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

If before the time-travel Yu Fei had no real concept of the Spurs, only knowing they got lucky in 2023 when they landed the top overall pick choosing the most talented player since the 2010s, then after his time-travel, his greatest impression of the Spurs was that, no matter when, this team was strong.


From the year he started in the NBA, 2001, they have already been a power team.


Over the past fourteen years, they made it to the playoffs every time, reaching the finals four times and winning the championship once.


But this strength didn't start from 2001, it started when they drafted Duncan in 1997.


A good team, due to injury woes, was forced to tank and then managed to draft the greatest foundational player after Bill Russell.


That pick established their strength for the next 20 years.


Chapter 614 Such Victory and Defeat