Don't talk trash to him.

Chapter 195: If the Cavaliers lose, LeBron will take all the responsibility on him
Su Wan just found out that Aragaki Yui had arrived yesterday, but because Su Wan did not reply to her private message on Twitter, she didn't know where to find Su Wan, so she just wandered around Indiana.

With the help of Japanese expatriates, she booked a hotel and then came to Conseco Arena to try her luck.

As for the rest, Su Wan didn’t know.

He doesn't need to know too much.

He just needs to know what Yui Aragaki is here for.

Even if Aragaki Yui didn't say it, he knew this.

After the training, Irene took Aragaki Yui home. Due to the language barrier, they tried their best to express what they wanted to say with their bodies.

Especially Yui Aragaki, she may not even know that she has so many poses.

In order to communicate better with Su Wan, she tried her best.

After an in-depth conversation, Su Wan drove Aragaki Yui, whose blushing face had not yet faded, around Indiana.

When the car passed by Su Wan's poster, Yui Aragaki took out her camera from her bag and wanted Su Wan to take a photo for her. ——When she saw the poster yesterday, she had this idea, but she was afraid that she would meet a bad guy. She posed, but the guy took her camera and ran away.

Su Wan looked around and saw that there were not many people in the square, so he agreed.

Just as Aragaki Yui had just posed, Su Wan was recognized by several fans, and then more and more people were attracted by the shouting and ran towards them.

Su Wan was unable to cope with the situation and did not bring any bodyguards with him, so he could only hurriedly high-five a few fans, then asked Aragaki Yui to get in the car, stepped on the accelerator, and left the scene.

There was regret on Yui Aragaki's face.

Suwan took her to the Central River in Indiana and took some photos of her.

After returning home, the two had another in-depth conversation.

But Su Wan must say one thing...

There is still a huge difference in the physical fitness between actors and athletes.

As both are women, Sharapova's physical fitness is at least 3 to 4 times stronger than that of Yui Aragaki.

Yui Aragaki is about to fall apart.

She stayed at Su Wan's house for three days in total.

During these three days, Su Wan accompanied her to visit Indiana. The Pacers happened to be playing at home, allowing her to feel the warm atmosphere of the NBA and of course his popularity in Indiana.

When she left on the third day, she did not say goodbye to Su Wan, but packed her luggage and took a taxi to the airport.

On that day, Su Wan hadn't arrived home yet. Looking at the dark window, he had a premonition. The moment he opened the door, he didn't see Aragaki Yui rushing out like he did the previous two days. He let out a breath, and then saw a letter on the table. It was from Aragaki Yui. It only had a few short sentences, which were translated into English by the computer:
Su Wanjun.

Thank you for your care during these three days.

It fulfilled my Midsummer Night's Dream.

Now I'm going back to reality.

Goodbye.

Is this the artistic girl?
Su Wan put the letter down and suddenly found that what Aragaki Yui used seemed to be a bookmark. He turned his head and took a look, and saw that he had inserted the bookmark into a book that he would never read.

The next day, the Pacers continued their home game, facing the Timberwolves, who were ranked 13th in the Western Conference.

Suwan scored 50 points in this game and also dunked on Kevin Garnett's head.

The Pacers also beat the Timberwolves by 32 points.

Time for an exclusive interview with Erin after the game.

"That Japanese woman is gone?"

Su Wan nodded. He was not surprised that Irene knew about it. He probably didn’t see Yui Aragaki come to the scene.

"No wonder he performed so fiercely today!"

Su Wan almost coughed because of her words, rolled his eyes, and said, "What are you talking about? I just have a score to settle with Kevin, and now it's settled!" - This score was owed by Kevin Garnett during the All-Star Weekend last season. Originally, the Pacers had a game with the Timberwolves after the All-Star Game, but Kevin Garnett was injured before the game and missed the game. Su Wan is such a stingy person, so of course he has to remember it.

