Don't talk trash to him.

Chapter 186 Urine Test Incident
When Su Wan got off the plane, he saw countless Indiana people who came to greet him spontaneously.

But when they showed up, the airport was not filled with thunderous cheers, but rather with extremely angry faces. They also knew that Suwan had asked for a urine test after the game, which was absolutely an insult to their Indiana hero.

If they can just laugh it off and let this grudge go, then what kind of Indiana are they?

The spirit of Indiana is to resist all injustice.

Erin quickly took these photos. She knew that the most popular news tomorrow would be Mark Cuban's request for the league to have Suwan take a urine test. Only when this matter was over would everyone's attention return to the championship itself. She wanted to record it so that the whole country could see how angry the Indiana people were about this.

As soon as Suwan walked out of the airport, he received a call from Larry Bird. Apparently, he had been paying attention to when Suwan would arrive in Indiana.

The two met in the arena office, and Larry Bird only asked one question: "What are you going to do about this?"

Su Wan did not hide it: "I must ask the league and Mark Cuban to give me an explanation!"

Bird didn't look surprised. "Herbert knows about this. He has already put pressure on the league. We will fully cooperate with you until you get a satisfactory result."

Su Wan nodded, with an inexplicable light flashing in his eyes, as if he was a cheetah wanting to devour his opponent.

"Angry?" Larry Bird asked.

Su Wan looked at him.

"You have the right to be angry. This is a Cao Dan alliance, with a group of Cao Dan people!"

"Big Bird" also seemed to be thinking of something unpleasant.

At this time, Su Wan remembered that Larry Bird had suffered similar humiliation. It seemed that because he won the regular season MVP for three consecutive years, the jealous Isaiah Thomas publicly belittled him, saying: "Larry Bird is overrated. If he were black, he would just be an ordinary player."

Coincidentally, after Jeremy Lin became known as "Linsanity" in New York, some people said that if this happened to a black player, it would be a very common behavior, and Jeremy Lin only attracted so much attention because of his skin.

The same is true now. Mark Cuban would never dare to let Michael Jordan and Shaquille O'Neal take a urine test.

But he dared to let Su Wan take a urine test.

After all, it’s just because he has yellow skin!
Don’t doubt it, at least in the alliance, “Black Lives Matter” is still damn noble.

Didn’t you see that later the owner of the Clippers was no longer the owner of the Clippers just because of a word “Brother Ni”?

However, Shaquille O'Neal's racial discrimination against Yao Ming only required a simple apology and everything was vaguely passed over.

Suwan would never let this happen to himself. Since he could get LeBron suspended for suspected racial discrimination, this time, he could make Mark Cuban pay the price.

Coming out of the general manager's office, Su Wan's thoughts were cleared up a lot. He called Bill Duffy and said, "Call the embassy. I need their help."

"I'm sorry, I really don't know about this. I've been in Dallas today. First of all, I have never agreed to take a urine test on Suwan. Secondly, I have no reason to agree with Mark Cuban to do such a thing!"

David Stern sat in his office, feeling overwhelmed.

He had just returned to New York from Dallas half an hour ago.

On the plane he was still imagining a bright future in the NBA.

But as soon as I got off the plane, the NBA sky collapsed again.

He received several calls just on the way from the airport to the NBA headquarters.

The first call was from Simon's family, asking him if he was targeting the Pacers.

The second call came from the Chinese Embassy in the United States. They strongly condemned the league's request for Su Wan to take a urine test after the finals, and finally made a direct threat:
"If the NBA and the Chinese market have the purpose of strategic cooperation, then we need to have a strong enough attitude on this matter. Otherwise, it will be difficult to calm the anger of domestic fans. Once this matter escalates and the Chinese market begins to boycott the NBA, things will develop to a point where we can't handle it. You know Suwan's influence in Indiana, so you should be able to associate it with his influence in China now."

The last few words are not nonsense. Su Wan, who won his second championship, has unquestionable influence in the country.

If Chinese fans knew about this, they would definitely make a scene. The NBA had just gained a foothold in China, and David Stern naturally didn't want anything to go wrong at this time.

Therefore, the first thing he did when he returned to the office was to call Adam Silver to his front, looking at him sullenly: "Did you do this?"

Silver admitted: "Yes, Mark made too much trouble, and he also united several owners. In order to avoid further development of the situation, I agreed. Moreover, I think as long as Su Wan's urine test is fine, it will not cause any impact on the image of the league. On the contrary, it will give the league some extra exposure."

Huh~
David Stern was so angry that he laughed.

