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In the morning of the next day, Stephen told Mordance about this matter, which shocked Modans, and asked Stephen in surprise, is it not January [-]st today, but April [-]st, Stephen Tell him very clearly that this is only a possibility now, and I hope he can evaluate from a commercial point of view what losses he will have, so that he can negotiate terms with the other party when the time comes.

Mordance told Stephen that although the United States is a very inclusive country, changing nationality is still a very big and risky thing for a public figure. Now is the rising period of Stephen's career. Dance has at least 30 commercial endorsement intentions in his hands, and at least [-] of them can be won as long as Stephen signs.

Although many merchants choose Stephen as their spokesperson because of his popularity in the Asian market, some of them are not for the Asian market, but because of Stephen’s miraculous rise from the grassroots. Instead, they are dealing with the North American market. If Stephen changes his nationality, it is very likely that this part of customers will be lost.

Originally, there was still a negotiation to attend in the morning, but Modans couldn't take care of it now, so he hurriedly informed the other party to postpone the negotiation, and this matter was so serious that he didn't dare other staff members to know, so he could only hide by himself. In the office, take out the data and charts, and calculate the relevant losses and gains.

The first thing to pick out is those customers who have no intention of developing the Asian market. They are most likely to be affected by Stephen's change of nationality. The total contract value of these customers alone is more than [-] million. It is also possible that the impact will be around [-] million US dollars.

Of course, this kind of assessment is difficult to make accurately, because even merchants in Asia are likely to be affected by this, and only a rough estimate can be drawn. According to Stephen's instructions, Mordangs also tried his best to assess the loss If it is more serious, we can also strive for more compensation during the negotiation. Of course, the data and theory must have something to say, not as much as you say, there must be proof.

"If you want to participate in the national team, the company can use its influence to send you to the national team without changing your nationality." Modangs specifically asked Stephen to verify that the US national team has not treated Stephen so far. There was a call, and they even chose a rookie to join the national team, but Mordance believes that if the company exerts its influence, there should be no problem sending Stephen to the national team. After all, Stephen's strength is there. Fully qualified to enter the national team, not to say that the strength is not enough, you need to go through the door to enter.

"No, even if they call me, I won't join." Stephen clearly rejected Modans' proposal. It can be said that Stephen didn't have a good impression of this year's national team. Of course, it wasn't for the players, nor Not to the coaches, but to the national team selection committee responsible for selecting players, especially Jack Colangelo, executive director of the national basketball team and general manager of the Suns.

Some players once suggested that Stephen should be selected for the national team, but Clangelo told him clearly that there was no such possibility at all. The U.S. national team had a lot of players to choose from, and there was no need to pick a yellow-skinned player. This is the second time he has clearly stated that he is not interested in Stephen. The first time, his reason was that Stephen was not strong enough.

The reason why Stephen is a little tempted to change his nationality to join the Chinese national team is that he subconsciously plans to compete with the American team and cause trouble for them. Stephen doesn't know much about the strength of the Chinese national team, but he believes that as long as he And Yao Ming, with a little effort from his teammates, even if they might not be able to defeat them, they could still surprise them.

Of course, if he can win, Stephen won't mind at all, and communicated with Modans about each other's views. Modans is just a manager. Although he is very opposed to it in his heart, Stephen is the one who has decision-making person.

After confirming Stephen's idea, Modans immediately started working at the fastest speed. Since this matter needs to be kept secret for the time being, he can only complete a lot of work by himself. After a station wagon, he went to pick up Situ Yulin and Mo Xueru. After consulting their opinions, Stephen found a Mexican restaurant.

After lunch, Stephen handed them two tickets next to the bench. Stephen originally planned to find a ticket for the two of them in a box, but the two of them were unwilling. She prefers Take a closer look at the scene.

In the afternoon, only two hours of light-intensity training were carried out, and then the players began to rest and wait for the game in the evening, while the coaching staff was constantly busy. This season, the 76ers have gradually recovered from the pain of losing Iverson. It has recovered and its record has increased, but it is still in the lower middle of the Eastern Conference.

For such a team, the Sonics did not pay too much attention to this opponent from top to bottom, including the preparation work of the coaching staff, which was not very detailed. , was led by as much as [-] points by the opponent [-] to [-].

