Chapter 761: Chapter 505 We Are in the Best Condition_2 Chapter 761: Chapter 505 We Are in the Best Condition_2 “`
Playing basketball well was his only choice at the moment.

Fei didn’t care whether Bosh was disappointed in him, because he hadn’t done anything wrong.

All the incidents within the SuperSonics were simply due to the disruption of the inherent balance. The result of the balance being broken was that some people were happy and some were worried. He merely used his personal authority to reset the internal affairs to default settings.

He didn’t need to do this.

If Roy hadn’t been injured, if Karl hadn’t been diagnosed with throat cancer, many things wouldn’t have happened.

The SuperSonics were unlucky this season; they had many misfortunes that triggered a chain reaction.

Because of this, Bosh profited.

When he thought his status had elevated, Durant’s deliberate rebound caused internal turmoil, and with Fei publicly clarifying Durant’s position, Bosh was automatically downgraded.

It was just an ordinary internal political affair.

Durant was the future of the SuperSonics, and Bosh was not; he was merely a mercenary hired to help the team compete for championships. The former was the cornerstone, while the latter could be just a passerby. When a passerby threatens the cornerstone, stabilizing the cornerstone is the most crucial task.

This made Bosh aware that he was not now, nor would he ever be, the second-in-command of the team.

But then again, if he cared so much, why come to Seattle at all?

Wouldn’t it be good to continue being the king of the mountain in Toronto?

So, when Fei said winning the championship would make things better, he was not wrong at all for Bosh. He must remember what he gave up to come here. A person who makes such a choice has no other path but success because no team will believe you will stick with them through thick and thin.

They must succeed; if not, move to another team that aims for the championship until they do.

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Another concerned person was the head coach of the team, Tyronn Lue.

Lue suddenly felt a bit unlucky. Why did the team he took over encounter so many issues in just a few months?

In his memory, Karl’s team, although occasionally troubled, never experienced such intense changes.

He had exerted all his effort just to establish Fei as the absolute core. And just when he thought the team had recovered under his leadership, Durant acted up.

Lue hoped Durant’s aberration was a one-time event.

He believed in Durant’s capability to adjust.

Things would get better.

But in the end, it was Fei’s authority that made Durant better.

When Fei pointed to the corner and told Durant to get lost, the storm seemed to be transferred by a magician to another dimension. At that moment, the game was intense, but the SuperSonics regained their composure.

Fei’s leadership rebooted Durant’s brain, and afterwards, everything went back to normal.

Lue was relieved for one night. He knew why Karl was so carefree; it was because of Big Fei.

But today, Big Fei broke the wall of sighs, bluntly asking Durant, “Do you want to be the 00 Kobe (the sidekick) or the 03 Kobe (the rebel)?”

Durant’s answer was surprising; he wanted to be the 01 Kobe.

Yet, shockingly, Fei agreed.

The establishment of the position, the exchange of power, a new balance emerged suddenly, and Chris Bosh didn’t even have the right to express his opinion before it was all over.

Lue’s mood was almost the same as Bosh’s.

Why would Big Fei discuss such important matters publicly without giving him a heads-up? Did he think of himself, the coach, as mere decoration?

Unlike Bosh, Lue came from the “bottom” of the NBA.

Someone from a modest background tends to have empathy regardless of how high they climb, or at least they will put themselves in the other’s shoes. Why did Big Fei do this?

Lue quickly found the answer.

Because given a million choices between Durant and Bosh, everyone would still choose the former.

Securing Durant was the most important thing.

As for not informing the coaching staff beforehand, wasn’t it because he had given Big Fei the authority to make his own decisions?

Does Big Fei need to consider the coaching staff’s thoughts on how he plays on the court?

He is the main core, an unrestricted one at that; he can do anything he thinks is reasonable.

But how to fit a Durant intent on being the 01 Kobe into the existing system?

For a moment, Lue thought of George Karl, who was undergoing chemotherapy.

He wanted to seek guidance from his predecessor once more.

But as he was about to take a step forward, he changed his mind.

Karl’s era was over.

No matter how many people think Karl would return to coaching if he regained his health, Lue insisted that Karl was not coming back.

As the youngest coach in the League, he had received the opportunity of a lifetime.

If he succeeded, his coaching career would be smooth sailing. If he failed, it was unlikely that another team would give him a second chance.

At a critical juncture concerning his personal fate and career, could he repeatedly seek help from someone who might come back and take his job, even if that person was his mentor?

Lue decided not to seek help from Karl. This was a necessary choice for the team to move beyond Karl, and a necessary step for him to fend for himself.

That night, Lue organized a meeting with the coaching staff to discuss and deliberate Durant’s new role.

However, the biggest trouble Karl left for his successor was the lack of all-around talent in his assistant coaches.

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Karl never believed he would be suddenly struck down by a serious illness during his coaching career.

He had no backup talent ready to take over the team in case he had to step away.

His coaching staff was full of specialist assistants, like role players on the bench.

The worst part was that none of them were adept at offense. The only one with some knowledge of offense was data enthusiast John Welch, who even introduced a concept called positional plus-minus value–he believed that overall plus-minus values couldn’t accurately assess a player’s importance, and only by comparing players in the same position could the most valuable players be identified.

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