NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 100 Cavaliers offer me a maximum salary?

In terms of age, Wang Chao, who was born in November 83, is one year and one month older than James.

But the problem is that James, who joined the league in 03, is the senior of Wang Chao, who only joined the league in 04, on the court.

What does he mean by this?Look down on my fat tiger?

Wang Chao actually didn't mean anything else, he just felt that it would be a pity if Duncan's classic line handed down from generation to generation was not uttered at this time.

This sentence should be said by Nash. Nash, who joined the league in 96, is now 33 years old and has two regular season MVP trophies. As him, it is more than enough to tell James that the future is yours.

But based on Wang Chao's understanding of Nash, he should not be able to say this, so he can only do it for him.

As for what James would think after hearing his own words...whatever he wanted to think, anyway, Wang Chao himself was happy, and that was enough.

……

A few minutes later, the podium was set up at the home court of the Cavaliers, and NBA President David Stern took the stage to personally present the championship trophies to the Suns players who won the championship.

At this time, the fans at the Cavaliers' home court have basically dispersed.

It was already sad enough for the team to lose the championship, or to be swept out in a humiliating 4:0. Sitting at home and watching other teams' championship award ceremonies is simply rubbing salt on the wound.

Although not many people witnessed the moment when the Suns won the championship trophy, no one would care. There will be countless flowers and applause when they return to Phoenix. The most important thing is to be able to hold the championship trophy in their hands of!
The FMVP of the finals was awarded to Nash as expected.

In terms of statistics, Stoudemire's double-double average of 25 points and 11 rebounds in four games is not inferior to Nash's average of nearly 16+13 per game.

But as far as the contribution of the Suns team is concerned, Nash, who is the core and key of the team's running and bombing tactics, is obviously more important than Stoudemire.

In other words, it doesn't matter if the Suns are without Stoudemire. Even without Stoudemire last season, the Suns still reached the finals. Stronger, but it does not bring about a qualitative improvement.

But if the Suns lost Nash, no matter if they were replaced by any All-Star point guard in the league, they would not be able to play Nash's 7-second extreme running and bombing tactics.

Therefore, the finals FMVP awarded to Nash is well deserved.

"Is this a dream come true for a veteran?"

Standing behind, Wang Chao thought to himself as he watched Nash accept the FMVP trophy with a bright smile on his face.

He liked Nash very much before. His gorgeous playing style and long flowing hair were once the idols Wang Chao admired and sought after.

The experience of Nash's career has always made Wang Chao feel sorry.

In the early days, he met people who were not good, and spent eight years in Dallas. After returning to the Suns, he finally found his true self. Championship missed.

At the end of his career, Nash, who wanted to fight for the championship, was under great pressure to join the Lakers to form the F4 combination, but he did not think that the F4 combination of the Lakers was vulnerable, not to mention the championship, even the playoffs. Desperately until the Achilles tendon ruptured to get a spot.

In the end, Nash didn't have a championship until he retired.

Wang Chao did not expect that the first major thing he would do after time travel was to help Nash win a championship in his peak period, and this championship was equivalent to being snatched from the Spurs.

Duncan did not have the fourth championship of his career, but Nash got a championship and an FMVP trophy that matched his strength.

Wang Chao just sighed, because his arrival has brought about earth-shaking changes in this era, and it is difficult for him to predict the changing trend of the league in the next few years.

But this is something every traveler will inevitably experience, and he has already been mentally prepared.

But at this moment, the system's emotionless voice sounded in Wang Chao's ears, but it was extremely pleasant to Wang Chao's ears.

"The NBA 2006-07 season is officially over, and the season evaluation will begin next."

"The player Wang Chao played 82 games in the regular season, averaging 20.9 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. He played 20 games in the playoffs, averaging 21.8 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game, and finally led the team to the championship."

"According to the above situation, the player Wang Chao will be evaluated comprehensively for the season."

"Final evaluation result: A+"

"Now the rewards will be issued based on the evaluation scores, please check..."

Wang Chao listened to the system's evaluation silently, and began to calculate in his heart.

"An A+ grade?"