Irene didn't argue, just waved her hands and said, "Yes, yes, you are right."

Feeling passive, Su Wan immediately used his ultimate move: "Erin, if you mention that Japanese woman again, I will cancel your interview for half a month."

Irene's eyes widened: Is it a human?

Have you forgotten how you threw that woman into my car?

Wow!
The rhythm returned to his comfort zone, and Su Wan narrowed his eyes in comfort. Looking at his dead look, Irene told him the latest news from Cleveland:
Dennis Gibson scored 20 and 7 again tonight.

This is his third consecutive game in which he has scored 20 and 5 points, and the Cavaliers have also achieved a "three-game winning streak."

Seeing that Su Wan didn't react, Irene said, "The Cavaliers now have two people holding the ball, and other teams don't know how to defend them. Aren't you worried?"

Su Wan first asked: "What are LeBron's statistics in these three games?"

Irene quickly flipped through the data she had recorded for LeBron's last three games: "The data seems to have declined a lot. The highest score in the last three games was only 23 points, and the lowest was only 18 points. But his efficiency is high. The shooting percentage in the last two games was over 50%!"

When Su Wan heard this, he said confidently, "I guess LeBron will make a move soon."

Irene was stunned for a moment: "There is movement? Why is there movement?"

The Cavaliers are now on a three-game winning streak, the point guard position now has a ball handler, and LeBron is more efficient...

She had no idea why LeBron made that move.

Suwan told her an old story: "Before I was sent to Indiana, Danny Ferry asked me to talk to LeBron specifically, wanting to try one last time to let the two of us resolve our differences. I made two requests to him. The first was to play small forward and give the ball control to the real No. 1 position; the second was to let him participate in defense."

"That's it? Then why were you traded?" Erin didn't understand at first, then was "stunned", "LeBron refused?"

As if he thought of LeBron's expression at that time, Su Wan laughed, as sarcastic as he could be.

And Irene now agreed with what Su Wan said.

The Cavaliers will definitely make more moves next.

LeBron's obsession with holding the ball was beyond her imagination.

January is here.

Suwan received a call from Herbert Simon, inviting him to the Simon family's New Year party. Hearing that no one else from the Pacers was invited, he declined. Simon said, "The mayor will also be there. We have something to ask you for help, Suwan, I hope you can do me a favor!"

"Then I have a request!"

"what?"

"Send an invitation letter to other players on the Pacers as well."

"no problem!"

……

When Artest received the invitation, he was extremely excited: "This is probably one of the highest-profile parties in Boris. Don't stop me. I must indulge myself tonight."

O'Neal was a little confused: "The Simon family holds a New Year's party every year. They invited Reggie Miller the year before last. I didn't even know if they invited him last year. Why did they invite all of us this year?"

In fact, O'Neal was wrong. Suwan received two invitations, but he did not go both times.

"Just kidding, we are about to create a dynasty team, it's normal for the boss to invite us!" Artest's reason was quite sufficient.

Rick Carlisle also allowed everyone to relax tonight, but he still repeatedly warned: "Don't touch things you shouldn't touch. Remember your identity. You are NBA players, not..."

Artest interrupted him: "Don't worry, coach, we will definitely..."

"Take Rick's words to heart. If anything happens to anyone at the party, I will definitely hold him accountable!" It was only Su Wan who spoke at this time, emphasizing on behalf of Rick Carlisle. His tone was a bit scary, and even Artest was frightened.

There was a reason why Su Wan was serious. After all, he was the one who fought for this party, and his purpose was to let everyone relax.

If something really happened, he would have done something bad with good intentions...

This is not something he can tolerate.

Artest's attitude naturally made him very uneasy.

But he believed that since he had made his attitude clear, he was not afraid that this group of people would cause any problems.

His prestige in the Pacers is now even higher than Reggie Miller's.

When the party was about to start, Su Wan arrived at the hotel where the party was held with the invitation letter and verified his identity. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Artest flirting with a young girl.

