The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 110 - 98 Finally someone is putting this old thing in order!_2

Chapter 110: Chapter 98 Finally someone is putting this old thing in order!_2

"That shot was just too cool, wasn’t it!"

"No way around it, it was too easy. Is that all the defense the Lakers have?"

"Kobe, your hands must be itching, right? Too bad you can’t play, hahaha!"

...

Directly turned Kobe’s face an extraordinarily putrid shade.

Just by looking at his face, Su Wan could imagine just how ’harmonious’ the atmosphere must be on the Lakers’ charter flight back to Los Angeles.

Unapologetically, Su Wan felt it was something he had to do!

It wasn’t until the game ended, with Su Wan tallying 31 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists, that he finally yelled towards the Lakers coaching staff, "I’ve tested it for you guys, better keep that Slovenian guy in the development league, he’s just dead weight in the NBA!"

That comment was a carbon copy of Vujacic’s "trash talk" to Brandon Malone.

Could he really remember it from back then?

Vujacic always heard from the media that Su Wan was a petty person, now he truly understood just how petty Su Wan was.

But his biggest takeaway was...

How on earth did I manage to suppress him in the first half?

Following the game, Vujacic suddenly felt like applauding his own performance in the summer league.

Seriously impressive, to be able to briefly suppress such a "monster rookie"!

Erin asked Su Wan after the game why he acted that way, Su Wan replied,

"The media gave me hope before the game; I thought I’d get to play against Kobe, but it didn’t happen. As everyone knows, I’m a petty person, I needed to do something to release my emotions, now I feel comfortable, but I guess Kobe must feel pretty uncomfortable, yet he has no chance left, our next encounter would be in the distant new season, unless after his comeback, he can lead his team from the bottom of the Western twelve all the way to the finals..."

Erin picked up on "the point": "The finals? Are you implying the Pacers have enough confidence to make it to the finals this year?"

Su Wan laughed and said, "Don’t put too much pressure on my teammates, Erin, when you report it, just say that’s what I think!"

Erin really did follow his instructions, even making a special note in the headline: "Aiming for the finals? ’Super Rookie’ Su Wan believes this year’s Pacers can make it out of the East."

Since there were only two NBA games yesterday and it was Su Wan’s first time discussing playoff goals in front of the media, ESPN gave it front-page treatment.

Naturally, this sparked discussion.

With some reporters’ "fanning the flames," some sarcastic comments soon emerged from Detroit.

Ben Wallace: "That little rookie should try playing a playoff game before discussing the playoffs! Does he think the playoffs are the same kind of child’s play as the regular season?"

Larry Brown: "That’s how young people are these days; they have no idea what it means to make it to the finals. They treat it as if it’s something easy to achieve. They have no clue how many players strive their hardest and still never make it to the finals in their entire career."

Su Wan quickly responded, targeting Ben, he said, "I’m curious if Ben Wallace would resort to violence against his opponents if he’s 15 points behind in a playoff game."

Ben Wallace: You’re not done yet?

The "Auburn Palace incident" had already been settled, with Artest being condemned for hitting a fan. But with Su Wan continuously reminding the public in front of the media that it was Wallace who threw the first punch,

Now a new label of "sore loser" emerged over Wallace.

As for Larry Brown...

"He’s been in the league since the ’70s and only managed to win his first championship in ’04; naturally, he feels it’s a tough achievement. But if you ask the Celtics with their eight consecutive championships, they’d tell you a completely different story. As far as I know, by the time they won their eighth consecutive championship, they didn’t even bother to pop open the champagne."

"Some people are just like that; they assume that what is difficult for them must be just as hard for everyone else!"

"They never consider if it’s a question of their own abilities."

"Take someone like Larry Brown, who’s been mixing it up in the industry for over 30 years," we all know the issues with his coaching, only he is in the dark, and that’s exactly why it took him so many years to finally snag his first championship..."

"Good thing he’s a coach in the NBA; otherwise, he would’ve had a tough time hanging in there until the championship moment, unless he decided to break the ’Chieftain’s’ record!"

The "Chieftain" refers to Boston Celtics legend Robert Parish, who played until the age of 44 and retired after participating in a total of 1,611 regular season games.

The ultimate humiliation, Larry Brown, when he heard these words, his face turned livid, and his body, in his seventies, shuddered as if Su Wan had bumped his shoulder again. Billups really wanted to advise, "Coach, how about we stop provoking that rookie? You can’t out-curse him."

But he knew very well that if he said that, it would only invite Brown’s wrath upon himself.

Better drop it...

Quickly "clearing out" was the best strategy.

Billups decided to hide where Larry Brown couldn’t see him, and as he entered the locker room, he spotted Milicic.

"Morning!"

The once "Golden Boy" of Europe greeted him with a beaming smile.

Billups instinctively sniffed, there was a bit of bad breath but no scent of alcohol: "You actually didn’t go out drinking today?"

Milicic laughed heartily, "If I had gone out drinking, I would have missed out on all the fun. That Huaxia rookie is really interesting. How’s Larry? Is he about to be infuriated to death?"

This was the most exciting day for Milicic since joining the NBA.

No, it should be said, since the "Shoulder Bump" incident, he found every day so joyful.

Someone finally put that old geezer in his place!

Bill Duffy has been very busy lately; tax season is approaching in the United States in April, and Nike will deposit the first year’s contract amount of 15.71 million US dollars into Su Wan’s account before April.

If it goes through an individual account, then the combined federal and Indiana State income tax, along with Bolis City income tax would take 30% of Su Wan’s 15.71 million dollars as tax. And this is when Indiana’s taxes are not high, at only 5%.

If it were California, half of Su Wan’s earnings would have turned into tax revenue.

Su Wan wasn’t sure if his professional career would always be in Indiana.

In fact, no one can guarantee they will always stay with one team; such is the NBA.

Therefore, Bill Duffy, in Reno City, Nevada, helped Su Wan set up a company; there’s no corporate tax there, and Apple has also registered a hedge fund there for tax avoidance purposes.

By doing this, Su Wan could save at least 9% in state and city taxes. That 9% of 15.71 million is nearly 1.43 million, which is almost the first-year salary of Su Wan’s rookie contract.

In addition, Su Wan needs to pay off the "Shark’s" buyout fee soon.

This amount of money was not a lot, because unlike Yao Ming, Su Wan didn’t come through the "Shark’s" youth training. He transferred from Aoshen to the "Sharks," and as for why Aoshen let him go so easily...

It was because they had dug up the gem that is Sun Yue, and after Su Wan had a conflict with Sun Yue, Aoshen traded him away.

However, this was a secret, known only to Aoshen Team’s upper management. Since the Aoshen Team is a completely "private team," this bit of news did not leak out.

Last summer, after leading the "Sharks" to a championship, the contract he had signed with Aoshen was only for one more year, so when he expressed his wish to try for the NBA draft, the "Sharks" didn’t put up much of a fight. He only needed to pay a one million dollar buyout fee to the "Sharks."

That sum wasn’t much of a problem.

If the original party breaches the contract, they must pay the price for that breach.

But then there were some people coming for money, which made Su Wan a bit annoyed.

It was none other than...

The rotten association!

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