Chapter 515 Dukes and Princes

On the 21st, the Raptors were at home, welcoming their first playoff game against the Pistons.

Before the start of this game, two young men who came to cheer for Su Feng attracted the attention of many American fans in front of the TV.

One was LeBron James, who since the 98/99 season, would come to the arena to cheer for Su Feng whenever the Raptors played in the playoffs.

The other, was the one who, in February of this year, along with James, played what the American media called the most iconic high school basketball game in American history...

Carmelo Anthony.

In February of this year, as in Su Feng's memory, James led the "Fighting Irish" against Anthony's Oak Hill Academy in a battle of the century.

As a result, although James' "Fighting Irish" lost to Anthony's Oak Hill Academy in this game.

James, who scored 33 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 steals, and 3 blocks in this game, captured the hearts of countless NBA scouts who came to watch.

In this year's American high school basketball awards, James swept all the authoritative lists.

Even quoting an NBA scout:

Skip college, kid!

Don't go bullying those trash fish in college basketball anymore!

The American college basketball community basically held the same view.

Because under Su Feng's careful cultivation, James gave up football early, coupled with the patient training of Su Feng's team behind the scenes, therefore, with James' current level of completion...

How could the American college basketball community dare to waste this kind of genius superstar who was destined to become an NBA legend?

In addition, because James had repeatedly expressed his admiration for Su Feng in public, in April of this year, the media in Ohio officially gave James a nickname:

"Duke James"!

As everyone knew, after the 1996 draft, because Iverson was trying to prank Su Feng, there was the saying that "the Philadelphia gangsters chose him that year to assist Su Feng", and one of Su Feng's nicknames, "the.king", originated from this.

After that, as Su Feng's performance got better and better, the American media also called him "the Chosen One."

As a result, after Su Feng left the Philadelphia gangsters and came to Toronto, in order to express their love for Su Feng...

The nickname "king.su" gradually became established.

As for the original origin of "king.james"...

If Su Feng remembered correctly, one reason was that Nike was also trying to shape James' image as "the Chosen One" (hoose.one).

In addition, historically, King James of England often touted the divine right of kings during his reign, and claimed to be a messenger sent by God, as well as his authorized Bible, "king.james.version.of.the.Bible," so James got the name "king.james."

When this nickname was translated into Chinese, in order to avoid being confused with the Kings, it was translated as "Little Emperor."

However, in this life, after Su Feng had already turned the nickname "king" into a label...

When the American media were trying to come up with a nickname for Su Feng's "successor," they had to put in a lot of effort.

Huh?

You say the American media called James "Duke" to mock him?

No...

That's really not a mockery.

Because in history, the commander of the French Bourbon dynasty's army, the first Duke of Berwick, the illegitimate son of King James II of England and Arabella Churchill was named James FitzJames.

Therefore, after the nickname "king" was taken by Su Feng, considering the various connections between Su Feng and James, the American media gave James the nickname "Duke" under very strict circumstances.

Look, what is professionalism!

Even when coming up with nicknames, the American media didn't forget to relate it to history.

After getting the nickname "Duke", James also repeatedly said in public that he liked the nickname very much.

"I met Su when I was 12 years old. He is the best mentor in my life. He changed my destiny."

Just...

When Su Feng personally learned of James' nickname "Duke," he felt fine...

It was just the translated nickname for James in China that really made Su Feng vomit blood.

Now, since your American media are showing off your (others') history...

As a great civilized country, with China's thousands of years of history...

Wouldn't it have to be brought out and shown off?

In a basketball科普 (science program) in April of this year, because Xu Jicheng, Yang Yi, Zhang Weiping and others happened to be talking about James, this unparalleled genius...

So, Yang Yi jokingly said on the show at the time: "We all know that in the past few years, whenever Su Feng was fighting in the playoffs, James would always appear at the Air Canada Centre to cheer him on.

So, he, who is called Su Feng's successor, is affectionately called 'Crown Prince' by Chinese fans online."

"Haha, good fellow, 'Crown Prince' is here...

Not to brag or anything, but I've seen James in person, and he looks at least ten years older than Su Feng." Zhang Weiping complained from the side.

"As the saying goes, ambition has nothing to do with age, and we can't judge people by their appearance. However, in my opinion, the nickname 'Crown Prince' can be revised a bit.

Because if we follow the American counterparts' reasoning, King to Duke, then I personally think that James should at least be named 'Prince Jin'." Yang Yi said.

