"Can you solve it in a year, can you do it in three years?" Holt said directly.

In a word, he held back all the words that Buford wanted to say later.

The Poison contract isn't just the kind of three-year contract the Rockets gave Jeremy Lin or Asik.

He can be four years, up to five years.

If a team has a five-year contract, it means that the Spurs will have to accept a contract model of 500 + 500 + 1400 + 1400 + 1400.

This actually means that the Spurs will give Tang Tian a maximum salary contract for the next three years.

Even this problem can be directly transformed into the fact that they want to establish Tang Tian as the core of the next generation of the team.

Tang Tian may be a top-notch 3D and performs well, but he is still too far from the word core.

Especially in terms of independent offensive ability, Tang Tian is still far behind.

And it's not that it didn't show the ball like before, but after it was shown, it was far worse.

In this era, a 3D without independent offensive ability is the strongest is Tang Tian's performance this season.

But even then, it's not worth a max contract.

"He may be like Yao in the future, bringing a lot of off-field income to the team."

Holt continued.

Holt smiled at this point.

"We made 10 percentage points more revenue last year than the year before, and that's still when we won the championship, do you think the Chinese market here will work like Houston?"

Holt asked rhetorically.

Buford was out of words.

Yao Ming's success is irreproducible, and San Antonio, as a military powerhouse, is also very different from Houston.

"Greg, as I said before, reduce the playing time, reduce the number of shots, and you only have half a season left in your time."

Holt looked at Popovich and said coldly, this time he didn't show Popovich much affection like last time.

"It will affect the team's record."

Popovich spoke.

"Greg, you've been coaching this team for 22 years, and you're now a sophomore with me that will affect the team's record?"

"Or is it that he can't win without the team?"

Holt threw two sentences in a row, but Popovich didn't say anything more.

He could have shaken his temper and walked away, but the meaning of Holt's second sentence, and if he went on to elaborate, it was related to his coaching ability.

He coached the Spurs for 22 years and didn't want to end up being swept away.

"I'll try."

Popovich eventually agreed.

The Spurs are now the best in the league, and they still have the capital to make such an attempt.

It's up to Green and Leonard to level up.

He could only think so in his heart.

The All-Star Game was a cut-off point, because there would be no more trades after that, and the seasons for each team were basically set.

The Thunder and Heat went all out to attack the Spurs' No. 1 position in the league.

Second-tier teams such as the Nuggets, Clippers, Grizzlies, and Knicks are also trying to win to consolidate their positions in the top half of the playoffs.

Teams like the Jazz, Mavericks, Rockets, 76ers, Raptors, and Bobcats are starting to fight for playoff spots.

Of course, the Magic, Cavaliers, Wizards, Suns, Pelicans and Kings have begun to think about how to look good if they lose, so as to seek a good pick in this year's draft.

The Spurs are the easiest of these teams, they just need to hold on to the top spot in the league.

The day after the trade deadline, the Spurs host the Grizzlies.

This game is a strong matchup, the Grizzlies style is more than the Spurs, and the game is not destined to be too easy to play.

After the 4th quarter, the two sides fought to a 90-all tie and went into overtime.

In overtime, Conley scored five straight points against Green's defense to help the Grizzlies win the game 97-92.

The defeat to the Grizzlies was not too much of a surprise for the Spurs.

But sharp-eyed fans noticed that Tang Tian only played about 25 minutes in this game, and he did not play in the crucial overtime period.

Tang Tian is injured?

This is the first reaction of many Spurs fans, after all, Tang Tian's shooting rate of 4 of 8 shots is not bad, and he also contributed 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.

However, there was no official news about the Spurs related to the injury.

After a day of rest, the Spurs embarked on an Eastern Conference road trip.

They started with a game against the 76ers.

As a result, Jrue Holiday exploded with 30 points and 10 assists to help the 76ers win 101-96.

Tang Tian still only played 25 minutes, scoring 12 points, 3 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks.

Although he came on at the last crucial moment, the team was already 10 points behind.

Spurs fans are talking loudly at this time, losing to the Grizzlies is acceptable, but losing to the 76ers.

Although the 76ers are working hard for the playoffs now, now that the Thunder are chasing after the buttocks, this kind of game definitely shouldn't be lost.

Popovich locked himself in his office alone after the game.

Tang Tian's style of play is very 3D, but after these two games, he found that Tang Tian is even more important to the team than he imagined.

Or maybe he's overestimating the overall strength of this team, which is not as strong as he thought it would be.

If you think about it carefully, many games of the Spurs this season, when they fell into a passive or unplayable situation, relied on Tang Tian's defense to get up.

Green and Leonard aren't bad, but they're still a long way from Tang Tian's dominant defense, let alone on the offensive end.

And the players are also people, Tang Tian suddenly played less, and his teammates couldn't adapt to it.

But there is no way, if he does not reduce Tang Tian's playing time at this time, depending on what Holt means, the Spurs are likely to lose Tang Tian for nothing this summer.

Putting down the playbook, Popovich pulled out his red wine and wanted to take two sips.

But as soon as he poured it, he found that it was boring to drink alone.

He glanced at the empty chair across the table.

I don't know when it started, he was already used to drinking face-to-face with Tang Tian.

"This is really embarrassing an old man!"

He put down his glass and shook his head helplessly.

After playing the 76ers, the Spurs went on to play the Pistons, and the team won 97-71 against the underdogs.

The team looks like it's coming back from the All-Star break.

But on the heels of back-to-back games against the Heat and Knicks, they lost by more than 10 points in both games.

In this away trip to the East, they ended up with a record of 1 win and 3.

During this time, the Thunder's record fell exactly from the Spurs, with 4 wins and 1 loss, directly tying the Spurs' record.

The Pistons basically gave up on this season, and that game didn't really have much reference.

In other words, after compressing Tang Tian's playing time, the Spurs' record is 4-0.

Popovich already knew it by this time.

Maybe in the future Green and Leonard can grow, but at this stage.

The sentence Holt asked didn't he could win the ball?

After practice, the answer seems to be yes.

ps: The fourth update arrived, I just took a look at the monthly pass list, and it was pulled away a lot, and the brother who had the monthly pass threw 2 tomatoes, which were doubled these days