Chapter 657 Thank You, Seattle! (End of Volume 3)
Back, Yes and the Seattle warriors are coming back! "
"The champion, our champion, is coming back!"
Early in the morning on June 13, 2008, several venues in Seattle were already surrounded by crowds of people.
In fact, not only outside the Seattle Airport, but also on both sides of the road leading from the Seattle Airport to the city center, there were already people standing there.
Seattle Airport is 60 kilometers away from downtown Seattle. On this 60-kilometer distance, there are already more than 500,000 people standing on the wall.
In Seattle now, there are not only a large number of fans from all over Washington state, but also fans from all over the world.
Most of these people are here for Yes, for Supersonics!
And now, they can finally see the most perfect ending they want to see!
Now outside the Seattle Airport, hundreds of thousands of people are waiting nervously and excitedly.
Inside the Seattle Airport, the members of Garfield High School who were part of the pick-up staff were more excited than others.
As the head coach of Garfield High School and Yes’ mentor, Coach Floyd’s eyes are always red.
And the players from Garfield High School such as Avery Bradley, Kawhi Leonard, Tony Wroten and others around him are even more nervous and excited now!
“If I hadn’t had no money, I would have gone to Boston long ago!”
"I really envy that guy Stephen for having a good father!"
Leonard listened to the words of the two teammates around him, with a slight frown on his paralyzed face.
Talking about money is vulgar.
But, money is indeed a good thing.
In Seattle, it seems that the entire city is waiting for the return of the hero.
On the plane, the Seattle SuperSonics players were using their own way to tell the world that they were now world champions.
In the current Seattle SuperSonics,
There are 14 players in total, among whom Malikros and Milicic are champions.
Malikros won the 1999 and 2003 championships with the Spurs, while Milicic won the 2004 championship.
In addition, the other 12 players all won the championship for the first time.
Yes, Rose, Millsap, Quentin Richardson, Wilkins, David Lee, Tucker, Barea, Sessions, Nick Collison, Kwame Brown and Du who is now in the hospital. Rand, all for the first time.
For these players who won the championship for the first time, the trophy with the pillar and the small ball is particularly attractive.
Not to mention these players who won the championship for the first time, even players like Milicic who won the championship for the second time are now completely conquered by this trophy.
Seeing these SuperSonics players on the plane now placing the championship trophies in various shapes to take photos and show off, Malikros found it quite incredible.
These young people still know how to play!
Although he and Duncan were also young people in 1999, they were nowhere compared to these boys now.
"Darko, it's my turn now. It's not the first time that you are more obsessed than us!"
"hehe……"
When the championship trophy was handed over to David Lee, Milicic had a silly smile on his face.
Obsessed of course!
Although this is not his first time.
However, his first time was no different than feeding a dog.
The championship that was taken away from him the first time never belonged to him.
That championship belongs to that devil and the five people he brought with him.
And now!
Looking at David Lee, who was currently wearing an elegant suit, holding red wine in his right hand, and holding the championship trophy in his left hand, who was being photographed, Milicic had a smile on his face.
This is his championship!
"Duan Li, that's fine. I asked you to show off. You're really ready to drink it. I still want to use that glass of red wine!"
"I didn't drink it, I just sniffed it!"
Just a muscle stick!
I don’t know anything about cultural accomplishment, I’ve never seen your noble son before!
Even if you are asked to put on a suit and serve red wine, you are still a bandit!
Damn, I really ruined this glass of 1982 Lafite!
David Lee was in MMP in his heart, but on the surface he still smiled and handed the championship trophy to Tucker who was like a bandit.
"Duan Li, what do you think of my look?"
"One word, handsome!"
"Hahahaha, I know that in all of Seattle, besides Yes, I am the most handsome!"
What a handsome guy!
On the Seattle SuperSonics' special plane, everyone is now showing their personality in their own way.
On the Internet, various appearances of Seattle SuperSonics players posing with the championship trophy appeared in front of the world.
Today, the day after the Finals, this is a glorious moment for the Seattle SuperSonics players.
In fact, not only today, but from today to the beginning of the new season, they will be the most glorious group of people in the world.
They are the biggest winners in the world!
The amount of attention they received from a group of people who came out victorious in one of the most watched games in the history of American professional sports was huge.
Yesterday, the fourth finals game between the SuperSonics and the Boston Celtics, the ratings in the United States reached a terrifying 49.4%!
In one fell swoop, it broke the NFL’s ratings record of 49.1%.
This time, the carnival across the United States and the lively show watched by audiences across the United States came to a perfect end.
David Stern even laughed in his office for more than an hour when he got the ratings record for this game.
If his mouth hadn't twitched from laughter, he could have kept laughing.
"Thanks Yes!"
On today's Internet, on Twitter, any post from a Seattle SuperSonics player will receive thousands of comments.
On today's Internet and Twitter, every Sonics player is now a big star and a superstar.
The treatment these Seattle SuperSonics players enjoy online now is completely different from when they first came to the NBA!
And this is what this championship they hold in their hands brings them!
In the NBA, many people have their own ideas and pursuits.
Some are for money, some are for realizing personal value, and some are carrying the glory of the entire city and the entire ethnic group.
But whether it’s for money, for realizing personal value, or for people who are burdened with the expectations of many people, winning the championship is their dream!
At the very least, when they are asked what is your biggest pursuit and biggest dream in the NBA, everyone will say: championship!
It’s not about how much money you make, how many MVP trophies you win, or whether you let a certain group shine in the world. They will all say, championship!
And the NBA championship trophy, one of the highest pursuits of all basketball players in the world, has now become a plaything in their hands!
And they themselves have realized their own value!