He has always trained Adam Silver as his "successor", so starting from the 04 Las Vegas Summer League, he gave Silver some rights, allowing him to handle some things with full authority.

David Stern also knows some of his ideas.

For example, this guy attaches great importance to traffic and likes to create some gimmicks. Regardless of whether these gimmicks will cause controversy, he pays more attention to whether these controversies can bring actual traffic and exposure to the alliance.

David Stern didn't care about his thoughts.

After all, he will be the boss of the NBA in the future, so it is normal for the new president to have new ideas. He can also see that the times are developing rapidly, and the NBA needs to continue to expand its influence in the future, which is definitely inseparable from the Internet. There is nothing wrong with Silver's ideas.

Even if it means suffering some loss, it is acceptable.

But he never expected that for the sake of publicity, Silver would agree to the pressure from Cuban and others and conduct a urine test on Suwan.

So damn...

"What a great idea! That's great! From now on, we will have to conduct a urine test on every Finals MVP. I'll leave this to you!"

Xiao Hua fell silent for a moment, and his expression became serious.

He could naturally hear that David Stern was mocking him.

and……

It would be fine if he just conducted a urine test on Su Wan, but he didn't have the courage to conduct urine tests on other players!
Especially those black people, I'm afraid they will be labeled as "racist" directly.

"Aaron Silver, don't forget what your original intention was when you gave yourself this Chinese name, and what the strategic purpose of the NBA is. Okay, you can get out now. For the time being, I will let others take over the work you are responsible for. In addition, I will select someone who is influential enough from your staff to stand up and give an explanation for you. Remember, someone who is influential enough!"

David Stern gave him his instructions in a bad mood and then let him out.

Adam Silver's face, which was originally as white as a sheet of paper, turned even paler. He really didn't expect David Stern to take back his rights because of this incident.

Is the impact that big?
The next morning, he finally understood...

Have!
The results of Su Wan's urine test were announced, and naturally there was no problem.

After a night of preparation, the Indiana Pacers first issued a statement expressing strong dissatisfaction with the league's actions: "This is a shame to the entire Indiana!"

Then came the strong condemnation from the Chinese Embassy in the United States: "On the one hand, they are shouting about the Chinese market, but on the other hand, they are discriminating against Chinese players who have performed well. Similar things keep happening. The Chinese market will never accept the NBA!"

Suwan's legal team subsequently sent a letter of attorney to the NBA and Mark Cuban. They believed that the actions of the league and Cuban had damaged Suwan's reputation and demanded compensation for economic losses.

Nike also took action at this time. In addition to internal pressure, their legal team also sent a letter of attorney to the NBA officials and Mark Cuban.

Subsequently, several major media channels spoke out at the same time to speak up for Su Wan.

Some time ago, the "Asian Times", which had just fought with Suwan against LeBron, also joined in at this time.

They really love the feeling of winning!

It was also at this time that Xiao Hua realized who he had offended.

I originally thought he was just a Chinese player, so it wouldn't be a big deal even if I did a urine test on him.

But he forgot that Suwan is now the spiritual symbol of Indiana, the representative of Asians and Asian Americans, the synonym of the Chinese market in the NBA, and Nike's "cash cow"...

How could he afford to offend a guy like this!

Not to mention him, even David Stern wouldn't dare to provoke him easily.

At this moment, he was finally scared and knocked on David Stern's office door again.

David Stern had just finished his last phone call when he saw Adam Silver walking in with a bewildered look on his face and irritation in his eyes. Did he understand the seriousness of the problem now?

What the hell were you doing so early in the morning?
But when I think about the fact that this guy is the successor I chose, what else can I do?
"Have you chosen the person?" he asked.

"Mark Tatum..." Sean said the name.

David Stern nodded. He was the general manager of the executive department, and his position was important enough.

This is the league's response, and then it's Mark Cuban's turn...

This damn guy finally got into big trouble.

David Stern has long disliked Cuban, mainly because this guy is too annoying. Like a fly, he uses his status as the team owner to buzz around the headquarters all day long. But this time, he finally hit a wall.

If there was any unexpected gain from this "urine test incident," it was that he found an opportunity to give the Mavericks owner a good beating.

"You must apologize to Su Wan sincerely, otherwise you may no longer have the decision-making power over the Mavericks!"

Cuban didn't take it seriously at first.

He didn't think David Stern could take the Mavericks back from him with this incident.

But he became a little panicked until David Stern told him that more than 10 owners had expressed the same opinion.

Generally speaking, David Stern's order is the "imperial order" of the league, and above the "imperial order" is the vote of NBA owners. The approval of most owners is the final opinion of the league.

