Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters-Chapter 1054 - 599 The Meaning of Starlight_2

Chapter 1054: Chapter 599 The Meaning of Starlight_2 Chapter 1054: Chapter 599 The Meaning of Starlight_2 However, Durant has recently shown a sharper side.

During the All-Star weekend, Fei mourned for the victims of a shooting incident, while other players were busy with commercial activities to make money.

Thus, the media would ask them if they would do something similar.

Players like James naturally have a set of rhetoric to deal with the media.

James said, “I’m glad that Frye is finally facing up to his sense of social responsibility, something I have always done.”

This is indeed true; since his early years of dual dominance failed, James’s path had become very clear—he is not just an athlete.

However, such statements could easily lead people to assume he is implying Fei’s inadequacy in this regard.

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What about Durant?

In his early years as the “boy next door,” Durant actually did more charitable work than any other star, and there was no need for him to face such accusations.

Nevertheless, he was reluctant to say to the media, “Look at what I’ve done in the past,” instead he simply responded coldly to the media’s questions: “You don’t understand anything!”

So, some journalists who are very familiar with Durant couldn’t help but wonder: what made KD become like this?

In fact, when facing the New York media, Durant revealed part of the answer. One reason is that after going through so much, he has come to understand his own personality and voice. He is now 26 years old, already a seven-year NBA veteran. He followed Fei to win four consecutive championships, was selected for the All-Star six times, and is expected to win the MVP this year.

He has influence, he has a voice, and his words carry weight. Durant has always been sincere, but he was not a person who used words to provoke discussions in the past.

The other reason is more complex. Durant’s friction with the media is not because his performance is criticized; on the contrary, his performance is widely praised. The problem lies in the New York media’s constant dissection of the Knicks—from his volatile teammate DeAndre Jordan, to Derek Fisher, who was still a player last season but became an NBA head coach through the Zen Master’s connections, and the Zen Master himself, whether this old fox, who is the best at playing mind games in NBA history, had an extra influence on the team.

Durant was fed up with those interrogations and questions, and he was tired of the media endlessly creating public opinion.

So, on the eve of the All-Star Game, when the media once again asked him for his opinion on the performance of the Knicks and whether he thought they had found the right direction, he could have said a few official-sounding phrases in a good-natured manner, but he chose the most show-worthy response:

“Nothing has changed,” Durant said. “You think so because you are an outsider. When we win, we sometimes struggle, which is common in the league. We are not discouraged by it. Outsiders always think we’re finished, trying to find out what’s wrong with us. But maybe a week later, everything will be fine. That’s the nature of our game—’What have you done for me lately.’ People first praise you and then step on you. So we don’t care about that.”

“We just focus on ourselves, on our own business. We know the team’s performance has its ups and downs, so we will stay sober, let you worry about it, don’t lose sleep over us.”

Durant has really become unfriendly.

And this unfriendly trend seems irreversible.

When he heard Kobe talk about Durant, Fei had only one thought: Spot on.

Perhaps because of him, Durant of 2015 has evolved to a state similar to that of around 2018 in the main timeline.

The Durant of that state is someone who is willing to argue with fans online, publicly states that nobody wants to wear Under Armour, then gets angry because Thompson takes more shots than him, and finally gets broken by Green’s formula.

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That evening, during the pre-game phase of the All-Star Game, the stars were making final preparations.

The media, on the other hand, came over for quick interviews whenever they found an opportunity.

Someone asked Fei: “What do you think about LeBron saying that you finally did the same thing as him?”

“Which thing?” Fei grinned and asked.

The journalist reminded: “The thing about Josephine Garner…”

“Oh, that thing?” Fei said, “Since when did speaking up for shooting victims become an exclusive to LeBron? Has no one ever done this before him? I don’t see it that way, and I don’t intend to respond to him. Why don’t you ask him when he’ll win eight championships like me?”

Then, another not-so-wise journalist asked Durant, “What do you think about the Knicks’ recent return to normal performance?”

“Back to normal? What do you mean?” Durant said impatiently. “Every team encounters struggles and ups and downs, that’s the NBA season. We’ve always been normal. The only question is whether we’ve found the right way to play. Recently we’ve been feeling it, but you think it’s because we’re back to normal? Do you really understand basketball?”

Fei joked: “Be nice, Kevin, this media friend may not have any ill intentions.”

“I’ve had enough of these idiots!” Durant said angrily.

For a player who relies on exposure to maintain his image, such remarks are indeed inappropriate.

Fei could see that Durant really wanted everyone to see his true nature, but this was going a bit too far.

The humiliated media left with resentment, and the world gained another journalist who took pleasure in disparaging Durant.

The subsequent All-Star Game was nothing short of spectacular.