And the person who made it happen for them...
Everyone with the Seattle SuperSonics players on the plane now knows exactly why they got all this!
From a bunch of stinking garbage to becoming the most glorious person in the world!
This is the quintessential Cinderella story!
Each of them is Cinderella.
And Yes is the prince of each of them!
"Thanks Yes!"
Is this what it feels like to help your players achieve their dreams?
Looking at these SuperSonics fans on the plane now, the expression on Nelson's face is full of surprise.
Nelson has been in the NBA for many, many years.
He has won more than one championship trophy in the NBA.
But as a head coach, this is the first time.
Winning the championship as a head coach for the first time actually had to wait until now.
In 2008, it was exactly 30 years since he took up the coaching staff of the Bucks in the 1977-78 season!
It was only after 30 years of coaching that he won the first championship trophy in his coaching career. This was something he had never thought of.
After all, he is a disciple of the Cardinal, and he is the most beloved direct disciple of the Cardinal!
For a noble man like him in the NBA coaching world, success, in the eyes of many people, is something that can be easily achieved.
But in the end, he won his first coaching championship trophy only after he transformed from a young and vigorous man into a gray-haired old man.
Is this a pity?
In fact, Nelson never felt regretful.
Because before coming to the Seattle SuperSonics, he had never aimed for a championship.
Speaking of which, it might make people feel like they deserve a beating.
As a disciple of the Cardinal and a former Celtics player, what Nelson looked down upon the most was the championship trophy that others were striving for.
Championships really have no special appeal to him.
When I was a player with the Celtics, I was already softened.
For his old rivals Baylor and Jerry West, it is the most dreamy thing, but it is so normal for him.
So even if he stopped being a player and became a head coach, Nelson did not change his thinking.
When he is a coach, championship is not his pursuit. What he pursues is his own pleasure, basketball itself!
He has been here like this for the past thirty years!
And his pursuit also made him let down many, many people.
Marques Johnson, Moncrief, Chris Mullin, Tim Hardaway, Dirk Nowitzki...and of course Chris Webber.
They are all a group of great players, but because of him, these great players missed the championship.
To him, the championship is insignificant, but to them...
Nelson has always felt that he was a stubborn person, and he had never felt that his stubbornness was wrong before.
But coming to Seattle, coming to the SuperSonics, Yes allowed him to change everything.
His original intention of coming to Seattle and the SuperSonics, needless to say, was to use Yes as a new plaything to realize his fun and pursuit of basketball.
Yes it's amazing!
Such a magical Yes is a treasure of the sport of basketball!
With Yes, he can achieve a lot of pleasure and fun that he wanted to achieve before.
But in the end, his stubbornness was influenced by Yes's persistence.
The fairy tale color of Yes shattered his seemingly lofty dream of pursuing his own basketball fun into powder. After shattering the coat of basketball dreams and fun that wrapped him up, what was exposed was selfishness, which is the most disturbing. Disgusting selfishness, the selfishness of sacrificing everyone for oneself.
"The fun of basketball is really more than just the joy and fun of self-realization..."
Looking at the way these children are now acting wildly, Old Nelson is very satisfied. This is the pleasure and fun he has never had before.
"Thanks Yes!"
This is Nelson's heartfelt thanks.
"Yes, this time in order to welcome you, the hero of Seattle, home with glory, the whole of Seattle is mobilized!"
Rick Sund, the president of the Seattle SuperSonics who brought Leafs back from Toronto, was excited as he sat next to him.
champion!
In two years, Yes has brought the most gorgeous new life to this city and this team!
What a dream!
The boy sitting next to him turned him from the biggest laughing stock in NBA history to one of the greatest general managers in NBA history!
Now the whole world is singing the greatness of Yes.
But in addition to singing the greatness of Yes, there is also praise for him, the former SuperSonics general manager. It was he who paid all the price to keep Yes in Seattle, and it was he who paid all the price to start the Seattle SuperSonics. The glorious beginning!
"Yes, now, every Seattleite is paying attention to the dynamics of our plane!"
Looking at everything outside the window, Ye Si's face was filled with memories.
"Ye, don't be depressed. Regardless of success or failure, you are the heroes of Seattle. Now, every Seattleite is paying attention to you on the plane. Compared with the championship trophy, you are the most important."
Seven years ago, it was dark outside.
And now, it's light outside.
"Yes, here is Seattle. Before you feel the enthusiasm of Seattle, I would like to thank you on behalf of the city of Seattle for everything you have done for it, a great champion and a great MVP!"
Would you like to thank me on behalf of Seattle...
Ye Si closed his eyes slightly.
When the plane stopped at the airport, when the stairs of the plane were set up, when Yes received the championship and FMVP trophies from Rick Sander's hands,
When the cabin doors are opened and the sun shines on Ye Si's face...
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
Looking at the smiling face of his mentor below the plane, and listening to the cheers from the entire city that seemed to come from all directions, Ye Si raised the two trophies in his hands high!
"Yes, say a few words!"
After Rick Sander shouted loudly, everyone looked at Ye Si quietly, with excitement written on their faces.
In all this, wherever there is a big screen in every corner of Seattle, you can see even the smallest expression on Ye Si's face.
It’s not just Seattle, it can be seen all over the United States and around the world!
The glorious return of the Seattle SuperSonics is a live event across the United States!
"Thank you, Seattle!"
"This is for you!"
Boom for life!
The whole city seemed to explode at this moment!
Looking at the smiling face crying with joy on the TV, James suppressed the most complicated emotions in his heart.
This is the scene he has been dreaming about for many years...
In the end, it was realized by Yes...
But he is about to say goodbye...
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