Especially Andre Iguodala, because he and Allen Iverson's initials are both "ai", so he is also called "little ai". He is a player with very good physical fitness, but Compared with Iverson, his scoring ability is seriously insufficient, but his defense is extremely good.

Excellent physical fitness allows him to defend most players on the forward and defensive lines, whether they are strong or agile. At the same time, he has an active defensive will, excellent defensive skills, and not too strong offensive desire. Let him focus on defense.

Therefore, although his defense is not well-known, he is a first-class defensive player in the league. In this game, from the beginning, he defended Stephen regardless of cost, and the other players of the 76 team also put Stephen became the biggest defensive object.

As soon as Stephen gets rid of Iguodala's defense, other players will immediately make up for it regardless of who is defending. Even if Stephen can come out of the double-team of two people, he will be greeted with a fierce foul. The game lasted 32 minutes and 76 seconds , The [-]ers fouled Stephen four times, but the timing of the opponent's foul was particularly good. Stephen only earned two free throws and missed one.

If Watson hadn't hit a three-pointer, the Supersonics would have only scored four points so far. The 76ers' strategy was very effective, but the Supersonics were not prepared and still pinned their hopes of scoring on Stephen's body.

Stephen controlled the ball unhurriedly, and Iguodala immediately stuck to it without waiting for Stephen to get close to the three-point line. But today's referee, as if he didn't see the ubiquitous small movements of the opponent, made Stephen very surprised annoyed.

"I promise you will never get [-] points today." Iguodala whispered in Stephen's ear while entangled with his super long wingspan.

"Really, let's wait and see." Stephen dribbled the ball from his right hand to his left hand, and made a breakthrough to the left. When Iguodala moved forward, Stephen suddenly turned his back and came To the right of Iguodala.

Iguodala turned around in a hurry, and at the same time Reggie Evans ran from the basket, blocking Stephen's route into the basket early, but Stephen turned back and turned to Iguodala's On the left, Iguodala just turned around and turned his back to Stephen.

At this time, Stephen took a step back and left Iguodala's envelope, but before Stephen jumped up to shoot, Rodney Carney behind him rushed over, reached out and forcibly knocked the ball from Stephen's hands.Received a foul.

Stephen rubbed his hands. As long as the opponent fouls, there is no soft one. They are all such extremely vicious fouls. Although they are not obvious injuries, they make people very angry. When making free throws, Stephen didn't care. Throwing the ball to the basket so casually.

I don’t know if it was the influence of emotions, or Stephen was too casual, the ball just slightly brushed the basket and deflected to the outside. Before the second free throw, Stephen held his breath and adjusted it. Fortunately, this time it didn’t miss, but Since the start of the game, Stephen has made two of four free throws and a 50.00% free throw percentage, which is also a rare occurrence for Stephen.

The 76ers' offense ended in vain. The Sonics continued to attack. The ball was still in Stephen's hands. With Coupard's pick-and-roll, Stephen avoided Iguodala's defense, and then deflected to the left. Immediately afterwards, he leaned to the right again, and while his body was shaking, he was already close to the basket.

Samuel Dalembert had already been waiting at the basket. He didn't shoot with Coupard, and he was still guarding the 76ers' penalty area. When he saw Stephen coming, he hurriedly adjusted his pace, but Stephen's The speed was too fast, and before he could adjust, Stephen had already reached the basket.

In order to avoid his block, when Stephen jumped up, he made a sideways movement to the left, facing the basket sideways, but before Stephen could throw the ball, Samuel Dalembert had already Stretching out his hand, he pushed Stephen down from the air.

This was a very malicious sabotage, because according to a normal defense, he should jump to block the block, but because Stephen made a dodging movement in the air, he simply pushed Stephen down, and Stephen fell heavily to the ground. The referee also whistled Samuel Dalembert for a foul without hesitation. There was no way, this foul was too obvious.

Logically speaking, the team's main center shouldn't take the initiative to foul for the second time before the half of the first quarter, but Samuel Dalembert did just that, and it's still like this With a fierce movement, Coppard rushed over immediately, head to head, chest to chest, and Samuel Dalembert.