Both the regular season and the playoffs scored 20+ points, the regular season achieved 68 wins in the league's first record and won the final championship with the team in the playoffs. This performance is perfect.

Wang Chao reckoned that this score should be S, S+, or even SS or SR, but if he wants to get a higher score, his personal data needs to be further improved, and even his tactical status in the team, etc. All aspects must be considered comprehensively.

This is not important now.

How to get a higher season rating is a question he needs to consider next season.

What Wang Chao now wants to know is what kind of rewards an A+ score can give him!
I can't wait to close my eyes and enter the space of consciousness.

The distribution of rewards this time is not like the last season, where the vast potion rain fell in the sky, which was extremely spectacular, but rather ordinary.

The emergence of the store module allowed the system to change all the potion rewards into point rewards, and directly transferred the rewards to Wang Chao's account for him to purchase corresponding training potions from the vending machine according to his needs.

Wang Chao came to the vending machine and looked at his balance.

2640 point?
Wang Chao was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help rubbing his eyes, and looked over again.

That's right, it is indeed 2640 points!
If he remembered correctly, his previous points should be 640, including the 500 points rewarded for completing the task of slapping Barkley in the face, plus the victory points for the playoffs.

In other words, an A+ rating can actually reward him with 2000 points at once?
so much? ? ?
Wang Chao was ecstatic at first, but soon he realized it.

"Isn't it?"

Wang Chao remembers that when he got the B+ evaluation last season, because the system had not opened the store module, he directly provided the rewards for the potions. All the potions were added together, and the total was about 280 bottles. According to a bottle of potions, 10 Points to convert, that is 2800 points!
Why is his evaluation score higher now, reaching the A+ grade, but the rewards are even less!
Although the reward of 2000 points seems quite a lot, Wang Chao is very clear that these points are not spent at all!
The Suns achieved 68 wins in the regular season. According to the rule of 10 points for each victory, they will get 680 points, and then double the points in the playoffs, and get 16 points for 320 victories.

In addition, Wang Chao also won 100 points for his mission in the All-Star Three-Point Contest.

To sum up, Wang Chao won a total of 1600 points throughout the season, not counting the rewards for the season assessment!
But before the season rewards were issued just now, Wang Chao only had 640 points, because the points he earned were basically used up in daily training.

From November last year to June this year, there were eight months in total. Although there were competition days and rest days during which no training was required, due to Wang Chao’s hard training, the consumption of training potions was huge. The points for the victory of the game were basically not saved, and they were all used up. In the last two months, the supply was even a little bit short of demand.

After all, sometimes, the potions are used in combination. For example, the stamina potion and the focus potion that strengthens the concentration of training are used together. It will consume 20 points at a time, and the amount used is far greater than Wang Chao imagined.

Assuming a summer offseason, counting from mid-June to the start of the preseason in early October, a total of three and a half months, that is, more than 6 days.

Wang Chao trains every day. According to the amount of 2 bottles of training potions used every day, 2000 points are needed. In actual training, the amount of training potions may be more than 2 bottles. After all, the effective time of training potions such as strength, speed, and jumping It was 10 hours, and with the blessing of stamina potion, his training time may be more than 10 hours.

A mere 2640 points may be squandered by him before the preseason starts.

"Where did my reward points go?"

Thinking of this, Wang Chao became a little anxious, and quickly looked around to see if he missed anything.

Then he saw something extra under the talent tree not far away.

"what is that?"

Wang Chao approached and took a look, and was suddenly speechless.

What the hell is this?It is actually a set of agricultural tools for spraying pesticides, and in some places it is called a sprayer.

What the hell?Is this the system that wants him to farm?
But the next moment, his expression suddenly froze, and then he became surprised.

"Shouldn't it be..."

Wang Chao thought of a possibility, which made him almost impatient to put the sprayer on his back, and picked up the nozzle to aim at the talent tree.

Just when he was about to press the spray switch, he suddenly hesitated, and looked at a few branches on the talent tree that had awakened their talents.

Wang Chao now has a total of five talents. There are four shooting types, namely sharpshooter, fast gunner, sniper, fake shooter, and one in terms of physical fitness, long-distance runner.

