The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 355 - 191: The Strongest Cavaliers Team Since the New Century

Chapter 355: Chapter 191: The Strongest Cavaliers Team Since the New Century

After the game, a reporter brought up Su Wan’s "tongue-wagging dunk."

Su Wan was initially startled; he really couldn’t recall whether he had made that gesture or not.

But if he did, it was normal, because tonight he intended to sass it up as much as possible, just to tick off those folks from San Antonio.

"Was this an imitation of Michael Jordan?" the reporter’s question came quickly after.

Su Wan said, "Indeed, when everyone sees a tongue-wagging dunk, they naturally think of Michael Jordan, but after tonight, they’ll probably need to start associating that move with my name as well."

"This is something I have to get used to. As my achievements climb higher and higher, it’s inevitable that I will be compared with Michael Jordan."

"I’m not afraid of a challenge from birth, and it’s the other people compared with me who should be worried!"

"Even if he is Michael Jordan!"

The reporter was visibly astounded.

What shocked him even more was that he didn’t think Su Wan was being boastful.

Just look at Su Wan’s stats for the night: 31 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.

Michael Jordan at 21 years old would probably only reach that level in terms of statistics, wouldn’t he?

Matching up statistically, but Jordan couldn’t compare with this phenom rookie season becoming the "next Magic", the second year as the NBA’s first "MVP Grand Slam" winner, and the professional career’s first two years of "back-to-back" Finals MVP— the sensational "Super Rookie"!

If you’re talking about who poses the biggest threat to Michael Jordan, it’s not Kobe, much less the likes of Wade, but the just-turned-21-and-five-months-old Su Wan!

This was also the reaction of most of the media to Su Wan’s words the next day.

Barkley stated right away, "As the most successful Super Rookie in the first two years of his career, Su Wan has the right to be compared with any superstar, even Michael Jordan is not an exception."

Michael Jordan had already blocked his contact number anyway, so saying a couple more words didn’t matter.

"The New York Times" also wrote, "For anyone to surpass Michael Jordan’s achievements on the court is unrealistic, except for Su Wan. He has enough time to do it!"

Of course, there were voices of opposition, like the Los Angeles "Little Snake," who cared quite a bit about this matter, said, "It’s too early for (Su Wan) to talk about this now. It wouldn’t be too late even if he discussed it after winning a three-peat!"

Meaning, only I am in the position to challenge Jordan right now.

And with Yao by his side, he believed he could achieve his second three-peat before turning 32!

If someone asked Kobe:

"When are you going to become the number one in the NBA?"

He would tell you:

"This season, this very season!"

Su Wan was purely provoked by that reporter’s question.

Just sticking out his tongue makes him a Jordan imitator?

Then by dribbling the ball, is he imitating Jerry West?

New generation got no rights, huh?

But he also didn’t expect his media momentum to be so strong.

Challenging Michael Jordan in just his third professional year?

Indeed, fame is best achieved early. Everyone loves a story of youthful success.

Michael Jordan’s story of perseverance, of sweet after suffering, is much more appetizing.

Su Wan’s narrative, on the other hand, was pretty bland, summed up in one word:

Thrilling!

But nowadays, people just love to see something thrilling.

Why wait until 31 to win a three-peat if you can do it at 21?

The Pacers, having defeated the Spurs, continued their dominance in the following games, only to lose their first match of the season in mid-December. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

In the second game of the back-to-back series, they lost to the Western conference’s thirteenth-placed Seattle SuperSonics.

Ray Allen and Lewis had a divine night, with everything they threw up going in, both scoring over 30 to help their team triumph over the Pacers.

Reggie Miller, who just started commenting for ABC, said, "Because of this game, the Seattle SuperSonics will be talked about this season, even if they’re only thirteenth in the Western conference and maintain that ranking in the end."

But the SuperSonics’ General Manager on-site was not pleased.

The summer ’07 draft was going to be a "big year," following a gap of two years, featuring the "once-in-twenty-years" megastar Greg Oden, dubbed as the combination of Tim Duncan and David Robinson, and he was the target for the SuperSonics in this draft.

However, to select such an overwhelmingly popular player, there was no other way but to get the No.1 Pick.

So this year, the SuperSonics had only one mission—to tank!

Thus, every win made the SuperSonics General Manager feel like he was going to cough up blood.

Especially the league-leading Pacers hitting a snag in Seattle made him want to say:

You did that on purpose, right?

You can’t even beat the SuperSonics?

He just couldn’t believe it.

Especially when the Pacers crushed their next opponent, the Denver Nuggets, who were fourth in the Western conference by 24 points—it only strengthened that feeling.

If the SuperSonics really don’t end up drafting Greg Oden, he was going to blame Su Wan.

On December 16th at Madison Square Garden, just like before, a large-scale brawl broke out involving multiple players.

This was yet another mass fighting incident since the "Conseco incident."

The combatants this time included the Nuggets’ Anthony, JR Smith, Allen Iverson, and the New York Knicks’ Nate Robinson, Collins, Jeffries, and Jerome James.

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