The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 652 - 250: New York, Your Emperor, Has Truly Arrived!_3

Chapter 652: Chapter 250: New York, Your Emperor, Has Truly Arrived!_3

Even ESPN, a media that highly respects Su Wan, ranked the New York Knicks 10th in the entire League, 5th in the Eastern Conference.

No wonder...

If the Pacers from two years ago were "Redemption City," then the Knicks of the new season could definitely be called the "City of Green Eggs." freēwēbηovel.c૦m

Three to four players who will become mainstays for the New York Knicks in the new season have never played in the playoffs.

This includes Felton, Stephen Curry, Paul George, and Danilo Gallinari!

And someone like Tyson Chandler, though he’s seen the playoffs, has never touched the second round’s floor, let alone any higher stage.

They lack experience in this area.

Besides Su Wan, the Knicks do have another player with championship experience:

Ron Artest!

But after he arrived in New York, he didn’t bring "championship experience," instead, he thoroughly unleashed himself there.

Knicks fans only witnessed him updating his arrest record and never saw him bring any positive change to the team at Madison Square Garden.

Well, that’s not surprising.

A drop of water into an inkwell can only become tainted!

This "stagnant water" of the Knicks isn’t something Artest could save.

They needed a more powerful "purifier!"

Su Wan...

From any angle, he had become the Knicks’ last hope!

But even for Su Wan, outsiders believed that purifying this "stagnant water" would take time.

He himself had said, "Give me some time!"

So the outside world had a consensus:

Not this season.

Su Wan felt great...

Good, he was being underestimated again.

At his level of status, honestly, the number of times the media had underrated him could already be counted on one’s fingers.

Considering his tenure with the New York Knicks, this season might be the only time!

Once this season was over, aside from those brainless media types who only chased clicks and not facts, the rest would honestly place them among the top combat forces in the League.

Su Wan had to enjoy the process.

It wouldn’t happen again!

In the future, when his name comes up, there would only be two words left on the public screen:

Believe!

The reporters asked him again about Derek Rose’s recent comments.

Just like before, entering his third professional season, Derek Rose suddenly made an explosive declaration to the media: "I hope this season when the media discusses the regular season MVP, they’ll put my name on it!"

Su Wan said, "I might have to take back my previous comments about him!"

The media surrounding him were startled:

What?

Su Wan continued, "I don’t mean that Derek Rose can’t perform to an MVP level in the regular season. I believe he can. But now he has a very strong opponent... that’s me!"

There’s no helping it; now the outside world unanimously looks down on the Knicks for the new season, thinking Su Wan is "carrying a burden." If the Knicks play too well, then the regular season MVP likely wouldn’t go to Derek Rose.

Of course...

"Derek can take this as motivation, and I look forward to our battle for the regular season MVP this season!"

Su Wan didn’t have absolute confidence in defeating Derek Rose.

After all, if he remembered correctly, after this season was over, the Bulls’ record would rise to 62 wins.

It would be a bit difficult for the new Knicks to achieve this record...

That’s why Su Wan said those words.

He needed to give himself more pressure to draw out more motivation!

Soon enough, the Chicago media heard Su Wan’s comments and immediately started to cheer and support Derek Rose.

What can you do when Derek Rose is up against such a "Demon King"?

The day after the media’s open day, a gigantic poster of Su Wan was also put up outside the arena, and during the remaining closed training camp time, the Knicks confirmed their starting lineup for the new season:

"Point guard Stephen Curry, shooting guard Su Wan, small forward Artest, power forward Danilo Gallinari, center Tyson Chandler;"

Then, the pre-season arrived.

This year, David Stern arranged the "Huaxia Games" for other teams.

The Knicks played all of their six pre-season games within the United States.

D’Antoni used a lot of time to synchronize the Knicks’ starting lineup.

After six pre-season games, there were few issues; the team won all six battles, and everyone’s performance was exceptionally bright.

Su Wan averaged 25.4 minutes per pre-season game, with 25.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists, 1.5 steals, and 1 block;

Stephen Curry averaged 31.2 minutes per game, scoring 21.5 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, and hit a total of 30 three-point shots in six games, averaging 5 three-point shots per game.

The terrifying three-point shot ability caused a league-wide shock.

Stephen Curry believed it was all thanks to Su Wan: "He’s given all of us more open shots!"

Curry said "us"!

Because the beneficiaries of Su Wan’s arrival were not just him alone.

Danilo Gallinari could also hit 2.5 three-point shots per game, with a significant increase in three-point shooting percentage, averaging 51.4% in field goals, 42% in three-pointers, and it would’ve been "180 Club" if not for a slight free throw miss rate.

Tyson Chandler was also burping with satisfaction; when was he given so many opportunities to cut to the basket and score directly in the Bobcats?