The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 609 - 241: LeBron, Who’s Your Daddy!_5

Chapter 609: Chapter 241: LeBron, Who’s Your Daddy!_5

Don’t ask!

Don’t ask about the team’s record either!

Anyway, as long as his performance is on par with All-Star level, Artest getting the max salary won’t be a problem.

New York...

That’s the way it is!

As for Stephen Curry, who was dropped 55 points in a single game by Jennings, his performance in that game was actually not bad; he also scored a rookie season-high of 40 points.

After all, facing Monta Ellis and Jennings, they were equally "easy marks."

Stephen Curry’s average of 18.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 5.9 assists per game, is actually seen as quite good by New York media.

Especially his shooting percentage of 46.5%, three-point shot accuracy of 43.7, free throw accuracy of 88.5%, and his efficiency value are all satisfying to New Yorkers.

The most important thing...

The player Su Wan picked was definitely not a problem!

They’re like "a mother-in-law eyeing her son-in-law," growing fonder the more they look.

If anyone says Stephen Curry isn’t good, they might even start arguing.

Of course, this is definitely time-limited.

If Su Wan ultimately doesn’t end up in New York this summer, then what awaits Stephen Curry will be a "merciless downpour!"

Su Wan’s accuracy in predictions has also made the outside world look forward to "Su Wan’s Predictions" second issue even more.

Then the media announced the season’s Best Sixth Man and Most Improved Player.

Crawford, who transferred to the Hawks last summer, won his career’s first "Best Sixth Man" trophy.

The "Sixth Man" bloodline within Crawford began to awaken.

The "Most Improved Player" went to Alon Brooks of the Rockets.

However, even though he won the award, the outside world still mocked this season’s Rockets more.

The player they chose last summer, Tabite, ultimately proved to be a "dud."

What aggravated Houstonians was...

The ridicule from the media was all directed at them.

Because Su Wan had said,

"Houston People will waste Tabite!"

With this preconceived notion, as soon as they saw Tabite not performing well, their first reaction was that Su Wan had been right!

The Rockets’ management indeed did not know how to develop rookie big men.

This place was a "graveyard for big men."

There was already media calling out to the Rockets, telling them not to pick big men anymore and hinder these "talented rookies."

The first day of the playoffs arrived on the 18th.

The Eastern Conference matchups were:

The Cavaliers, first in the Eastern, VS the Bulls, eighth;

The Pacers, second in the Eastern, VS the Charlotte Bobcats, seventh;

The Hawks, third in the Eastern, VS the Miami Heat, sixth;

The Celtics, fourth in the Eastern, VS the Orlando Magic, fifth;

The Western Conference matchups were:

The Lakers, first in the Western, VS the Thunder, eighth;

The Mavericks, second in the Western, VS the Spurs, seventh;

The Phoenix Suns, third in the Western, VS the Blazers, sixth;

The Nuggets, fourth in the Western, VS the Jazz, fifth;

On the Eastern side...

Cleveland media’s most nerve-wracking matchup was the Celtics VS Magic.

They were genuinely afraid of the Magic advancing to the second round.

Having been eliminated by the Magic just last season, they had a bit of a psychological shadow over the Magic.

Look...

Not just the fans, the media too are very much like the "City Son" of this city.

If this were Su Wan and Bolis’ media, possibly facing the team that eliminated them last season, they’d likely be praying day and night for a chance to meet these brats in the playoffs.

In contrast, Cleveland media hoped the Celtics would knock out the Magic!

And from the perspective of the outside media, there would be no surprises in these matchups; all the upper-tier teams would make it to the next round.

On the Western side...

Out of the four matchups, the Suns were this year’s only "dark horse." D’Antoni’s departure last season led to a brief slump for the team, but this season with Gentry’s arrival, it brought new life to the team.

They still played an up-tempo offense and defense, but this Suns team had more changes in cooperation and defense.

To some extent, you could say this Suns team was playing what later became known as "small ball."

However, because the overall defensive ability of the Suns was really too poor, in terms of defense counterattack, the Suns did not have much presence.

This was also the reason for the Suns’ ultimate failure.

Speaking of the most disappointing team this season, it definitely has to be the Denver Nuggets.

Last season, they fought the Lakers to a 4-2 in the Western Conference Finals, and Carmelo Anthony’s performance was highly praised as being "ripe for the picking." Most media believed the new season’s Nuggets could reach greater heights, but then Anthony started monopolizing the ball again, and as for Baron Davis...

He had already checked out!

Ultimately, they ranked only fourth in the Western.

On the first day of the playoffs, the game between the Lakers and the Thunder kicked off first.

Kevin Durant, who had just won his career’s first "Scoring King," faced off against Kobe with full intent, but ended up being completely shut down throughout the game, and the Lakers easily took the win.

But after the game, their expressions were not cheerful.

Because during the game...

Yao Ming got injured!

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