After the Spurs offered Wesley Matthews, the 16th player of the defending champion and dynasty team Seattle SuperSonics, a three-year, $26 million contract, they caused a stir.

The Seattle SuperSonics have money and yes, it can be said that players on this team are extremely difficult to find.

The same conditions, the same contract, no one will choose to leave the Seattle SuperSonics and go to other teams.

The Spurs' offer to Matthews is undoubtedly a guide for them to learn how to poach people from the Seattle SuperSonics!

This move, which was born out of Arenas's poisonous contract, hits the current weakness of the Seattle SuperSonics.

Matthews is the No. 16 player of the Seattle SuperSonics. He has the ability to get a contract with an average salary of more than 7 million, but he absolutely does not have the ability to get a contract with an annual salary of 16 million!

The Spurs are telling these NBA teams, don't be afraid that the SuperSonics are rich and attractive. You can change your thinking. If you covet a certain SuperSonics player, you can offer a contract that the SuperSonics cannot match!

Matthews, the undrafted pick, can use the Arenas clause to play a poisonous contract and give a contract that the Sonics will never match. And for other free agents of the Seattle SuperSonics, you can also use the same method to make offers!

Therefore, after the Spurs offered this contract to Matthews of the Seattle SuperSonics, it was basically equivalent to starting a war with the Seattle SuperSonics.

"Does Popovich really regard himself as the Sonics' biggest opponent next season?"

"In other words, you signed Rondo and expanded him into this? He doesn't really think that Rondo is a Jordan-type player who leads the mvpfmvp scoring list, right?"

"It might be Alzheimer's disease, but isn't this just right? Let the Spurs offend the SuperSonics, and we'll pick up what's already there!"

Soon after the Spurs made the move, the Portland Trail Blazers also offered Matthews the same four-year, $31 million contract.

The Seattle SuperSonics announced they would waive Matthews' contract offer.

Matthews finally announced that he had signed a four-year, $31 million contract with the Portland Trail Blazers.

After Matthews signed with the Portland Trail Blazers, on July 6, 2010, the San Antonio Spurs offered Sessions, another Seattle SuperSonics player whose rookie contract expired, a four-year, $48 million offer.

The starting salary is 11 million, and the contract for the next three years is a team option.

After the Spurs proposed this contract to Sessions, soon after, the New Jersey Nets, which had always coveted Sessions, also offered Sessions a four-year, $48 million contract that was exactly the same as the Spurs.

When they saw this, many teams and fans watching the excitement were shocked.

"Vicious Spurs are teaching online!"

"The Spurs are teaching teams that want SuperSonics players step by step how to formulate contracts that the Seattle SuperSonics cannot match!"

"The Spurs did their research on last year's new collective bargaining agreement!"

"It is impossible for the Seattle SuperSonics to match Sessions's contract. For the Spurs and Nets, if they poach Sessions away and use it for one year if it is not used well, they can abandon it directly. There is no cost anyway. Sessions

The value of it is at least 5 million, and the maximum loss is 5 million after one year. But the Seattle SuperSonics are different. Even if there is a team option, Sessions is the hero of the SuperSonics dynasty. If you really want to give up this after one year,

What do you think of this contract? For the Seattle SuperSonics, this is not a one-year, 11 million contract, this is a real four-year, 48 million contract!"

"Sessions' contribution to the Sonics' dynasty is probably not even in the top ten. He has already made 48 million in 4 years. If you ask Milicic who made 60 million in 5 years and Mirza who made 55 million in 5 years.

What do you think?"

"The contract proposed by the Spurs cannot be matched by the Seattle SuperSonics!"

In fact, on July 6, the Seattle SuperSonics did give up the contract matching Sessions.

In fact, after the Spurs proposed this contract to him, Sessions knew that he would not be able to stay with the Seattle SuperSonics.

The SuperSonics also offered him a three-year, $20 million contract before the Spurs proposed this contract, which was a contract higher than his market expectations.

In the NBA, even with the current annual salary soaring, it is difficult for a backup point guard to get a contract with an annual salary of 7 million, not to mention that many experts in the league evaluate his current strength as a player with an annual salary of 5 million.

It can be said that the contract the SuperSonics offered him is very generous.

But he didn't accept it immediately, and he had the same idea as Matthews.

His team's honor has reached its peak.

He is only 24 years old this year, and he also hopes to be a starting point guard in the NBA one day.

He was very grateful to Yes for changing his life against the odds, but the contract offered by the Spurs was too generous, and the promise given by the Nets was too tempting.

The Nets said that as long as he comes to New Jersey, he will be the team's starting point guard and he will get star-level ball rights.

