Chapter 704: Chapter 488: They are all right (combined)_4 Chapter 704: Chapter 488: They are all right (combined)_4 After ending their winning streak with a loss that made national headlines, the SuperSonics quickly adjusted.

Yu Fei shook off his irritated mood, returned to the point guard position, and took control of organizing the team, but he didn’t want to control the entire game like the Bucks.

The last loss to the Lakers made him realize that Chris Bosh’s instincts as a star were fading.

When Roy was there, the SuperSonics had a clear distribution of ball possession, and Bosh was in a sacrificial role. His tactical status was worlds apart compared to his time with the Raptors.

But Bosh knew himself that he was there to support, and since he had that realization, he naturally prepared to sacrifice his status.

Therefore, he transformed himself into a blue-collar player.

Even when the team’s tactics tilted towards him, he didn’t have the mindset of “I am the star, I have to carry the game.”

The power forward position was a weak spot for the Lakers, so letting Bosh play the star role at power forward was the main challenge for their next game against the Lakers.

Yu Fei did many things that Roy wouldn’t have done.

He gave Bosh set opportunities for holding the ball in one-on-one situations, continuously calling for pick-and-rolls to let Bosh move to mid-range–not beyond the three-point line–to catch and shoot.

When Bosh hesitated, Yu Fei asked him, “Chris, don’t forget you’re also a star player. Don’t doubt yourself like a minor character!”

As of that day, Bosh’s average points per game rose from the original 15 points to 21 points.

At least offensively, Bosh had reverted to his Raptors-era self.

Durant, however, was restricted by various conditions.

He had thought playing the small forward position in place of Yu Fei would grant him unlimited shooting rights, but Yu Fei told him, if you want to play my position, you have to play like me.

Did Yu Fei only focus on scoring when he was the small forward? No, he also took on defending, blocking, rebounds, and most importantly, alleviating Roy’s organizational pressure.

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In that role, Yu Fei managed to achieve an average of 27 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists per game with 18 shots.

After Roy was injured, Yu Fei went on a scoring spree for a while, averaging 30 points per game, but now, he had normalized.

For Durant, this was a resurgence of a nightmare.

Roy was injured?

No, Roy was still there.

It was just that Yu Fei played Roy’s role.

He did it better than Roy and was much stricter than Roy because Durant was playing Yu Fei’s original role.

His organizing ability was weak, his resistance was poor, and his defense relied mainly on his physical condition to assist, which resulted in him being unable to fulfill the other tasks associated with Yu Fei’s position besides scoring.

As a result, he faced Yu Fei’s reprimands in every game.

Poor shot selection? Defensive misplacement? Not blocking out? Not passing the ball? Passing errors? Losing rebounds?

Any one of these could be a trigger for Yu Fei to fire at Durant.

In front of Durant, Yu Fei was unprecedentedly irritable, as if Durant was the one who injured Roy.

“Why has Frye become harsher on KD than before?”

The standard answer is, different positions, different responsibilities, different standards.

But some people’s answer is, because KD’s disastrous performance against the Lakers led to an end of Frye’s victorious streak over LeBron.

In mid-January, the League announced the All-Star roster.

Yu Fei and Durant were selected as All-Star starters.

Chris Bosh, thanks to his explosive performance after the New Year, was selected at the last minute.

That day, the SuperSonics played the Golden State Warriors at home.

Durant unusually declined the pre-game interview, “I have nothing to say about making the All-Star team, it’s just natural. The team is meeting, and Frye is waiting. I don’t want to keep him waiting too long; I’m afraid he’ll scold me.”

“Does he really scold you?” asked the reporter innocently. “That’s a joke, right, Kevin? Do you want to talk about how Frye has helped you this season? How has he helped you become an All-Star starter?”

“He helps me like Neil’s father in ‘Dead Poets Society’,” Durant said, “whenever I make a mistake, he goes crazy.”

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“Is that another joke?”

Durant laughed.

The reporter laughed too.

Durant laughed because the world couldn’t see the obvious real face of Frye, and the reporter laughed because he didn’t understand the world.

Neither was wrong.