Only the League and Cuban were penalized in the end. It took ten years for the news to revolve around Mavericks' owner Mark Cuban slandering Su Wan for using stimulants, and the consequences of his actions.
Instead of the news being about how Su Wan had performed exceptionally well in the finals ten years ago and was suspected of having used stimulants—an incident that thankfully turned out to be a false alarm.
Moreover, with both Mark Cuban and the League providing an official statement, it allowed the story of "Su Wan being so strong that the team owner suspected him of using stimulants" to really make waves.
Su Wan was still very confident; he had tested himself long ago, and the system would never let his body exhibit the kind of positive reaction associated with stimulant use.
Soon the rest of the Pacers found out about it, and not one of them felt like giving interviews anymore.
The post-game interviews ended very quickly.
