The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 667 - 253 You Can Always Trust LeBron James! (Happy National Day!)_3

Chapter 667: Chapter 253 You Can Always Trust LeBron James! (Happy National Day!)_3

Negotiations had reached a stalemate.

Donnie Walsh was confident about acquiring Vince Carter, "Su, I will give you a satisfactory answer."

Su Wan trusted Walsh’s capabilities.

Though not at the level of Larry Bird.

He had been doing well in New York.

Before he gambled half the team in a bid for Carmelo Anthony, his rating in Su Wan’s book could reach "Best General Manager" level.

Of course, even that disastrous choice to trade and sink the Knicks to acquire Carmelo Anthony wasn’t a big issue in the current environment of chasing "superstars."

However, Anthony’s leadership ability wasn’t as good as his statistics suggested.

Su Wan didn’t continue to pay attention to the trade involving Vince Carter.

The new season’s schedule continued.

After notching "three consecutive victories" at the start, the New York Knicks began to show the inevitable instability of a rebuilding team loaded with rookies. In the November games, they won by more than 30 points against some teams and lost by more than 18 points to others. They defeated strong Western teams like the Thunder Team, but also lost to weaker teams like the Memphis Grizzlies.

By the end of November, the New York Knicks’ record stood at 10 wins and 6 losses.

They were ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference.

Ahead of them were the first-placed Miami Heat, the second-placed Chicago Bulls, and the third-placed Boston Celtics...

On December 1, the League officially announced the first "Monthly Best Player Award" of the new season:

Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh were both named "Players of the Month" for November.

One averaged 25.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 5.2 assists per game, and the other averaged 22.4 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 1.8 blocks per game.

Under their leadership, the Miami Heat had a record of 12 wins and 3 losses for the entire month of November.

This means that after losing the season opener to the New York Knicks, they lost only 2 out of the next 14 games.

A fierce momentum!

The Miami media was ecstatic.

These two were already incredibly powerful, but don’t forget...

Sitting on the bench for the Heat was LeBron James, who had averaged 27 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists per game with the Cavaliers!

Even though his stats diminished a bit after he moved to Miami...

An average of 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists was still achievable, right?

If the Eastern Conference-leading Miami Heat added such a reinforcement...

It was unthinkable, truly unthinkable!

The Miami media seemed to have already seen the Championship Trophy waving at them!

They eagerly published articles:

"Miami has entered their era!"

When the retired "Big Shark" saw this news, he laughed and retweeted the article, commenting, "You can always trust LeBron James!"

The netizens who saw Shaquille O’Neal saying this were stunned and commented below:

"Shaquille, when did you forgive LeBron James?"

"OMG, what am I seeing, Shaquille actually praising LeBron?"

"This must be a fake account, definitely a fake account!"

...

Shaquille O’Neal read these comments and chose to reply:

"Guy, you should understand my meaning correctly!"

"If this is considered praise!" freēwēbnovel.com

"Pretty soon, everyone will know what I really meant!"

Once more, he took a shot at LeBron.

LeBron, however, couldn’t spare time to care.

His life had been unpleasant recently.

The loss in the first game to the New York Knicks showed him his teammates’ capabilities.

This excited him.

But...

That was quite capable, wasn’t it?

Leading the team to a 12 win and 3 loss record and taking the "Monthly Best Player Award" together!

The Miami media called it a dream start.

Everything was going too smoothly.

So much so, that everyone’s focus was on Wade and Chris Bosh, and they hardly ever mentioned him.

Only when talking about the future of the Heat would they proudly add:

"Our bench still has LeBron James!"

Such public sentiment could be overlooked.

But key was watching Dwyane Wade’s tactical status increasingly solidified, and Chris Bosh getting more plays on the offensive side.

He understood very well that this reliance on these two men would gradually turn into dependency as time went on.

Trying to seize power later wouldn’t be so easy.

Damn Gilbert!

I’ll never return to the Cavaliers!

You damn guy!

He cursed Gilbert bitterly in his heart.

In his view, if it weren’t for that old man leaking the video, he wouldn’t have been suspended for 30 games.

If he could now demonstrate his capabilities, let alone others...

At least a large part of Chris Bosh’s offensive role would be his.

Which is to say, Bosh had taken away his offensive role!

How could he not resent Gilbert?

The worst part:

It had only been a month, and in December the Miami Heat had only 15 matches scheduled, meaning LeBron could only make his debut in January.

If Wade and Chris Bosh, having already won "Players of the Month" for their first month together, were given another month, LeBron James couldn’t bear to think about what might happen.