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In this campaign, Stephen scored 41 points and [-] rebounds, but only had four assists. Stephen's scoring has not declined significantly, and the statistics of other teammates have dropped sharply.

Durant only scored [-] points, [-] rebounds and [-] assists. Coupard only scored [-] points, [-] rebounds and [-] block. Ridnour's data has increased significantly, scoring [-] points and [-] rebounds. Eight assists, but the playing time has also increased significantly.

Wilcox had 28 points and 26 rebounds, Kurt Thomas had [-] and [-] rebounds, and the three insiders combined to score [-] points. The San Antonio Spurs scored [-] points with Duncan alone. The only advantage the Sonics have is their offensive rebounds, which is also a key factor in their ability to persist with the Spurs to the end.

The troika of the Spurs all scored more than [-] points, but there was no teammate around Stephen who could stand up and give him enough help. Come alone.

In the end, there was an incident of beating fans. The day after the Supersonics returned to Seattle, the league announced its decision on this matter. The league's senior vice president, Stu Jackson, announced at a press conference that the league's treatment of players The incident of fighting with fans has always been severely punished. Although in this incident, the fan should also bear certain responsibilities, but the league still imposed a 41-game suspension on Deronte West and fined him two times. Fifteen thousand dollars.

For the Spurs, they were fined [-] U.S. dollars in the name of poor organization. Vivić announced his appeal, and the league rejected the appeal and upheld the original judgment.Delonte West left the fans directly after the league announced the suspension penalty. Even the fine was paid by the team on his behalf. Of course, this will be deducted from his returning salary.

For this penalty decision, the Sonics have no dissatisfaction, because even if the league does not punish, the team will have to punish Deronte West, and the league's suspension will only cause certain obstacles in the team's trade , but players like Delonty West generally cannot affect the overall situation.

This incident once covered up the unfavorable situation that the Supersonics fell behind by [-] to [-]. After the Delonte West incident came to an end, the media began to hype this topic again. The [-] to [-] lag basically represented the Supersonics already stood on the verge of being eliminated.

The teams that are currently three to one behind are the New Orleans Hornets, Orlando Magic and Seattle Supersonics. Dark polo team.

And their opponents are all well-known veteran teams. In the past nine years, the San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Lakers and Detroit Pistons, only these three teams have won championships. In the words of the media, this is the championship temperament. In the words of professionals, it is called playoff experience. In the words of ordinary people, ginger is still old and hot.

In particular, the Seattle Supersonics lost [-]-[-] to the San Antonio Spurs. Before the start of the playoffs, this was something that many people could not have imagined. , and in the regular season, the Supersonics had an advantage. Who would have thought that the Spurs would be so good in the playoffs.

As for the loss of the New Orleans Hornets to the Los Angeles Lakers, it is actually not an upset, and it is not surprising. The record of the New Orleans Hornets was dominant before the All-Star Game. It exposed their weakness that they are not good at fighting tough battles.

The Los Angeles Lakers have been in the eighth and ninth positions in the Western Conference before the All-Star Game, but after the big deal, their record has improved by leaps and bounds, and they have been singing all the way, and they have appeared at the top of the Western Conference. The Hornets and the Supersonics have a bad record against each other, and they are number one in the Western Conference.

And many people suspect that if they play a few more games in the regular season, the number one in the Western Conference will definitely belong to the Lakers, so it is not surprising that the Lakers beat the New Orleans Hornets because they have this strength.

At present, only the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics are inseparable. Cleveland achieved success last season and reached the finals, but this season, their position in the Eastern Conference has suffered from the newly formed Boston. The challenge of the Celtics' Big Three, compared to the Spurs' troika, the Celtics' Big Three are more mature.

Although the Boston Celtics are a new army, all of their members have rich experience, but the experience in the playoffs is just a little bit worse, while the Cleveland Cavaliers are experienced, and they have been appearing in the playoffs in recent years. During the game.

After the loss to the Spurs, the media in Seattle was devastated, especially when the team was in a loss, and the West incident occurred, which made people feel like it was raining continuously, although Delonte West has barely played in the previous games, although Watson has returned to health.

At the critical moment when the team is urgently preparing for the fifth game, if this game loses, it means the end of the season, the end of the road to the playoffs, and it also means that after Stephen entered the league, he will continue to participate in the finals. Finals, Divisional Finals record ends.

But no one thought about it at this time. Stephen, as the player representative and management representative Presti, and the coaching staff representative Carlesimo, secretly came to a manor located in the western suburbs of Seattle. This is a private manor. Compared with Stephen’s The cottage in the middle of the lake is even more luxurious.