He finally understood why Artest was so excited.

The girls here are definitely better than those at regular parties.

It doesn’t look cheap.

The first time Herbert saw Su Wan, he walked towards him, greeted him warmly, and took him to meet the mayor of Boris. Then Su Wan knew why the mayor wanted to see him.

For NBA All-Star Weekend!
The last time Boris hosted the All-Star Weekend was in the 80s. Now, almost 30 years have passed, and it has not been given the opportunity to host it again. This time, the NBA All-Stars are held in Las Vegas, a city without an NBA team. The mayor of Boris is a little anxious. He hopes that Suwan can take the lead to help the Pacers get another chance to host the All-Star Weekend.

This is indeed big business.

Even though it is only three short days, the GDP that can be generated in the week before and after these three days is billions.

That is a very mature business chain.

Even big cities like Los Angeles are vying to host the All-Star Weekend, which shows how popular it is.

However, compared with other cities, Polis has no advantages, so even the opportunity to wait in line to host the All-Star Weekend is a long way off.

You know, the league now has 30 teams, but in the 90s and 80s, the league only had about 23 teams. It should be Polis' turn again. Until now, there is only one explanation:
David Stern doesn't want to host All-Star Weekend in Polis.

Su Wan nodded. This was also a reflection of his influence, so there was no reason to refuse.

After this matter was almost finalized, Su Wan looked around the party and made sure that the Pacers players did not cause any trouble, and then he planned to leave.

However, he maxed out Aragaki Yui's yoga talent a few days ago, which consumed a lot of energy, so he is not in a hurry for the time being.

And now he understands why Odom and Harden like people like Khloe Kardashian.

Ordinary women really can't withstand the impact of athletes.

Of course, his aesthetic taste did not develop in such an extreme direction.

But he does have certain standards for butts now, so as not to be dissatisfied.

Among those who threw themselves at him, there were a few who met his standards. He even examined them, but still felt that they were just for show, so he let them go.

The characteristics of firmness, elasticity and roundness are really indispensable...If he were more famous, he could relax some of the standards.

He went home and went to bed early. The next day, when he met the other Pacers players in the gym, they all looked like they had been sucked dry by the Black Mountain Demon.

In the first game of January, Suwan scored 1 points to lead the team to defeat the Clippers and avoid a "capsulation" at the hands of the 45th-ranked team in the Western Conference. This team that made history last season has become bleak again in the new season, just like before, and the reason for the bleakness is the same as before: Elton Brand is injured.

As a power forward who was selected to the Western Conference First Team last season, his injury is a fatal blow to the entire Clippers team.

The Clippers became a broken ship again.

Su Wan realized later that the tradition of the Clippers' absolute core players being out for the season started so early?

Is there really a saying that "only one team can survive in the same city"?

It's no wonder that Suwan thinks so, mainly because the Clippers are always so weird. If you say that the current owner is stingy, then forget it. The future Clippers' new owner Ballmer is not a stingy person. He spends all kinds of money to introduce players. The strength on paper every year is at the championship level, but until 2024, they still haven't won the championship.

And every time it’s because of that damn injury!

Did the Lakers really suck away all of Los Angeles’ luck?
The next day, along with Suwan's "45 points to save the team", Shaquille O'Neal's remarks after the loss last night also made headlines in major media:
"Do some people insist that their own statistics are the best, and only the victory is considered a victory? Can't stand seeing teammates lead the team to victory? Everyone knows that Suwan and I have conflicts, but in the past few months I have been with the Cavaliers, I think someone needs to guide him on how to play the game!"

Although he did not publicly say who this person was, everyone knew that he was talking about LeBron!
After Su Wan carefully understood, he finally understood why Shaquille O'Neal was so angry.

The Cavaliers' opponent yesterday was the Sacramento Kings.