It can be clearly seen that the distribution of branches representing innate skills is also obviously different for different types.

The four talent skills of the shooting category are all close together and distributed in the upper right corner of the talent tree.

And the long-distance runner of the physical fitness type is alone in the lower left corner area.

"According to this distribution law, the lower right and upper left corners should be of different types of talents, such as defense and organization..."

Wang Chao pondered silently, shaking the pesticide box on his back, and felt that there was not much pesticide in it.

"Or let's take a gamble..."

After hesitating for a moment, Wang Chao pointed the watering can at the lower right corner without any branches, and then pressed the button.

A thin layer of dense fog is sprayed towards the trunk in the lower right corner of the talent tree.

The next moment, a branch grew out of the trunk at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it was full of greenery.

Wang Chao: "..."

It is so!

This thing is a prop that can make the talent tree grow new talent skills.

The system can really play.

However, this has an advantage compared with before, that is, he can at least actively choose the general direction of talent, instead of completely passive random acquisition.

Seeing that the new branches had grown, Wang Chao immediately turned the direction of the watering can and wanted to water the area in the upper left corner, but there seemed to be only enough medicine in the pesticide box for one branch to grow. Gradually fades and eventually dissipates in the air.

"So, although the reward points for A+ are reduced, is there an extra talent skill that can be selected independently? This is not bad."

So far, the only function of the points is to exchange for training potions. This is not necessary. After all, even without training potions, Wang Chao can still improve himself through training, but the efficiency is a little lower.

But the talent skills are different. This kind of skills that can actually provide him with excellent effects on the field are extremely precious, and they can be encountered but not sought after!

If possible, Wang Chao is even willing to use all the remaining points to exchange for another talent skill, but unfortunately this is not up to him.

Shaking his head, Wang Chao looked at the newly grown branch. He wanted to know what his new talent was and whether he had won a lottery.

Then, after seeing the introduction of the new talent skills, Wang Chao knew that his luck was still as good as ever.

"Hit the jackpot!"

Talent skills: ball handler, the player is less likely to be intercepted when dribbling, and the dribbling speed is improved, which is affected by the ball control ability value.

The introduction is very simple, but the effect of this ability is very intuitive. It is to improve Wang Chao's ability to dribble and make him less likely to be intercepted by opponents.

This is definitely an ability that Wang Chao needs very much.

You must know that since the end of December last year, Wang Chao has been practicing his ability to control the ball in order to strengthen his ability to attack with the ball.

After some hard training, he finally strengthened his ball-handling ability training to 82, and he can show off his offense with the ball when he comes off the bench.

But as he entered the playoffs, Wang Chao's offense with the ball decreased.

Because the ball-handling ability of 82 is far from enough for him to play against the defense of those strong teams in the playoffs. He must let him know why the flowers are so red.

So when facing these opponents, Wang Chao can only do his own business on the court and run without the ball.

Speaking of which, the talent of a ball handler conflicts slightly with that of a long-distance runner.

Of these two talents, one is to strengthen the ability after running a lot, and the other is to strengthen the ability to control the ball when attacking with the ball.

Theoretically speaking, if you want to increase the running distance, you must run without the ball. You can't dribble the ball while running around the field.

But even so, Wang Chao must strengthen his offensive ability with the ball.

In the final analysis, off-ball is just a role player positioning style of play. Even if it reaches the extreme in this field, it is only at the level of Klay Thompson.

Thompson is very strong, but so what, when he ranks among the top ten players in the league, is there anything he can do?

Wang Chao, who has a system, aims to become the strongest in the NBA and even surpass Jordan to become the strongest in the history of the league. Running off the ball is only his current transition method. In the future, he will definitely continue to strengthen his offensive ability with the ball and become an all-around player. Type scorer.

Therefore, in Wang Chao's view, the newly acquired ball-handling ability is even more important than the upgraded long-distance runner.

Of course, choosing to attack with the ball does not mean that the talent of long-distance runners is completely abolished.

Even if he is a normal starting player, the running distance in a game is at least 3 kilometers. That is to say, even if Wang Chao does not play off-ball offense, he can still activate the two-layer buff effect of the long-distance runner talent, which is the third layer The buff of running 5 kilometers is more difficult to trigger.

