Chapter 271: The Biggest Beneficiary of the Rule Change is Actually..._5
Then I found out...
The positions reported to the League and the positions players actually play can be different.
Like last season's Tim Duncan, he was reported as a power forward, but he played as a center in the team.
LeBron was reported as a small forward, but he played as a point guard on the floor.
After all, you can't really dispute it with him, if you say he's playing as a point guard, he'll tell you that actually Battier is the point guard, LeBron is the small forward...
In short, it was a loophole exploited by him.
Letting LeBron exploit a loophole was more painful than killing Su Wan.
The staff laughed and said to Su Wan, "Dude, does this game affect your regular season MVP? And you still have the mood to think about these things?"
So relaxed, huh?
Su Wan replied, "Only the Miami media and LeBron would treat this game as a war..."
For him...
It was just another routine "star catching."
How many times had such things happened?
Even if he wanted to feel nervous, he really was...
Unable to get nervous at all!
However...
He had prepared a surprise for LeBron!
Just not sure if LeBron would like it.
"Beep!"
The buzzer sounded, the game officially started.
LeBron heard the whistle, stood up from the bench, his eyes fiercer than ever.
He whispered to himself,
LeBron!
The Chosen One!
Think about what you've sacrificed for this game!
Thinking about it, he involuntarily flinched.
A look of shameful anger flashed across his face.
It hurt!
It hurt so much!
And LeBron...
You must remember this pain!
Turn this pain into motivation for the game and seize this game!
You can definitely do it, I definitely can!
LeBron stepped onto the court, seeing Su Wan strolling around nonchalantly on the opposite side, anger rising in his eyes.
Damn it!
He thought it was Su Wan's blatant disdain for him!
But no matter, he would soon realize what "times have changed" meant!
LeBron was very confident in his current abilities.
After all, he had received a big boost from the League.
With this boost, his breakthroughs had become extremely sharp.
Charles Barkley was discussing LeBron James' breakthrough ability in the studio: "He has a historic level of talent, and now with the league's rule changes, he has become an unstoppable tank!"
Shaquille O'Neal repeated LeBron's words mockingly next to him: "Hey, Charles, I want to remind you that the rule changes aren't just for LeBron alone; they apply to everyone in the league because they can perform similar moves!"
Barkley couldn't help but retort: "I could never use this rule in my life!"
Damn, he had been doing a three-step layup since elementary school. Even if the rules now allowed him to take three steps and then jump, he couldn't do it!
It was a matter of habit.
So when he heard LeBron say that all players in the league were covered by this rule, he was really speechless.
LeBron probably didn't realize that aside from him, no one would be accustomed to attacking in this manner.
But anyway, with version updates, it was this version of the league now, and LeBron's breakthrough, not to exaggerate, was also a T0.5 level "heavy weapon."
As for that 0.5 difference...
It lay in LeBron's limited variety of breakthroughs; once he started charging, he could only rush in one direction.
Therefore, as long as a mobile big man inside correctly predicted, they could disrupt him effectively.
The New York Knicks had just such an inside player:
Tyson Chandler!
However, compared to the past, stopping LeBron had become a lot more difficult.
Because LeBron could now gather the ball and accelerate earlier.
No one could question LeBron's power.
Once he completed his acceleration, with the added inertia, that was even more...
It's really key to be able to take an extra step.
"Beep!"
With the referee's whistle blowing again, both teams jumped the ball.
The ball belonged to the New York Knicks.
Stephen Curry carried the ball across half-court while Dior began moving from the wing toward the top of the arc.
As he moved out, Curry passed the ball to him and then began to move vehemently off-ball.
Supposedly, LeBron, playing at point guard, should follow, but instead, LeBron pointed to Wade, his "bro," and immediately Wade followed.
That was it.
Dior took the ball at the arc top, facing Chris Bosh, and with a fierce pass, he sent it inside.
Tyson Chandler, on the move, caught the ball and just like that, executed a slam dunk over David Lee's head.
"Damn, that's smooth!" cried Reggie Miller from the ABC commentary booth, outright swearing.
It wasn't just him saying that; Bill Walton, watching the Knicks' attack from the ESPN commentary booth, couldn't help but exclaim, "Really, Boris's organizational talent is completely showcased in this year's New York Knicks!"
This season, Dior averaged 11.2 assists per game, ranking first in the league's average assist leaderboard.
Steve Nash, Rajon Rondo, and a bunch of other top league assistants this season, all were below him.
The lazy vibe, combined with the astonishing passing, made his popularity skyrocket in New York.
As it turned out, even the most dispassionate players, when enveloped in a plethora of camera flashes, would become more proactive than usual.
This was completely evident even in practice matches...