Chapter 710 The Sacred City!

On August 8, 2008, the United States has entered midsummer.

The beaches of Miami are now occupied by tourists from all over the United States and the world.

In this resort-like city, everyone is enjoying his comfort.

Miami is a carefree city.

No matter what kind of sorrow and troubles you have, as long as you come to this city, they can all be resolved.

The sunshine, the beach, the blue and clear sky here can wash away everything.

Tourists can get all the comfort in this city, but as the owner of this city, Pat Riley now feels a strong chill in the midsummer.

The Olympic men's basketball final at noon yesterday has passed for a day.

But everything that happened in the Olympic men's basketball has just begun to ferment.

That incredible influence is sweeping the whole world.

Sitting in the general manager's office of the Heat, looking at the scorching sun outside the window, Pat Riley's heart is now filled with a gloomy atmosphere.

"Mr. Riley..."

"Which media is it this time?"

Before the assistant who rushed over could speak, Pat Riley asked coldly.

After the Olympic men's basketball finals, he was harassed crazily by the media all over the world.

More than a month ago, he formed the largest group in NBA history, the Miami Heat Big Five!

At that time, he was also being chased crazily by the media all over the world, but at that time, he enjoyed the feeling of being chased by the whole world.

"I left the Lakers and came to Miami not just to repeat my achievements in Los Angeles."

"In a sense, Jerry and I are the same person. He made Los Angeles into the sacred capital of the basketball world in the Lakers, and I, Pat Riley, my dream is to make another city without basketball genes into another sacred capital of the basketball world!"

"I hope that in ten years, you can put the name of Miami on par with Boston, Los Angeles, and Chicago in the history of basketball!"

"Ten years later, Miami will become a sacred city, and this sacred city will also belong to their gods!"

More than a month ago, facing the pursuit of the whole world, his declaration of building the fourth sacred capital of the basketball world was deafening, and it simply shocked the entire basketball world.

His declaration was considered by many media to be exactly the same as James's "not one, not two, not three, not even four, five, six" statement.

Of course his and James' statements are so similar.

Otherwise, how could they get together?

"LeBron, I will build a sacred city for you in Miami!"

"And you will become the god of this sacred city!"

"I will be on par with the Cardinal and Jerry West, and you will be on par with Russell and Magic!"

"Our sacred city will cut off the sacred road of the 100-mile steel city under Mount Rainier in Seattle, and you will also cut off Yes's path to becoming a god!"

"No matter how strong a person is without a sacred city, he cannot become a god!"

"LeBron, do you want to personally cut off Yes's path to becoming a god like Jordan?"

"LeBron, do you want to personally destroy the prototype of the sacred city that Yes has already built?"

"Come on, be with me, you will become a great god, and I will be the creator of God, the god maker!"

This is what he said when he tempted James for the last time!

Finally, what he said successfully made James' hand and his hand tightly clasp together.

In this world, except for Jordan, any god needs the help of the god maker, so Jordan was so unique before Yes appeared.

He knew very well that LeBron James was a wise man, and he could see this.

James has the potential to become a god!

And he is the most likely person to become the new god maker in the NBA!

The same remarks made by the two of them were considered to be extremely arrogant.

So their cooperation was inevitable.

With the cooperation of the two, with the robbery of the Bulls, the Heat, who had formed the Big Five and got a bunch of high-quality role players at that time, could really hit the championship with their eyes closed.

At that time, of course, they could wantonly show their arrogance and ambition.

Even a conspirator like him who has been forbearing could not suppress the urge to show his ambition.

Not to mention James, who is very cunning but still a young man after all.

So, James, who was always humble before, said a lot of arrogant words after coming to the Heat.

The arrogant words said by the two were highly consistent in tone.

At the same time, they also offended a lot of people who were already unhappy with them.

Pat Riley never cared about these media, and he also hoped that James would not care.

"As long as we can keep winning, as long as we can keep holding the most sacred championship trophy, no matter how unhappy they are with us, they can only watch the holy city we jointly built stand up in the end!"

