Zhiba NBA

Chapter 110 (one hundred and nine) the sprint before the season
When the Olympic men's basketball competition was in full swing, a small piece of news was published in an obscure corner of the sports page.Not to mention the majority of fans, even most NBA practitioners have not noticed this information.

But after Wang Yuanfei saw the news, he was in a daze for 10 minutes.

A very inconspicuous backup point guard, he averaged 13 minutes per game in his rookie season and could only get 5+1+1.Poor shooting, thin body, no professional-level confrontation ability, and no NBA-level passing skills.Fortunately, the Jazz only signed a one-year minimum salary with this second-round pick. After the contract expires this year, the Jazz has no intention of retaining it.

The 2003th overall pick in the 47 class, Mo Williams signed with the Los Angeles Lakers on a three-year, $3 million contract.Most of the media just made a brief report on this, because this second-round pick is so inconspicuous.If there are still people who are willing to analyze this, it can only be said that the Lakers team has too much face, after all, it is a wealthy family.

Yuan Fei knows how to write an analysis article without even reading it.Chuck Atkins is a qualified starting point guard who has proven himself in many teams. Obviously, he will secure the throne of the Lakers in the new season, and Williams is simply used as Atkins' substitute. The contract seems too long and a bit expensive.There is nothing wrong with betting on a young player, but it would be irrational to bet on a player who had a poor rookie season on a three-year contract.

In Yuanfei's view, this is a very correct signing.Atkins averaged only 8+3 per game last season, and only 12+4 at his peak, and he still has a two-year contract, which is as high as 2 million.His level is obviously not enough to serve as the starter of a championship-level team. Instead of wasting salary space and time on him, it is better to just find a young player to train.The Lakers made the right bet this time. Mo Williams was selected as an All-Star in his previous life. His shooting ability will improve significantly in the future, and he will be a very reliable firepower.However, he was puzzled. In his previous life, Xiao Mo clearly signed a contract with the Bucks, so why did he suddenly transfer to the Lakers?The butterfly effect that I travel through is too influential.In this way, it seems that the Lakers' rebuilding rise may be faster than expected.

However, Yuan Fei never felt conflicted about the results of the alliance's development beyond his expectations, on the contrary, he would feel very excited.As for competitive sports, it is only interesting if there are more unknowns.

The Rockets still did not make any big moves during this period. On September 9, they announced the team option to continue Yao Ming's contract. Yao Ming will continue to play for the team until the summer of 16.This kind of thing is completely expected by the fans.

On September 9, the Mavericks signed back veteran Avery Johnson with a one-year contract of 28 million.Although the veteran is only 1cm tall, he does things like a big brother.When he played for the Spurs, even Robinson, the team boss, respected him, and the young Duncan could only call himself a younger brother.This also earned him the nickname "Little General".At the end of Johnson's career, he only played 110 regular-season games in two seasons with the Mavericks. He is not considered a veteran of the team, but Cuban valued his outstanding leadership skills and insisted on poaching him back.Even the head coach of the Mavericks, Don Nelson, has a heart of love for talents, and personally wrote a letter to invite this former student to join the coaching staff, hoping that he will become an assistant coach.

One month later, on October 1, Johnson decided to retire after careful consideration, and Cuban also directly announced the appointment of him as an assistant coach.The little general thus embarked on a new post.Generally speaking, it is difficult for retired players to get their salary for the season after negotiation, or they can only get a small part.But the owner of Cuban is a fool with a lot of money and enough righteousness. With a swipe of a pen, Johnson's salary for the season was also included in the team's total salary.Of course, the little general is also grateful to Dade, and has devoted himself to doing a good job as a teaching assistant.

On September 9, the Celtics announced the layoff of veteran Rick Fox, and Fox announced his retirement that day. On October 30, Bulls veteran Scottie Pippen announced his retirement.The founders of these two dynasties also ended their glorious careers successively.

Beginning on October 10, the signing work of each team is initially announced to be completed.Every year, this day is the last day for restricted free agents to accept offers. After this day, most of those who still have not received contracts are marginal people in each team, and they can only be used to make up the number.Of course, the trading market is still open, and teams can still adjust their lineups through trading.

2004 was also a great year for Chinese basketball. As the Chinese Great Wall trio achieved impressive results in the NBA, other Chinese players also received the attention of the NBA.The Mavericks selected Xue Yuyang in this round as early as 03, but the Basketball Association did not pass the approval. In 04, the Mavericks and the Pistons successively sent people to inspect the Bayi team's Moko, but Moko felt that he was not qualified for the NBA-level confrontation and refused to participate in the draft.Next, Liu Wei, the Chinese main controller, participated in the trial training of the Kings and participated in the NBA preseason game on behalf of the Kings. Unfortunately, he failed to sign a contract. The end of October is the deadline for each team to announce the termination of the player's summer contract and determine the new season's roster to less than 10 people. On October 15, the king announced the termination of Liu Wei's contract, and his NBA journey ended.

At this time, there is only one month left until the start of the season. During the remaining time, each team will usually renew the contract of the team's stars in advance, especially the leading stars with the Bird clause. On October 10, the Jazz and Kirilenko (the contract expired in the summer of 29) signed a 05-year super contract with a starting salary of tens of millions in advance.Soon, Tinsley of the Pacers, Collins of the Nets, and Randolph of the Trail Blazers also renewed their contracts.Randolph also followed Kirilenko's example and signed a super contract with a starting salary of 6 million and a total of 6 million US dollars in 8400 years.At present, he is still in the last year of his rookie contract, with a salary of only 150 million.This fat contract will take effect next season.

It is precisely because these young players have signed big contracts one after another, which triggered a crisis within the Rockets.The negative effect of hoarding young talented players finally broke out. In the summer of 05, the contracts of many major rotation players were about to expire.Although the management gave up Joe Johnson with great foresight, it is already a headache for Richard Jefferson, Tony Parker, Heaton Turkoglu and Wang Zhizhi to renew their contracts at the same time, not counting Battelle who basically fell out of the rotation.

At the critical moment when this kind of internal conflict was about to erupt, the core superstar of the team added fuel to the fire and really ignited the fuse.

　This chapter introduces the common sense of the contract period that I have not had time to elaborate on before.

　　
　
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