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Stephen didn't care about it, but took advantage of the rest time to enjoy a two-person world with Karen William. Of course, their two-person world, apart from being turned into a red wave, was turned into a red wave. Stephen was in Karen William's I vented all my dissatisfaction and depression physically. Afterwards, I immediately felt refreshed and my bones were clear.

Stephen felt very good about himself, but when he got on the court, he suddenly realized that his body was not too tired, but it seemed that he had relaxed too much. He couldn't get back the feeling of the game. The Spurs lost by nine points.

This is a game against the Dallas Mavericks. After the Spurs defeated the Mavericks in the first game of the season, the Mavericks lost to the Houston Rockets, the Golden State Warriors and the Los Angeles Clippers. The Mavericks have not changed much. How can you lose to your opponent again and again?

Just when everyone didn't understand the state of the Mavericks, the Mavericks won a victory over the Phoenix Suns. Since this game, the Mavericks have won a seven-game winning streak. Shocked.

Although their total score is not as good as that of the Spurs and Pistons, the momentum of such a winning streak is very scary. The only explanation is that there is no strong team in these seven games, which makes their record not good. what persuasion.

The Spurs didn't take this seriously from top to bottom. Even Popovich just regarded this game as an ordinary regular season. Get ready, the Mavericks surprise the Spurs once the game starts.

In the last game, the Spurs just scored 38 points in a single quarter against the Heat, a championship-level team that is also good at defense. scored 37 points.

The Spurs trailed by [-] points in the first quarter, and Stephen was not alone in poor form. Michael Finley made zero shots in the first quarter. The inside combination of Duncan and Robert Horry.

Fortunately, after Ginobili came on the court, he chased the score closer. At the last moment, Stephen came back and scored four points. The Spurs recovered six quarters in a single quarter, and fell behind the Mavericks by only nine points. In the third quarter , The combination of Brent Barry and Bruce Bowen played quite well, the Mavericks' fiery state declined, and the Spurs recovered eight points and entered the fourth quarter with only one point difference.

In the fourth quarter, all the main players of the Spurs returned to the court. Just as they were about to launch a counter-expansion, Nowitzki hit the Spurs with two consecutive three-pointers and smashed into the basket. A three-pointer, but Stackhouse also hit a three-pointer.

At this time, Duncan, the boss of the team, stood up and bravely resisted the attack of the Mavericks. At the same time, he also played his own advantage in the low post and caused Diogu to foul continuously. Duncan's free throws were also rare and accurate, but for the huge point difference For me, chasing points like this is really hard work.

Finally, Stephen defended against an attack from the opponent, came back and hit Josh Howard with a two-plus-one, and then Jason Terry made a three-pointer. There is no way to narrow the gap in the score to less.

In the end, they tried their best to reduce the score to 92 to 95. With Manu Ginobili missing a three-pointer on the last shot, the Spurs lost to the Mavericks by three points. Eight straight victories, while the Spurs are still ahead of the Mavericks with three losses and ten wins.

After losing to the Mavericks, another back-to-back road trip for the Spurs was about to begin, but before the start, Stephen was called to his office by Popovich, and Popovich asked Stephen to sit opposite him, from I took out a bottle of red wine from the cabinet, poured half a glass for Stephen, and handed it to Stephen: "Come on, how about trying my favorite red wine?"

"Mr. Greg, I don't know much about red wine." Stephen took it but didn't taste it. Popovich's attitude made him very strange. What's the matter with calling himself over? Taste his red wine by yourself, which rarely happens.

"You can just call me Bobo, in private, I just like this name." Popovich didn't insist on Stephen tasting his red wine, it was just his opening remarks, to draw the relationship between the two closer.So he immediately changed the subject to address.

"Bobo, what's the matter for calling me here?" Stephen didn't ask him what he wanted, and asked him what he meant.

"Stephen, although you have not participated in the contract negotiation between the team and you, you must know the negotiation situation. Here, as a non-team manager, can I ask you what is your contract? What's the plan?" Popovich is not bad at those twists and turns, but since Stephen stabbed it to the point, he didn't hide his intentions.

