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After returning to the team, the three of them sat together and began to discuss today's meeting. Judging from today's meeting, it is estimated that the team will change hands soon, and I don't know if it will be like it is now after changing the owner.

Although Bennett has relatively tight constraints on the team's expenses, he still gives Presti a high degree of freedom and rarely interferes with Presti's decision-making. Of course, this is also the same as this season's Super League The Sonics have nothing to do with the changes.

But generally speaking, the cooperation between Presti and Bennett is quite pleasant. As for Carlesimo, it doesn’t matter if he is the owner of the team. He mainly deals with Presti from above, and from below. Players Stephen and Robert Horry all came from the Spurs, and most of the coaching staff in the middle came from the Spurs, so there is no problem.

Therefore, Carlesimo has no impression of Bennett. It is not good or bad. Naturally, he thinks it makes no difference whether to change the boss or not. In fact, he does not know. Among the three of them, Chris Hansen thinks that he should be replaced the most. He is gone, if it is not for Stephen's sake, the first thing after the acquisition is completed is to take the money and let him go.

After all, the amount of his contract is not large, and there is only one year left on the contract, so it doesn't cost much to buy it out, unlike Presti, who would cost tens of millions to buy it out.

Among the three, Stephen's status needn't be the least worrying. No matter which boss comes up, he should be wooed. In fact, the relationship between Bennett and Stephen is not good, but he doesn't dare to throw face at Stephen. look.

First, Presti is capable. Second, he has a contract and his position is relatively stable. Only Carlesimo's position is the most insecure, but he is the least knowledgeable, and he doesn't feel that he is in a dangerous situation.

Everyone is on their own, and they are all wiser. There is no need to play those empty-headed things. Now the team is one to three behind and is about to be eliminated. Even if you are as confident as Stephen, you dare not say that The Spurs scored [-]-[-] and reversed and eliminated the Spurs.

Now the three of them are discussing how to strengthen the team during this offseason. There must be time to get together to discuss again, so it must be determined now.

After the Houston Rockets were eliminated by the Los Angeles Lakers, Yao Ming only rested for one day, and then spent two more days dealing with personal affairs before reporting to the national team, and then went to Europe with the national team to play in the Four Nations Invitational Tournament. In fact, it was a general commercial game, organized by Infront. Yao Ming was not only the "Yao Money Tree" of the Rockets, but also the "Yao Money Tree" of the national team.

In the same commercial competition, there is a big difference between Yao Ming and no Yao Ming. Whether Stephen participates or not, the difference is even greater. Infront started a competition for Stephen with a price of 100 million, while Yao Ming Only 40 people participated in the competition. As for Yao Ming, it would be [-] to [-].

Of course, this money is obtained by the basketball management center and has nothing to do with the players. Players are not paid for playing for the country. Since the Sonics are still playing in the playoffs, they cannot urge Stephen to return to the team. Originally The Four Nations Invitational Tournament, which has been delayed for a long time, is just waiting for Stephen to participate. After seeing the Sonics easily defeat the Suns, they have to wait for Yao Ming to return to the team before starting.

Now that the Sonics are likely to be eliminated by the Spurs early, Infront and the basketball management center feel that it is too early to leave. If it is delayed for a few days, maybe they can wait for Stephen, although they will not participate in the warm-up match It depends on Stephen's mood, but in the communication in advance, Stephen has promised to play a few more games.

Because he has never cooperated with anyone in the national team except Yao Ming, and he has never played a FIBA ​​game, so it is necessary to play a few more games to find out how to feel and adjust the lineup. As for the intensity of the game, Stephen has watched the video several times, and it should not be as good as the league game.

Stephen also has a lot of business activities to participate in, so once the playoffs are over, Stephen really doesn't have much time, so he just took this opportunity to sit down and chat and discuss how to carry out the preliminary work for next season.

The Sonics now have Steph, Durant, Wilcox, Coupard, Watson, Ridnour, Delonte West, Damian Wilkins, Robert Swift, Robert Horry, Szczerbiak, Coto Thomas, Nick Collinson and Johan Padro are fourteen players with contracts.

