James said that something worse had happened to him in Las Vegas, suggesting that Yu Fei had done him more than what happened tonight.

But he said it too soon.

When something extraordinary happens, it's not just the fans who need to accept him, but also the people who can stir up the storm.

July is the most important month of the offseason for the NBA, as it is the month when they not only wrap up last season's season (Championship Parade), but also hold various meetings to prepare for next season, as well as Summer League for teams to test the quality of their newly drafted rookies.

However, James's "decision" suddenly became the theme of the month.

David Stern's efforts to secretly prevent the special from happening were in vain, and the result was as bad as he thought, and he had to come out and explain a few words.

"I have a few things to say about LeBron's departure from Cleveland. First of all, he certainly has the right to make such a decision. I think he's both a great player and a very good guy. If he had asked for my advice beforehand, I might have suggested that he inform Cleveland earlier, even if he hadn't announced where he was going, so we could avoid that. I would also advise him not to make a show called a "decision." I think the advice he got in this regard was wrong. His performance was outstanding. His honesty and integrity are evident. But the decision was unwise, crudely crafted, and poorly executed. Those who are interested in this have already gotten our opinion before it airs. ”

Media professionals are keenly aware of a series of subtle criticisms of James by Stern.

It can be seen from this that the alliance has a negative view of the "decision".

This is normal, just like when Yu Fei signed a short-term contract and completely disrupted the way NBA rookies renewed their contracts, James's "decision" directly challenged the principle of "GM builds a team and players play", not to mention the second and third players in the league at their peak.

This incident greatly disappointed Jordan, who has always regarded James as his successor.

Of course he wanted James to beat Yu Fei, but not in this way.

It's like he joined the Trail Blazers after 1990 to beat the Pistons, is that any merit?

"In hindsight, I'm definitely not going to call Larry or call Maggie and say, 'Hey, let's build a team together,'" Jordan said after attending a celebrity golf game in Nevada, "but. Times are different. I wouldn't say it's a bad thing, but if it were me, I wouldn't do it. ”

TNT's Charles Barkley is not far behind.

"I wouldn't say LeBron isn't the next Michael Jordan. Because LeBron's goal has always been Fry. Barkley commented loudly on TNT's show, "But he did something that Frye would never have done, and it will forever put him to shame in his comparisons to Frye." What will Frye do? He would stay at home and wait for Chris Bosh to ask him to lead him to win a ring. And LeBron chose a different path, and at this point, he became Kobe's Chris Bosh! ”

First the official criticism, then the denial that he has always been optimistic about his celebrity, and now the media people led by Barkley are gaining popularity on the show - of course, the audience likes to watch it.

Then, sports writers led by Bill Simmons appeared.

As the No. 1 sports writer of our time, Simmons' views on the matter have received a great deal of attention.

Simmons responded to the expectations of the outside world and wrote a long article with gusto, dissecting James's "decision" like a psychologist.

Among them, there are many comments that are very personal.

"LeBron is faced with one of the biggest decisions in sports history, and he has several options in front of him: 'victory' (Chicago), loyalty (Cleveland), and the chance to be eternal (New York). But I never expected that his choice was 'help!!!!! Maybe we put LeBron in the wrong role from the start, and we thought he was a once-in-a-decade wizard like Frye Yu, but he wasn't. He's not a magician either, and you can't expect him to end a decade of feud with a single blow to the enemy of his life. He always longed for a Kobe Bryant who could take on a big responsibility for him. ”

Simmons understands James' choice very well, and he believes that it is an option that will bring James extremely close to victory.

But in the end, as a media personality who considers himself a fan, he stood in the position of fans and wrote: "This is LeBron James's final choice." It's not Miami, it's not Cleveland, it's not Chicago, it's the West Coast. This is what he said himself. As someone over 24 years old, I can't blame him. But as someone who loves basketball, I can't forgive him. ”

As a sports writer, Simmons has the advantage of being able to put into words what fans think but can't put into words.

In this matter, he undoubtedly did.

His article struck a wide chord.

It also meant that those who had made a name for themselves in professional basketball circles through their work on words began to attack James.

Official criticism, celebrity denial, media ridicule, public opinion questioning - James's "decision" triggered the largest cyber violence in history.

