am i proud?

Chapter 85 Riley's Trouble (Today's [-]nd update)
Riley didn't like this feeling!

Although the Heat won the G1 game against the Bucks by a large margin, after Wang Dalin played an epic performance, the constant media hype from all sides has made him tireless.

It would be fine if the media just praised Wang Dalin's performance, but some "so-called" basketball experts came out of nowhere, and these guys immediately began to analyze Wang Dalin's whereabouts next season.

Some said that Wang Dalin would go to the Lakers, others said that he would go to the Kings, and some said that he would go to the 76ers to form a new generation of "twin stars" with Iverson... Everyone said that Wang Dalin would go anywhere, but no one predicted that he would continue to stay in the Heat.

This also makes sense. The Heat's player salary this season is as high as 7347 million US dollars. It is not known what height it will reach next season. It is almost impossible to sign Wang Dalin.

With the Heat's salary structure, unless Riley is determined to completely overthrow and rebuild, and build the team with Wang Dalin as the core, it is almost impossible for them to keep this rookie with unlimited potential.

You know, Wang Dalin's current worth is far more than a basic salary!

First of all, Wang Dalin's performance this season has been amazing enough. "Best Rookie" is not a bad street award, and he is very likely to win "Best Sixth Man".

Just based on his performance on the field, at least he can be worth a full middle class.

Secondly, thinking about Wang Dalin's age of only 19 years old, his future potential can be described as "unlimited"!

So even if a team offers him a maximum salary offer, Riley will not be surprised at all.

As mentioned earlier, Wang Dalin will become a free agent after this season, unless the Heat make a qualification offer before June 6, and the offer can only be 30% of the player's previous year's salary or the base salary plus $125.

125% of Wang Dalin's salary in the previous year was 40 US dollars, and if the basic salary plus 15 US dollars is 47 US dollars... With Wang Dalin's current market conditions, it is obviously a dream to keep him at this price.

After the Heat give a qualification offer, other teams in the league can offer him an offer. The amount of this offer is not certain, and it is not surprising even to offer a maximum salary offer.

The Heat could also match that offer ... provided they have enough cap space.

按照NBA联盟的规则，球龄0-6年的球员（基本上也就是指刚结束新秀合同的球员）最高可以拿到工资帽25%金额的年薪，按照本赛季的工资帽3550万美元来计算就是887.5万美元。

而2001-2002赛季的工资帽是4250万美元，25%就是1062.5万美元！
The starting salary is US$1062.5 million. According to the rule of 5% increase per year, the annual salary in the second year is US$1115.6 million, in the third year it is US$1171.4 million, and in the fourth year it is US$1230 million.

In other words... Wang Dalin may sign a 4-year contract with a maximum salary of 4580 million US dollars during this offseason!

This is not a "small contract" of several million for the full middle class, but an annual salary of tens of millions!
If a second-year rookie can sign a maximum salary of this amount... This situation can't be called "unprecedented", but it is indeed "unprecedented".

Even if Glenn Robinson signed a 10-year, $6800 million contract in his rookie season, according to the current maximum salary rule, it only takes six years for the contract to be higher than his annual salary.

I don't know how other teams plan Riley, but it is obviously impossible for the Heat to offer such a high price to Wang Dalin... It is estimated that it would be good to give a full middle class!
The fact that Wang Dalin played against the sky is still continuing to ferment, and the G2 battle between the Heat and the Bucks has started as scheduled.

On the evening of May 5th, the arena in the "Bradley Center" was still full of seats, but when Wang Dalin went to the court to warm up, the noise of the audience in the arena even dropped to a notch.

While warming up by shooting, Wang Dalin couldn't help laughing secretly: "Are you afraid of being beaten by me? Don't worry, I will still play the role of 'Iron God' for a while before I go on a killing spree tonight!"

In this round of the series, Wang Dalin can complete the perverted task of "McGrady's obsession" in every game, and after completion, he can get the "BUFF" of 100% hit, so he decided to copy the plan of the G1 war.

In fact, this is not easy. After all, whether he makes a shot or not does not depend entirely on his own will. Just like in tonight's game, he actually hit 5 of his first 3 shots. He felt so good that he couldn't believe it.

"Damn it!" Wang Dalin couldn't help cursing inwardly, "I'm trying to shoot every ball against the defense, do I want to be so accurate?"

Fortunately, his touch was good for a while, and he started to hit the iron continuously from the sixth shot. At the end of the first half, he made a total of 9 of 3 shots, and his shooting percentage was a little higher than that in G1...

The performance of the Bucks in this game was significantly better than that in G1. After the first half, they led the Heat by 57 points at 45:12. During the intermission, Riley scolded everyone in the locker room.

Wang Dalin was also scolded. Although he played very positively in the first half, Riley couldn't be particularly merciful to him because he was far from his amazing performance in the second half of G1.

The Heat launched a desperate counterattack in the second half, but their overall touch was very strong. As a result, after the third quarter, not only failed to narrow the point difference, but fell even further behind.

At 80:64, the Bucks led by 16 points and entered the fourth quarter. Coach George Karl was in a good mood. He felt that the game should be won steadily.

But how did he know that in the first three quarters, Wang Dalin had completed the "basic operation" of 16 of 6 shots, and now he has turned into a "bad guy" again.

Is 16 points a big difference?
Is it impossible to turn over?

Wang Dalin used his actions to give the "answer"... Well, he is more suitable for this nickname than Iverson in this game!

In the entire fourth quarter, Wang Dalin only played 7 minutes... Of course, his total of 22 minutes in the first three quarters is already a lot.

How many points can be scored in 7 minutes?

Maybe Jordan will tell you with a smile that he can score 7 points in 15 minutes;
Maybe Kobe would say contemptuously that scoring 7 points in 15 minutes is nothing;
Maybe Anthony and Thompson will say that scoring 7 points in 20 minutes is not too difficult...

However, Wang Dalin has proved through his own practice that the limit of scoring in 7 minutes should be 27 points!
Although he has accelerated the pace of the game as much as possible, how can the leading Bucks speed up with the Heat?
Since the score is leading by double digits, all fools know that the pace of the game should be slowed down, won't they win if they wait until the end of the game?

Of course, there is nothing wrong with this kind of thinking, but the premise is...the opponent did not catch up with the score!
Wang Dalin made 9 of 9 three-pointers in the fourth quarter. This wave of strong output of 27 points immediately reversed the situation. At the end of the game, the Heat beat the Bucks by 12 points...

前三节王大林只得到14分3篮板3助攻，不过第四节他狂砍27分之后这个数据已经变成了41分6篮板5助攻，他再次成为了全场最靓的那个仔！
After two consecutive amazing performances, Riley's feelings towards Wang Dalin have undergone some subtle changes...

This kid... is he really going to keep him during the offseason?
(End of this chapter)