In this way, Stephen's interest in the Lakers has been greatly reduced, and the internal complexity is too complicated. With such a serious internal struggle, it would be strange if the Lakers' record can improve. Stephen is not interested in getting into such a mess. Stephen just wants to play well and enjoy basketball simply and happily.

After one day and another, a team came into Stephen's eyes. The Chicago Bulls increased their pursuit of Stephen. They had a group of talented young players. Last season, they reached the division semi-finals for the first time, but lost to the Detroit Pistons. After the game, they believed that the team lacked a leader with experience in major competitions. Although Ben Wallace had major competitions, he was an inside player and was only good at defense and could not lead these young players at critical moments.

What Stephen lacks the least is experience in major competitions. He won the national championship in the first year of participating in the National College League. After entering the league, he won two championships and the most valuable player in the finals in two years. If he does not have major competition experience, no one has major competition experience.

At critical moments, we can stabilize the morale of the army on both offense and defense, and we can never give up when the team is behind. When the team is leading, we can grasp the game situation without rushing. This is the definition given by the Bulls to Stephen. After more than two days of research, the senior executives of the Bulls increasingly feel that Stephen is the most suitable candidate for the Bulls.

Although he may not be able to match Jordan and bring the Bulls extremely brilliant, they believe that as long as Stephen is available, it is still possible to return the team to the ranks of strong contenders to the championship. As for the championship, six points are based on strength and four points are based on far-reaching energy.

Unfortunately, their arrival was a step late. After all, Chicago was a little far away from Los Angeles. When Bulls general manager John Paxson and head coach Scott Skeles arrived in Los Angeles, Stephen was invited by the Seattle Supersonics uniform trio.

This time, Bennett was gone. In addition to Presti and Caresimo, there was another Spurs scouting department head Han Linggen. All three of them were from the Spurs, and there was no Bennett like the redundant one. Stephen's conversation with them was also very natural and in-depth.

"Stephen, come and help us. You see, we all came from San Antonio to a strange team and must face resistance from local forces, so our strength needs to be stronger. If you can come here, you are our representative among the players and the only person who can communicate with us on behalf of the players." Presti said to Stephen after taking a sip of sweet coffee.

"Yes, Stephen, if you are going to stay with the Spurs, I will not say anything, but if you want to leave, why can't you choose the Supersonics? Is there anyone besides **Vict, who knows your abilities better than me? I can tailor a tactical system for you to maximize your personal abilities. As long as you are on the court, you have complete control over the ball. I believe that with the foundation of the relationship in the past two years, our contract must be very pleasant." Calesimo also said.

"Yes, in contract negotiations, we can meet all your requirements and give you the best terms, such as trading margin. You can ask other teams. There is absolutely no one who will give you this. We can give it to you. How about it? Is this sincerity enough?" Presty saw Stephen pondering, and then cheered up and continued.

The contracts signed between the team and the team are actually not unified. It is not as many people think. There is a template. Just change the annual salary amount of the contract and then sign the team. This is not the case. Each player's contract has more or less some differences, otherwise there is no need for both parties to hire a lawyer.

The salary amount for the contract is subject to labor and capital clauses, but as long as the requirements for labor and capital clauses are met, no matter whether your annual salary increases year by year, decreases year by year or average, it must be included in the salary space anyway. In terms of payment methods, some are paid in one lump sum, some are paid in one month, some are paid in four months, some are paid in one year, and can be checked, transfer money, and even if you want cash, there is no problem.

Even the team will pay a sum of money every month to pick up girls for players in a nightclub. It is okay to rent a house and plane for players, but these expenses must be included in the total salary and salary space. The league has auditors to audit the accounts of each team, and the terms of the contract league also has a lawyer team responsible for review. If there are any clauses that do not meet the regulations, the league will reject the contract.

For example, the Orlando Magic provided a player with a Disneyland annual ticket, and the Miami Heat provided a private sun and beach to a certain team. Since other teams could not provide, these terms were illegal. You cannot provide things that other teams could not provide. In addition, everything can be provided by the team, underwear and socks, and they all have to be calculated in the total salary.

Trading margin is a very special clause. It is still included in the salary. Its function is to prevent the team from trading itself to a limited extent. If the team trades itself, the team will need to pay 15% of the total remaining contract amount to the player in one lump sum.

If the period is relatively long, the funds are a big number. The player's salary after receiving the money will not be affected. The money will be added to the subsequent contract and included in the salary cap, which is equivalent to occupying the salary space of the team.

Of course, the two teams in the trade can also negotiate who will pay the money. Since the league transaction stipulates that the value must be limited and equal, the amount of money must be paid while paying the same value, and it must be included in the salary cap. Generally, no team is willing to pay, so this clause can restrict the team from trading players to a certain extent. Of course, the margin for this transaction is only collected when the first time it is traded.

If you want to prevent the team from trading themselves, there is another ultimate clause, which is the veto power of the transaction, but Stephen cannot get this clause, because this clause must be that the player has played in the league for more than eight years and has played for more than four years on the same team, and must be a free agent. If it is not a free agent, the league stipulates that the contract renewal cannot be changed, so there are very few players who can get the veto power of the transaction, and at present, only Kobe Bryant is the only one.

Stephen naturally didn't want to be traded around. He was a little moved when he heard this clause, but is it really as Presti said that few teams would issue such clauses for players, because once such clauses were issued, the team would lose some initiative in the transaction.

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The additional update was completed, I posted it for a while late, and asked for red tickets and collections.


Chapter completed!