense is good, but the little emperor will not always be on the road.
But he was helpless, if he had to choose between him and Yu Fei, Nike would not hesitate to give up on him.
A person like O'Neal who comes to the offensive end and takes charge of the interior line, if the ball carrier does not give him sweetness, he will not have the desire to move positively, so it will form a vicious circle where everyone crowds the interior line.
"What about our defense? What about our bag clips? Coach Bread exclaimed excitedly, "Can you damn guys give LeBron some help?" β
Jordan's two playoff sweeps by Bird when he was young have become evidence that later generations questioned him, but James's defeat in front of Yu Fei is more than equal, and such a gap is impossible to make up.
James' camp is aware of this.
Tonight, James shot 4 of 7 from the outside, completely moving from a talent monster with a deformed offensive arsenal to a three-way offensive killer with accurate outside line, mid-range shooting, and no solution in the restricted area.
Roy dribbled in front of him twice and used the European step to make a layup, and O'Neal didn't even react, just raised his hands and pretended.
As a player, what is your first reaction when you are caught on the pitch? Proud? Are you finally respected by your opponents?
That's Durant's strength.
"What's the difference?"
We've seen courtesans like Dr. J and Magic, rulers like Jordan and Tiger Woods, and Tyson and Iverson-esque villains like rebellious kids, but none of them have ever been treated as good guys.
"You've never disappointed, and that's good." "I hope Seattle doesn't disappoint either," Stern said. β
The intention of this statement is to continue the clichΓ© of "I didn't lose if the knight loses", but because Cleveland is referred to as a knight, there are many things that Cleveland doesn't understand.
James' single-pass propensity led to another result, and O'Neal and he couldn't have chemistry.
Yu Fei didn't know if he had prompted James' evolution, or if James of Knight 1.0 really had such strength, none of this mattered. What he noticed was that with James' current technical ability, if paired with a four-step layup, he was indeed an inexplicable ball-handler.
Because the Cavaliers' defense was forced to shrink by him, as long as someone came to help, it showed that he had at least one teammate in the open position.
"Mr. President, I hope this game didn't disappoint you."
The bag must be rough, and the opponent will not hesitate to use the power of two people to lock you up, how can you pass the ball easily?
As a result, 99% of the players who are caught in the pack are able to pass the ball to complete the task.
"You're there." Hikma sighed, "God bless Seattle." β
Who is most likely and most capable of bringing about this pressure?
The one in charge of the Alliance, of course.
"No, you're different."
Is it good for a sportsman to be called a good person?
Probably not, but a good person has a great advantage in today's commercialized and developed world, which is that fans have no sense of distance.
While Stern did a little bit of work on it, he didn't feel like he was affecting the balance of the game.
If you lose the belief to win because the referee's scale is against you, then maybe you don't deserve to win at all.