Countless Yu Fei fans did not intend to let go of this opportunity.

They knew about the grievances between Yu Zhan.

Over the years, Yu Fei's overwhelming engagement record has made his fans always condescending when facing James's fans.

No matter how determined a fan is, they can't face the fact that they are losing in a row of twenty-eight games.

This time, with James' "decision" of blowing himself up like a truck, Yu Fei's fans swept the former's Twitter account.

Under James' first tweet, tens of thousands of Yu Fei fans dubbed James "Coward Brown" in a variety of humiliating ways.

Moreover, just scolding James for cowardice is still of high quality.

Some low-quality people directly humiliated the nasty P pictures of Delonti West and Zhan's mother: "Coward, you just don't want to recognize your stepfather!" ”

For half a month, James' camp could barely breathe.

The Nike behind James had no will to parry at all.

This "feat" that provokes national wrath is not something they can fight against.

The irony of the whole thing is that the people who have the most reason to hate James, although they burned all the memorabilia with the words "LeBron" and "James", they did not make a further overreaction as the outside world.

Cleveland is barely heard from the outside world, except for Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert frantically announcing that the Cavaliers will win the championship sooner than James.

But in Yu Fei's radio program, the voice is very loud.

Some Cavaliers fans complained: "Fry, I implore you to stop the evil empire in Los Angeles!" My hometown has been ruined by LeBron, our boss is crazy in front of the media all day long, and he actually swears that the Cavaliers will succeed first than LeBron You are the only one who can do this, please, stop that demon! ”

Yu Fei promised him.

What about Janco teaming up? The SuperSonics have him, Durant, Roy, and the new signing Bosh, and their lineup is much more reasonable.

The most unbearable thing is also the wailing from Cavaliers fans.

"As a Clevelandite, I've lived through the failure of Cleveland sports all my life. However, the failure was unforeseeable, but the man's decision was a murder that had been foreshadowed for a year! Even if my wife slept with my father, I wouldn't be so miserable, but the man, who spent a whole year promising that he would stay, then cut off our heads on the national live broadcast! ”

"That's right." Yu Fei tried to empathize with the Cavaliers fans, but he couldn't, so he had to end the day's show with a joke. "This is the Cavaliers fan right now."

A lot has happened since July, and James left Cleveland in a way that will last for 10,000 years, and his intention was to create a lot of momentum, and he succeeded.

It's been a long time since he's been a protagonist in the basketball world.

But the price of being the protagonist is to make the whole world hate him.

At the same time, Yu Fei and Reebok completed a five-year, $200 million contract extension, and, starting this year, he will receive a 10% profit dividend from the "Chosen One" brand every year. That's a bit short of the 15% they had planned. But this is also based on the internal situation of Reebok.

For now, Reebok is in dire need of the Chosen One's profits to scale the company. Therefore, although they did not give Yu Fei a 15% profit dividend, they gave Yu Fei a 3% stake in the company.

This is an acceptable alternative for the fly camp.

It was also after Yu Fei renewed his contract with Reebok that he strongly recommended the company to sign Stephen Curry.

After weighing in, Reebok grabbed ahead of Under Armour for four years and $20 million and signed Curry.

On signing day, Curry's agent, Christian Leitner, responded to comments that Reebok signed Curry based on his relationship with Yu Fei.

"Stephen is a child of the future." "That's my opinion, and that's Frye's opinion, but none of us can force Reebok to come up with 20 million to sign a rookie who looks like a junior high school student," Leitner said. When Reebok decided to do that, I thought you should congratulate Stephen. ”

The biggest story of the summer is coming to an end, but the free market is just opening.

The Lakers, who have three stars, can only fill the roster with a base salary, and the Heat, who have two sub-salary caps, will also need a strong operation to calm Wade's heart.

As for the defending champion Supersonic. After Los Angeles became an evil empire, they suddenly fell silent.

The only news is the official signing of second-round pick Alonzo Gee.

Sam Presti told those around him: "What we need most now is patience. ”

As the defending champions and with a full lineup, the SuperSonics can certainly be patient, but the Heat can't be patient.

Riley wanted Wade to recruit James, but was told they weren't that familiar. So, he had to go into battle in person and stimulate the other party with the ring.