"With the talent of the ball handler, the direction of the next training will also be there."

Wang Chao felt that his training goals for the summer off-season became clear in an instant.

First of all, it is necessary to further strengthen and improve the ball control ability, at least to increase the ball control ability from 82 to 90.

Secondly, the corresponding ability to break through with the ball also needs to be improved. Wang Chao's mid-range shooting ability is already very high. The average of the three ability of open mid-range shots, mid-range shots under interference and mid-range shots after dribbling is 88. With the talent of marksman, the hit rate is absolutely absolute. not low.

However, several shooting abilities related to the follow-up breakthrough with the ball, including 80 close-range shots, 72 float shots, 80 layups and 51 dunks, are not so good.

Now that you have the ability to break through with the ball, you must strengthen the lethality of breakthrough with the ball to correspond to it.

Therefore, during the holiday, Wang Chao needs to improve all the above abilities except dunking, at least until he rushes to the basket with the ball and can successfully hit the ball against the opponent's supplementary defense and assistance defense. degree of progress.

……

The next few days after the Suns won the championship were all Phoenix's carnivals.

After the team returned to Phoenix, they immediately held a championship parade. The whole city was almost empty. After all, this is the first championship trophy in the history of the Suns. It is of extraordinary significance to this city, no less than the next 16 years The championship that James brought to Cleveland!
While the Suns are wantonly celebrating their first championship in team history, all major teams in the league have also begun to take action.

The 2007 draft is just around the corner, and with the end of the 06-07 season, the free market will start soon, and all league teams will be in full swing to sign contracts, renew contracts, trade reinforcements and other work.

The Suns are no exception.

Before the draft started, the Suns management contacted Wang Chao and Bill Duffy again to discuss contract renewal.

"Is this the sincerity shown by your team?"

Bill Duffy carefully read the renewal contract handed over by his assistant, and then his tone became grave. "I can reiterate our attitude again. If the Suns want to keep Wang Chao, they must give a maximum salary contract. His performance this season and his future development potential are completely worth the price."

"Bill, don't be angry, what you said is right." The general manager of the Suns said with a wry smile: "But I hope you can also consider the current salary situation of the Suns. There are already three in the team with an annual salary of more than 1000 million." Player, if Wang Chao renews his contract with a maximum salary, the team will pay a high luxury tax next year..."

Before he finished speaking, he was directly interrupted by Bill Duffy. "That's something your team needs to consider, not ours. I'm just reiterating our attitude to you now. If you are unwilling to renew Wang Chao's maximum salary contract, after the free market opens, Wang Chao will Go to free agency to test the waters and see if he's worth the max salary."

……

Seeing Wang Chao and Bill Duffy walk out of the office, the general manager of the Suns rubbed his eyebrows with a headache.

"Sure enough, they are not so easy to get rid of..."

In the days just after the finals, he was worried about renewing Wang Chao's contract.

The highest authority given to him by the team owner is to give Wang Chao an average annual salary of 1000 million.

In the original words of the boss, "Wang Chao is just a spot-up shooter. He can score high points in the Suns thanks to Nash's assists and the team's fast-paced offensive system. If he leaves the Suns, where will he go in the league?" Will this team still have such a good playing environment?"

"No one in other teams in the league is willing to give a player with such a single style of play a maximum salary contract. If he is not willing, he can wait for the free market to start and try it in the league to see how much he is worth. A few pounds."

"For Wanbu, even if there is a team that really offers Wang Chao a maximum salary contract, we have the bird rights in hand, and we can choose to match the contract and force Wang Chao to stay, so what we have to do now is to lower the price as much as possible and use Keep Wang Chao at the smallest price."

That's the truth, but the problem is...

"What if?"

The general manager murmured in a low voice.

After all, the team owner is just an investor. He is a fan in the field of basketball. To put it bluntly, he is a layman. Whether it is strategic vision or judgment, he is absolutely incomparable to those who rely on this industry for a living.

He has a feeling that once Wang Chao enters the free market, it will definitely cause multiple teams to snatch it up, and if someone really offers Wang Chao a maximum salary contract... the owner of his own team may give up matching because the renewal amount is too high contract.

