Chapter 724: Chapter 494: When the Opportunity Comes (Unity)_3 Chapter 724: Chapter 494: When the Opportunity Comes (Unity)_3 Moreover, the more Yu Fei thought about it, the more he found it absurd that the owners were using losses as an excuse to demand a redistribution of basketball income.

The main losses for the underperforming teams were due to ticket revenues falling short of expectations.

Why did they fall short? Just look at the Philadelphia 76ers’ recent moves.

In order to save money, they traded Iguodala to the Spurs for Caron Butler’s half-season rights.

If you were a fan, what would you think?

Why would fans spend money and time to support such a disgusting team?

So, once a lockout occurred, it would be the entire league’s market that would suffer. The fans don’t care if you’re losing money, because either way it doesn’t benefit them. If a team becomes strong, their ticket prices will go up. Conversely, if they are perennially weak, would the tickets be cheaper? No, the prices would be the same.

That night, the All-Star weekend officially began.

In the Rising Star Challenge, the rookies had finally beaten the sophomores for the first time in seven years.

Tyreke Evans was named MVP of the Rising Star Challenge.

Nevertheless, the most popular rookie that night was Stephen Curry from the Miami Heat.

As the new face endorsed by Reebok, Curry and Yu Fei were in Dallas together doing promotions.

It was similar to when Reebok arranged for Iverson to do promotions with Yu Fei back in the day.

Only now, Yu Fei’s influence far exceeded that of Iverson at the time.

Curry’s dynamic playing style and his non-aggressive baby face made him the new favorite of sponsors.

Although Yu Fei didn’t do much, the paparazzi present at the event still captured his little secret.

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That night, Yu Fei didn’t return to the hotel but went to another hotel with a British model.

He didn’t leave the hotel all night.

The next day, the local tabloid revealed that the British model Yu Fei spent the night with was Keeley Hazell.

The following day, Yu Fei was mobbed by a group of British sports media.

“If I say nothing happened last night, you definitely won’t believe me,” Yu Fei said, “but please believe me, initially, Keeley just wanted to take a look at the tattoo on my back.”

The blonde reporter interviewing him asked, “Frye, you actually have a tattoo?”

Yu Fei winked, “You want to see it?”

That afternoon, the Eastern and Western All-Star teams gathered.

Some said that this year’s Western All-Star Team might be the most luxurious ever.

They featured Yu Fei, Kobe, James, Durant, Duncan, Nowitzki, Nash…

As the head coach of the Western All-Star Team, George Karl had grown accustomed to this role.

Since coaching Yu Fei, his team’s performance had always been among the league’s best.

That had resulted in him being the All-Star Team’s head coach multiple times in the past eight years.

He considered it a stroke of luck.

Phil Jackson had the fortune of coaching Jordan and Shaq, so he won nine championships. But since it was luck, it was bound to end someday.

Jackson’s luck had ended, yet Karl felt that Yu Fei’s future was boundless.

Not yet 28, Yu Fei had already matched Jordan’s accolades.

The basketball world was already anticipating a new king.

The debate over the Greatest of All Time wasn’t as heated as last year because Yu Fei was too young.

As long as he won one more championship, he would surpass Jordan in terms of accolades–what controversy would then remain?

Karl believed he would definitely witness the birth of the new Greatest of All Time.

But lately, he had felt his health on the decline.

Especially when eating, it was becoming increasingly uncomfortable.

A few days ago, Karl discovered a small lump on his neck while showering.

He thought it was fat, as he was nearly so overweight he couldn’t see his own neck, but having had cancer before, he was extremely sensitive to lumps.

He had it checked out before coming to Dallas.

The doctor told him that, based on his symptoms and the lump, it looked like the symptoms of throat cancer.

But until a diagnosis was confirmed, everything was unknown.

Yet Karl’s heart was already hanging in suspense.

Today was the Western All-Star Team’s first practice, and Karl noticed the hostile looks between Yu Fei and James and jokingly said, “I need you guys to put up with each other for two days, promise me, no fighting.”

“Don’t worry, coach, I won’t start anything,” Yu Fei sarcastically said, “but him, that’s hard to say. Who can guarantee he won’t treat me like he did Danny Granger?”

That was before the All-Star weekend, in the Lakers Team’s last game against the Bucks. During the game, Danny Granger’s fast break was fouled by James.

If it had been just a foul, that would’ve been one thing, but Granger lost his balance on the landing and injured his knee, later diagnosed with a grade two sprain, sidelining him for 4-6 weeks.

“It was an accident!” James said with a cold face.

“Go tell that to Danny,” Yu Fei laughed, “See if he recognizes that ‘accident’.”

The atmosphere on the court was tense, and Yu Fei didn’t let up on James just because they were temporarily on the same team.

In the scrimmage, Yu Fei and James clashed repeatedly, neither holding back.

This high level of confrontation actually made the Western All-Star Team’s practice far more effective than the Eastern All-Star Team’s.

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After the practice, Yu Fei’s team emerged victorious by a five-point margin.

“If you’re not convinced, we can keep playing!” Yu Fei challenged.

James and Kobe were both willing to continue, but the others weren’t interested in spending their energy on such an inconsequential scrimmage.

Karl said, “All right, that’s enough. You guys are in good shape. Let’s play like this tomorrow night, and we’re sure to win.”

The crowd dispersed, and Yu Fei approached Karl, asking, “George, you seemed distracted today.”