After all, he used to work in the League Headquarters, and Bob received a lot of various internal messages, and Stern even asked him very vaguely if he wanted to go back to the League Headquarters when he was on the phone.

Frankly speaking, as the most trusted celebrity around Stern, Bob knows too much about Stern's various preferences and habits, and when he asks him what this sentence means, it is actually the same as the inside information he has received recently, the league will stop the SuperSonics from winning four consecutive championships next season, in order to calm the increasingly loud protests and dissatisfaction of fans across the United States, and to pull back the declining NBA ratings in the United States.

Frankly, Bob is well aware of the difficulties Stern and the League are facing, and understands why the League is doing so.

But...... How many people can make a professional manager give up a super championship team that he has built himself?

And two more important points are made.

First, Bob thinks that he is a very rare kind of temperament among NBA professional managers, and in the two years of supersonic games, he has gotten along well with everyone on this team and has a good relationship, whether it is the good old guy McMillan, Supersonic pillar Payton, or the new king Lindong, Bob and they have reached the point of digging out their hearts and lungs, but they are also honest with each other.

Right now, seeing that a league-led pit dug for these people is right in front of him, Bob is really a little unbearable to let Bob save his life and watch these people jump down.

At the same time, there is a more important second point.

After working with Yang Dong for two years, Bob feels that he has fallen in love with this female boss who is 13 years older than him.

The arrogance and self-confidence of this oriental woman made him unable to extricate himself from his obsession!

Of course, it can only be a secret crush, he knows that Lin Dong's father will go to Seattle whenever he is free, and almost all of them live in Yang Dong's villa, and he is known as living with his son, but Yang Dong can acquiesce to his ex-husband living at home, with Bob's cleverness, from the perspective of a bystander, it is obvious that the old relationship between the two is still unbroken, and there is a high probability that they will get back together.

However, what you like doesn't have to be get, Bob just wants to do his best to protect her.

So he rejected Stern's proposal to let him go back to headquarters and chose to stay in SuperSonic, as an old friend, Stern obviously understood this, and even guessed that Bob would refuse, and guessed the reason for his refusal, so he only hinted at Bob before, to put it bluntly, it was actually tacit.

Seeing the predicament of the supersonic and seeing the trouble of the goddess, Bob has been thinking about helping the team through the current difficulties all the time since he felt all this.

Before the Finals began, he had already traveled to New Jersey, and in order to win Kidd to add a layer of resistance to the risk of next season's superSonics, he really gave up.

At the moment, the opponents in the competition for Kidd have long been clear, and there are two main ones, one is the Lakers and the other is the Cavaliers.

The condition that the SuperSonics can give is a 4-year contract with a maximum salary of 60 million, which is the highest salary a team can give him.

In contrast, the Lakers can only give Kidd a 4-year 55 million contract because of the limited salary space of Yao Ming and Kobe, as well as their own reinforcement plan, and with the Lakers' budget this year, they really can't even get one more point, their luxury tax this season has reached the limit of the third tier, but if Kidd is given 1 million more, I am afraid that the luxury tax will be raised from the third tier of salary by 2 times to the fourth tier of 3 times the salary, which is by no means more than a matter of tens of millions.

On the Cavaliers' side, thanks to the fact that Wade and LeBron both executed 3+1 low-cost rookie contracts, and planned to ruthlessly clean up a group of useless veterans, this made the Cavaliers' salary space much more sufficient than that of the SuperSonics, but gave Kidd a 4-year 60 million salary that matched the SuperSonics, but in Bob's eyes, the Cavaliers are not qualified to compete with the SuperSounds.

Why did Kidd give up his bird rights to join the free market?

It's because I hate the Nets' incompetence, it's because the old guy wants a championship ring, and now looking at the entire league, is there a team that has a better chance of winning a championship next season than the SuperSonics?

Lin Dong, the god of basketball, has begun to officially enter the league's top interior line Sakuragi Hanamichi, the blue-collar Chandler with high cost performance, and Iguodala and Battier, the double best sixth man, and all of them are at their youngest, most energetic, and most peak of mentality.

As long as Kidd replaces Payton's place, the championship next season is almost in the palm of his hand, and no one in the entire league can compete with him!

And in addition to salary and future championships, the SuperSonics give Kidd the status of an absolute core point guard.

Let Payton, an absolutely historical-level point guard, play him as a substitute, and even better, Kidd and Payton are old friends, they have even practiced together since they were very young, and they have been friends for many years.

