beast basketball

Updated: 2013-02-01

"I have inquired. If he wants to move the team, he must submit a relocation application to the relocation committee at the end of this month, and the director of the relocation committee happens to be the owner of the Houston Rockets, Riley Alexander. Yao Ming has a great relationship with him. Great influence, you can get Yao Ming to lobby him. Welcome to reading[ ]" Felietta Martin looked at Stephen expectantly, but Stephen knew it was not that simple.

Yao Ming is to Leiris Alexander, just like he is to Bennett. Bennett is very kind to himself and respects his own opinions, but this is a trivial matter, related to his own team, such a big event , It's another team's matter, I don't even have the face to mention it to the boss, let alone Yao Ming.

"No, Yao Ming doesn't have that much influence, you should find another way." Stephen shook his head and refused.

"Don't you want to stay in this city and become a legend in this city? There is no real legend in Seattle yet, and I think you should stay." Felietta Martin could not accept Stephen's attitude.

"If you go to Oklahoma City, it's better to start from scratch, just like drawing with a blank piece of paper." Seeing Felietta panic, her eye circles were red, and her eyes were dark. At first glance, Stephen quickly added: "For me to play there, there is no difference to me, and you are looking for me for this matter, I have only been in the league for a few years, and I do For the players of the team, I am really embarrassed to speak on this kind of matter, at most I do not express support or opposition."

"That's neutral, forget it, I'm looking for you in vain today." Felietta got up to leave, but saw that Stephen didn't stop him, sat down again, and said painfully: "What do you mean by this matter?" What to do? I really don't want the Sonics to move."

"This matter is indeed beyond your ability. Maybe the relocation committee will not agree. Let's be careful." Stephen patiently persuaded the other party. For this kind of thing, let alone a small reporter, she is herself. , and have no ability to stop it. No matter how bad Bennett is, he is still a rich man with hundreds of millions of dollars in assets. No matter how high Stephen's income is, after deducting the messy taxes, his annual income is only tens of millions of dollars.

"I won't give up. If you are willing to stand by and watch." Felietta Martin did not give up so easily, watching Stephen said angrily, she originally thought that Stephen would definitely stand by her side, full of hope Come, but who knew it was rejected bluntly, and all anger came to Stephen.

"It's not that I want to stand by and watch, but it's really not suitable for me to speak out about this matter. You should find someone who can stand up, such as Wilkens and Gary Payton. The team moved here, and at the same time, they can stand up and exert influence on Bennett or the boss of the relocation committee. In fact, the best way is for your uncle to come forward and use an agreement to prevent him from moving here."

"I've begged my uncle many times, and he won't change his mind." Felietta Martin shook her head in pain. She really didn't expect that her uncle would let others move the team out of here .

"Then there is no way. Mr. Bennett bought this team in order to move to Oklahoma City, which is his hometown. He almost succeeded in the Spurs, so he absolutely I won’t give up this idea, even if you can stop it now, what about next season? Next season?”

Bennett's determination to move the team will not change. This is determined by his innate background. As a member of the Oklahoma Consortium, he urgently needs to move a team to Oklahoma City To prove his ability and value, and he has wasted too much time on the San Antonio Spurs. [ ]

"Then what do you think we should do?" Felietta Martin looked at Stephen without blinking her beautiful eyes, waiting for Stephen to come up with a good idea for him.

"The best way and the way once and for all is to draw the salary from the bottom of the pot and buy the team back from Bennett. Of course, this must be after you firmly resist. He is a businessman. Once he thinks it is not easy to move the Sonics. After here, he can go to buy another team, as long as the price is right, he will sell."

Now the greatest asset of the Supersonics is Stephen's four-year contract. Such a player who can create magic has three years of contract before it expires. That is, other teams can only offer Stephen a five-year contract, while the SuperSonics can offer six years, and the starting salary for the maximum salary is different.

"But my uncle doesn't want to own another football team anymore." Maybe it's because of caring, or it's because of a dependent person, women tend to lose their ability to think independently. Felietta Martin is obviously not as good as before. Shrewdly, asked stupidly.