This includes who is allowed into the circle to eat the cake and who is kicked out of the circle.

Of course, this right is generally only used at critical moments in the development of the alliance.

For example, when a racist recording of the Clippers owner was exposed, matters of a higher level such as the election of a new league president were all decided by a vote of all 30 league owners.

Su Wan’s matter can be big or small.

To put it in a broader sense, it is on the same level as the above-mentioned incidents.

Mark Cuban joined several other owners in pressuring the league to conduct a urine test on Suwan, which, to a certain extent, was actually deconstructing the normal operation of NBA rights.

This is also something David Stern cannot tolerate.

So last night, he spoke on the phone with the other 29 team owners. At this point, he has convinced more than half of them and is just waiting for Mark Cuban's final move.

If Mark Cuban is unwilling to do what he says, he will kick Cuban out immediately.

The reason why Cuban was not eliminated immediately.

It’s because this guy is willing to spend money!
This is one aspect of David Stern's tolerance for him. He likes bosses who spend money in this circle.

He is not afraid that Mark Cuban will quit the league on his own after being threatened like this.

Apart from anything else, given the league's current thriving development prospects, few owners would choose to withdraw at this time.

Furthermore, as an avid NBA fan, Mark Cuban has not yet realized his dream of winning the championship, especially this year when he fell in the finals, just one step away from the championship. He doesn't believe that Cuban is willing to quit at this time.

Sure enough, after a moment of silence, Cuban gave in: "How do you want me to apologize?"

David Stern thought for a moment and said, "You can find a newspaper that will publish your apology statement nationwide, and I think this matter should be over."

"This is impossible!" Cuban was anxious. How could he do such a thing!

David Stern sneered: "This is what happens when you cause trouble. I'm not discussing this with you, I'm not informing you!"

Then he hung up the phone with a tougher attitude.

He believes that Cuban will eventually give in.

Now, he just needs to take care of things on his side.

Around 10: in the morning, the "punitive coalition" behind Su Wan had completely gained the upper hand both in momentum and public opinion, and voices of ridicule from the outside world were also heard one after another.

The New York Times said: "The reason why the Mavericks play so softly is that Mark Cuban, who owns the team, is a softie. He always likes to do such puzzling things."

Barkley said: "No player can tolerate such an insult, especially Suwan. Mark Cuban must pay the price for this!"

The Los Angeles media also revealed Cuban's past: "In order to get Suwan, the Mavericks owner made several offers to the Cavaliers, but unfortunately, Suwan was eventually sent to Indiana. Did he ever think of doing a urine test on Suwan at that time?"

Then, they saw the league's latest statement. In addition to a long explanation and the most sincere apology to Suwan, they also announced that they had terminated the contract with Mark Tatum, the executive general manager who approved the urine test on Suwan. From now on, he will no longer be the executive general manager of the NBA.

In addition, they will fine Mark Cuban $50.

The reason is that Cuban interfered with the normal operation of the league. Apparently, this is the explanation given by the league.

The outside world is also very satisfied with this attitude.

However, this puts the pressure on Mark Cuban.

The official stance is so low-key. If Cuban cannot lower his stance to the lowest, the outside world will probably be dissatisfied.

But the official has already done this. What extent should Mark Cuban go to give the outside world and Su Wan a satisfactory response?
The answer was soon revealed:

ESPN published Mark Cuban's apology letter.

In the letter, Mark Cuban expressed regret for his reckless behavior and apologized for the trouble and negative impact that Suwan had brought. He wrote a long paragraph of words like this, totaling about 700 to 800 words.

Things had come to this point, and Su Wan did not escalate the situation any further.

Anyway, the goal he wanted to achieve has been achieved:
The league gave in and even fired an executive general manager for this; Mark Cuban also bowed his head. Now the whole country knows that because he put pressure on the league to require a urine test, he wrote an apology letter to Suwan and published it in the newspaper.

Su Wan even felt a little unreal. He thought he should be able to win, but he thought it would be a "tug of war". He didn't expect the league and Cuban to bow their heads so quickly.

But think about the mountain you are leaning against:

Embassy, ​​Indiana, Asia Society, Nike...

At the national level, the business level, the spiritual level, and even the racial level, almost all the forces that can be exerted have been exerted to the maximum.

No matter how great the NBA is, it is just a commercial league.

If you really get involved in some political struggles, you might become a victim in no time.

Just look at Morey's later remarks to see the chaos it caused to the league. From coaches to players, except for some stupid people, everyone spoke carefully because they knew that one wrong step could lead to disaster.