After sending Chris Webber away, the Kings played with Peja as the core for about a season, but found that Peja was not up to the task, so they sent Peja away as well, and completely entered into a bad game. With Adelman's dismissal, the once "Gorgeous King" became history.

It should be no problem for the Cavaliers to defeat such a team based on their past four-game winning streak.

But in this game, for some reason, LeBron had a strong desire to attack and kept asking for the ball to play one-on-one.

In the end his stats were pretty good, he got 33 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

But the team lost to the Kings by 90 points, 100 to 10.

Gibson, who had performed well in the previous few games and had statistics that seemed to be one of the league's top point guards, turned into a completely directionless rookie in this game. He had no presence on the court and ended up with only 7 points, 2 assists, and 4 turnovers.

This is also the main reason why the Cavaliers lost.

Shaquille O'Neal himself scored 19 points and 8 rebounds, almost reaching his season average, and he was obviously speaking for the rookie Gibson.

Barkley immediately joined in the fun. He has been bickering with Shaquille O'Neal for the most part this season. But this time, he stood on Shaquille O'Neal's side: "For the Cavaliers, they need a point guard like Gibson, who can lead the team when LeBron is restricted!"

"We can see LeBron's impatience in the last game. This impatience stems from his struggles in the past few games. We all know that his statistics have declined during the Cavaliers' winning streak. We can understand his inner urgency, but he obviously doesn't know how to coordinate with his teammates!"

Bill Walton also said: "LeBron lacks off-ball skills, and when he doesn't have the ball, he doesn't know what he should do!"

The New York Times: "It's great to see LeBron switch from the No. 1 position to the No. 3 position. Obviously the advice is effective, but LeBron seems to have only watched the video highlights of Scottie Pippen's offense with the ball. He didn't observe how to play the game when Scottie Pippen didn't have the ball in his hands!"

Erin joined in the fun, but she didn't post the article herself. Instead, she asked her colleague to write a report: "Dennis Gibson's performance over the past week has proved that he can play a role when he has the ball in his hands. Now it depends on how Mike Brown coordinates the distribution of ball rights between LeBron and Dennis!"

This report was like "adding fuel to the volcano", directly focusing the outside world's attention on the ball distribution problem among the Cavaliers' outside players.

The current situation is that Gibson has the ability, but needs the ball; and when LeBron doesn't have the ball, he doesn't know what to do.

How to balance the ball possession between them is a real test for Mike Brown.

Su Wan's words on Twitter brought the whole thing to a climax:

Don't expect it. LeBron James doesn't know how to cooperate with other ball handlers. His favorite way of playing is to let four shooters surround him, defend for him, grab rebounds, and then let him play as he pleases. This is the way he has played since his freshman year of high school, from 00 to 07. It's a habit he developed over so many years. How can he change it?

I still say that LeBron James is the biggest "data brush" in the NBA!
The Cavaliers can't win a championship with him.

He must be equipped with two more All-Stars at their peak in order to win the championship!
This taunt is much harsher than the one he threw at LeBron in his own documentary last season.

The media have all turned into "spectators", waiting to see how the Cavaliers and LeBron will respond to this matter.

When Danny Ferry learned about this, he really wanted to call Rich Paul immediately: "Can he get along well with his teammates? How many times have I cleaned up his ass in the past three years?"

In 04, he selected Suwan, but LeBron and Suwan had a falling out; last year he selected Zhu Fangyu, but people accused him of protecting his teammates and bullying them; this year he got him a player who is well-known in the league for his high emotional intelligence, and who is humorous and the team's "happy pill". Why has the atmosphere in the locker room become like this again?
This high school student is really...

It must be said that after Su Wan's continuous "dimensionality reduction attacks", the "chosen one" filter on LeBron has long been shattered, otherwise Nike would not have created a "reborn from the ashes" personality for him.

It can be said that apart from Cleveland, who still regards him as a talented "city boy", the outside world's view of LeBron is just an ordinary "superstar". His statistics are indeed scary, but the team's performance is still a one-round playoff tour, and his ability to lead a team alone is average...

