LeBron James running away? He's going all in on Curry.
Chapter 35 Don't Let Loyalty Ruin You
In late June 2012, golden ribbons rained down from the dome of the American Airlines Arena in Miami.
After the humiliating defeat in last year's Finals, LeBron James finally defeated the young Oklahoma City Thunder 4-1 at the end of this shortened season, winning his first Larry O'Brien Trophy and being crowned Finals MVP without any doubt!
That night, the entire city of Miami was completely engulfed in a sea of revelry.
With the championship trophy secured, Nike and Rich Paul's public relations and marketing machine, which had been simmering for a year, finally went into overdrive, launching a massive and frenzied counterattack across the United States and even the world!
"The King is crowned! LeBron James silences all doubters with his undeniable dominance!"
"Ending their inner demons! The Miami Heat's dynasty has officially begun!"
All the official media outlets and pundits were practically screaming their lungs out on television programs, praising James' greatness.
On the internet, James' fans, who had been suppressed by Su Yang for an entire season, also came out in droves as if it were New Year's Day.
Like sharks smelling blood, they swarmed the Cavaliers' official account and Su Yang's personal Twitter account, leaving hundreds of thousands of sarcastic and abusive comments.
"Speak up! You nouveau riche Chinese-American! What happened to your prediction? Didn't you say LeBron wouldn't win a championship?!"
"What right does a trashy boss who was eliminated in the second round have to judge the Finals MVP?"
"Go back to your fishing trip in Cleveland! The King has already got the ring; you'll only ever look up to him for the rest of your life!"
Faced with a tsunami of ridicule and provocation from the entire internet, Su Yang, who had long anticipated this outcome, made no response whatsoever, nor did he post any sour congratulations or retaliation.
Just when everyone thought Su Yang was admitting defeat and playing dead in the face of this undeniable "championship fact," late at night the day after the finals ended, Su Yang updated his Twitter account after a long absence.
This tweet not only made no mention of LeBron James' championship win, but also tagged Kevin Durant, the Thunder's star player who had just suffered a crushing defeat in the Finals.
The tweet, though only a single sentence long, quoted Kevin Garnett's famous, timeless line that resonated throughout the league:
[@KDTrey5 Don't let loyalty ruin you.]
The moment this tweet was posted, Heat fans who were celebrating were stunned, as were media outlets across the United States.
Don't let loyalty ruin you.
At this critical juncture, why would the Cleveland owner suddenly say such a thing to the Thunder's ace? What is he trying to do?!
The next day at noon, when Su Yang drove out of his villa in Beverly Hills, preparing to visit the Hollywood film set, his Panamera was caught red-handed by a group of paparazzi and sports reporters who had been waiting at the intersection.
"Mr. Su! What was the meaning behind your tweet last night? Were you recruiting Kevin Durant?"
"What else do you want to say about LeBron James winning the championship and silencing your previous doubts?"
Rolling down the car window, looking at the reporters who seemed eager to shove microphones into his mouth, Su Yang took off his sunglasses, his eyes flashing with an emotion comparable to that of an Oscar-winning actor.
It was three parts regret, three parts indignation, and four parts extreme mockery.
"LeBron's championship? That's nothing to talk about. If you can't beat someone, you just cling to the coattails of a superstar in their prime. What's the value of a championship cobbled together like that?"
Su Yang casually brushed aside James, then changed the subject and began his real performance:
"What I said last night was simply out of pity for a truly great basketball player. Without a doubt, Kevin Durant is the best player in this series!"
"Just look at his performance on the court! He's young and full of unparalleled energy! His skills are superb, and his terrifying wingspan combined with his historic shooting touch makes him an invincible one-on-one machine on the court!"
Su Yang praised Durant to the skies, "But basketball isn't a one-man sport. Kevin used up all his bullets, but who were the people around him?"
The reporters, sensing the tension of a major news story, quickly handed their recording pens forward.
"James Harden was hyped up like a god during the regular season, but in the high-stakes Finals, he completely turned into a spineless coward! He disappeared from the game every time, and his shooting was as bad as if he were hitting a blacksmith's anvil!"
"And that Russell Westbrook!" Su Yang fired without holding back. "His playing style is extremely selfish and toxic! As a point guard, he's obsessed with those unreasonable zombie jump shots, repeatedly squandering the team's hopes of catching up. He's not helping Kevin win; he's stealing the spotlight from him!"
"What if you swapped Kevin Durant and LeBron James on different teams..."
Su Yang stared at the camera and offered a highly provocative hypothesis: "If you put Kevin alongside Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, I bet it would be a clean 4-0 sweep! The Miami Heat would win by more than 20 points every game!"
"And if you put LeBron with teammates of Westbrook and Harden's caliber? Sorry, they probably wouldn't even make it to the Western Conference Finals."
Su Yang sneered, concluding the interview with, "Kevin Durant has done his best, but he simply can't carry that bunch of riffraff around him. How could those riffraff possibly help him win a championship? That's why I said, don't let that damned loyalty squander his unparalleled talent!"
These words nearly made the reporters at the scene faint with excitement!
This is amazing!
Su Yang not only used the logic of "swap teams" to kick James hard again, but also ignited the conflict in the Thunder's locker room!
Calling Harden and Westbrook "nobody"?! If these words got back to Oklahoma, the brotherhood between the Thunder's Big Three would instantly suffer an irreparable rift!
And what kind of seed of doubt will be planted in the heart of Kevin Durant, who is sensitive and cares about the opinions of others, after hearing these comments that elevate him to a pedestal but belittle his teammates?
Su Yang closed the car window and drove away, leaving behind a media frenzy that drove the entire league into a frenzy.
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