Don't talk trash to him.

Chapter 238 Let their fans take a good look at what they look like in private

Herbert's original idea was simple.

He can't handle the current situation with the Pacers.

In the end, it is likely that nothing will be achieved, so it is better to sell the team when the Pacers' market price is at its highest.

But he understood what Suwan meant, so he thought of retaining enough shares to bring the Pacers back to his hands in the future.

The two companies he is currently talking to are Microsoft President Steve Ballmer and hedge fund tycoon Steve Cohen.

Originally, both companies were acceptable, but now he knew very well that Ballmer wanted all the shares, which was contrary to his current thinking, so he chose Steve Cohen and continued to negotiate the price.

Of course, he won't refuse Ballmer now. He is counting on Ballmer to negotiate a price for him!

50% of the shares are worth at least 2 million!

As for Su Wan, after getting down from the dinner table, he put this matter behind him.

He didn't think much about it.

The time he really needs to think about the future is when Herbert decides to sell the team and the new owner moves in.

As for now...

Let the bullets fly for a while.

On June 6, after the "Champions Parade" ended, Suwan went to New York to shoot a commercial and took the opportunity to check out the progress of "Suwan Street".

During this period, I met some media outlets with whom I had a good relationship and accepted their interviews.

The hottest topic at the moment is naturally the draft. Previously, Suwan predicted that Derrick Rose will become "the second youngest regular season MVP in league history", and both of the Thunder's leading players have the opportunity to become regular season MVPs. The remarks that OJ Mayo will eventually not be able to make it in this league once caused heated discussions.

They just wanted Su Wan to predict whether there would be an All-Star player in the 09 draft.

um, yes!

It’s not about the regular season MVP, but whether we can have an All-Star player.

As for why...

Because the 09 draft was generally recognized by experts as a weak year for the draft!

This year's "No. 1 pick" favorite is Blake Griffin.

A player whose draft template is "Amar'e Stoudemire".

It would have been difficult for such a player to become the "No. 1 pick" in previous years.

But this year, he is the one most likely to become the "number one pick".

Besides him, the best big man this year is Thabeet.

Then there are a bunch of defenders with distinct characteristics, each with their own strengths and weaknesses...

The league's guards are not yet ready for an update, which leads many experts to believe that it will be difficult for the guards in this draft to produce any outstanding players.

Of course, this is just one of the reasons.

Ultimately, it’s because these defenders have too little talent.

If the talent is as visible to the naked eye as Derrick Rose, they wouldn't think this would be a "weak year for the draft"!

However, Su Wan is very clear that this "draft conference" will ultimately give these so-called experts a slap in the face and leave them stunned!

James Harden, Tyreke Evans, Ricky Rubio, Stephen Curry, DeRozan...

Let’s put it this way, after this group of guards enter the league, they directly represent the next 10 years of the league’s guards!
It is said that Harden, Curry and others had explosive performances in the "March Madness", but a group of experts who seemed to know a lot described it as "a fight between two newbies."

All I can say is that many times, experts are looking for "problems" with "answers".

They think that the "09 generation" is not good, and then start looking for various reasons why the "09 generation" is not good to prove this.

Su Wan said: "Don't even mention the All-Stars, there are two regular season MVPs!"

The reporters were stunned for a moment, and one of them asked, "Su, do you think this will be a big year for the draft?"

Su Wan nodded, looking like a prophet, and said calmly: "You know, people like me look at things from a different perspective!"

"So... in your opinion, which two rookies will become regular season MVPs in the future?"

Su Wan said: "James Harden, and Stephen Curry!"

Eh?
Stephen Curry, they were able to react immediately because he was the son of the Bobcats' all-time scoring champion Dell Curry.

This James Harden...

who is it?
It took them a long time to react, a stupid black man.

Su Wan was not surprised by their reaction.

Before the Thunder selected James Harden, no one thought he would be the first guard selected in this draft.

Among the top three favorites, the most popular guard is the "Golden Boy" Rubio. If he had not been determined not to enter the NBA this season and his growth in the year after the 08 Olympics was not obvious, he would be recognized as the "No. 09 pick in ."