Let's put it this way, if the Cavaliers wanted to trade LeBron now, about two-thirds of the other 29 teams in the league would be interested.

But two-thirds of them need to hear Danny Ferry's offer sheet. If the price is too high, they will basically give up. As for the remaining teams that Danny Ferry can trade at will, they are all rotten teams, such as the Trail Blazers and the Supersonics.

This is also the reason why many public opinions question LeBron.

Similar things have happened too many times, and LeBron himself cannot give a strong response.

Bill Duffy showed his ability at this time. First, he asked LeBron to continue to maintain the "modest" personality he had been insisting on in front of the media this season. Then he put pressure on the management and asked Danny Ferry and Mike Brown to talk to Shaquille O'Neal together.

He watched the video replays of the Cavaliers' last four games. The reason why Dennis Gibson performed so well was entirely because of the sufficient cooperation with Shaquille O'Neal. The pick-and-roll formed by his tonnage was impossible for defenders to get around.

If this pick-and-roll is used when cooperating with LeBron, it will be extremely powerful.

"I can make a promise on behalf of LeBron to absolutely guarantee his tactical position in the Cavaliers and give him enough space to play under the basket!"

This is Bill Duffy's latest discovery in his review of the entire incident.

Shaquille O'Neal started to actively cooperate with Gibson in pick-and-roll after losing to the Pacers on the "58-point night".

As for the reason why he changed his attitude, Bill Duffy would know it if he understood the public opinion at that time.

It's just that he has just finalized the specific measures with Danny Ferry and Mike Brown.

Chief assistant coach Mike Malone brought bad news: "Shaq and LeBron fought!"

"what?"

Mike Brown hurried toward the training ground.

On the way, Mike Malone told him what happened:
Just now when Mike Brown was having a "meeting" with Malone and Ferry, the Cavaliers were having a training game. When Shaquille O'Neal saw him leaving, he dragged Gibson with him to another team to play against LeBron.

During the confrontation, Gibson poked LeBron's mouth with his outstretched hand while fighting for a rebound.

LeBron felt pain, and then he saw that it was Gibson who did it. He was already upset, so he pushed Gibson to the ground and said, "Are you playing basketball or hitting someone?"

When Shaq saw LeBron was making a move, he rushed towards LeBron, swearing and pushing him to the ground:
"Fuck you, are you worthy enough to be the boss of the team?"

Gibson is his man, and the one who pushes him is pushing him!

Hearing this, Mike Brown closed his eyes in despair.

Things couldn't be worse.

Back at the practice field, Mike Brown clearly saw that the Cavaliers were divided into two groups, one group close to LeBron, and the other group close to Shaq and Gibson.

"I already know everything, but this is normal. We are all men, and some emotional fluctuations are understandable, but I hope everyone can forget about this matter quickly and get back to the game."

If Phil Jackson said this, it might be helpful.

But with Mike Brown's reputation...

No one paid any attention to him.

He also coughed twice awkwardly and let the team go to train on their own.

The Cavaliers had a home game the next day.

The Cavaliers, who were at the center of controversy, packed the Quicken Loans Arena with reporters that day.

And this group of people are all very smart!
They felt at that time that the atmosphere within the Cavaliers was unusual.

A senior reporter quickly recalled a familiar atmosphere: "Isn't this really the Staples Center in 04?"

But everything here is exactly the same as it was back then!
The role players kept looking at each other's eyes, while the protagonists had blank expressions on their faces and answered reporters' questions like machines.

The biggest difference between here and Staples Center is:

There aren’t that many championship banners above the court.

LeBron also heard a bad joke from the reporters: "There are no achievements, but there are conflicts off the court every year. This Cavaliers team is finished!"

This statement is undoubtedly a double negation of his identity as the "chosen one" and Cleveland's "son of the city".

He couldn't help but want to ask: "How did I get to this point?"

