The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 209 - 140 Media Open Day, the Opportunity to Develop "Signature Skills"_2

Chapter 209: Chapter 140 Media Open Day, the Opportunity to Develop "Signature Skills"_2

They were surprised to find Shaq had lost weight, quite noticeably so.

Although you still couldn’t see his muscles, compared to the nearly deformed physique of last season, he had improved a lot, resembling how he looked at the end of 2003.

"The Shark" was really enjoying these sounds of astonishment.

This was the result of his efforts over the summer.

Heaven knows what kind of effort he had put in.

His favorite chips, he hadn’t eaten a single one all summer.

His favorite soda, he hadn’t drunk a sip either.

Every day, he ate a "fat-loss meal" low in calories and fat, as the nutritionist had recommended.

Su Wan’s words on "Night of 58" truly hurt his pride, and they became the motivation for his weight loss.

Speaking of rookie Bynum’s nickname "Little Shark," he scornfully said, "I’ll let that newbie see what a real Shark looks like!"

And when the reporters asked about this year’s goals, he didn’t hesitate to say, "Of course, it’s to take back everything that originally belonged to us, you know what I’m talking about. If it wasn’t for me leaving the first game, if it wasn’t for Dwayne getting injured, we should have been the ones lifting the championship trophy last season!"

Wade was also very confident, "This season, our goal is to win the championship!"

Such confidence had its reasons:

Pat Riley pulled off another god-level trade in the summer, not only keeping all their main lineup this season but also adding strong players like Jason Williams, James Posey, Gary Payton, and Antoine Walker—from Point Guard to Power Forward, to the bench, their combat power had increased compared to last season.

With more abundant resources and a complete set of functional players, they could handle various game paces, and this time they wouldn’t be so easily overpowered by "strange lineups."

Compared to the two of them, Stan Van Gundy wasn’t so optimistic, because he...

With so many people, he didn’t even know how to arrange them!

He was more used to playing with 6-7 players in rotation. Now that he had more options, he felt a bit at a loss with coaching.

The Cavaliers had their media day on the same day as the Heat Team.

It was thought that LeBron’s state would be affected by the public opinion of Su Wan’s "54-Point Night" documentary, but unexpectedly, LeBron appeared in front of the cameras looking spirited, "I feel very good, we’ve got a better coaching staff, and some great reinforcements. Larry is the best wing defender I’ve seen, he’s always focused on defense; Zhu’s shooting ability also surprises me, we often have shooting contests, and he’s always the last one laughing. We will definitely make big scenes in the new season, and I have a lot of confidence!"

When the reporters, seeing his good state, asked him to talk about Su Wan’s comments in the documentary, LeBron responded for the first time regarding Su’s remarks: "His comments don’t affect me. He has his basketball understanding, and I have mine. I won’t judge whether what he said was right or wrong, I have my own path to walk, and time will prove everything. I’ve reached where I am today by myself, not through the instructions of others!"

As Zhu Fangyu was from the same hometown as Su Wan and Yao Ming and entered the league wearing the crown of "Huaxia CBA Finals MVP," he received a lot of media attention.

It’s just that Zhu Fangyu couldn’t speak English, so the reporters had to go through his translator to communicate with him. Moreover, they weren’t sure if some questions were lost in translation; Zhu Fangyu listened for a while and ended up just shaking his head awkwardly.

As if he didn’t understand.

They could only try to ask him some simple questions.

In fact, Zhu Fangyu understood all those questions, but he was too shrewd to answer those tricky ones.

"Zhu, how do you view yourself as a player compared to Su, do you feel any pressure?"

"I am a completely different style of player from him. He can do a lot of things I can’t, and I can do a lot of things he can’t do."

"What do you think of LeBron?"

"He’s very enthusiastic with his teammates."

After the interview, when Zhu Fangyu faced the same questions from the domestic media, he said, "I really don’t know how Su Wan ended up in a conflict with LeBron, he seems okay to me!"

"So Zhu Ba, do you have confidence that you will stay in this league like Yao and Su Wan?"

"I fit very well with LeBron’s style of play."

...

On other teams’ media days, the topics, more or less, all included mentions of Su Wan.

So much so that even before the Pacers’ media day for the new season had started, Su Wan’s name had already appeared in a lot of the news.

At the end of September, the Pacers finally had their media day.

Droves of reporters converged on Indiana, nearly packing Conseco Arena to the brim.

Su Wan appeared before the media in his "Su Wan Generation" shoes, and disappointingly, it did not cause much of a stir.

Because just a few days before, Erin had leaked all the details.

Details about the shoes, they knew perhaps even better than Su Wan himself.

Interestingly, many media outlets had sent out female reporters known as "Big Ray" to interview Su Wan that day.

Among them was Erin, who found herself with no advantage.

After the group interview, Erin told him, "They think I’m being favored by you because I’m a woman and because... I’ve got a good figure!"

Knowing the reason, Su Wan said, "Erin, you could totally make that assertion true on my behalf."

Erin gave him a look that said "I didn’t expect this from you, Su Wan."

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