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The additions of Jefferson and McDyess pushed the Spurs well over the tax limit (almost $9 million,...
The additions of Jefferson and McDyess pushed the Spurs well over the tax limit (almost $9 million, according to one account) and required some arm-twisting of longtime owner Peter Holt.
"We told him that if we were going to compete, we had to go over the [tax threshold]. He did not like that answer,’’ Popovich said. "But he also said, ‘I don’t like it, but I understand it, so go out and do what you need to do.’ ’’