After the interview, Suwan went to Ivanka's house.

She is cooking dinner.

Just like last time, I was naked and only wore an apron.

Su Wan had an in-depth conversation with her at that time.

"My dad... wants to see you!" After cleaning up the war, Ivanka stammered and said something that made Su Wan sit up immediately.

"Huh?" Ivanka didn't know why Su Wan reacted so strongly. In her opinion, Su Wan must have met many wealthy people, not just her father. Then she thought of a possibility and quickly waved her hand, "No, it's not what you think!"

Not meeting the parents.

Su Wan shook his head.

What he was worried about was not meeting the parents.

It would be nice if I could meet the parents.

He ultimately refused.

The water is too deep here, and he is just a player, so he decided not to get involved.

Seeing that Suwan was very secretive about the matter, Ivanka didn't talk about it any more.

The next morning, reports that Suwan believed the 09 draft would be a "big year for the draft" spread throughout the league.

Stephen Curry and James Harden, whom he mentioned, became the focus of media attention in the next few days, even overshadowing the No. 1 pick Griffin.

However, all of Su Wan's predictions so far have not been confirmed, so in the eyes of the outside world, this does not provide any substantial help to their market situation. At most, it can bring some heat like it is now.

Bill Simmons, who hadn't been seen for a long time, jumped out and shouted, "Anyone who believes this is a fool!"

With this wave of popularity, the 09 draft has become something to look forward to.

ESPN quickly discussed with Su Wan and prepared to launch a program specifically for live broadcast of the NBA draft.

It’s a bit like the later second-stream commentary.

Su Wan happened to have nothing to do, so he signed a contract for 2 million.

As a result, ESPN took over his contract and attracted advertisers worth 1 million.

The show hasn’t aired yet!
ESPN first made 8 million from Suwan.

Of course, ESPN then quickly signed a 30% advertising share agreement with Suwan.

After all, they are not fools. From the advertisers' quick response, we can see how popular Su Wan is.

There is more than one draft, but Suwan only signed for one. Therefore, in order to ensure long-term cooperation in the future, ESPN will naturally take the initiative to offer advertising revenue.

In addition, the members of this program were also selected by Su Wan himself.

Su Wan chose Irene, and the rest of the candidates were left to her to arrange, and Irene's name was added after the program producer.

Now Irene has even more say in ESPN!

In the end, in just 5 days, ESPN finalized 2 million advertisers, of which 30% of the advertising revenue was transferred to Suwan's account according to subsequent supplementary terms.

This means that Su Wan earned 8 million from this episode alone.

Even Su Wan himself was shocked by such money-making ability.

It was the first time that he intuitively felt his popularity.

You know, even if the commercial street in Polis is put into use, the annual profit may be only this much.

And now he can earn that in one night.

It turns out that advertisers were not wrong.

"Suwan's Prophecy" quickly became a hit, and the number of ESPN subscribers increased by hundreds of thousands in just a few days.

It goes without saying why they subscribe.

Because this is the project that ESPN has been promoting heavily recently.

Soon, June 6th arrived.

Irene saw Su Wan in the dressing room and looked at him with surprise.

Su Wan glanced at her: "What are you looking at?"

Irene was grinning: "I just haven't realized that we will become colleagues one day."

Su Wan gave her a look: "To be precise, I am your boss! Irene, work hard, you don't want Dai Lina to replace you as the host, right?"

The female hairdresser who was doing Su Wan's hair smiled.

She is Delina.

The live broadcast of the talent show began, and they were also sitting in the studio, waiting for the talent show to officially begin.

Before the show started, Irene asked Su Wan a question: "If the 04 draft was retaken, who do you think would be the second pick in the first round?"

She didn't ask who was the top scorer.

Because everyone knows who the "number one scholar" is.

Su Wan thought about it seriously and said, "Whatever. They are all fakes compared to me anyway!"

