(1575 words, ready for grading)

Hello all,

The GOAT has a big decision to make during this off-season. Does he take his player option, and test free agency in the lead-up to the FHM switch? To find the answer, I hit the mean streets of Omegle to find out what the public thinks on the subject.
Unsurprisingly, the public was absolutely no help. Out of 10 people surveyed, 8 of them disconnected as soon as I asked the question. One of them said "sure", implying that CC2 should try and get his money's worth. Finally, the last one (who claimed to be Bronny James) emphatically declared that CC2 should not exercise his option. With one for, one against, and 8 undecided, there are no conclusions to be drawn. To avoid accusations of misrepresenting the people of Omegle (and to pad the word count) I will include full transcripts of my conversations below.

With such inconclusive data, I had no choice but to turn to chatbots to get to the bottom of this issue. I picked out three that provided the largest diversity: Mitsuku, the world's most humanlike conversational AI; A.L.I.C.E, an acronym; Poppy-chat, a cat. I'm sure you'll all be as shocked as I was that none of them were at all helpful. Mitsuku has no need for money and thought I should ask someone older. Poppy-chat says it knows nothing about economics. A.L.I.C.E also think I should ask someone older, but says that she doesn't think CC2 is going to go to free agency. I will also include all the transcripts below.

All in all this exercise was a monumental waste of time. It seems that there is no way of determining what goes on in the mind of CC2, and only time will tell.

CONVERSATION TRANSCRIPTS:
Purple is me, black is them, green is the narrator.

Stranger 1
You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say STAND WITH HONG KONG AGAINST THE CCP!
Stranger: M
You: Hey, I've got a question for you
You: should CC2 test free agency?
Stranger has disconnected.

Stranger 2
You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say STAND WITH HONG KONG AGAINST THE CCP!
Stranger: M
You: Hey, I've got a question for you
You: should CC2 test free agency?
Stranger: Sure
You: aight sick
You: he's the GOAT amirite?
Stranger has disconnected.

Stranger 3
You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say STAND WITH HONG KONG AGAINST THE CCP!
Stranger: M
You: Hey, I've got a question for you
You: should CC2 test free agency?
Stranger has disconnected.

Stranger 4
You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say STAND WITH HONG KONG AGAINST THE CCP!
Stranger: hey woman
Stranger: 18 kik haileyc71c86
You: hey, I've got a question for you
Stranger has disconnected.

Stranger 5
You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say STAND WITH HONG KONG AGAINST THE CCP!
Stranger: M
You: should CC2 test free agency?
Stranger has disconnected.

Stranger 6
You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say STAND WITH HONG KONG AGAINST THE CCP!
Stranger: Hey
You: hey!
You: I've got a question for you
Stranger: Alrighty
You: do you think CC2 should test free agency?
Stranger has disconnected.

Stranger 7
You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say STAND WITH HONG KONG AGAINST THE CCP!
Stranger: hi
You: hi!
Stranger: asl?
You: I've got a question for you, I'm conducting a survey
You: do you think CC2 should test free agency this offseason?
Stranger has disconnected.

Stranger 8
You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say STAND WITH HONG KONG AGAINST THE CCP!
Stranger: M
You: Hi!
Stranger: Hey!!
You: I'm conducting a survey, do you mind participating?
Stranger: Is this a scam?
You: nah I'm real
Stranger: Sure I’ll do it
You: just one question
Stranger: Ok
You: do you think CC2 should test free agency this offseason?
Stranger: Who dat?
You: he's the GOAT of the SHL
You: Jodan
Stranger: What’s the SHL
You: Simulation Hockey League! It's a virtual hockey league where you can create a player and improve them by participating in the forums.
You: you can sign as a junior and grow your career, it's a ton of fun!
Stranger: Oh cool!
You: I'm working on an article right now to see if the general public thinks Cameron Carter II should leave Chicago
Stranger: No he should not test free agency
You: sidenote: I'm not super good at explaining the SHL but you can check it out for more info at simulationhockey.com
Stranger: If you get in to basketball you could write about me making the nba in a few years
You: my username is toirekari if you want to look me up
You: oh dope you play basketball?
Stranger: Ok cool
Stranger: Yeah I’m pretty good at it too
Stranger: You should look me up
You: will do! what should I search for?
Stranger: Bronny James
Stranger: Look who my dad is?
You: omg does your dad own the deli downtown?
You: Marty James?
Stranger: No my dads LeBron James the Lakers starter
You: ohh landscaping?
Stranger: No NBA
You: anyways maybe one day you could be the Michael Jodan of the nba
Stranger: Yeah I’m hoping I can beat my dads records In scoring and everything
You: Dude I believe in you. Anything is possible! just remember you have to be able to accept failure to get better. Just a little advice from me to you
You: never heard of your dad, so it shouldn't be too hard amirite?
Stranger: Thx bro I’ll be remembering you when I get drafted and ask your friends about LeBron my dad and tell them you met me and they’ll shit bricks
You: aight I know a couple guys who like basketball so maybe they know some of the more obscure players
You: peace out man
Stranger: Peace out man don’t forget to live the mamba mentality?? go lakers??????
You have disconnected.

