Healing Basketball

Chapter 526 526. Detonate the Offseason!
Ray Allen's contract summary for joining the Trail Blazers: starting salary of $1330 million, accounting for 25% of the salary cap, non-bird rights maximum salary, 4 years totaling $6078 million, player option in the last year.

NBA official website update Not long after the Trail Blazers signed Ray Allen, Paul Allen held a press conference and announced the matter in a very high-profile manner, for fear that others would not know it.

Liu Xiu attended the press conference and handed the No. 34 jersey to Ray Allen.

The No. 34 jersey of the Trail Blazers has not been retired, and no one is currently wearing it. Looking at the picture of Ray Allen displaying the jersey in front of him, Liu Xiu feels that this jersey is more suitable for the three-point leader, and there is no need to change No. 20 jersey.

Paul Allen had a great time announcing Ray Allen's joining, but the press conference had only just begun.

When it came to the reporter's questioning session, long guns and short guns were placed in front of Ray Allen.

"Allen, why did you choose to join a team that just won a championship?"

The reporter came up with a simple but sharp question.

Ray Allen responded lightly: "I waited for 3 years, 3 years later and 3 years later, 3 years later and 3 more years, I have been in the NBA for 9 years, I am 30 years old, I have no time to continue waiting gone."

He didn't evade this question, and he didn't refute it fiercely. From this point, Liu Xiu felt that Ray Allen was different from other stars.

The reporter didn't stop attacking, and continued to ask: "Don't you want to lead the team to win the championship, don't you want to be the best one?"

Ray Allen responded: "When I debuted, I thought I was the next Michael Jordan, but it turns out I'm not."

The reporter's eyes lit up, and he grasped the key words and asked, "Do you think you are not as good as the warden?"

Ray Allen glanced at Liu Xiu and said: "I have been a genius in the eyes of everyone since I was a child, and I also think I am a genius, but I have been in the NBA for a long time, and I have seen too many geniuses. There is a difference between a genius and a genius.”

Reporters have only one comment on Ray Allen-difficult!
Calm down, calm down, don't let oil or salt enter.

The reporters were about to ask someone else to ask questions, and they looked at Liu Xiu... Forget it, this guy is obviously eager to try, ready to act aggressively.

Or ask the big dog!
"Mr. Allen, in order to sign Allen, you gave up the bird rights of Stoudemire and Raheem, and also pardoned Anderson. Three important substitutes are missing. Do you have a follow-up reinforcement plan?"

The warden, vice president, general manager, and coach all looked at the boss.

Paul Allen straightened his neckline and said: "I am very grateful for Derek's contribution to the team over the years. He was a very important member of our just-concluded championship season, but for the sake of a larger future, we only We can end the cooperation early..."

The reporters collectively face question marks, and the answers are not what they asked! This is it!

Suddenly remembered and forgot to thank the players who were pardoned?
Suddenly, Paul Allen changed the subject: "I am also very grateful to Dolan for his help, yes, the owner of the Knicks, thank him for bringing us the Houston clause, without him, we would not be able to negotiate with Ray so smoothly. After signing the contract, we cannot keep Sharif while signing Ray. We have reached an agreement with Sharif to complete the contract renewal with a 2-year 1400 million contract..."

Ray Allen joined the Trail Blazers, saying a thousand words and ten thousand, and it was just a regular player change.

Ray Allen did not get the maximum salary of McGrady's 6-year veteran bird rights, but the renewal offer given by the Supersonics after Ray Allen jumped out of the contract was not a huge contract of 6 million in 1.26 years. The 1330% salary cap contract with a starting salary of 25 million US dollars is just a 12% increase in bird rights, which is not a maximum salary player.

It just feels crazy, but not unacceptable.

But after Rahim was given up his bird rights, he re-signed with an annual salary of $700 million. The reporters scolded the street when they heard this!
Hearing the reporters swearing and seeing the proud look of the boss, the coach said to the vice president: "Look, his promises are like farting. He will definitely show off this kind of thing right away."

The vice president took a deep breath, feeling that he was still too naive, and he really couldn't believe the nonsense of these people in the team!