This is not impossible, after all, Joe Johnson two years ago was a typical example.

In order to renew Joe Johnson's five-year $5 million contract with the remaining maximum salary, the Suns chose to sign first and then trade to get Diaw and two first-round picks from the Eagles.

Two seasons have passed, and now Joe Johnson has become an All-Star player who can contribute 25 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists per game, while Diaw is still just a substitute player, and the Hawks have not gained any substantial results in the first round income.

Whenever he thinks that the team missed such an excellent scorer, the general manager of the Suns feels regretful.

But there is no way, who made him expensive?
He is all too aware of how stingy his team owner is.

If Wang Chao is really missed by several million dollars a year in the subsequent free market, the loss will be too great for the Suns. The general manager is sure that as long as Wang Chao can stay on the team, the Suns will continue to maintain the current lineup. In three years, the team still has the chance to win the championship, and has a great possibility of winning one or two more championships.

After all, although Nash is in a declining stage, Stoudemire and Wang Chao still have room for growth and improvement. As they grow, the Suns will become stronger!
"I have to persuade the boss again..."

……

On the other side, after Bill Duffy came out, he sighed and said to Wang Chao. "I originally thought that with your help, the Suns won the championship and your performance in the playoffs was as stable as ever. The team would definitely offer you a maximum salary contract extension. It seems that I was wrong."

"Wang, there are two options in front of you now. The first one is to selectively reduce part of the salary requirements and stay in the Suns. There is a very suitable tactical system and environment for you here, allowing you to play well on the field. The performance is better, but the price is to earn a little less money."

"Another option is to consider leaving the Suns and joining some other teams that are willing to give you a maximum salary contract. The benefits are obvious. The maximum salary can make you earn at least 500 million more than the Suns. Those who rely more on Nash's pass assists, if they go to other teams, it's hard to say whether they can play as efficiently and outstandingly as they are now."

Bill Duffy explained the pros and cons of the two choices very clearly, and then looked at Wang Chao: "So it depends on how you choose."

"There is nothing to choose."

Without even thinking about it, Wang Chao said to him directly: "You said earlier that several teams are interested in me, we can study which of these teams is more suitable for me, and which one is willing to give me a maximum salary contract. "

For the Suns, Wang Chao has no nostalgia. He doesn't have any friends here. It can even be said that he has many enemies, including Barbosa, Dior and others, because Wang Chao stole a lot of the ball that belonged to them. I'm not happy with Wang Chao, but because of Wang Chao's strength and the relationship with the head coach, I dare not be too blatant.

And Wang Chao naturally scoffed at what they thought he would not have the current three-point accuracy and scoring ability after leaving the Suns and Nash.

My family knows their own affairs. If it was just the beginning of this season, Wang Chao really relied on Nash very much. The timing of the opponent's pass often directly determines the level of his score in a game.

But things are different now.

In this season, Wang Chao has not only strengthened his ball-handling ability to over 80, but also acquired talent skills such as fake pitchers and ball-handlers one after another. He already has a certain offensive ability with the ball. Fan, it can definitely be reborn, which will surprise everyone!
From this point of view, continuing to stay in the Suns will be detrimental to Wang Chao's development. After all, in this team, Nash is the absolute core of the ball, and most of the time the ball must be concentrated in Nash's hands. Barbosa, Dior et al.

Even judging from the overall tactical implementation of the Suns, head coach D'Antoni may hope that Wang Chao will continue to use this season's off-ball style next season.

It's just... If you leave, where would it be better to join?

This question is something Wang Chao must consider.

Limited by some system settings, Wang Chao will be more inclined to join a stronger team, because every extra game in the regular season and playoffs will reward him with a little more points for him to buy training potions to strengthen himself .

Moreover, Wang Chao felt that his ability to achieve A+ in this season's season evaluation must be partly linked to winning the finals. This is an important factor related to talent and skills, and Wang Chao must pay attention to it.

After taking these into the reference criteria, in fact, Wang Chao has very few teams to choose from.

The total annual salary of the Big Three's GDP is close to 4000 million U.S. dollars, and they are already on the verge of paying the luxury tax.

