LeBron James running away? He's going all in on Curry.

October 27, 2010, Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland.

The new season has officially begun, with the Cavaliers hosting the Boston Celtics, the Eastern Conference powerhouse who just defeated the Heat's Big Three yesterday.

Before the game started, Cavaliers head coach Byron Scott stood on the sidelines with a tactical board in his hand, but his forehead was covered in cold sweat.

As a coach who once led the Nets to the NBA Finals, Scott never expected that the biggest challenge of his coaching career would not come from his opponents, but from his own boss.

Just ten minutes before the game, Su Yang gave him his only absolute order of the season in the locker room, in front of everyone:

"Abandon your outdated Princeton offense. Once he's on the court, everyone screen for Stephen Curry and give him unlimited shooting opportunities. I want him to rack up points, even if he misses thirty three-pointers, you're not allowed to take him out!"

In Su Yang's team-building blueprint, he never believed that Steve Kerr in later generations was the only true god of the Warriors dynasty.

Conversely, Kerr's rigid personnel decisions in crucial moments of the Finals, and his obsession with passing and cutting tactics, often put the team in dire straits.

Therefore, Su Yang would never hand over the team's remote control to such a stubborn coach.

He chose to replicate the model of "Mastermind" Pat Riley—finding an obedient puppet coach to stand in the spotlight while he himself remained the mastermind behind the scenes, firmly controlling the team's tactical core.

To this end, they spared no expense, shocking all the league's executives, to build the league's top-tier logistical fortress in advance:

He poached the league's top-notch medical team from the Phoenix Suns with three times their salary, specifically to take care of Curry's ankle.

At the same time, they used an irresistible check to poach Chip Engeldell, a shooting coach known as the "shooting machine maker," from the Spurs, specifically to train rough guys like Danny Green to shoot three-pointers.

With the commander in place and logistics fully in place, all that's left is to go into battle.

"beep--!"

The referee blew his whistle, and the match officially began.

However, the match predictably turned into a one-sided massacre.

Facing the Celtics' formidable trio of Garnett, Pierce, Ray Allen, and Rondo, the Cavaliers, comprised of undrafted players and players with poison pill contracts, were completely overwhelmed on defense and committed numerous turnovers on offense.

But amidst the chaos, the slender Stephen Curry was like a nimble bolt of lightning.

With unlimited firing rights, he completely unleashed his true nature.

Facing Rondo's tight defense, he ran frantically all over the court, and with the help of screens from DeAndre Jordan and Biedrins, he unleashed one three-pointer after another!

In the end, the game concluded with the Cavaliers suffering a crushing home defeat, 85-114, a result that was hardly surprising.

但大屏幕上史蒂芬·库里的数据却异常耀眼：去年场均只有17.5分的他，全场三分球12投6中，狂砍28分5次助攻！

……

The atmosphere in the post-match press conference room was electric.

Although Curry scored 28 points, the Cavaliers suffered a crushing 29-point defeat! Sports reporters across the United States, like sharks smelling blood, had prepared countless vicious questions to mercilessly mock this arrogant Chinese-American boss.

"Mr. Su, a crushing 29-point defeat! You cleared out all your immediate contributors in the summer, is this the new dynasty you've brought to Cleveland?"

"Curry, acquired in exchange for half the team, scored 28 points, but the team had no tactics whatsoever; they were practically a disorganized mess. Do you already regret LeBron leaving?"

Facing the jeers and ridicule from the audience, Su Yang sat in front of the microphone, his face calm and expressionless.

"No need to make such a fuss, guys."

Su Yang adjusted the microphone and calmly uttered four words: "Trust the process."

"Trust the process? Are you making excuses for the team's terrible performance?" an ESPN reporter pressed aggressively.

"No, I'm just stating a fact."

Su Yang sneered, "The Cavaliers are currently experiencing severe 'LeBron's over-sucking aftereffects,' which is a perfectly normal growing pain."

