Don't talk trash to him.

Chapter 23 Undercurrents, Su Wan Struggles for Power

Before Paul Silas announced this, the signal he sent was very clear. During the team training games, Suwan and LeBron were always on the same team. Everyone knew that this was Silas cultivating the tacit understanding between the two of them.

Except for McGinnis.

Until the starting lineup was announced, he firmly believed that he would be the starting No. 2 for the new season.

Because when Su Wan was facing him, he did not suppress him.

However, he overlooked one thing. The Cavaliers in the new season are indeed much more stable than last season. But this is a team with many new players. Such teams often focus on training young people first, and then on results.

Su Wan certainly did not perform to suppress him.

But at the same time, he was unable to suppress Su Wan.

The two players' performances on the training ground were evenly matched.

And Su Wancai is only 19 years and 121 days old.

What about him?

Born in 74, he is exactly 30 years old this year.

He would be a good "championship puzzle piece", but in the eyes of the Cavaliers management, his value is worthless compared to Suwan.

It's ok that he can't compare in terms of value. He is not like Suwan, who has Brandon Malone whispering in Silas' ear all the time: "Paul, let me say it again, this guy is a kid who can only play his talent with the ball. You should have seen his summer league game highlights. He deserves the whole team to cooperate with him in running tactics. This team now has not only LeBron James who is a talented newcomer, but also Uncle!"

"We can observe how to formulate tactics for him, but one thing is that he must have enough playing time. It takes time for anyone's potential to be realized."

Even Danny Ferry went to Paul Silas' office and said, "There is no better starter for the No. 2 position in the new season than him!" Danny Ferry wanted to tell Suwan that we can grow with LeBron James for a season, and we can also grow with you for a season. So even though McGinnis is more mature, we still leave the No. 2 starting position for you.

Su Wan didn't know that there were so many undercurrents under this starting position. If he knew, he would definitely say: Thank you, but please don't think about me like this in the future.

because of him……

I really don’t want to play with LeBron James!

After the first few games of the training match, he had a detailed understanding of the playing style of "Young James". To put it bluntly, it can be summed up in four words:

Take on too much.

Perhaps in order to help the 18-year-old LeBron better adapt to the league, the Cavaliers' only current tactic is to give the ball to LeBron and play according to his command.

The tactics are extremely simple: "LeBron holds the ball, LeBron breaks through, LeBron fails to break through, LeBron passes the ball, his teammate shoots or LeBron passes the ball, and then he immediately goes back to the three-point line to ask for the ball again, LeBron calls for a pick-and-roll or LeBron directly breaks through, over and over again."

The first three training matches were basically played with this tactical style.

LeBron James, who had the ball in his hands, played very comfortably, and the results of the training games were also consistent: LeBron played well and the team lost regretfully; LeBron played well and led the team to win.

This kind of play leaves little room for other players to shine. And LeBron is a point guard.

If he misses the ball, the inside player will grab the rebound and give him the ball immediately.

Suwan tried to ask for the ball several times, and "Big Z" would throw him two balls from time to time after grabbing the rebound. If someone else grabbed the rebound, LeBron would definitely be the first choice. Suwan also tried to ask LeBron for the ball, but in return he just ran according to his instructions.

It was clear that he didn't want to give himself a chance to perform, so Su Wan didn't perform. Anyway, he was playing in competitions this summer, so playing two fewer training games wouldn't affect anything.

what?
You asked him, if he doesn't cooperate with the team to play the training game well, how can the team form a tacit understanding?
Huh~
With the way LeBron plays, what kind of tacit understanding is needed?

Just watch him play quietly, and then when he loses, just wait to be blamed.

No wonder it is said that the teammates in the “LeBron 1.0 era” were all from the CBA.

How can this not be CBA!
Su Wan is not a person who sits and waits for death. He mentioned to Paul Silas that he wanted to compete with LeBron James in the team training game. I don't know whether it was the ambition in his eyes that scared Paul Silas, or because of his personality, Paul Silas didn't agree in the end, and told him: "The most important thing for you now is to develop a tacit understanding with LeBron. Aren't you going to be the next Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen? Hahaha~"

Ha, what the hell!

Silas's reaction confirmed one thing to Su Wan:
This guy is an unwavering "royalist"! ——This is what a head coach with insufficient coaching ability is like. He can only consolidate his position by pleasing the absolute core of the team. It's just that when the Cavaliers management felt that the performance was not as expected and fired him, LeBron didn't stand up and say a word for him.

This is what it means to be on the wrong side.

Since the path of head coach is not feasible, Su Wan still has another path to take.

His remarks at the press conference caused a lot of discussion outside, especially his statement that he and LeBron would become "another pair of Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen", which caused a lot of discussion outside.

Barkley thinks so: "I finally met a guy with a bigger mouth than me. This rookie knows how to use gimmicks to make himself full of exposure. He did something that American fans like and made himself live in controversy. His rookie season will be extremely eye-catching. I firmly believe it!"

Because that’s how this “flying pig” plays.

He also has a good understanding of the American media environment.

Sure enough, on the Cavaliers' media day, besides LeBron, Suwan was the Cavaliers player surrounded by the most reporters. And even LeBron was asked by reporters about his opinion on "the next pair of Michael Jordan and Pippen."

LeBron looked confident: "This is our goal, and I feel that we are running in well. We are sacrificing for each other. This feeling is great."

While he was saying this, Su Wan pouted and said, "Whether it's Michael Jordan or Scottie Pippen, there should be times when they can't get the ball, right? Of course, it could also be a matter of tacit understanding between me and LeBron."

Among the reporters who interviewed Suwan was Erin Andrews, who had interviewed him several times during the summer league. Thanks to her good media relationship with Suwan, she became ESPN's reporter for the Cavaliers in the new season.

She knew that all this was closely related to Su Wan, so she wanted to establish a deeper cooperative relationship with Su Wan. Hearing Su Wan's words, Irene realized that the opportunity had come.

Su Wan was obviously complaining that he didn't have enough ball possession.

If she could help Su Wan at this time, perhaps she would be able to gain more trust from Su Wan.

(End of this chapter)