Hearing this, Xu Jicheng joked: "Now that we have His Highness 'Prince Jin', who should be given the title of Su Feng's Majesty's 'Prince Qin'?"

Well...

Originally, it was just a joke made by the three commentators while hosting the show, but after the show was broadcast, because the show had a high viewership rating, James' nickname of "Prince Jin" became popular in China.

Benefiting from his relationship with Su Feng, and because James was already a shrewd person, when he learned that the Chinese people called him "Prince Jin", James accepted it with pleasure.

Even tonight...

You might not believe it, but on a jacket that James had DIY'd for himself, James specifically asked someone to write the two Chinese characters "晋王" ("Prince Jin") on the front of his clothes.

As a result, when Su Feng saw this scene...

He was really almost struck to death by lightning.

It was worth mentioning that, since James brought his newly acquainted good brother to the scene tonight...

So, taking this opportunity, in order to avoid such a thunderous situation from happening to Anthony in the future, Su Feng naturally returned the nickname "Sweet Melon" to Anthony.

"I've heard of you, Carmelo, I really like your style of play."

At the scene, before the game started, relying on his seniority, when giving a pair of his signature shoes to Anthony...

Su Feng deliberately abbreviated Anthony's name to "melo (Sweet Melon)" when writing the blessing.

As for the love of His Majesty the King, as a twenty-year-old honey badger, Anthony, who would be 18 in a month, was naturally very excited.

However...

Because he felt that the two characters "Prince Jin" on James' jacket were especially good-looking...

So, as an adult who was about to come of age, after taking a photo with Su Feng, Anthony was still not satisfied and began to ask Su Feng for a title.

And now...

What else could Su Feng do besides lamenting his damned seniority?

Forget it, forget it.

Although We have not yet unified the world, but seeing as you "successors" are already eager to take over, so this world...

Let's just grant the titles!

So, after some deliberation...

Considering that Anthony was about to go to Syracuse University in the second half of the year, Su Feng gave Anthony the title of "Prince Wu".

Anyway, wherever the sun and moon shine, and wherever rivers flow, is all Chinese territory...

So, in Su Feng's opinion, it was also reasonable for him to engage in a feudal system on American soil.

It was just that Anthony and James were so troublesome...

Su Feng, who originally had an extremely serious expression tonight, couldn't be serious at all at this moment?

When he walked onto the court, he almost fell to the ground because he was laughing too hard and couldn't continue the game.

"Oh my, I didn't expect that the thing I liked to do the most when playing games and being a 'ball chief' would actually be staged in reality."

As a senior P社 (Paradox Interactive) "war fAn", in his previous life, Su Feng had done a lot of things to divide America into Qin, Qi, Chu, Wei, Yan, Zhao, and Han.

Just...

Su Feng never expected that he could play like this in the NBA.

On the court, after this little episode, as the big screen at the scene showed the starting lineups for the two teams tonight, the Raptors' playoff journey officially began.

Pistons: Zeljko Rebraca, Joe Smith, Clifford Robinson, Stackhouse, Billups.

Raptors: Big Ben, Jermaine O'Neal, Jackson, Su Feng, Nash.

This season, after Rivers took over the Pistons, he replaced Billups, and decisively put Anfernee Hardaway, whom the Pistons had traded for from the Suns, on the bench.

In addition, what Popovich couldn't figure out no matter what was that Billups, who was mischievous under his command, had turned into the absolute core of this Pistons team under Rivers' command.

In Su Feng's opinion, this was definitely the best slap in the face for those who thought Popovich was omnipotent.

Because in reality, just from the Spurs' future handling of Kawhi Leonard, you could see that Popovich lacked the means to deal with this type of player.

Moreover, wasn't the premise for Popovich to be able to be a talent scout because the Spurs at that time had a group of scouts who were good at developing international players overseas?

You had to know that compared to American players, who were mostly naughty, international players were...

There was no difficulty in management.

To put it bluntly, Popovich was capable, but he was definitely not as magical as some Popovich fanboys made him out to be.

Now, after Rivers gave Billups enough confidence through his motivational speech, didn't Billups show his big-hearted side on the court?

On the court, at the start of the first quarter, Billups put a lot of pressure on the Raptors from the outside.

As a "cold arrow" type player, Billups not only didn't occupy much of the ball, but also, as a core point guard, he wasn't too dependent on shooting.

Therefore, even though his career shooting percentage was only 41.5%, at his peak, he had a true shooting percentage of over 60% in multiple seasons.

