CHAPTER 671: CHAPTER 324: SONGBOR RACING KING

The Cavaliers’ championship parade was grand, and the media coverage afterward was overwhelming.

Among the most circulated on social media was Malone’s "Who is your daddy?" and Hansen’s comment about James fulfilling his promise to bring a championship to the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers originally clinched the championship with James, and Conningham delivered the closing formula, but James had already suffered a severe blow.

Now, with Malone and Hansen adding insult to injury, it’s like rubbing salt into James’ wounds.

To make matters worse, theoretically, the fans Kobe attracted after his retirement should have been absorbed by James, but instead, they were fervently criticizing him at this time.

After all, Kobe expended his last bullet; had James performed a little better, the Lakers wouldn’t have ended up humiliated.

Nor would Kobe have had to struggle to the point of getting seriously injured in his final season.

Just at this moment, TNT aired the latest episode, and this episode was about Hansen.

Before the program started, Kenny Smith highlighted a fact that hadn’t been noticed before: Hansen, in his concluded seven-year career, achieved an unparalleled feat: reaching the conference finals in all of his first seven seasons!

When Smith revealed this fact, O’Neal and Barkley were dumbfounded.

Whether it was for show or genuine, the audience watching the program was genuinely shocked.

Some people display facts just to criticize, but others use them to praise.

Moreover, excluding his rookie season, Hansen was the core player for the remaining six seasons.

Coincidentally, during his tenure as the core, both the Grizzlies and Cavaliers, neither of these teams were strong before he joined them.

And after he left the Grizzlies, although seemingly receiving a lot in trades, the team’s competitiveness significantly declined.

Hence a readily drawn conclusion is: Hansen improves his teammates noticeably.

Thus commenced a boasting contest about Hansen.

O’Neal and Barkley pulled out all the stops to compete for being the top Hansen supporter.

The crucial thing is that fans didn’t even feel like they were exaggerating.

In this regard, Hansen is similar to Jordan, both being figures that the more you study them, the more terrifying they appear.

This episode received positive feedback.

Because after Hansen led the Cavaliers to create history, what fans wanted to see, naturally, was someone to praise him excessively.

However, unexpectedly, because the social media was buzzing with criticism of James at this time, this wave turned James into "such."

Especially since Hansen and James were teammates early on and even failed to win the championship together.

Thus, James and Hansen became two sides of the mirror, because whether it was with the Heat, Thunders, or Lakers, James’ teammates always performed worse than before.

Some James fans argued that it was because James’ teammates were originally stars, forming a team meant sacrificing ball possession.

Then why were James’ teammates originally stars?

This is another classic single-minded two-way block.

James’ social media quickly became bustling.

The overwhelming wave of public pressure can crush a person.

The respect not earned on the court, don’t expect it on social media.

Only two days passed, and James couldn’t withstand it.

He posted a social media update:

"Said so much, I will still greet you guys! Temporarily leaving social media, take care everyone."

This retreat very much resembled the way he left Cleveland before.

However, this official announcement of leaving social media was indeed surprising.

Sure enough, as long as you pay enough attention to James, he will occasionally bring you surprises.

Hansen, at this moment, was not concerned with these matters; following the championship parade, he accompanied Jokic to his hometown, the small town Songbor.

He had never been to Serbia before, so he was quite curious about the hometown of Jokic.

Once he arrived, he finally understood why Jokic would like Cleveland.

Because this place and Cleveland are not just similar, they are identical.

The same high greenery rate, the same fresh air, suitable for retirement.

If you ignore the architectural styles, it’s a miniature Cleveland.

However, this place is indeed small, although it’s the second-largest city in northern Serbia, the population combined is only 50,000.

Upon their arrival, Jokic took Hansen on a carriage ride around the town.

It took them only about an hour to complete the tour.

This place prides itself on being small and exquisite, like a sparrow, with everything one might need.

The interesting part is that the landmark buildings here are two churches.

One is Eastern Orthodox, and the other is Catholic.

At noon, Jokic directly took him to the town’s most famous Elephant Restaurant for lunch.

To Hansen’s surprise, the cuisine here is primarily Hungarian, though he also tasted the local specialty fish pie.

It was during their meal that people in the restaurant finally recognized them, and many came over for autographs and photos.

However, unlike the fervent fans in Cleveland, they all appeared very calm.

Hansen seemed to finally understand why Jokic has such a personality.

The cultural tolerance here is strong, the living environment is suitable, and lifestyle pace is slow.