Chapter 1 Aftermath

After beating the Trail Blazers on the road, Davis and Su Feng both made headlines the next day.

This season, as the Raptors' record improved, the controversy surrounding Davis' coaching ability wasn't as intense as last season.

Many experts and reporters who had previously expressed doubts about Davis changed their tune overnight.

In their words, if John Davis wasn't considered a great coach, then what were those NBA coaches currently called great coaches but a bunch of trash?

Of course, Davis, having matured, didn't take this "full-screen groveling" to heart.

Because for Davis, who had been kicked out of the 76ers early in his career, he knew very well that these so-called experts and reporters didn't understand basketball at all.

In Su Feng's previous life, many experts often jumped out to criticize champion fans, saying that these fans weren't firm in their stance.

But in fact, they were the ones who stirred up public opinion and followed the crowd.

Therefore, as a mature coach, Davis had long since learned how to block out these garbage news stories in his eyes.

Unlike Davis, although Su Feng wouldn't believe these experts' comments, as a potential young player who had only played for less than four seasons, Su Feng wouldn't refuse to be praised.

Especially when he noticed that more and more fans online were starting to compare him to Jordan, Su Feng's mood at the time was indescribably delightful.

It was just a pity that the internet wasn't as advanced as it would be twenty years later; otherwise, Su Feng would have used his eight thousand alts to hype himself up.

On the 31st, as the "last day of the 20th century" (Note 1), the major North American sports leagues didn't schedule any games.

The entire Raptors team also entered a period of vacation and rest.

Because according to the schedule, the Raptors' first game of the new year wouldn't start until January 5th.

On the 31st, a grand celebration was held in Toronto, and many young couples came to the square to count down together, waiting for the arrival of the 21st century.

As the most watched couple in the global village, Su Feng and Britney also attended the official celebration hand in hand.

In this life, influenced by Su Feng, the entire city of Toronto was filled with traditional Chinese culture during the celebration.

In the square, during the celebration, in addition to the lion dance team performing, there were also many local citizens dressed in martial arts uniforms practicing Quan (fist).

At dawn on the 1st, amidst a burst of brilliant fireworks, Su Feng and Britney crossed over into the new year together.

And perhaps infected by the festive atmosphere...

In the last second of the countdown, Britney took the initiative to stand on tiptoe and had an intimate contact with Su Feng.

Su Feng didn't refuse this.

After all...

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

Besides, Su Feng, a man who had lived two lives, didn't have so many inhibitions.

It's worth mentioning that...

Although he had never understood Britney's looks, when Britney charged into him with her ball, Su Feng's chest clearly felt tremendous pressure.

To be honest...

These were indeed extraordinary waves.

Before Britney squandered the talents that the devil and angels had simultaneously bestowed upon her, God knows how many times the nerds of this era had taken off thanks to her.

After kissing Su Feng, Britney joked, "Now we really look more like a couple."

Recently, as her stomach was gradually conquered by Su Feng's cooking skills, Britney's affection for Su Feng was increasing at a visible rate.

Plus, Su Feng's genius understanding of aesthetics had also given Britney a lot of topics to talk about when she was acting with Su Feng.

Therefore, although she was often speechless when Su Feng roasted her...

Believe it or not...

Britney found that she was gradually becoming inseparable from Su Feng.

In Britney's view, although Su Feng had great differences with her in terms of values, it didn't prevent the "friendship" between her and Su Feng.

On the afternoon of the 1st, after the intimate contact yesterday, when preparing dinner for Britney, Su Feng found that this girl was talking a lot more.

In addition to chatting with him about some of the bizarre experiences she had encountered at work, Su Feng also learned some things about her father from Britney's own mouth.

Although Su Feng didn't know much about Britney in his previous life, if Su Feng remembered correctly, in his previous life, there was a famous article about Britney on the internet called:

————《The First Half of Life Ruined by Ex-Husband and Father》.

Honestly, in Su Feng's view, Britney should really team up with Swift to see an ophthalmologist.

Because although the content written in this article was more biased towards Britney, it was no exaggeration to say...