It can be said that whether it is the status of the team, the cards, or the emotional cards, they are almost completely full.

If the Cavaliers give more money than the supersonics, everyone has the same price, for a veteran who is hungry for a championship, this still needs to be chosen?

Bob felt that if he was Kidd, he would have agreed to come down as early as when he first came to the door.

But this shrewd and cunning guy just hung on him all the time, to wait and see...... What a are you watching?

On July 1st, seeing that the summer market was about to open tomorrow, Kidd still didn't give him a clear answer, which made Bob finally a little unable to sit still.

A super point guard with three strong teams grabbing, it will change later.

Last night, he had already communicated with Yang Dong on the phone again, on the basis of 60 million in 4 years, he would increase by 5 million, and 65 million in 4 years!

Anyway, the luxury tax threshold is 0-4.99 million US dollars beyond the salary space, which is 1.25 million more per year, and the supersonic speed is still within the luxury tax line of the first tranche.

"Hi, Jason, 65 million for 4 years, this is the greatest sincerity I can come up with, and I believe that no other team in the league can exceed this offer." Bob said enthusiastically: "Money, honor, championships, all ......"

It's already past 8 p.m., and there are four more hours, and by 12 p.m. on July 2, the trading market will open.

Bob gushed out his words, yesterday he gave Yang Dong a military order, today must get Kidd before the trading market opens.

Unexpectedly, Kidd on the other side just looked at him with a faint smile.

"Hi bro, you're going in the wrong direction." Kidd smiled and said, "It's only 5 million, if I was trying this, I would have taken the initiative to talk to you a long time ago." ”

Bob was slightly stunned and frowned: "Then what do you want?" ”

"You can't give me what I want." Kidd smiled and said: "The reason why you have been dragging your feet without a decision is because the other team also has a key condition that has not been negotiated. ”

"Did they get what you wanted now?"

"That's it, so my decision is already there."

"Fack!" Bob has always thought of himself as a rather gentlemanly person, but when he heard these words at this moment, a kind of grievance that had been played by Kidd for more than a month finally couldn't help but burst out: "You can't do this to my brother, I've been here for more than a month!" You've been saying you're thinking about it! And, now that you've decided, what else are you asking me to do! ”

"I've really been thinking about it, because you're really my second choice, it's just that the other person has met all my needs now." Kidd smiled: "I called you here just to apologize in person, as you said, you have been waiting for me here for more than a month, which really makes me feel sorry, sorry, if I have the chance, I will make it up to you." ”

"Make up for the fart!" Bob said angrily, "At least, you let me die, right?" Which team are you going to? What did the other party promise you? ”

"This kind of thing shouldn't be said before the signing is completed...... Kidd picked up the orange juice on the table and took a sip gently, "But I believe in your character, not to mention that there are only four hours left...... Think of it as a private chat between friends and some advice. ”

"I'm going to the Cavaliers, and the condition they promised me was to give the Cavaliers a wave of reinforcements, and I don't want to take Wade and LeBron, the two rookies to compete with you," Kidd said with a smile: "The Cavaliers have made a deal with the Wizards, and as soon as the trade market opens, they will trade Ray Allenga's first-round pick next year for O'Neal." ”

Bob was stunned.

The Cavaliers, who have Wade and LeBron, are already in the top three teams in the East, and now they want to add O'Neal and Kidd?

Oh, my God......

But after a moment's thought, Bob decided that this was impossible.

"O'Neal signed with the Wizards last year with the highest salary in the league's history for 5 years and 110 million! Counting you, the two of you alone are already 40 million, and the salary cap is only 49 million in total, even if Wade and LeBron are both rookie contracts, but ......"

"Yes, the fourth tier of the luxury tax, and I can tell you that the Cavaliers aren't even satisfied with that, they're even thinking about building on that and recruiting some strong blue-collar workers as they clean up some veteran contracts...... The Knights will probably have to pay nearly 100 million in luxury tax this year. Kidd smiled and said: "Not to mention that compared with my stingy Nets owner, the courage of the young female boss of the Cavaliers, even compared to your supersonic Boss Yang, is not less than half a point." ”

O'Neal + Kidd + LeBron + Wade, do you want to continue to strengthen?!

Bob's mouth was so wide that it was hard to close.

Isn't this the Olympic team?! Except that the bench bench on the bench is not so strong......

It is true that O'Neal's reputation in the past two years has not been very good, and he is not compatible with Kobe, and he is not compatible with Maddie, which makes him seem to be a bit chicken and no longer dominant.