"Excessive bloodsucking?" All the reporters were taken aback.

"Isn't that right?" Su Yang unveiled the Cavaliers' tactics of the past seven years.

"In the past few years, in order to satisfy one person's all-encompassing needs, everyone on our roster has been functionalized to meet his requirements. The big men only need to be responsible for rebounding and physical battles, and the perimeter players only need to stand in the corner and wait for his damn drive and pass."

"This so-called 'ball-dominant' style of play essentially means taking all the credit for his teammates! All tactical resources are concentrated on him alone, turning his teammates into machines with no independent offensive capabilities! So once he leaves, those 'functionalized' players naturally stop playing!"

The reporters below the stage looked at each other in bewilderment. Although Su Yang's words were harsh, they couldn't refute them when they recalled the Cavaliers' game footage from the past few years.

"It's satisfying to rack up stats by taking on everything, but in high-level games like the finals, the drawbacks of this style become glaringly obvious—because the ball-dominant carry simply can't execute high-level, attacking plays!"

Su Yang then changed the subject, pointing to Curry beside him, "But Stephen is different. He played exceptionally well today, and what's best about him isn't his 28 points, but his relentless off-ball movement and catch-and-shoot plays throughout the game!"

"This style of play, which doesn't dominate the ball and creates its own threat, allows us to perfectly accommodate a second, or even a third, superstar! And that's precisely what LeBron will never learn!"

"His shooting is terrible, and he absolutely refuses to practice it! As for off-ball movement? He can't even be bothered to make a run to the baseline! Without the ball in his hands, he's just a spectator on the court!"

Boom! The press room erupted in uproar once again.

"Mr. Su, you're blatantly belittling LeBron, but the Heat had a Big Three at their peak!" a Miami reporter shouted indignantly.

"Really? Then you probably didn't watch the Heat's season opener against the Celtics yesterday, did you?"

A hint of mockery flashed in Su Yang's eyes as he recited a set of statistics: "The Heat also lost to the Celtics yesterday. LeBron scored 31 points, which seems impressive, but he also committed 8 turnovers! Dwyane Wade only had 13 points, and Chris Bosh a paltry 8!"

"The lack of cohesion among the Big Three was completely exposed in the very first game. Do you know why that happened?"

"Because LeBron's playing style is destined to exploit his teammates! Any superstar playing with him will degenerate into an ordinary All-Star, and an All-Star into a nobody! Especially for players like Wade whose offensive hotspot is under the basket, whenever the space overlaps, someone else will inevitably be sacrificing for him!"

"This is the 'Little Emperor' you all talk about. A fake god who uses his teammates' sacrifices to embellish his stats!"

"So, stop your taunts. Curry is the true cornerstone of a dynasty. And the Cavaliers will definitely establish a dynasty before the Heat!"

……

Su Yang's "vampire theory" and "the drawbacks of ball-dominant teams" instantly ignited the basketball community across the United States as soon as they were broadcast.

Countless fans from various teams, who have been suppressed by LeBron fans for many years, seem to have found the sharpest weapon and have been quoting Su Yang's words on the Internet.

Miami is really getting restless.

The following day, a media contingent led by a well-known LeBron James fan at ESPN launched a furious counterattack.

"What utterly absurd nonsense! A rich kid who's never played a single NBA game dares to comment on the playing style of a two-time MVP?"

"Wade and Bosh just had a bad game. Su Yang, this layman who doesn't understand basketball, is just using conspiracy theories to gain attention!"

"Just wait and see! The Heat's Big Three will soon shut this arrogant Chinese-American kid up with a winning streak! And his trash Cavaliers team should get ready to break the league's single-season losing streak record!"

Su Yang, who had just returned to Cleveland from his Los Angeles villa after "tutoring" Dilraba in English, simply smiled dismissively at the headlines in the newspaper, seemingly unfazed by the outside noise.

"Don't understand football? We'll see."