The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!

This leads to a problem...

Pursuing dreams steadfastly means not making money; making money means not being able to continue pursuing dreams;

Even in the United States, if fifteen or sixteen-year-old "basketball prodigies" can earn more US dollars on the street courts, would they still be single-mindedly striving for the NBA professional arena?

The answer is obvious!

This is also what Su Wan is worried about.

The basketball variety shows have opened up the market domestically, and the basketball atmosphere on the streets of Huaxia will become even more intense. But this intense atmosphere, and the commercial value it brings, will make the CBA league even more awkward.

How many talented youths will still firmly see becoming a professional player as their ultimate basketball destination?

The reason why the neighboring countries can avoid this issue is:

Their model is mature!

They have nationwide competitions of sufficient scale...

They even have "Slam Dunk" manga to keep the dreams of the youths alive.

Therefore, all the measures Yao Ming took during his tenure were, in Su Wan's view, very correct.

To make the CBA more professional and the college leagues more standardized.

Su Wan feels that if given more time, Yao Ming would surely push for provincial high school basketball leagues...

But all of this takes time, not just ten or twenty years. It took the NBA 75 years to achieve its current success, and the NCAA has an even longer history.

Huaxia basketball, starting from the establishment of the CBA, has only developed for just about twenty-five or six years.

Coincidentally...

Around this period, the NBA almost went bankrupt.

David Stern's appearance put the NBA back on track.

Now it's up to the new president after Yao Ming to see if they can continue on this path.

If this path is overturned, then in Su Wan's view, no matter what path is taken, for Huaxia basketball, it will be a road without light.

However, from the perspective of national fate competition, this might not be a bad thing.

At the point in time where Su Wan crossed over, Huaxia's "three big balls" were nowhere near the top in the world, but in other aspects, especially in technology, they were advancing rapidly and catching up.

So...

Weaknesses are weaknesses!

In the All-Star game, Su Wan did not play for a long time, only less than 10 minutes, and then sat on the sidelines, constantly being booed by the audience.

Houston people have had a rough time over the years.

Now they attribute all these unpleasant things to Su Wan.

After all, the Rockets' misfortunes started with that All-Star game...

Ultimately, the Eastern All-Star Team defeated the Western All-Star Team. Stephen Curry, who scored 29 points in his first All-Star game, became the All-Star MVP.

At the moment he heard he became the "All-Star MVP", Stephen Curry was a bit dazed. Initially, he thought he was there just to make up the numbers in his first All-Star game, but unexpectedly... he brought home the trophy symbolizing the "star among stars".

The New York media was very pleased.

And this edition of the All-Star weekend officially ended with Stephen Curry's acceptance speech.

Along with the end of the All-Star weekend, the free agency market also closed.

Like in previous years, this year's free agency market closed with a last-minute trade:

Carmelo Anthony, who had been clamoring to leave Denver, finally had news.

The Clippers traded Little Jordan and Eric Gordon to the Nuggets for Carmelo Anthony.

"Sweet Melon" joined the Clippers, forming the "Four Giants" with Little Si, Griffin, and Deron Williams.

ESPN's evaluation of this trade was:

"The Clippers' last-ditch effort!"

Evidently, the rapid rise of the Lakers after their trade stimulated the Clippers, who managed to overshadow them last season.

Their momentum this season is clearly not as strong as last season.

Under such circumstances, they have, of course, to try their best!

Little Si isn't young anymore.

Whether it works or not...

We'll see this time!

Carmelo Anthony is quite satisfied with his arrival at the Clippers.

From any angle, his teammates on the Clippers are much better than the ones he had on the Nuggets.

Seeing the luxurious lineup of his new team, Carmelo Anthony truly feels it's "today".

Besides this trade, the Bobcats and the Brooklyn Nets made a trade. The Bobcats traded away Walker and got Chris Humphries from the Nets.

At this time, Humphries had not yet met Kim Kardashian, so he was still in good form...

And on the Nets' side, they already had Lopez inside, and they needed someone to replace Devin Harris, who was constantly out due to injuries.

Kemba Walker is a very good choice!

Both sides agreed easily, each getting what they needed.

Seeing the Bobcats make such a trade, even Barkley couldn't help but say: "Did God swap Michael Jordan's brain? Why is he making transactions that are clearer now?"

ESPN also highly recognized the Bobcats' reinforcement, believing this move would help the Bobcats stabilize their current 7th position in the Eastern Conference, or even go further.

Besides these two deals, there were some minor trades, but they did not even cause a slight impact, so most media summarized them with a single sentence.

Su Wan had already returned to New York at this time, and to his surprise, as soon as he opened the door, a dark figure leaped towards him. Just as he was about to punch the intruding enemy, he noticed the appearance of the person intending to "sneak attack" him: