Healing Basketball

Chapter 535 535. The Pistons Can't Pay Three Maximum Salaries?

Liu Xiu:? ? ? ?

Looking at the transaction revealed by WOJ, Liu Xiu had question marks in his head.

Judging from Yao Ming’s negative feelings toward the Rockets revealed to him in the past two years, he knew that Yao Ming might test the free market after his rookie contract ended, but he reckoned that the Rockets would use their home team’s matching rights to forcefully keep Yao Ming. .

Unexpectedly, the Rockets traded Yao Ming before the final year of his rookie contract!
There is only one year left in the rookie contract, and the value will inevitably be affected.

You can refer to Chris Webber, the No. 93 pick in the [-] class. Webber only signed a rookie contract for two years. After his rookie season, Webber clamored to leave the Warriors.

Liu Xiu immediately called Yao Ming, who confirmed the news.

Because the Rockets have done a good job of publicity in China, a bunch of domestic media are now besieging Yao Ming. Yao Ming is busy now, so he didn't talk to Liu Xiu much.

Liu Xiu didn't ask any further questions. He turned around and called Bill Duffy, confirming that this was the deal Yao Ming applied for.

As Yao Ming's manager, Bill Duffy was too busy at the moment, and had no time to chat with Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu could only find his girlfriend and sister to gossip and analyze blindly.

Yao Ming can enter the free market as a restricted free agent next summer, but no matter what contract other teams offer, the Rockets can match and keep Yao Ming, and the Rockets can give the highest annual salary increase of 12%. Priority to renew the contract, this is the mother team's matching right.

Of course, since the labor agreement gives the team the right to match the rookie's home team, it also gives the players the right to resist-sign the qualification clause.

That is to say, after the rookie contract ends, the restricted free agent can choose to sign a one-year contract. This one-year contract is also called the home team contract, and the salary is 1% of the previous year.

After signing the qualification contract, the player will also get a power-overlord clause, that is, the right to veto the transaction. The home team will lose the right to trade the player with the qualification contract in the new season, unless the player agrees to accept the transaction.

Of course, this is the power gained by the player's loss of a large salary, and if he encounters a cruel team, maybe if he hides this player for a year, then this player will basically be useless.

In the end, Liu Xiu's family came up with a conjecture that they thought was reliable—the Rockets didn't dare to tear themselves apart from Yao Ming, at least not in public.

That's why the Rockets chose to trade before people found out that they had an irreparable rift with Yao Ming!

...

Carter and Ben Wallace are teaming up with Yao Ming!

After the news was exposed, people in the basketball circle, like Liu Xiu, were all attracted to this matter.

With Hamilton as the core chip, it is determined that Carter and Ben Wallace will not move!

As for why Billups hasn't been noticed by people...he didn't win the FMVP, and he didn't have such a conspicuous leadership performance. In people's eyes, he is just a starting point guard with an average of 14 points and 5 assists per game. Considered as 'core chips'.

Carter, Ben Wallace, Yao Ming, this core trio, in the minds of fans, is enough to be compared with the Trail Blazers' three best lineups of Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, and Randolph!
The media are hyping and digging into the details of this deal, fans are discussing, Yao Ming's friends are speculating... NBA officials don't know what to do now.

Generally speaking, when the two teams apply for a trade, salary matching, and contract compliance, the league review is very fast, but this time it took a whole morning.

David Stern called Houston and repeatedly confirmed that the other party wanted to trade, but he still hesitated.

There are many jokes, and it can be seen that David Stern does not want Yao Ming to go to Detroit and has been fighting.

And David Stern really doesn't want Yao Ming to go to Detroit. It's not about the size of the Detroit market. The US market doesn't need Yao Ming. He is worried about affecting the Chinese market.

Another vice president listened to the boss's worries and jokes, and was silent for a long time before saying, "Boss, Detroit and Houston, are there any differences in the eyes of Chinese fans?"

David Stern suddenly became enlightened when he heard the words!
yes!Where Yao Ming is, which team will become the home team in the eyes of Chinese fans. Does it have anything to do with which team and which city it is in?

After opening his mind, David Stern remembered that Liu Xiu was so popular after joining the Trail Blazers. Was it because of the city of Portland or the team of the Trail Blazers?None, but personal performance and team leadership results!
Yao Ming has achieved personal performance, but his performance as a team leader has been hindered by the Rockets' stingy operations.

David Stern has really disliked the Rockets' operations in the past two years, but there is no way, it is a big city anyway.

Now, the trade application has been exposed. Even if the deal fails, the Rockets' influence in the Chinese market will inevitably be frustrated...

David Stern no longer hesitated, but stood firm, and said to the two vice presidents: "It seems that the great world automobile capital will regain its glory!"

After finishing speaking, sign and seal the transaction application...

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The eyes of the entire basketball world are focused on Yao Ming’s trade. The NBA’s official website has not updated the transaction status for a long time, and the media’s desire to interview NBA officials has also been declined. This development can’t help but make the media and fans daydream. What happened?
Most people are people who eat melons, watching the excitement is not a big deal, and they can't wait for something to go wrong.

