Don't talk trash to him.

Chapter 27 Leave the Rookie to Me
The NBA has a long history of throwing magnesium powder.

Earlier, Jordan liked to sprinkle magnesium powder in front of the technical table, making the faces of the on-site commentators and technical statisticians covered with it.

The commentator at the time wore a mask and a gas mask to fight back against his teasing, which was also an interesting episode before the game.

After Jordan, Kevin Garnett also liked to cover his hands with magnesium powder and slap them vigorously to tease the technicians in front of him. Sometimes the movements were too big and his arms would be raised. LeBron saw it once and thought no one wanted it, so he "picked it up" and innovated it into his unique signature move.

Since high school, LeBron James has had the habit of throwing magnesium powder before games.

It was just that in his rookie season, in order to maintain a low-key and modest image off the court, he didn't throw magnesium powder very often. Even after throwing it, he would "shyly" say: "Everything is to respond to the fans' love for me."

At the beginning of the new season, he intends to perform a magnesium powder throwing ceremony before every home game.

To this end, he spent three hours studying the amount of throwing, the throwing action, and the throwing angle.

As the competition was approaching and the spectators had almost arrived, he was about to give his performance, but who would have thought that Su Wan had taken a step ahead and thrown magnesium powder, and he did this by jumping onto the technical table.

If his throwing of magnesium powder before was the most domineering, then Su Wan's throwing of magnesium powder at this moment was not only domineering, but also flamboyant and youthful!

Just look at the reaction on the scene:
The cheers were loud!
The Cavaliers fans in the front row, bathed in magnesium powder, were like the most devout believers, with crazy enthusiasm on their faces. They danced and sang to the utmost, responding to Suwan's "high diving".

"Young people nowadays are so flamboyant!" Reggie Miller also noticed this on the Pacers bench. He thought he was crazy enough to trash-talk Jordan during his rookie season, but now looking at Suwan, he felt that he was really humble back then.

"Don't fight with me, I'll give that rookie to me!" A muscular guy with a face full of flesh and an "unhappy" look said blankly. He looked like a wild beast that could explode at any time.

Someone nearby said dissatisfiedly: "Ron, this rookie is obviously playing the second position, you should think about how to deal with LeBron, this is what you should do as the best player of the season."

"Stephen, don't be so stingy. I can only play against him for a few rounds and make him behave. Then I will return him to you!"

"No, I'm also annoyed by his actions. I can handle it myself!"

The two people who are vying to face off against Su Wan are Stephen Jackson, the "Martial Saint", and Ron Artest, the "Beast". They are the Pacers' perimeter defenders.

Especially Ron Artest, who just won the first "Defensive Player of the Season Award" in his career last season, and he snatched it from Ben Wallace, the winner of the "Defensive Player of the Season Award" for two consecutive years. It is of great value.

In the current league, he is the best on the outside when it comes to defensive ability alone.

No matter how good a outside scorer is, he will suffer when he meets him.

This was the first time he met Su Wan, and they had no personal grudges against each other. The reason he rushed to defend Su Wan was very simple:
He didn't allow rookies to be so aggressive in front of the Pacers. At this moment, these rookies should be nervous about meeting Ron Artest.

Now he is not only not nervous, but also very arrogant. No doubt, let's deal with him!
Su Wan didn't know that his plan had succeeded, but he was very clear that he was now extremely high-profile. If this didn't work, then he could only try some exciting "Dare to Dirty Talk". If he gets slapped in the face, he gets slapped in the face. When you are in the world, how can you avoid getting hurt?
I came down from the technical table with satisfaction, just in time to see LeBron James standing next to me like an ant, holding magnesium chalk in both hands.

"You want to throw it too? Come on, show it!"

Su Wan stepped aside.

LeBron looked down at the magnesium chalk in his hand, then just slapped it a few times and finished in a hurry.

He gave up throwing the magnesium powder.

Not to mention that he practiced 100 times before the game, even if he practiced 1 times or 1 times, I'm afraid the effect would not be one-tenth of what Su Wan achieved when he stood on the technical stage.

Unless he also stands on the technical stand, the fans will just feel bored.

But if he also stood on the technical platform, wouldn’t that be blatant plagiarism?

You know, Suwan copied his action of throwing magnesium powder, but at least it was innovative. And standing on the technical platform and shouting "This is my horse" is a classic scene of Suwan in the summer league. His combination is not abrupt at all.

LeBron is different. He has never done anything so ostentatious. He is domineering on the court and low-key off the court.

