The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!

He couldn't help but curse:

Damn it!

How good it would have been if the "Heat's Big Three" hadn't been formed from the start.

He wanted to say something to salvage some of their reputation.

Outsiders didn't know, but they themselves were very clear about it; although they had initially had a "Three-Year Pact," ultimately this "Three-Year Pact" did not come to fruition. When LeBron asked him to go to Cleveland, he did not agree.

Later LeBron's move to Miami was completely his own "initiative"; they had no knowledge of it!

If this point were made public, then maybe this whole "pre-agreed alliance" narrative could be cleared, right?

That could possibly salvage some reputation.

Many media outlets mocked them, citing their pre-agreed plan, which ended up being brutally defeated.

But considering LeBron was his good brother, Wade felt he couldn't betray him, so he never brought it up during interviews.

What Wade didn't expect was that he was still trying to cover up for LeBron.

But LeBron suddenly declared to the media: "I truly regret joining Miami and forming the Big Three with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. At that time, I was desperate for success and forgot some of the essential qualities as a player. But fortunately, I have rediscovered those qualities now, and I believe I will succeed in Minnesota!"

These words sparked ridicule from the Miami media.

And left Wade puzzled...

No!

I never asked you to come in the first place!

You were the one who suddenly announced joining the Heat Team!

And now you say joining the Heat Team was a mistake?

Then why did you do it?

A hurt Dwyane Wade quickly fought back at LeBron during a podcast recording: "Back when LeBron joined the Heat Team, we knew nothing about it. Chris Bosh and I had discussed playing together, and he chose to come to Miami. At that time, LeBron and I were out of touch; I didn't know what was happening on his side. He invited me to Cleveland, but I refused, and since then we hadn't talked. Then I saw the news about him joining the Heat on TV... My reaction was the same as everyone else's... god, why did he come!"

LeBron's remarks had already stirred quite the commotion.

Now Wade's words pushed LeBron further into the spotlight.

Chris Bosh soon confirmed the story: "Yes, Dwyane and I didn't know LeBron was coming. We both thought he'd choose to stay with the Cavaliers, but he ended up joining the Heat Team!"

So...

There was no "Three-Year Pact!"

And there was no pre-arranged peak alliance!

It was entirely LeBron's own idea!

Barkley was quick to express his views on LeBron's actions: "If what Dwyane and Chris said is true, then I have to say... OMG! That's really shocking!"

He could entirely deduce LeBron's motives and actions at the time.

Because he still remembered the league's dynamics at the time:

Su Wan and the Pacers looked unbreakable, the Magic Team had defeated the Cavaliers before, the Boston's Big Three were still at their peak, and the Cavaliers had just suffered a "Black Eight" from the Bulls!

In front of the Cavaliers were four great mountains.

Then the Heat Team formed the "duo" of Chris Bosh and Wade, adding another mountain in front of the Cavaliers.

If it were Barkley, he would also have thought about leaving.

But the difference between him and LeBron was evident at this moment:

He wouldn't choose to join Wade's and Chris Bosh's team because he knew clearly that if he joined the Heat Team at this time, the three of them would be a "peak alliance," and if they failed, everyone would be disgraced.

Barkley wouldn't do such a thing.

He wouldn't even consider joining such a team!

LeBron was just a bit too ruthless.

He actually directly went to the Heat Team, making Wade and Chris Bosh like grasshoppers on a rope.

In this way, if one dies, they all die together...

Barkley slightly put himself in the shoes of Chris Bosh and Wade, and suddenly wanted to curse out LeBron's mother!

Especially when putting himself in Chris Bosh's shoes, it was even more...

Unlucky!

Encountering such a "Plague God"!

The other media were also incredibly surprised; none of them expected that this "pre-agreed peak alliance" that had been criticized for two years had such hidden depths.

Typical media people put themselves in Wade's and Chris Bosh's shoes and felt sorry for them.

If it were just the two of them playing together, there definitely wouldn't have been so much controversy.

LeBron faced another wave of public criticism, seemingly on the verge of hitting rock bottom, and on Richie Paul's recommendation, he called diddy.

Diddy let out a mischievous laugh, his hearty voice coming through the phone: "Don't worry, Raymond, we're good brothers. Soon there won't be so many media outlets attacking you!"

Sure enough, within a day, the media quieted down quite a bit.

LeBron felt diddy was just as powerful as his Nike papa.

No, even more powerful!

It was at this time that LeBron received another call from diddy.

"How's it going?"

"It's been resolved, thank you, diddy!"

"It's nothing, Raymond, I've already said it, we're good brothers! If you really want to thank me... then meet me in Paris, it's been a long time since we've seen each other, you should really be missing me by now!" said diddy, his tone turning a bit playful towards the end.