Moreover, since most of Billups' shots were high-value three-pointers, and he was also very good at using his body to create fouls for his opponents, even if he really shot poorly in the game, he wouldn't affect the team's overall rhythm too much.

This was also why Su Feng was able to take so many shots in this star-studded Raptors team.

Because in essence, Su Feng's style of play was extremely focused on cost-effectiveness.

On the court, because Nash was made very uncomfortable by Billups in the first quarter, the Raptors' game rhythm couldn't be picked up.

Rivers, who came from the Raptors, had obviously made a lot of adjustments to the Pistons' style of play tonight based on his knowledge of this Raptors team before the game.

Because in addition to targeting Nash, in the interior, Joe Smith also frequently used his shooting range advantage to pull Jermaine O'Neal away from the interior.

As a result, in the first quarter, after playing only 4 minutes, Big Ben had to return to the bench because he had committed two fouls too early.

In addition, Jermaine O'Neal was also targeted by Rivers on offense.

In Su Feng's previous life, players like Jermaine O'Neal and Kevin Garnett, who tended to retreat while fighting, often exposed their weaknesses in lack of strong attacking ability after entering the playoffs due to the increased intensity of the games.

Rivers was precisely seizing on this weakness of Jermaine O'Neal tonight, using Smith's close marking on the outside and the occasional harassment of the guards to effectively limit Jermaine O'Neal's high post jump shots.

There was no way.

In the situation where Nash couldn't feed the ball to Jermaine O'Neal, this Iron Blood Bubble Dragon's low post skills weren't enough to support him to do whatever he wanted like Yao and Shaq.

So, after calling two timeouts in a row in the first quarter, looking at Rivers' smug smile, Davis also gritted his teeth and activated his ultimate move.

That was to give the ball to the strongest player on the Raptors.

And at this time...

Rivers also put away his smile.

Because he knew very well how many miracles Su Feng had brought to this Raptors team during his time as an assistant coach with the Raptors.

Just...

Different from the past, the way Su Feng motivated his teammates on this night wasn't the divine balls that people were familiar with.

Because Rivers' crazy double-teaming strategy caused Su Feng to attract the double-teams of Pistons players like he was carrying his own gravity as soon as he entered the attack range...

Therefore, after giving his second in commands a death order with his eyes, the Raptors successfully opened up the situation in the second half of the quarter by using Su Feng's drives and kick outs.

"This is why we often say that Su Feng this season has changed from before.

These few balls, if it were in the past, Su Feng might have shot them." On CCTV, Yang Yi said with a smile.

"That's the truth, but on the court, being able to make decisions so quickly and deliver beautiful passes to teammates in the face of double-teams is not something that all players can do." Yu Jia said from the side.

"So that's why we say that Su Feng is the NBA player with the highest basketball IQ and the strongest personal attacking ability?" Yang Yi said.

In the first quarter, the Raptors entered the second quarter with a 4-point lead.

In the second quarter, although he wasn't very satisfied with Rivers' arrangements for him in the past year, Hardaway, who was responsible for leading the bench, played his best quarter since breaking up with O'Neal back then.

In fact, after experiencing several major injuries in the early part of his career, the role of sixth man was precisely the most suitable for Hardaway.

Because even if his speed had been cut down to an ordinary car, Hardaway still had his unique advantages in terms of technique, experience, and organizational ability.

It was a pity that due to his high salary...

In Su Feng's opinion, it was a bit too expensive to use Hardaway as a sixth man.

You had to know that at this time in the NBA, a salary of more than 10 million was the maximum salary.

In the second quarter, under Hardaway's connection, the Pistons' bench players fought evenly with Su Feng's Raptors' second unit.

At the end of the first half, the score between the two teams was 47 to 49.

In the third quarter, Davis changed the Raptors' lineup, using Parker and Nash to form a dual point guard lineup.

As a result, this move had a miraculous effect in this quarter.

Because no matter how well Billups could defend, he could only take care of one person.

As Parker frequently used his spinning top move to score points for the Raptors in the game, the double-teaming pressure Su Feng received was also reduced invisibly.

It had to be said that the biggest contribution Carter made to the Raptors this year was that he gave the Raptors enough playing time for Parker in the regular season.

In the final quarter, the Pistons, who were unwilling to give up, launched a fierce counterattack against the Raptors after Rivers gave an impassioned speech during the intermission.

However, looking at Anthony and James, who came to the scene to support him tonight...

How could Su Feng let Rivers get his wish on this night?

