am i proud?

Chapter 291 New version of Clippers
At the end of last season, the contracts of several players in the Clippers expired, such as Wang Zhizhi, Matt Barnes and Kenyon Dooling, as well as the rookie contracts of Melvin Eli and Marko Jaric.

With the beginning of the offseason, the Clippers needed to trade with the 76ers, so they signed first and then traded with Quentin Richardson, whose contract had expired.

In the original history, Quentin Richardson left the Clippers during this offseason. He signed a 6-year contract of 4642 million U.S. dollars with the Suns... Of course, this price is not considered a maximum salary, but as a player who has just finished his rookie contract, the average salary of more than 750 million U.S. dollars is quite good.

In this life, due to the joining of Wang Dalin, Quentin Richardson's average data per game is a little lower than in the original time and space, so the Suns only offered him an offer of 6 million US dollars for 4200 years..."Baylor" matched the offer without hesitation.

Quentin Richardson is quite satisfied with this contract, not because of the high amount of the contract, but because he can finally become the "second leader" in the 76ers team.

Iguodala is just a rookie no matter what. Even if he has a higher pick, his annual salary cannot reach the height of Quentin Richardson. What's more, the Clippers sent an extra Mourning... You must know that Mourning's annual salary in the 2004-2005 season was 541 million US dollars!

Therefore, this deal cannot be balanced in terms of salary at all, even if the 76ers sent 2 first-round picks.

For this reason, the 76ers have hired another veteran player, Aaron McGee. His annual salary for the new season is 550 million US dollars, which is barely equal to his salary.

Aaron McGee is a shooting guard with good defensive ability, and his long-range shooting ability is also good.

上赛季他场均尚且能得到9.2分3.4篮板2.6助攻1.1抢断0.3盖帽，投篮命中率45.9%，三分命中率43.6%。

However, he suffered a serious injury to the cruciate ligament of his left knee in March, and his age is more than 3 years old. Even if he returns from the injury, it may be difficult to return to the state of last season.

On the surface, the Clippers obviously suffered a lot from this deal. At that time, even ESPN gave the deal a low score of C-.

However, this deal was approved by Wang Dalin, and it wasn't the brain-dead operation of "Lord Baylor", so it would definitely not be as bad as most people thought.

Of course Wang Dalin knew that Aaron McGee would be in a bad state in the upcoming season, but his rich defensive experience would definitely help the team... Even if he could only sit on the bench, at least he could serve as Iguodala's defensive coach during training.

Iguodala is only 20 years old now, he is just an immature rookie, and he still has a lot to learn!
And Aaron McGee's contract will end in the 2005-2006 season, and there are only two years left.

In the summer of 2005, the Clippers uniform team could persuade him to give up the player option, and then persuade him to join the team's coaching staff as an assistant coach... Even if he is unwilling to give up the player option, the Clippers can also choose to buy out his contract.

Or when you need to make a deal, send him as an extra... An expiring contract of 600 million US dollars is very attractive to most teams!
That's why Wang Dalin advocated completing this deal... In his opinion, as long as the Clippers can get Iguodala, it is worth paying a little more!
Another point that Wang Dalin has particularly considered is the team's salary structure... At present, he is the only one in the Clippers with a maximum salary, and the next one is Artest. He signed a 2002-year $6 million contract with the Pacers in the summer of 4200. This contract will not expire until the end of the 2008-2009 season.

As the "second head" of a team, the average salary of 700 million US dollars is definitely quite cheap and good!
In addition, the contract of Iguodala, the future "three masters" rookie, is only 4 million US dollars in 897 years, with an average of less than 230 million US dollars per year.

So starting from the 2004-2005 season, the Clippers' salary structure will show a very healthy state, and this state can even be maintained until the end of the 2007-2008 season.

By that time, it is certainly impossible for the Clippers to keep Iguodala and Artest at the same time, but... the 76 first-round pick traded from the 2009ers will come in handy soon!

If the original historical trend is followed, the first-round pick will probably be ranked around 17th or 18th at that time. This pick can be selected among Zhu Holiday, Ty Lawson, and Jeff Teague... If you simply pursue immediate combat power, Ty Gibson or Marcus Thornton are also good choices.