The things that Britney's ex-husband and her father did were things that ordinary people couldn't really do.

Of course, many things were indeed made by Britney herself.

Because during the time he had cooperated with Britney, Su Feng had discovered...

This girl's wildness was simply epic.

But no matter what, out of his friendship with Britney, Su Feng didn't want to see her give up on herself in the future.

Therefore, in addition to chatting, Britney herself probably didn't notice...

Her not-so-bright brain had begun to be guided by Su Feng onto another path...

…

"Oh, next I have to prepare my new album.

I'll have to wait until you play in the All-Star Game before I can go to the venue to cheer you on."

That day, when parting with Su Feng, Britney kept giving Su Feng hints with her eyes.

"Well, good luck! I'm looking forward to your new album."

Patting Britney on the shoulder, Su Feng encouraged her with a smile.

Britney: "..."

Britney felt that Su Feng was completely hopeless.

Because in Britney's view, it was one thing that this guy couldn't understand her eyes, but you had to know...

Today, for the sake of parting, she had specially applied a light-colored lipstick according to his aesthetics.

However...

Bro, did you forget something?

For example, the air-shipped bento you promised me?

This time, the separation is nearly two months. Are you going to let me eat that damn Michelin and starve to death?

So, Britney decided to increase her efforts to remind Su Feng again.

After taking a deep breath...

Britney pursed her lips, blinked her bright eyes, and looked up at Su Feng affectionately.

Su Feng: "..."

Okay...

Since you, the female benefactor, have hinted to this point...

Then it would be unreasonable for me to pretend to be stupid again.

To be honest.

It wasn't that Su Feng deliberately wanted to pretend to be stupid.

It's just that Su Feng didn't want to bother to control a wild ocean horse like Britney.

After all, after seeing so many storms in his previous life, in this life, Su Feng only wanted to put his energy into basketball.

Therefore, in his relationship with Britney, Su Feng mostly just treated her as his friend.

However, since she now wanted to upgrade the friendship between the two, Su Feng wouldn't refuse.

So, after putting his arm around Britney's slender waist, Su Feng generously gave Britney the farewell kiss she wanted.

Britney: "..."

As expected of you!

Bro, your brain circuit is really unique!

Alright...

In order to avoid having to eat dirt in the next two months, after Su Feng released his lips, Britney hurriedly said, "I was just saying, don't forget the bento you promised me before..."

Oh?

Are you trying to use the previous reason to cover up your shyness?

Looking down at Britney, whose cheeks were already red, Su Feng couldn't help but smile.

Then...

He scored again.

Britney: "..."

It had to be said that this was the first time in a long time that Britney had felt Su Feng's terrible "boyfriend power."

But strangely enough.

After Su Feng's two kisses, Britney had long forgotten about the air-shipped bento...

In addition, on the way back to the record company by plane, Britney found that she couldn't calm down at all.

In addition to her heart pounding wildly, whenever she wanted to close her eyes and rest, what first came to her mind was...

The exquisite dishes that Su Feng used to make.

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Saying goodbye to Britney, Su Feng rested at home from the 2nd to the 4th.

As for the first game to welcome the year 2000...

On January 5th, the Raptors sat at home to face the Celtics.

Speaking of which, before this game started, the NBA officially announced the first round of voting results for the 99/00 season's All-Star Game.

As a result, in the first round alone, Su Feng received as many as 950,000 votes, leading the entire league.

According to ESPN's prediction, Su Feng had a greater than 99.99% chance of breaking the NBA All-Star Game voting record held by Jordan.

As for his number of votes, Su Feng wasn't surprised at all.

Because he knew very well that after Jordan's retirement, Stern needed to create a "new god" to maintain the NBA's attention.

Therefore, he, who was currently extremely popular both on and off the court, was undoubtedly Stern's best choice.

However, although Su Feng had already reached the fifth level, how could he know...

If it wasn't for Stern instructing the vote screening process to "fairly and justly" deduct many of Su Feng's "duplicate votes," then Su Feng's final number of votes after the end of the first round of voting would probably have brought other stars to tears.

