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The expiring contract of Jerome James is still very popular. There are several teams in the league who want to make room for salary next season, but they also offer some bad chips. This is not what Presti wants Yes, so Presti thought and thought, and still think it is more appropriate to buy out Jerome James' contract.

This kind of buyout is very simple, just give the next season's salary to others. They are fully guaranteed contracts. At this point, Presti wondered, doesn't Isaiah Thomas know how to avoid it? Risk, when signing a long-term contract, add team options or partial guarantee clauses? The resulting contracts are all five or six years long, without any options in the middle, or fully guaranteed. I really don’t know What people say is good.

After entrusting the assistant of the player affairs department to go to Jerome James to discuss the buyout, Presti put his mind on these players again. After the buyout, the team has three places, but if von Weaver is added In other words, there are four target players. Who should I choose? After receiving Grant Hill’s physical report issued by the Phoenix Suns team doctor, Presti looked at it and asked the team doctor to confirm it. The final will be signed first. Grant Hill.

There were no small forwards last season, and this season there are several more at once, and after signing Grant Hill, the team still has not solved the problem of shooting guard, what should we do?

Grant Hill's negotiations went very smoothly. At the age of 36, he no longer has any thoughts about money. In addition, he has made enough money in the past. The only thing left is his love for basketball and the pursuit of championships. He even said that his salary can be greatly reduced, but it is best to guarantee a certain amount of playing time. He is not willing to sit on the bench for a season and then retire with a championship ring. He wants a championship that he personally participated in. [

This request is not a big problem. After communicating with Jeff Van Gundy, Jeff Van Gundy also recognized Grant Hill's ability, especially because of his injury. His ability to fight is not strong, but he uses his own wisdom to make up for it. The lack of defense, Jeff Van Gundy is still very satisfied with this.

What impresses Presti the most is that the Phoenix Suns are willing to offer Grant Hill a two-year contract extension of more than 600 million yuan, but Grant Hill is willing to come to the Sonics to get a two-year veteran's basic salary of 400 million yuan. The sincerity moved Presti, so the two sides quickly announced the news.

Although Grant Hill is not a top superstar, at least he has been, or has been close to it. Even if such a player is older, he is more sensational than signing those famous people, except that people are a little worried about his injuries. , but he played all the games for the first time in his career last season, which shows that his body is almost in good shape. In addition, according to rumors, he rejected the Phoenix Suns' big contract and chose the Sonics. At this point Very popular with fans, so Grant Hill's arrival was welcomed by many fans, and the grievances against the team some time ago were also swept away.

After signing Grant Hill, it means that there is one less option, and it also means that there is one less quota. For this newly released championship team, many teams and the media are analyzing, analyzing their performance this summer. What kind of lineup will be formed? At present, it seems that the strength of this team has not declined much with the turmoil. This makes many teams very disappointed, but their main structure players have contracts, and the Supersonics The team also rejected any trade proposals about them. It is not so easy to dismantle this championship team. At most, they can lure players whose contracts have expired, but except for Coupard, others are of little value.

For the players, this means that the Sonics can provide one less opportunity. Von Weaver has lost his patience with the team, but the work of getting the agent to contact other teams is also not going well. The team expressed their willingness to give him a trial training opportunity, but they were unwilling to provide him with a formal contract, which meant that no matter which team, they would have to live a precarious life, which was not what Von Weaver was willing to do. Forget it, I'm still waiting here, at least the team still has a chance here.

At the beginning, Presti wanted to confirm these two places as soon as possible. Whether it is Allen Iverson or Stephen Marbury, they are relatively capable players. If they are used well, they will definitely help the team. , and they are also role players, even if they can't, it won't do much harm to the team, but soon Presti found that the two of them are not very popular in the free market, and no team is willing to give them a chance, so Now Presti is not in a hurry, anyway, it is still very early before the start of the season, and it is enough to make a decision before the start of the training camp.

If other teams are willing to give them a chance, the Sonics will not feel too bad about it. Anyway, they are not necessary players. Presti will never sign the kind of players who are looted. He was willing to do that kind of thing.

Faced with the interest of Allen Iverson and Stephon Marbury, Presti also quietly shelved their two signings, and asked the evaluation department to collect as much information as possible to obtain more detailed results. It didn't completely cut off the connection between the two parties, but just gave them a little hope.

Time passed day by day. Stephen, Yao Ming, and even Kevin Durant were busy with their own business activities. The signings and transactions of various teams in the league were still busy. The Los Angeles Lakers and the freedom of the team Player Lamar Odom completed the signing, Ben Wallace returned to Motown Detroit, the New Orleans Hornets traded Tyson Chandler to the Charlotte Bobcats for Emile Okafor, Many unpopular free agents, such as Eric Diogu, Sheldon Williams, and Drew Gooden, have all got contracts. Allen Iverson and Steph Marbury still haven't found a willingness to sign with them. The signed team, so although dissatisfied with the Sonics' slack, they still dare not completely cut off contact.

At this time, the Portland Trail Blazers suddenly announced that they had reached a contract extension of 800 million for five years with Brandon Roy. After several observations, the Portland Trail Blazers believed that Brandon Roy's future was still promising, so they completed an early contract extension with Brandon Roy, although it was not a maximum salary in the full sense. But it's close, not bad for a player who has had a serious injury and is still recuperating.

Finally, in mid-September, when the training camp was about to start, it was impossible for the Sonics to wait any longer. At the same time, the players also lost patience. team, he is going to play overseas, and his destination is Europe or China.

The Memphis Grizzlies also expressed their interest in Allen Iverson. Carlesimo knew that if he really wanted to sign him, he could no longer hesitate. Fortunately, Allen Iverson still prefers to sign him. The Sonics, and the Memphis Grizzlies are also reluctant to spend a lot of money in order to avoid the luxury tax, which makes the Sonics do not need to face salary competition.

After negotiations between the two parties, the contract was set at two years, with an annual salary of 320 million US dollars. Allen Iverson was a little dissatisfied. A player with an annual salary of nearly 2000 million, suddenly asked him to take more than 300 million. I really feel quite disappointed. Yes, but there are really not many teams interested in him in the league now, and he even wants to go overseas to play in a fit of anger, but when he hears that the salary is not even as good as here, and he has to face changes in life and environment, he will Not too willing.

Even at this time, Allen Iverson still brought four entourages. Seeing his reluctance, Presti was not too satisfied. If he had such emotions, his performance would definitely not be so good. Go, to be honest, at this time Presti has already regretted a little, but it is too late to regret it now, so I have to wait and see.

After signing Allen Iverson, the Sonics signed Von Weaver with a two-year minimum salary. Although Allen Iverson can also play shooting guard, Presti still wants to be safer.

In this way, the Sonics' list of players is Stephen, Yao Ming, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Serge Ibaka, Kurt Thomas, Coupard, Travis Outlaw , Earl Watson, Du Fei, Nick Collinson, Omega Casspi, Grant Hill, Allen Iverson, Von Weaver, exactly fifteen.

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