Irene laughed. If there were barrages in the live broadcast room at this moment, the screen would probably be full of “Hahahaha”, “Su Wan is right” and “Good B”!
Judging from Su Wan’s current achievements, there is still a huge gap between him and the “04 Generation”, even if Howard is compared with him.

The team that chose him would only say with regret and envy: "Why am I only the second pick in the first round instead of the first pick?"

Seeing Su Wan's answer, the ESPN executives who were personally supervising the battle in the audience showed a satisfied smile.

Making a program is largely similar to doing an interview. A good interview needs a hot topic, and the same is true for making a program. It needs some topics to arouse heated discussion.

The topic that Irene cueed was very good, and Su Wan’s answer was even more...perfect!
If it keeps up this momentum, it will be a hot show.

Then the draft officially began.

Su Wan’s complaints officially began.

Irene's cooperation is also very good.

David Stern came on stage and was booed. Suwan said: "David looks like he's enjoying this."

Erin: “Are you saying David is a…???”

The Clippers selected Blake Griffin with the first pick. Suwan: "This is why the Clippers can never be as good as the Lakers. They always make the safest choice."

The Rockets selected Hasheem Thabeet with the second pick in the first round. Suwan said: "This will be another inside player they destroyed, just like they destroyed that little shark. Yao was almost destroyed by them, but he woke up in time and left there!"

Erin: "It looks like you still hate Houston."

Su Wan: “Forever!”

The Thunder selected James Harden with the third pick in the first round. Erin was surprised. She looked at Su Wan and asked, "Do you think you have a role in this?"

After all, this is "one of the two regular seasons" selected by Su Wan among the "09 generation".

Su Wan said: "The Thunder management has done a good job over the years. I think my words have only made them firm in their choice!"

The Kings selected Tyreke Evans with the fourth pick in the first round. Suwan said: "I am optimistic that he will perform well, but the Kings need to be more clear about how to use him."

Erin added, “You mean if Tyrek wasn’t with the Kings, he would have a better future?”

Su Wan said: "Yes!"

With the fifth pick in the first round, the Timberwolves chose the "Golden Boy" Rubio. Suwan said: "The Timberwolves are squandering the legacy that Kevin Garnett left for this team!"

Erin understood what he meant: "So you think they have better options in this position?"

"Stephen Curry!" Suwan announced his choice.

Then with the sixth pick in the first round, the Timberwolves actually selected Stephen Curry.

This made Su Wan stunned for a moment.

how come?
How did the Timberwolves choose Stephen Curry?
He clearly remembered that the Timberwolves' second guard choice was Johnny Flynn!

Is it because he said Stephen Curry would be the regular season MVP?

its not right……

Many of his predictions have not been verified!

The camera turns to Stephen Curry.

His face was full of shock and incomprehension.

then……

It's frustrating!
Dell Curry's face didn't look very good either.

He would rather his son go to New York.

Even recently, they have been fighting with the management of the Golden State Warriors and have made many threatening remarks.

But the Warriors management remained unmoved and insisted on choosing Stephen Curry.

Who would have thought that the Timberwolves would take action in advance?

Curry's expression showed no sadness or joy until he put on his hat, walked onto the stage, shook hands with David Stern and took a photo. Then he finally managed a forced smile.

He couldn't help but mutter in his heart:
Might as well go to Golden State!

The Golden State Warriors have been slow to hand in their choice from the backstage, and Suwan knows that this is because they did not expect that the Timberwolves would choose Stephen Curry. In the end, they gave their second choice:

Brandon Jennings!
The youngest "50 Points Man" in the NBA went to the Golden State Warriors.

But there's a problem...

Originally, he scored 55 points against Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors. Now that he has joined the Warriors, can he still score 50 points in a single game in his rookie season?

After Jennings left the court, the New York Knicks, with the 8th pick in the first round, made their selection. They chose Jonny Flynn, who was originally selected by the Timberwolves.

Flynn was excited.

Although his ranking was a bit low, he will definitely get a lot of exposure by going to the big city of New York.

But he had just finished taking a photo with David Stern.

