Chapter 294: What Can You Lose for the sake of Oden?
February 20, 2007, Key Arena, Seattle.
The Key Arena is the hottest arena in the NBA ball market this year.
The Key Arena, which can accommodate more than 17,000 people, is full this season.
The 104% attendance rate makes Key Arena the highest attendance rate in the NBA this season.
If it weren't for the fear that the temporary seats added for each game and the number of standing tickets sold would affect safety.
The attendance rate of the Key Arena can be even more terrifying!
The passion of the fans has made the devil's home court No. 1 in the NBA this season!
Now the home atmosphere of the Key Arena is the best in the NBA!
“mvp! mvp! mvp! ”
“mvp! mvp! mvp! ”
“mvp! mvp! mvp! ”
Listen to the crazy shouts of the DJs and the shouts of 'MVP' from the fans under the leadership of the DJs! Slogan, Jerry West's face was full of shock.
This is not the first time he has come to the Key Arena to watch a game.
After so many years in the NBA, he knows very well what the key arena was like before, and what the key arena is like this season.
In the past, the attendance rate of all teams in the NBA could only be regarded as below average, only about 20.
With such an ordinary attendance, the atmosphere of the stadium naturally cannot be said to be very good.
After the current supersonic speed gets yes, the change of the key arena is like a world of difference!
Jerry West has been able to feel the power of a city cheering for a player at the Key Arena!
It's the craziest power a team can get!
yes!
Every time he watched a yes game live, it made his desire for Auden go to the next level!
The energy that a player of this level brings is always beyond imagination.
Not to mention Memphis, even a seemingly small city like Toronto, as long as it can fight for the championship, it will turn from a small ball city to a big ball city!
In the NBA, it's always the wins and the championship that matter!
yes If it weren't for those previous victories and championships, he wouldn't have been recognized in Seattle.
The easiest way to get the Grizzlies recognized is to turn them into an NBA title contender!
This game between the SuperSonics and the Grizzlies is very unimportant.
Now the 32-20 SuperSonics are almost firmly seated in the Western Conference playoffs.
The 14-40 Grizzlies are also basically in the bottom spot in the West.
If it was just an ordinary game between the eighth and fifteenth in the West, Jerry West would not have come to the Key Arena to supervise the game.
The point is that the SuperSonics are no ordinary eighth team in the West!
The SuperSonics have the 2007 draft pick of the Bucks, who are now the last in the East!
Now the battle for the bottom of the league between the Bucks and Grizzlies has entered the white heat!
Jerry West needs to prevent the SuperSonics from deliberately losing to the Grizzlies in order to get Oden.
The gap between the Grizzlies and the Bucks is very small.
The Bucks are even worse than the Grizzlies right now.
The Bucks were traded to the SuperSonics because of the 2007 draft pick, coupled with the departure of the team's head coach, the injury of the team's leader, and the team's change of ownership, it can be said that the Bucks have now given up on treatment and have a bit of a tendency to revenge on society.
The Bucks really don't care about losing now!
Although he is ready to reimburse Gasol for the season due to Gasol's injury to play the World Championships for Spain, the Grizzlies still have to nod face.
It also needs to give David Stern a little more face.
Now the Grizzlies are still in the bottom line, but the gap with the Bucks is not that far.
In order to keep the penultimate position, and the supersonic game that looks like a must-lose, the Grizzlies must not win!
In the NBA, there are players who are willing to listen to the team, and there are players who are unwilling to accept the bad swing!
His previous idea at the Grizzlies was to look for players with professional qualities to build the team.
This has caused him a lot of problems this season.
Players like Gasol and Batil are reluctant to mess up.
They want to play in the playoffs, they want to win championships, but they want to give it their all in every game.
They don't want to lose every game just right.
Not only these players, but the team's previous head coach, Mike Flatlow, was also reluctant to do it.
Gasol's injury has healed and he will be able to play in January, and Vlathelow wants to get Gasol on the field.
In order to get Gasol on the court, Vlatro did not hesitate to hint at the press conference that Gasol had recovered.
Now Vlatro has been fired by him.
Gasol also sat on the sidelines and watched the Grizzlies keep losing.
The Grizzlies are under a lot of pressure right now to get Oden.
Replacing former head coach Mike Flatlow can only be held down for a while, not forever.
Gasol wants to play, he wants to win.
Battier also wants to play with all his strength and he wants to win.
In the face of increasing pressure from the Grizzlies right now, either trade all of these people or he will personally press the lineup every game.
Without his oversight, the Grizzlies' new head coach, Tony Baron, couldn't hold it down.
