Don't talk trash to him.

Chapter 140 The French Magician You Don’t Know
In terms of advertising effect, Su Wan’s “54 Minutes Night” documentary was a success.

As soon as it was released, it caused huge heated discussion.

It's just that the damage to LeBron is a bit too much.

The media all knew that there was a conflict between Suwan and LeBron, but they didn't expect the conflict to be so big.

It was so serious that Su Wan made a "documentary" to criticize him.

Of course, some media people said they were not surprised.

He even dared to break Jordan's ribs, so scolding LeBron was just a side note, right?
What’s even more fatal is that some media interpreted LeBron James’ performance last season from Suwan’s perspective and found that…

All right!

The defense was not active, the offense and defense were erratic, and they continued to stay on the court after falling behind by a large margin...

Barkley gave a "fatal blow": "If I had a teammate like this, I would also dislike him!"

Kenny Smith echoed the sentiment: "The new season will be a critical juncture in LeBron's career. If he fails to give a satisfactory answer to prove himself, he will completely fall from the altar of the strongest rookie."

The "Chosen One" made him the "strongest high school student" and the "20 plus 5 plus 5" made him the "third best rookie in history" after "Big O" and Michael Jordan. However, with the arrival of Suwan last season, all these titles were questioned and he needed to prove them this season.

LeBron James just finished watching Suwan's "54-Point Night" documentary. He watched the 15-minute documentary for an hour and pressed the pause button seven or eight times. Each time he took a long time to calm down and continue watching.

By the end, his expression had become extremely distorted.

Damn the Chinese!

He had never been humiliated like this before.

What’s the difference between this and being scolded by someone?

fxxk!

He was going to call Nike to ask why they allowed Su Wan to shoot such a film?
And why didn't he know anything about it?
But when LeBron saw the unanimous condemnation and questioning from the outside world, there was a hint of panic in his angry eyes.

He had never experienced such a scene.

In his impression, ever since he became the "chosen one", the media have been praising him with all kinds of compliments whenever they mention him.

I don’t know since when, these media stopped speaking up for him.

Instead, there are all kinds of criticism and questioning.

Even the smallest problem will be brought up!

If Su Wan was by his side at this moment, he would definitely tell him:
LeBron, this is the real world of players!

If you play well, you will be praised; if you play badly, you will be scolded.

I have broken the “Truman Show” that Nike created for you.

you are welcome!
At this moment, he thought about the question again:
Why did Nike allow Suwan to shoot such a documentary?

Why didn't you tell him in advance!
The panic in his eyes became more obvious, and the fingers holding the phone were shaking.

Nike is going to...

Have you given up on me?
No, it won’t, definitely not.

I am the "chosen one"!
As the future face of the league, how could Nike give up on me?
I rejected Reebok and Adidas at the beginning and insisted on signing with them.

They shouldn't have given up on me like this!

He pressed several times on the phone before finally dialing the Nike representative. He suppressed his fear and tried his best to control his trembling voice, so that his voice sounded a little suppressed:
"I need you to give me an explanation!"

The Nike representative didn't notice anything unusual about LeBron, but he knew he would be upset, so he prepared a statement:
"Now the outside world is paying a lot of attention to this matter, but the opportunity is still in your hands. Su questioned your way of playing, so you should lead the team to better results in the new season, and play better when facing him, so that he will shut up completely. At that time, your reputation can also be reversed! Because you proved that Su was wrong, you just took a different path from him. There are many ways to influence the outcome of the game on the court, but this is also the right way!"

What the representative didn't say is that Nike also hopes to force LeBron in this way.

Nike executives were very pleased with his statistics;
Nike executives were a little dissatisfied with his team's performance;

Even though the team has an All-Star duo, failing to make the playoffs for two consecutive years is really not "God's choice".

Especially now that Su Wan won the finals MVP right from the start.

As the person who will compete with Suwan in the future, LeBron cannot be too far behind.

It is a bit extreme, but only extreme methods can bring out LeBron's full potential.