Fortunately, the renewal of Raheem's contract has been confirmed. Raheem's contract has been signed, and he is waiting to submit it to the league in the order of signing. The boss can show off if he wants to.

At this moment, Liu Xiu touched the vice president's arm and said, "Kevin, the boss still has something to say."

Before the vice president could react, he heard Paul Allen speak again: "I have one more thing to announce, something that Rose City fans will be very excited about - we will complete Kwame's contract extension. Finally, use the middle class exception to re-sign Damon!"

Ten thousand alpacas ran past the vice president: Boss, you can just print out our summer plan and send it to these reporters... No!This is too troublesome, scan and fax them to TV stations and newspapers!

...

Ray Allen's joining was easier than Liu Xiu expected.

He belatedly discovered that Ray Allen had been waiting for his call and was already ready to join.

But if he doesn't take the initiative to recruit, he won't get this helper.

Don't talk about it, Liu Xiu felt the romance of a traditional player in Ray Allen.

This is the most special teammate his warden has ever met...

So, the next morning after signing with Ray Allen, Liu Xiu dragged his family to Los Angeles to attend the press conference of 'The Second Generation of Warden'.

Liu Xiu has never looked forward to commercial activities so much, and the reason is because of Ray Allen, a new teammate.

On the afternoon of the 2nd, Ray Allen's family of three came to Portland. Liu Xiu was the recruiter, so he was naturally responsible for the reception, and facilitated the team and Ray Allen to complete the signing.

Talking about the contract, Liu Xiu didn't think there was anything special about it. It was just that you quoted and I countered, and the discussion didn't take long. From the 3rd to the 5th, the contract was settled in 3 days, and the efficiency was very high. The team change contract can be done so quickly...thanks to Paul Allen's personality!
Both Liu Xiu and Ray Allen felt that the knife was pulling their ass...

Originally Ray Allen wanted a 6-year long-term contract, but Paul Allen suggested signing 3+1. He believed that Ray Allen's off-ball shooting style would still be in good shape after 3-4 years. At that time, you can sign another 3-4 year big contract. If you sign 6 years now, you can only sign a short contract of one or two years after the contract expires, and the salary will not be very high.

How can a boss be so considerate of the players and worry that the players will not get a high salary when they are old?
Ray Allen felt his eyes were opened, so he signed the contract so quickly.

Liu Xiu deeply participated in Ray Allen's signing meeting and saw Paul Allen playing a real-life simulation manager game. Liu Xiu felt very interesting.

But apart from this, Liu Xiu was very tormented when he was in contact with Ray Allen.

Ray Allen has just arrived and is unfamiliar with the place, so Liu Xiu must take good care of him.

As a social cow, Liu Xiu likes to have guests. When entertaining Yao Ming, Nowitzki, Anthony...and others, he is very happy to be a company.

But Ray Allen...

Calm, polite, punctual, not too talkative, not easy to comment on anything, and say you don’t understand something... As a colleague, Liu Xiu thinks it’s great, and this new teammate is a model.

But compared with Raheem, who is also a model teammate, Ray Allen seems so inaccessible. He is also a model player. Raheem is gentle and good at making friends. Ray Allen seems to be afraid that he has friends .

However, because of this, when Liu Xiu left Portland to work in other cities, she didn’t have to worry about offending Ray Allen for not continuing to take care of him. Troubling other people's way of doing things, Liu Xiu guesses that Ray Allen would like him to leave early...

Liu Xiu left Portland, but now Portland has attracted the attention of the entire basketball world.

Already had the aura of the defending champion, and now that Ray Allen has joined, the Blazers have once again become the focus of attention.

But they signed Ray - Allen is just the beginning of the operation.

The night Liu Xiu arrived in Los Angeles, he received a message from the team.

Officially signed a free agent contract with Raheem with an annual salary of 700 million US dollars and a short contract of 1+1!
Also announced at the same time was the signing of former Wizards backup point guard Steve Blake for $1 million in one year.

Immediately afterwards, on July 7, the Trail Blazers officially announced that they had officially reached a four-year contract extension with Randolph, with a starting salary of $8 million and a total of $4 million in four years.

