The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 242 - 155 League Shake-up, Crisis PR

Chapter 242: Chapter 155 League Shake-up, Crisis PR

"If we’re talking about the old players on a team bullying newcomers, that’s an old NBA tradition."

"No matter which Super Star, they all have had experiences of being bullied by the ’old birds’ on their teams."

"But there’s a difference between bullying and bullying."

"In the 80s, ’Old Oak’ Oakley slapped Scottie Pippen in public just because Scottie said he was the best player on the team."

"That type of bullying carried a humiliating nature."

"Plainly put, it was workplace bullying!"

"Then in the 90s, with David Stern making a hard-hitting change concerning the League’s public image, old birds bullying newcomers like Oakley treated Pippen became a rare derogatory phenomenon."

"More so, it was about treating the rookies like little brothers, having them run errands and buy things."

"Like ’Mad Fan’ said before, Lakers players had the rookie Kobe go buy byt in the middle of the night and deliver it to the nightclub."

"Or like LeBron carrying sneakers for the then team leader Ricky Davis during his rookie season."

"Now, Zhu Fangyu suddenly claimed that he suffered locker room bullying by the old players, and he also said that the team leader ’Super Nova’ LeBron James turned a blind eye to the situation."

"Let it be known, tolerating bullying is essentially participating in it."

"This is far from the mature, stable, and unity-focused image LeBron James consistently portrays in front of the media."

"If this gets verified, it will definitely cause a significant negative impact on LeBron James’s image."

"The reporters who thrive on chaos got excited all at once."

"Zhu, you have to understand that everything you’re saying now, you have to be responsible for it. If these things aren’t true, then you’ll face some very severe consequences!"

"I can stand by my words!" Zhu Fangyu took out his phone and showed everyone the offensive texts McGinnis had been sending him, which dated from November 15th to today, December 8th, almost an entire month.

"During this time, McGinnis has consistently been sending me on errands and frequently referring to me using offensive language."

"Then why do you say LeBron turned a blind eye to this? Maybe he really didn’t know about these incidents?"

Zhu Fangyu continued, "It’s just in the messages, what you can see. Actually, McGinnis repeatedly used similar words to refer to me in the locker room, and LeBron was there but did nothing to stop McGinnis!"

"Especially last night!"

The reporter was about to continue his questioning when Zhu Fangyu started to reveal more.

All the reporters perked up their ears, listening intently.

When they heard that McGinnis didn’t even let Zhu Fangyu eat his boxed meal and even tried to take it away, Zhu Fangyu prevented him, and McGinnis prepared to strike out, they grew even more excited,

"Alright, alright, keep going, keep revealing!"

"And as they continued listening, their expressions gradually turned to shock."

"When I saw him make a move, I had to fight back; he couldn’t beat me and sought refuge beside LeBron. At that moment, LeBron came forward to stop me, saying I shouldn’t have done that. But he didn’t stop McGinnis when he tried to take my meal box or hit me. I saw him looking this way, our eyes met. I swear on my family he definitely saw, if he wants to say he didn’t, I hope he swears on his family too!"

The reporters gasped in surprise.

"Was that harsh?"

Everyone knew LeBron has said more than once in front of the media that he loves his mom.

"He stood up to defend McGinnis at that moment, which angered me. I ignored him, only trying to pull McGinnis away. I thought it was our issue, but LeBron grabbed my hand, it was he holding my hand that McGinnis got to hit me, and then Newell rushed over, grabbing my other hand!"

"I want to ask, if this isn’t team bullying, if this isn’t defending, what is it?"

Zhu Fangyu seemed to relive the previous night’s incident, growing increasingly agitated, but a reporter picked up on a detail, "Zhu, you said you were beaten up by LeBron and the others..."

He scanned Zhu Fangyu from head to toe.

"But we don’t see any injuries on you..."

Other reporters also realized something off since the start, prompted by that reporter, they remembered, right, Zhu Fangyu didn’t appear injured.

Zhu Fangyu regained his composure, "Of course, I wouldn’t just watch them hit me, of course, I would legally defend, protecting my own safety."

What this meant was...

"Did you knock all three of them down?" A reporter cautiously asked.

Zhu Fangyu corrected, "I just successfully protected myself, making them dare not bully me again!"

The entire room was astounded!

The reporters exchanged glances, unable to imagine, LeBron, Newell, and McGinnis bullied one person and got counter-killed.

However, as they caught on, the skin color of the man in front...

Yep, that’s very Huaxia people!

"Why would you bring up this matter if you didn’t lose out on it?"

"Because I was bullied. If I hadn’t resisted, this bullying would continue. We international players come to NBA to play, and we don’t have many friends here, mostly coming alone, here for our dreams, for the highest stage of basketball, expecting a warm welcome but instead facing insults from local players. They’re too rude! Is this really the NBA we yearn for?"

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