What made him even more upset was that Gibson, who regained control of the ball tonight, was fully recovered. Although he only scored 15 points, he made 10 assists, helping Channing Frye and "Ah Q" to make a total of 7 three-pointers tonight.

Such outstanding team-linking ability is undoubtedly a new shining point of Gibson.

Gibson high-fived Shaquille O'Neal after the game.

Thanks to the "Big Shark" who kept reminding us long after the "Christmas War":

"You just started playing well, and now other teams don't know much about you, so you can break through easily, but slowly, when they are familiar with your style of play, you must learn to pass the ball, so you should observe Quentin and Channing's movements more, so that you can find their positions better later!"

It turns out that there was nothing wrong with Shaquille O'Neal's reminder.

In the game against the Bobcats, he was targeted by the opponent's defense. He took advantage of this and continuously provided assists to his teammates, getting a career-high 10 assists in a single game.

He decided to follow "Brother Shark" from now on.

This "three consecutive finals MVP" was not won for nothing, he had indeed tasted more than he had ever seen.

It's just that when he performs well, LeBron performs poorly.

The King's style of play meant that he had to get the ball to attack. If he didn't get the ball, he could only stand on the sidelines. He played 40 minutes in this game and only got 21 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

In fact, this is the standard "small forward" data.

If he doesn't hold the ball too much, how can he score high and have high assists at the same time?
This is something that small forwards of all generations have never been able to do, so why can LeBron do it?

Is it true that he has the highest basketball IQ?
If that's the case, then Westbrook should be the one with the highest basketball IQ...

Danny Ferry was also at the scene tonight. The Cavaliers won, but he was not happy. Looking at LeBron standing there like an outsider, he knew the situation was so critical that it could not be delayed any longer.

The next morning, Mike Brown called Shaquille O'Neal and LeBron together as Bill Walton had said.

Seeing the two of them staring at each other, he got straight to the point: "Shaq, you should also know that the cooperation between you and Dennis can actually be played out by you and LeBron, and with such cooperation, LeBron can actually accomplish more things..."

Shaq smiled and did not deny what Mike Brown said.

But he wanted to ask: "Why? Isn't Dennis playing well now?"

He glanced at LeBron and said meaningfully, "I know some people are not very comfortable playing now, but everything is a process of adaptation. I believe he can adapt. This is part of growth. If some people can learn to play without the ball, our tactics will be richer. No team will play without the ball without a small forward core! Mike, you should not be able to refute what I said, right?"

Mike Brown looked at LeBron, he really couldn't refute it.

Shaq continued, "The game against the Pacers proved that LeBron and I alone cannot defeat Suwan. We need more help. Now that we have help, he can play better. Why should I stop working with him?"

He suddenly looked at LeBron: "LeBron, do you think data is more important or victory is more important?"

LeBron said nothing.

Shaquille O'Neal sneered.

"The team wants you to do this, and I also want to know, Shaq, what does it take for you to cooperate with LeBron like you cooperated with Dennis?" Mike Brown brought the topic back to the beginning.

Shaquille O'Neal didn't hesitate at all: "It's simple. As long as LeBron is willing to do one thing, I can cooperate with him on the court!"

Not only Mike Brown was a little surprised, but LeBron also looked at Shaquille O'Neal with some surprise, wanting to hear what his request was.

Shaq said: "When all of us cooperate with LeBron in tactics, his data will always be dazzling. Now I have proved that as long as we cooperate with others in tactics, his data can also become dazzling!"

“Since anyone’s data can be dazzling, why don’t we choose someone who is responsible?”

"Shaq!" Mike Brown had been paying attention to LeBron's expression. Seeing that Shaq was becoming more and more outrageous, he quickly shouted at him to stop teasing him.

Shaquille O'Neal stopped his "dangerous" speech very politely: "I have only one request. If the Cavaliers lose in the future, LeBron must take all the responsibility on himself. This is what a true leader does!"

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