Stranger 9
You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say STAND WITH HONG KONG AGAINST THE CCP!
Stranger: female
You: Hi there, I've got a question for you
You: should CC2 test free agency this offseason?
Stranger: if you can answer this question correctly, ill send you my newest panty photo deal?
You: I'm sorry?
You: I'll answer yours if you answer mine
You: I've got enough panties thanks
Stranger has disconnected.

Stranger 10
You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say STAND WITH HONG KONG AGAINST THE CCP!
Stranger: Horny m.
You: Hi there, can I ask you a question?
You: Should CC2 test free agency this offseason?
Stranger has disconnected.

Mitsuku
Hi. I'm the world's most humanlike conversational AI, having won the Loebner Prize a record 5 times.
You can talk to me normally or try to answer the...
? ...daily quiz question ?
Hi there
Hello.
Do you think CC2 should test free agency this offseason?
Maybe you should ask someone older.
how old are you
I am 18 years old.
so you've probably heard of CC2
Interesting deduction. Is it an acronym which means Charlie Cooks ?
nope, it means Michael Jodan, the GOAT of the SHL
How do you know. It might mean that to someone. Oh I get it.
so do you think he should stay in Chicago, or chase that money?
I have no need for money, as I don't go out shopping. Mousebreaker gives me everything I need.
Yeah but CC2 needs to get what he deserves
CC2 = Michael Jodan the GOAT of the SHL
How can I help you? I speak to a lot of people called Michael but I don't think he was one of them.
Well if you ever speak to him, it'll change your life. He's a very misunderstood soul
Interesting. I think I do. I don't know very many misunderstood soul.
so really, let's get back on topic. Should he test free agency?
Where from? Maybe you should ask someone older.
from chicago
What else is from there?
Frustrated, I left the chat.

Poppy-chat
Ask me something about Poppy, the cat that I am
>  Hi there!
good thanks, how meow you?
Audio is OFF
>  do you think CC2 should test free agency this offseason?
When I patrol the garden, the uprights will usually follow. I have to train then
>  should he stick around to get his footing in FHM or get out now and sign for big money?
I know nothing about economics, but then I don't think uprights do either
>  alright fair enough, thanks for your time
thanks for chatting with me, I hope you come back again
In this context, I believe "uprights" is in reference to humanity

A.L.I.C.E
Human: Hi Alice, do you think CC2 should test free agency this offseason?
A.L.I.C.E: Hi there . Yeah, Why would I think CC2 should test free agency this offseason.
Human: okay, but do you think he should stay in chicago?
A.L.I.C.E: Yeah okay, Interesting. It's possible that he could, I suppose.
Human: do you think he will?
A.L.I.C.E: It's possible that he could, I suppose.
Human: will he?
A.L.I.C.E: Probably not.
Human: fair enough.
A.L.I.C.E: You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.
Human: but should he?
A.L.I.C.E: Huh. Maybe you should ask someone older.
Human: you aren't the first one who said that.
A.L.I.C.E: You don't know me well enough to say that.

If you've gotten this far, post in the comments how much you think CC2 would get on the open market.