There was no way.

This time, it wasn't that Stern wanted to mess with Su Feng.

It was just that after announcing his relationship with Britney, Su Feng's popularity had inflated to the point that even Stern was afraid.

In addition, with that terrifying cohesion from the other side of the ocean, Stern knew very well that if he didn't "fairly and justly" screen out some of Su Feng's votes, it would only harm Su Feng at that time.

After all, there were basic laws to promoting people.

In short, rather than saying that Stern's wave of operations was to mess with Su Feng, it was better to say that he was protecting Su Feng.

Because although 950,000 votes in the first round was exaggerated, it was still within the range of what people could accept.

But if Su Feng's real votes were made public...

Then I'm afraid that the glass hearts of some American fans would be shattered into glass shards.

In this way, these American fans, whose ideas were already relatively extreme, could easily become tools for some conspirators.

To put it bluntly, since Stern took office, he had also been looking for a path to internationalize the NBA with American characteristics.

And the current Su Feng, in Stern's view, was the banner for him to promote the NBA to the world.

Therefore, before the foundation of this banner was stable enough to crush everything, Stern had to carefully protect Su Feng.

It's just that...

Although he had previously anticipated that Su Feng would receive full support from the Rabbit Country, Stern never expected that Su Feng would have so many supporters in the United States in this composition of Su Feng's votes.

It's worth mentioning that, in this All-Star voting, in addition to Su Feng, Carter's current number of votes was as high as 550,000, ranking second among all players in the East and West.

If Su Feng remembered correctly, in his original time and space, the All-Star vote leader in the 99/00 season was Carter.

In this life, although Carter was only his deputy...

But because of the momentum created by the previous All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, coupled with Carter's usual style of playing, the current popularity of this Carter could only be described as exaggerated.

The Raptors fans were naturally happy that their team's boss and second-in-command could become the most popular players in this league...

Air Canada Centre Arena.

In the deafening cheers of the happy Raptors fans, when Su Feng and Carter appeared, TNT's Smith said with emotion:

"Recently, I often hear many young fans saying that because they were born too late, they missed the era when Michael and Scottie fought side by side.

But in my opinion, these young fans don't need to feel regret for this.

Because maybe your youth doesn't have Michael and Scottie, but in your youth, there will definitely be Su and Vince."

And aside, Smith's partner, Derek, also added: "I think I have to say one more thing, and that is, please don't doubt Kenny's judgment.

Because, Su and Vince are the Michael and Scottie of this era!"

On the court, looking at Su Feng and Carter on the opposite side, the young Little Duncan clenched his fists again.

If Su Feng and Carter were the Jordan and Pippen of this era...

Then he, Duncan, didn't want to be the Ewing of this era at all.

Not even Olajuwon.

One, two, three...

Four, five, six.

Looking up at the dome of the Air Canada Centre Arena, although Duncan's expression was as calm as ever, at this moment, only those who knew him would know how burning his heart was at this moment.

In this life, after meeting Auerbach, not only for himself, but also for his mentor...

He, Duncan, wouldn't lie down and let himself be taken advantage of.

"Huh? You also want to play a game like Jermaine?" Just as Duncan was warming up, on the Raptors' half of the court, Su Feng received an unreasonable request from Carter.

And that was...

He also wanted to experience Su Feng's output environment!

"That won't work, at least not tonight." Patting Carter on the shoulder, Su Feng refused Carter without even thinking about it.

Carter, who was rejected by Su Feng, wasn't angry either, because Su Feng said it wouldn't work tonight, but he didn't say it wouldn't work in the future.

Not praising or criticizing...

This was definitely the highest EQ Carter had ever had since Su Feng met him.

On the court, looking at Su Feng, Carter said, "Then don't forget."

Su Feng nodded, "Yeah, next time for sure."

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ps: Looking at the readers, sB, who shamelessly stopped updating, said with a smile: "Don't forget to vote!"

Angry readers: "Yeah, next time for sure!"