The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 537 - 227: You will soon remember me, but this time I will be your nightmare!_3

Chapter 537: Chapter 227: You will soon remember me, but this time I will be your nightmare!_3

The Pacers’ odds were now only 0.2 higher than theirs.

After this game, the original 1 to 1.7 Celtics had now become 1 to 2.3.

They had fallen from the top tier of championship contention.

This showed the impact that the game had caused.

The Indiana Media was suddenly full of confidence and had high expectations for the "Christmas Battle" to take down the Lakers.

On the 18th, just after leaving Boston with a big win, they headed to Oklahoma.

As before, the Starbucks owner sold the SuperSonic Team to Klay Bennett.

This guy was originally a minor shareholder of the Spurs, and he had a dream to bring an NBA team to Oklahoma; after failing to acquire the Spurs, he saw the opportunity to get the SuperSonic Team, so he sold his Spurs Team stake and successfully acquired the SuperSonic Team.

Later, he moved the team to his hometown of "America’s Tieling," Oklahoma, under the pretext that Seattle wouldn’t build a new stadium, and officially renamed it the Thunder Team this summer.

This caused some controversy.

Many Seattle stars were dissatisfied with this, including "Gloves" Gary Payton.

Su Wan didn’t know whether Kevin Durant ever expressed dissatisfaction under an alias.

Because when Kevin Durant left the Thunder Team later, he believed he was a rookie selected by the SuperSonic Team and didn’t even want to retire his jersey with the Thunder.

Of course, he wasn’t the only one who said that.

After LeBron’s "Decision," he quickly distanced himself from Cleveland. He saw himself as the "Son of Akron," not "Son of Cleveland," and said that Clevelanders often referred to them as "country bumpkins." However, as much as he said that, it didn’t stop him from returning to play "hometown basketball" after achieving success.

Kevin Durant was more obstinate and still hadn’t forgiven the Thunder.

He always hoped that Seattle would once again have a SuperSonic Team so that he, the "rootless" child, could have a home.

But that was a matter of the future when the Thunder Team had no hope of winning a championship.

At that moment, Kevin Durant was still very loyal to the Thunder Team, and after his rookie contract expired, he quickly reached a new extension contract with the Thunder Team, once only wanting to be the Thunder Team’s "Thunder God."

From this, one could see that people are inherently good, but various experiences force them to change their ideas to achieve their goals.

But because of different choices, their ultimate reputations could be quite different.

To give a simple example.

When Michael Jordan made his second comeback in his career, he caused quite a stir with the Wizards for two seasons, but failing to make the playoffs for two years in a row had no effect on his divine status as the "God of Basketball."

But if this were LeBron James...

It is unimaginable!

This was why LeBron faced more and more fierce skepticism towards the end of his career.

As long as you are successful at your peak, any choice is the right one, but once you are no longer at the peak, your past choices could become the last straw that breaks the camel’s back.

Just like Su Wan, if he left the Pacers this summer and went to another team. freёwebnoѵel.com

It would seem there was no problem with that now.

But wait a decade or more, come to the end of a career, and if there were any failures, surely someone would dredge up the past, claiming he won "three consecutive championships," and as soon as he lost a game, he ran off, not caring at all about the team’s fate.

But now it’s different.

Su Wan stayed, and even if he wasn’t successful, the last time he left, if anyone brought up this matter, others would immediately counter, "Didn’t he try? He immediately renewed for 3 years when his contract expired. The team really had no hope, so he left, can he give up chasing Michael Jordan’s opportunity forever and stay in Indiana?"

And once successful!

The legacy that Su Wan would leave in this city, even if he left, would only be tales of praise.

Saving a team’s fate twice, they would have to erect a bronze statue for him; the media and fans wouldn’t have it any other way. No player in the future would be willing to commit to the team.

Su Wan hoped to be like Michael Jordan, who, even in the twilight years of his career in the league, would not affect the greatness of his entire career.

Not like LeBron, who still tiptoed through the end of his career without any class.

The renaming of the SuperSonic Team to the Thunder Team was the only newsworthy mention from this game. Other than that...

Like all new teams’ first season, the Thunder Team’s record was as rotten as it could be, 3 wins and 26 losses.

It was reverse and even worse than the Pacers’ record.

The Pacers currently had a record of 25 wins and 4 losses.

Still, the turnout of fans at the game was quite large.

For the first time, the city had an NBA team, and the fans were filled with novelty.

Especially since the big star Su Wan came to this game, the spectator seats were nearly bursting.

The new season had just started 13 games in, and Callisimo had been fired; thereafter, assistant coach Scott Brooks took over. The first thing he did after taking over was to switch Kevin Durant to play as a small forward.

This should count as the highlight of Brooks’s entire coaching career.

This change helped Kevin Durant find his own direction for development and became the NBA’s most terrifying scorer.

This season, that was becoming apparent...

Kevin Durant averaged 25.3 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game, with a shooting percentage of 47.6%, a three-point shot success rate of 42.2%, and a free throw success rate of 86.3%!

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