The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!

Don't be fooled by their constant mockery of other teams' superstars.

But deep down in their hearts...

They are green with envy!

The bitterness inside spills out in their acidic words.

But now, they don't have to envy anyone else.

The New York Knicks have also welcomed their first "banner raising night" in 38 years.

New Yorkers had entered the arena early, waiting for that moment to arrive.

Before that, David Stern had presented all the Knicks players with the championship rings from last season.

"Congratulations!"

David Stern congratulated Su Wan again as he handed him the ring.

Looking at him, Su Wan had a feeling:

All right, I've set up a new obstacle for you, young man. Try to break through it!

It's no wonder Su Wan thought this way.

Originally, the Lakers getting Chris Paul in a trade should have been canceled by David Stern for "basketball reasons," but this time around, he didn't do that.

Well...

Originally, the Lakers acquired Chris Paul during the 08~10 seasons when the team reached the Finals for three consecutive years, achieving back-to-back championships, but now... they won the championship in '08 and then fell in the Finals for the next two years, not even making it to the Western Conference Finals last year.

What they traded away was still Paul Gasol, not Yao Ming, who was out for a year with an injury, which brought some hidden worries to the Lakers' lineup.

Under such circumstances, it wasn't surprising that David Stern allowed such a lineup to exist.

The most important thing is...

Su Wan somewhat felt that this was specifically aimed at him.

The Lakers created a powerful "celestial group" in order to target him better.

And the barriers set by David Stern were more than that.

The League announced new regulations, and the specifics of how they were articulated weren't important. To put it bluntly, the NBA's "three-step layup" had officially become a "three-step layup."

To be more precise:

LeBron's previous "Crab Step" was considered traveling, but now, the "Crab Step" was no longer considered traveling...

Seeing this targeted reinforcement, the media were stunned.

The New York Times directly mocked: "Clearly, public opinion has helped LeBron a great deal, giving him a substantial advantage. From now on, he no longer has to worry about his Crab Step, since it's been legalized in the NBA!"

"I believe this won't be the last time!"

"Or maybe one day in the future, when he commits a foul on the court, the League will issue a new rule the next day, turning his foul into the opponent's foul!"

"The League might be able to do this, but what's meant to happen will still happen!"

"God knows everyone's ending!"

"Let's wait and see!"

Su Wan could understand everything else, but really couldn't wrap his head around why David Stern would do such a thing just to boost LeBron.

Keep in mind that the establishment of the Skills Challenge was initially aimed at encouraging the United States' players to place more emphasis on their fundamentals. From this, it is evident that David Stern knew how vital fundamental basketball skills are to the game.

So why now has he amended the traveling rule?

This is a blatant attack on the fundamentals of basketball!

However, news came out shortly after that it was not David Stern who made the decision this time, but Adam Silver!

This son of a gun did a good job during the lockout, and with David Stern only 3 years away from retirement, it was time for a handover of power. Apparently, his first order of business upon taking office was to meet with the media accusing the NBA of "de-blackening," and rumors surfaced of a "mysterious call" made to LeBron's Team.

After that, the new rule on traveling was released.

LeBron received a significant upgrade.

For LeBron, whose body was now completely solid, allowing him to play football on the basketball court truly made him a bulldozer-like presence.

LeBron also expressed his stance immediately: "Basketball is always progressing, and I support any change that makes the game smoother!"

This made quite a few media members want to scoff.

Among them were Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal.

But they couldn't touch LeBron for now; if they criticized LeBron, that would be a "Black man" betraying another "Black man."

They needed to wait for an opportunity...

An opportunity for LeBron to slip up!

When that time came, don't blame the bros for not holding back.

"Go for it, buddy, I'm rooting for you!" David Stern seemed to have noticed Su Wan's contemplative expression; he knew what Su Wan was thinking.

But there were some things he couldn't outright tell Su Wan.

In fact, he could see that Adam Silver had some issues with Su Wan.

He tried to recall and then remembered the last "drug test" incident, where Adam Silver had clashed with Su Wan, ultimately ending in Silver's defeat.

Could he still hold a grudge?

David Stern was speechless.

But now Silver had the trust of most of the owners, and they were all confident in Silver becoming the new commissioner.

Su Wan was probably going to face constant "Black Hand" maneuvers from Silver!

However, Su Wan's influence was quite significant now, with both Nike and the New York Media behind him.

Especially now that he'd brought another championship to New York.

Didn't you see after the news spread about Popovich trying to play dirty on the court, the New York Gang went to set fire in front of Popovich's house?