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Szczerbiak used to be a very good scorer, otherwise he would not have won a six-year $500 million contract. In the Minnesota Timberwolves, he once shot [-]% of his shots, [-] [-]% of the three-point shooting rate and [-]% of the free throw shooting rate, once entered the "[-]" club that only a few people in the league can enter.

But injuries ruined his career. Although there were no serious injuries, there were always minor injuries. Although he could play as long as he could play, a player with an annual salary of tens of millions of yuan always In this way, no matter what team is unbearable.

From Minnesota to Boston, and then came to Seattle with Ray Allen's trade, although Szczerbiak averaged [-] points per game this season, and the number of missed games was only almost, but compared to the team's highest salary Come on, his contribution is too insignificant.

Next season will be the last year of his six-year contract, and his annual salary is as high as 200 million US dollars, which is basically equivalent to the starting salary of a maximum salary contract. Such a player is only the main rotation of the team, and he is not In the first rotation, he is indeed a little sorry for his salary.

However, as a player whose contract has expired, he still has a certain transaction value, and he can still make a certain contribution on the court, so he should be very popular with some teams who want to get rid of the luxury tax. The salary structure itself is good, and there is no need to worry about the luxury tax, so Presti had already made up his mind to use Szczerbiak to make a deal.

Now that I see the Knicks, I naturally think that given the current situation of the Knicks, they just need players like Szczerbiak, but they can exchange expired contracts for unexpired contracts, but they cannot be exchanged for those very long contracts, such as A six-year contract like Szczerbiak, who is now in his first or second year, cannot have it.

Even if the Sonics have plenty of space, that is, one or two seasons, when the next season is over, Stephen's contract will be greatly increased to the level of the maximum salary, and when his contract ends, it happens to be Kevin Duran The end of the special rookie contract.

At that time, the team needs to renew their contracts at the same time, which will bring a lot of pressure to the team, especially at that time, Stephen's maximum salary will increase to a large number, and if Durant continues to perform like If there is any growth this season, it should at least be a maximum salary.

So the supersonic team's loose days are only two years old. It's no problem to replace a one-year expiring contract with a two-year or three-year contract. Players, and at the same time determine the players in that position according to the needs of their own team.

Stephen Marbury will get more than 2000 million US dollars this year, but this is his last year's contract, which is also an expired contract, and the Supersonics will not want such a player, just asking for trouble for themselves.

In addition to Marbury, Eddy Curry is also a contract that the Knicks want to get rid of. Like Szczerbiak, it is also a six-year $6000 million contract, but this is the third year of his six-year contract In the early years, the contract was too long, and the Sonics didn't want a fat player who couldn't play.

Then there is Quentin Richardson, he is also on a six-year long contract, but only 350 million in six years, in the Phoenix Suns, beside Steve Nash, and the front line composed of Joe Johnson Became the most threatening perimeter combination in the league at the time, and then Joe Johnson left Atlanta, but he got the team's contract extension.

But he failed to stay in the Suns, and soon the Suns traded him from the Knicks for Kurt Thomas, who is now the Supersonics. Although Richardson was lost after coming to the Knicks, But it is still one of the Knicks' more reliable outside players.

His three-point ability is very good. He once won the three-point champion in the All-Star Game, which is still helpful for the team's tactics for next season.

There are two Richardsons in the league, one is Quentin Richardson and the other is Jason Richardson. Quentin entered the league in 2000, and Jason entered the league in [-]. The former has won The crown of the three-point champion, the latter is the two-time slam dunk contest champion, the two are the same height, and they play in almost the same position.

Presti temporarily wrote down the name of Quentin Richardson, and then continued to look down. Below Quentin Richardson, there was Malik Rose, but he also belonged to an expiring contract, and the Knicks certainly did not Will trade him out.

Then Jerome James, this is an inside player with a height of [-] meters. He once stayed in the Sonics for four seasons. A contract-year player who exploded in the playoffs and signed a six-year contract with the Knicks.

Then he suffered from the Knicks infection and became a big fat man who loves to eat donuts. Last season, he scored two points in two appearances. The only thing that is commendable is his shooting percentage. One hundred field goal percentage and free throw percentage.

Players like this can only be listed as candidates at most. Presti naturally doesn't want players who don't even play, but the Knicks will naturally give priority to cleaning such players. The Knicks will definitely promote such players .

Then there is Jared Jeffries, who is also an inside player, with a height of 1000 meters and [-], and the remaining two years of the contract are also in the early [-] million, but his competitive state is much better than that of Jerome James. The Spurs wouldn't necessarily give up such a player.

Although he is also a contract-year player, he broke out when he was with the Wizards, and then he was recruited by Isiah Thomas, who gave him a six-year $3000 million long-term contract.

Of course, most of the six-year contracts in the Knicks now are signed by Isiah Thomas. In this regard, Isiah Thomas is as generous as his owner James Dolan. But the contract can basically match the contract of Szczerbiak. If the Knicks insist on taking away Jerome James' position, then this Jeffries will be good.

As for the other Knicks players, they are all rookies in the past two or three years. Although Walsh said on the surface that all of them are not for sale, if he really wants to take these players away, it will definitely not be so easy.

There are three rookies of Stephen's same year in their team, namely Channing Frye, Nate Robinson and David Lee. Presti prefers Channing Frye, but he also knows that Walsh will definitely not take he comes out.

After careful consideration, Presti decided on a trade plan, that is, to exchange Szczerbiak alone for Jerome James and Jared Jeffries of the Knicks plus a fifth pick, and issued the plan to the Walsh.

When Walsh saw this trade plan, he was a little tempted. After thinking about it, he also knew that he had no bargaining capital. In the end, he just proposed that the Sonics need to add a second-round pick this year. After Zhi saw it, she immediately agreed. Since the deal involved draft picks, both agreed to announce the deal after the draft.

This is Presti's first big deal, so after the deal was concluded, he was still a little excited, but he soon realized that the deal did not mean the end of the reinforcement work, but just the end of the reinforcement work. To get started, there's still a lot to do.

At this time, Stephen was leading the Chinese national team to prepare for the Lithuanian national men's basketball team.