Update time: 2013-02-01

"I've inquired. If he wants to move the team away, he must submit a relocation application to the relocation committee at the end of this month. The director of the relocation committee happens to be Lilis Alexander, the owner of the Houston Rockets. Yao Ming has a great influence on him. You can let Yao Ming lobby him." Philipta Martin looked at Stephen with anticipation, but Stephen knew it was not that simple.

Yao Ming is like Bennett to Rilis Alexander. Bennett is very kind to himself and respects his opinions very much, but this is a common small matter, related to his team. Such a big thing is a matter of other teams. He has no face to mention it to the boss, let alone Yao Ming.

"No, Yao Ming doesn't have that much influence. You should find another way." Stephen shook his head and refused.

"Don't you want to stay in this city and become a legend in this city? Seattle has no real legend, and I think you should stay." Philipta Martin couldn't accept Stephen's attitude.

"If you go to Oklahoma City, you will start from scratch, just like using a piece of white paper to paint, wouldn't it be better?" Seeing Philipta's anxious, his eyes were red, and the water suddenly appeared in his eyes, Stephen quickly added: "There is no difference for me to play there, and you have found the wrong thing for me. I have only been in the league for a few years, and as a player on the team, I am really embarrassed to make a statement on such things. At most, I don't support or object to it."

"That's neutral, forget it, I'll look for you for nothing today." Philipta got up and wanted to leave, but saw Stephen not stopping any of them, sat down again and said in pain: "What should you do about this? I really don't want the Supersonics to move away."

"This matter is indeed beyond your ability. Maybe the relocation committee will not agree. Let's take it a little bit." Stephen patiently persuaded the other party. Not to mention a small reporter, she, even if she is not able to stop it, no matter how ineffective Bennett is, she is still a rich man with hundreds of millions of dollars in assets. No matter how high Stephen's income is, he will be deducted from messy taxes, and his annual income is only tens of millions of dollars.

"I won't give up. If you want to stand by, just stand by and watch." Philipta Martin didn't give up so easily. He looked at Stephen and said angrily. She originally thought Stephen would definitely stand on her side, coming with hope, but who knew that he was rejected till he was angrily and came to Stephen.

"It's not that I have to stand by, but I'm really not suitable for this matter to say. You should go find someone who can stand up, such as Wilkens, Gary Payton and others. They are definitely unwilling to move out of here, and they can also stand up and exert influence on Bennet or the owner of the relocation committee. In fact, the best way is to let your uncle come forward and use an agreement to prevent him from moving out of here."

"I have begged my uncle many times, and he will not change his mind." Feliotta Martin shook her head in pain. She really didn't expect that her uncle would let others move the team away.

"Then there is no way. Mr. Bennet bought this team to move to Oklahoma City, which is his hometown. The Spurs almost succeeded by him, so he would never give up on this idea. Even if you can stop it now, what about next season? What about next season?"

Bennett's determination to move the team will not change. It was determined by his innate origin. As a member of the Oklahoma Consortium, he urgently needed to move a team to Oklahoma City to prove his ability and value, and he had wasted too much time on the San Antonio Spurs.

"What do you think you should do?" Felietta Martin looked at Stephen with two beautiful eyes, waiting for Stephen to come up with a good idea for him.

"The best way is to get rid of the fire and buy the team from Bennett. Of course, you must resist firmly. He is a businessman. Once he thinks it is not easy to move the Supersonics away, he can buy another team. As long as the price is right, he will take action."

The biggest wealth of the Supersonics team is Stephen's four-year contract. Such a player who can create magic will have three years of contract before it expires. Even if the contract is renewed, the Supersonics will have conditions that other teams do not have, that is, other teams can only offer Stephen a five-year contract, while the Supersonics team can give six years, and the starting salary of the maximum salary is also different.

"But my uncle is no longer willing to have another team." Perhaps it is because of the confusion of concern, or it is possible that women will lose their thinking ability with dependence. Philipta Martin asked foolishly, obviously not as smart as before.

