In a blink of an eye, another half month has passed. From the Seattle Supersonics defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves at home to the end of defeating the Memphis Grizzlies at home, the Supersonics achieved a seven-game winning streak. Although there are no strong teams among the opponents in these seven games, they can beat the opponent stably in every game, and almost no thrilling situation has happened, which can prove the strength of the Supersonics.

Yao Ming's playing time has been increasing in a step-by-step manner. From the next game, he can play for 30 minutes. Basically, this is the playing time of a main player, but this is also the final limit on him. In five more games, if there are no adverse reactions, Yao Ming's playing time will not be subject to any restrictions.

However, everyone's unanimous statement is that although Yao Ming's recovery is very ideal and he is already losing weight, he still has to control his playing time in the subsequent games, try not to exceed 35 minutes, and not to play for nearly 40 minutes like the Rockets.

However, in the Supersonics, he doesn't need to play for that long, because with Stephen in the team, he doesn't need to take such heavy responsibilities. There is also a Coupard in there, so there is no need to worry that the team will be left in the inside after he leaves the court. Moreover, as the team's future main center, Coupard also needs a certain amount of playing time to train, so Yao Ming's playing time is nothing at all.

Although playing time has been limited, Yao Ming's performance has always been good during the limited playing time, which has provided great help to the team's seven consecutive victories. Although he has not been fully integrated into the team due to playing time, he still shows his value.

"The value of this deal" is the consensus among the Supersonics, especially in the eyes of Presti and others, after making this deal, the Supersonics have the confidence to win the championship, otherwise Stephen would have to explode alone like last season.

If you have confidence, you will be confident when playing games. You block the outside line, we have the inside line, you block the inside line, we have the outside line. For a championship team, the first thing is to have defense. Although the Supersonics' defense cannot be said to be top-notch, it cannot be considered bad, especially after introducing Yao Ming; secondly, there must be an inside line, so there is no need to mention this now; then there must be three-pointers on the outside line. In addition to Stephen and Durant, the team has introduced Du Fei again this season. Although Du Fei averages only 7:8 points per game, his playing time is less than six minutes, and his three-point shooting percentage is as high as 47%, which is very reassuring.

The Supersonics have no obvious shortcomings in technical staffing, which is also a must for a championship team. However, there are two very critical games waiting for them, the opponents are the Dallas Mavericks and the San Antonio Spurs, and the particularly disadvantageous thing is that these two games are back-to-back away.

These two teams ranked third in the West and fourth in the West respectively, while the Dallas Mavericks' record is only half a win difference from the second-ranked Los Angeles Lakers, and only one win difference from the Supersonics.

As for the San Antonio Spurs, although the media has been advocating that their roster is too old, they are still in the top four positions until now. The Portland Trail Blazers and the Denver Nuggets behind cannot pose a threat to their position, and they have always been good at dealing with the Supersonics.

Since eliminating the Supersonics in the playoffs, the Spurs have become the biggest miser of the Supersonics. This meeting is also the first time the two sides have met in the new season. The Spurs don’t know that at least the whole team on the Supersonics are looking forward to this game.

Although he had already decided that this was a war of revenge in his heart, Stephen would not say that. While participating in a CBS interview program, he talked about his days in San Antonio.

Stephen narrated with a very sincere and natural smile: "In my basketball career, the University of Southern California has been a beautiful start, but San Antonio is a real departure. In San Antonio, I have gained a lot, not a honor or two championships, but know how to play correctly, learn how to treat basketball and build a team that works together."

Stephen talks about gratitude, thanks and gratitude, but there is no trace of nostalgia. This attitude must be revealed because you have left that team and are no longer a San Antonio player, but a Supersonics player.

And you have given everything you can give here. If you don’t feel satisfied, you have to miss the old master. If it’s not satisfactory, it might be fine. Now the Supersonics are in the prime of their lives, and the situation is better than the Antonio Spurs. If you are not satisfied, wouldn’t it make your relatives suffer and your enemies get better?

This is a publicity event. As the hottest team this season and the hottest new generation superstar player in the league, CBS chose Stephen to participate in this interview program that is live-streamed nationwide, and has been welcomed by many national audiences.

The audience kept calling to participate in the show, asking questions to the director, and then asking the director to notify the host.

"What is the goal of the Seattle Supersonics this season?" asked host Dap Morse.

"The ultimate goal is naturally the championship. We failed last season, we are going to make a comeback this season, and we have new helpers to join, we have a new boss, and the venue has been completely renewed. I believe we have reason to attack higher goals." Stephen honestly replied, not like a superstar at all, nor at all the ostentatiousness and confidence he had on the court.

"It sounds like lack of confidence?" Dapmores is very good at hitting snakes and sticking on the ground to play this problem.

"It is not just about having strength to win the championship, but also about luck. No one can guarantee this." This sentence still shows Stephen's confidence in the team's strength.

Dapmors immediately laughed, and this achieved his goal. He didn't need to ask any more questions. So he glanced at the prompt and then asked the next question: "For basketball, you have already won all the awards you can get, three most valuable players, best defensive players, championships, Olympic gold medals, etc. What other awards do you want to win?"

"Best Coach Award." Stephen replied seriously. He has indeed won all the awards that players can win. Now Stephen needs accumulating quantity, but he can't say that, so he has to say this in a joking tone.

Sure enough, the audience burst into laughter. Stephen's eyes seemed to be looking at the camera camera behind everyone or everyone else, and in fact he was thinking about flying to the game.
Chapter completed!