Stephen and others appeared here with the consent of Mr. Bennett. At the invitation of Chris Hansen, they participated in a dialogue between the team's senior management and the acquisition investment team. Chris Hansen represented the original team, and Steve Jeff Ballmer participated in this dialogue on behalf of the newly joined forces.

Bennett agreed to Presti to come to this meeting, which means that he has basically agreed to sell the team that has been acquired for a year, and may have entered the formal acquisition process. Otherwise, this meeting should not be held, especially It was when the playoffs were in full swing.

The original Sonics management team has proven to be an unsuccessful team, and Bennett was going to hold the team for a long time, so he rehired a new management team, especially Presti. It is a long contract of two plus one plus one.

Presti's contract is that if the team enters the playoffs in the first two seasons, his contract will be automatically extended for one year, which means that Bennett only gave him a one-year buffer time. It can be bad, and it doesn't matter to make the playoffs, but it must make it in the second year.

Of course, in Bennett's plan, this year is also the last year of staying in Seattle, and then the team moves to Oklahoma City, and the team begins to enter the playoffs, representing the team's revival .

After a one-year extension, the team will reach the semi-finals in this year, and then the contract will be automatically extended for another year. This is a four-year contract. Under normal circumstances, most management contracts of the team are two years Or a three-year contract, because if the contract is too long, if the team's operating conditions are not good, the boss cannot adjust it.

In the league, only Vivić and Buford have a five-year contract, which is unique. Even the "smiling assassin" Thomas, who is deeply trusted by Dolan, only has a four-year contract.

Of course, this contract also stipulates many exceptions. For example, if the team's main players miss many games due to injuries, they will be automatically exempted from the record requirement. In addition, there are many such clauses.

As a rookie, Presti can get a high salary above the league average because he is willing to agree to this harsh condition, especially in the third and fourth years of his contract, his salary will increase significantly , A salary that meets the upper standard of the league.

You must know that the salary of the general manager is not that high. Most of the time, it is just the same as that of the general head coach, and the annual salary of those meritorious coaches is much higher than the annual salary of the general manager. This is also related to their workload. The manager's workload is certainly not as onerous as that of the head coach.

Now Presti has overfulfilled the contract requirements in the first season, so his contract is automatically converted to a four-year contract. If Chris Hansen acquires the Sonics, if he does not want to keep Presti, It is necessary to buy out his four-year contract, which is a lot of money, and it is paid in vain without any return.

So Chris Hansen plans to meet Presti. If Presti can prove that he is a qualified and shrewd manager, he doesn't mind keeping Presti, although Presti is originally Nate was brought over from the Spurs, but Chris Hansen didn't mind.

As a shrewd investor, when investing in a project, the first condition he examines is whether the project has an excellent manager or management team, and the success of the Sonics this season is due to chance and luck. factors, Presti's ability can not be ignored.

As the team's biggest asset, Stephen, is also a four-year contract, which corresponds to Presti. He has already completed one season, and there are still three seasons left. Chris Hansen will naturally See, let's make a connection. Unlike the managers, a player like Stephen is the dream of every boss. He would rather change the management than change the players.

As for Carlesimo, he is only on a two-year contract, and he has already completed one year. Chris Hansen is not interested in him. He is a good player, but he is not very qualified as a head coach.

He and Mike Brown of the Cavaliers are called the head coach who obeys the players. Among the head coaches who coach the three major privileged players, Phil Jackson is famous, and no one dares to give him this title. Three years old.

Many people believe that without Stephen's magical performance this season, without Stephen's drive to the team, the Sonics will definitely not be successful this season. , the greatest contribution he has made is to give Stephen everything that can be given to Stephen.

Of course, he is a very good tactical coach, but as an assistant coach, many head coaches in the league are not good at tactics. The famous Phil Jackson is like this, but this does not change the fact that he is a great coach .

In fact, Vivic's tactical ability is not outstanding. His strength lies in the control of the team and the formulation of game strategies. For most teams, tactics are the work of the chief assistant.

But if you don’t catch a cold, you should call to find out. As an important part of the trinity of the team, the coaching staff is also a very important link, which plays a link between the past and the future. Most of the time, the management is not direct. Deal with the players.

As for player strength evaluation and trading, most of the time the management also needs the opinions of the coaching staff, especially for small transactions like reinforcements, most of the time it is still based on the opinions of the head coach, so Chris Han Sen called Carlesimo over.