"When the holy city comes, they will change from booing us to cheering and worshipping us!"

After the formation of the Big Five in Miami and the foundation of the Holy City, Pat Riley really didn't expect that his Holy City had not yet stood up, and the foundation would tend to collapse.

He watched the final between the US team and the Chinese team.

He really didn't expect James to be pitted so badly by Yes in the game!

As the person who traded O'Neal to the Heat, he certainly knew what happened on the court.

He had guessed when O'Neal pitted him and Wade in the Heat.

It's just obvious that in this world, except for him, Wade and James, no one else knows what happened in this game!

In the end, all the saliva in the world will pour into LeBron!

That crazy torrent of saliva really shows how arrogant he and James were at the beginning, and how huge this torrent is, or even more huge!

The media, fans, NBA players, and even the players, coaches, and management of the US team have participated in this huge torrent.

He and James haven't built an eternal holy city, and the flood that can destroy the world has come. He, James and the Heat can't even find a Noah's Ark of their own!

"Don't tell me about the 58 points!"

"I was tricked by LeBron James!"

"LeBron James looks honest, but I didn't expect that he is full of bad water!"

"I have always said that everything happens for a reason. We lost so shamefully in this game. Except for Yes who is a god, it was all caused by LeBron James. This should have been a game for me. I hit 80% in the game. Imagine that my hit rate can't even guarantee the US team's victory with 100%. Tell me, whose problem is this!"

Look at the angry look of O'Neal when he was interviewed on TV. It is very rare for Pat Riley to see an NBA superstar directly spray another NBA superstar like this!

And after O'Neal sprayed James, the reporters, media and audience around him even applauded O'Neal!

"Regarding the loss of this game, it is my responsibility. It has nothing to do with O'Neal, Billups, Prince, Kobe, Kidd, Rose, and Boozer."

"They all tried their best to play the role I hoped they would play in the game."

"I am sorry about Yes's final dunk that bypassed the defense of O'Neal, Billups and Prince. I want to apologize to Shaq, Chauncey and Tayshawn here. It was because of me that they became the background of the 58-point shame."

"In this Olympics, as the head coach of the team, I will take full responsibility. I have submitted my resignation to the US team."

"I am responsible for my selection this time. I chose the wrong core at the wrong time. No, I chose the wrong core twice for the US team, causing the US team to lose the championship twice under my rule."

"I will accept everyone's criticism of me. At the same time, I will also advise the US team and the next head coach of the US team. You can never trust some players. No matter how strong they are, if the strongest weapon in his hand is against his own people, the stronger such a person is, the more terrible he is!"

"Am I hinting at anyone? I don't mean to hint at anyone. I am talking about LeBron James. Choosing him as one of the co-captains of the 2006 World Championships and one of the co-captains of this year's Olympics is the most wrong decision I have made in my coaching career!"

"That's all I have to say. Thank you for your expectations of us. I'm sorry that your expectations were not met in the end."

After the interview with O'Neal ended, the second person on TV who spoke about James' performance in the Olympic finals was Coach K, the head coach of the US team.

As the most famous socialite in the American basketball world, Coach K is the first time in his impression that he has directly named and dissed a player!

"You asked me what happened to us in this game. How the hell do I know what happened to us!"

"I know it's a shame. You don't need to emphasize it, but we worked really hard!"

"Shaq, Bryant, me, Tayshawn, Jason, each of us worked so hard. We all wanted to win this game. We all wanted to give Yes an unforgettable moment in his career. We are trying to show our strength. We are much stronger than Yes's teammates. Chen, Sun, Zhu... What kind of players are Yes's teammates, and what kind of players are our players? They are CBA, and we are NBA!"

"What is the level of American basketball, what is the level of Chinese basketball, do I need to tell you?"

"But what about the final result?!"

"With all our efforts, the US team lost to the Chinese team by 58 points. What the hell caused this?!"

