Updated: 2013-02-02

Early the next morning, Felietta Martin left Stephen's house. Of course, before leaving, the two of them had a morning exercise by the lake with the sound of water. Then, while the sky was still hazy, Stephen He drove Felietta Martin to the vicinity of the team.Welcome to read【NEW】

Her car is here, and Stephen just came to the team for extra practice. Felietta Martin has decided to visit Wilkens today, and then call Gary Payton in Boston to see if he can do it. Let the two of them come forward.

Letting them come forward to exert their own influence is much better than Felietta Martin running alone. On the one hand, they can appeal to the fans in Seattle. How can they move away when the Supersonics are about to usher in a revival and welcome the dawn? , and if the number of fans participating is large, it will be able to influence more forces, especially the intervention of political forces.

On the other hand, they can also be allowed to exert their influence in the relocation committee, especially Wilkens, who has served in multiple positions as player, coach and coach, player, and coach. As a player, he has played for the St. Supersonics, Cleveland Cavaliers and Portland Trail Blazers, as a coach, coached Seattle Supersonics, Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks, He also served as the head coach of the Dream Team, with extensive connections and influence that few in the league can match.

Although he had some unhappiness with the team during his tenure as player-coach of the Seattle SuperSonics, the team management made him choose between player and coach. He chose the player, and the team I hope he can concentrate on being a head coach, and finally traded him to the Cleveland Cavaliers, while the fans chose to strike to protest the team's deal.

But later he returned to Seattle and led the team to win the only championship as the head coach, so he still has a very lofty status in Seattle. If Felietta Martin can really persuade him to participate If so, this matter is basically half the battle. [ ]

However, Wilkens is a very low-key and humble person. As the only person who has two prominent identities of the top fifty superstars and top ten coaches at the same time, he rarely appears in the media. Whether it can impress him is still unknown.

There are only two ways to buy the team from Bennett. One is to make him realize that it is very difficult to move the Sonics. He will naturally sell the team. After all, his purpose is not Own a team, but let Oklahoma City own a team;

The other is that the acquirer proposes a price that he cannot refuse, but few people will do this, no one's money is blown by strong winds, and the current economic situation is generally not good, and the team's profitability is not very good. Lilly, who would spend a lot of money to buy a team that is not profitable.

This season, due to the low wages and salaries, coupled with the improvement of the team's record, more fans will come to watch the game live, and at the same time, the number of broadcasts in the United States will increase. The team may barely be able to make ends meet. If you can still get a bonus in the post-match, you can barely make a profit, but the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars in exchange for a profit of several million dollars a year is really not a good deal.

So the ideal situation is to stop Bennett's relocation application first, let him realize that it is not so easy to move the Sonics, and then find someone to come forward and buy the team from him at a reasonable price. , In the case of no loss, Bennett will not insist on targeting the Sonics.

The key is to let him realize the difficulty of moving the Sonics before he will give up. It is not easy for him to give up easily. It took the Spurs nearly ten years to make him realize this clearly. In fact, he has been expecting the Spurs to have operational problems, and then Holt is unable to invest funds, so that he can take advantage of it, or acquire more shares, or change the management, and finally control the team in his own hands. Move the team away from San Antonio. [ ]

The reason why Vicki can limit the team's expenditure to a certain extent and at the same time maintain the team's impact on the championship is not so much because he has superhuman basketball wisdom, it is better to say that he is also forced to come out, careful calculation It is indeed difficult for him to keep the team competitive year after year.

So this matter is not so easy to handle. Stephen does not intend to come forward, but some things are better not to come forward. You can hide behind and observe secretly. Besides, no matter who wins or loses in this matter, it has nothing to do with Stephen. Now It's not the beginning of the season anymore. With Stephen's current ability, there is no need to consider the factors of the team owner or management.

