The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!

In addition to his sneaker brand, shares from variety shows, and advertising endorsements...

Starting next year, his annual earnings are expected to reach 150 million US dollars.

Oh, right, his game company has also been established, and the first project they are working on is a game similar to "Werewolf Killing." Because the project has just begun, Su Wan hasn't leaked too much information.

He believes that soon, the "gaming domain" on his business map will be lit up.

By doing so...

He will have yet another source of extra income.

Of course, for Su Wan, this is just his sideline business.

With the influence he radiates in the basketball field, he generated direct revenues of 110 million in the past year. Starting from next year, it's expected to increase to 150 million. This is a conservative estimate; many endorsements are signed for two or three years, and revenue generation will need to pass through this cycle before increasing again, hence the seemingly modest increase for next year.

But if compared to his money-drawing pace during his past 6 years in Indiana, now he is essentially "printing US dollars"!

Apart from Michael Jordan, no other basketball player in the world can match his "money-drawing capability."

From this aspect, Su Wan has indeed reached the standard of the "God of Basketball."

On June 25, 2011, the draft officially arrived.

It's worth mentioning that the Cavaliers' No.1 pick was obtained via a trade with the Clippers.

But since the Clippers got Little Si last summer, their record has been consistent with the Western playoffs.

So this time, the Cavaliers didn't make a trade with the Clippers.

They sent a trade exception to the Jazz Team, took on a few bad contracts, and in return, received their first-round pick.

At that time, the Jazz Team couldn't imagine that Jerry Sloan and Deron Williams would "implode," their first-round pick kept rising and ultimately became the No.1 Pick.

It's just that the Jazz Team couldn't laugh about it.

The Cavaliers took away that pick.

Even though the trade partner was different, the Cavaliers still ended up with the No.1 pick and used it to draft the stylish player Kevin Irving.

Erin looked at the Cavaliers' choice and asked Su Wan, "His template is Allen Iverson, do you think Kevin Irving could become the next Allen Iverson?"

"Their skills are similar, but it's difficult for this league to give birth to another Allen Iverson!"

Although once saying Allen Iverson was his idol, which was only to prevent LeBron from entering the All-Star starting lineup, Su appreciated Allen Iverson's abilities.

Many "cloud fans" only notice Iverson's low efficiency, claiming his Scoring King title was padded with stats.

But in reality, of all the shooting guards in the NBA, only a handful could lead the Philadelphia 76ers to the Finals.

And those were all regular season MVP-level players.

The rest truly couldn't hold a candle to Allen Iverson.

Including Kyrie Irving.

Put him on the 01' Philadelphia 76ers, and the best result for that team might just be the second round.

Whether Irving's offensive skills are better than Allen Iverson's is up for discussion.

But his individual scoring firepower cannot match Iverson's level.

Enough said.

Under the same tactics, Little Thomas scored an average of 29.6 points for the Celtics, while Irving has only around 24 points.

He belongs to the "highly-skilled" players but his scoring sustainability is very much a "Nervous Saber."

Then there's the Forest Wolf, with the second pick in the first round, they originally selected Derek Williams.

This player, before the draft, was considered by many experts to be "Little LeBron."

However, this time it's not known if LeBron failed to reach his own height, as even the so-called "Little LeBron" was affected, and the Forest Wolf ultimately chose Tristan Thompson.

The future "Eight Wise King" was selected by the Forest Wolf this time.

From Su Wan's perspective, this was moving from one pitfall to another.

He understood that the Forest Wolf selected "Eight Wise King" to alleviate the burden on Kevin Love and help reduce unnecessary confrontations under the basket.

But the problem is, for a player like Love, who doesn't have great physical attributes, the precondition for getting so many frontcourt rebounds is confrontation.

So what suits him more would be a Power Forward who can space the floor, not a "jumping jack" like the "Eight Wise King."

But regarding the Forest Wolf, whatever choices they make seem quite normal...

Just look at the future when they trade 5 first-round picks to the Jazz Team for Gobert, such a move isn't something an ordinary team would make.

Gobert probably didn't expect his value to be so high either.

Subsequently, several rookies were picked one after another.

Watching these familiar faces and their somewhat familiar names, Su was quite sure they made a small name for themselves in the league, but didn't become true superstars.

Overall, the quality of the top ten picks in the 2011 draft wasn't very impressive.

Michael Jordan's judgment was accurate for once, as the Bobcats selected Kemba Walker with the ninth pick of the first round.

Setting everything else aside, just for this draft alone, Jordan's choice wasn't bad, as Kenny Walker could be ranked within the top six in a redraft of the 2011 class.