"Fuck LeBron James!"

"It was after the game that he and Wade ran away. Otherwise, I would ask him to explain to us how he scored 58 points!"

"Lost by 58 points to the Chinese team?"

"You don't even care about your face!"

Watching Billups shouting "No more face!" amid the applause of all the media reporters on TV, Pat Riley's face was really ugly.

At this time, the TV camera switched again, and this time the person on TV was Kobe.

Seeing Kobe's figure, Pat Riley, who was originally very ugly, became even more uncomfortable.

He could see that the American public opinion was now using the players of the American team to criticize James!

This time, the American team lost to the Chinese team by 58 points. These American media supporting Yes are ready to put all the responsibility on James!

Those media supporting Yes were arrogantly ridiculed by him and James more than a month ago. If they don't get back at this situation, when will they get back?

Looking at the speeches of O'Neal, Coach K, Billups and others before, Kobe and James didn't get along before!

Before Yes appeared, it was James who stood opposite to Kobe, and it was also Kobe who stood opposite to James!

Now Kobe has such a good opportunity, can he not blacken James?

Even Billups, James's brother and Anthony's teammate, directly criticized him like this!

"Don't ask me about this game!"

"Don't ask me about this Olympics!"

"I'm sick, I came here to participate in a game that is destined to be humiliated!"

Carrying the shame of 58 points in his career, this is of course very uncomfortable for the arrogant Kobe.

This Pat Riley can understand.

Because Kobe was really so angry on TV.

But what surprised Pat Riley was that Kobe's anger was not for James!

Kobe didn't criticize James? !

"Bryant, you said that the Chinese team and the American team were destined to be a humiliating game. Is it because James was destined to go undercover in the game?"

"Did you foresee O'Neal's magical performance in this Olympics and James would rather go undercover than not win the MVP championship to destroy O'Neal's MVP championship?!"

"Bryant, can you share how you suppressed your mentality of not winning the championship but destroying O'Neal's MVP championship?"

"Do you have any advice for James?"

"I'm not going to give James advice, I'm not going to let the MVP win the championship, you fat guy, I'm not done with you!"

Watching Kobe slamming the door on TV, Pat Riley was a little confused.

Did Kobe also discover something?

Now that he and Wade are the only ones in the world who still trust James, it is very rare to have someone like Kobe who doesn't criticize James.

And this person is Kobe who has always been at odds with James!

But...

Pat Riley looked at the American players, NBA players, and well-known basketball players on TV, with helplessness on his face and sighing in his heart.

Now the power of one or two people really can't stop this huge torrent.

Now, Pat Riley is really worried that James will collapse directly under such a huge torrent.

He doesn't want to see James being beaten by 58 points, but compared to the shame of 58 points, he is more unwilling to see James fall.

James is a strong man, but more than a month ago, he has been hit by such a torrent.

At that time, he stood up.

Now, when the whole world is accusing him of selfishly destroying his teammates' coronation for himself, and even not wanting the championship and the team, can he continue to stand?

Pat Riley really doesn't know this.

Because after the game between the Chinese team and the American team, James lost contact with the world.

Wade also lost contact with James.

Now no one knows what the current status of James and Wade is.

Pat Riley is now very worried about James's condition, but he is not worried about Wade. He doesn't care about Wade's psychological endurance. Even if he sells Wade, Wade will come back when the Heat needs him.

Even if James backstabs Wade like he backstabbed O'Neal, Wade will say that James is his brother no matter how hurt or painful it is.

Of course, James' backstabbing of O'Neal is an illusion created by Yes to deceive the world. It is fake.

So, it is impossible for James to backstab Wade like this, and it is impossible for him to give up the championship because he can't get the MVP.

Pat Riley is now very worried about James who has lost contact.

On a holiday island in the Pacific, looking at the huge rock in front of him that is still standing there under the impact of the waves, James' face is quiet and peaceful.

This makes Wade, who is standing behind James, a little incredible at this time.

