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

However, today's defeat allowed Westbrook to glimpse his future.


For the next four seasons, they might still make it to the playoffs, and then opponents would send them home in roughly the same manner.


He wouldn't have a chance to contend for a championship, but the team made a killing selling high-priced playoff tickets, the owner actively marketed his image in Minnesota, and everyone had their own business to attend to.


"Frye, what would you do if you were me?"


Yu Fei had a decent private relationship with Westbrook outside of their love for trash-talking each other.


Because Westbrook was also one of Reebok's basketball stars.


Yu Fei knew what pained Westbrook, but honestly, with his style, it was very difficult to build a championship-contending team around him as the core.


A ball-dominant core with poor mid-to-long-range shooting—how luxurious a roster would be needed to win a championship?


Chapter 555: As the Sovereign Commands, Heaven Bestows; As the Sovereign Commands, Heaven Takes Away_3