Silent Love

Some exist with pride, others struggle with pride, some compete with pride, and there are those who fail with pride, but very few can walk away with pride. 
Congratulations, for as you read these lines, you have witnessed the whole lives of many great basketball players.
This pronunciation was embodied when Stephen Curry, after facing defeat in 2021, claimed that no one would want to face them the following season; When Tim Duncan was convinced before the start of the 2014 Finals that they would not mess up; When Kobe Bryant promised at Old Buss's memorial to take the Lakers to the playoffs; When Nowitzki, shedding his label as a soft player, retreated to the locker room in tears at night; When Kevin Garnett let out a skyward howl after holding the championship trophy; When the 2004 Detroit Pistons won and the F4 Lakers lost…

Our story begins in an era when pride still mattered.

Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters

Durant was stunned for a moment; he hadn't expected James to say that to him.


But James didn't go on. He knew Durant was Nike's new favorite. With his own failure and Kobe reaching the age of 30, what Yu Fei represented for Reebok was becoming dominant in the basketball sports equipment market.


For Nike, Yu Fei's 'The Chosen One' series was the new era's 'His Airness' brand.


What was hateful was that this brand didn't belong to Nike.


James had heard some whispers; Nike planned to pull out all the stops to pursue Yu Fei the next summer.


Because the 6-year, 130 million US Dollar endorsement deal that Yu Fei signed with Reebok in 2003 would expire then.


If Nike succeeded, they would gain the contemporary Jordan.


For other basketball athletes under Nike, this was a tremendous pressure.


Especially for James, he couldn't accept this.


Chapter 443 Good Things Will Naturally Occur