Especially the fans of the major championship teams in the East, many people went to church to pray for the failure of the transaction.

But God has been busy converting the undead in the Middle East these years, and has no time to take care of them.

At 2005:9 pm on September 30, 7, the NBA official website updated several new trade information. Today, there are 3 trade applications in total, all of which were suppressed, and now they are passed together.

What people are most concerned about, of course, is the deal with Yao Ming.

Details of the deal have finally been revealed!

The Pistons sent Richard Hamilton, Darius Miles, and Danny Granger, who was selected in the first round of this year's trade, three first-round picks in 2010, 2012, and 2014, plus The right to exchange two first-round picks in 2013 and 2015, Yao Ming was traded from the Rockets, and at the same time, he took the two expired contracts of Clarence Witherspoon and Bob Sura.

It is worth mentioning that Witherspoon and Bob Sura's combined salary for the new season reached 987 million dollars, but both of them are determined to be unable to continue playing in the NBA due to injuries. According to sources, the Rockets originally planned to If good and cheap players can be found in the training camp, these two people will be cut. If not, two people will be used to occupy the position without spending extra money to sign people.

How should I put it, the first reaction of most people seeing this transaction is that both parties lose money!

The Pistons traded for Yao Ming and paid more than the Heat got O'Neal!
And the Lakers lost O'Neal and Kobe, and the Rockets lost Yao Ming, so it's not easy to get change back...

Counting the draft picks used by Carter, the Pistons did not have the right to decide their first-round picks until 2015!Even-numbered years are other people's draft picks, and odd-numbered years have to be decided by the other party whether to exchange draft picks.

As for the Pistons eating nearly $1000 million in garbage contracts, making all the remaining Rockets players look like "high-quality assets", this is not a big deal.

After the deal was concluded, Pistons general manager Joe Dumars said in an interview: "I believe we will be championship contenders for the next five years. Yao just turned 5. We will have the best center in the league for the next ten years. He is the contemporary Sabonis in my mind..."

Sabonis is a giant center that current NBA fans talk about. Sabonis came to the NBA when he was over 30 years old. He was dragged by injuries. When he was 33 years old, he could still average 16 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists per game. performance, and finally retired from the NBA at the age of 38 and a half.

Yao Ming's latest physical test report is too similar to Sabonis, 220+ cm tall, Yao Ming is 226 cm, Sabonis is 221 cm, Yao Ming is 134 kg, Sabonis is 132 kg, Yao Ming has better mobility and personal offensive ability, Sabonis has Better defense, better pass vision and pass accuracy...

Even if Joe Dumars tried his best to convince everyone to approve this deal, at present, the controversy is still huge.

Because things are not that simple, Carter's contract expires in the 06-07 season, and the renewal will definitely still be the maximum salary, and Ben Wallace's new season is a contract year, and Yao Ming is also a contract year.

Maybe renewing the contract is not a problem, but where does the money for the three maximum salaries come from?
Because Milicic was traded out early, and now he has played in the Raptors and has the potential to become a super center. The Pistons have been criticized for trading Milicic back to Carter... The media is like this, they don’t care about the original Milicic didn't even get playing time under Larry Brown, and if Milicic played elsewhere, it was Joe Dumars who made a bad deal.

Now add the trade back to Yao Ming...

ESPN Sports commented on the operation of the Pistons this time-Joe Dumars used the fortune of the Pistons for the next ten years to make a gamble with a high probability of failure!

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After really going to the Pistons, Liu Xiu called Yao Ming to congratulate him, but the other party was still busy and had no time to talk to him, the warden, who felt overwhelmed.

Liu Xiu has been paying attention to this matter and has seen the changes in public opinion. When the transaction was first revealed, the fans of the Eastern Conference championship team shouted to suppress the decline.

But after the transaction was completed, there were a lot of remarks mocking the Pistons' operation that ruined the future.

The Rockets, who were also scolded for their wise operation, were overshadowed by the voices mocking the Pistons, whether in China or in the United States.

Liu Xiu wondered how the Rockets were really willing to spend money in order to keep the title of "Yao Ming's mother team"!
The co-author is reluctant to give Nash an annual salary of tens of millions, and is reluctant to pay luxury taxes, because the money is spent on drafts?

Liu Xiu is not worried at all about whether Yao Ming will develop better in the Pistons.

As long as you leave the Rockets, even if it is used to exchange Garnett alone, it is better to go to the Timberwolves to work alone than in the Rockets. Although the Timberwolves have a narrow vision, they are at least willing to give money to the leading star, and they will attack decisively when they have the opportunity Willing to spend money.

Also, the Pistons spent so much money to trade Yao Ming back, they must cherish it as a treasure.

As for the draft that popped up now and convinced most people who didn't know the truth, it said that the Pistons couldn't afford three maximum salaries, and that Carter, Ben Wallace, and Yao Ming, who were brought back by the ten-year team, were The combination can't be held... Liu Xiu really hopes so...

While I am happy that Yao Ming is out of the sea of ​​suffering, Liu Xiu is also under pressure!
(End of this chapter)