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Chapter 131 Eight consecutive victories

"Having won eight consecutive victories, the Thunder is already unstoppable in the new season?"

Within hours of the end of the game, the battle report had spread throughout the media.

The current attention of the Thunder is even stronger than last season to some extent, which also surprised both owner Bennett and manager Presti.

Of course, it's not unexpected, because it's easy to figure out that there are many people who pay attention to them, maybe just to see jokes.

Although the youth storm set off by the Thunder has attracted many fans, as the saying goes, as many people love you as there are people who hate you. Although the Thunder is not yet at the level of a public enemy of the league like the Heat, there must be sunspots and trolls who are brought into the rhythm.

Especially on the Internet, there are many people who like Westbrook and Durant or not.

During the offseason, some fans even started to turn their fans to black and fans because of the change of coaches.

In addition, the Thunder has indeed performed well in the past few seasons, and this sense of gap from good to bad is sometimes more dramatic and lively than from low to high.

Foreigners also like to eat melons and watch the excitement, and they also like to watch jokes. As for being slapped in the face, that is another matter.

And now, for some people, it is indeed a slap in the face, but perhaps because of this, they look forward to waiting for the day when the Thunder loses, and they can step back hard.

So now many people are looking forward to the Thunder's loss on Twitter and forums, and there are also people who open champagne at halftime or in a single quarter.

For the Thunder management, this is of course a good opportunity not to be missed.

To be honest, including owner Bennett, they did not expect the Thunder to perform so well at the start of the game, playing triumphant songs all the way.

It is said that the Thunder schedule is good, but they are the only team that is still winning consecutively. It can't all be attributed to luck.

And except for these two games, they were able to determine the lead early on, which at least shows that they are very stable.

In addition, this was played without Westbrook, and they really began to have some doubts. Is the argument that "the Thunder will be better without Westbrook" that some media said is actually true?

Could it be that Westbrook really suppressed his teammates, otherwise why did they seem to play better after changing a few rookies?

Now that there are good results and traffic, it is time for the management to act. They don’t even need to act first. Naturally, brands will follow them first. Some want to sponsor the home court, and some want to contact the players and discuss endorsements.

Especially Antetokounmpo, because of his style of play and performance, he has received second only to Durant in attention, and is now a new star sought after by everyone in Oklahoma City.

Before, he asked Presti to send his salary in advance, because there is no bank station near his residence, and he even ran a special distance to save money and remittance.

Anyway, it is to portray him as a grateful image. Americans like bad boys, but it doesn’t mean they don’t like people who show gratitude, otherwise there would be no Thanksgiving. Although the original meaning of Thanksgiving is not like this, it is indeed gradually being publicized as the meaning of being grateful for life.

The Hooks have been eyeing him for a long time, and now Michael is planning to negotiate a two-to-three-year contract with them. The total amount will be 100 million to 200 million dollars, which is in line with the current value of Antetokounmpo—after all, no one can say whether he will hit the rookie wall in the future.

And some local endorsements are more than Li Sheng, after all, the exposure rate and commercial value are not the same.

Fortunately, Brother Antetokounmpo can make money, which means they can make money. In addition, Wang Yufen has received a lot of endorsement invitations in China. Some of them can be discussed again, and some have already been settled and need his authorization. Then they may return to the United States to shoot promotional photos and videos for him.

This can at least give Li Sheng a little balance in his heart. After all, as a reborn, it would be a bit depressing if he was compared to a first-year rookie in terms of making money.

And when it comes to domestic forums, there are two different styles of painting with foreign countries.

Because the Thunder still maintained a winning streak after defeating the Clippers, which also caused widespread heated discussions, but overall they tended to make good speeches, and many people hoped that they could continue their winning streak.

Because of Li Sheng's existence, and the fact that the current Thunder is not a threat, most domestic fans who are not Thunder fans will support the Thunder this season, unless they meet their home team.

Whether it's James fans who have been compared, or Spurs fans who have a competitive relationship with the Thunder.

At present, there are only a few large-flow fan groups on domestic forums, Texas Xiaoqiang fans, Lakers fans or Comey, Heat fans, and now a Thunder fan is added.

The Spurs have attracted a lot of fans because of the new championship and their achievements in the past few years, but they still can't compare with the other teams in terms of traffic. Of course, it may also be because they are "low-key."

Among them, the only one who may soon conflict with the Thunder is the fans of Houston Xiaoqiang. After Dayao retired, Texas Xiaoqiang died within two years, and Harden came to the playoffs. Although he was eliminated in the first round, he was still his old club Thunder.

But the fans mostly have a mocking attitude towards this. First, it is because they know that they are not as good as others, and they also hurt Westbrook, which is somewhat unreasonable.

They will definitely not criticize Beverly externally, but they are not satisfied within the team. The key is that they lost in the end, and they lost again.

After all, the fans who watched from Yao Mai must hate injuries the most, let alone this kind of man-made injuries.

However, because of Harden's relationship, Thunder fans are generally relatively harmonious except for targeting Beverly.

But with Howard coming this season, Houston even became one of the favorites to win the championship.

Of course, few will take it seriously except for the fans. After all, Harden hasn't proved himself, and Howard didn't perform well last season. If this combination is called "new OK", it will be laughed to death.

But for the fans, they always have to think more, not to mention that although the team's record is not outstanding after the start of the game, Harden and Howard performed very well, which also gave them hope.

Under such circumstances, some fans actually began to shout the slogan of "revenge" against the Thunder in this season's playoffs.

I don't know if it's true or sailing, but the rhythm is obviously brought up. In addition, the Thunder fans are dissatisfied with Beverly's injury to Westbrook. In their opinion, if there is no Beverly, even if the Thunder can't win the championship last season, the Thunder will definitely be better this season.

And so a rift opens and a battle of words begins, as it has done so many times in the past.

This also illustrates a point. There is no eternal harmony, only eternal stance.

Sometimes it’s like this, when a person doesn’t hate you, it’s possible that he just ignores you and doesn’t like you at all, or the gap between them is too obvious, and he feels that he can’t climb up to you, not how friendly the two sides are.

The so-called family members on the forum will be slapped in the face after all. After all, the world is changing too fast. Except for the period of the Qiyong war, in which year before and after two teams can be sure that they will be able to meet in the finals?
(End of this chapter)