Stephen A. Smith shook his head. "I honestly don't know."
James said, "His answer was that he didn't need any."
"Why?"
Stephen A. Smith asked, puzzled.
These days, the stars in the league weren't as fiery as the stars of the last century.
If I can't beat you this year, I'll keep at it next year. If I can't beat you next year, I'll keep at it the year after that.
I won't go team up with another superstar, and I certainly won't join your team.
I'll just keep at it year after year until I finally beat you.
Nowadays, when stars can't beat you, they generally either pressure their teams to bring in one or even two strong players so they can take you on together,
or go to another team with strong players and take you on together.
Some go even further: if you beat them, they join your team so you can win a championship together.
Especially now, with Wang Yi dominating the NBA year after year, the other stars can't see any hope of winning a championship.
One after another, they've formed superteams: the Boston Celtics' Big Three, the Knicks' Big Four, and the Heat's Big Three.
That's the trend in the league these days.
But Wang Yi was going against the grain.
When the team offered to find him a strong teammate, Wang Yi actually turned them down.
Of course, some haters said Wang Yi had joined the Raptors because he saw Pang Bo's talent and potential, and wanted to ride his coattails.
There's no need to pay attention to brainless hate like that.
Before Wang Yi arrived, the Raptors couldn't even make the Playoffs.
After he arrived, almost nothing else changed. They still had the same roster, yet they won the championship.
So who