And the same problem also exists with LeBron, after all, the Cavaliers were also exposed to various problems such as 'incompatibility' and 'unreasonable distribution of the ball' last season.

But if the teammates of these two inside behemoths are Kidd...... As the only man in the league to be nicknamed by the engine, this guy is playmaking enough to run any team!

If O'Neal is the supercar's external frame with the ultimate dynamics, and LeBron and Wade are the essential chassis, suspension, rubber tires and all other components of the supercar, then Kidd is the absolute 12-cylinder engine of the supercar!

Without this engine, no matter how good a supercar is equipped with a naturally aspirated engine, you can't run fast, but with Kidd...... There's got to be a way to get the most out of every part of this supercar!

Bob was speechless for a long time.

He finally felt the deep malice towards the supersonic from this league, and felt what kind of monster the supersonic would face next season!

"But, but......" Bob thought of a reluctantly convincing Kidd for a long time, "You're still facing Linton!" If you go to the Sonics, you can win the championship just as much, even more easily, even ......"

"Is it okay if it's easy?" Kidd laughed and said, "If there is no opponent, then what's the point of winning the championship?" ”

Bob felt out of words again.

"Besides, if I go to the supersonics, people will say, 'Oh, before you came, the supersonic were champions, or three in a row'! People will say that Lin Dong is the absolute core of this supersonic team, and Jason is just here to hug the thigh......"

"But if I go to the Cavaliers, people say, 'Without Kidd, this Cavaliers can't win the championship, they don't get along,' and if I lead the Cavaliers to beat the Hypersonics...... Hehe, brother, do you need me to continue? Kidd smiled and stood up and patted Bob on the shoulder: "I'm going to Cleveland at 11 p.m., and by tomorrow, you'll see the newspapers full of Knights." ”

Kidd + O'Neal + Wade + LeBron...... Bob's mind was still a little too much to get out of this terrible combination, and he tried to make one last last touch.

"Peyton said he'll be coming over tomorrow, do you want to wait any more night?" Bob said eagerly, "You're the best brother ever, you practice together, you ...... together."

"Oh, I forgot to mention that I was going to go head-to-head with that guy again." Kidd couldn't help but cover his forehead: "Why do you think that Peyton guy didn't come before?" It's been so many days since the finals ended......"

"Why?" Bob felt completely stupid and subconsciously asked.

"Didn't that guy tell you how he 'single-handed' me in the first place?" Kidd said with a smile: "We did grow up together, we were really good friends, and we did practice together, but it was because we practiced together that I never wanted to play with that guy!" I'm fed up with that guy's trash talk, he taunted me on the pitch at the age of 16 for not having anything underneath me, cursing me for never finding a girlfriend for the rest of my life, can you believe it? ”

Bob's mouth opened wide when he heard this, no wonder Peyton put off coming to New Jersey after the finals......

"Thanks to his sad trash talk, I've never really beaten him single-handedly, but next season ......"

Kidd smiled and said, "I'm going to enjoy the thrill of beating up my old friend, oh, I've been looking forward to this for a long time!" ”

Bob finally couldn't say anything to save him, and some things seemed to be a foregone conclusion, Stern reminded him......

Just a little frustrated, he saw that Kidd, who had already walked to the door of the hall, actually turned around and walked back.

Bob thought that the other party wanted to change his mind, so he suddenly lifted his spirits and looked at him expectantly.

But I heard Kidd say: "By the way, patronizing and complaining about my unserious old friend, I forgot to tell you the most important thing." ”

"I've watched all of your games this season, and frankly, even without Payton, last season, you would still be the champion, but this year ......."

"Let's find a really good point guard, last season was just because the opponent was too weak, not that you don't need a point guard, that guy Payton really fell too much, I don't want to join the Cavaliers, facing a supersonic with a lack of soldiers, that will win very boring!"

Bob smiled bitterly.

Good point guard? There are only a few good point guards in the league, and if the opponent is the Cavaliers who are O'Neal + Kidd + Wade + LeBron and will continue to strengthen, what good point guards in the league today are qualified to stand up for Payton to wrestle with them?

"Would you like to listen to my advice?"

"I want to hear and see." Bob knew that the overall situation had been decided, and that retention would not change anything, but gradually calmed down.

"There's a good candidate." Kidd laughed and said, "Mavericks' Nash, though, it depends on what chips you can get from the supersonics." ”

(End of chapter)