Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters-Chapter 1085 - 610 Long Summer

Chapter 1085: Chapter 610 Long Summer Chapter 1085: Chapter 610 Long Summer This is an exhilarating summer for sports media.

There are many signings, and the behind-the-scenes stories are captivating enough.

Even superstars like Wade, who served the Miami Heat for 12 years, have left Miami.

Next is the broadcast of the documentary about the 1998 Bulls titled “The Last Dance.”

The documentary ignited a fervor in the sports world, with some media believing that it came a bit late.

If it had been released when Yu Fei won his seventh championship, it might have countered the momentum of the new Greatest of All Time.

Now, Yu Fei has won nine championships, and it can be said that his honors have left Jordan behind; now people are wondering if he can surpass Bill Russell’s championship record before retiring? Jordan? The two are no longer in the same league.

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Yu Fei is recognized as the Greatest of All Time (GOAT), and Jordan is recognized as the secondary GOAT.

This might be a good thing.

Because before Jordan, the world only knew who the GOAT was, while the secondary GOAT was a matter of debate, with everyone having their reasons.

This also made the selection of the secondary GOAT very disadvantageous for ancient players, as hardly any contemporary fans speak out for them.

Now that the former GOAT has become the secondary GOAT, it seems to have set a certain standard for the future.

His existence has pointed out a clear path for the successors: Want to become the GOAT? Surpass number 23 first.

In August, “Sports Illustrated” previewed the upcoming 2015-16 season.

They believe that unless the Clippers encounter a major injury, their chances of defending their title are close to 70%.

The only team that might pose a challenge to them is the New York Knicks.

Also this month, Yu Fei graced the cover of “Sports Illustrated” for the Nth time.

Nowadays, the rise of social media has led to the decline of traditional media. As one of the most outstanding sports media in history, “Sports Illustrated” has been known for its excellent long-form sports writing for sixty years, but the trend of fragmented reading on social media makes it difficult for long articles to attract large numbers of readers.

Expecting contemporary fans to spend ten to twenty minutes reading a lengthy article is as hard as expecting movie fans to watch a movie without skipping through it.

The gradually declining “Sports Illustrated” urgently needs traffic.

Nowadays, no one can surpass the traffic brought by Yu Fei.

Back then, “Sports Illustrated” made the then-unknown Yu Fei popular with an article titled “The Chosen One,” directly placing him in the NBA’s sight. Yu Fei has always been grateful for this.

Yu Fei took a cool cover photo and gave an interview, answering several key questions.

One of the questions was: “Do you still think you will retire at 35?”

“Do you want me to retire then?” Yu Fei countered.

In fact, no one in the basketball industry wants the GOAT to retire at 35.

Because that day is not far away.

The questioner said: “No one wants that to happen.”

“If it was a few years ago, I would give you a definite answer, but now, I’m not sure,” Yu Fei said.

“I do feel tired and somewhat numb to victories, but I still enjoy the feeling of winning, I like the life under the spotlight,” Yu Fei continued, “So, right now I have no answer.”

Isn’t that a good thing?

Having no answer means the GOAT still enjoys the present life.

Another question that made an impression on Yu Fei that day was: “How do you view Kenyon Martin’s announcement of retirement?”

Yu Fei sincerely countered: “Was he still in the league these last few years?” This seemed more hurtful than mocking. “I thought he had retired a long time ago.”

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Martin’s retirement symbolizes the departure of yet another player openly at odds with Yu Fei.

Back then, Martin, playing for the Brooklyn Nets, defeated Yu Fei, who single-handedly took the Wizards to the playoffs, in the first round of the playoffs, after which, Martin stated that Yu Fei was overhyped.

The following year, Yu Fei crushed the Nets during the regular season and led the Bucks to the championship.

Since then, Martin was no longer in his sight.

Although occasionally, the other party would pop up to look for some coverage, in the games, Yu Fei taught him like a father beating his son, effortlessly.

In the following years, as the Nets disintegrated and Kenyon Martin’s career became unstable due to injuries, team departures, and a decline in combat effectiveness, he gradually faded from public view. The last time Yu Fei heard about him, he was playing in the CBA in China during the NBA lockout.

After the lockout ended, Martin could only serve as a substitute in the NBA, hardly having the opportunity to face Yu Fei, and the media no longer paid special attention to him. Instead, it was he himself who liked to bring up the story of defeating the rookie Yu Fei in the playoffs.

This was like a true reflection of Jordan giving verbal lessons to rookie players.

“I may not be able to tell my descendants the day I defeated you, but you can boast about having beaten me.”

Yu Fei didn’t have much special feeling towards Martin.

It was neither a pure hatred like towards Jordan, nor an intense disgust like towards Shaquille O’Neal, nor a complex mix of hatred and disgust like towards James.

In Yu Fei’s list of avengers, Martin was undoubtedly the most exaggerated one.

So when Yu Fei asked if Martin was still in the league, there was actually no malice intended.

But although the words were unintentional, the listener interpreted them with intent.

After Yu Fei’s reaction to Martin’s retirement was made public, the outside world’s interpretation was like Jordan’s insult to old opponents in “The Last Dance.”

The public interpretation was: Even at this stage, the GOAT still does not intend to let his enemies go.

Martin’s reaction was very intense, and he directly tweeted: “Frye is a hypocritical scoundrel! He pretends like I have been insignificant these past few years, but in reality, I’ve still been an outstanding substitute player, I’ve faced him on the court, yet he acts as if he’s never played against me! This proves he’s still brooding over a defeat from more than a decade ago, and I don’t even want to face the fact that I defeated him back then!”