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

All of their starting five had their own responsibilities, but Brown had become a problem for the Supersonics.


He didn't shoot, couldn't open up space, nor did he have a dominating presence on defense, which allowed the opposing team's interior players to single-cover him. His boxing out ability wasn't bad, but that was about it. His physique wasn't impressive, a fact that became particularly apparent when facing top interior players. In the eyes of the Lakers, he was a player with defensive flaws and a black hole on the offensive end.


When Brown repeatedly received passes under the basket from Yu Fei, he only managed to make 2 out of 4 shots, intimidated by Pau Gasol's feints.


The Lakers could live with this outcome; Brown's scoring couldn't really hurt them.


On the contrary, deliberately giving Brown opportunities actually led to Yu Fei making misjudgments in his passing choices.


Sometimes he balanced poorly between passing to the inside or outside.


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