Tony Barron, the Grizzlies' head of player affairs, was not a full-time coach in the first place, and letting him be the head coach was purely a mess.
Asking the players to do what he commands, that's a joke.
If the grizzly bear hadn't been pressed by him, it would have been messed up a long time ago.
Unless he trades Batil and Gasol!
He did have the idea of trading Batile and Gasol for yes last season.
But since it has been determined to build a team with Oden as the core, these two are candidates who can assist Oden in the future, so naturally they can't be traded!
It's not an easy thing to keep them and not let them win.
Fortunately, he has enough prestige in the NBA and the Grizzlies!
"Kenny, do you think the SuperSonics will win this game?"
This game between the SuperSonics and the Grizzlies is a national live broadcast of TNT.
With the reimbursement of Grizzlies star player Pau Gasol, there is nothing to watch about the game between the SuperSonics and the Grizzlies.
The biggest attraction of this game is whether the supersonic will be bad for Oden!
To be precise, yes will not deliberately lose in order to get Oden!
It's an interesting sight!
It is also a highlight that many fans in the United States are looking forward to!
Yes has said more than once before that standing on the pitch is all about winning.
Now there is a chance to get Auden in front of yes, will yes change his principle of winning all the time in order to get Auden!
This kind of 'unmanned supermarket'-style test of human nature has always been popular.
The last person to be tested by Oden was Jerry West, who changed his team-building style of never taking the initiative to mess up for Oden.
Now it's finally YES' turn!
"I believe yes will make the right choice for his career!"
"The SuperSonics will play against the Grizzlies twice this season, as long as they lose to the Grizzlies in these two games, the Bucks' chances of getting the top pick will be greatly increased, and the chances of the SuperSonics getting the top pick will also be greatly increased!"
"In order to get Oden, the price paid by the SuperSonics is just two defeats, and even such a loss may not even change the position of the SuperSonics, and they can still enter the playoffs!"
"So, yes' choice for this game is clear."
"I'm sure everyone will understand yes' choice."
Barkley's words are clear.
What if you give up a game or two for the sake of career victory!
This is Oden, a player who can change yes' career!
The 'MVP' cheers at the Key Arena were loud, so big that they were beyond Yes's imagination.
In the past, the key arena rarely shouted MVP.
One is that they don't want to put pressure on Yes, and the other reason is that supersonic fans are indeed not as shameless as ESPN.
But this time, after Ye Si turned around on the All-Star and became the star of the All-Star, the confidence of supersonic fans is much greater!
It's no secret that this year's All-Star YES has been suppressed by a lot of players.
Since yes can even withstand such suppression, and it has still become the most dazzling one.
Then yes has enough strength and psychological quality to withstand all this!
With SuperSonics now in the West, his hopes of getting the regular season MVP are very slim.
But being frantically shouted MVP by the home fans is still something that Ye Si finds quite interesting.
"yes, we're going to win this game too"
"Of course!"
In this game with the Grizzlies, many people hyped before the game that the SuperSonics would deliberately lose the game.
The NBA's sprint is more than just a sprint to win!
"We stand on the pitch to win, and that pursuit will never change."
Victory is the eternal pursuit!
This answer did not disappoint the old Nelson.
"For the sake of Oden, Jerry West has changed!"
"yes is about to change!"
The game of the SuperSonics Grizzlies began, and Milicic won the first wave of possession for the SuperSonics.
Barkley in the commentary seat is already looking forward to yes's acting skills!
It's fun to deliberately pretend that you want to win in order to lose!
Barkley can't wait to make fun of that awkward yes!
Even the expression on Battier's face was a little disdainful.
The experience with the Grizzlies annoyed him and deliberately lost!
Well
Just when Battier wanted to watch Yes's 'clumsy' performance with disdain, Battier deliberately slowed down the defense and hit the shot!
It's still a decisive offense, it's still a picturesque shot, and it's still a win-chasing look.
Battier, who had still had some disdain on his face, had only surprise left on his face.
"yes, I don't want to lose this game!"
Buckley, who had predicted earlier, also shouted loudly.
I didn't want to lose!
yes don't want to get Oden!
Jerry West on the sidelines was stunned.
This is Auden!
In the face of Auden's temptation, who can resist it!
Even yes, like me, will be shaken by it!
Jerry West wants to see how this game is shaken for Oden.
But at the end of the game, the SuperSonics defeated the Grizzlies 117-100 at home, and Jerry West didn't see it.
36 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists!
Standard YES Big Triple Double!
It's definitely not for the sake of failed acting!
"yes didn't change his principles for Oden!"
"yes wins, loses Oden!"