Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters Chapter 992 992 578 Trust the Process3

Chapter 992: Chapter 578: Trust the Process_3 Chapter 992: Chapter 578: Trust the Process_3 Yu Fei was well aware that his strength did not lie in dunking. Dunking was just an embellishnt for him; in his youth, he used it to attract fans, but now there was no need.

After all, he had reached a level where, even if he perford ordinarily, his re presence could attract fans.

After defeating the Lakers, the Clippers won against the Trail Blazers at ho but then suffered their first loss of the season on the road.

The team that defeated them was another California team, the Golden State Warriors.

After the accumulation of last season, there were signs of an explosion of the Warriors’ long-accumulated talent.

Joe Johnson was their key player, and Lillard, as an early-blooming second-year player, had already displayed All-Star-level combativeness. Kawhi Leonard was gradually becoming a stronger offensive player like Ron Artest, and Klay Thompson’s top-tier 3D qualities were also beginning to erge.

The only problem for the Warriors now was how to handle Tyreke Evans’s situation.

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Evans’s performance was phenonal from the start, reminding people of LeBron Jas in the point guard position. However, as the league fully entered the era of space basketball, Evans’s problems gradually beca apparent. As a point guard, his physical advantage was clear, but his shooting abilities had hardly improved over the years, and his offensive end was limited to a right-hand threat. The Warriors initially believed he could develop his left-hand skills and hence gave him an early maximum salary contract, but the results were not satisfactory.

Lillard’s rise made Evans’s position awkward. He couldn’t compete with Lillard at the point guard position, nor could he match Thompson and Leonard at the shooting guard and small forward positions. Additionally, he was burdened with an overpriced maximum salary contract. Thus, trading Evans had beco the most urgent task for the Warriors.

However, this had nothing to do with tonight’s ga.

Tonight, the young Warriors team began to show its promise, thriving on multiple fronts, winning with an offensive that the Clippers couldn’t resist.

“They are a team ready to break out,” Yu Fei said, “and they will get better.”

At that ti, the reigning power in the Western was still the Spurs. As for the future of the Warriors, no one could predict.

The Clippers didn’t have ti to dwell on this defeat; the season must go on.

However, Pachulia, who had long been a backup in Milwaukee, seed to have a reaction to his starting treatnt in Los Angeles, and pulled a thigh muscle in the next away ga against the Kings, forcing the Clippers to let Kwa Brown take his place.

Yu Fei was unaffected by these changes and maintained high-intensity performance throughout, completely controlling the pace of the ga. Griffin frequently took flight, performing spectacular dunks, and the underpowered King’s team ultimately couldn’t use their interior advantage to turn the situation around.

The only Clippers player in poor form was Giannis Antetokounmpo. This “Greek Freak” was the only player from the disastrous 2013 draft class who was guaranteed a starting position.

In the first ga of the new season against the Lakers, he perford well, and in the following gas, he occasionally had monts of brilliance. But against the Kings, the tough physical play confused him.

Yu Fei noticed this. Since Antetokounmpo only started receiving formal basketball training at 13, his fundantals were not solid, which ant that although he had coordination with the ball, he could not execute extensive in-front-of-body dribbling maneuvers like Durant could. That’s why Yu Fei sighed and said, “What a pity,” when he first heard that Antetokounmpo started playing basketball at 13.

With insufficient fundantals, to increase his ball-handling threat, he could only use his physical condition to play in a more open and shutting manner. The Greek Freak excelled in using his height and wingspan to shorten the distance across the court—what others might need three dribbles to achieve, he could do in one.

This style of play not only masked his lack of fundantals but also leveraged his physical talents to advantage. However, as a rookie, Antetokounmpo was like a tall, skinny Spider-Man, collapsing at the slightest contact. He often managed to execute a move, only to have it all fall apart when he was bumped by an opponent.

The Kings Team was the first team that made him feel frustrated. Due to his poor performance, Rivers only let him play for 20 minutes. Antetokounmpo scored only 4 points and grabbed 2 rebounds throughout the ga. He watched Yu Fei achieve an impressive stat line of 36 points, 11 rebounds, and 12 assists, and he couldn’t help but wonder how the GOAT managed to do it.

“Frye, I want to be like you,” the Greek said to the GOAT after the ga.

The GOAT glanced at him, “Do you really?”

The Greek wanted to say he dread of it, but not knowing how to express it, he simply nodded vigorously.

Yu Fei chuckled playfully and said nothing more.

The next day, the Clippers returned to Los Angeles.

The training session that day was unremarkable, the only special event happened after the session ended.

Rivers had Antetokounmpo stand on the free-throw line while his teammates—including Yu Fei, Griffin, Pierce, and Barnes, each holding a ball—began, at Rivers’s signal, to take turns driving at Antetokounmpo’s defense, starting with Yu Fei.

The Greek was knocked down ti and again, as if he were hollow.

Every ti Pierce knocked down Antetokounmpo, he would taunt, “Haven’t you trained your strength?”

Yu Fei was the most ruthless, knocking Antetokounmpo down to the floor on his first try.

But the Greek showed no fear, he got up again and again.

“You want to be like ?” Yu Fei said, “Then first endure the unbearable pressure like a man!”

In this besieged situation, one could see a person’s ability to handle pressure. Antetokounmpo fell countless tis, but never showed discouragent; he resisted his teammates’ attacks desperately every ti. Although it was not highly effective, he never backed down.

Rivers was convinced once again that GOAT was absolutely right. This kid was destined to be sothing special.

This was a mont of satisfaction for Rivers. It was strange because the Clippers’ chances of winning the championship that year were not high, but Rivers cherished these tis imnsely. Because he knew, years later, when Giannis really beca like Frye, he would feel imnsely satisfied. But more importantly, before he fully blossod, every sparkling mont sparked limitless imagination. The beauty of such a process could only be truly understood by those who experienced it.

That day, the last person Antetokounmpo defended against was Pierce.

This ti, Pierce didn’t go hard, and the Greek dodged him. The result was very unfavorable for him. His old, cold legs had lost their explosiveness, and he could not make a layup in front of Antetokounmpo.

Antetokounmpo gave him a fierce block.

“Ubuntu! Ubuntu!” Antetokounmpo shouted excitedly, chanting the team slogan taught by Rivers, “Ubuntu!”

The embodint of “Ubuntu” stood on the sidelines, witnessing this scene.