The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 92 - 89 I wish I had a ’Hater’ system._2

Chapter 92: Chapter 89 I wish I had a ’Hater’ system._2

"In short, it’s just that the media behind him has been hyping him up.

The only thing that can shut the outside world up is performance on the court, but the labels they slap on you just can’t be removed.

He certainly didn’t want to carry the label of ’troublemaker’; not only could he not bear it, but the whole state of Indiana couldn’t bear it either.

As the car passed Fan Square, Su Wan saw Artest’s so-called ’die-hard fans.’

Watching their enthusiastic support activities in the fan square, Su Wan suddenly had an idea. He called the public relations department, had them bring over a megaphone, and then had them summon all the media waiting at Conseco Arena to the fan square.

Everything was ready, Su Wan took the megaphone and walked to Fan Square. This was the second time he had privately come into such close contact with Pacers fans, but unlike the first time, he no longer needed bodyguards surrounding him.

The fervent Indiana natives saw him, and immediately began to crowd around him, roughly a few hundred people.

Su Wan patted the megaphone in his hand to make sure it worked, then he put the megaphone to his mouth, "Have you all seen the latest news?

"We’ve seen it, dude, don’t worry, we won’t believe those bitches’ words, we believe you can definitely bring success to Indiana!" a chubby white man shouted at Su Wan, his words prompting quite a substantial echo of agreement.

"Thank you all for your trust!"

But that wasn’t what Su Wan wanted to express.

Glancing at the media that was gathering more and more around him, he said, "What I want to say is..."

"Starting today, I declare war on these media that slander us!"

Su Wan’s words not only caused the media around him to show astonished expressions but also surprised the Indiana natives standing before him.

"During the game against the Pistons, it was Ben Wallace who threw the first punch, it was the Pistons fans who first threw the drink!"

"Sending Bruce Bowen to the hospital was also because he first made a move on me that shouldn’t have happened on a basketball court."

"As for the war of words with Kobe, everyone should know just how absurd Kobe’s views were at the time!"

"There’s even less to say about yesterday, that high school kid didn’t care whether Jermaine could walk off the court alive!"

"We never start trouble; we just don’t want to be bullied, we retaliated!"

"But now, these media bastards have pinned the label of ’troublemaker’ on our heads!"

"I want to ask, since when has rightful defense been considered ’troublemaking’?"

"Are we from Indiana supposed to be bullied? Should we just take hits and not hit back, take insults and not respond?"

"Sorry, I can’t do that, not just me, the whole of Indiana won’t live so disgracefully, we will fight until no one dares to mess with Indiana natives!"

"I believe, this is also the common stance of all Indiana natives!"

"We will never compromise!"

"Indiana, never slaves!"

...

As Su Wan shouted this ’Orcs never slaves’ slogan—a modified Indiana version that shouldn’t have appeared until 9 years later—hundreds of Pacers fans at Fan Square got excited.

Exactly!

Why are there always so many people looking for trouble with us?

Why does our resistance attract such criticism?

They throw the first punch, and it’s their life, but when we fight back, isn’t it our life too?

Why should we from Indiana be bullied and still be slandered like this!

There’s nothing more to say, declare war!

They followed Su Wan and started chanting the slogan:

"Indiana, never slaves!"

"Indiana, never slaves!"

"Indiana, never a slave!"

A senior media person couldn’t help but curse, "Is this really not the President out here campaigning for votes?"

Su Wan is too articulate!

If this guy stays in Indiana for another two years, he’s really afraid that when he wakes up tomorrow morning, he’ll see news that Indiana has declared independence from the United States...

The next day, LeBron’s Team was also bewildered.

Because the headline all over the United States was the same sentence:

"Indiana, never a slave!"

They had held back for so long, put out their Big Move, but it ended up benefiting Su Wan, earning him even more followers in Indiana.

Su Wan even responded to LeBron’s request for an apology, "This is high school thinking. He thinks everything will be over with an apology, but the person who was slammed to the ground wasn’t him, it was Jermaine. His light-hearted ’sorry’ isn’t some kind of magic cure. If he can’t realize where the real problem lies, I don’t mind letting him experience such a fall himself next time. Only by really experiencing that moment will this guy realize how ludicrously wrong he is!"

Because the recent spotlight had been focused on Su Wan, his remarks spread far and wide, and the "LeBron’s Black Hand" incident LeBron’s Team wanted to cover up was brought back to light again.

Many media outlets began attacking.

To prevent their media image from worsening, LeBron had no choice but to hold another press conference and sincerely apologize to Little O’Neal.

Only then did the matter slowly settle down.

LeBron felt an indescribable feeling of annoyance and was once again disappointed in the Goodman Brothers. He had decided that once the controversy had blown over a bit more, he would certainly fire those two brothers.

On February 2, the League officially announced the 2005 All-Star Game’s reserve All-Star roster.

LeBron James, who missed the starting position by tens of thousands of votes, made it onto the reserve list after all.

But this honor lost a bit of its luster.

Because, aside from him, Dwyane Wade from the "03 class" also made it onto the final reserve list.

He hadn’t widened the gap with his peers.

Moreover...

Su Wan mocked him on Facebook again:

"Why can someone who can’t even make the playoffs with his team in the Eastern Conference be included in the All-Star reserves? I feel unjust for Jason Kidd!"

"If good stats are enough to make the All-Star, then why don’t I see Michael Red’s name? A shooting guard averaging over 44% from the field and 23.4 points per game, really isn’t better than a high school kid with an average of 7.2 assists but 3.2 turnovers per game?"

"He plays 42.4 minutes per game, not even missing ’garbage time,’ to put up these numbers. Does he truly deserve the All-Star more than Michael Red? He doesn’t even dare to shoot in front of me!"

Not one, not two, but three...

Su Wan’s mockery was laced with exposure, as if he was peeling off LeBron James’s layers of clothing one by one, bringing up a lot of statistics that left him with nowhere to hide.

Some of these even sparked hot debate in the media.

Like LeBron staying on the court to pad his stats during "garbage time."

Barkley, who loves causing trouble, crunched the numbers overnight and confirmed that LeBron James indeed had the habit of staying on during "garbage time" to "pad his stats."

"This might be why LeBron’s stats are so glamorous, but the Cavaliers are still only ranked eleventh in the Eastern Conference."

Indiana’s media quickly followed up with related reports.

This move made Su Wan thoroughly unpopular in Cleveland.

He had blackened another piece of the map in the United States.

When Su Wan saw the related news, he was thinking to himself:

If only I had a "Hater" system.

Star Weekend hadn’t even arrived, and he had already become the most unwelcome person in San Antonio, Detroit, and Cleveland. If this continues, turning the other 25 NBA cities against him is not impossible.

Oh, right, if it weren’t for that finger-snapping incident, he would probably be the most unwelcome person in four cities by now.