David Stern was well aware that the league was developing rapidly and he could not afford to fall into this dilemma, so he did not dare to delay.

Let's put it this way, is this league racist?
there must be!
But do they dare to put racial discrimination openly?
dare not!

If they do that, they will be targeted by politicians. In order to canvass votes, 1 DIS a day is considered polite. If the NBA falls into such chaos, it will be over.

This is the underlying logic behind David Stern's decisive actions.

As both sides expressed their attitudes, Su Wan called off his troops, and the outside world's attention returned to the alliance itself.

Suwan became the first NBA player to win the Finals MVP in the first two years of his career, and the first player in NBA history to complete the "MVP quadruple" in the same season.

Many media people are discussing what Bill Walton said last night - how far is Suwan from being the best player in the NBA.

In terms of honors, Shaquille O'Neal is definitely the "top dog" in the league now, but the problem is that after losing to Suwan for two consecutive years, anyone with a discerning eye can see that his condition is getting worse and worse.

After him, there are really not many people who can surpass Su Wan in terms of honors in all aspects.

Although Suwan has only been in the league for two years, he has already won two championships, two Finals MVPs, a regular season MVP, two best team selections, one first team and one second team, and also made the "Best Defensive Team" second team.

Kobe has more championships and has been selected into the best team more times than him, but the problem is that Kobe has zero awards for the more decisive regular season MVP and Finals MVP.

He obviously couldn't suppress Su Wan.

Not to mention the others...

After a round of discussion, the only active player who can suppress Su Wan is the "Stone Buddha" in San Antonio!

Also two championship trophies and two Finals MVPs, in addition, Tim Duncan also has two regular season MVP trophies.

Gained advantages in these areas.

Not to mention the other best lineups and so on.

But even so, Su Wan's momentum was terrifying enough.

He is only in second grade!

However, he is already in second place on the league's active players' honor list, looking to be first.

Even if we include Shaquille O'Neal, who is about to enter a period of decline, and the decline is very fast, he is still in the top three players in the league's active honor list.

What kind of monster newcomer is this!
If he really gets another championship trophy next season...

Wouldn't that mean he would be number one on the league's active honor list?
Becoming the “No. 1 active player in the NBA” in three years?
This copy is easier to play than CBA!
These media are now well aware of Su Wan's experience in the CBA. This guy only played in the CBA for a total of three years, and only won the championship and the Finals MVP in the last year.

The pace of domination is much slower than in the NBA.

Perhaps for this reason, even though Zhu Fangyu's presence in the NBA is not as stunning as his, this year's CBA Finals MVP still received a lot of attention from NBA scouts.

It was none other than Yi Jianlian, just like before!

Guangdong successfully defended its title this year, and Yi Jianlian averaged 19 points and 10 rebounds per game in the finals.

His explosive physical fitness reminded the scouts of Su Wan back then.

Why do you say it was Su Wan from that year?
Because Su Wan’s physical fitness is obviously better now.

For this reason, more teams are interested in Yi Jianlian than Zhu Fangyu this year. Mainly, Yi Jianlian is young, only 20 years old... It's a pity that after careful consideration, Yi Jianlian chose to continue his experience in the CBA for another year before participating in the NBA draft.

Let’s talk about Su Wan.

There is another important reason why the media is so eager to discuss Suwan's ranking on the active players' honor list:

The Pacers have only one player whose contract expires this summer, that is Boris Diaw. The other players are all under contract, although the contracts of several players will expire next summer, including Suwan.

But at least the Pacers' lineup for the new season is complete.

And Larry Bird has said that he will complete the contract extension with Dio's team before July 7: "He is an important member of the Pacers, and he has also found his brilliance in the Pacers. I believe that we will negotiate based on Boris continuing to wear the Pacers jersey next season, and everything will go smoothly!"

Currently, the salaries of the Pacers' main players next season are: O'Neal's 1808 million, followed by Ron Artest's 753 million, Tinsley's 585 million, Foster's 550 million, Calderon's 350 million, Suwan's 202 million...

A total of 4248 million.

Of course, if other players are included, the Pacers' total salary space has already been used up by about 5 million.

But even so, according to last year's league salary cap, the Pacers still have nearly 4 million in salary space. And given the league's increasingly fierce money-making rate, it is certain that the new season's salary cap will be at least 6 million higher than last year, or 1 million.

With such salary space, are you still worried about not being able to sign Dio?
What Bird really needs to worry about is next year, when Suwan and Calderon's contracts expire, Artest will also be eligible for contract renewal, and other players are also reaching the end of their contracts. How to keep them will be a real test for him!

