Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters Chapter 724 724 494 When the Opportunity Comes

Chapter 724: Chapter 494: When the Opportunity Cos (Unity)_3 Chapter 724: Chapter 494: When the Opportunity Cos (Unity)_3 Moreover, the more Yu Fei thought about it, the more he found it absurd that the owners were using losses as an excuse to demand a redistribution of basketball inco.

The main losses for the underperforming teams were due to ticket revenues falling short of expectations.

Why did they fall short? Just look at the Philadelphia 76ers’ recent moves.

In order to save money, they traded Iguodala to the Spurs for Caron Butler’s half-season rights.

If you were a fan, what would you think?

Why would fans spend money and ti to support such a disgusting team?

So, once a lockout occurred, it would be the entire league’s market that would suffer. The fans don’t care if you’re losing money, because either way it doesn’t benefit them. If a team becos strong, their ticket prices will go up. Conversely, if they are perennially weak, would the tickets be cheaper? No, the prices would be the sa.

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That night, the All-Star weekend officially began.

In the Rising Star Challenge, the rookies had finally beaten the sophomores for the first ti in seven years.

Tyreke Evans was nad MVP of the Rising Star Challenge.

Nevertheless, the most popular rookie that night was Stephen Curry from the Miami Heat.

As the new face endorsed by Reebok, Curry and Yu Fei were in Dallas together doing promotions.

It was similar to when Reebok arranged for Iverson to do promotions with Yu Fei back in the day.

Only now, Yu Fei’s influence far exceeded that of Iverson at the ti.

Curry’s dynamic playing style and his non-aggressive baby face made him the new favorite of sponsors.

Although Yu Fei didn’t do much, the paparazzi present at the event still captured his little secret.

That night, Yu Fei didn’t return to the hotel but went to another hotel with a British model.

He didn’t leave the hotel all night.

The next day, the local tabloid revealed that the British model Yu Fei spent the night with was Keeley Hazell.

The following day, Yu Fei was mobbed by a group of British sports dia.

“If I say nothing happened last night, you definitely won’t believe ,” Yu Fei said, “but please believe , initially, Keeley just wanted to take a look at the tattoo on my back.”

The blonde reporter interviewing him asked, “Frye, you actually have a tattoo?”

Yu Fei winked, “You want to see it?”

That afternoon, the Eastern and Western All-Star teams gathered.

So said that this year’s Western All-Star Team might be the most luxurious ever.

They featured Yu Fei, Kobe, Jas, Durant, Duncan, Nowitzki, Nash…

As the head coach of the Western All-Star Team, George Karl had grown accustod to this role.

Since coaching Yu Fei, his team’s performance had always been among the league’s best.

That had resulted in him being the All-Star Team’s head coach multiple tis in the past eight years.

He considered it a stroke of luck.

Phil Jackson had the fortune of coaching Jordan and Shaq, so he won nine championships. But since it was luck, it was bound to end soday.

Jackson’s luck had ended, yet Karl felt that Yu Fei’s future was boundless.

Not yet 28, Yu Fei had already matched Jordan’s accolades.

The basketball world was already anticipating a new king.

The debate over the Greatest of All Ti wasn’t as heated as last year because Yu Fei was too young.

As long as he won one more championship, he would surpass Jordan in terms of accolades—what controversy would then remain?

Karl believed he would definitely witness the birth of the new Greatest of All Ti.

But lately, he had felt his health on the decline.

Especially when eating, it was becoming increasingly uncomfortable.

A few days ago, Karl discovered a small lump on his neck while showering.

He thought it was fat, as he was nearly so overweight he couldn’t see his own neck, but having had cancer before, he was extrely sensitive to lumps.

He had it checked out before coming to Dallas.

The doctor told him that, based on his symptoms and the lump, it looked like the symptoms of throat cancer.

But until a diagnosis was confird, everything was unknown.

Yet Karl’s heart was already hanging in suspense.

Today was the Western All-Star Team’s first practice, and Karl noticed the hostile looks between Yu Fei and Jas and jokingly said, “I need you guys to put up with each other for two days, promise , no fighting.”

“Don’t worry, coach, I won’t start anything,” Yu Fei sarcastically said, “but him, that’s hard to say. Who can guarantee he won’t treat like he did Danny Granger?”

That was before the All-Star weekend, in the Lakers Team’s last ga against the Bucks. During the ga, Danny Granger’s fast break was fouled by Jas.

If it had been just a foul, that would’ve been one thing, but Granger lost his balance on the landing and injured his knee, later diagnosed with a grade two sprain, sidelining him for 4-6 weeks.

“It was an accident!” Jas said with a cold face.

“Go tell that to Danny,” Yu Fei laughed, “See if he recognizes that ‘accident’.”

The atmosphere on the court was tense, and Yu Fei didn’t let up on Jas just because they were temporarily on the sa team.

In the scrimmage, Yu Fei and Jas clashed repeatedly, neither holding back.

This high level of confrontation actually made the Western All-Star Team’s practice far more effective than the Eastern All-Star Team’s.

After the practice, Yu Fei’s team erged victorious by a five-point margin.

“If you’re not convinced, we can keep playing!” Yu Fei challenged.

Jas and Kobe were both willing to continue, but the others weren’t interested in spending their energy on such an inconsequential scrimmage.

Karl said, “All right, that’s enough. You guys are in good shape. Let’s play like this tomorrow night, and we’re sure to win.”

The crowd dispersed, and Yu Fei approached Karl, asking, “George, you seed distracted today.”