Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters-Chapter 499 - 342: I Have Decided (Two in One)_5

Chapter 499: Chapter 342: I Have Decided (Two in One)_5

“After fully understanding the situation, I now know about the humanitarian tragedy in Darfur, I know where my blood comes from, and I won’t sit idly by while this tragedy unfolds. I’ve got all the information I need. Yes, I decided to sign my name on that letter. This is not directed against any country or person…”

Yu Fei learned of this news at the hotel. At first, he couldn’t believe it, and then he watched the replay of the ESPN broadcast.

This fundamentally shattered his good impression of James.

As a transmigrator, he had a favorable impression of James, which was why he chose to befriend him at the ABCD Camp. Although during the Darfur incident in his previous life he was too young to understand the matter, he was sure that based on his knowledge of James, the latter would definitely not take sides in this issue, much less sign Ira Newble’s “pretentious letter” appealing to the old Chinese and the Olympic Committee.

You say you’re not targeting any country, but this letter will clearly be sent by Newble to the old Chinese and the Olympic Committee, making it an international event. No matter how nicely you put it, the subsequent impact will be huge and detrimental.

What fueled Yu Fei’s fury was that James’s brash decision to take a stand was directly because he wasn’t getting what he wanted on the basketball court, so he sought outside opinion to rally support. By taking a clear stand and choosing sides, he could incite the media beyond the sports circle to cheer for him, thereby reversing the defeat on the court and winning the battle of public opinion.

From this point of view, James had completely regarded Yu Fei as an enemy.

This was a stance of total confrontation.

The fourth game of the Eastern Conference Finals arrived as scheduled.

James was absent due to an injury, and the Cavaliers turned into a complete mess. Newble, the letter writer, got a lot of playing time as a result.

Unable to vent his frustration on James, Yu Fei went all out to brutalize Newble on the court.

Aggressive face-to-face drives;

Crushing layups after dribbling breakthroughs;

Deliberately bumping the ball into Newble, sending him flying out of bounds;

Finally, a superstars’ legitimate shoulder drop post move broke Newble’s mouth corner, and blood dripped from his lips onto his jersey.

“Your jersey is the ‘blood letter’ I’m sending to LeBron!” Yu Fei said to Newble, “Tell him he can dodge one game but can’t dodge two. If he really doesn’t dare to face me on the court, he can choose to retire—that’s his only way out!”

The Cavaliers were in disarray, unable to mount an attack or put up any reliable defense.

The result of being unable to attack or defend was a massacre.

Losing by 30+ points in the previous game wasn’t the limit. In the last game of the season, the visiting Bucks mercilessly crushed the Cavaliers by 58 points, eliminating them in the most humiliating way possible.

Post-game interviews

“He wants to sign, let him sign. What’s the point of broadcasting his decision live?” — George Karl mocked James’s “decision”.

“You know, we don’t care where Frye plays next season, the important thing is he’s still in Milwaukee right now.” — George Karl discussing Yu Fei’s future.

“I watched the broadcast, and I’d wager my paycheck from today that LeBron isn’t even hurt.” — Kwame Brown questioned James’s injury.

“LeBron conveyed this message to us via a live broadcast—he may have decided to sign that letter, but he doesn’t want to anger the Chinese people, so he’s just condemning the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. So actually, he’s done nothing, and moreover, he actually had ESPN broadcast this trifling matter live, and as a result, missed the Cavaliers’ last game of the season. What do you think I can say? I quite agree with something the media said a while ago. Frye would never!” — Latrell Sprewell sharply criticized LeBron James.

“Frye Yu deliberately injured me on the court, he launched a personal attack against me, and even said some excessive things to LeBron!” Ira Newble told reporters, “That’s why he will never denounce Sirius, because he’s essentially as evil as those who gave the weapons of mass destruction to South Sudan for racial genocide!”

“LeBron really got hurt,” Mike Brown emphasized to reporters, “He’s not the kind of person who runs away at the first sign of trouble.”

Yu Fei entered the media room; as before, there were lots of reporters present.

“Ira Newble has accused you of physically attacking him on the court and insulting him personally, and he also said… you are an evil person.”

“How evil?” Yu Fei said with a mix of sarcasm and mockery, “More evil than a washed-up has-been in the NBA, who suddenly decides to write a letter and uses moral blackmail to force the whole team to sign it to make a name for himself?”

“You… you don’t agree with Ira Newble’s letter?”

“I’d rather spend five minutes watching Avy than waste a second reading that crap.”

“But, Ira did it out of conscience and…”

Yu Fei cut him off, “Enough, I have no conscience.”

Another reporter asked, “What do you think about Mike Brown’s accusation that you didn’t substitute your starters even when victory was assured?”

“I don’t know,” Yu Fei sneered, “Maybe George and I are both lacking in sportsmanship.”

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“What do you think of LeBron’s live broadcast?”

“Who?”

The Cleveland reporter was astonished by Yu Fei’s reaction as if he didn’t recognize LeBron.

“LeBron.”

Yu Fei’s darker side was taking over, the name triggering a strong repulsion and a feeling of nausea.

“Who?” Yu Fei asked incredulously, “Who is this person?”

The reporter thought Yu Fei was joking, as the previous atmosphere had been too tense.

So the reporter mentioned a well-known fact: “Your little brother, LeBron James.”

However, instead of a smile from Yu Fei or the expected playful response, there came a chilling denial, “He is no longer.”

(2) Before the NCAA 2006-07 season started, Greg Oden and Noah were recognized as the top two draft prospects for the ’07 class. After the season started, KD was added, and scouts felt Noah had not improved much, his stock then fell.

Stacking Armor: Do not associate the Old Zhang from the book with the real-life Old Zhang. To add one more thing, the real Old Zhang only got as far as “I’m going to sign, I’m really going to sign (but actually didn’t)” then he played the miraculous King of the Hill against the Detroit Pistons in ’07, after which the circle lost interest in the matter.

This chapter is a combination of two, too lazy to split it so I’m sending it all at once, that’s why there was no update at twelve o’clock.

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