Today's biggest lesson for Simmons was that when he had many weaknesses, he should not pick a fight with someone who never prided themselves on their morality.
However, the incident gave Simmons even more motivation to finish his column.
Filled with tremendous anger, he completed the season preview that every NBA writer must write before the season starts, in just two hours. Nevertheless, the SuperSonics' season preview primarily consisted of Durant's interview, complemented by his own insights and judgements, ultimately resulting in an article that far exceeded the scope of a single team season preview. Therefore, he decided to publish this article separately.
That evening, while Yu Fei was working out in the hotel gym, Lin Kaiwen suddenly approached him and said, "That Boston bastard wrote an article."
"Did he curse me?" Yu Fei asked.
Lin Kaiwen replied, "To be exact, he cursed us all."