"Who told him? Could it be that he is the only rich man in Seattle? You must appeal first, resolutely prevent the relocation, and at the same time find someone to contact Mr. Bennett to disturb his deployment. By the way, I heard that Mr. Bill Gates intends to move. Buying a team, isn’t he from Seattle, you look for him, hundreds of millions of dollars shouldn’t be a problem for him.”

Stephen suddenly thought that he seemed to have heard a rumor before that Bill Gates was going to buy a team, so he should buy the Sonics first. Bill Gates himself is from Seattle, his father is a well-known lawyer, and his mother is Director of the University of Washington, and Redmond, where Microsoft is located, is also a satellite city of Seattle.

"No, my uncle has approached him before, but he said that all his money will be used for charity, and buying a team does not meet his requirements. He still cherishes his reputation. Paul Allen owns it. I bought a team, so what.” Felietta even complained about Bill Gates. Buying a team may be difficult for others, but for Bill Gates But it is a very easy task.

He has tens of billions of dollars in assets. According to his daily expenses, the money he consumes is definitely not worth the speed of his appreciation. For him who owns [-]% of the shares of Microsoft, a money-absorbing monster, he can easily sell some stocks. Enough to buy a team.

But Bill Gates has long promised that he will donate all his assets without leaving any money. In this case, he is really not suitable to own another team, although the so-called donation is just a reasonable one. It’s just a tax avoidance method, otherwise he would have to pay nearly half of his personal assets in inheritance tax, and his current asset size, the inheritance tax is more than 300 billion U.S. dollars.

"Then you find someone else. He is not the only rich man in Seattle. The most effective way to stop the team is to acquire the team from Bennett. Otherwise, even if it is blocked for a short time, he will eventually move. Let's go." Stephen said disapprovingly, and he didn't have a good impression of Bennett, although his attitude towards himself had always been good, but from the depths of his eyes, Stephen couldn't see any respect.

Since I came to the Sonics, it was for the sake of Presti and Carlesimo. It has nothing to do with him. Naturally, there is no way to talk about the kindness of knowing you, and since he bought the team, he decided to use Presti After Sti became the general manager, he drew a red line for Presti, that is, no matter what happens, the luxury tax incentive line cannot be exceeded. Once it exceeds, Presti will be held accountable.

Having such a boss, Stephen doesn't think it is a kind of happiness. He was enough when he was in the Spurs. If it wasn't for the Spurs who had no money, how could they let Stephen out? The luxury tax limit has to be adjusted every year. According to the calculation of the current year's income, this number is not fixed, so in order to ensure the safety of the team's salary, the team's total salary scale must be 500 million less than the luxury tax incentive line of the previous year to be considered safe, and 500 million Already the price of a capable player.

And sometimes you have to consider that the player's contract is increasing year by year. Once you find out that it exceeds, you will have no time to cry. At that time, you can only buy out the player's contract and let the player leave early. But players like the Spurs The team basically doesn't have any rubbish contracts, who will you buy out, Ginobili?Tony Parker?Still take Duncan for surgery.

It's not that Stephen doesn't trust Presti's ability, but with the red line of the luxury tax, the team's operation will be restricted, just like dancing in shackles, no matter how good Presti is, it is not guaranteed. easy job.

Like the Spurs, they can't recruit good players in the free market, because everyone knows that even if you perform well, the Spurs will not give you a big contract, and for veterans, throwing away the championship Factors, the Spurs are not an attractive team, Vicki is very familiar with the state of the players, and the average person is rarely able to get away with it.

It's good to change to a slightly more generous boss. Stephen doesn't want the new boss to be as generous as Mark Cuban, Dolan, and the Bass family. He only needs to allow the team to make a breakthrough when the team is about to succeed and needs to increase its combat effectiveness. Just one click.

Even Alexander, the owner of the Houston Rockets, who is known for being stingy, once told general manager Dawson that if he can make an impact on the championship, he is allowed to break through the red line of the luxury tax, but Bennett will never allow it.

"Well, I know who to look for, I'll go now." Felietta Martin closed his eyes and thought for a while, that coquettish expression looked so charming under the light, Stephen couldn't help stretching out his hand: " Some things don’t need to be raced against time, and I think we have better things to do.”

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I tried my best, and dragged my sick body to ask for red tickets for collection.