i am legend

Chapter 418

Chapter 418

Horry's jumping out of the contract brought a lot of trouble to the Lakers. Even though Bass and Kupchak kept denying that there were some conflicts in the Lakers, Horry's joining the Warriors suddenly put the Lakers in trouble. The championship team pushed to the cusp.

"Hehe, to be honest, I don't think that J Bass will let Robert go peacefully!" Bruce looked at the embarrassed West at the desk with a smile, and couldn't help but mutter to himself: "This old guy is also a bad guy." ah!"

"Hmm, it doesn't make sense for us to discuss these now, why don't we discuss the future development of the team!" West obviously didn't want to discuss more on this issue, he directly changed the topic and said: " With the addition of Robert, the pressure on Charles will be further released, and as Robert can play multiple positions, he will be the most powerful weapon in our bench lineup!"

"Hehe, yes!" Bruce agreed very much, after thinking about it, he expressed his thoughts.

"Judging from our current lineup, except for the backup of the point guard, which is a bit difficult to deal with, the other positions have reached a good configuration. If we can find an experienced veteran to join, this will bring unimaginable benefits to the Warriors. the benefits of!"

Hearing Bruce's words, West couldn't help but fell into deep thought!

There are really few good veteran guards in the league now.

Against the background of big and outstanding players, the needs of small guards have gradually been seen clearly by all teams!

If you can have a veteran defender with rich experience and good competitive status, whether it is him or a young player, he will get very good results!

With the salary cap of 4000 million US dollars just announced by the league, the Warriors Dirk Nowitzki and Duncan accounted for half of it. If the average annual salary of Wallace and others is 500 million US dollars, the luxury tax this season Set at around 5000 million, the Warriors must get rid of Steve Smith's contract!

"To be honest, I feel that Steve's current value is not as big as we imagined. It is simply too complicated to trade him!" Bruce couldn't help having a headache when he thought of trading Smith!

According to the NBA salary cap and luxury tax regulations, if the team's total salary cannot be reduced below the luxury tax on the last day of the regular season, then this team will pay a high price!

"The best and fastest way to do it now is to buy out Steve's contract, otherwise if we fail to trade him, it will bring us great trouble!" He couldn't help feeling depressed about the headache of the luxury tax!

The luxury tax has indeed brought trouble to many teams, and now Bruce finally knows what it's like!

If Smith's contract is worth the $900 million salary that Bruce paid for him in the last year, judging from his current ability, a salary of $300 million to $400 million is in line with his worth, paying so much salary for nothing, and Under the circumstances that it is very possible to pay out the luxury tax, everyone must be as depressed as him!

On July 7, when the Mavericks offered LaFrentz a seven-year, $17 million contract, this summer suddenly started a wave of trade signings!

Just two days later, when the Wizards offered Larry Hughes a three-year contract with a total value of more than 1400 million US dollars, a wave of signings reached its peak in an instant!

Seeing that free agents are divided up by various teams, the Warriors are extremely calm!

On July 7, when the Warriors finally signed Starks and Dell Curry with the veteran's basic salary, their signings this summer finally came to an end!

With the completion of all integrations at the end of August, and with the secret help of Kerr Chris's father, Kent Chris, Marvel Entertainment was finally listed on the New York Stock Exchange!

"God, this is simply unbelievable!!" Cole saw a large number of celebrities from the financial world coming, and he couldn't help but excitedly said to Bruce who was dressed in a costume beside him!

"Whoa, why not?" Bruce still can't believe it's true!

Since coming to this era, Bruce has devoted himself to the team. He doesn't know much about business, and with great trust, he entrusts all business to Cole to take care of it.

However, now that Miracle Entertainment has come to this day, Bruce hugged him gratefully: "Thank you, thank you Cole!!"

"Haha, these are the most beautiful words I've ever heard!" Cole shed tears of joy. He never thought that he would bring this fast-growing company to where it is today by virtue of his own ability. Sweat and anxiety turned into joy and excitement after picking the fruit!

The picture of the two embracing tightly was published in the newspapers by the major financial sections, and everyone praised and wished these two hottest young people in the United States!

