Because most of those in the NBA would first react, "What the hell does that have to do with me?"
They actually only care about one thing, "If you're better than me, then I'm willing to listen to you."
That's the simplest rule of the competitive jungle.
And displaying that strength is even simpler, just American-style one-on-one, blow everyone else away.
This was actually a key reason why James couldn't suppress Irving back then.
Don't even talk about challenging everyone, you wouldn't even dare to do one-on-one and used excuses like "basketball isn't about one-on-one," which would have made anyone not accept it.
The one-on-one started going very well, Hansen's abilities now were almost to the point where he didn't need to use his full power to smash most people.
But there was a little episode when he got to JR.
JR attacked first, his hands were hot, and he scored a three-pointer right off the bat.