The Lakers have paid luxury taxes for several years in a row, let alone him.

Among the other qualified teams, who is more interested in him will not be known until after the draft is over in a few days.

……

On June 6, the NBA Draft 28 was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

This draft conference has gathered a very wide range of attention.

Not only is he regarded as a rare genius in 20 years, but Greg Oden, the "great emperor" who will rule the league in the future, is about to land in the NBA.

It is also because there are two players participating in the NBA draft for the first time this year, namely Ah Lian and Sun Yue.

In view of Dayao and Wang Chao's success in the NBA, the two big Huaguo players, who are 2 meters tall, have a wingspan of 12, and have excellent static talents, are widely favored by the league and are generally believed to be selected in the lottery. .

Ah Lian's agent Fagan is also very confident about this, and even in order to keep it mysterious, he came up with a set of tricks during the team's trial training, which led to the nickname of "chair man" on U.S.'s back.

The reason for this incident is that Fagan declined all the team's trial training invitations, and only showed them the UAE's non-confrontation training. During the training, no one defended the UAE. The latter just dribbled or shot in front of a chair.

The general manager of the Celtics, Danny Ainge, said at the time that the UAE's performance was very good, and it was able to hit shots steadily when facing the defense of the chairs, and the nickname "chairman" was born from this.

Fagan’s move did have some effect. Otherwise, with the ability of the United Arab Emirates, it would be a little difficult to enter the league with the sixth pick in 07 when there were so many talents. At that time, Joe King was behind him in the draft. Noah, Nick Young, Belinelli, Thaddeus Young and other players.

Leaving aside the future that Wang Chao knows as a time traveler, at this stage, the Arab League is really a very popular choice, especially after Wang Chao won the championship with the Suns, the popularity of Huaguo players has further increased.

After all, Ah Lian looks like Wang Chao, who is one size bigger. He has better height and wingspan, but also has better athletic ability and good shooting range. Maybe after some NBA system training, this is Where is another Wang Chao?

As for Sun Yue... Although his attention is far less than that of the United Arab Emirates, but his height is 2 meters, but he is mainly positioned as a defender, which has won him the favor of many teams, even led by Dayao and Wang Chao. With the heat coming, at least being able to eat is a skill.

There are so many players in China, only these two have the potential to enter the NBA, which is enough to prove their strength.

It’s just that many things changed after Wang Chao’s arrival, including the Suns winning the championship. Due to the relationship between the regular season record and ranking, the draft picks also changed slightly, but several important drafts did not change because of this.

UAE was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the sixth overall pick, becoming the second Chinese player in NBA history to enter the NBA in the first round.

Sun Yue was still successfully selected by the Lakers in the second round, and it is very likely that he will win a championship ring with the Lakers in the future.

The unlucky guy who selected Oden was still the Portland Trail Blazers. Kevin Durant continued to be selected by the unnamed Seattle SuperSonics. Al Horford was selected by the Eagles with the third overall pick...

Wang Chao only paid attention to the first few important drafts, and then he has no interest.

The draft itself doesn't have much to do with him, and he just wants to see how big the butterfly effect he brings.

The only thing worth mentioning is that the Suns selected shooting guard Aaron Afflalo with the 27th pick in the first round.

Afflalo is a typical 3D player. The capital of the football field is defense and three-pointers. This actually conflicts with the main shooting guard Raja Bell in the Suns.

But Afflalo is physically strong. Although he is only 1 meters tall, he can swing between shooting guard and small forward, and there is no problem in serving as the team's small forward.

The Suns chose Afflalo, which made many interested people aware of some clues.

Obviously, the Suns are reinforcing the team lineup. As for why they should reinforce an Afflalo who has the same positioning as Bell, there is only one answer!They are preparing for Wang Chao's departure. If Wang Chao does leave the team, the Suns' firepower beyond the three-point line will be severely weakened. Although Afflalo is only a rookie, he is still worth using as a spot-up shooter. .

It has been a few days since the Suns and Wang Chao renegotiated to renew their contract, and various gossips have already been flying in the sky.