Of course, if he knew that LeBron thought Nike would give up on him, he would definitely tell him more directly that what we have invested in you is more than any other rookie has ever invested in.

This means that they can only succeed, not fail, and certainly not give up.

Half an hour later, Rich Paul showed up at LeBron's house.

LeBron's mind is in a mess now. He needs Rich Paul to tell him whether what the Nike representative said is true or not: "Is it really just to put pressure on me, not to give up on me?"

Paul is smart and he guessed what Nike didn't say.

LeBron was a little nervous at the time and started chewing his nails: "Are you saying that Nike's top management is getting anxious?"

When Rich Paul saw LeBron's expression, he knew that he had told the truth too seriously, so he immediately changed his way of expression: "They just think that you should become enemies with Suwan, so they use this method to let you prove to the world that you will be the one to slap Suwan in the face!"

Sure enough, LeBron was not so nervous anymore.

Thinking back to his uneasy mood just now, he cursed angrily: "Damn Chinese newcomer, just wait and see, I will make you regret provoking me!"

As the heat continues, Nike officially announced that Suwan will soon release his first signature shoe in his career.

Suwan received his new shoes before Indiana's media day.

Like Jordan's first signature shoe, it is also in black and red.

This small detail represents Nike's expectations for him.

Su Wan also likes this color combination very much. He has always believed that this is the color combination that best represents Nike.

However, although they are both black and red, Su Wan's black occupies most of the shoe, creating a sense of mystery like a secret agent, and his number 99 is on the tongue.

The heads on both ends of the shoelaces are designed to look like the Finals MVP trophy.

This is Su Wan’s suggestion.

After hearing this, the designer approved of the idea and added this little Easter egg to the shoelaces.

At the same time, Nike's most mature technology is used in the uppers and insoles, which not only looks good but is also extremely practical.

Nike representatives wanted him to wait until the media day to wear the shoes and not reveal their appearance for the time being. They also have several promotional videos to be released in the next few days. If Suwan wore the new shoes too early, it would reduce the mystery of the new shoes.

Su Wan just replied: "That's your problem!" Who asked you to send it in advance?

Since it has been sent to me, is there any reason why you don’t let me wear it?

There is one thing Suwan agrees with Michael Jordan.

That is, they can be more willful towards these brands that make money from them, because these rights are earned by them with their own value.

So on the first day of the Pacers' closed training camp, Suwan reported to the gym in a swagger wearing his first pair of signature shoes that had not yet been released.

As soon as he parked the Ferrari in the underground parking lot, he saw Tinsley getting out of the car opposite with an envious look. He had also heard that the Ferrari manufacturer had given Su Wan a car. But soon his envious eyes shifted to Su Wan's feet: "Is this the signature shoe Nike made for you?"

"How is it? Is it okay?" Su Wan showed his shoes generously, "If you like them, I will give you a few pairs!"

"Really?" Tinsley could buy it himself, but he preferred the one Su Wan gave him.

Su Wan waved his hand, such a small matter was not worth mentioning.

The two of them entered the locker room. This year's rookie Turiaf was already waiting in the locker room. When he saw Su Wan for the first time, he stood up suddenly and looked stiff, just like a new recruit meeting his instructor for the first time.

It's no wonder he's so nervous. It's just that Su Wan is a little too flamboyant to the outside world. He even hit Jordan's ribs this summer. Any newcomer would be afraid of such a teammate.

Not to mention, Suwan's position in the Pacers.

Unexpectedly, Su Wan took out a bottle of French perfume from his backpack and handed it to Turiaf: "Hey, man, I don't know if you like it."

The friendly look made Turiaf stunned for a moment. If Su Wan’s skin color was not obviously different from theirs, he would really suspect that he had recognized the wrong person.

Su Wan had no other intention in giving perfume to the "butcher".

The main reason is that this person's sweat glands are particularly developed, so the odor under his armpits is particularly strong.