As for Steve Ballmer, he manages all the day-to-day affairs of the behemoth Microsoft, and normally would not have time to participate in such meetings, but today happened to be his day off, and he just returned from Bill Gates' When I came out of home, I received a call from Chris Hansen. My heart moved, and I came to attend this meeting.

Steve Ballmer is a business genius. He is different from technical geniuses like Bill Gates and Paul Allen. What he is best at is business management, not climbing the ladder.

But in other aspects, like Bill Gates, he is full of energy. After he likes something, he will devote [-]% of his energy.

Geniuses always cherish each other. He is a year higher than Bill Gates. On the campus of Harvard University, the two formed a deep friendship. As geniuses, the two did not take a class when they were studying macroeconomics. In the class, they actually scored 99 points and 97 points respectively, and of course Bill Gates won.

Bill Gates dropped out of school early to start his own company. The first thing he thought of was Steve Ballmer, but Steve Ballmer turned him down. Five years later, he has proven himself in multiple positions. Ability, this time came to Microsoft.

At this time, Microsoft has fallen into an extraordinary predicament. Because the company has a lot of technical geniuses, but no one who is good at management, the company's development funds are always overrun, and the developed products are not sold well. Unable to recover costs.

Bill Gates prefers to invest in technology rather than engage in those boring businesses. The arrival of Steve Ballmer made him see the hope of relief, and persuaded Steve Ballmer to join this then unknown small company.

At this time, Steve Ballmer had just left his job as a product assistant at Procter & Gamble, and was preparing to join General Electric, a giant company. At the same time, he was still studying for a master's degree in business administration at Stanford University.

When he joined Microsoft, he was one of the No.20 four employees of Microsoft, with an annual salary of US$[-]. When Microsoft was formally established, he owned [-]% of Microsoft's shares.

It is this 130% of the shares that made him a billionaire, ranking No. 20 on the Forbes list with assets of 1 billion US dollars. At the same time, he is also the first person who is not the founder of the company. Nor is it No. [-] to become a billionaire through inheritance or gift.

When he was in school, he was the manager of the basketball team. He is no stranger to the sport of basketball. When he is busy with business, he often relaxes his brain by watching games. The Seattle Supersonics and The Seattle Seahawks are two of his favorite teams, and the surprise success of the Sonics this season has gotten him even more attention.

He didn't refuse to own a team, but he knew that after Bill Gates left Microsoft, he needed to devote more energy to the company's affairs, so he joined Chris Hansen When he was in the team, he stated that it didn't matter how much money he invested or how many shares he owned, but he hoped that the team could operate independently without too much concern from himself.

Don't let Paul Allen let the team get out of hand like Paul Allen did, that is, he didn't achieve results and wasted funds. As an operator, he doesn't like such things.

In the end, he negotiated with Chris Hansen and decided that he would invest 40.00 million to [-] million US dollars and occupy [-]% of the team's shares. Since Chris Hansen is behind a team, he became the team's leader. The largest shareholder, but the management affairs are more handed over to Chris Hansen to manage, or delegate power to the team's management.

Of course, the funds for the construction of the stadium will be calculated separately. At that time, it will be invested according to the shares. At present, the Harvest team has been fixed, and all the funds have been in place. After careful consideration, Bennett decided to give up the Seattle Supersonics. Choose another team to target.

The relocation is difficult, and there is a team to take over, and they are still making a profit. Why not? Although there are only [-] teams in the league, the Seattle SuperSonics are not the only team that is in financial trouble. Just wanting to move a team from the Big Four to Oklahoma City does not necessarily have to be basketball. In this way, there are more options. It is with this in mind that Bennett decides to let go .

And he also made an agreement with Chris Hansen who bought the team. If he buys other teams in the league, Chris Hans will provide a certain amount of help, just like the Spurs helping him. You know Steve After Ballmer joined this acquisition team, his influence is not at the same level as Chris Hansen's team, at least it can affect the Portland Trail Blazers.

Chris Hansen wanted to wait for the end of the playoffs before opening the door to a formal acquisition, but Bennett was eager to find a new target. While the Supersonics lost away, the two sides had already signed the acquisition agreement. Once the owners of the other 29 teams approve it, the agreement will automatically take effect.

Under normal circumstances, especially when there is no third party in the acquisition, no one will be the villain, so basically half of the Supersonic team has already been in the hands of Chris Hansen.

Chris Hansen is an ambitious person. Since Bennett can achieve such a great success in one season after owning this team, as a local, he must achieve greater success than him. Okay, the team's record is still declining after they can't be in their own hands.

So he wanted to quickly determine the team's management. If there was no need to change, he would stay with the current team. Long-term operation to increase the strength of the team.