The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 229 - 148: The Unsatisfied Zhu Fangyu_3

Chapter 229: Chapter 148: The Unsatisfied Zhu Fangyu_3

—— Rookie, hurry up to the arena, training is about to start, why can’t I see your Coke and burger yet? Where are you?

Hmm...

The most fatal thing wasn’t just that his starting position was no longer guaranteed; his status in the locker room had also plummeted drastically.

Of course, this had a lot to do with LeBron James’s attitude.

Zhu Fangyu just couldn’t figure it out; hadn’t he and LeBron got along well before?

Why had he suddenly become so cold?

Especially in the past two days, whenever he greeted him, LeBron responded very coldly.

His demeanor was a complete change from the beaming smile a few days ago; Zhu Fangyu even wondered if he was "possessed."

After LeBron’s attitude changed, the old birds in the locker room gradually stopped treating him like a person and started bossing him around to run errands.

The two worst were Newell and McGinnis.

The former was upset because Zhu Fangyu had taken his starting spot, while the latter was just pulling rank.

Caught between internal and external troubles, Zhu Fangyu had only two words in his mind:

Frustrated!

If he had known, he wouldn’t have come to this godforsaken place!

For the first time, Zhu Fangyu regretted his decision.

But then thinking about the 10 million RMB, he sighed resignedly, "Money is hard to earn, shit’s hard to swallow, just let it be, earn this 10 million, and I’m going back to play in the CBA, won’t take this crap anymore!"

His phone lit up again, he thought it was another nagging message from McGinnis, and picked up the phone reluctantly, but it was a message from Big Brother, Du Feng:

—— Hey Zhu, I just realized, you must be having some trouble, huh? I just called you, and you didn’t answer, I don’t know what’s going on, but you can ask Yao or Su Wan about the NBA, they surely know more than I do, if it really doesn’t work out, no worries, come back and continue to play in CBA, we brothers haven’t played enough yet! Your skills are top-notch!

Feeling warmth, he hadn’t felt in a long time, Zhu Fangyu was moved, and that’s undeniable.

Du Feng’s words also reminded Zhu Fangyu, right, he could talk to Su Wan, who had been on this team before, he surely knew these people, especially LeBron; he definitely had to ask him, what kind of oddball is he!

What a loss, previously he even thought they had become friends.

"The Cavaliers are just going through a temporary difficulty, a 4-game losing streak doesn’t mean anything, just like the Pacers before, they only had 1 win and 5 losses, but they gradually found their groove again, and so will we, we’ve momentarily fallen into a slump, but when we regain our form, we can definitely reclaim our strength; we’ve tasted being number one in the Eastern Conference this season, we know what kind of team we are!"

LeBron James had gone to great lengths to escape from the media encirclement, his face which still bore light smiles quickly fell.

As the Cavaliers were increasingly studied by other teams, they faced a 4-game losing streak; this was the reason; apart from Cleveland’s media celebrating LeBron winning "Player of the Month," most of the media were questioning the league’s judgment standards, believing the Pistons’ "Backcourt Double Guns" were more deserving of the award.

Damn, how could the performance suddenly become so terrible?

This Huaxia person, after all the good things I said about him in front of the media!

Is this how he treats me?

Ranting all the way to the locker room, LeBron saw Zhu Fangyu changing into his training gear; already angry, he couldn’t help but say, "Why are you so late, Zhu; everyone else is already training."

Zhu Fangyu, hearing LeBron’s question through a translator next to him, was very upset by his tone, barely holding back his discomfort, he replied, "I just went to buy Coke and burgers for those guys."

"What kind of excuse is that, don’t you know how poor your recent performance has been? Train seriously, Zhu, or else not only will you lose your starting spot, but you might not even get any playing time at all." LeBron had waited a long time and got such an excuse; the irritation inside him, along with the pressure and repression from various aspects, made him speak without thinking, letting out everything he had been holding back.

"What did he say?"

Zhu Fangyu had been observing the translator’s expression, noticing his increasingly awkward demeanor and the delay in translation, he asked again.

"This..." The translator hesitated to translate LeBron’s words exactly.

LeBron didn’t wait any longer, he cast a cold glance at Zhu Fangyu, locked his locker, and left.

After he left, the translator finally translated LeBron’s words as tactfully as possible.

"Damn it!"

Zhu Fangyu was not one to swallow insults and humiliation; if it weren’t for the 10 million RMB, he would have turned hostile long ago; now hearing what LeBron said, his expression was as ugly as it could be.

But...

Eventually, the anger turned into a sigh.

He didn’t know how long he could endure for the sake of the 10 million RMB, but before he completely exploded, he still had to keep enduring.

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