A transaction notification appeared on the big screen:

The Timberwolves traded Stephen Curry, who was selected with the sixth pick in the first round, for Jonny Flynn, who was selected with the eighth pick in the first round, and $6 in cash.

That is to say...

The Big Apple has Stephen Curry! Flynn's smile suddenly faded, and he said weakly to the media interviewing him: "This is the NBA!"

As for Stephen Curry, his expression immediately changed from cloudy to sunny!
The New York media was the first to report the reason why the Knicks traded up to get Stephen Curry: "This is a rookie that Suwan is optimistic about. For this reason, do you need any other reasons?"

Soon these real-time reports were also transmitted to the "Suwan's Prophecy" studio.

During the commercial break, Irene asked Su Wan, "Do you want to cue me?"

Su Wan thought about it and finally refused.

The Pacers are in a precarious situation and are about to enter a turbulent period. If he still sets the pace for himself at this critical juncture, then he will be the one who suffers. Why bother!

Irene also said "Oh" obediently, pretending not to have seen the real-time news from the New York media, and did not ask any questions about this matter.

This made the New York media very anxious. They just wanted to let Su Wan know how much New York listened to him.

He said James Harden and Stephen Curry could become regular season MVPs in the future, so they immediately snatched one of them, Stephen Curry. It was only after an upward trade that they completed this task. If Su Wan didn't know about this effort, wouldn't it be in vain?

To put it bluntly, they don’t care who the New York Knicks selected in the past two years.

Anyway, no matter who comes, he can never become the next Su Wan.

Now they are completely focused on Su Wan, trying every means to make Su Wan notice the importance New York attaches to him.

Then Su Wan saw several familiar names come on stage one by one, including:
"How did we get you" Jrue Holiday, "LeBron fermented bean curd" Jeff Teague, "the man who made Westbrook sit on the bench at UCLA" Darren Collison.

There is another amazing thing about this "god man" Collison:
He is a loyal believer of a "cult". According to the beliefs of this "cult", men after the age of 30 should enjoy life and stop working. So Collison refused an annual salary of tens of millions and retired directly at his peak age.

When Su Wan learned this news before he traveled through time, he was stunned.

can only say……

This is how the NBA works!

Any weird thing could happen here.

here it is:
The place where weird things are born!

The Pacers gave away all of their first-round and second-round picks this year in the trade.

This was one of the reasons why Su Wan chose to stay and lead the team back on track.

Last year, the Pacers not only had a critical situation within the team, but more importantly, all the draft picks were traded, and there were no new players to add, which is a very difficult thing for any team.

Of course, at the beginning of the new season, the Pacers' draft picks are all in their hands...

The program ended successfully, with an average viewing number of 1300 million, with the peak all concentrated in the early stage, with approximately 1700 million viewers.

This is definitely the kind of traffic that only ace programs can have.

You have to know that ESPN is a paid channel. Apart from some of the channel's old users, there are also two to three hundred users who pay specifically for this program, which adds up to tens of millions in turnover.

Plus the investment from advertisers...

ESPN earned about 40 to 50 million from this episode.

Hearing this number, the ESPN executive in charge of the scene burst into laughter and enthusiastically pulled Su Wan: "The celebration banquet has been prepared a long time ago, Su, let's go now!"

Su Wan threw away his hand, kept his distance and said, "Forget about the celebration. Irene will be in charge of liaising with me on whether to record the second episode! As for any questions or opinions you have, she will convey them all. I have something else to do, so let's leave it at that for now!"

Then he left without looking back.

Seeing that Su Wan was so disrespectful to him, the ESPN executives asked Irene in a very annoying way: "What is your relationship?"

Irene gave a professional smile: "None of your business!"

After saying that, she left.

Now ESPN executives are even more frustrated.

But he really had no choice.

He couldn't move Su Wan, and he couldn't move Irene, who was a "celebrity" in front of Su Wan and was known to everyone in the circle, either.

After finishing the recording of the show, Su Wan contacted Tyron on the way back: "Hey man, I asked you to help me contact Tim, how is it going?"

