Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters Chapter 896 896 546 Unexpected Events Dont Wait for

Chapter 896: Chapter 546 Unexpected Events Don’t Wait for Anyone_2 Chapter 896: Chapter 546 Unexpected Events Don’t Wait for Anyone_2 For a team with high traffic like the SuperSonics, even the smallest issue gets infinitely magnified by public opinion once they lose a ga.

So noticed that Yu Fei made a disgusted face at Roy at the end of the ga.

Then, a journalist boldly speculated, “Fei is very dissatisfied with Brandon’s performance.”

After that, a group of unknown fans went to Roy’s Twitter account and started posting outrageous comnts.

At the post-ga press conference, Fei simply said, “We let the opponent shoot 50% from the three-point line; discussing anything else is aningless under these circumstances.”

Fei just objectively stated the reason for the loss, but after people interpreted his words, it turned into Fei being dissatisfied with the team’s periter defense.

The scariest thing was that detail-obsessed fans began poring over the ga footage fra by fra, looking for any unusual monts.

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Fei scored a spectacular goal, but Durant’s reaction was lukewarm.

“KD, is it that hard to stand up and cheer for your leader?”

When Durant perford a dunk, Fei looked around and didn’t notice.

“Fei, who has seen big gas, doesn’t think KD’s moves are worth celebrating.”

A typical characteristic of the social dia era is the ability to deconstruct everything.

Even sothing that happens in an instant can be structured into countless anings; human tragedies can beco hellish jokes, traditional terms can be endowed with new anings, and once these deconstructions approach their limits, abstract culture is born.

The phenonon of finding faults fra by fra is a specialty of the sports world.

The aning conveyed within two fras in the sa second can be entirely different.

When Fei realized how people were interpreting his comnts from the press conference, he truly felt the uniqueness of the social dia era.

Under such circumstances, what kind of language can one use to ensure not a drop leaks out?

Clearly, there isn’t any.

Because a correct statent is correct in today’s context because you won, and people can’t find fault with it. But if you lose, then the once correct words will beco boorangs striking you back. “The internet has no mory” is the biggest lie because netizens do rember.

As Fei was grappling with the turbulent undercurrents of the social dia era, Durant, who seed beyond reproach, made a minor mistake.

Tonight, Durant made 9 out of 18 shots, securing 25 points, 5 rebounds, and 1 assist with a 50% shooting rate.

He actually completed the task given to him by the team.

Apart from those who nitpick on elusive details, nobody else could fault him.

Yet, this rising superstar failed to fulfill his dia obligations on a night of defeat.

What are dia obligations? At the turn of the millennium, Stern, aiming for players to be more relatable, required NBA players, except those DNP, to visit the dia room for interviews after ga nights.

This could increase players’ visibility, let fans understand their thoughts, and if lucky, have soone like Iverson provide a self-destructive quote in front of the dia, bringing in traffic.

(1) Iverson: Practice @!￥#@￥

But Durant, who has always respected the dia, refused to et his obligations on a night they lost?

This made a journalist nad Ethan McNeal very angry.

He was from Seattle, and among the few dia personnel in the Seattle area with the credentials to enter the SuperSonics’ locker room for interviews before the ga started.

These days, he had been criticizing Durant.

He believed Durant was “all show.”

Durant had the physical qualities of Garnett but played like Nowitzki, yet he couldn’t protect the rebounds like Nowitzki or guard the basket like Garnett.

So, what was the difference between him and Rashard Lewis or Antawn Jamison?

Fey even switched to playing Power Forward for his sake; why couldn’t he share so of the pressure off the court?

If Durant were present tonight, McNeal wouldn’t hesitate to ask him about his feelings concerning Mavericks’ Small Forward Alonzo Gee hitting six three-pointers over his head.

But Durant didn’t give him the chance.

This person, always talking about responsibility, courage, and perseverance before the gas, had chosen to flee in the face of defeat?

McNeal didn’t care about the family matters that prevented Durant from fulfilling his dia obligations that night; he cared only if Durant had enough character to take on Fey’s empire.

It seed he didn’t.

He decided to publish a scathing article to give Durant a wakeup call.

What McNeal didn’t know was that besides him, there were many others ready to do the sa.

Overnight, articles questioning Durant sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

So questioned why he couldn’t be more versatile, others doubted his defense, and so questioned if he had truly improved at all.

But these queries didn’t sting Durant as much as McNeal’s did.

In his front-page article titled “Kevin Durant Is Unqualified” in the popular Seattle sports newspaper “Seattle Sports News,” McNeal blasted Durant’s hypocrisy, pretense, and irresponsibility.

“Kevin said he would carry Seattle’s future on his shoulders like Fey, but we’ve seen no such signs in recent gas. He’s struggled to adapt to the four-position, so the SuperSonics have Fey play there. It’s puzzling. We all know Fey is one of the greatest players of all ti, but he truly shines at the three-position. We can’t expect Kevin to beco an all-defensive team mber like Fey or to average a triple-double like him. He plays the sa at the four as he does at the three. This young man who unceasingly talks about responsibility, courage, hope, and Seattle’s glory doesn’t understand the weight of the empire.”