"Who said he? Is he the only rich man in Seattle? You should first call on to resolutely stop the relocation, and at the same time find someone to contact Mr. Bennett to disturb his deployment. By the way, I heard that Mr. Bill Gates was interested in buying a team. Isn't he a Seattle native? You're looking for him. Hundreds of millions of dollars should not be a problem for him."

Stephen suddenly thought that he seemed to have heard a rumor before that Bill Gates was planning to buy a team, so he should first buy the Supersonics. Bill Gates himself is from Seattle, his father is a well-known lawyer, his mother is a director of the University of Washington, and Redmond, where Microsoft is located, is also a satellite city in Seattle.

"No, my uncle has looked for him before, but he said that all his money should be spent on charity. Buying a team does not meet his requirements, so he still cherishes his reputation. Paul Allen has a team, so what if it is." Philipta and even blamed Bill Gates. Buying a team may be difficult for others, but it is very easy for Bill Gates.

He owns tens of billions of dollars in assets. According to his daily expenses, the money he consumes is definitely not as good as his appreciation rate. For him, who owns 8% of the shares of Microsoft, a gold-absorbing monster, he can sell some stocks to acquire a team.

But Bill Gates has long promised that he would donate all his assets without leaving any penny. In this case, he is indeed not suitable to own another team. Although the so-called donation is just a reasonable tax avoidance, otherwise he would have to pay nearly half of his personal assets. With his current asset size, the inheritance tax is more than 30 billion US dollars.

"Then you look for someone else. He is not the only rich man in Seattle. Only by buying the team from Bennett is the most effective way to stop it. Otherwise, even if it is blocked for a short time, it will still be moved away in the end." Stephen said disapprovingly. He had no good feelings for Bennett. Although he had always been very good at treating himself, Stephen could not see any respect from the depths of his eyes.

When he came to the Supersonics, he was also rushing for Presti and Calesimo's face, and it had nothing to do with him, so he naturally had no way to talk about his favor. Moreover, after he acquired the team and decided to use Presti as the general manager, he drew a red line for Presti, that is, he could not surpass the luxury tax excitation line in any case. Once it exceeded, Presti would be held accountable.

Stephen does not think that having such a boss is a kind of happiness. He was fed up when he was with the Spurs. If the Spurs were not really rich, how could he give up Stephen? The limit of luxury tax will be adjusted every year. Based on the income of that year, this number is not fixed. Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of the team's salary, the total salary scale of the team must be reduced by four or five million offline by the last year's luxury tax to be reduced offline, and four or five million is the price of a capable player.

Sometimes you have to consider that the players' contracts are growing year by year. Once you find that they exceed them, you will not be able to cry. At that time, you can only buy out the players' contracts and let the players leave early. However, teams like the Spurs basically have no garbage contracts. Who do you buy out? Ginobili, Tony Parker, or Duncan.

Stephen does not trust Presti's ability, but with the red line of luxury tax, the team's operations will be restricted, just like dancing in shackles. No matter how good Presti is to dance, it is not necessarily easy.

Like the Spurs, they usually cannot recruit effective players in the free market, because everyone knows that no matter how good you perform, the Spurs will not give you a big contract. For veterans, the Spurs are not an attractive team except for the championship factor. **Victz is very familiar with the status of players, and most people rarely get away with it.

It's better to change to a slightly more generous boss. Stephen doesn't ask the new boss to be as generous as Mark Cuban or Dolan and the Bass family. As long as the team is about to succeed and need to increase combat effectiveness, the team will be allowed to break through a little bit.

Even Houston Rockets boss Alexander, known for his stinginess, once told general manager Dawson that if he could attack the championship, he would be allowed to break through the red line of the luxury tax, but Bennett would never allow it.

"Well, I know who to look for, I'll go now." Feliotta Martin closed his eyes and thought, his coquettish expression was so charming under the light, Stephen couldn't help but reach out: "Some things don't need to be done every minute, I think we have better things to do."

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I tried my best, dragging my sick body to ask for red votes and collect them.
Chapter completed!