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"Uh, I don't know about that, but it probably won't happen." Stephen hesitated for a moment. He had doubts about this question before, and he had heard about it before. Gossip spread not only among fans, but also among players. There are also.

Stephen also specifically asked Presti about this news, but Presti did not officially respond to this news, but warned Stephen that your duty is to play, play well, regardless of how the team changes.

But Presti also told Stephen, don't expect the team to make any reinforcements this season. With this lineup, you can play freely and freely without restrictions, and see how far you can bring the team. Then decide how to operate according to the height the team can reach.

Stephen has a feeling that Presti doesn't care about the results of this season. Maybe too good is not a good thing, but Stephen doesn't want to understand his meaning. As long as he is on the field, he will naturally strive to win It doesn't make sense to deliberately give up the game in order to cooperate with some people's conspiracy.

Stephen knows that the current owner, Bennett, is from Oklahoma, and his family business is all in Oklahoma. His ultimate goal of owning a team is to move the team to Oklahoma City, his first target was the Spurs, but after the Spurs suffered setbacks, he turned his target to the Seattle SuperSonics.

However, Stephen later learned that when Bennett bought the Supersonics, he signed agreements with the Seattle city government and the original owner of the Supersonics, Schultz, to guarantee that the team would not be moved to other cities. Nate clearly knew that signing such an agreement would conflict with his goals, but if he didn't sign it, he would not be able to get the team. He had to own the team first, and then talk about the agreement after the team got it.

The agreement is a piece of useless waste paper at certain times, but what Stephen thinks is that Bennett has been in control of the Spurs for so many years and has no regrets without success. When he gets to this team, he will definitely wait patiently for a few years Yes, so Stephen didn't care, who knew that fans would come to him today.

As for the kindness of the fans, Stephen can only appreciate it. It is impossible for him to stand up to support the fans, and it is impossible for him to help the team to deceive these lovely fans. Stephen had no choice but to entrust Bolastov to help himself After going to get the things over, he sneaked away.

What Stephen didn't expect was that although the fans were frustrated by the team, after leaving, they still held the "Seattle Can't Live Without All-Star" event in a fitness club, calling on Seattle fans to vote for Stephen.

The organization of the event was pretty good, the atmosphere was very enthusiastic, and there were a lot of people participating. As for the effect, Stephen didn't know, but it seemed to be very effective. Many sports media in Seattle reported on this event. At the same time, there are similar appeals in the major local website forums, and the effect cannot be underestimated just because of this popularity.

It's a pity that without the participation of the team and players, it seems that something is missing. At this time, some people have raised doubts and asked why the team doesn't care so much. Could it be said that the players' entry into the All-Star is very important to the team? There will be no harm.

Some people pointed the finger at the team, and a few people pointed the finger at Stephen. After looking at it, Stephen couldn't help himself, so he registered his name and supported the fans' activities on several websites. , thanked the fans for their love.

In any case, people are doing it for their own good, and I can't just ignore it. As for the feelings of the team, especially the boss Bennett, it's not Stephen's business. It doesn't matter if you have any conspiracy or not. It doesn't matter what you think, it has nothing to do with me, I am just a player, and I must respond to the fans.

A player cannot be separated from the team, but he cannot be separated from the support of the fans, especially for a player like Stephen, who still has a huge room for improvement. The standard for manufacturers to select spokespersons is not to look at your skills. Character depends on popularity, and the fundamental source of popularity is the fans. Stephen's response satisfies the requirements of the fans very well. Stephen's actions at least let the fans know that Stephen is not completely on the side of the team. .

Afterwards, Stephen specifically found Presti. Facing Stephen’s questioning, Presti played sloppy again. Although he knew some plans of the boss Bennett, he also agreed to move the team to Oklahoma City. Go to Homer City. Although Seattle is bigger than Oklahoma City, there are not only the SuperSonics here, the Seattle Mariners in the Major League Baseball, the Seattle Seahawks in the Football League, and a small team. The league's ice hockey team, the Seattle Thunderbirds, and the football league's Seattle Sounders.

Although the Sonics are the first modern team in Seattle, it is difficult to live surrounded by so many opponents. You must know that the audience and influence of baseball and football are much larger than that of basketball. The number of people on the field is also larger than that of basketball, and if the record drops a little, the football market will be greatly affected.

The record of the Sonics in the past two years has not been very good. The attendance rate immediately dropped sharply to the bottom four in the league. Nor would it be so significantly affected.

Because Americans regard watching games as an after-dinner entertainment, whether it's baseball, rugby or basketball, they don't have such deep feelings for football as Europeans, and they can't reach the kind of smooth blood in their blood. It is the color of football, let alone regard the game as heavy as life.

In addition, they prefer a fast-paced lifestyle, so they like sports that are fast-paced and confrontational, such as football, where they only score one goal in two hours or simply score zero to zero. There is no market.

Although the rules of the basketball game have been improving, but in terms of the degree of confrontation and sensory stimulation, basketball is still not an opponent of baseball and rugby, so it is often at a disadvantage in the competition for spectators. This is the trend of the entire league. Big, but with many competitors, the Sonics are not as good as those small city teams in this respect.

If you move to Oklahoma City, the entire state of Oklahoma does not have a team from the Big Four, and there is no competitor at all, and the New Orleans Hornets moved to the half of Oklahoma City due to the hurricane. This season, the extremely hot ball market has given the Sonics a beautiful prospect.

Presti tended to move out of here, so he tried his best to cooperate with the boss Bennett's instructions, but he couldn't tell Stephen about these, so he was also very embarrassed, so he could only persuade Stephen to leave all the Jing Put all your energy on the court, and it is best not to worry about things outside the court.

Stephen has nothing to do, because he also has good intentions, and this kind of thing really has nothing to do with him. Stephen is also an introverted person at heart, and he doesn't want to get in touch with too many people, and his fans The distribution of groups is also relatively wide, not limited to one city and one place.

The goal that Mordance set for Stephen is to become a star with a certain influence in the world, at least to reach the level of Kobe Bryant or Iverson, rather than just being a local star. The miraculous performance is that he has won a large number of fans, and most of these fans are new fans. They have not yet formed a fixed thinking about a certain player. Stephen's performance is the best, and they admire or worship Stephen.

After finishing the conversation, Stephen was about to leave the team. Porastov came over and delivered an email. Since many fans did not know how to contact Stephen, they usually sent emails for Stephen to the team. For things like greeting cards, Ordinary emails such as requests for names and signatures are generally handled by the team's staff, and the emails that are usually handed over to Stephen are those that need to be handled by Stephen himself.

And this is, Stephen skillfully took it over to look at the sender, and immediately gave a surprised cry. There was a long line of senders, the first one was the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in San Francisco, followed by the Seattle Chinese Association, China The American Friendship Seattle Branch and the Seattle Chinese Association have several titles.

Why does the consulate send emails to me?Stephen was naturally very surprised, and immediately opened it casually, and an invitation card fell out of it. He took it for a year, and it turned out that he was invited to participate in the New Year's welcome dinner held tomorrow night at the Seattle Chinese Interconnection Hall.