Seattle Supersonics Pre-Season Presser

[Darth Vegito]

Welcome everyone! The staff and I have been very busy lately, so we'll keep this short and sweet. We would first like to apologize to our fans. When this team is competing, the goal is always to win a championship. We realize we will fall short more than accomplish that goal, but a first round bounce is simply unacceptable. I wasn't satisfied which means changes needed to be made. We loved Jalen but we decided to go in a different direction. We contacted GM BowToTheBill from Golden State to see how real the possibility was of attaining Shawn Kemp. When I discovered that he was willing to listen, I wasn't going to stop until Shawn was a Supersonic. Through long and many thorough conversations we made it happen. So we'd love to welcome Shawn Kemp and Robert Pack to Seattle. We are very excited and once again hope to bring a ship to Seattle. We also resigned Donyell Marshall to a max deal and are very happy to make him a Supersonic for a very long time. He expressed his happiness as well by posting numbers of 20-10 this preseason. Not to mention he did that and wasn't even an offensive option. Shawn Kemp had a healthy pre-season as well. The video below shows his top 10 dunks just from this pre-season alone.

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I'll now take any questions you may have.

[C-Prej]

Utah Reporter: Is it safe to say that it is this year or none with the salary you have to pay over the next two seasons?

[Bowtothebill23]

In the past when you were the GM of the Dallas Mavericks, you were very critical of teams for building teams with stars at the top and little to no depth in between. Now that you have a team like that of your own, what changed your mind? Or do you still believe this and you simply couldn't pass at the opportunity to unite Zo, Kemp, and Marshall?

[Darth Vegito]

Utah Reporter: Is it safe to say that it is this year or none with the salary you have to pay over the next two seasons?

Not exactly. I know many are expecting me to break this thing up soon but with my 3 front court guys I'm over the cap. Might as well pay Pack more money next year and try again. If we see lots of success I can totally see sucking up the cap hits and going at it again. If this whole thing blows up in my face, I'll have a different answer for you. But I don't foresee that happening.

[Darth Vegito]

In the past when you were the GM of the Dallas Mavericks, you were very critical of teams for building teams with stars at the top and little to no depth in between. Now that you have a team like that of your own, what changed your mind? Or do you still believe this and you simply couldn't pass at the opportunity to unite Zo, Kemp, and Marshall?

I would honestly say it's a bit more of the latter. Kemp, Zo, and Marshall. That's a sick front court. I have always thought that a well coached, deep team with one or two stars was the best way to go in this league. I think depth is so very important. But at the same time anytime you can put guys like this together, you have to take that chance. If you don't chances in this league you'll never get it done. Yeah we had like a 50 win turn around last year. While sure it's impressive, it's not winning a championship. That's the goal...always. Hopefully this will get it done. We liked what we saw in preseason and that was what the team looks like being coached by an assistant coach. Let's just say we will be a force to be reckoned with.

[JNR]

Generic Wolves Reporter: I've heard that despite your claims that you're happy with Marshall, you're still working the phones daily trying to replace him with depth. What of the two choices: 1. rolling with Marshall or 2. replacing him with depth is your most ideal situation?

[Darth Vegito]

Generic Wolves Reporter: I've heard that despite your claims that you're happy with Marshall, you're still working the phones daily trying to replace him with depth. What of the two choices: 1. rolling with Marshall or 2. replacing him with depth is your most ideal situation?

As of right now we love Marshall and are rolling with him. If for some odd reason this team doesn't perform the way I expect, then that may change. Fact of the matter is that Marshall is our most valuable asset. But if he continues to put up numbers like he did in the pre-season he won't be going anywhere.

[NickMalone77]

How old is your franchise? Like collectively speaking and are you comfortable with Robert Pack being the only guard on your roster?

[IamQuailman]

Of your 3 big men, which is the most untouchable?

[IamQuailman]

Awarded 5 pts!