As I said before, Wang Zhizhi had already renewed his contract with the Clippers before the Olympics, but "Lord Baylor" obviously looked down on Kenyon Dooling and did not choose to renew his contract with him.

But Marko Jaric, Bobby Simmons and Melvin Eli stayed
Now the team has a total of 12 players under contract, and they are——

Wang Zhizhi, Pedrago Drobiaque, Melvin Eli, Wang Dalin, Chris Wilcox, Ron Artest, Bobby Simmons, Matt Barnes, Andre Iguodala, Kyle Korver, Eddie House and Marco Jaric.

After careful calculation, the combined salary of these 12 players is only 3538 million US dollars, not to mention exceeding the "salary cap", and even the "poor line" has not been reached.

Therefore, "Lord Baylor" brought Wang Dalin in the hope that he could provide some suggestions and sign a few more players in free agency.

After Wang Dalin carefully read the list given by "Lord Baylor", he first delineated Kwame Brown, the famous "parallel import champion".

Although he didn't play well for three consecutive seasons, so that the Wizards did not implement the team option for the last year of his rookie contract, but this year's offseason has passed for so long, and no team has signed him. This is quite strange.

Kwame Brown's three years in the Wizards is really not good, but that's just based on the evaluation standard of "No.

Last season, he averaged 10.9 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 0.9 steals, and 0.7 blocks per game. He shot 48.9% from the field and 68.3% from the free throw line... Except for the ability to protect the basket and almost free throws, there are no major problems in other aspects. He can be regarded as a very qualified blue-collar center.

After Wang Dalin expressed his doubts, "Master Baylor" explained to him.

It turns out that from the beginning of July to the present, many teams have talked to Kwame Brown's agent in the past two months, but his agent opened his mouth and asked for a long-term contract of at least 7 years, and also demanded an average salary of no less than 5 million US dollars. He directly persuaded all the teams to leave... Of course, including the Clippers!

Hearing what he said, Wang Dalin directly dismissed the idea... With Kwame Brown's strength, it would be good if he could sign the contract with an average salary of 400 million US dollars, but the contract period must not be too long, 3 or 4 years is fine, any longer is not worthwhile.

So Wang Dalin circled another name on the list——Tony Kukoc!
This summer, the veteran of the Bulls Dynasty has ended his previous contract. The Bucks have always wanted to renew his contract, but he directly refused, and he also said-"I want to join a team that is expected to compete for the championship!"

上赛季库科奇在雄鹿队场均上次时间只有20.8分钟，可以得到8.4分3.7篮板2.7助攻0.8抢断0.3盖帽，三分命中率达到了36.2%。

Judging from these data, Kukoc obviously still has fuel in the fuel tank. If the average playing time is controlled between 15-20 minutes per game, he will definitely be able to make some contributions to the team.

What Wang Dalin values ​​most is his rich experience in the playoffs... After all, he is a player who has played in the finals three times, and he must be more reliable than Xiaoyoun when it comes to critical moments!
In addition, Wang Dalin also designated a person, his name is Damon Jones... You read that right, Wang Dalin's former teammate!
His situation is a bit different from that of Kukoc...He wants to win another championship at the end of his career, but he is purely for money, anyway, he has already won the championship.

At first, it was the Rockets. They offered him a four-year offer of $4 million, but Damon Jones ignored it.

Then the Rockets "raised" him to $4 million in four years, but he still ignored it.

Then came the Spurs, they offered him a four-year $4 million offer, and Damon Jones responded this time-"This price is too low!"

This sentence almost didn't piss Popovich to death.

You must know that the Spurs just signed a six-year, $6 million contract extension with Manu Ginobili this summer, and they will have to renew Tony Parker next summer. In addition to Tim Duncan’s maximum salary contract, they can offer such an offer to a role player, which is already quite a "rich" behavior.

After that, the Spurs ignored Damon Jones, and then the Bucks offered him a four-year $4 million offer... Damon Jones spent last season with the Bucks.

His old club offered him a contract with an average salary of 350 million U.S. dollars, which fully recognized his ability, but this guy still refused.

After the Heat inquired about the news, Pat Riley offered him a four-year offer of $4 million... The "magic man" had a lot of calculations. O'Neal and Wade really need a shooter like Jones who can open up the offensive space.