When he took James away yesterday, James looked like the whole world had collapsed.

Unexpectedly, LeBron recovered from collapse and despair in just one night!

Such a cockroach-like willpower and vitality, such an almost incredible ability to face setbacks and become more courageous, surprised Wade.

He had been thinking about words to comfort James last night, but now he was unable to say a word because of James' current condition.

"LeBron..."

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

When James looked at the huge rock in front of him and said this, he also didn't have too many negative emotions.

"Yesterday's game will not knock me down. Yesterday's humiliation will only make me stronger. Facing Yes's failure, I learned that basketball is not enough to just focus on the body, but also on technology. Training is also not enough if it is not done at home.”

"After yesterday's game, I did lose my love and fun for the game for a short period of time. I knew that I had a psychological problem at that time. At the same time, when I got out of that psychological shadow, I Gained a healthier, stronger brain, one that keeps me awake and peaceful no matter what!”

"Last night's game really changed me. Not only did it make me the laughing stock of the world, but it also made me truly realize what I need, Dwyane..."

Having said this, James finally withdrew his gaze from the boulder that gave him enlightenment and looked at Wade, who had been standing behind him and caring about him.

"Dwayne, thank you."

"I will become stronger. Since I haven't really become myself eight years from now, then I will continue to work hard to become myself eight years from now, in 2016!"

"At that time, I will never flee back to Cleveland like Yes said when they mocked me. At that time, I will stand in my kingdom of God and look down on everything in this world, including Yes!"

Seeing James' peaceful eyes suddenly seem to emit a breathtaking light like the 'eyes of death', Wade's eyes were already wide open.

It took a while for Wade to recover from the shock.

"LeBron, I believe in you!"

"Always believe in you!"

At home, they miraculously defeated the United States team by 58 points, which made the Chinese men's basketball team a national hero after the game!

Before the game, the match between the Chinese team and the American team was considered to be a match in which the Chinese team had little chance.

But in the end, the players of the Chinese team gave such a result.

Miracle, bravery, fearlessness!

For a time, the whole country was calling for learning the ‘Men’s Basketball Spirit’.

If the women's volleyball team's five consecutive championships more than 20 years ago made the spirit of the women's volleyball team synonymous with the Chinese sports world, then the men's basketball team's Olympic victory has brought the 'men's basketball spirit' to the stage.

When all walks of life across the country learn the spirit of men's basketball under the leadership of the highest officials, the impact is really huge.

Ye Si is also willing to see such an impact.

Not only him, but Yao Ming and many people in the Chinese basketball community are willing to see it.

"Little Ye Zi, do you know why the women's volleyball team can always be reborn despite being underestimated?"

"It's because of the spirit of the women's volleyball team!"

"Every women's volleyball player who wears the national flag knows that they cannot live up to the women's volleyball spirit that the country expects, so they can always rise from the ashes and always move forward with their heads held high!"

"Now our men's basketball team will also have this spirit!"

"I believe that when every Chinese men's basketball player joins the national team in the future, he will be proud, hold his head high, and give everything he has. He doesn't care about failure or the result. He only cares about not humiliating the talent that is expected by the country. Spirit!"

Yao Ming was very excited.

Because Yao Ming can see that as long as there is the spirit of men's basketball, the Chinese men's basketball team will never collapse again.

Yao Ming hopes so, and so does he.

On September 8, 2008, one month after the men's basketball spirit national study activity, Ye Si said goodbye to his parents again and boarded a plane to the United States again.

"I hope that in ten years, you can put Miami's name in the history of basketball alongside the names of Boston, Los Angeles, and Chicago!"

"Ten years from now, Miami will become a sacred city, and this sacred city will belong to their god!"

On the plane, Ye Si was not surprised when he saw the image of Pat Riley being played repeatedly on the big screen in front of him.

It’s been a month.

But the beating of James and Pat Riley across the country and around the world is not over yet...

"The holy city..."

Looking at the arrogant figure on the TV, Ye Si murmured to himself.