The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 103 - 95: Su Wan Was Here

Chapter 103: Chapter 95: Su Wan Was Here

Approaching the game, Su Wan entered the Wizards’ home court at the MCI Center with the Pacers team. As they walked out from the visiting team’s player tunnel, the jeers from the audience were like thunderclaps.

Washington media’s trash talk had ignited the animosity of the Wizards fans towards Su Wan.

They saw Su Wan as Arenas’s enemy.

And in Washington, anyone who was an enemy of Arenas was their common enemy.

Listening to the jeers filling the arena, Rick Carlisle could clearly feel it was much louder than the last time he was here. There wasn’t really any bad blood between the Pacers and the Wizards, nor much intersection between the previous generations of players.

There was only one reason for such intense booing:

Su Wan!

He had no doubt that if Su Wan did anything, this place would instantly become the most detested place for Su Wan, apart from Detroit, San Antonio, and Cleveland.

Given Su Wan’s personality, he also believed...

This guy would definitely do something!

As it turned out, he wasn’t wrong. Su Wan, walking toward the bench from the player tunnel and passing by the courtside seats, suddenly stopped and looked to the side where an excited "dreadlocked boy" was holding a framed photo of Arenas, shouting continuously, "You’re going to die horribly, Su; Gilbert will show you what a real ’Special Agent’ is!"

He shouted so passionately that his spittle flew everywhere.

Pausing in front of him made the boy flinch and shrink back.

See, having a bold personality has its benefits, huh?

What’s called "commanding respect without anger"?

Su Wan glanced at the poster in his hand and then at the "dreadlocked boy" wearing Arenas’s number zero jersey. He pulled out a black marker from his backpack and began flamboyantly scribbling on the jersey.

Observing the "dreadlocked boy," he didn’t resist but instead covered his mouth, grinning mischievously.

Most fans...

are like that!

Just as later on, "Little Handsome" always heard jeers from fans in away games, but when he approached them, they would smile and greet him.

Many fans just wanted to attract the attention of the players with their boos.

Perhaps initially, the "dreadlocked boy" didn’t have this in mind, but as Su Wan aimlessly daubed on his clothes, he faced his own desires.

As Su Wan finished the last stroke, he stowed the marker back in his bag and nonchalantly continued towards the bench. The camera then focused on the "dreadlocked boy," still covering his mouth, but primarily on the simple message Su Wan had written:

Su Wan was here!

The "dreadlocked boy," treating it as a treasure, was about to take it off to keep and later sell for a good price. Just then, the Wizards players appeared, and Arenas immediately noticed the fan wearing his jersey and subsequently saw the scribbles on it. He dashed over and demanded, "Who did this?"

The "dreadlocked boy," having seen Arenas approaching him, thought his lucky day had come but then saw that Arenas was displeased and asked awkwardly, "He, he, he did it."

His trembling finger pointed towards the Pacers’ bench, not specifically at anyone, but Arenas clearly knew who he meant.

He immediately felt a strong surge of anger and wanted to quash whoever was near him.

Huaxia rookie, huh?

Just you wait!

Before the game even started, Su Wan had successfully caught Arenas’s attention.

He believed that as soon as the game began, all he had to do was utter some trash talk, and he could easily trigger Arenas into a "rampage" mode.

Sometimes, making someone lose their rationality is just that simple!

Rick Carlisle also knew why Su Wan did this. As a head coach, if you didn’t have the mindset to provoke the opponent’s emotional players and profit from it, you definitely wouldn’t go far in this industry.

Tonight, the Pacers’ starting lineup remained unchanged.

For the Wizards, apart from the "Backcourt Double Gun" and Jamison, the rest of the Wizards’ starting lineup included power forward Jared Jeffries and center Brandon Haywood.

Both were "blue-collar" players whose scoring mainly depended on "being fed," and their primary duties were on the defensive end. Analyzing these two, they represented two distinct styles of blue-collar players. ƒгeewёbnovel.com

Jeffries excelled at protecting the rim and helping on defense, while Haywood was tasked with guarding the rebounds and the under-basket defense, compressing the space inside the lane.

Together, they complemented each other well.

Facing Little O’Neal for the jump ball was Jeffries. With a height of 2.11 meters and an "orangutan" level wingspan, Little O’Neal could only watch helplessly as the first possession went to the Wizards.

The moment Arenas took the ball in his hands, Rick Carlisle knew that Su Wan had really gotten under his skin. Arenas directly and bluntly headed towards Su Wan before his teammates were fully in position, starting aggressively without any care.

The "Number 0 Special Agent," while technically well-rounded, had a career-high shooting percentage of only 44.7%, often due to his frequently irrational choices, primarily adopting a "shoot however I want" attitude.

Moreover, he also had the complex typical of "second-round picks" turning into "bosses": they were particularly obsessed with shooting rights, as if continuous shooting was the only way to feel secure.

Such was the case with him, and Michael Red, after becoming the Bucks leader, similarly valued his shooting rights very highly.

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