Only one day after listing, Miracle Entertainment's stock climbed to a very shocking height, reaching the limit at one point, which made all the people who bought their stock very excited!

Judging from the shares controlled by Bruce, he instantly possessed a net worth of more than 30 billion US dollars. This is simply a myth of wealth!

In the Stanford Hotel not far from the Empire State Building in New York, Bruce, Cole, JK Rowling, Peter Jackson and other shareholders, like busy bees, kept shuttling among a large number of celebrities.

When the banquet was coming to an end, Bruce finally had a chance to breathe!

Standing alone on the balcony outside the banquet hall with a wine glass, watching the beautiful night view of New York and the majestic appearance of the Empire State Building, Bruce couldn't help being filled with emotion!

The next day, with reports and admiration for Bruce, he and Cole instantly became the most concerned young people in the United States, and their wealth myth was shocked by everyone!

After finishing all matters related to Miracle Entertainment, Bruce was afraid of being blocked in the hotel by those "uncrowned kings", so he fought back a headache and left New York at 5:[-] in the morning!

After returning to Auckland, Bruce actually hid in his villa for some days!

As the NBA teams have basically completed some signings, the free market has suddenly entered a confusing desert!

As the offseason passed day by day, after some teams completed some transactions, they spread the news that the team players spontaneously gathered for training!

Just a few days before the end of August, the news of the Rockets renewing the contract of Francis suddenly occupied the headlines of a large number of newspapers and media!

After nearly two months of negotiations, the Rockets and Francis finally reached a final agreement!

The Rockets will offer Francis a six-year, $6 million maximum salary in the most expensive contract in team history.

From this rare hemorrhage of the Rockets, we can clearly see the determination of Alexander, Carol Dawson and others!

After signing such a huge contract with Francis, the Rockets will instantly enter the road of rapid reconstruction!

The players of the Rockets are very young. After welcoming the joining of the little Chinese giant Yao Ming, their future was once optimistic about their future!

Seeing this news, Bruce couldn't help feeling sorry for Francis secretly. Even though he knew the future development very well, it was impossible for him to prevent Alexander and others from making subsequent decisions!

In his previous life, Bruce, who used to pay attention to the Rockets because of Yao Ming, gradually became extremely disappointed in this team after that fat white man made a series of cold and ruthless transactions!

After Yao Ming left the league regrettably, Bruce has basically stopped paying attention to the Rockets team that traded away players and signed them back at a high price!

Slightly moved, Bruce glanced at Yao Ming wearing the national team uniform in the newspaper for the last time, smiled casually, and left here muttering to himself!

West frowned and sat in his office. Based on his decades of experience, the best way to trade Steve Smith was layoffs and multi-party deals!

Once Steve Smith can be traded, the most ideal way for West to gain benefits is to get a trade special from a certain team!

"Bang bang bang!~"

After a knock on the door, West took off his glasses on the bridge of his nose and squeezed them, then said, "Please come in!"

Opening the office door, Bruce looked at West with a tired face, and really admired the old man's focus!

"What are you up to?" Bruce handed the coffee he bought to West, and asked with a smile, "Is it about Steve?"

After receiving the coffee, West smiled lightly, nodded and said, "That's right, although his contract is attractive to a certain extent, but now that every team is covering their pockets tightly, there are basically no teams that can accept him." A few."

"Hehe, if it's too troublesome, why don't we try to keep him?" Bruce said with a smile, and then explained his reasons: "Judging from our current personnel and salary structure, even if we add With Steve's deal, we're only going to be somewhere between $700 and $[-] million over the luxury tax line, thanks to the abundance of rookies on our team!"

West listened carefully to Bruce's explanation, and at the end, he nodded subconsciously!

Bruce's words moved West a little.

Judging from Bruce's current net worth, even though he has already ordered a medium-sized private jet produced by Boeing for the team, the popularity of Miracle Entertainment just going public makes West still have some understanding of his financial resources!

Now that Bruce has said so, there is no need for West to dwell on this issue all the time, especially in the days when he followed Bass, paying the luxury tax seems to have become a habit!

"If this is the case, Lenny must make some adjustments!" West simply closed the analysis data and said to Bruce playfully!

(End of this chapter)