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Chapter 211 Super Contracts and Super Teams

Who is Ron Harper?

The No. 86 pick in 8, he was in the Cavaliers at the beginning of his career, and he was in the Clippers in the first few seasons. He was a super guard who averaged 24+5+6 per game at his peak.

He averaged 20+6+4 per game with the Clippers last season.

DeWeese was struggling with the reinforcement of the team, and the next day, the Bucks issued a statement.

They officially reached an agreement with their rookie, the No. 94 pick in [-], Glenn Robinson.

The contract price is about $10 million for 6800 years.

As soon as the news came out, the entire league was in an uproar.

Because the league lacks restrictions on rookie contracts, rookies in recent years have been asking for sky-high prices. We don't count mudslides like Davis who signed a $1-a-year contract.

In this year's labor negotiations, a very important point is the introduction of a hard salary cap and restrictions on rookie contracts. Unfortunately, because of fear of affecting the normal progress of the season, both labor and management have made compromises and will continue to negotiate next year.

This allowed Glenn Robinson to take advantage of the loopholes.

And Kidd signed a 9-year 5400 million contract with the Celtics, which also attracted the attention of public opinion a few days ago.

You have to say, whether the two of them are worth the price, they are definitely worth it.

But what do you make the long-established stars think?
Among other things, Pippen, the Bulls team, signed a 91-year 7 million contract with the Bulls in 2000. He was still complacent at the time, but now he has become a big help for the Bulls. . .

Oh, I have worked so hard in the league for so many years, why not make as much money as a rookie who has never played before?

In the season when Barkley won the MVP, that is, O'Neal's rookie season, how much was Barkley's annual salary?
240 million US dollars.

How much was Jordan's contract?
$8 million in 2600 years.

This creates a huge imbalance between veteran players and rookies.

The league's salary structure reform is imminent.

Of course, it's too late to say this now, everyone has already signed, so what else?
The news fermented for a few days, and then slowly subsided.

But the offseason looked calm, but underneath it was an undercurrent.

The Bulls announced the renewal of the team's main center Horace Grant.

Three days later, they announced the signing of Ron Harper.

Then, the most exciting news came out.

The biggest big fish in free agency, Sean Kemp, was signed by the Bulls again.

The Bulls suddenly became the most luxurious team in league history.

"How many championships do they want to win? 1? 2? 3? Or more?"

The big move of the Bulls, like a catfish, instantly revitalized the free market situation throughout the offseason.

Not to be outdone, the Knicks announced the acquisition of another big fish, Dominic Wilkins.

Then, the Sonics announced the signing of Scott of the Magic.

The entire free market has become a mess.

The climax came when the Rockets announced the addition of Drexler. (Historically, the glider arrived at the Rockets in the middle of the season, and it was brought forward to the offseason for the needs of the plot.)
By the way, the strength of the alliance has become extremely clear.

The champion of the Western Conference, the Rockets led by Olajuwon instantly became the only super strong team in the Western Conference because of the arrival of Drexler.

The Knicks and Bulls in the East also have All-Star players.

The Bulls' starting lineup for next season: Grant, Kemp, Pippen, Jordan, Harper, it's frightening to watch, and Kukoc, Langley, Armstrong and other titans are sitting on the bench.

The Knicks are not bad, they also have a luxurious lineup of Ewing, Oakley, Wilkins, Stockhouse and Skiles.

But as last year's No. [-] record, the Magic didn't seem to make any moves this offseason.

Even sent away the team's veteran, Dennis Scott.

DeWeese doesn't worry about what other people think of the Magic. In his opinion, the NBA is not purely a game of piling up stars. The Magic left Grant and gave Horry more playing time. It might be a good thing.

What interested him was how the stingy boss and stingy general manager of the Bulls signed Kemp and Harper while renewing Grant.

He later learned that Kemp chose to cut his salary to come to the Bulls because he didn't have a good next home. He chose a one-year contract, and the amount was not high. He was going to get a championship ring and go out to sign a big contract.

And Harper has the same mentality, and even the contract amount he wants is less than Kemp. Harper, who is no longer young, really came to the Bulls with the mentality of retirement.

As for the annual expenditure of 6 or 7 million, under the total of the Bulls owner and general manager, they found that after deducting the income brought by the growth of the ball market, it was actually not much, so they bit the toothpick and settled it.

The media were curiously waiting for the Magic's actions, and some people even interviewed Davis directly.

But what Davis said surprised the people who were waiting to see the Magic.

"The current lineup of the Magic is perfect. I haven't considered reinforcements. In my opinion, the Magic is the strongest team in the league."

Having said this, it caused more discussion than the crazy reinforcement of other teams some time ago.

"No progress = regress, the Magic announced their withdrawal from the championship in advance." This is the media's evaluation of the Magic.

In this regard, Davis said nothing.

Two days later, another All-Star transfer was born.

Danny Manning, who the Eagles traded for Wilkins, also announced that he would not renew his contract with the Eagles, and was finally accepted by the Suns.

However, the Suns lacked the small forward who averaged 19 points per game last season, the former slam dunk king Ceballos. This transaction is considered to be a stop loss transaction for the Suns, and the overall strength of the Suns has not improved much.

The subsequent transfer transactions tended to calm down. Some teams may feel that they can't beat the Bulls, Knicks or Rockets even if they make reinforcements, so they simply gave up their preparations for reinforcements.

The Magic are also thought to be a part of it.

Soon, most of the turbulent offseason passed, and the preseason of the 94-95 season began.

The Magic team was very single with a pure bench lineup of Max + Mason + Nasr + Baker + Cole, and the Magic team also achieved a record of 0 wins and 8 losses very competitively.

The main lineup of Davis and O'Neal just played for more than ten minutes each game to find the rhythm of the game, and they didn't care about the team's record.

1994年11月4日，94-95赛季NBA常规赛，拉开了大幕。

Washington, home of the Bullets.

DeWeese entered the locker room and found that the atmosphere in the locker room was very warm.

Sprewell was opening the game, betting on how many points the Magic could win in this game.

That's right, it's not a bet on winning or losing, but a bet on how many points the Magic can win.

DeWeese walked up to them and listened to the players next to them "betting 5-5 points for $10"

"$10 bet 0-5 points" betting sound.

He smiled slightly.

"I bet $1000 that I can win more than 20 points today."

(End of this chapter)