Tyron: "I was just about to tell you that Tim has already made an appointment with the other players, but he asked that player for his opinion and he said that you can train together."

Su Wan sneered: "Why doesn't this guy ask me if I'm willing to train with others?"

But Tyron smiled mysteriously: "Tim said you would be willing!"

When Su Wan heard him say that, he became interested: "Who?"

Tyron spits out the player’s name: “Kobe!”

Well, Su Wan really won’t refuse!
Then Tyron told Su Wan the training gym:

Los Angeles, UCLA!

"Okay, book a flight for me. I'm going to Los Angeles tonight!"

He immediately asked the driver to turn around and take him directly to the New York airport.

The "Tim" that Suwan asked Tyrone to contact was naturally not Tim Duncan.

It was legendary NBA trainer Tim Grover.

The legendary "Breakfast Club" of Jordan was formulated by him, and Pat Riley selected Wade in the 03 draft, to a certain extent, by listening to his opinions.

Su Wan went to see him just to see if he had any way to break through the limits of his control over his body.

By the way...

Let him help hone his fadeaway jump shot.

Su Wan could handle all of Kobe's other moves in the finals, but this "turn around and lean back" move was something Su Wan had no idea what to do with, and it also made Su Wan very greedy.

If he also learns this trick, wouldn’t it be equivalent to “Buddha holding Barrett”?

This is also the reason why he did not refuse to train with Kobe.

In today's league, the man with the best ability in "turnaround jump shot" and "fade away jump shot" is undoubtedly Kobe.

Nowitzki, who has mastered the "one-legged stand", can be considered a "jump shooter" of this level, but there is still a big difference between outside players and inside players.

If Su Wan wants to hone his skills, he must use Kobe and Michael Jordan as references!
It is worth mentioning that Su Wan was reported in the newspaper the day after he arrived in Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles media was very excited.

They originally thought that Su Wan had a lover in Los Angeles and came here specifically for a tryst.

It turns out that after he went to UCLA...

Even more excited!

The Los Angeles media all knew that Kobe was undergoing special training at UCLA.

Could it be that Suwan and Kobe have made an appointment to train together this summer?
Then the relationship between the two of them...

Isn't it great?
With such a good relationship, will they play basketball together in the future?

Ok?
The Los Angeles media was full of imagination.

Suwan also met Grover and Kobe.

The first thing Kobe said when he saw him was sour: "You finally remembered that you are an NBA player!"

Su Wan knew immediately that this was a roundabout way of mocking him for not training in the summer and going to do a show. He said bluntly, "You are no match for me anyway!"

Kobe was anxious at the time and pulled Su Wan to challenge him one-on-one.

Su Wan didn't bother to pay attention to him and explained his purpose to Grover.

"If you want to hone your jump shot skills, it's very simple..." He pointed to Kobe next to him, "There's a jump shot master right here!"

Kobe said proudly: "I didn't say I was willing to teach him!"

Su Wan also waved his hand: "Those things he learned are for people with poor static talents. I want to learn how to handle mid-range shots from Michael Jordan."

What the hell are you...

Kobe was angry again.

This was his first time to have private contact with Su Wan, and he found that Su Wan was not good at speaking. ——Well... just like he was good at speaking.

Seeing that he was still unconvinced, Su Wan stretched out his hand and said, "Do you dare to compete?"

Huh~
Kobe raised his hand quickly and then put it down quickly.

The sneering expression made things a little more awkward at the time.

Although it’s fleeting, the comparison is obvious:
Kobe is so small!

Su Wan stretched out his arms again.

Kobe has no fxxk to say.

Not only does Su Wan have small hands, but his arm span is also better than his.

game over!

He was so shocked that he stopped talking. Fortunately, Grover said, "But in terms of technical moves, Kobe is indeed more professional than me!"

Su Wan did not deny it either.

Kobe is a man who is very skilled and very tough.

But he won't give Kobe the chance to be proud.

Let's skip this topic.

As for...

Can Su Wan better control his body...

