The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 642 - 248: The Apple Turns Red, Signifying Maturity_3

Chapter 642: Chapter 248: The Apple Turns Red, Signifying Maturity_3

Su Wan agreed with this view.

Because since then, Nowitzki had never been able to play at the level he did in the 2011 playoffs, especially before entering the finals, his performance in the three rounds of the Western series was downright terrifying.

The most important point...

To handle LeBron, if you don’t want to rack your brains, the best method is to put a tall interior player like Tyson Chandler in the paint.

The effect of that on LeBron was like a cat encountering catnip, just excellent!

As for whether the Mavericks could still make it to the finals after snagging Tyson Chandler...

Su Wan thought this...

If they could make it, great!

If they couldn’t...

They deserved it!

Who let their owner be Cuban?

Su Wan didn’t feel one bit guilty about the snatch.

And besides, could it really be called snatching?

I just offered Tyson Chandler a contract, and he insisted on signing it himself, what could I do?

Originally, Cuban offered Tyson a max contract starting at 12.6 million, but the Mavericks couldn’t stomach such a big contract, so they had to trade him using a sign-and-trade deal.

The New York Team had no such troubles.

Their salary cap space could completely accommodate such a big contract.

So Donnie Walsh went straight to Tyson Chandler’s agent.

Though the offer was the same, Tyson Chandler didn’t even think about it and directly signed with New York...

How to put it!

If it wasn’t for Dallas offering more money, who would want to go to that "white supremacy" and "city of discrimination"!

Now a team was offering a new deal to Tyson Chandler, and it was Su Wan’s New York that had him.

Tyson Chandler almost shouted:

"I have a dream, to become a championship center!"

Without knowing what the future held, if Su Wan and Nowitzki were placed in front of him and he had to choose a thousand times who to go with, he would choose Su Wan every single time.

After settling the starting five for the season in New York,

Indiana also exploded with a major event:

Steve Cohen sold 51% of the Pacers shares back to Herbert for 1.4 billion.

In one year, he lost 1.1 billion just on this!

If you add in the losses from other businesses...

That number is likely to reach 1.5 billion!

But he...

accepted it!

He had no choice, if he continued to stand off with the Indiana fans, only he would end up worse.

He was actually prepared to compromise a while ago.

But he dragged it out until Su Wan officially signed with the New York Knicks, then he began negotiations with Herbert; he didn’t want to see himself enter ambitiously only to be shamefully ousted, while Bolis looked on, beaming with joy.

Since he lost so much money, Bolis had to lose something important too, for him to feel content.

Su Wan was their most precious asset!

Watching Su Wan leave and the Pacers’ immediate decline in attention, Steve Cohen exited the stage with satisfaction.

Through buying and selling shares of the team, Herbert netted 1.1 billion in a year.

That was even more ruthless than "getting something for nothing"!

Of course, he always remembered, he owed his fortune today mainly to Su Wan’s assistance; otherwise, he couldn’t have made a profit of 1.1 billion.

So, after getting the team shares back, Herbert immediately announced that by next year, a bronze statue of Su Wan would be erected outside Conseco Arena.

As soon as this news came out, LeBron was once again dragged out and beaten.

Both left their original teams.

Yet the Pacers were already considering erecting a statue for Su Wan, while LeBron...

Now to see one of his jerseys in the hands of a Cleveland fan was very difficult!

Because...

They were almost all burned!

Barkley seriously said, "I believe this will have a negative impact on other superstars, when they leave, other fans may follow the example of the Cleveland fans and do the same, but in reality, everyone should know, they are innocent, even if these superstars leave, their harm to their former bosses isn’t at the level of LeBron!"

Barkley’s concern had merit.

Little Si finally left the Phoenix Suns, and although he didn’t join the New York Knicks as he originally would have, he still got his wish to join a big-city team:

The Los Angeles Clippers!

Little Si didn’t end his season in the 05-06 season as he originally did.

Thus, Steve Nash could not prove his ability to lead a team alone, and that season’s MVP ultimately went to Su Wan.

Therefore, Little Si’s reputation was not, as originally, considered by many media as mainly relying on Steve Nash.

But the Suns were still unwilling to offer Little Si a max contract.

The reason was that Steve Nash and he were both getting on in years, and to this day, they still hadn’t reached the finals.

Considering their age and the changing landscape of the League, they didn’t believe the Suns could win a championship with Steve Nash and Little Si.

At such times, from the perspective of the Suns’ general manager, reducing expenses was the best operation.

Naturally, Little Si was not satisfied that he couldn’t get a max contract.

And with that, negotiations broke down.

Some Suns fans, following in the footsteps of Cleveland fans, burned Little Si’s jersey.

Barkley’s prediction sadly came true, "This is the bad influence LeBron has brought to the League!"

But when LeBron heard him say this, he disapprovingly muttered to himself:

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