In the end, there were no surprises. In just one day, Su Wan learned that Dio had agreed to renew his contract, 5 million for 4000 years, which is about 8 million per year. This is also about Dio's current market price, which is 1 million lower per year than his original price.

But Polis's tax rate is lower, so he will definitely get more in the end than he originally would have.

Larry Bird also expressed his desire to reach a contract extension with Suwan in advance.

However, Suwan noticed the Pacers' sensitive salary cap and the fact that a large number of players' contracts will expire next year, so he did not agree.

He can't learn from that "lunatic" in Jinzhou.

In order to get a big contract for himself, he threw the team into chaos. First, he sent one player away with one punch, then he jumped out of the contract early and re-signed another one early to force him to leave.

There's a reason why Green can play well with someone.

He is really good at calculating!

Su Wan is different from him.

The most fundamental thing is that Green will not be able to sign a big contract if he leaves the Warriors, but Suwan can sign a big contract anywhere.

And he knew very well that Larry Bird also hoped that he would not agree to a contract extension at this time.

Sure enough, after Su Wan refused, Larry Bird did not continue to pester him, and the two of them ended the topic tacitly.

On June 6, the Pacers once again held their "Championship Parade".

On this day, Irene published a report titled "Good Night Dallas". She made public the photos of the Pacers players sleeping that she took on the plane. Artest holding the championship trophy caused heated discussion.

His obsession with the championship trophy is somewhat inconsistent with his previous reckless image.

Many media outlets began to comment after the fact: "Ron has matured a lot this season, and it was this O'Brien Cup that made him mature!"

Another person who caused heated discussion was naturally Su Wan.

The Finals MVP trophy that he "kicked" to the ground at his feet was particularly eye-catching. Coupled with the angle specially chosen by Erin, he exuded the aura of a big man who suppressed the entire league and took the Finals MVP trophy as easily as drinking water.

No one even dared to question such evaluations.

Because Su Wan hasn't lost a round of playoffs yet...

What's wrong with a guy like this "disdaining" the Finals MVP trophy?
It’s normal, okay!

When Barkley saw this photo, he only had two words to comment:
Awesome!
Fortunately, he was not being interviewed, otherwise we could clearly see his sour expression.

No wonder, he has been fighting in the league for so many years but has never won the trophy, and now it is casually thrown aside by Su Wan. This blow is not much different from a "suck-up" seeing his goddess being a "suck-up" by others.

Of course, there are also perverted "suck-ups" who would say "Tell him to be gentler" or "I will raise your children"...

But those are the minority after all.

No matter how abnormal Barkley is, he can't reach that level.

When Su Wan saw this photo, he was also a little confused. He clearly remembered... well, he really couldn't remember where he put the Finals MVP trophy.

Did he really throw it at his feet?

He suddenly felt afraid of himself:
This guy is too pretentious. Aren’t you afraid of being beaten when you go out?
Then comes the NBA Draft on June 6th.

The quality this year is even worse than the previous year.

And Su Wan had other things to do, so he didn't pay attention to what happened at the draft. He made an appointment with Bill Duffy to have dinner.

Then I broke up with him peacefully.

Bill Duffy was also very generous and said: "Su, if you need it, I can introduce you to some good agents."

Look, otherwise everyone would say that he is the "good guy" in this circle!

Su Wan: "If I need anything, I'll call you!"

Bill Duffy also told Suwan two other things.

The first thing is that LeBron's team is in contact with him, and if nothing unexpected happens, he will become LeBron's agent.

Su Wan nodded. He knew about this matter.

After LeBron fired the Goodwin brothers, he became Bill Duffy's client and arranged for Rich Paul to join Bill Duffy's company for systematic training.

This was also the most peaceful period for LeBron. He focused on the game, led his team to the finals, and step by step became the league's touted "super rookie". Coupled with the gimmick of "23VS24", he seemed to be on the verge of taking over the league.

But later, Rich Paul returned from his studies, Maverick Carter joined the team, and LeBron James was never able to return to the finals stage again, and was questioned by all kinds of people. So they planned the famous "Decision One" for LeBron together. From then on, in order to prevent LeBron's personality from collapsing, they put all their energy into packaging LeBron's media image, and gradually became obsessed with it.

Another thing...

Before Bill Duffy spoke, he looked around and lowered his voice: "Yao's team is in contact with the Lakers management, and they are very likely to leave Houston!"

"!!!"

This matter aroused Su Wan's interest.

He asked the reason.

Bill Duffy said: "It has something to do with your winning the championship again. In addition, your tough attitude in the urine test incident also made them realize that Yao Ming must show his attitude!"

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