Grover didn't answer, but gave Su Wan a set of tests first.

After finishing, he looked at the final result and was stunned: "Dude, how did you practice it?"

No wonder he was so surprised.

Jordan only had this much body control during his prime.

And Grover has yet to see another player match Jordan's body control.

Now Su Wan was the only one he had ever seen.

Kobe had also done a similar test before, so when he saw Grover's surprised look, he came over to take a curious look. When he saw the result, he was stunned, and there was an obvious shock in his eyes.

According to Grover's test results, if his body control ability is 90 points, then Michael Jordan should be between 95 and 97 points, and Suwan is almost reaching Jordan's range.

This guy... is he really that fierce?
No wonder I can enter "The zone" mode.

Grover decided to accept the challenge and see if he could help Suwan surpass Jordan in controlling his body.

This means that Suwan will train with Kobe next.

Grover had a feeling that this was going to be a noisy day.

He didn't expect...

On the first day of training, the two of them started arguing.

Su Wan asked in confusion: "Why do I have to move one more step? Can't I just start moving?"

Kobe asked, "Do you have that kind of space?"

Seeing that Su Wan was not convinced, he took a defensive stance: "Come on, let's give it a try and see if what you said is right!"

"Come on, come on!"

Su Wanxuan did as he thought. Without moving a single step, he relied on his explosive power to leave Kobe behind him.

Kobe fell into deep thought.

Grover's eyes lit up.

Originally, when Suwan said he wanted to learn Michael Jordan's mid-range techniques, he didn't take it seriously.

Jordan's static and athletic talents are all the "golden template" for the No. 2 position, which makes his mid-range movements look very simple and without much technical content.

But it is still difficult for other players to achieve this step.

Kobe only imitated it about 80% of the time.

The last 10% that cannot be overcome is the gap in physical talent.

Suwan's explosiveness and static talent are indeed better than Kobe's, but there is still a gap with Jordan.

So at first he didn't think Su Wan could "simplify things" like Michael Jordan.

But now it seems that Su Wan's ability to control his body makes his physical fitness a level higher than what he has shown.

Maybe he can really play like Michael Jordan.

Kobe should have noticed this as well, as a flash of envy flashed across his eyes, but he still refused to give in.

This kind of training day lasted for a week, and Kobe was getting more and more angry.

Because Su Wan's mouth is really poisonous.

"Kobe, are you sure Michael will do this at this time?" Su Wan was puzzled.

Just as Kobe was about to sarcastically respond to the camera as usual, a voice suddenly came over: "I don't think so!"

Then Suwan and Kobe turned their heads together and saw that it was none other than Michael Jordan, whom they hadn't seen for two or three years.

"Boy, I heard from Tim that you are studying my mid-range videos?"

Michael Jordan heard about this yesterday and came over today.

Good boy, I finally got the chance to show off to Su Wan.

Su Wan, however, looked at him with disdain and asked, "Who are you, uncle?"

Even Kobe was confused by this question.

no……

Don't you really know who this is?

He looked at Su Wan questioningly.

Su Wan continued, "He looks familiar. Now I remember. Isn't he the No. 2 of the Wizards who played for the Wizards for two years but never led the team to the playoffs? What are you doing here?"

"Could it be that he lost to me in the last bullfight and is here to seek revenge?"

Kobe's mouth twitched.

Similarly, Michael Jordan's mouth corners were twitching.

But Kobe couldn't help but want to laugh, while Jordan felt his blood pressure rising.

I haven't seen him for a few years, and this guy's mouth is even more poisonous than before!

Of course he understood the implication of Su Wan's words:
You don't think you're still the omnipotent Michael Jordan from the 90s, do you?
"Fuck you!"

Michael Jordan couldn't help but looked around as usual. Seeing that there were no media or outsiders, he revealed his true face.

Grover stood on the sidelines, watching the three best No. 80 players in the NBA from the 10s to the 30s bicker with each other, and couldn't help but say something with a bad taste:
I really want to record the three of them so that their fans can get a good look at what they are like in private!
First update today.

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