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Because both Presti and Stephen were born in the Spurs, the atmosphere of the three-party negotiation is very relaxed. The contract provided to Stephen by the Spurs is the one that Stephen negotiated with Presti. According to the salary cap determined last season , The mid-level contract for this season is 530 million.

Extended down, Stephen's annual salary is 570 million, 390 million, and 4000 million. The four-year contract is worth 30.00 million US dollars. Stephen's playing time in the league is too short. If this contract ends, When signing a contract, Stephen can enjoy the Larry Bird clause. In addition to signing a six-year long-term contract, he can also enjoy a maximum salary of [-]% of the salary cap and an annual increase of [-].

Seeing the transaction margin on the contract, **Vich smiled, that is, the Supersonics. If they were replaced by the Spurs, they would never give such a clause to a player. I'm a little uneasy, whether I have created an opponent for the Spurs within ten years, but now that I have reached this point, it is useless to say anything.

The Spurs have no junk contracts to deal with. In order to make room to sign Stephen, they have already done a lot of operations, and there are no extra players on hand, so the bargaining chip on the Spurs side is only Stephen, and among the Supersonic players, There are many more that can be used.

In the end, the two parties reached an agreement that the Spurs would first sign Stephen with a four-year contract of 4000 million. Since Stephen's first-year annual salary was only 530 million, according to the principle of reciprocity, the Sonics only needed to come up with the same amount as 530 million. Just wait for the value, and there can be a fluctuation of 20.00% five.

In the end, after negotiations between the two parties, the Sonics sent the signing rights of this year's No. 200 pick Jeff Green plus two first-round picks in 400 and [-], plus $[-] million in cash and a $[-] million deal Special case in exchange for Stephen.

Since the draft picks and cash are only used to balance the value and are not included in the transaction value, and according to the principle of transaction fluctuations, the Sonics only need to pay a special case of 400 million to balance this transaction, but 400 million is definitely not enough. On behalf of Stephen's value, in addition to the $200 million in cash, the Sonics have taken out three more first-round picks, one of which is the fifth overall pick.

For reasons of protecting the strength of the team, the league stipulates that a team cannot send out its own first-round picks for two consecutive years, so the Sonics took out the first-round picks for next year and the year after the next year. Into the transaction value, but in essence, the value of a first-round pick is usually between 250 million and 350 million. The Sonics sent three picks, and the value of these three picks alone is in the thousands More than 200, plus 400 million US dollars in cash plus a [-] million special transaction, the Sonics are equal to paying the value of a top-salary player to get Stephen.

It seems that the Sonics paid a little too much, but in fact this is normal. Stephen’s value is indeed worth so much. With his average of nearly [-], [-] rebounds and [-] assists per game, the maximum salary is absolutely worthwhile, and For a player of Stephen's level, the Spurs can give it up, and they are still a team in the same division. The Spurs also made a lot of sacrifices, because Stephen is not a free agent, and the Spurs can match any team. The contract kept Stephen.

However, Stephen himself was willing to leave, and the Spurs hesitated ahead. After the relationship between the two parties broke down, the previous relationship could not be restored. At the same time, although Holt agreed to let Stephen go when Bennett discussed with Holt, it was not in vain. Let it go to the Sonics, and Presti, who presides over the negotiations, is doing his best to fight for the interests of the Sonics.

This is the main reason why the Spurs got so much. Presti also assured Stephen that the team will never affect its strength because of this, so that Stephen believed in his ability, and finally the three parties signed the contract. Not involving other players, Stephen only needs to pass the physical examination of the Sonics to complete the transaction, and with Stephen's body, the physical examination is absolutely not a problem, so from this moment, Stephen can be regarded as a player of the Sonics up.

After the deal was concluded, **Vich invited Presti and Stephen to his office for a few drinks. As for other matters, such as going through the inspection of the lawyers of both parties and reporting to the alliance for approval and filing, these will naturally be done by the following people, three people Sitting in **Vich's office, I made a parting exchange.

Most of the time it's Vitch talking, Presti and Stephen listening, for Presti, Vecchi is mainly telling him how to be the general manager of a team, especially how to deal with the owner Good relationship, and for Stephen, Vicki also gave some pointers from a coach's point of view. Although it is not as shocking to Stephen as Larry Bird, it also makes Stephen feel that he has gained a lot.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and the league is no exception. Many things also require friends and allies, and as people who come from the same team, they are naturally natural allies. The agreement has already been signed, so it's better to bring the relationship between the two parties closer.