Unexpectedly, James was determined to go to a team that looked more promising.

This puts Riley's perfect plan for both the present and the future in vain.

The Heat first competed with the Knicks for Amare Stoudemire.

As the last remaining superstar on the free market, the Heat's main advantage in recruiting Jr. is twofold.

The team has a better record than the Knicks, and there are no state taxes in Florida, where Miami is located.

Both of these conditions are extremely attractive to the player, but Smalls doesn't like what the Heat have to do with him.

The Heat's both want and mentality is also reflected in the recruitment of Xiao Si.

Riley wants the Heat to play full-time center so that Kevin Love's growth progress will not be affected.

In contrast, Stoudemire prefers the Knicks, who don't need him to take a pay cut and where he can play.

Although the Knicks' plan to recruit James failed, New York's urban fundamentals are still there, and as long as there is the first person to join, more people will definitely come in the future.

Stoudemire made the decision to sign with the Knicks as he had done in his previous life.

Seeing that the Heat were gone, the Heat turned to the Magic's wing core Sido Turkoglou and restricted free agent Danny Granger with a no-water cap.

This means that the Heat's plan has shifted from signing two stars to going all-in on signing one, even if the star is paid more than Wade, because that's what Wade wants.

The Bucks' salary space is already on the verge of exploding.

Granger just ended his rookie contract.

As the centerpiece of the team, renewing his contract is the Bucks' top priority.

However, the Bucks now have Kevin Martin and Pau Gasol on two max contracts, and since the Flyer era, the young people in the roster have either signed a second contract or are facing a contract extension season.

Granger is one of them.

Keeping Granger was a must, but the Bucks are no longer what they used to be, and after Yu Fei's departure, they are no longer a team that can blast fan gold.

Therefore, their choice is to open up sources and reduce expenditure.

First, they matched the Heat's salary cap offer for Granger, and then sent Louis Williams, who holds a mid-level contract, to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for the Wolves' first-round draft Rookie Wayne Ellington and two future second-round picks this year.

In doing so, they have significantly reduced their luxury tax for next season and are ready for a contract extension for LaMarcus Aldridge next summer.

Magic-wise, they didn't pursue Turkoglu to the end.

Carter's stellar playoff and Howard's dominant defensive presence have confused their judgment of Turkoglou.

They can argue that a point guard like Nelson is good enough to take on the playmaking responsibilities of Turkoglou, and the only reason they can't beat the Bucks is because of their lack of offensive firepower.

As a result, they went all out to pursue Ray Allen, but lacked interest in following up on Tekoglu's offer.

In this way, both the Heat and the Magic are satisfied.

The Heat signed Sido Turkoglu for four years and $60 million, and the Magic signed Ray Allen for four years and $60 million.

After that, Carlos Boozer signed with the Bulls, Sean Marion moved to the Mavericks, Jason Kidd followed in Stoudemire's footsteps and made his way to Apple City, and most of the stars in the free agency market were in charge.

Then it was Aaron Iverson who caught the attention of the teams.

Iverson is also a free agent, but he's no longer the superstar he was at the turn of the century.

For strong teams, Iverson is a worthy target if he is willing to come off the bench and be responsible for the second team's offense.

But Iverson is Iverson after all, and he refused to be a substitute.

In the end, only the old club Philadelphia 76ers are willing to give a base salary to make a mess while harvesting the fans' gold in the name of feelings.

The Heat, who still have more than $10 million in salary space, are starting to become a-stirring stick in the free market.

They went around and finally targeted Trevo Ariza, who had just finished his qualifying contract with the Bulls and became a full free agent after five years.

Back in Milwaukee, Ariza was known as "Frye's Man."

As a result of being trained one-on-one by Yu Fei every day, his defense has improved a lot, and his shooting has also improved rapidly under the deliberate training of the coaching staff. But his growth rate has come to a standstill with the Bulls.

The Bulls before Derrick Rose arrived were a team that didn't score the main and secondary teams.

They don't know if they're talented enough to press the championship button, and they're not willing to hold on to a playoff powerhouse.

The internal chaos has compressed Ariza's room to grow, and while his defense has improved a lot over the years, his outside shooting percentage has stayed at 33 percent, which is only two percentage points better than during his time with the Bucks.