Although the guarantee of this contract is only 12 million, New Jersey has given him the starting and star-level ball rights. If he cannot let the Nets execute the team option under such circumstances, then he will be completely insulated from NBA stars. By then, he will

Just give up completely on becoming a star.

If the SuperSonics are willing, he can come back next year and get a salary of 5 million to play quietly as a substitute. Even if the SuperSonics don't want him, he can go to other teams and the money may be more. He is with the SuperSonics.

With these experiences, it is impossible for him to be unemployed in the NBA now.

Therefore, even if this contract is only 12 million guaranteed, what he can earn in the next three years will exceed the three-year 20 million generous contract given by the Sonics.

With more money, ball rights and higher prospects, Sessions really couldn't refuse such a contract.

After the Seattle SuperSonics gave up on matching Sessions on July 6, the Seattle SuperSonics backup point guard announced that he had signed with the Nets with an annual salary of 48 million for four years.

On the plane from Seattle to New York, looking at yes and the text messages sent by his teammates on his mobile phone, Sessions wanted to control his emotions, but in the end he could not control his emotions...

"Come on, Ramon, believe in yourself, you can fly higher."

When Sessions left Seattle, he did not notify any Seattle SuperSonics players.

Yes and the Sonics players all know that Sessions feels very ashamed.

He became a bridgehead for the Spurs to disrupt the internal atmosphere of the Seattle SuperSonics. At the same time, even though he knew the Spurs' conspiracy, he still willingly fell into the trap.

Sessions felt very sorry for Yes and the Sonics.

Yes and Nelson can understand Sessions's mood.

This has nothing to do with Sessions.

Loyalty is very important to NBA players, but a team must not use loyalty to kidnap a player.

Any NBA player is entitled to pursue his own interests, just like any team pursues its own interests.

Yeas has never been a moral kidnapper when managing the team, even if he has a player like Durant who has loyalty engraved in his bones, even if he knows that Durant is recognized around the world as one of the most loyal players in NBA history.

He will also meet Durant's needs based on Durant's strength.

Durant's strength has reached the MVP level, and he will satisfy Durant's need for an MVP.

Now Matthews feels that he has reached the point where he can play the main force. Sessions feels that it is time for him to challenge his status as an NBA star player. However, he and the team cannot meet such needs. They will choose to leave this very

normal.

There is no problem with them having such needs. The problem is with the people who inspire their needs and ambitions.

It can only be said that Popovich's tactics are indeed too vicious.

"Although we have not matched the poisonous contracts proposed by the Spurs and have not broken the hierarchical structure within the team, if Sessions and Matthews are successful outside, even if someone is successful, it will make our team

A lot of non-important players have wild dreams."

After Old Nelson finished speaking seriously, Presti and Yes nodded.

This is the most vicious part of Popovich and the Spurs' scheme.

It looks like the Seattle SuperSonics just lost two insignificant players in Sessions and Matthews.

In the Seattle SuperSonics, both players are considered end-of-the-bench players.

But these two players are already very close to each other outside, so what players in the SuperSonics team who are higher level and stronger than them have no idea?

Two end-of-the-bench players like the SuperSonics have been successful outside. Do the NBA teams outside have no idea about the other players in the Seattle SuperSonics?

Isn’t it just gambling?

Teams that lack potential stars but have enough salary space will frantically offer Seattle SuperSonics this kind of "model poison contract" prepared by the Spurs for SuperSonics players after their rookie player contracts expire.

By then, no matter how strong yes's training ability is, will it be able to match the speed of recruiting these teams?

The SuperSonics only have five starting positions!

Unless there are players on the team who feel like they are not afraid of competing with Milicic, Millsap, Durant, and James Harden, and who feel that they can become stars in the SuperSonics, otherwise who can

Can you resist such poaching?

"Popovich is targeting the deepest roster in our league."

Old Nelson was Popovich's teacher, the most commanding elder in the NBA. As soon as Popovich made a promise, Old Nelson knew what bad things this evil apprentice was going to do.

Presti was promoted by Buford and is also a direct descendant of the Spurs.

It can be said that these two people know Popovich quite well.

"This time, Popovich really created a big trouble for us."

Compared with the worries of Nelson and Presti, although Ye Si's face is also worried, but...

What surprised Nelson and Presti was that there was an unexplained look on Ye Si's face...

"Does Popovich really think the Sonics are the Spurs' biggest rival next season?"

Forehead.

Hearing what Yes said, Nelson and Presti, who were originally worried, both looked like this.

Duncan, Rondo, Stephen Jackson...

Although Rondo is the fifth player in NBA history to win the scoring title mvpfmvp in a single season, but...
To be continued...