75. Newcomer King
After a big victory in New Orleans, the Warriors took a little rest for a day, and the next day the plane went directly to Seattle, with the stormy Supersonics waiting for them.
If you want to talk about who is the NBA's No. 1 fish in the past two seasons, if Supersonics considers second, no one dares to be the first. Since entering 2005, Supersonics' record has plummeted, confirming that the classic that is not the worst but the worse.
The team also changed variously. This time, not only did the coach change, but the boss change, but even the team's address changed. Recently, news came out that the Supersonics also wanted to change the team name. This made Seattle fans feel sad, especially old fans, who contributed the best period of their lives to this team!
The Supersonics had a poor record last season. He was blamed by the team's uniform group for head coach Nate McMillan's insufficient level and replaced Bob Weiss as the new head coach. From the beginning, it proved that this plan of changing the soup and not changing the medicine did not work. The Supersonics had a 5-game start and lost 4 times, and achieved a 6 win and 8 loss in November. The team still had no improvement in December. After losing the first game of the New Year, the management decided to change the course and change the coach again.
The problem is that no matter how many coaches are changed, the supersonic record will not improve, which makes people wonder if there is a problem with the team's feng shui. Perhaps this is why the team's current rumors: they want to erase everything about the supersonics, change the team's address, and change the team name!
Just about five months ago, in June 2007, one of the biggest concerns for Seattle fans happened. The Supersonics were sold to an Oklahoma investment group, which expressed their desire to move the team to Oklahoma City, and the reason was that the Key Stadium, which had just been renovated 10 years ago, was too old to be replaced.
The wind is so strong that the old man B has a hard bird test. Seattle fans spontaneously organized an organization called "Save Our Supersonics" in order to keep the team in this city. Although this team has brought them so much damage now, as the saying goes, how deep the injuries are and how deep the love is. For many middle-aged fans, their best youth has remained here, and for many young people, the reason why they embarked on the road of basketball is also because of this arena.
The tragedy in Seattle continues, as the team was sold to Oklahoma City businessman Clay Bennett, the sound of the SuperSonics leaving Seattle became louder and louder. After the deal to buy the team was approved by the NBA boss, Bennett issued an ultimatum to the City of Seattle, saying that he would move the team if he failed to make plans to build a new stadium before October 31, 2007 before the regular season of the season, he would move the team.
The Supersonics off the court are in such chaos, how good can they perform on the court? They have survived the terrifying last season - after ranking last in the Northwest with a record of 31 wins and 51 losses, the team started to sell out tears this summer, and coach Bob Hill was fired and replaced by PJ Carlesimo.
At the same time, the Supersonics, who got the No. 2 draft pick, began to rebuild the team, sending Ray Allen to the Boston Celtics in exchange for the No. 5 draft pick, Wally Szebiak, and Deront West. This summer is definitely a dark memory for the old Supersonic fans. Not only did they lose the team's core Ray Allen, but the team's second brother Lewis was also signed by the Orlando Magic with a big contract. Now the only rookie, Kevin Durant!
Durant's arrival is the only thing that makes Supersonic fans happy, and he also gives these people hope. The thin black boy who failed to succeed in a bench press in the pre-draft training camp, but has incredible shooting ability. He has the height of a power forward, the flexibility of a small forward and the ability of a shooting guard.
Although the Supersonics' record this season is so bad - they have only won two games so far, countless fans are still focusing on Seattle on November 22, because Chamberlain is going to fight Durant here, and the battle for the newcomer king was finally staged today.
The Supersonics are now determined to play badly. In order to win a good draft pick next year, they are fighting hard with the Bulls. Whose record will be worse? But so far, the Bulls are ahead. They are magnificent and soul-stirring to sit at the bottom of the league with a magnificent and soul-stirring loss in a row.
The Bulls are just showing off for the sake of being bad, and they look like "I'm shameless and I'll be the No. 1 pick next year". The Supersonics are still shy and still holding the pipa half-covered. Although they are showing off, they are not the case in name. They claim to be cultivating core growth.
Durant has the unlimited firepower of the Supersonics, and everyone was asked by Carssimo to pass the ball unconditionally, help him cover him unconditionally, and help him share the pressure unconditionally.
Durant, who lived up to expectations and was not good at speaking, did a good job of this. He scored 26.5 points per game with a 24-time mobile phone average, ranking fifth in the scoring ranking, showing everyone the potential of his scoring machine. In addition, this thin guy can average 6.2 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, showing his versatility and selflessness, which really makes the Supersonic uniform team happy.
Of course, this also strengthened their determination to show off to the end. How can Durant choose a good helper if he doesn't show off?
