Chapter 725: Chapter 494: When the Opportunity Comes (Unity)_4 Chapter 725: Chapter 494: When the Opportunity Comes (Unity)_4 “I am indeed pondering a question,” Karl said.

Yu Fei continued to ask, “What question?”

“I was wondering, what role does the coaching staff play in the quest for the championship?” Karl asked unexpectedly, “Why has no one ever said that without Phil, MJ couldn’t have won championships?”

The answer to this question had existed before Karl won a championship.

At that time, his view was that if he had Jordan on his team, he too could win a championship.

Yu Fei looked at him puzzlingly, “What are you trying to say?”

“It’s a flaw, isn’t it?” Karl said, “The greatest player should be flawless. The Michael of the past was flawless, but once you catch up to him, we discover his many flaws.”

“That being said, I have flaws too.”

Yu Fei laughed, “If the theory that ‘without Phil, number 23 can’t win a championship’ is valid, then the theory that ‘without you, I can’t win a championship’ is also valid.”

Karl said, “You are young, I won’t be your last coach, and you will have the opportunity to prove yourself.”

“George, why are you suddenly telling me this?”

“Just saying,” Karl said, “If you really get such an opportunity, make sure you take it, don’t leave any flaws for yourself.”

Today, Karl had become the kind of sentimental person he hated the most.

“Instead of worrying about this, why don’t you think about whether KD can defend his title in tonight’s H.O.R.S.E. game?” Yu Fei sat on the side watching Durant prepare for tonight’s game.

“He definitely can,” Karl said, “No one plays this game better than him.”

As expected, Durant defended his H.O.R.S.E. game championship title that night.

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It was followed by other individual competitions.

The three-point contest and the skills competition were just warm-ups; people were really focused on the Slam Dunk Contest.

However, due to James’s repeated rejections of the Slam Dunk Contest invitation after months of speculation, there was no star presence at this edition, and the contest was nearly highlight-free.

Nate Robinson won the Slam Dunk title for the third time with several mediocre dunks.

Off the court, criticism of James was exceedingly fierce.

Many media outlets saw James’s repeated rejections of the Dunk Contest invitation as indicative of his betrayal of Cleveland to join forces with Kobe in Los Angeles.

James did not want to be labeled as a ‘Slam Dunk’ expert, which was why he consistently refused to participate in the Dunk Contest; however, now he found himself unable to clear his name until Kobe stepped in to take the heat for him.

But Kobe might have been the worst PR person, employing a tactic of “deflecting the problem”.

“Frye is also a great dunker and he’s never participated in a Dunk Contest either, but I’ve never heard people accuse him of being cowardly,” Kobe said, “You’re being too harsh on LeBron.”

These words reached Yu Fei on the day of the All-Star game itself.

“I’m not a follower of number 23, nor do I intend to walk the same path,” Yu Fei mocked, “That’s why people don’t force me to participate in the Dunk Contest. However, we all know that both number 23 and number 24 of the Lakers are his followers. Kobe, as a disciple, showed great courage. Although his Slam Dunk Contest championship is considered the worst in history, he is still the legitimate successor to that man. As for LeBron, he wants to inherit that man’s prestige but doesn’t want the accompanying pressure, what kind of mentality that is, I wouldn’t know.”

The All-Star game hadn’t even started yet, and the Western All-Star Team was already showing signs of self-destruction.

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Despite their talent arguably overshadowing the Eastern All-Star Team, with the current public airing of their discrepancies, outsiders were not optimistic about them winning.

Moreover, the All-Star game itself wasn’t important; the public spat between Yu Fei and James had unexpectedly resulted in positive publicity.

Only one person remained indifferent to the outside uproar.

That was George Karl, who had received his medical report this morning.

He had been diagnosed with throat cancer.