The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!

Because in his view, Su Wan's rejection was tantamount to turning down further possibilities.

And after attending this party, he planned to use these VIPs' connections to regain the influence he once had...

Eh?

Wait a minute...

Why do I still not have an invitation when he already has one?

LeBron suddenly discovered a glaring point.

It made the originally excited him suddenly feel as though a bucket of cold water had been dumped on his head, completely wilting his spirits.

On the first day after, the Eastern Conference Finals officially commenced, the League announced the regular season MVP results in the morning:

Su Wan won with a vote share of 38.5%, edging out Derek Rose's 36.2%.

The margin was very small.

Possibly just one or two first-place votes.

New York's television stations reported the news one after another at noon that day:

Su Wan clinched the regular season MVP, breaking the embarrassing 41-year record of the New York Knicks not having a player win the award.

If this result had come at the end of the regular season, there might have been some doubt.

After all, Derek Rose really did perform well this season and deserved a regular season MVP award. But after the semifinals, even the Chicago media had to admit, it wasn't that Derek Rose wasn't good enough, it's just that Su Wan was too awesome!

Awesome to the point where people couldn't ignore his presence.

There were a total of three teams that ended the season with 60 wins.

But only the New York Knicks managed a 41-0 home record.

And moreover...

What was your lineup, and what was his?

Artest, past his prime, Tyson Chandler, who faced injury last season, Gallinari in his third year, Stephen Curry in his sophomore year, and Paul George, a rookie.

Before Vince Carter arrived, these players were the regular lineup of the New York Knicks, aside from Su Wan.

ESPN repeatedly wrote, "Only Su Wan could have achieved such success with a Knicks team like this."

The "Open-air grandstand" similarly stated, "This season, Su Wan has managed to do many things he hadn't done before. Just considering his individual performance alone, his average scoring was a new career high, and his single-game 83 points means that, just like Kobe a few years back, he has officially entered that level."

The reports lasted all day, even more buzzed about than the upcoming Eastern Conference Finals.

Apart from the lack of suspense in the Eastern Conference Finals, more importantly:

The New York Media, leading the way, had already started building momentum for Su Wan's "ascension to godhood."

With this award, Su Wan's career total of regular season MVPs had now reached four...

Which put him ahead of the likes of Larry Bird.

Now he was tied with Chamberlain.

Ahead of him, there were only two people left.

One was Michael Jordan.

He had five regular season MVP trophies.

The other was the "Ring King" Bill Russell.

He had six regular season MVP trophies.

This meant that, in terms of this achievement, he was now in third place.

If he could also take home this year's Championship Trophy as the Finals MVP, he would then tie with Michael Jordan for the most Finals MVPs, at first place.

And also tie with Jordan for the eighth spot in total championships won in history.

In front of him, without exception, were members from the Celtics' "eight consecutive championships" era...

The only one among these eight people who truly planted a flag on "President Mountain" was Bill Russell!

However, for Su Wan to surpass Michael Jordan,

He had to become number one on all lists.

Not only did he need to jump from third to first on the regular season MVP leaderboard and from tied for first to sole first on the Finals MVP leaderboard, but he also needed to surpass those ancient Celtics legends in total championships won...

Only then would he become the undisputed number one.

Of course, that was his goal.

Nowadays, with the backing of New York, it's estimated that when he won his eighth total championship, when he led New York to their first "three consecutive championships," the New York Media would proclaim him the NBA's one and only "goat" and wildly endorse him.

Wait a minute…

Su Wan realized that since coming to New York, he had subconsciously picked up the bad habit of popping champagne bottles prematurely.

He was still in pursuit of his first Championship Trophy!

Yet he was already dreaming about leading the New York Knicks to a "three consecutive championships" and snatching the title of "goat" from atop Michael Jordan's head...

This was another "three-year plan," but right now, the first thing that Su Wan needed to do was to win this year's championship.

The Western Conference Finals had already finished their first game.

After an intense battle, the Spurs triumphed over the Mavericks 108-101.

From this game, both teams had their own issues:

On the Spurs' side, Tim Duncan was enduring plantar fasciitis, which significantly impacted his movement on both offense and defense.

Honestly, the Spurs should thank Su Wan.

Without him, the Grizzlies wouldn't have been able to build their original "black and white bears" system. How could they have advanced to the Western Conference Finals?

They would've suffered a humiliating "Black Eight" defeat!

With this debt of gratitude, gifting the championship in the Finals wouldn't be too much, would it?

As for the Mavericks...

Their biggest problem was not acquiring Tyson Chandler.

From the first game, it was apparent that, to cope with the Spurs' "Magic Ball" strategy, Dirk Nowitzki spent a great deal of physical energy on defense, scurrying around so much so that at critical moments in the game, when needed to deliver the "decisive blow," he faltered.