However, despite Durant's outstanding performance, he is still ranked second in the Gotrib Awards (Best Rookie) rankings, and the first place is of course the super insider SUPRE-Z, who is now the most popular superstar.
Chamberlain steadily suppressed Durant with 12.8 points, 19.5 rebounds and 6.6 blocks per game, leading the way in the Best Rookie Ranking. Now many pseudo-fans think that Chamberlain is the No. 1 pick: when Oden participated in the draft, the boldest media guessed his new season data, of course, the score was higher and the blocks were less.
Walking into the Key Arena, the Warriors were greeted with warm cheers from fans, which made Chamberlain unable to help rub his eyes, thinking that he was having hallucinations.
Jackson grinned gloomy and explained: "It's thanks to the 'Super Sonics' organization that launched an event to boycott home players and applaud the enemy."
Chamberlain was puzzled and scratched his head and asked, "Are they idiots? They should work harder to support the home team, right? This will impress the damn capitalists of the Supersonics and then change their minds to keep the team in Seattle."
Jackson sneered at his statement and said, "What are you kidding? The hearts of those capitalists have long been rotten, how could they change their minds? And they did this to retaliate against the players. In this battle, the players stood on the side of the uniform group."
In fact, this is not difficult to understand. After all, it is the boss who directly pays the players. If Seattle fans really want to give these capitalists a little color, they should collectively resist the game and not come to the Key Stadium to watch the game. If every game in this stadium is cold and deserted in a season, the Supersonics team's uniform group will be the first to sit still.
But the fans are also in a mess. They still want to watch the game and boycott the team, which is doomed to fail their actions.
Sure enough, the supersonics then appeared, and boos rang out in the Key Stadium, which made Chamberlain very happy.
When the supersonic players entered the court, the last black young man with slender limbs and a tall body appeared on the court with a frown.
The fans still showed mercy to Durant and did not boo him. He was a rookie after all, and the fans were rationally tolerant of him. This is the cuteness of NBA fans.
Chamberlain took the initiative to walk over and greet Durant. This was the first time he met the "lifelong opponent" mentioned by the media.
"Man, I heard that you scored 35 points in the last game and became the second player to score 30 points after me? You did a great job, you took a firm step in chasing me!" Chamberlain hugged Durant and laughed. In fact, what the media reported was not that Durant became the second player to score 30+ in 2007, but that he was the player who created the highest score in 2007.
Durant and Chamberlain are not much taller, but in terms of strength, the gap is huge. The former is as thin as a horse monkey, while the latter is a King Kong, the King Kong who is holding the Imperial Event and masturbating the plane.
"It's okay, I don't know what's going on, but the score was more than 30 in the end." Durant said honestly, his brows and his eyes were soothing that he suddenly reminded people of the kind of good students who listened to the truth when he was in school.
As for Chamberlain? Seeing the ruffian look when they hugged each other, they were definitely the best choice for gangsters and hooligans.
After teasing a few words, Durant has always been the honest look, and Chamberlain lost interest. He lets go of Durant and said seriously: "Brother, our 2007 level is considered a ruined generation. He said that our draft this year is a young New Year, but I don't think so. I hope that ten years and twenty years later, fans will look back at the 2007 season. They will say that although there are no many stars in this level, two superstars at the level of ruler-the penalty area tyrant Chamberlain, and the high-ranking king Kevin Durant!"
Durant smiled shyly and said with a heavy emphasis: "Okay, come here!"
The voice is not as loud as Chamberlain, but it is as firm and powerful as pride and confident.
Chamberlain sorted out Durant's wrinkled jersey that he had rubbed, patted his shoulder and said, "Come on, my lifelong opponent, let's create a big NBA scene!"
Durant nodded, and when Chamberlain left, Karcimo looked disappointed: "Kevin, what did that kid just said? He said you are his lifelong opponent? He really raised his value. You have to tell him that you are the second-tier show, and what is he?"
A reporter happened to walk past the two, and then he told the Warriors players the words of Karcimo.
"Fuck, this grandson's team is dead today!" Chamberlain roared angrily. He thought for a while, walked back to the Supersonics bench, looked at Karsimo with a smile, and asked, "Man, how many rebounding records are there in this place?"
Karcimo looked at him vigilantly and asked back, "What are you asking about this?"
Seeing that he didn't answer, Chamberlain did not force him to go directly to the rostrum and asked the same question. The recorder on the rostrum looked at it on the computer and said, "It was 23 rebounds created by Kevin Garnett on February 2, 1998. What's wrong?"
Chamberlain smiled grimly with white teeth. He turned his head to look at Karsimo and said viciously: "Today there will be more than 24 rebounds, promise God!"
Chapter completed!