The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!
Chapter 432 - 206: The Promising Young Su Wan Has a Thank You List_3

Chapter 432: Chapter 206: The Promising Young Su Wan Has a Thank You List_3

Now it’s the same situation, if the Pacers keep everyone, it will be a substantial expense. Will the Simon family be willing to do so?

Even Larry Bird and Walsh wouldn’t dare guarantee it.

Therefore, they fully understand Su Wan’s wait-and-see approach.

After all, this guy has the potential to rival Michael Jordan.

Just look at how glorious the "God of Basketball" is after retirement!

If Su Wan wants to live such a life, he must plan his career well.

If they were in Su Wan’s position, they would definitely do the same.

It’s just...

"Will the other players’ contracts be difficult to finalize quickly?" Donnie Walsh probably knows what’s up with the Pacers’ contracts.

Little O’Neal signed a 7-year $123 million contract in 2003, which doesn’t expire until 2010. It’s only 2007 now, and there are 3 years left. With the contract renewal not concerning him yet, but starting from the next season, Little O’Neal’s annual salary will reach $19.73 million!

This means that once Su Wan also signs the max contract, the Pacers will no longer have the ability to offer other players enough attractive contracts, even if it’s a contract with an annual salary in the tens of millions.

But don’t forget...

The Pacers also have Ron Artest.

With his skills and his attitude on the court in the past two years, getting a contract with an average salary of $10 million isn’t a difficult task.

But if the Pacers give him such a contract, next season they will truly only be able to watch those three play.

There will be no extra money to renew contracts with other expiring players.

They may even have to trade away Dior, who’s already signed.

After all, he’s worth $7 million a year...

And below Artest, there are Foster and Calderon’s contracts to finalize.

Both of them, with the former definitely wanting an $8 million contract and the latter at least between $5 million and $6 million. This is still under the most ideal circumstances where no other teams in the league maliciously outbid them.

In short, let’s not even talk about strengthening the team this summer, even just to maintain their basic strength, the Pacers find it:

Difficult!

"What are your plans?" Walsh finally asked.

Bird thought for a moment, "First, renew everyone’s contracts this summer, go for another year, and then... if it falls apart, we’ll just have to let it fall apart!"

There’s no helping it, such a group isn’t something the Pacers can afford, unless Herbert is willing to spend nearly $100 million on this lineup every year. But he’s aware of Indiana’s market, so he also knows that Herbert wouldn’t do something like losing money to win a championship.

Especially since they’ve already achieved "three consecutive championships."

In fact, the main goal of most team owners in the league isn’t to win championships but to maintain the team so that it breaks even every year, which is the best outcome.

They buy teams as an investment.

And judging from the current trend, this will be a great investment.

Not to mention anything else, in the ’90s, you could buy a team for $85 million, and it would be a big-city team like the Houston Rockets.

But now, without over $300 million, you can’t buy any team at all.

And how long has it been since the ’90s?

Of course, there are also those who focus on winning championships as their main business.

Such as the Bass family.

This is the reason why they moved the team from Minnesota to Los Angeles.

And even with Los Angeles behind them, didn’t Old Bass refrain from giving Shaquille O’Neal a max retirement contract?

From this, you can see how much it hurts for a high-investment team to fail to win a championship.

Especially for a team in a small city like the Pacers, if they truly invest $80 million in building a team and end up not winning the championship, they’ll lose at least $10 million.

Endorsements in small cities are as scarce as a 20-year-old virgin...

In the end, Walsh couldn’t help saying, "Larry, you should know what Herbert wants."

Bird smiled.

How could he not know?

Herbert just wanted to sign Su Wan first, to put an end to other teams’ hopes for Su Wan early on.

But...

"If you want to continue maintaining a good relationship with Su Wan, then... it’s better to respect his wishes," Larry Bird said, "You can convey this message to Herbert."

Walsh knew that this was Bird’s final stance. As a "Superstar," he was equally stubborn, so he hung up the phone directly.

Meanwhile, Su Wan, the subject of everyone’s discussions, woke up.

He habitually threw off the covers.

Then he remembered that Sharapova was sleeping beside him.

What to say!

Athletes’ physiques are indeed more suitable for championship celebrations...

Last night, they had a very profound exchange.

Sharapova was also awakened by his movement of the covers.

Thinking it was time for another hearty exchange.

Her eyes still closed, she reached into the drawer, took out the last tt from the box, put a "hat" on "Little Su Wan," and then started to ride fiercely.

Who said that Sharapova lay there like a dead body?

What Su Wan didn’t know was that Sharapova was so active now because her competitive spirit had kicked in.

Just yesterday, after Su Wan had finished his game, he still managed to persuade her "deeply" in their exchange.

This made her very unwilling.

But she couldn’t "talk" him down last night, and now that Su Wan’s physical fitness had recovered, there was even less chance she could win over Su Wan in a deeper exchange.

After being defeated again, Su Wan fully woke up, got out of bed to wash up, and took several newspapers from the mailbox at the door. He found that the sports sections of all these newspapers were filled with his news.

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