The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 638 - 247 Explosion! Explosion! Explosion! (Requesting monthly pass!!!)_4

Chapter 638: Chapter 247 Explosion! Explosion! Explosion! (Requesting monthly pass!!!)_4

LeBron knew about this when it happened, and demanded an explanation from Cleveland’s police right away.

The police eventually examined all the surveillance in the vicinity and concluded:

The fire was caused by unstoppable natural forces!

LeBron went numb.

He had a loss of several million dollars.

He had actually forgotten about this incident. Had Gilbert not mentioned it, his memory of Su Wan’s departure would have remained as "management was more optimistic about his potential and threw Su out."

Richie Paul wasn’t too familiar with the details, so he responded directly, "It was the Goodwin Brothers’ own decision, everyone knows that LeBron was only 19 at the time, he didn’t realize what this would mean."

After all, blame the Goodwin Brothers; Old Zhan knew nothing.

The Goodwin Brothers stood up for their "dog-eat-dog" fight.

At this moment, Gilbert stood out once again, releasing his "big move":

"This tape has been in my drawer for a long time, I thought it would never appear in the media, but now... let’s take a look, just how outstanding LeBron’s leadership abilities are!"

It was ESPN again, that obtained the broadcasting rights for this tape.

As soon as the footage appeared, one person immediately caught the attention of all the fans watching:

That is...

Zhu Fangyu!

Yes, it’s Zhu Fangyu!

The person standing opposite him was McGinnis, who had disappeared from public view for two or three years.

He shouted at Zhu Fangyu, "I won’t let you eat!"

And then he took the lunch box in front of Zhu.

At this point, the audience understood what this footage was all about...

The "Cleveland charter plane" incident that caused uproar back then!

There was a recording?

Fans were somewhat surprised.

Because at that time, the media had also requested to see the footage, but the Cavaliers responded immediately that the plane’s CCTV cameras had long since broken and had not been repaired.

This had raised suspicions at the time.

But without evidence, the media had no choice but to let it be.

Now it seems, the suspicions back then were not unfounded.

The tape existed, but for some reasons, it was not released.

What were those reasons?

Not only were the viewers becoming curious about the following content, but the media began to wonder as well.

LeBron also found out at this time that Gilbert had released the video of the "Cleveland charter plane incident" from back then; he panicked and immediately called Richie Paul, asking him to negotiate with Gilbert and ESPN on how much money it would take to stop the broadcast.

Of course, Gilbert wouldn’t care about his little bit of money.

And how much of the money in LeBron’s account was not from the hands of Cleveland?

Aside from that Nike contract, it was almost all...

Using my money to shut me up?

"Adults must pay for their actions!"

Telling him not to attend college back then!

LeBron got angry, "Can’t I leave a company if I’m unhappy working there?"

Gilbert was not intimidated by his logic and retaliated directly, "Which company would offer a high school student a contract worth millions and tens of millions? If it weren’t for you being in Cleveland, why would we insist on selecting you with the No.1 Pick in ’03? It’s okay to leave, but can’t everyone save face? Why did you choose to hurt Cleveland in such a way on an ESPN live broadcast?"

LeBron was rendered speechless by the triple question.

The content of the video in the tape was gradually exposed.

When viewers saw LeBron initially pretending not to see it, and then actually helping McGinnis to catch Zhu Fangyu, everyone was stunned.

Wasn’t this just helping McGinnis to bully the rookie?

LeBron James, you deserve to die!

Su Wan also saw this scene.

Although he had long believed what Zhu Fangyu said, when he saw such a scene, he immediately felt a surge of anger rush to his head and called Tyrone. He also immediately posted, "David Stern, you must give us an explanation!"

The "suspected connivance of bullying" from those years was now thoroughly confirmed, and David Stern immediately fined LeBron 200,000 US dollars and suspended him for 30 games of the new season: "The NBA is an international league, we absolutely do not allow, nor condone any bullying behavior!"

Now LeBron was stunned.

Because his contract with the Heat Team had not been signed.

The Heat Team’s salary cap space wasn’t enough to sign free agent LeBron James, so they needed to first sign and then trade with the Cavaliers for the deal to go through.—So those who said LeBron went to the Heat Team first before trading and left something for the Cavaliers can rest now. Do you really think he wanted to leave something? It was because Chris Bosh had already joined, and if he wanted to join, he could only do so through a sign and trade.

The Heat Team ultimately offered their 2013 and 2015 first-round draft picks plus a first-round swap right, along with two second-round draft picks and a 14.5 million trade exception.

Note...

What they gave were first-round draft picks for 2013 and 2015.

And it was only 2010 at that time.

Those who say the Cavaliers were able to have so many "top picks" so quickly all thanks to LeBron can rest too.

The only useful thing for LeBron in this trade was the 14.5 million trade exception.

The problem was, the Heat Team didn’t want to let anyone go, so the Cavaliers only obtained this trade exception.