The stands were filled with countless fans holding banners and posters:
"Co to New York, Su Wan, everything you want is here, including the mayor’s seat!"
"If Dolan dares to treat you like Steve Cohen, we’ll burn down his house!"
"Big Apple City needs you, Su Wan, co save this city!"
"The Pacers no longer have reasons to keep you!"
The madness wasn’t just among these fans; even Dolan and the president, Donnie Walsh, were present tonight. Before the ga started, Dolan even tried to shake hands with Su Wan, but was rejected.
However, Dolan’s enthusiasm did not wane. As the ga began, every ti Su Wan scored, he would howl like a banshee at the sidelines.
He looked like the "New York Cuban"!
Eventually, Su Wan played for 24 minutes and 13 seconds, scoring 27 points, making the whole of New York drool.
On the other side, his nominated and future anticipated regular season MVP, Stephen Curry, did not perform well this ga. His strongest skill, the three-point shot, had only one success in five attempts.
Honestly, had it not been for the attention on Su Wan tonight, "Cute God" might have prematurely experienced the madness of New York fans, to the extent they could have "shat" on him.
Despite his poor performance, Stephen Curry still made his way over to greet Su Wan after the ga.
He was quite fond of Su Wan.
Who wouldn’t want to succeed like Su Wan?
After Su Wan said he could beco a regular season MVP, that fondness increased significantly.
Curry was in a particularly unconfident phase of his life.
There were many factors to his insecurity:
For instance, he only switched to playing point guard in his sophomore year; and then, there were the doubts from outsiders.
Su Wan’s affirmation greatly boosted his confidence.
For soone as successful as Su Wan to think he could be a regular season MVP, there must be a reason, seeing sothing in him that he hadn’t seen in himself yet.
This feeling was rather good.
Previously, Stephen Curry liked Chris Paul.
If he could end up as successful as Chris Paul in his career, he would be satisfied.
Now, from Su Wan’s words, he felt a new power.
This was sothing Chris Paul had never brought him.
After all...
His brother Chris hadn’t even touched Western Conference finals floor, let alone championships.
Post-preseason, the Pacers welcod the first ga of the new season.
Last year, after the opening ga, Su Wan had ntioned feeling uncomfortable not receiving championship rings before gas; he promised to bring back this ceremony quickly.
And just one season later, he did.
The fourth championship banner rose in Conseco Arena.
Su Wan said, "A lot happened this sumr, but the goal for the Pacers this season remains the sa as before..."
"We don’t want anything but the O’Brien Cup!"
His words pumped up the spirit of the Pacers.
David Stern had arranged for the Pacers’ opening ga opponent to be the Orlando Magic, whom they faced in last season’s Eastern Conference Finals.
As usual, the Magic, reaching their peak for the first ti in the past 14 years last season, chose to rebuild this sumr.
The reason for their rebuild was the sa as when the Pacers won three consecutive championships:
Salary issues!
Indeed, teams from smaller markets will always face nurous problems due to this issue.
The Nuggets in the past, and now the Magic.
The original Pacers were the sa.
Honestly, if it weren’t for Su Wan’s four-year "child labor contract" in hand at that ti, it would’ve been difficult for the Pacers to achieve three consecutive championships!
In the end, Tekeglu was lured away by a big contract from the Raptors.
With the "engine" gone, it ant the Magic had to rebuild their offensive system.
anwhile, Dwight Howard, who had defeated LeBron Jas and led his team to the Eastern Conference Finals, entered a period of ego inflation, staying back in defense, waiting for his teammates’ passes, confident in settling offensive ends with his driving ability...
The Magic’s first ga of the new season could only be described as chaotic.
In contrast, the Pacers’ offense seed orderly.
Eventually, the ga ended with the Pacers routing the Magic 111 to 95, a 16-point victory, successfully taking their first win of the new season.
Subsequently, the Pacers scored a "three consecutive victories."
A 4-0 start reassured the Pacers fans.
The rumors and whispers continued, but as long as they didn’t affect the team’s morale, they were nothing serious.
On November 10th, the Pacers faced the Chicago Bulls at ho.
Derek Rose and Su Wan t for the first ti in the new season.
So far in the season, Rose’s performance showed improvent, averaging 21.5 points, four rebounds, and 6.5 assists per ga, with a shooting percentage of 48.9%.
Including this ga, he also scored 23 points, five rebounds, and five assists.
Though the Bulls lost, his performance was noteworthy.
Yet the dia still wondered:
With such performance, was he sure to beco the youngest regular season MVP next year?
You see, Su Wan’s view of Rose differed from others; he said, "If not for , he would be the youngest regular season MVP." Looking at the current performance, becoming an All-Star shouldn’t be a problem for him, but there’s still a huge gap between an All-Star and a "regular season MVP."
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