February 20, 2007, Key Arena, Seattle.

KeyArena is the most popular arena in the NBA market this year.

Key Arena, which can accommodate more than 17,000 people, has been full every game this season.

The attendance of 104 made Key Arena the team with the highest attendance in the NBA this season.

If we weren't afraid that adding temporary seats and selling too many standing tickets for each game would affect safety.

The attendance at KeyArena can be even more terrifying!

The enthusiasm of the fans has created the Devil’s home court, which is the No. 1 in the NBA this season!

Now the home atmosphere of Key Arena is the best in the entire NBA!

"mvp! mvp! mvp!"

"mvp! mvp! mvp!"

"mvp! mvp! mvp!"

Listening to the DJ's crazy shouts and the fans shouting "mvp!" led by the DJ, Jerry West's face was full of shock.

This is not the first time he has come to Key Arena to watch a game.

Having been in the NBA for so many years, he knows very well what the Key Arena was like before and what the Key Arena will be like this season.

In the past, Key Arena's attendance rate among all NBA teams could only be considered below average, only about 20 people.

With such an average attendance, the atmosphere at the stadium cannot be said to be that good.

After the current SuperSonics got yes, the changes in Key Arena were like a world of difference!

Jerry West has been able to feel the power of a city cheering for a player at Key Arena!

This is the craziest power a team can get!

yes!

Every time he watches yes's game live, his desire for Oden gets even higher!

The energy brought by players of this level is always beyond people's imagination.

Let alone Memphis, even a seemingly small city like Toronto will transform from a small ball market into a big ball market as long as it can compete for the championship!

nba, the most important thing is always victory and championship!

yesWithout those previous wins and championships, he wouldn't have been recognized in Seattle.

The easiest way to get the Grizzlies recognized is to turn the Grizzlies into an NBA championship contender!

This game between the SuperSonics and the Grizzlies is not important.

Now with 32 wins and 20 losses, the Sonics have almost secured their spot in the Western Conference playoffs.

With 14 wins and 40 losses, the Grizzlies have basically secured their spot at the bottom of the Western Conference.

If it were just an ordinary game between the eighth seed in the Western Conference and the fifteenth seed in the Western Conference, Jerry West would not come to Key Arena in person to supervise the game.

The key is that the SuperSonics are not an ordinary eighth team in the Western Conference!

The SuperSonics hold the 2007 draft pick of the Bucks, currently last in the Eastern Conference!

Now the battle between the Bucks and the Grizzlies for last place in the league has entered a fever pitch!

Jerry West needs to prevent the Sonics from deliberately losing to the Grizzlies in order to acquire Oden.

The difference between a grizzly bear and a buck is very small.

The Bucks are even worse than the Grizzlies right now.

The Bucks traded the draft rights to the SuperSonics in 2007, coupled with the dismissal of the team's head coach, injuries to the team's head coach, and the team's turmoil of changing ownership, it can be said that the Bucks have now given up on treatment.

There is also a tendency to take revenge on society.

The Bucks really don't care when they lose now!

Although he took advantage of Gasol's injury during the World Championships for Spain and planned to make Gasol out for the season, the Grizzlies still wanted to show some face.

We also need to give David Stern some face.

Now the Grizzlies are still last, but the gap with the Bucks is not that far.

In order to maintain the last place, the Grizzlies absolutely cannot win a game with the SuperSonics that seems like a sure loser!

In the NBA, there are players who are willing to listen to their teams and accept bad performances, but there are also players who are unwilling to accept bad performances!

His previous idea of ​​building a team with the Grizzlies was to find players with professional qualities to build the team.

This created a lot of trouble for him this season.

Players like Gasol and Battier are unwilling to perform badly.

They want to play in the playoffs, and they also want to win a championship, but they want to give their all in every game.

Let them lose every game at the right time, which they are not willing to do.

Not only these players, the team's previous head coach Mike Fratello was also unwilling to do it.

Gasol's injury has healed and he will be able to play in January. Fratello wants Gasol to play.

In order to let Gasol play, Fratello did not hesitate to hint at the press conference that Gasol had recovered.

Fratello has now been fired.

Gasol still sat on the sidelines watching the Grizzlies continue to lose.

In order to acquire Oden, the Grizzlies are now under a lot of pressure.

Replacing former head coach Mike Fratello can only stop the situation for a while, but not forever.

Gasol wants to play and win.

Battier also wants to compete with all his strength and wants to win.

Faced with the growing pressure within the Grizzlies, either these people will be traded, or he will personally take care of every game.

Without his supervision, the Grizzlies' new head coach Tony Barone would not be able to control the team.

Tony Barone is the Grizzlies' director of player affairs. He is not a full-time coach to begin with. Letting him be the head coach is purely to make ends meet.

It's a joke to ask players to listen to his instructions.

If the grizzly bear hadn't been pressed down by him, it would have been in chaos.

Unless he trades Battier and Gasol!

He did have the idea of ​​trading Battier and Gasol for yes last season.

But since it is determined to build the team with Oden as the core, these two people are candidates who can assist Oden in the future, so naturally they cannot be traded!

Forcing them to stay without letting them win is not an easy thing to handle.

Fortunately, he has enough prestige in the NBA and the Grizzlies!

"Kenny, do you think the Sonics will win this game?"

The game between the SuperSonics and the Grizzlies was broadcast live nationwide on TNT.

With the retirement of the Grizzlies' leading player Pau Gasol, there is nothing to watch in the game between the SuperSonics and the Grizzlies.

The biggest highlight of this game is whether the SuperSonics will mess up for Oden!

To be precise, would Yes lose on purpose just to get Oden?

This is a very interesting point to watch!

It is also an attraction that many fans across the United States are looking forward to!

Yes has said more than once before that standing on the court is to pursue victory.

Now there is an opportunity to get Oden in front of yes. Will yes change his principle of winning in order to get Oden?!

This kind of "unmanned supermarket"-style test of human nature has always been popular.

The last person who was tested by Oden was Jerry West. For Oden, Jerry West changed his team-building style of never taking the initiative to mess up.

Now it’s finally yes’ turn!

"I believe yes will make the best choice for his career!"

"The SuperSonics will face the Grizzlies twice this season plus this game. As long as they lose these two games to the Grizzlies, the Bucks' chances of getting the No. 1 pick will greatly increase, and the SuperSonics' chances of getting the No. 1 pick will also increase.

It will increase greatly!”

"In order to get Oden, the price the SuperSonics paid was just two losses. Even such a defeat may not even change the SuperSonics' position. They can still enter the playoffs!"

"So, the choice for yes in this game is clear."

"I believe everyone will understand the choice of yes."

Barkley's words have made it very clear.

So what if we give up one or two games for the sake of career victory!
To be continued...