If Stephen is the kind of rebellious and thorny player who disobeys management and finds trouble for the team every three days, then some teams may have to think about it, but whether it is Stephen on or off the field, his words and deeds His behavior is completely in line with the standards of professional players, so what else can you criticize for such a player.

As for the bad temper sometimes, this foul or technical foul is also reasonable, and it is also part of the basketball game, and his performance has improved a lot recently, at least this season, there has not been a single surprise.

For Stephen, moving to Oklahoma City also has certain advantages. Although the city is small in size, there is no competition from teams from other leagues. The ball market must be better. This city has never had a Big Four in history. League teams are also easy to cultivate loyalty and cohesion.

And staying in Seattle is not bad for Stephen. Seattle is a big city after all. As long as the team's performance is satisfactory, the football market also doesn't need to worry too much, creating brilliance and leading a team to rejuvenation. In fact, there is not much difference.

The Sonics are not like the Boston Celtics or the Los Angeles Lakers. They have already won too many championships, and another one is just icing on the cake. Team

Otherwise, it has been long enough since the last championship. The fans of that generation must be old now. Most of the existing fans have not experienced the experience of winning the championship. enough to impress.

Whether it's changing the city or changing the boss, it basically has no effect on Stephen, so Stephen is like watching the fire from the other side. Since the fire can't burn himself, why not make the fire bigger? It's the so-called watching the excitement It's not too big a deal, the more lively and beautiful the better.

It will not affect the internal stability and unity of the team. During training, Stephen suddenly thought of such a possibility. Not everyone has their own confidence, and not everyone cares who they play for. Some people like Seattle And the history of the Sonics, some people like to start all over again.

It seems that I have to tell Carlesimo and let him pay attention to the emotions of the players. Now is the critical period of entering the playoffs. Although it is theoretically possible to fall out of the playoffs, it is only Conceptually, the current Sonics are not so easy to win.

There are still more than ten days before the final relocation application is submitted. Stephen can guess what will happen in these ten days, but it really has nothing to do with him. He should play with peace of mind and try his best to win every game Competition is king.

The Supersonics won the Nuggets, and the Los Angeles Lakers ranked behind the Supersonics because of one game less. But tonight, they had a strong dialogue with the Boston Celtics. It's hard to say whether he can win this game.

Stephen is very concerned about these two teams that are considered the strongest this season. In the evening, Stephen watched the game at his home. Both teams showed their super execution ability on the field. The Lakers The team's offensive strength is stronger than the Celtics, but the Celtics won the game by relying on their own defense like an iron wall and the resilience of never giving up.

The Lakers once led by [-] points in the third quarter, but the Celtics quickly improved their defensive strength. Although they could not completely prevent the Lakers from scoring, they made it extremely difficult for the Lakers to score every point. Perkins sternly supported Bynum, while Garnett was like a monster with many hands. He could not only restrict Garnett's defense, but also assist all Lakers players who tried to enter the Celtics penalty area. Defend.

Half of the credit for the Celtics' defensive system should be credited to Garnett, and in the second half of the fourth quarter, when Kobe Bryant turned on the killing mode, no matter who defended him, he couldn't stop it. When he sent the ball to the basket, the Celtics did not panic, but continued to run tactics leisurely, taking advantage of every offensive opportunity.

On the surface, it seems that Kobe Bryant is constantly sending the ball into the basket, but the advantage of the score is always on the Celtics side. Until the end, the Lakers did not overtake the score. Losing the opponent by three points further widened the gap with the Sonics.

But the Sonics can't take it lightly, because the Celtics are the team with the best record in the league now, and the next team of the Lakers is the New York Knicks, a big team. It is the Phoenix Suns. Although the Suns are still in the ranks of the playoff teams, their position is not stable, so such a team will definitely play very hard.

If the Suns cannot be won, the next game will be a direct confrontation between the Sonics and the Lakers. If they lose to the Lakers again, the Lakers will overtake them. The original difficulty of the relationship between victory and defeat, the Sonics also have to rank behind the opponent.

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