For example, Ray Allen and Vince Carter, who became free agents this summer.
Presti hoped to use Yu Fei's name to persuade Ray Allen to take a veteran's minimum salary and give it one last shot in Seattle.
"Frye's got plenty of phones," Ray Allen said arrogantly, "if he wants to team up with me, let him call me himself."
Allen's attitude was clear.
A veteran's minimum salary? He wasn't against it, but Yu Fei had to call him himself to recruit him.
If the SuperSonics only sent management, it showed no sincerity at all.
Ray Allen didn't have a strong desire for championships because he had won two rings early in Milwaukee and now valued team status and salary more.
The SuperSonics want him? Simple, offer a retirement contract, and he would definitely come.
But with the SuperSonics' current salary space, they could only offer Ray Allen a less than full mid-level contract.
