Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters-Chapter 1066 - 603 The Chosen One_2

Chapter 1066: Chapter 603: The Chosen One_2 Chapter 1066: Chapter 603: The Chosen One_2 After that, the Lakers’ momentum gradually faded. In the end, the Clippers easily secured their first victory.

“The Lakers are still a team to be wary of,” Yu Fei said meaningfully, “Kobe is the most dangerous veteran I’ve seen, very few can maintain such a top level at his age.”

The media naturally wouldn’t let go of this topic, and immediately followed up with: “So, who has lost their top level at this age?”

“Many people,” Yu Fei didn’t answer directly, “many, many people.”

Although Yu Fei didn’t name names, the public naturally turned their attention to Jordan.

Jordan wasn’t idle either, and soon found a way to make Yu Fei feel “uncomfortable.” Of course, this might just be a coincidence.

In 1997, the then-head of the NBA Entertainment Division, Adam Silver, dispatched a film crew to follow the Chicago Bulls for the entire 1997-98 season, using the most advanced filming equipment of the time, aimed at providing high-quality material for a documentary about that great team in the future.

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Later on, “Ultimate Jordan” used some of that content, but according to the NBA Entertainment Division, the total length of the material reached 20,000 hours.

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A few years ago, specifically, the year Yu Fei won his seventh championship, officially surpassing Jordan in terms of honors and being crowned the GOAT, the NBA announced that it would release a 10-episode documentary about the Bulls in 1998, called “The Last Dance.”

Now the NBA Entertainment Division announces that this documentary will premiere this summer. The trailer for the documentary will have its global premiere before the second game between the Clippers and the Lakers.

Today, Jordan’s position as the “deputy GOAT” is as solid as Yu Fei’s position as the “actual GOAT,” basically without controversy.

This situation is not going to be changed by a documentary. Jordan’s basketball achievements are already set in stone, while Yu Fei is still accumulating new honors; the foundation of the GOAT will only get stronger.

The only significance of this documentary, probably, is to once again stir up the GOAT debate on the Internet and cause some displeasure for Yu Fei.

But what Jordan doesn’t know is that before becoming who he is now, Yu Fei had already seen too many such documentaries and isn’t at all concerned that it would have any substantial impact on his status.

If nothing unexpected happens, this documentary will still end up as Jordan’s classic “long-winded Ultimate Jordan” or “All About Jordan from Childhood to Adulthood But I’ll Tell You in Ten Episodes,” and incidentally, because the documentary portrays Pippen as selfish, it might cause Pippen to break down, and perhaps Pippen’s autobiography will be published ahead of schedule.

Of course, that’s how Yu Fei sees the documentary, from the perspective of his personal grudge with Jordan.

For the sports world and those who have lived through the Jordan era, “The Last Dance” still has its merits.

Before the second game between the Clippers and the Lakers, Kobe’s attention was focused on the big screen at the venue.

“You’re not really interested in this, are you?” Yu Fei looked at him in surprise.

Kobe said, “Why not? Your Generation Y will never understand what MJ means to my generation.”

“I think, even he himself doesn’t understand what he means to your generation,” Yu Fei said with a light smile.

Just like Yu Fei himself does not know what his more than a decade of dominance means to Generation Z (people born between 1995-2010).

Then, the documentary began, in the typical fashion of Western celebrity documentaries.

From NBA legends to media personalities and then to political giants.

There may be dozens of heavyweights interviewed.

When Kobe appeared in the video, cheers erupted from the crowd.

The documentary deliberately highlighted Kobe’s key statements about Jordan’s influence on him.

“Many people talk about whether I’m a better player than Mike, they really don’t understand anything. If there was no Mike, there would be no me now.”

Then, Yu Fei remembered this matter that he had long thrown to the back of his mind.

Although through Phil Jackson’s baseless rumors claiming that Kobe rudely asked Jordan for a one-on-one the first time they met, Kobe insisted it was Jackson’s creative fabrication, but it’s easy to spread rumors and hard to clarify them.

Less than 10 out of the 100 who heard this story know Kobe has debunked it.

Those who know Kobe has debunked it and believe in him are even fewer.

However, thinking of Kobe’s praise of Jordan in the documentary, it’s not hard to imagine how much respect he has for Jordan in private.

“I can’t believe you actually said something like that,” Yu Fei said, “For that remark, we’ll have to win by 20 points tonight!”

Kobe scoffed, “You’re really starting to sound like him.”

“For that remark, you guys have to lose by 40 points!”

Of course, that’s just pre-game bravado.

The Lakers are not a weak team, the Clippers are not strong enough to easily thrash a semifinal-level team.

But this series of buildups and sideline influences really filled Yu Fei with energy for the game.

On the other hand, after appreciating the trailer, Kobe couldn’t find his touch tonight.

This is the unavoidable fate of aging veterans.

A 37-year-old veteran on the court is like an old person with white hair in real life; sometimes they can burst out with intense energy, and sometimes they are extremely weak.

Once they lose their athletic ability, being too dependent on skill can lead their performance to be entirely determined by the shooting touch of the night.

Thus, they’ll have great games and terrible ones too.

Tonight just happened to be a poor shooting night for Kobe.

However, Yu Fei was like a god of death, devastating Kobe, guarding Anthony, and continuously inflicting damage on the Lakers’ inside line.