Among them, Stephen, Durant, and Coupard must stay on the team as the main structure of the team. Coupard can negotiate his contract extension next season. The contract worry, with this stable structure, the Sonics can have at least five years of stability.

Wilcox, Wilkins, Watson, Nick Collinson and Ridnour are the main players of the team, and they all have certain strengths, but they all have long-term contracts, except for Wilcock Si's contract expires next season and Nick Collinson's five-year contract is currently only the first year, and the other players will not expire until next season.

These players have made great contributions to the team's success this season, but his strength is limited to this. If the team wants to improve further, they must seek more powerful players, and they can only as a bargaining chip.

If there is no better trading partner, some of them can stay. Except for a few of them, among the main players, Kurt Thomas has an expiring contract. Once the season is over, his contract will end. Do you want to stay? He, because the team has been preparing for the relocation, has not been able to take care of renewing his contract.

Moreover, Presti wanted to keep the salary space to see if he could get a big fish in the free market, so he hasn't renewed his contract until now, and he hasn't even bargained for it. This also aroused Kurt Thomas' dissatisfaction , he felt that he played well and should be able to get the contract extension in advance, but he has not been able to get it, which also made him divorced, but even so, he still performed very conscientiously on the court and had a very professional ethics .

Szczerbiak will be able to receive 100 million US dollars from the team next season, making him the team's highest-paid player, but this is the last year of his six-year contract. As an expiring contract, it should Still very valuable for trading, he didn't play any role in the team, and he doesn't have any renewal value.

The only value is that as soon as his contract ends, it happens to be the beginning of Stephen's maximum salary, which is exactly matched in terms of space, but it is meaningless to keep him for this reason.

Among the remaining players, except for Johan Padro, who expires next season, Robert Horry, Robert Swift and Delonty West all have contracts that expire as soon as the season ends. No contract extensions were offered for the three of them, only Robert Horry transferred to the coaching staff, which was also agreed when he came to the Seattle SuperSonics.

In this way, among the fourteen players, only Stephen, Durant, Wilcox, Coupard, Watson, Ridnour, Damien Wilkins, Szer Biak, Nick Collinson and Johan Padro are ten players.

Among these players, only Wilcox, Watson, Ridnour, Damien Wilkins, Szczerbiak, Nick Collinson and Johan Padro are available for trade. , Watson and Ridnor just keep one of them, and Nick Collinson is not outstanding in ability, and at the same time he is on a long-term contract. There should be no team willing to ask for it.

Then there are only Ridnour or Watson, Wilkins, Wilcox, and Szczerbiak who can be placed in the trading market. Szczerbiak only has players who want to make room for salary. The team wants it, and there are not many options, so there are only three players.

"In this way, there is nothing else to do." Carlesimo took out a pen and scratched a few strokes on the list, and said rather disappointedly.

These three players all have more or less problems. Even if they are put on the trading shelf, they are not very hot items. They cannot be exchanged for valuable players, which immediately disappointed Carlesimo. strong.

"It's not like that. We have enough salary space, we can go to the free market to recruit, and we also have a first-round pick. It's a pity that the Suns have also entered the playoffs, otherwise we can get a lottery." It's a lottery." Presti said as he listed the places he could work on on the paper.

"The primary goal is to find a point guard with height and strength, preferably with outstanding outside shooting ability. This is the first problem that needs to be solved. Secondly, after Kurt Thomas and Robert Swift left, the team's The inside line also needs to be further strengthened. It is best to find someone who is more capable on the offensive end, who can help reduce the offensive pressure on the outside line, and then one or two players need to be added to the front line. Biak's expiring contract can be used, let's see if we can get back two capable players."

Stephen looked at the final remaining roster. If Presti doesn't work hard, the team's strength may not rise but fall next season. Resti, you must find ways to improve the team's strength, otherwise you won't feel at ease there.

We can only hope that what Presti learned from ** is not only how to save money and save costs, but also a shrewd vision and flexible means.