The task of acquiring Livingston was left to Brian.
This year, due to issues with the labor agreement, the market for official signings would be delayed until July 22nd. It was still early days.
Dale Davis's ten-million-dollar contract was ending this summer. Once it was off the books, the Phoenix Suns' salary pressure would be greatly reduced, and they might even be able to free up some cap space.
Two years ago, that would have been unimaginable.
This meant the team was on track to turn a profit this year.
They had been losing money for several years now.
It wasn't just the past two years, where they lost money paying the luxury tax to assemble the Five-star Phoenix Suns. Even before that, the Phoenix Suns were in the red, burdened by bad contracts and limited attendance.
If it weren't for the team's constantly rising market value, Old Kolangelo would have sold the team long ago.
