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

For the Clippers, this was undeniably a successful season.


Yu Fei sparked the same frenzy in California as the Seattle SuperSonics had once sparked in the State of Washington.


Considering the commercial added value of Los Angeles, the Clippers' rapid growth trend in business was even more astonishing. Starting from the first week of the regular season, the Clippers had succeeded in all metrics. Season ticket sales, player merchandise, memorabilia revenue, social media search trends... in this rapidly changing era, they reached the peak in every indicator related to "traffic."


In many ways, they had surpassed the Lakers and become the most watched franchise team in Los Angeles. For a team that was struggling in disgrace last season, this was like a dream come true.


The media couldn't figure out whether this was a chain reaction brought about by the Greatest of All Time, or the luck brought about by Donald Sterling's stepping down.


Chapter 586: The Scepter