After the Spurs made great achievements, the Spurs' team building model began to be adopted by many people. Therefore, the coaches and management who came from the Spurs began to be favored. If there is no good record support and good management Strategy, it is impossible for such a situation to occur, and people from the Clippers will naturally not be sought after.

Picking a good and successful team for a few years is like working for a fortune [-] company, that's seniority, that's capital, if you go to a bad team, it's like going to a small company or a bag company Same, you don't even have the face to say it, the reality is like this.

That night, the league approved the deal. At the same time, Stephen also came to Seattle. After passing the physical examination very simply, the Sonics held a press conference to announce the news to everyone, although the news is now unknown. No one knows, no one knows.

Although there have been many speculations about Stephen's move, it is still surprising that Stephen chose the Sonics, because so many teams, including the Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Bulls, and Cleveland Cavaliers, have been rumored to be very promising. It is still very strange that Stephen would choose the Supersonics.

Of course, based on their efforts, it cannot be said that the Sonics have gained a lot of money, but because of the relationship between the Sonics and the Spurs, it is still suspected that they have made a behind-the-scenes transaction, and Stephen became victim of the transaction.

"I followed the footsteps of greatness. I think the Sonics are a team with a long history and glorious tradition, and I like this beautiful emerald city very much." When the reporter asked him why he chose the Sonics When they were in the team, Stephen threw out the answer that he had discussed with Mordance a long time ago.

"I don't know about these. I'm just an ordinary player. All I know is that the Spurs got enough and the Sonics paid what they could, so I can appear here." When the reporter asked if there was any inside story about this transaction, Stephen replied very naturally.

"May I ask how you feel when you go from a championship-level team to a team that can't even make the playoffs?" I don't know which media reporter stepped forward to ask such a question. Asked regardless of the glaring glares of many Seattle local media reporters.

"Everything is just the past. I will never stop chasing victory and honor, no matter which team I go to." Stephen will never lose motivation just because he is satisfied with signing such a contract. Be content with what you have.

After answering a few more questions, Stephen showed his Sonics jersey and number. He still chose the same number as the Spurs, 99. This is a number that few people choose, basically to that team. There will be no repetitions, and then the press conference will be over, followed by a fan meeting.

Generally speaking, the fans still like Stephen's arrival very much. Although Ray Allen and Lewis have left, since they can't lead the team to victory, it is normal to replace them. The fans are so realistic. Of course, Before Steph has yet shown he can lead the team to victory, there is a limit to the enthusiasm of the fans.

After Stephen signed, the Sonics also quickly handed over the contract for this year's Kevin Durant. During the initial negotiations, the Spurs had been insisting on asking for Durant, but the Sonics had been unwilling to agree. After increasing the cash compensation, the Spurs agreed to switch to Jeff Green.

After the dust settled on Stephen's deal, the Lakers quickly reached a six-year, $3000 million contract extension with the team's free agent Luke Walton. They originally wanted to sign Stephen, and the Chicago Bulls also followed suit. The team's restricted free agent Nocioni reached a five-year, $800 million contract.

At this time, Presti also continued to make moves, and used the remaining special case of trading Lewis to trade from the Suns for the Suns' substitute insider Kurt Thomas and two first-round picks of [-] and [-], which is equivalent to another The two first-round picks given to the Spurs were brought back, and the Sonics also sent a second-round pick in [-] to the Suns.

Through this transaction, the Suns were finally able to reduce their total salary below the salary cap and save more than 1000 million U.S. dollars. If the Suns had not always operated frugally and never wanted to exceed the luxury tax incentive line, they would not have sent a An important substitute player also took two first-round picks at the same time. Presti maximized this special case of the transaction through this operation.

Of course, if it wasn't for Steve Kerr as the general manager of the Suns, this deal would not have been so easy. Steve Kerr is also one of the Spurs' output personnel, plus D'Antoni and the Spurs The relationship between the Suns and the Supersonics is a matter of course for the Suns to complete such a deal.

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I don't know if everyone is satisfied with this choice, and there will be corresponding personnel changes later, please wait and see.

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