Healing Basketball

Chapter 525 525. Strong Aid Joins!

'Loyalty', in commercial sports leagues, is a delicate thing.

The 'loyalty' that goes both ways is very rare.

However, when getting along with the team has always been very harmonious and the team has always been very kind, it is very necessary and due obligation for the core players of the team to inform the team of their intentions in a timely manner.

There is no righteousness in buying and selling. If you stay on a team, you must cooperate happily. If you change teams, if it is not necessary, you don't want to break up badly.

Liu Xiu found that he was a bit stuck this time, and people with a personality like the vice president took the initiative to ask. It should be that the team has been under pressure for a long time.

The team management and the coaching staff have indeed raised this topic. When he refused to renew the contract prematurely, he didn't make it clear.

However, based on his knowledge of Liu Xiu, when he told the reason why he was unwilling to renew the contract, the vice president immediately believed it!
After getting a definite reply, the vice president left in a hurry, returned home and contacted the boss.

Paul Allen asked after listening to the vice president's narration: "Do you think Jess really wants to stay?"

The vice president responded: "He doesn't need to use such a reason to perfuse me, and he is planning to invite Ray Allen to join tomorrow. I believe he likes this city and wants to live in this city for a long time."

Paul Allen's tone became extraordinarily relaxed: "That's no problem."

"Yeah, we should have asked him directly instead of probing. He doesn't like trouble in this regard. We have been probing, so he doesn't bother to talk to us. We just need to be ready to renew the contract in the summer of 07." gone."

"No, Kevin, it can't be like that."

"Ok?"

"Since he likes money, I have to think of a way. At the boss meeting on the 3rd, I will talk to Stern and find a way to help him win a bigger contract."

"Uh……"

"You go to rest first, I think about how to help him win a bigger contract."

The vice president hung up the phone speechlessly. It was the first time he saw the owner of a team try to help the players get higher salaries. This is amazing!

...

On July 7st, the NBA free market opens!
At 0 o'clock in the morning, the NBA's official website announced the salary cap calculated under the supervision of a third-party agency.

According to the total revenue of the league in the 04-05 season, the salary cap for next season is 5332 million dollars, and the salary cap of the NBA has finally entered the 5000 million level.

骑士队、猛龙队、热火队第一时间宣布，与詹姆斯、波什、米利西奇、韦德达成提前续约协议，起薪1333万美刀的3+1的25%工资帽顶薪续约，10-11赛季是球员选项。

On the Internet, the fans of the three teams stayed up all night waiting for the news. When the news was announced on the official websites of the three teams, the fans of the three teams were overjoyed and posted messages on various forums to celebrate.

This means that these four talented stars will stay on the team for a long time, and for the three teams where the four geniuses belong, it represents stability for at least 5 years in the future.

After dawn, major newspapers and TV stations were also reporting on the contract renewal of the four geniuses.

Since the rookie contract has the right to match the home team, generally speaking, among the rookies of the same class, the more talented and the earlier they play, the sooner they tend to renew their contracts, because it must be a maximum salary contract. It's only a few hundred thousand short, and as a professional player, it's precarious. In case something happens, the best guarantee is to win the maximum salary contract as soon as possible.

It's just that the renewal contracts of these four great talents are for 4 years, which surprised many people. It is not the longest 6-year contract under the current rules.

At breakfast time, Anne Hathaway, who was reading the news to Liu Xiu, was quite puzzled. Didn't she say that signing a long-term contract with a maximum salary is a guarantee?
Liu Xiu analyzed to Anne Hathaway: "The 4-year contract is already guaranteed, what they want is to jump out of the contract in the summer of 2010, get the qualification to renew the contract of the 7-year veteran, and get 30% of the starting salary. salary contract."

"That's right! The starting salary of a 7-year veteran is much higher!"

Liu Xiu benefited from Anne Hathaway's adoring eyes. He continued to analyze: "Also, if they don't win the championship by 2010, they may break out of the contract together and form a group together."

Anne Hathaway asked, "Hold together? How is it possible? They were only 26 and seven years old at that time, right? Why did they want to hold a group?"

Sure enough, in this day and age, no one can understand why the golden period of life should be held together, including girls.

Liu Xiu shrugged: "I'm just guessing..."

...

The Trail Blazers and Nuggets have not announced the early contract renewal for a long time, and the media started to hype again.

But before the public opinion fermented, the vice president of the Trail Blazers accepted an interview and declared Liu Xiu's contract renewal plan, which will be renewed in the summer of 2007, and will be renewed with the salary cap at that time, giving Liu Xiu the highest salary within the range allowed by the rules. salary.

As soon as the news came out, other top talents called out to the experts.

Anthony said in an interview: I am the same.

