After the game ended, Damon Jones was the first to rush over to Su Yi, giving him a big hug.
Damon Jones played 25 minutes in this game, taking only 6 shots and making 3, putting up a stat line of 6 points, 12 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block.
Of those 12 assists, 9 came from Su Yi.
Damon Jones thought to himself: I have to cling tight to Su's super thigh.
Little did he know, our GM LeBron already had thoughts brewing in his mind.
LeBron James gave it his all in this game, shooting 11-for-25 from the field, 2-for-4 from three, and 2-for-6 from the free-throw line, finishing with 26 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists.
Another 25+5+5 stat line.
After the game, the media reporters would hype it up, and they could fool some "fans" who didn't watch the game!
After Su Yi finished hugging Damon Jones, he went to the front-row seats and hugged Xu Rui and the others one by one.
At the same time, Su Yi reminded Xu Rui to treat them to a big meal and make sure to arrange safe rides home for everyone.
Of course, he would foot the bill—he wasn't as stingy as LeBron James; he was quite generous.
"Yi, I've already arranged everything. Are you coming?" Xu Rui had already planned it out, booking a large local restaurant to host everyone, with over a dozen buses waiting outside the arena.
"I won't be coming. I still need to treat my teammates to dinner later," Su Yi shook his head.
"Alright then, I'll take good care of your fans for you!" Xu Rui said with a smile.
"Thanks, then." After saying that, Su Yi greeted everyone and headed toward the player tunnel.
Back in the locker room, Su Yi quickly showered and changed into clean clothes. As he finished changing, a staff member told him he needed to go to the post-game press conference for an interview.
Su Yi paused for a moment, then nodded.
He followed the staff member to the post-game press conference venue.
As soon as Su Yi stepped into the press conference, the media reporters on site started chanting, "Su!" "Su!" "Su!"...
After just one game, they were already won over by this rookie.
A bright smile spread across Su Yi's face as he walked to the interview seat and sat down.
Once Su Yi was seated, the media reporters wasted no time firing questions at him.
The first reporter, a blonde woman, asked, "Su, congratulations on scoring 30 points in your very first NBA game. How are you feeling right now?"
Su Yi replied with a smile, "I'm pretty happy. I didn't let the sweat I left on the practice court go to waste. I'll keep working hard from here."
Then the second reporter, a white man with glasses, asked, "Su, congratulations on your 30-point game. Did you do anything special to prepare for your debut?"
Su Yi answered calmly, "I listened to some music. There wasn't much to prepare—just treat it with a normal mindset."
As soon as he finished, the third reporter, a black man, asked, "Su, is there any NBA star you've always looked up to as a role model? For example, is there someone on the Cleveland Cavaliers you learn from?"
Su Yi:  ̄□ ̄||
Is this guy from LeBron James's media company or something?
But what could Su Yi do?
He had to say something to keep our GM LeBron happy.
"Even though I haven't been with the team long, I think every player on the team has something worth learning from, like LeBron."
As for what he learned from him, Su Yi left that for the reporter to figure out on his own.
The black reporter was very satisfied with Su Yi's answer.
And after that, the media reporters didn't even bother pretending—every single one of them asked him to indirectly praise LeBron James.
Su Yi was speechless. (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
After more than 20 minutes of this nauseating post-game interview, Su Yi immediately fled the scene and returned to the locker room.
Then, of course, he didn't forget about treating everyone.
So back in the locker room, he told his teammates he had booked a restaurant and would send the address to their phones—they could head over on their own.
As for him, he went ahead early to prepare.
That night, the meal didn't end until after three in the morning.
After it was over, Su Yi immediately went home to rest. He had to get up and train tomorrow.
He needed to get stronger. He needed to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers. He needed to get away from LeBron James. This media interview had nearly disgusted him—it was insane.
Which player pays media reporters to hype themselves up?
If you have real skill, do you need that kind of hype?
Seriously, I'm speechless.
To be honest, LeBron James only looks good on paper in this game. Anyone who actually watched knows his contribution doesn't even match Larry Hughes'!
In this game, Larry Hughes went 11-for-15 from the field, 3-for-4 from three, and 4-for-5 from the free-throw line, efficiently dropping 29 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2 steals.
As soon as Su Yi got home, he rolled into bed. Within seconds, he was off to see the Sandman.
The next day, Su Yi didn't slowly open his eyes until 10 a.m. A few seconds later, his brain finished booting up.
Su Yi sprang out of bed, then headed straight to wash up and brush his teeth.
Staring at the handsome guy in the mirror, Su Yi murmured, "I wonder who'll end up with this in the future?"
Once everything was done, Su Yi wasted no time starting his morning training.
Although Kai Lei Menluo had come over early, he never expected Su Yi to wake up this soon.
He'd originally planned to train in the afternoon.
But since Su Yi was up in the morning, they might as well start training.
The moment Su Yi woke up, the entire personal coaching team began bustling around him.
Two and a half hours later, after training ended, Su Yi returned to his bedroom to shower, then ate the muscle-building meal Saicang Halin had prepared.
Full and satisfied, Su Yi and his personal coaching team reviewed last night's game together.
Even though his performance last night was outstanding—dropping 30 points—there's no end to learning!
To get stronger, it's nothing more than watching footage and training; neither can be missing!
They watched the footage while checking where things went wrong.
"Why does he always pass like that?"
Kai Lei Menluo pointed at LeBron James in the footage and shouted.
He'd already seen LeBron James dribbling the ball three times in a row, only passing it to Su Yi when there was almost no time left on the shot clock. Was that reasonable?
Prompted by Kai Lei Menluo's reminder, everyone silently looked over.
"True, if Su weren't so skilled, that would really mess with a shooter's rhythm."
Nilufer Bello nodded.
"So should we add more catch-and-shoot training from now on?"
Nikolai Hull suggested.
In short, Su Yi couldn't change the current situation, so he had to adapt himself!
"Alright, Su. From now on, we'll add one more item to our training content: catch-and-shoot."
In Kai Lei Menluo's view, as long as Su Yi was still with the Cleveland Cavaliers, he was bound to run into this situation.
This was that guy's bad habit—sometimes being too clever wasn't a good thing.
If he were the coach, he'd hate this kind of player the most—a super egoist!
Someone like that could never reach the highest peak in basketball!
If conditions allowed later, he would definitely advise Su Yi to leave this man, leave the Cleveland Cavaliers!
Su Yi: Kai Lei, great minds think alike!
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