Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 466 - 154: Sign-and-Trade First, When the Team Owner Is Forced to Sell the Team... (10,000 Words Updated in a Single Day!) _4
And the second issue is that after acquiring Nash in this manner, the Warriors will inevitably have to pay the luxury tax in advance.
After all, Mulin initially considered using Murphy or Deng Liwei to balance the salaries.
This way, the salary cap space taken by Nash would have originally belonged to Murphy and Deng Liwei.
And Davis?
In fact, before the benevolent Prince Baylor came to him, Mulin had already prepared to offer Davis, who had torn his cruciate ligament, a mid-level contract.
In other words, if the Warriors were to complete this trade as requested by the Clippers, Nash’s contract, worth around ten million annually, would replace the mid-level contract Mulin intended to offer Davis.
Mulin is well aware that this could be the final straw to crush the Warriors’ salary cap.
Bear in mind, the Warriors haven’t completed a renewal with Qin Yue yet.
Therefore, if the Warriors have to pay the luxury tax before renewing with Qin Yue...
Whether team owner Chris Cohan would agree to such an operation is a question mark in Mulin’s mind.
Before the draft arrived.
Upon learning that the Clippers are willing to offer him a multi-million annual contract, and he can play in Los Angeles, Davis immediately found Qin Yue: "Brother, listen to me, I just can’t refuse this lucrative offer.
You have to know, I am a veteran who had torn cruciate ligaments. To be honest, during my injury recovery period, I really thought more than once about competing for the championship with you after I recovered, but..."
"The cruel and ruthless reality ultimately crushed my dreams!"
How damn cruel and ruthless reality is, Barang!
At this moment, seeing the faint "US Dollar image" in Davis’s eyes, Qin Yue knew clearly that Davis’s soul had been hooked away by Elgin Baylor’s outrageous offer.
Qin Yue knew that even if it were him, he might make the same choice as Davis.
After all, to still be able to secure a million-dollar salary after tearing the cruciate ligament...
Davis might just laugh himself awake dreaming about it.
Thus, seeing Davis’s thoughts, Qin Yue didn’t forcefully try to retain him but patted his shoulder and said, "Rest in peace, Barang, I will personally write your epitaph after you leave."
Hearing this, Davis felt deeply moved and said, "If you can, I’d hope you’d engrave on my epitaph ’The Only Deputy of the Messiah.’" 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
Indeed, the cruel and ruthless reality had killed Baron Davis’s Warrior career.
And regarding the issue of the team having to pay the luxury tax early next season...
Chris Cohan, who really wanted to say "NO" to Mulin, ultimately fell before the more ruthless reality.
"The Messiah said, if we don’t accept this three-way trade, then he will put himself on the shelf this summer."
"He doesn’t have the right to trade himself, he’s not the team’s general manager, much less the team president!"
"In a sense, his authority might even be greater than the team’s general manager and president."
"Chris, if we agree to this trade, will he agree to renew with us?"
"My dear owner, I think as long as this trade can be completed, the Messiah will be very happy to sign the early renewal agreement."
"This is blackmail! He’s completely threatening!"
Blackmail?
What about blackmail?
Faced with Qin Yue’s extremely tough attitude, Cohan found he couldn’t wait any longer.
If he really waited until the Warriors’ market value peaked before selling the team, he feared he would end up with nothing.
So, while nodding in agreement with the trade, Cohan also prepared to sell the team early.
In Cohan’s mind, if he could complete the sale of the team in 2009, then even if he still had to pay a certain amount of luxury tax for this team, it would be within his tolerable range.
"This is too outrageous, am I being forced by the team’s star player into selling the team?"
On this day, Cohan, who chose to compromise with Qin Yue, thought to himself bitterly.
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