In addition to being able to shoot three-pointers, Jones also has good organizational skills... Last season, he averaged 24.6 assists in only 5.8 minutes per game, which is slightly better than the starting point guards of some teams.

But Jones still refused, and this time he said something even more irritating-"I really want to make money, but no matter what, I have to join a team that is strong enough to reach the conference finals, right? Miami's strength is obviously not good enough!"

This sentence not only angered Pat Riley, but also angered "Big Shark" Shaq O'Neal—"What do you mean, boy? You came to Miami with me, the 'No.

之后就没有球队再向他报价……他不过是个替补球员，上赛季场均只有7.2分2.1篮板5.8助攻0.4抢断，4年1560万美元已经严重溢价了。

Wang Dalin believes that as long as the Clippers offer Jones a four-year, $4 million offer, he will definitely come to Los Angeles.

In this regard, "Lord Baylor" obviously disagrees... Of course, the Clippers have plenty of salary space, but he still feels that it is not worthwhile to offer Jones an average salary of 400 million US dollars, not to mention that he may not come with an average salary of 400 million US dollars!
But Wang Dalin settled the matter with just one phone call, and saved him 200 million US dollars... 4 million US dollars in 1400 years, Jones immediately agreed!

The reason is very simple... Firstly, this guy enjoys the relaxed and freehand feeling of playing next to Wang Dalin, and secondly, joining the Clippers has a great hope of competing for the championship!
As for the money... "As long as I can continue to win the championship, I refuse to implement the player option after 3 years. Is it worth only 400 million U.S. dollars?"

I have to say that Damon Jones' wishful thinking is much better than Pat Riley's.

Two days later, "Lord Baylor" secured Kukoc with a two-year, $2 million contract, and now the Clippers were one man short of being full.

In the end, "Lord Baylor" made another show, signing the former Jazz's famous meat shield center Greg Ostertag with a 2-year contract of 840 million US dollars.

This guy is 218CM tall and weighs 127KG. He is indeed a representative of the tank center.

But he is 31 years old, and his average playing time with the Jazz last season has dropped to 27.6 minutes... In the environment where the NBA's offensive and defensive speeds are getting faster and faster, this veteran is obviously unable to keep up.

"Lord Baylor" must have been deceived by his statistics last season... The average of 6.8 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game is of course not bad, and it is more than enough as a meat shield center.

But Wang Dalin knew that this guy had a serious injury risk, and in the 2004-2005 season, his status would decline precipitously, and he signed with an average salary of more than 400 million U.S. dollars... I can only say that "Bailey Lord" is worthy of being "Bailey Lord".

Fortunately, the Clippers now have enough salary space, even if "Baylor" makes some showy operations, it doesn't matter the overall situation, at worst, just let Ostertag go after two years.

Since then, the 15-man roster of the Clippers has finally been completed, namely——

中锋：王治致（16号，年薪220万美元）、佩德拉格.德罗比亚克（14号，255万美元）、梅尔文.依莱（2号，174万美元）、格雷格.奥斯特塔格（00号，年薪400万美元）；

大前锋：王大林（7号，1332万美元）、克里斯.威尔考克斯（54号，221万美元）、托尼.库科奇（10号，年薪200万美元）；

小前锋：罗恩.阿泰斯特（93号，616万美元）、鲍比.西蒙斯（21号，83万美元）、马特.巴恩斯（22号，70万美元）；

Shooting guard: Andre Iguodala (No. 9, $191 million), Kyle Korver (No. 26, $83);

控球后卫：埃迪.豪斯（55号，83万美元）、马科.雅里奇（20号，210万美元）、达蒙.琼斯（19号，年薪295万美元）。

The team's total salary is 4433 million US dollars, which is just a little higher than the league's salary cap of 4387 million US dollars in the new season, and it is still far from the luxury tax threshold.

On September 9, all members of the Clippers assembled and began formal training, and the second season of Wang Dalin's "Reaper Special Training Camp" also came to an end.

Next, let these new players show off in the preseason...

　Thanks to "Little Pig for Winter Swimming", "Xu Guosheng", and "Cute Brother Tong" for their encouragement!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)