Chapter 690: Chapter 485: The Incredible Final Scene (Combined) Chapter 690: Chapter 485: The Incredible Final Scene (Combined) During the half-time break, George Karl concluded after watching the first half of the game.

Due to the lack of an advantage in the paint, Brandon Roy’s vision as a combo guard had narrowed. He found it difficult to find inside opportunities because Brown posed no spacing threat, DeAndre Jordan was only there to finish easy baskets, and Little O was just making up the numbers tonight. Therefore, he needed to focus on the perimeter.

As the Lakers tightened their perimeter defense in the second quarter, Roy was also suppressed in his match-up with Kobe, resulting in the Supersonics relying solely on Yu Fei to hold the fort during the last few minutes of the first half.

In other words, expecting Roy to play the role of a combo guard effectively in such a high-stakes game, with a less-than-ideal roster, was asking too much.

Once an offensive player carries the burden of organizing, they start to think about more things.

Karl immediately decided to let Yu Fei take over as the main ball-handler in the second half–like he used to do with the Bucks–while Roy would act as his deputy, enabling him to focus more on scoring and easing his load.

But this suggestion was met with opposition from Yu Fei.

Or rather, Yu Fei’s denial.

“Perhaps you should hear my suggestion,”
Everyone turned their attention to him, eager to know if there was a better idea.

Yu Fei said, “Let me play the power forward position, Kevin as the small forward, Tony (Moro’s nickname) to start as shooting guard, and Brandon to continue as usual.”

“That’s like the Lakers putting LeBron at the power forward position,” Roy said, “I disagree.”

Yu Fei replied with a light smile, “The power forward for the Lakers is Ron Artest, that’s not a problem for me, plus, LeBron is a guy you can’t rely on. But I’m different, you can count on me.”

Karl said, “If you’re the main ball-handler, everyone can count on you even more.”

“Ha,” Yu Fei let out a cold laugh, “So just because the media calls you servants of the empire every day, have you really started to think of yourselves as servants? Show some pride, prove yourselves to be ten thousand times better than your self-promotions in front of the media in front of twenty million viewers!”

Every team has its dark secrets.

In the Lakers, you can’t openly discuss who’s the boss between Kobe and James.

In the Supersonics, the “sole empire” is that taboo topic.

Everyone pretended it didn’t exist. The image of Yu Fei presented before them had two facets. On the outside was the myth created by the media– he is the master of the empire, the creator of four championships in four years, and no one else mattered except for him. On the inside were his sacrifices and concessions for the team. The ball-dominant core of the Bucks transformed into a legitimate ace small forward with the Supersonics. The scoring machine who averaged 36 points a game in his prior ball-handling days now only took 18 shots a game with the Supersonics. He completely stepped out of his comfort zone from Milwaukee allowing his teammates into the game, making them understand that they were not servants of the empire, that even someone as strong as Frye Yu needed them to perform well.

So, everyone pretended it wasn’t there.

Don’t touch it, don’t mention it.

Until Yu Fei spoke about it without any reservations.

“Well, then I have another question.”

Roy spoke up.

Yu Fei replied, “Better not be talking nonsense.”

“Do you know how to play a one-four pick and roll?” Roy asked with a smile.

“FUCK YOU!!!”

Karl had nothing to say.

He took Yu Fei’s suggestion.

Yu Fei decided to swing up to the power forward position instead of swinging down to point guard because he believed the team had more potential to uncover. Karl wanting him to return to point guard was a blunt arrangement.

It was equivalent to using the Supersonics’ last-resort tactic outright.

Moving Yu Fei to the point guard would mean overturning the existing system, an arrangement to push personal capabilities to the extreme.

What Karl didn’t anticipate was that Yu Fei, aside from tapping into internal potentials, was also using this to bring the unspeakable topic to the forefront.

Having started this conversation tonight, it was impossible to put the lid back on.

Karl would bet that Yu Fei would bring up the “empire” countless times in the future, using the term “servants of the empire” to motivate his teammates.

As for when his teammates couldn’t take it anymore, only God would know.

Whether this was good or bad, Karl didn’t have the answer, but it indeed was a very Big Fei thing to do.

Playing it coy was never his style.

Outside the locker room,
Durant was actively digesting what had just happened when, just as he was about to walk through the player’s tunnel, Yu Fei blocked his path and said in an even tone, “I’ll take care of Ron Artest for you.”

“LeBron won’t defend you full force because you’re not worth it for him to do that.”

“What you need to do is seize the opportunity,” Yu Fei said, “Can you do that?”

Durant thought his chance to prove himself had vanished, but Yu Fei suddenly switching to power forward and letting him play small forward would bring him numerous opportunities.

Indeed, whether Yu Fei’s switch to power forward would be effective or not depended not on his own performance at that position but on Durant’s performance as a small forward.

“I won’t let you down,” Durant declared.

“Among all those who have high hopes for you, I’m not in the top ten,” Yu Fei said, “I’m just giving you a chance, what you need to do is show Lynn Memitt everything he wants to see in you.”

Yu Fei bringing up Memitt was like a bolt from the blue for Durant.

It turned out Frye knew everything.

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The half-time break ended, and the players returned to the court.

54 to 54
The Supersonics had the first possession of the second half.

Yu Fei’s switch to power forward immediately sparked discussions across major television networks.

“Didn’t the Lakers’ lesson of having LeBron at power forward awaken George Karl?”

“Putting Frye on power forward is as extravagant and wasteful as leaving Charlize Theron completely unused in “The Devil’s Advocate”!”