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Then, the entire 2009-2010 season turned into a stage play between the Supersonics and the Lakers.

The only empire vs the Evil Empire

What a great gimmick, even the owners were involved. They hoped the Supersonics would win, as only that could defend the justice of professional basketball.

For that, they had to overlook Chris Bosh in the ranks of the Supersonics, who likewise abandoned his mother team to voluntarily join Seattle.

They could say, who cares about Bosh? James is what matters most.

But now, they started to care.

They didn't want such situations to persist, but as long as there continued to be big markets and small markets in professional basketball circles, a small-market star's longing for a big market would not cease.

So, completely suppressing such trends was unrealistic. They could only make the big-market teams pay a painful economic price while using their geographical advantages to attract stars.