The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 234 - 151: How long do you want to keep tempering the person you chose?

Chapter 234: Chapter 151: How long do you want to keep tempering the person you chose?

Zhu Fangyu returned to the hotel and thought carefully about the "tough" attitude Su Wan talked about. The more he thought about it, the more it made sense. There’s a saying, "A good horse is ridden, a good man is bullied," and he realized he had been too cautious before, which is why he’s found himself in such a passive situation now.

If everyone knew he wasn’t a man of good temper, would they still dare to bully him?

The answer was definitely no.

After all, Zhu Fangyu wouldn’t easily provoke someone with a hot temper himself.

Being able to fight was one thing, but you shouldn’t provoke such people just because you can. Who knows if they might seek revenge later and hit you when you’re not expecting it?

Yes, that’s right, I have to be tougher.

The text from McGinnis came at just the right moment, urging him to take the old birds’ dirty clothes to the laundry room.

Zhu Fangyu translated what he wanted to say into English and hit back:

——Whoever wants the laundry done should do it themselves, I’m not your nanny, joking has its limits. It’s time to end this!

Before sending it, Zhu Fangyu read it over once more, neither humble nor proud, a true man’s nature. Feeling confident about the message, he pressed the send button.

On the other hand, McGinnis, who had gathered several other Cavaliers players in his room to watch the fun, saw Zhu Fangyu’s reply, and his expression turned ugly: "That damned guy!"

Originally sitting, he stood up abruptly, intending to give Zhu Fangyu trouble.

But Newell beside him held him back, "Buddy, we all saw it, Su Wan came to pick him up. Do you think the two of them could be in cahoots to deliberately make Zhu perform well?"

"In such an important game, how is that possible?" McGinnis outright rejected the idea, knowing well Su Wan’s hatred for LeBron and the Cavaliers.

Newell said, "Don’t you know the situation with the Cavaliers? Even if Zhu scores two more three-point shots, can we beat the Pacers? Don’t forget, their wingmen are Ron and Su Wan, Jeff is on the inside, and with Big Z standing under the basket, where can LeBron break through?"

McGinnis fell silent; he really couldn’t refute that.

And thinking about it this way, everything made sense.

If Zhu Fangyu wasn’t confident he could perform well tomorrow, how could his attitude have changed so quickly?

"Anyway, we’ll know tomorrow. If Zhu’s performance is bad, we’ll settle this score with him then."

"Fine, let’s spare the rookie for now; we’ll know by tomorrow night anyway!" McGinnis was clear that if Zhu Fangyu put up a good performance tomorrow, his status within the team would inevitably rise.

No, I absolutely can’t let this kid crawl back up.

Then it will be Zhu Fangyu coming to settle the score with them.

This Su Wan, why is he always against me!

McGinnis cursed in his heart.

After Zhu Fangyu sent the message, he still felt uneasy, sitting on the edge of the bed, watching the door, listening for any sounds.

If these guys were really angry, they would definitely come to settle the score with him.

But the result was...

Nothing!

He waited for an hour, and nobody knocked on his door.

Su Wan was right, you have to be tough to deal with these people!

Zhu Fangyu, who had been on edge, finally relaxed and smiled, his days of living worse than death were finally coming to an end.

"God really favors LeBron, not only giving him exceptional talent, but also after a night of humiliation, giving him a chance to start over, and this time the pressure wasn’t even that great..."

After all, this wasn’t the last game of the season, and even if they lost, the Cavaliers still had plenty of chances to come back into the playoffs...

In such a case, the pressure on LeBron couldn’t possibly be the same as it was in the last season’s game!

But as long as LeBron performs well and wins the game, then the media would be able to boast that LeBron truly transformed.

No wonder Barkley expressed such sentiments in the TNT studio.

Conseco Arena, home team locker room, Artest took the initiative to find Su Wan: "Su, I want to discuss something with you!"

Su Wan looked at him: "Speak!"

"Is it okay for me to defend LeBron today?"

It should be noted that the original LeBron had transitioned to playing small forward at this time, giving the Point Guard position to the Cavaliers’ newly-signed "defensive specialist" Snow.

But this time, perhaps because Su Wan had raged in the "54 Points" documentary about LeBron’s lack of ability to play Point Guard, to prove his point, he hadn’t transitioned to small forward and continued playing as Point Guard.

Snow never came, his contract money went to Zhu Fangyu instead, courtesy of Danny Ferry.

So Artest defending LeBron was a mismatch, meaning someone would need to replace him guarding the Cavaliers’ small forward, Zhu Fangyu.

At a height of 2.01 meters, Zhu was the real "Sakuragi Hanamichi", Tinsley didn’t have the ability to guard him, so it had to be Su Wan.

"Su, I know you probably want to defend LeBron too, but let me take him, please. Since December, I haven’t encountered a strong matchup yet, and if I don’t make a show now, I’ll lose the buzz."

Artest really wanted that buzz!

Su Wan could only reluctantly agree.

But that led to a misunderstanding on Zhu Fangyu’s part.

When the game officially started, seeing Su Wan standing before him, Zhu Fangyu had surprise in his eyes: "Su, you’ve agreed to this again?"

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