Chapter 279: The Path to "GOAT" and the Big Deal
"Let's congratulate Su Wan on winning the 7th championship of his career!"
Bill Walton was also shouting.
His eyes were filled with disbelief.
There's no way around it, it's just too terrifying!
In an 8-year career, only one year without winning the championship.
From a personal perspective, he's now got a "three consecutive championships," a "four consecutive championships," which is even more impressive than Michael Jordan.
At least from a numerical standpoint, it seems that way.
What's more frightening is Su Wan's age, he's only 26 years and 340 days old!
There's still 22 days until his 27th birthday!
It's simply...
A monster!
In fact, every year watching Su Wan win the championship, Bill Walton has feelings about it.
From the first year he joined the Pacers, leading the team to their first Championship Trophy in team history, he had an emotional response. At that time he thought:
This newcomer from Huaxia seems very different.
Back then, he never imagined Su Wan would achieve 8 years and seven championships!
Then watching Su Wan win every time, Bill Walton's heart was also increasingly stirred, that kind of excitement of witnessing the birth of a legend firsthand.
At this moment, as Su Wan wins the championship again, holding up the 7th Championship Trophy of his career, a word immediately popped into his mind:
GOAT!
If Su Wan's sixth championship established his divine status, then his seventh championship took a solid step toward the name "GOAT."
What does "GOAT" mean? It's the sharpest point of the goat's horns.
That has uniqueness!
Su Wan is becoming that unique one.
Hmm...
What Bill Walton currently thinks aligns with what Barkley is emphasizing, "He is the chosen one, the only one," sharing similar sentiments.
The audience in the stands started applauding.
This applause is for Kevin Durant and the Thunder Team's players.
Even though they were ultimately eliminated 0-4, like in the S14's quarter-finals, where TES faced SKT1 with no chance to fight back.
But to be fair...
Being able to reach the finals, this Thunder Team's "Youth Army" actually exceeded their task!
After all, before this season started, no one thought the Western team to enter the finals would be the Thunder Team!
The commentators temporarily shifted their focus to the defeated Thunder Team's players.
Kenny Smith thought of a question: "Do you think Kevin Durant will become the next Glider?"
What he meant was...
Will Kevin Durant, like the original Drexler, lose the qualification to be compared with Su Wan after this match. — The original "Glider" lost the 1992 finals and was never compared with Michael Jordan again!
Barkley said: "LeBron has been defeated by Su Wan so many times, yet the media still compares him with Su Wan?"
Shaquille O'Neal said: "The biggest difference between Glider and LeBron is that in 1992 he was already 30, an age at the time considered the start of post-peak decline, having not defeated Michael at that age, there was naturally no hope ahead!"
"Another crucial reason is, shortly after, Glider went to the Rockets, becoming the Rockets' second core."
"You should know, in our era, a number one core is only compared with another number one core!"
"If it were in the early 2000s, we'd consider Allen Iverson's historical status higher than Scottie Pippen because he had a Regular Season MVP and was the team leader!"
"Kevin is now just 24 years old, nearly 3 years younger than Su Wan; this is not even his absolute peak yet, so in my view... as long as Kevin Durant maintains his current strength, he will soon become Su Wan's challenger!"
At this moment, Su Wan actively approached and greeted Kevin Durant: "I believe you can taste the bathwater, but mine and Scarlett's, don't even think about it!"
Already feeling frustrated, Kevin Durant felt even more so upon hearing this.
But this finals matchup can be said to be a complete defeat between him and Su Wan.
Losing all 4 games in a clean 0-4 isn't all.
In these 4 games, he averaged 23 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game, and the stats didn't look as good as usual.
If we analyze efficiency values, it's even more dismal!
In each game, he attempted 25.5 shots, making 8.5, with a shooting percentage of 33.3%; averaged 8 three-point attempts hitting 2, a success rate of 25%; and even the free throw percentage was only 61.5%!
Looking at Su Wan, he averaged 32.5 points, 7 rebounds, 4.5 assists per game, with a shooting percentage of 50%, a three-point shooting percentage of 43.7%, and a free throw percentage of 95.8%!
Out of 24 free throws in total, Su Wan missed only 1!
The "180 Club" level of efficiency made Kevin Durant, facing Su Wan's mockery, speechless but to silently chant in his mind:
Just wait!
Go back and create a few more burner accounts to throw insults at you!
Kevin Durant walked away angrily.
Su Wan also greeted Westbrook and James Harden.
As Harden left, he glanced back at Stephen Curry.
They were both rookies of the '09 class, but now he's almost got his second championship, while Harden, reaching the finals for the first time in his career, got swept by Stephen Curry.
He was very envious of Stephen Curry's life...
At this moment, the staff handed out the Champion T-shirts.
While putting on the shirt, the Oklahoma crowd started to leave, but not many left, with still two-thirds of the fans waiting at the sidelines.
They have never seen such a close-up view of a championship before, their eyes filled with curiosity...