Including but not limited to: Wang Chao hoped to renew his contract with a maximum salary, but the Suns refused to provide him with a maximum salary, and the two parties broke up unhappy.

The Suns hoped to add restrictive clauses to Wang Chao's contract extension, such as how many games to play in each season at least, and what standard the scoring average reached, which made Wang Chao leave in anger.

There are also some gossip newspapers that like to join in the fun, speculating that Wang Chao has a disagreement with other players in the team.

There are all kinds of rumors, but the most real situation is the most inconspicuous first one.

I'm afraid many people didn't expect that what caused Wang Chao's contract renewal with the Suns to come to an impasse was actually the issue of the contract amount.

Reasonably speaking, based on Wang Chao's performance this season and his bright future, the Suns paid the maximum salary to renew Wang Chao's contract.

Moreover, Wang Chao still has the bird rights in his hands. The Suns can completely ignore the salary cap and complete the contract extension with Wang Chao. Although they may pay some luxury tax fines in the next few years, what is it compared with the championship won by the team?
How could the big bosses of those league teams not understand such an obvious truth?

But the fact is that the big bosses of these teams really don't understand, and some of them are short-sighted and only stare at the idiots in front of them.

O'Neal, who used to play for the Magic, is the most typical example.

At the beginning, O'Neal didn't want to go to the Lakers, he just wanted to stay with the Magic. After all, the league at that time was still promoting loyalty, one person, one city and other brainwashing remarks.

But the wonderful owner of the Magic felt that O'Neal's contract was too big, and tried every means to find a reason to lower O'Neal's contract, which eventually caused the Sharks to become angry and overturned the table to stop playing.

When the Magic found out that O'Neal was really going to join the Lakers, they became anxious, and quickly offered a higher contract than the Lakers to save O'Neal, but what the hell did you do?

O'Neal, who has already learned about the urine of the Magic through this incident, still resolutely joined the Lakers, and started the road to three consecutive championships with the Lakers.

Using the case of O'Neal as an example, I just want to show that the big bosses of these teams in the league are not really exhaustive. Sometimes they are really stupid like donkeys. Maybe this is because we stand in God's perspective Such an idea will only come from the premise of foresight, but it is the truth.

The owner of the Suns is convinced that a player like Wang Chao with a single style of play will not be so popular in the free market, and no team will give him a maximum salary.

But he was obviously wrong.

On July 7, the free market officially opened.

Wang Chao and his agent, Bill Duffy, have been discussing the possibility of joining with multiple teams almost without a break.

The popularity of Wang Chao, not to mention the owner of the Suns, even he himself did not expect it at all.

In just one day, Bill Duffy received price inquiries from more than ten teams. Although many of them were persuaded to leave after hearing that Wang Chao only considered the maximum salary contract, there were still some. The young team expressed their willingness to sign Wang Chao with a maximum salary.

That night, Bill Duffy put a sorted document in front of Wang Chao.

"Wang, according to the requirements you provided me earlier and the quotations of most teams, I have screened out a few teams that are more suitable for you. You can take a look and see which ones you prefer. team, I will continue to have an in-depth understanding and negotiation with them.”

"Thank you." Wang Chao stretched out his hand to finish the document, and his eyes paused on the first page he opened.

The Cleveland Cavaliers offer 4 years of 5800 million US dollars, the last year of player options, and a proper maximum salary contract!

Wang Chao did not expect that the Cavaliers would offer him a contract extension with a maximum salary. Take revenge on yourself?
Just kidding, he can probably understand why the Cavaliers want him so much.

First of all, Cleveland is jokingly called Kecun, and it can be regarded as the last small ball market among the 30 teams in the NBA. It is extremely difficult to attract stars to join. This is also the Cavaliers of James 1.0. The reason why no decent star has been introduced for many years.

Except for the old O'Neill and the old Ben Wallace, who would be willing to go to a small place like Kecun?
Secondly, James is a typical player with his own system. The most suitable tactic for him is to shoot from one star. Wang Chao's shooting range outside the three-point line can perfectly fit James' style of play.

This is probably the main reason why the Cavaliers are willing to give Wang Chao this maximum salary contract.

(End of this chapter)