At noon on July 7th, the Trail Blazers official website posted a photo-a photo of Kwame Brown and Paul Allen holding a contract.

In the afternoon, the Trail Blazers announced the contract extension. Like Randolph, Kwame Brown also renewed his contract for 4 years, with a starting salary of 675 million US dollars, and a total of 4 million US dollars in 3165 years.

The contract is not as big as Randolph, but it is not low compared to other defensive centers, and it is similar to the current contracts of the two best defensive centers Ben Wallace and Camby.

This is the second highest offer Kwame Brown received as a restricted free agent after the opening of the free market. The first highest was an average annual contract of $850 million, but the other party had to sign for 6 years. In the end, the Trail Blazers managed What the executives negotiated with Kwame Brown's agent was this 3+1 contract.

同时，开拓者队宣布以两年老将底薪续约佩顿、3年1619万全额中产续约小飞鼠、起薪45万美刀3年合计188万美刀与新秀路易斯-威廉姆斯完成签约……

Paul Allen's "self-exposure" and the series of signings by the Trail Blazers detonated this slightly dull offseason!
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The heart will be cold!

Yao Ming hesitated for a long time before, but now he finally made up his mind.

He took out his mobile phone and sent a text message to Bill Duffy, asking the other party to notify the management that he would not renew the contract in advance.

After sending the text message, Yao Ming looked at the composite photo of the 9 main players of the Trail Blazers on the TV screen.

Liu Xiu stands in the middle, with the outlaws and Kwame Brown on the left, and Ray Allen and Randolph on the right.

Beside them are Peyton, McDyess, Little Flying Squirrel, and Raheem.

As the defending champion, while retaining the core lineup, Ray Allen was introduced!Yao Ming burst into tears looking at it!

But this is not the reason why Yao Ming refused to renew his contract early again. The reason for his refusal to renew his contract was that when Paul Allen announced that Raheem would renew his contract with a salary cut, Dawson, the general manager of Mosaic, was still telling him that they were very close to getting the contract. Raheem, Raheem has a strong desire to join.

At that time Yao Ming believed it!
First of all, unless there is a sign-and-trade deal, the Trail Blazers will definitely give up the bird rights of Little Flying Squirrel and Raheem. If one person renews the contract, he will definitely give up the bird rights, because the space occupied by the two people's bird rights must be greater than the renewed contract.

In this way, other teams have the opportunity to get two people, not to say that the wages are higher than anyone else, but that other teams can provide more playing time and higher team status.

Little Flying Squirrel, there are not many teams trying to compete for it. He is in his 30s and has a rough style of play. The requirements for making good use of such players are quite strict.

But Rahim, who will turn 12 in December at the end of the year, has more teams that want to grab people. He will definitely not get the maximum salary, but the contract with an annual average of tens of millions of dollars is not a big problem. For more than a year, Raheem has been hovering between the starter and the bench, but he has always been dedicated and performed very well. He is an indispensable player for the Trail Blazers on the way to the championship.

Yao Ming is very eager to get such a striker teammate, and communicated with Dawson many times about the introduction of Raheem. Dawson has always given positive feedback, which made Yao Ming very excited. In the end, Paul Allen gave him a Wow!
But he still kept a trace of expectation, what if Paul Allen was bragging?
Don't they all say that capitalists love bragging...

But now that Raheem has really renewed his contract, Yao Ming confirmed that Dawson has been perfunctory... no, he was lying to him!

Raheem has no intention of leaving the team, waiting for the management of the Trail Blazers to operate, how much money they want, and so on, Dawson said that Raheem has a strong desire to join, it is a lie!

My heart is really cold!

On the other hand, Dawson is also very broken these days, and he can only expect Paul Allen to just say that because Ray Allen is too excited to join... Who the hell would have thought that Raheem would be so eager to stay? Trail Blazers?

As long as Raheem doesn't stay with the Trail Blazers, or stay with the Trail Blazers with a bigger contract, Dawson has ten thousand ways to convince Yao Ming that he has worked hard, just a little bit, it's a pity but there is no way.

The result can be...

When he received the notification from Bill Duffy, Dawson almost fainted!
(End of this chapter)