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Stephen hesitated for a moment, but still called Robert Horry. He knew Robert Horry's feelings for his daughter, so Stephen didn't really want Robert Horry to come here. Although the relationship between the two is very good and the cooperation is very pleasant, come It's good to have a few acquaintances in an unfamiliar team, but Stephen doesn't want to force the opponent.

After receiving the call, Robert Horry looked very happy, and laughed heartily on the phone: "I thought you would forget about me as soon as you became the boss, and thought of calling me, but I guess you I can’t remember me for no reason, there must be something wrong, saying, except that I haven’t been the boss of the team and can’t give you guidance, everyone else is fine.”

"You're really right. If you want to ask how to be the boss, I really don't want to ask you. I'll go to Tim directly. I have other things to call. Are you interested in coming to Seattle?" Based on the relationship between the two, Stephen didn't need to be polite, he just asked straight to the point.

"Ah? Seattle, forget it. I was about to retire. Pope has been persuading me to play for another year. I'm still hesitating." Robert Horry is definitely not willing. He was about to retire, but still With a one-year contract, Vicky advised him to fulfill the contract before retiring, but he felt that his body was becoming less and less suitable for the current game, especially since the Spurs left Stephen and did not make any reinforcements. He is worried that he will be needed more this season, so he wants to retire. As for playing for other teams, he has never considered it at all.

"Presti said, if you come over, wait until you retire, but the team will find you an assistant coach position, what do you think? If it is suitable, I will let him operate it. If it is not suitable, I will do it now. Go and refuse him." Stephen was also a very happy person, and he directly set the conditions and let Robert Horry decide by himself.

"Oh, this, let me think about it?" Robert Horry was a little tempted when he heard it. Although he also wanted to retire and spend more time with his daughter, he couldn't do without basketball. Hire more professional people in many places. He is not famous for being famous like him. He is a retired player who wanders many teams. It is rare to find a job in the team. He doesn't like jobs like TV commentators. , I retired mainly because I was worried that my body would no longer be able to adapt to the game.

Stephen doesn't have much confidence, but Presti knows the current situation of players like Robert Horry very well. Their salary is not high, and they don't have any other business income. They only rely on their annual salary. Much better, but those who are used to spending money lavishly will definitely not be able to save money.

According to statistics, 60.00% of players who retire in the league will go bankrupt within five years, and this ratio will increase year by year. It may rise to 80.00% in the near future. No matter how many years you have played in the league, of course, The ten-day short-term contract is not included. After you are 45 years old, the league will pay you a pension every month. Of course, this pension is linked to the number of years you have played in the league.

It is about three hundred dollars multiplied by the number of years you have played. If you play for ten years, you can receive about three thousand dollars a month. For ordinary people, this amount of money is already considerable, but for these players who are used to being extravagant For us, it is not enough for their daily expenses.

In addition, for those players who like absurdity, there is another big expense after retiring, that is, child support, because they don’t pay attention when they are young, and there are also those who don’t pay attention when they are old, they often have sex overnight Receive a text or email a few months later: "Good news, honey, I'm pregnant."

Due to legal and religious reasons, in the United States, it is rare to choose abortion after pregnancy. Of course, if the father is a poor boy, there may be an exception. After the child is born, whether you like it or not, As long as you can prove that the child is yours, you have to pay child support based on your income, which is a huge and long-term expenditure.

About one-fifth of the players in the league will be troubled by this, including Dwight Howard of the Magic and Iguodala of the 76ers. Maybe it's nothing to them, but once they retire, the expense will be unbearable.

Although Robert Horry didn't have any problems in this area, he didn't have much money saved either, especially since his daughter's illness was still developing and needed a lot of money, so after thinking about it, he decided to agree and picked up the money. The phone came, and I called Stephen.

While agreeing, he also said that his body can no longer support him for too much playing time. There is no problem about 15 to [-] minutes per game. I also don't want the Sonics to place too many high hopes on themselves.

When Stephen told Presti, Presti didn't take it seriously. He had expected Robert Horry's state, and the Sonics had enough personnel reserves, so he didn't need him to play so much time, let him come Mainly for his experience, especially his understanding of the playoffs, these young people need his help.

Stephen just acted as a coordinating role. After the coordination is completed, it will be Presti's job. He is the general manager of the team. Stephen is just a player. It is not his responsibility to trade players, so he put The mind is used in the team's training.

Carlesimo is constantly experimenting with the team's lineup, trying to find the best combination. Since he is taking over an unfamiliar team, he still needs to understand the characteristics and abilities of each player, and then still Finding a way to adjust their state is busy in the dark.

But no matter how you adjust it, the positions of Stephen and Durant are fixed, and in terms of the cooperation of outside players, after trying a variety of cooperation, he found that Earl Watson and Stephen are more effective when they are together. Well, Lucidno's state is still unstable, and he is unwilling to actively cooperate with Stephen and the others.

In terms of interior players, since he knows that there will be a trade in the near future, except for the two players Wilcox and Kurt Thomas who cannot be involved due to their annual salary, several other players are possible. So he relies more on the two of them, which also makes these young players think that he likes older players and has some dissatisfaction with him.

Time passed day by day. Seeing that the preseason game was about to start, the transaction still hadn't happened yet, but at this time, the rumors had spread, and people in the team were panicked. They didn't know who would be involved, like Stephen, Durant and Kurt Thomas will definitely not worry, because they are now in a non-tradeable state, and the team will not trade them, but others cannot be so calm.

Of course, players like Wilcox have also received comfort from the team, telling him that he is not in the team's trading plan. Seeing that the season is about to start, at least the stability of the main lineup must be ensured , which is also necessary.

Just three days before the start of the preseason, the news of the trade finally came out. The first thing reached was the deal of Robert Horry. Robert Horry asked Vicky whether the team would have him after he retired. As a result, **vici regretfully told him no, so he chose to leave.

Since the Supersonics did not have any players that the Spurs could fancy, the Supersonics they liked were unwilling to play, so after negotiations, the Spurs finally chose to buy out Robert Horry's last year's contract, and then Robert Horry used the veteran Join the Sonics with a basic salary.

This is a win-win option. The Spurs spend less of their salary and reduce their salary expenditure. The Supersonics signed the key player in the finals with less than one-third of their salary. The money is added together, and Robert Horry gets a little more due to tax reasons.

Before Robert Horry came to Seattle to report, another deal was also successful. The Supersonics sent Muhammad Heaney and Michael Graber to trade Coupard with the Clippers. One piece, higher than Coupard, but not higher than the limit of 120%. The second round pick goes to the Clippers.

In this way, the Sonics' roster became inside players: Wilcox, Robert Swift, Johan Padro, Kurt Thomas, Robert Horry, Coupard, Collinson, and so on. became seven.

The point guard trio has not changed, there is one less Michael Graber on the front line, Stephen, Durant, Wilkins, and Szczerbiak, there are still fourteen people. There is a lack of forwards and defenders, but in the free agent market, there will always be no shortage of forwards and defenders, so Presti is not worried, and there are also two good players with temporary contracts. Presti is still considering who to play.

In this way, there are already three people in Stephen's faction in the team. There are veterans and younger brothers, and the relationship between Durant and Stephen is also quite good. Coupled with the support of the management and coaching staff, Stephen can be regarded as the boss. position, no one questioned Stephen's position anymore, and this time the preseason was about to start.

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