LeBron James running away? He's going all in on Curry.

In the summer of 2010, LeBron James took to a nationally televised broadcast to announce that he would be taking his talents to South Beach—a declaration that promptly turned the Cleveland Cavaliers into the league's biggest laughingstock. Just as the world savored the Cavaliers' humiliation, Su Yang, a transmigrated soul now inhabiting the body of a billionaire's only son, stepped in and purchased the forsaken franchise. No superstars? Then he would forge one through trade. Defying a chorus of opposition, Su Yang cleared the roster of every win-now contributor and mortgaged years of future draft picks, going all in on a skinny, injury-plagued second-year guard from Golden State—Stephen Curry. To outsiders, this wealthy Chinese-American had clearly lost his mind. But behind the scenes, Su Yang was quietly laying the groundwork for a scheme that would upend basketball history: facing down the Heat's Big Three, he put a million-dollar bounty on the table and enlisted a crew of enforcers, holding the supposedly invincible "King" to a mere eight points in a single game—sparking a firestorm of mockery across the internet. Meanwhile, a clandestine arrangement with David Stern set the stage for tanking to get the n...