The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 421 - 204 Defense Wins the Championship!!!_2

Chapter 421: Chapter 204 Defense Wins the Championship!!!_2

Let’s put it this way, the previous Su Wan was a phenomenon-level "Super Nova," and now he’s already a phenomenon-level "Superstar"! freēwēbηovel.c૦m

When you mention the NBA now, his name is a must.

Two words:

Face!

The kind who has to be front and center in promotional videos.

Of course, this current phenomenon-level popularity all stems from Su Wan’s game-winning shot.

If Su Wan wants to maintain this heat, he must snatch two more victories and achieve the feat of winning "three consecutive championships" in the first three years of his career, and then just wait for the "volcano to erupt"!

However, just like the original Michael Jordan, Su Wan also faced some skepticism...

The media questioned whether Jordan pushed someone in ’98!

This time, Su Wan wasn’t spared either.

Mainly because Kobe was sticking too close to him.

Neither the League nor its plethora of media cameras were able to find an angle that clearly proved Su Wan didn’t push anyone.

As a result, the Los Angeles media were dissatisfied, convinced that Kobe’s dramatic fall was certainly caused by a push from Su Wan.

Given the clout of the Los Angeles media, even if the Indiana media were smoking from pounding out stories, they couldn’t compete. Luckily, the meddlers from the "Big Apple City" loved to interfere, publishing articles mocking the Los Angeles media for not being able to take a loss.

They even threw in some mockery of the silent Clevelanders.

According to the New York media, even if LeBron James played until he was 93, he might not be able to make the shot that Su Wan did.

The year the Cavaliers urgently traded Su Wan away to keep LeBron happy was genuinely dumb.

They felt it was even dumber than the Blazers not picking Jordan in ’84.

After all, without the "Heavenly Eye" at the draft, who could have foreseen that this "Little Lu Dan," who had made a single game-winning shot in their freshman year and failed in the NCAA for the next two, could transform to such an extent and become the "God of Basketball"?

You see, even Michael Jordan himself only wished to be half as good as his older brother back in the day.

But the Cavaliers’ decision to let go of Su Wan was different.

The Su Wan of that time was already comparable to Jordan as the "third greatest rookie in history."

The Clevelanders, to please the "fourth greatest rookie," hastily sent away the "third greatest rookie"; such an action looked mind-blowingly foolish no matter how you sliced it.

It would have been fine if LeBron had become the "Chosen One," but unfortunately, he turned into the biggest "decorative pillow" in the League.

He has only made it to the Eastern Conference Finals once so far, and that was under the leadership of Shaquille O’Neal.

What’s speechless is that he managed to ruin his relationship with such a great teammate!

Who knows when another superstar capable of leading him to the Eastern Conference Finals will come to Cleveland...

The Cleveland Plain Dealer, the largest circulating newspaper in Cleveland, upon hearing the mockery from the New York media, couldn’t squeeze out half a word in response and ended up posting an emoticon:

We’re honest, please spare us!

Clevelanders are very aware that trading away Su Wan has become the city’s dumbest move...

And it’s like an ancient prisoner’s facial tattoo—it will always exist, glaring and embarrassing.

Now all they can do is pray that Su Wan never actually reaches the heights of Michael Jordan... If that day ever comes, the Blazers’ door of shame nailed to the Shame Pillar might well be replaced by Cleveland’s "trade door."

The reports about Su Wan’s game-winning shot continued for a full two days, from which you could see the efforts of various parties to maximize the influence of Su Wan’s "game-winning shot."

There’s no way around it, Jordan’s "miracles" of course fill fans with nostalgia, but this League can’t develop just by reminiscing about the past.

Kobe’s 81-points game caused a sensation, attracting David Stern’s attention... new legendary stories, they bring in even more explosive traffic!

One thing different about Su Wan compared to Kobe:

He’s an international player!

For the NBA, which is going international, promoting Su Wan’s "game-winning shot" could attract more overseas players to join the League and pursue their "American dream."

Thus, there must be a greater push!

As for Nike’s perspective, there’s even less to say. Su Wan’s success will ignite the Huaxia market, and what’s more, they not only lost a hundred million on LeBron but also invested 110 million on Su Wan. Now is the time to see the returns, so they have to promote vigorously.

And only such publicity can make more people pay attention to the follow-up of the Finals.

Don’t forget, Su Wan’s "game-winning shot" only changed the series score to 2-0; there are at least two more games to play, right?

Moreover...

Nike’s folks don’t believe the Lakers will be swept by the Pacers.

They trust Kobe!

Actually, David Stern thought the same way.

Su Wan’s game-winner against Kobe was cool, but as a result of that, the focus of everyone’s attention will be on what Kobe’s response will be in the third game of the series, played back home in Los Angeles.

And sure enough, before the third game even started, the real-time viewership had already hit 27 million.

Without any surprise, this game’s final real-time viewership is expected to easily surpass 30 million...

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