On the court, after Su Feng's wave of "show.time" with a difficulty factor of 3.6, the Raptors completely killed the suspense of this game.

In the end, the score of this game was 97 to 108.

Su Feng, who scored 14 points alone in the final quarter, had a total of 32 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks in the game.

In addition, through this game, Su Feng also slapped the faces of those who criticized him for not being able to grab defensive rebounds without Big Ben.

Because Big Ben spent most of the game on the bench, the time he played with Su Feng was not much.

After the game, Su Feng gave the Raptors' game ball to James and Anthony.

During the interview, the two also said that after growing up watching Su Feng's games, the thing they wanted to do most after entering the NBA in the future was to play against Su Feng on the court.

Just...

When Anthony said this, Su Feng felt fine.

But when James said that he also wanted to play against him, Su Feng was unhappy.

Because he had just given you the title of Prince Jin, and you were already thinking of rebelling?

If he gave you the title of Prince Qin, wouldn't Lao Tzu become the Supreme Emperor the next day?

No love.

Absolutely no love.

Looking at James in front of him, who had far surpassed his historical counterpart in terms of basic skills, Su Feng felt that the most wrong thing he had done back then was not making James compensate him for that jacket.

Because if that were the case, James might have had to accept the grace of that football coach further because of his poor family situation, and choose to play football...

"Sigh, it seems I have to invest in a few more 'Pippens'."

On this day, looking at James, Anthony, and others who were about to enter the league next summer, Su Feng, who knew that the NBA was about to usher in a major change that hadn't happened in a century, thought silently.

At that moment, although he knew in his heart that there was a high probability that James would not be able to become his Pippen in this life...

But Su Feng was even more looking forward to this little LeBron, who was about to embark on "a road that has never been imagined."

"LeBron, will you forget me after you enter the NBA?"

At that moment, on the Raptors' bench, Stephen Curry, who was still waiting for his father to pack up his equipment, looked at James with his watery eyes.

As a result, after patting Curry's head, James smiled and said: "How could I forget!

Stephen! You and I were born in the same hospital, I will remember this kind of fate for the rest of my life."

Hearing this, Curry was immediately happy and said: "Then it's settled, if I have a chance to be your teammate in the future, I will pass all the balls to you."

"Okay!" On the sidelines of the Raptors, after completing another high-five with the 14-year-old Curry, James was already looking forward to his future in a trance.

At this time, Anthony, who was about to enter Syracuse University next year, also mentioned someone to James.

"LeBron, do you know Dwyane Wade of Marquette University?" Anthony asked curiously.

"I don't know, is he very good in college basketball?" James asked back.

Anthony waved his hand, "Who knows? I'll go try his skills after I enter the NCAA next year."

James nodded, and then patted Anthony on the shoulder and said, "Then you have to beat him, because before entering the NBA, I won't allow you to lose to anyone."

Anthony smiled, and if Anthony's next words were translated into Chinese, it would be roughly as follows:

Dwyane Wade is not worth mentioning?

Seeing such a confident Anthony, James also smiled.

Because if James' inner voice was translated into Chinese, it would be roughly as follows:

Carmelo is nothing, little Wade...

What's so great about them?

For James, who had already followed Su Feng to the top of the NBA in this life, he was no longer the Akron boy who had never seen the world.

Therefore, defeating his peers?

What kind of pursuit was that?

The person he, James, wanted to defeat had to be a Boss like Su Feng at the very least.

Of course, if all of this could be shared with Stephen Curry, then James would think it would be even better.

After all, in this life, James and Curry had already formed a deep friendship in their childhood.

It was a pity that because he was busy fighting in the NBA, Su Feng didn't know that a huge deviation had already occurred in James' growth trajectory.

Otherwise, Su Feng would definitely feel "unworthy" for Wade.

Because look, what is a scumbag?

Meaning, with Curry, Wade had become just a friend who was pretty good at playing basketball?

However...

If Kobe and Iverson knew all of this, then they would definitely complain...

James was indeed Su Feng's successor.

Because even in terms of being a scumbag, James and Su Feng were exactly the same.

In the spring of 2002, fate had already laid its dark web in this era.

And in the future, Su Feng would discover that the butterfly effect he had triggered was just the beginning...

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ps: Uh, because the conditions at my old home are limited, it is impossible to have air conditioning and heating at home... If there are children in the family who burn a stove fire, they will probably know what the situation is like at home.

Unfortunately, because the temperature of the stove fire can't reach the bedroom, therefore... Qiao can only withstand this wave of magic damage.

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