Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters Chapter 715 715 492 Fryes Etiquette Class (Unified)

Chapter 715: Chapter 492: Frye’s Etiquette Class (Unified) Chapter 715: Chapter 492: Frye’s Etiquette Class (Unified) A greater failure?

Doug Collins had just uttered that closing remark when Jas was not far away from him.

For Jas, tonight’s ga wouldn’t bother him.

Outsiders might never know the true significance for him of finally defeating Yu Fei during their second encounter against the Supersonics.

They would only recount those clichéd stories.

Sure, defeating Yu Fei was important, but did they truly understand the importance of it?

It was a curse and a nightmare; when you can defeat everyone else but constantly lose to the sa person, that person becos your demon.

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Jas’s greatest fear was, having left everything to join Kobe in Los Angeles, what would he do if he still couldn’t defeat Yu Fei in the end?

That victory let him experience the feeling of overcoming Yu Fei.

Most importantly, it was the first encounter.

With the first experience under his belt, everything thereafter would be much easier.

Jas wouldn’t consider tonight’s loss to the Supersonics as another failure.

He knew that the verdict between them would ultimately need the playoffs to settle it.

Therefore, to him, Collins’s words seed nothing more than a dia figure seizing an opportunity to create a sensation.

Jas knew Collins had been Jordan’s coach and was well aware of how much the man idolized Jordan.

But now, he had drawn a clear line from Jordan.

Because he had clearly sided with Yu Fei in the “GOAT” debate.

Whenever Jordan ca up, Jas always had the impression of “soone like Doug Collins, who is duplicitous, surrounds .”

Not only did he betray Jordan, but now he wanted to disgust Jas as well?

Jas approached him and said, “Doug, do you know what real failure is?”

Collins smiled and said, “LeBron, do you have so wisdom to share?”

Jas said, “I know what real failure is.”

Collins teased, “You certainly do.”

Collins ant to say that Jas was a notorious failure in the sports world.

He had that dia-inherent arrogance, despite Jas’s much higher status in the professional realm, but he had beco a recognized supporter of Yu.

Thus, there was no need to be overly concerned with Jas’s face, given that he was a recognized enemy of Yu Fei.

However, if your work is to offend others, you must be prepared to be offended in return.

Jas, while looking at Collins, said sothing hurtful: “Real failure should accompany a person for life. Like you, Doug, I guess you will never forget how you represented Team USA in Munich and lost to the Soviet Union until your death.”

To Collins, this was undoubtedly a true insult.

It was a deep, unhealed scar in his heart. That devastated Team USA in Munich didn’t acknowledge themselves as the runners-up; none accepted the silver dal in the end.

Jas suddenly delivered a heavy blow, causing Collins to beco furiously angry.

“Who do you think you are!” Collins bellowed, “You think you know sothing! Kid, don’t talk about things you don’t understand! You have no right to judge those Olympics! Because you are soone cut by Team USA, you, who reaped where you did not sow, have no right to question those who fought for their country!”

The situation was far from dignified.

Jas didn’t want to publicly clash with Collins.

Although his image was already poor, doing so would only make his future image-rebuilding efforts more difficult.

With ti, once he defeated Yu Fei in the playoffs, he hoped people would rember him like they did Muhammad Ali when he returned from suspension to beco the world champion again.

That would be his mont of redemption.

Before that, he couldn’t afford to leave the impression that he was disrespectful towards elders or to speak recklessly about a shaful chapter in Arican basketball history.

He didn’t respond to Collins anymore and walked towards the players’ tunnel as if he had won the victory.

The third battle with the Supersonics concluded in such a manner, which was certainly not sothing the Lakers Team could have anticipated.

They knew they were at a disadvantage at power forward and that Chris Bosh’s return would cause a lot of trouble, but they didn’t expect Bosh to dominate the court as he did.

Phil Jackson sumd it up in the locker room: “The burst from Chris Bosh won’t beco a norm for Seattle.”

However, Bosh’s advantage at power forward was clearly visible.

Kobe couldn’t tolerate the match being disrupted like this.

If it weren’t for Bosh’s sudden explosion, the Lakers wouldn’t have started the first half with the pressure of playing catch-up, which only escalated in the second half until they crumbled completely.

“Frye and KD are both tough opponents,” Kobe said, “We can’t be distracted at power forward; we need an influential player in that position.”

This was clear to Jackson as well.

The Lakers’ frontcourt depth was severely imbalanced.

Pau Gasol was the starting center, with Bynum and Big Z off the bench.

This went beyond a deep bench.

It was an extravagant center reserve.

Especially since Jackson had the habit of relying excessively on Pau Gasol against stronger teams, making Bynum and Big Z seem like grossly overpriced decorations.

Big Z had co to the Lakers with Jas, with a very low salary; he was just right as a backup.

Bynum, however, was soone the Lakers had locked down with a max contract, and now he was only playing a few minutes per ga, earning a salary close to that of Kobe and LeBron.

The Lakers Team weren’t afraid to spend money, but with the Supersonics’ advantage at power forward winning them a ga, Kobe’s desire to use Bynum as the main trading piece to strengthen the power forward position had intensified.

But everyone in the team knew whether Bynum could be put on the trading table depended on the controllers of the managent – the young boss Jim Buss.