LeBron was sullenly sitting on the bench after his pre-match limelight was stolen. Suwan was already on the court warming up at this time. He caught a glimpse of the scene on the bench and thought of something very interesting:

The future "chosen one" made the most difficult decision and brought his talent to the South Coast. When everyone was pushing him down, some media said that LeBron didn't even participate in the pre-game warm-up in order to prepare for throwing magnesium powder. Now he can be regarded as seeing the "material"?

LeBron obviously doesn't know that his current self-indulgence will become a historical basis for reckoning with him at some point in the future. The big screen at the scene showed the starting lineups of both sides at this time:
“The Cavaliers: LeBron James at No. 1, Suwan at No. 2, Ira Newbell at No. 3, Drew Gooden at No. 4, and Big Z at No. 5;

Pacers: No. 1 Tinsley, No. 2 Stephen Jackson, No. 3 Ron Artest, No. 4 Jermaine O'Neal, No. 5 Jeff Foster;"

Then the referee whistled, and the starting lineups of both teams came out. Joe Tate, the "Voice of the Cavaliers", in the commentary booth immediately adjusted the microphone in front of him:

"Ladies and gentlemen, you are witnessing a historic moment. Su Wan, the first Chinese outside player in the NBA, is about to play his first game in his NBA career. This is also the first Chinese player to start in the NBA. The career of No. 99 of the Cavaliers officially begins from this moment!"

LeBron felt chest tightness again.

Su Wan had already stolen the limelight before the game, and now the game became a historic moment for Su Wan.

He held his breath, determined to show his momentum from the start.

Cleveland's greatest exposure must be focused on him.

It's just that the Pacers are in the strongest phase of their history. Last season, they won 61 games, the highest in the league, but unfortunately they were eliminated in the Eastern Conference Finals. In the summer, they retained all the structures and strived to win the first championship trophy in the team's history in the new season.

Their goal is to win the championship, while the Cavaliers' goal is to make the playoffs.

The level gap between the two teams is obvious at a glance.

In the first round of the game, LeBron James broke through with the ball, but was intercepted head-on. His pass to the right was intercepted by Artest who was following him, and the Pacers easily completed a counterattack.

There was a mistake at the start.

LeBron gritted his teeth and called for a pick-and-roll for Big Z. He then bypassed Big Z and found Artest was already waiting for him on the other side.

In his prime, Artest had two killer moves: a strong body and swift lateral footwork.

Otherwise, he would not have become the most terrifying "outside iron gate" in the league during this period.

However, the Pacers have another big "killer trick" to block LeBron:
That was the "block pass" tactic arranged by Rick Carlisle standing on the sidelines.

LeBron has many "natural enemy coaches" in the league, from Popovich, who shaved LeBron's head for the first time in the finals, to "Zhuge Malone" who uses all kinds of fancy "fire and juice", and also "Scolari" who is particularly familiar with LeBron because he coached him.

In addition...

Rick Carlisle is often overlooked!
The 2011 Finals was his classic masterpiece in which he defeated LeBron.

In fact, academic coaches are well aware that a typical "non-traditional point guard" like LeBron James has no decent organizational ability at all, and his passing relies on his "breakthrough pass."

As long as we can cut off his breakthrough path, we will know when he will pass the ball and can roughly judge his passing path.

"Snapped!"

LeBron James' second pass was almost intercepted again, but fortunately Newbell grabbed the ball. Suwan was very smart to go around him from behind and catch the ball, then break through with the ball.

The space under the basket had already been emptied because of LeBron's pick-and-roll call.

He broke through directly, and Stephen Jackson behind him had to switch to defend Newbell, so he was facing Jamal Tinsley, the Pacers' worst perimeter defender who was only 1 meters tall.

Tinsley's defensive advantage is his ability to fight back, and he is rarely eaten alone in a 1v1 situation.

The disadvantage is that the team's defensive awareness is flawed. ——This means that there is no awareness of backup defense.

So when he found out that Stephen Jackson was going to switch defense with him, Suwan's shoulders were already level with his. After getting out of position, Suwan, who had an advantage in tonnage, strength and height, scored with a "reverse dunk" over Tinsley's head.

The moment the dunk was completed, Su Wan screamed loudly, and when he landed, he pounded his chest towards the audience, and by the way, he used the "Bully Step" that LeBron James would love to do in the future in advance.

LeBron James' consecutive passing errors made the chilled atmosphere at the scene boil again at this moment.

(End of this chapter)