The media's evaluation, first of all, is a wave of worry for each team, and the top talents in the future will do this, which is not good for the home team.

But there are also media who stand up to refute, thinking that this is only an example. Generally speaking, black players want to get contracts and long-term contracts earlier. Take Pippen as an example.

On Liu Xiu's side, after this matter has been communicated with the management, until the start of the offseason in 07, he does not plan to think about this matter again.

In the past few days, his main thinking is how to recruit Ray Allen. The three-pointer is not an easy person to get along with. Communication may be difficult, but it must be fought for.

At noon, it was not long before lunch time. Liu Xiu thought that the other party would be free at this time, so he dialed the other party's number...

pass!

"Hi, Lei, I'm Jess, will I disturb you if I call you suddenly?" She Niu, such as Liu Xiu, was a little nervous at this moment.

Ray Allen's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hello, Jess, it's almost lunch time, I just finished what I have to do in the morning, and you didn't bother me."

"..."

Liu Xiu didn't know what to say to the other party's cold voice and that overly organized answer for a while, and the words he had prepared before seemed inappropriate at this moment.

Ray Allen's voice came from the phone: "Jess, what do you want from me?"

Liu Xiu shook his head vigorously, and said directly, "Our team can make room for a maximum salary. I want to partner with you. Would you like to join our team?"

"Yes Aidu."

"Ray, I hope you can think about us, we have Zach, we have Kwame, we have Travis, we have a very good front lineup, the most important thing is that we have me, and we have a very high level every year. Salary amount, as long as the rules allow, we will try our best to sign in... What do you say?"

Ray Allen answered so quickly that Liu Xiu didn't realize it all at once.

Ray Allen said again: "I am willing. I will notify my agent to contact you after lunch. Do you have anything else to do?"

Liu Xiu's peasy eyes: "No...not anymore."

"Then I'll hang up first. Sorry, my child is awake and I need to take care of him."

"Oh... oh... OK..."

……

……

There have been many rumors this summer, such as where McGrady is going. After the finals, he jumped out of the contract and refused to implement the player option of the 2000+5 contract signed in 1.

At that time, many people thought that McGrady didn't want to stay with the Nets because he lost the finals, and the two games of G1 and G2 were used to stir up speculation.

But only one day after the opening of the free market, on the 2nd, the Nets officially announced the renewal of the contract with McGrady.

The contract is a starting salary of 1599.6 million US dollars, a 7-year veteran bird right maximum salary, accounting for 30% of the salary cap, gradually increasing by 12%, a total of 6 million US dollars in 1.26 years, and a player option in the last year.

It was only then that people remembered that the contract McGrady jumped out of was also a maximum salary, but it was the maximum salary in 2000. The last year's salary of that maximum salary was 1569 million dollars, which is not as good as the first year salary of the current new contract. , It is too normal to jump out of the contract.

And now I have jumped out of the contract to renew the contract for 6 years. The contract expires in 2011. At that time, McGrady will be 32 years old. It is possible to sign another big contract. It will expire in 2012, when McGrady will be 33 years old, and the difference between 32 and 33 years old may be quite big.

There are only a handful of players in every era who can maintain the superstar level after the age of 30.

Also getting the maximum salary in the summer of 00, there are also McGrady's former teammates and Hill and Duncan who almost became teammates.

Duncan has the same contract as McGrady, but he did not jump out of the contract. Instead, he implemented the player option for next season and renewed his contract until 4 with a four-year $7600 million knife.

According to sources, Duncan's decision not to jump out of the contract was made after communicating with Popovich. After signing the contract, the Spurs will have to wait until Ginobili's contract expires in 2009 to create such a large space.

Hill has a longer contract than the two. The new contract, which also started in the summer of 2000, has the same starting salary and the same increase. However, Hill signed for 7 years and the contract expired in 07. He is not stupid. More than 3000 million US dollars in two years, he can't not want it. He has implemented the player option for the next two years. The Magic are actually very happy about this. When training Howard, there is Hill who can sell tickets.

A few days after the start of the free market, the flow of players is basically role players, and the stars have nothing to do. This summer, many stars can jump out of the contract or the contract expires, but like McGrady, there is a lot of thunder and little rain.

Finally, on July 7th, a team made a big move—the Trail Blazers announced that they would officially give up the bird rights of Raheem and Flying Squirrel!
The long-awaited team management waved the check!
However, the Trail Blazers also announced another surprising operation-using the Houston clause to buy out Derek Anderson. Derek Anderson's $909 million next season and $949 million salary next season will not be included. Trail Blazers salary cap.

The Trail Blazers became the first team to use the Houston clause!
Just when people were guessing what the Trail Blazers were going to do, the NBA official website updated a signing news... Ray Allen joined the Trail Blazers for 4 million dollars in 6078 years!

(End of this chapter)