Don't talk trash to him.

Chapter 24 Then Now, I Will Trade Uncle Away Immediately
LeBron once again demonstrated the media power he and his team possess. Not long after Suwan finished the interview, he hurried to the locker room. The first thing he said when he saw Suwan was: "Hey, bro, is there any misunderstanding between us? I support you to become a better version of yourself, but in my opinion, you still need my help. I entered this league earlier than you, uncle, we should not have any disagreement on this point, right?"

Su Wan nodded. He couldn't deny this.

"But LeBron, I won the championship in my career earlier than you, and that is also a fact."

LeBron meant, I know a lot about the NBA, you have to listen to me. Su Wan meant, if we really talk about experiences, I have more than you! Listen to "Uncle", the professional league is very complicated, you can't control it. But "Uncle" can, so "Uncle" is here!

LeBron was silent for a long time, but he finally stood up, walked to his closet, changed his clothes and left without saying a word to Su Wan.

Broke up unhappily.

Bill Duffy was keenly aware that there were more and more reports about LeBron James' all-around play and his ability to always cooperate with the team. Some experts even believed that "LeBron is the most selfless rookie. As long as his teammates have a good chance to shoot, he will pass the ball without hesitation." This was obviously intended to prove from the side that Suwan's complaint about not being able to get the ball was definitely not because of LeBron James.

The effect is obvious!
The latest wave of press releases all say that Suwan has no spirit of sacrifice and is not satisfied with the ball possession he already has.

Su Wan was not surprised at all when he learned about the current state of public opinion from Bill Duffy.

This is LeBron James' dominance over public opinion.

When he was still a rookie, he already had the media influence of a star; after becoming a star, his influence on public opinion was even at the "goat" level.

"However, an ESPN reporter published an article, mentioning that Carlos Boozer also complained many times last season that he did not have the ball, and Ricky Davis was traded by the Cavaliers because of the ball possession issue..."

"Are you speaking for me?" Su Wan was a little surprised. This should not be written by Bill Duffy, otherwise he would not have specifically mentioned that this was written by an ESPN reporter.

After thinking about it, Su Wan felt that he should know the other party's name. Speaking for him at this time was like "helping someone in need". The influence might be limited, but at least it provided them with an idea for "counterattack with public opinion".

"She's an old acquaintance of yours, Irene Andrews!"

"Her?" Su Wan was not that surprised. After all, she had been sending out similar signals all along. It was just that this time, it was stronger.

What Su Wan didn't know was that Irene was also confused at this moment.

Originally, she just wanted to support Suwan, but she didn't expect that a wave of press releases about LeBron's reasonable play made her article seem particularly abrupt, directly pushing her to the opposite side of LeBron James. Just when she didn't know what to do, many media stood up and issued press releases of a similar nature to hers, which described in detail the "ball possession dispute" between Ricky Davis, Boozer and LeBron last season, and many "internal staff who did not want to be named" broke the news.

Then, these media outlets took it a step further and brought up some advanced statistics that ESPN didn't even have. The key point in the article was that "LeBron's possession rate per game is 33.5%! As his teammate, it's hard not to feel that you don't have the ball!"

These press releases naturally come from Bill Duffy's team.

The team behind LeBron currently consists of agents, the Goodwin brothers.

They are not worth mentioning. It is worth mentioning that LeBron's current lawyer Fred Schreyer, the legal adviser, was a senior executive of Nike; and LeBron has always maintained close contact with Sonny Vaccaro, the founder of Adidas ABCD Camp and a legend in the sneaker industry. Last summer, after the last-minute "betrayal" of Adidas executives led to LeBron's transfer to Nike, Sonny Vaccaro angrily chose to resign.

From this we can see that LeBron James's agent team has the media resources that only the two major sneaker brands Adidas and NIKE can have.

Ordinary agent teams really can't handle them.

Fortunately, the Bill Duffy team chosen by Suwan is one of the few teams that can compete with them at this stage.

The advanced data was proposed by Su Wan.

Since the 90s, with the development of computer technology and the rise of data analysis, basketball statistics have begun to go beyond traditional basic data such as points, rebounds and assists. But before John Hollinger joined ESPN in 2005, there was no clear formula for advanced statistics. Until he proposed the concept of PER.

The biggest beneficiary of advanced data is definitely LeBron James, and the biggest victims are naturally those "lone wolves" who make extremely unreasonable shots, such as the "Little Blacksmith" from Italy.

But in fact, the calculation formula of advanced data is ridiculous. Fifteen years later, Westbrook averaged a triple-double for many consecutive years, which made PER so high that ESPN had to modify the calculation formula, proving this point.

As long as they make slight adjustments to the formula, they can make a player fall from the altar, or they can keep certain players stable in the ranks of "data goats".

There is such a big bug in the high-level data.

Suwan thought of using "advanced data" to deal with LeBron James.

ESPN, as the biggest "royalist" in the future, has calculated that LeBron's ball possession rate is still around 25%. If Suwan finds his own data team and carefully verifies LeBron James' ball possession rate in his rookie season, can he give a strong response from the data?
The result did not disappoint him. In his rookie season, LeBron James averaged 20+5+5 per game and his ball usage rate was as high as 33.5%!

It is normal for teammates to complain with such a high ball usage rate.

Interestingly, Boozer also jumped out at this time and stomped hard on the Cavaliers management: "They only respect LeBron James, as if there is no other player on the Cavaliers except him. Ricky Davis regards the Cavaliers as his home. I am also very grateful that the Cavaliers chose me. However, I am not the last one, and Ricky will not be the last one. Now it is the turn of the Chinese newcomers. If they can't properly handle the relationship between us and LeBron, then similar things will never stop and will only keep repeating."

Su Wan successfully won this public opinion war.

LeBron's team was also not idle. After failing in the propaganda war, they immediately shifted their target and began to put pressure on the management: "The huge poster in the center of Cleveland is not that Chinese man, but LeBron James. I think you should know what he means to this city."

Danny Ferry was unusually tough and said, "This isn't the first time something like this has happened. Haven't you ever considered the consequences? If LeBron's teammates keep complaining about not having enough ball possession and are constantly being traded, then where will his helpers come from? Or do you think LeBron can play one against five? If you think he can, then I will trade him now."

No fxxk to say, LeBron's team keeps losing.

The Goodwin brothers could only talk to LeBron and ask him to calm down for a while. LeBron looked at the two brothers and thought:

It's time to replace these two old dogs!
(End of this chapter)