Let's put it this way, the top five "biochemical weapons" in the NBA:
Karl Malone's socks, Howard's farts, LeBron's body odor, Tim Duncan's body odor, and...

Turiaf's armpits!
Do you think it’s okay for Su Wan not to give him a bottle of perfume?
Suwan did not wait for other players to arrive before going to the training ground. He changed his clothes and went directly there. Tinsley followed closely behind him. Turiaf felt that as a rookie he should say hello to everyone in the locker room before going to the training ground.

But now Su Wan was there, and it was a bit impolite for him, a newcomer, to stay in the locker room.

He immediately closed his cabinet door and followed him to the stadium.

Then he realized that he was not the first to arrive. Ron Artest and O'Neal Jr. had already arrived and were sweating profusely on the training ground.

"Did you two make an appointment to come together?" Tinsley saw the news that they went to a nightclub together for fun, but still couldn't believe it.

Artest saw that he had never seen the world before and stood on tiptoe to hook O'Neal's shoulder. Seeing this, O'Neal squatted down to make the hook more comfortable.

"Oh my God..." Tinsley shook his head in shock.

Then Foster and others also came to the training hall one after another.

Calderon consciously stood next to Suwan, and he felt like he was back on the Cavaliers.

Of course he knew it was an illusion.

Now Suwan is a phenomenal rookie who is on par with Magic Johnson, and his momentum is not much different from LeBron.

However, watching Su Wan greet him with a smile, there was one thing Calderon was sure of:

Su Wan has not changed.

Soon Dio arrived wearing loose training clothes, looking like an old man walking his dog in the morning, holding a cup of coffee in his hand, looking relaxed, without any of the restraint of a rookie who had just arrived in an unfamiliar environment.

"Crazy Fan" stood next to him, and for a moment he couldn't tell which of the two of them was the 1993-year veteran who had entered the league in 12.

But it was this lazy feeling that made the Eagles management think that he had no ambition.

He really doesn't have much ambition.

There was an interview with him in which the reporter asked him if he wanted to be an All-Star, and he said directly: "Not really."

If the "Left-Handed Magician" failed to reach the height he should have reached because of P, then the "French Magician" failed to reach the height he should have reached because of his laziness.

But there is still a difference between the two.

Although Dio is not aggressive, he likes to play "happy basketball" where everyone participates in the offense and the team shares the effort. If he is allowed to play in such an atmosphere, he will show his talent.

He is a player who can truly play from one to five.

Throughout his career, he has tried all positions except the power forward position, and has performed brilliantly.

Rick Carlisle arrived, looked at Suwan, and gave him a thumbs up.

He could feel that Su Wan's physical fitness had become stronger again.

He then arranged physical tests for the players.

Sure enough, Su Wan's data impressed him.

Another person who impressed him was new signing Dio.

Seeing his lazy look, Rick Carlisle instinctively frowned, but when he switched to "serious mode" and jumped high, breaking O'Neal's record of high reach, Carlisle was dumbfounded:

This is……

What monster?

O'Neal's physical fitness can be considered first-rate for the power forward position.

O'Neal Jr., the person involved, was also a little surprised.

Su Wan remembered a little story:

Dio, who originally joined the Suns, did the same thing today. He walked to the training ground with a cup of coffee in his hand, and suddenly saw Stoudemire's name written on a wall. He asked what it was. The staff told him that it was the record of the Suns team's height reach, and Stoudemire was the best at it.

When Dio heard this, he put his coffee aside, jumped high, broke Stoudemire's record, said "It's not that high", and left with his coffee.

Stoudemire's jumping ability is definitely top-notch among the league's inside players. It's no surprise that Dio can break his record, and it's not surprising that he can break O'Neal's.

When Su Wan first heard this story, he thought it was just a coincidence of names.

After all, this is very different from his impression of Dio.

But now that he saw it with his own eyes, he understood why Dio was able to keep up with the Suns' offense and defense transition speed and play his best season, becoming the winner of the league's "Most Improved Player Award" in the 05-06 season.

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