Don't talk trash to him.

Chapter 7 Jose Calderon
The news that the "Dream Team 6" won the warm-up game with Allen Iverson's buzzer-beater was the headline of most media the next day.

Reporters and experts from all walks of life did not give high praise to this heroic ending that Hollywood loves to see.

Before this "game-winning goal", they lost by 16 points in the warm-up match against the same opponent.

Now the "revenge battle" has only won by 3 points...

In the past, the "Dream Team" had never been so embarrassed, not even in the Olympic Games, let alone the warm-up matches.

Some media called this "Dream Team 6" the "Nightmare Team".

Barkley believes they could lose to any opponent in the Olympics.

In addition to this news, Suwan's layup goal with JR Smith hanging on his body attracted a lot of media attention. Later, Suwan's remarks in the past two days were exposed, and more and more American fans knew about this flamboyant Chinese rookie.

He mocked the Magic's "twin stars" and threatened to play in the second half to make the game less boring, which made the outside world pay close attention to the upcoming summer league.

According to the latest report from ESPN, two-thirds of the seats in the stadium were sold in half a day, even though only a few hundred tickets were sold yesterday. -- The stadium used by the Las Vegas Summer League has about 3 seats, which means that there will be about 2 fans in the stadium.

Since the summer league began, no game has sold so many tickets. Including last year when LeBron James brought half of the Cavaliers' main team to play in the summer league. There were many media reports, but the number of fans willing to pay to watch the game was far less than this.

It can be seen that no matter how talented one is, it is not as good as someone who knows how to make things happen.

Warren Legari was having a blast.

He is the founder of the Las Vegas Summer League.

The NBA already had a summer league in 99, but it was not systematic and not as professional as the NBA regular season.

He had the idea of ​​bringing NBA Summer League teams to Las Vegas to play games every year.

However, this idea was rejected by Rod Thorn, then vice president of basketball operations at the NBA, who said the summer league should not be associated with Las Vegas.

Last year, Warren met Adam Silver, then vice president, in Europe. His attitude was completely opposite to Thorn's. He believed that "combining Las Vegas with basketball" was a good idea and helped him actively recommend it to David Stern.

In February of this year, David Stern approved the idea and the first Las Vegas Summer League kicked off.

In order not to affect other summer leagues, the scale of this one was not large, with only 6 teams participating and only $3 in activity funds. But fortunately, he got sponsorship from Reebok.

Now it seems that his good luck has not stopped.

In the first league, there appeared a rookie who was so capable of causing trouble.

Looking at the attention from the outside world, there should be no problem in getting sponsorship for the next Las Vegas Summer League.

Some people were almost laughing to death, while others were almost angry to death.

Dwight Howard and Nelson Jr. came out of their rooms early in the morning with a smile on their faces and went to the restaurant to have breakfast. They were gradually getting used to being NBA players. However, when they saw the interview report about Suwan, their smiles disappeared instantly.

No, who is this guy?

Get sick!
Why are you mocking us for no reason?
"Jamal, I've never wanted to knock someone down like I do right now!"

Dwight Howard slammed the newspaper on the table. He had originally planned to rescue the "fallen girl" tonight, but now he decided to conserve his energy and play well in tomorrow's game to teach that ignorant Chinese kid a lesson.

Nelson closed the newspaper without saying a word, looking calmer than Howard. But from the tightly clenched fork in his hand, it was clear that he was holding back a lot of energy.

Uncle, right?
We’ll see!
I'll show you why I'm on the cover of Sports Illustrated!

At the same time, in another more luxurious five-star hotel restaurant in Las Vegas, Wade forked a large piece of bacon into his mouth and pushed a newspaper across from him: "LeBron, look at this!"

"What's so good about it!" LeBron's youthful yet mature face flashed with disdain. "They are just saying that we didn't play well. Let them talk. It doesn't affect me eating the breakfast they envy."

He thought that what Wade showed him was news criticizing him again.

Since losing the first warm-up match, such news has been increasing day by day. It's not just him, no one in the "Dream Team 6" has escaped this ridicule. He has now learned to turn a blind eye. What else can I say? It's his fault that he is too good, so he has been envied by so many people.

"No, it's the new guy your team selected this year. He's very interesting. You should take a look."

"The new guy on our team?"

That Chinese player...uncle?

LeBron James struggled to remember Su Wan's last name. He picked up the newspaper and read the report. There was a hint of surprise in his eyes:

Isn’t this newcomer too restless?

This was the first thought that came to his mind.

"How about it, do you want to go and take a look? We don't have to train tomorrow." When Wade asked, he looked to the other side. Next to LeBron James sat a "baby-faced" guy, who was none other than Carmelo Anthony, one of the "two proud brothers of the ages".

Anthony nodded and said he could go and try a few after watching the game.

James nodded along.

Originally he didn't care about this newcomer, but now he felt that he needed to get close to him so that he could successfully become a "good brother" with this Chinese rookie.

"Sure enough, these two people are still too introverted!"

Early in the morning on the day of the competition, Su Wan flipped through several mainstream media reports and sighed in disappointment.

His face has become so shameless.

Howard and Nelson Jr. did not respond at all in front of the media.

Su Wan knew that they must be holding back their energy and wanted to give him a strong response with their performance in the game.

Can……

What's the point of holding it in?

You guys should let it out!

Fortunately, he had thoughtfully prepared some dirty talk for the two of them. If they still had it in during the show, he would definitely make them go crazy.

"Uncle, are you really not going to play in the first half today?" Brandon Malone asked as the game was approaching. After getting a positive answer from Su Wan, he said nothing more and pointed to a substitute, "Then you, you will start in place of uncle in the first half."

He didn't care about Su Wan's "misbehavior".

Su Wan's stunning performance was enough for him to dominate the summer league.

The player who was pointed out gave Su Wan a grateful smile.

This is the summer league. The playing opportunities that high-ranking rookies casually throw away may be what other players dream of and see as an opportunity to turn things around in life.

When he smiled, Su Wan suddenly felt that he looked familiar. After looking through his teammates' information, he found that this person was actually:

Jose Calderon!

He was not familiar with this Raptors starting point guard and member of the Spanish "Golden Generation" who would be the starting point guard for many years to come. After reading Calderon's resume, Su Wan learned that he also participated in the 03 NBA draft, but was ultimately unselected.

Then he returned to the Spanish league.

This summer, the Cavaliers and several other teams invited him to play in the summer league, and he chose to join the Cavaliers.

Don't ask Su Wan why he discovered him just now.

To him, what is the difference between these teammates in the summer league and the NPCs in the novice village?
After these 6 games, only one out of ten will remain, and most of them will never meet again. Instead of building good relationships with them, it is better to think about how to "brush" more zone points on the field!
Therefore, he had never looked at the information of these teammates and did not know their names.

Could there be any fish that slipped through the net?

The Cavaliers' drafting and reinforcement work has actually always been pretty good, especially their low-round picks.

96年首轮第20顺位他们选中了大Z；02年次轮总第34顺位他们选中了卡洛斯-布泽尔；未来的06年首轮第25顺位他们拿到了香农-布朗，次轮总第42顺位丹尼尔-吉布森；08年首轮第19顺位JJ-希克森；09年次轮总第46顺位他们拿下了丹尼-格林……

I just don’t know why, most of the players who left the Cavaliers played better and better, while those who stayed had occasional highlights but soon became ordinary people again.

But after looking around, Su Wan no longer saw the familiar name.

(End of this chapter)