But Riley is interested in his semi-3D attributes.

Ariza's growth from a rough guy who can't shoot to this point shows that his shooting ability can be developed, and his defense at the No. 3 position is what the Heat desperately need right now.

The Bulls offered Ariza a two-year, $12 million contract, which is vulnerable to the Heat's four-year, $28 million mid-level contract.

The Heat successfully signed Ariza.

This made Curry, Wade, Ariza, Turkoglou and Loew starters.

One of the jokes about this lineup is that Loew is likely to be the starting center for the Heat this season.

But putting this joke aside, Yu Fei, who is participating in the filming of "Iron Man 2" in Hollywood, feels that the potential of the heat is amazing.

There are four people who can play in a lineup, which is the embodiment of the all-around philosophy of the small-ball era, and the Heat will return to the Finals next season.

At the same time, the Lakers, who became an evil empire, began to bleed.

After signing Hamilton Desson, they acquired James through a signing.

The presence of the Big Three left their salary space bloated, and that's when Andrew Bynum, who became a restricted free agent, began to accept outside offers.

It's Jim Bass's treasure, but the rise of Marc Gasol has embarrassed Bynum.

The Twin Towers have proven to be ineffective against the SuperSonics last season, but Bynum is clearly inferior to SmallPlus in the triangle offense, and Phil Jackson has already planned to push Artest to the No. 4 position next season, so that the Lakers will not have a place for Bynum.

At this time, the Warriors made an offer of $50 million over four years.

The Lakers can match, at the cost of the luxury tax that will be a flood beast in the new season.

But the Lakers didn't have a choice.

Bynum was kept not because the team needed him, but because they couldn't give up such a high-quality asset.

Letting go of Bynum, with the Lakers' salary space, it is impossible to have any big money on the free market, keeping Bynum, of course, will bring a heavy burden to the finances, but Bynum, as one of the best young players under the age of 25 in the NBA, can be sold for a high price in the trade market in the future.

In the end, it was the old Buss who slapped the board, and the Lakers chose to match.

At this point, the Lakers' top six players in the new season are basically determined, and the remaining positions need to be filled by the only mid-level exceptions and base salary.

This evil empire in the eyes of the public has become an existence like 08 Green Kai.

The supersonic are strong, but they don't have that many positions, and the Lakers have become the promised land for veterans after Janko teamed up.

Among the veterans of the free market, the Lakers gave the mid-range exception to Mike Bibby, who was eager to win the championship and willing to accept the role of the bench, and then signed Eddie House with a base salary and the big Z who followed James to Los Angeles.

After the Lakers' operation, ESPN's roaring king Stephen Brown was left to fight. A. Smith quipped: "Why do we have to spend more than half a year deciding on the championship?" I think we can skip these steps and directly let the SuperSonics play 81 games with the Lakers, and whoever wins 41 games first will be the champion of the new season. ”

Step by step, the Lakers have taken the arms race to a surprising level through solid operation.

And the supersonic also came to the rescue at this time.

Jermaine O'Neal, who has an appointment with Yu Fei, is not to win the championship on a supersonic express train, but to get a pension contract.

But going around and around, there is no one who is willing to provide him with a large pension contract.

So, he turned around and found the supersound.

SuperSonics are willing to come up with a middle-class exception to sign him, provided that he has to accept a replacement, Xiao Ao has long lost the arrogance of a star, since he can't get a big contract, why not rub a ring on the bench?

'I feel like I can help on the pitch.' "But if you think I need to sit on the sidelines, I'm going to cheer on my teammates as well." ”

"So, you accept this role?"

"Why not?"

The Lakers and Heat made the free agency market a surprise, and it seemed that the SuperSonics signed Xiao Ao so naturally and silkily.

The Seattle Times commented on the signing of O'O'Neal: "Eventually, the loyal Jermaine O'Neal came under the command of the Chosen One. ”

On that day, Yu Fei tweeted: "From now on, I have Michael, Jordan and O'Neal in my team. How long do you think I'm going to have to blow up the locker room? ”

Kwame Brown quickly tweeted a message: "I have a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not."

PS: It's two in one, lazy to score a chapter.

(End of chapter)

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