However, I specifically pointed out that I am not asking as a team manager, that is to leave room for future negotiations, otherwise everyone will know that he is the person with the most say in the Spurs, although the decision rests with the boss. Holt's hand.

"This? I have entrusted this matter to my agent, and my agent can fully represent what I mean." Stephen is unwilling to tell him this kind of thing. Apart from being more professional, there are many things that players don't like. It's easy to speak, that's why I asked the agent to come forward. It would be bad if Stephen said it directly, so Stephen had already confirmed the principle with Mordance, that is, he should come forward for all issues related to the contract.

"Stephen, I am your head coach and the leader of your first career, please believe me, I will not intentionally harm you, I just want to know your true thoughts, would you like to stay here team." Popovich also knew that he should find an agent for this kind of thing, but when negotiating with the agent, all he knew was the agent's idea. The agent was more willing to entangle the terms of the contract, and the player himself What do you think, but Popovich wants to know more.

"Of course I am willing. The Spurs are the first team I have ever stayed in. I also want to dedicate my life to this team, and finally let my jersey fly over the SBC Center Arena." When a loyal minister Who doesn't know, the key is that loyal ministers must be treated accordingly. Like Duncan, the team has given everything they can, so Stephen is naturally willing to be a loyal minister. It is wrong for no one to criticize loyalty, but it is understandable that players switch to other teams for money or honor.

Boozer is despised by others, that is, he first deceived the team, so that the team did not trade him out in advance, and then he switched to his team, let the team play chicken and eggs for nothing, he violated the spirit of the contract shared by the world Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many people criticizing him.

"You're wrong, it's not called the SBC Center Arena now, it's called the AT&T Center Arena." Popovich humored a little. For some reason, Stephen has always had a hard time understanding the humor of these people, but there are some When I listened to my father's jokes, I felt very funny. Could it be that even my own jokes are more acceptable to Chinese people? Stephen just shrugged and took a sip of red wine.

"Since you are willing to stay here, you also know that according to the restrictions of the Arenas clause, the first two years of the contract offered to you by the team are already the maximum. Are you dissatisfied with the salary for the next two years? "The Spurs' contract for Stephen is a middle-class contract in the first year, which is 500 million U.S. dollars, the second year is 500 million plus an 950% increase, and the third year is unlimited, but the Spurs However, only $300 million was paid to Stephen, and the maximum salary was only in the fourth year, which means that the maximum salary was given to Stephen one year later. After all, Stephen was underpaid by at least more than $[-] million.

If it is calculated according to the maximum salary from the third year and the maximum increase until Stephen is 35 years old, Stephen will get at least 500 million US dollars less. For those low-level players, this is basically all they can get in their careers salary.

500 million US dollars is also a big number for Stephen. Regardless of the fact that he has signed so many contracts, even if he does not deduct taxes, he does not get 500 million US dollars, so even if nothing else is mentioned, the loss of salary alone is Stephen was unwilling to accept it.

Don't just look at the tens of thousands of professional players a year. If you deduct three times and two deductions, you can get half of it. If you get a little more from the agent, you won't even have half. Nor would they say they don't care about $500 million.

$500 million is enough to buy a villa in New York or Los Angeles, buy a yacht or plane, or a super sports car, even if you go to a luxurious place like the Gold Club, it is enough for you to go thousands of times, who Wouldn't it be silly and heartless to be willing to not want such a large sum of money?

loyalty?Is the price of loyalty worth 500 million dollars? Even if you give loyalty to the team, will the team remember you? Will the team think that you will treat you better if you ask for less money? They will only treat you better when you are old or When you are in a bad state, you will be kicked away, so in business negotiations, you never talk about loyalty or disloyalty.

What is important here is to look at people's bids, how much I pay, how much you give me in return, or how much you think I am worth, and I don't have to agree. Data like Stephen, such ability, can be used in Get the most salary under the restrictions of labor terms.