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Chapter 317 Crazy Summer

"Yan, I'm sorry, I won't be able to fight with you next season."

"I signed with the Chicago Bulls today, five years and $5 million."

When Yan Hua was still immersed in the joy of leading the national team to the semi-finals of the World Championships and receiving massive system rewards, John Salmons, who finally decided where to go, called Yan Hua. When Yan Hua spoke, John Salmons calmed down Yan Hua with a series of words.

Although John Salmons sounded relaxed when he told Yan Hua that he was leaving on the other end of the phone, Yan Hua could still hear a trace of frustration from Salmons' words. After the end of last season, John Salmons and Yan Hua were still looking forward to defending the title in the new season.

So after hearing the news that John Salmons was traded, Yan Hua was a little overwhelmed for a while. They fought side by side for two seasons, and they can be called close teammates. They parted ways.

Although parting is a frustrating thing, John Salmons also got the big contract he wanted, with a five-year contract amount of 5 million U.S. dollars, an average annual salary of 5500 million U.S. dollars, and only 1100 million in the salary cap. Wan's new season is enough for John Salmons to be at the top of the NBA. With an annual salary of tens of millions plus a championship, there is no doubt that John Salmons is now a complete winner in life, so in After hearing the news that John Salmons signed a big contract with the Bulls, Yan Hua didn't know whether to comfort him or congratulate him.

In the finals against the Celtics, John Salmons averaged 15.5 points, 4 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 47% shooting from the field and 38% from the three-point range in six games. You must know that John Salmons played against Paul Pierce in the finals. Although Paul Pierce is 34 years old now, Paul Pierce, the finals MVP, is still the best star in the league. one.

It is precisely because of this that after the finals, the value of John Salmons, who became a free agent, skyrocketed. It is almost a certainty to get a contract with an annual salary of tens of millions. There are even rumors that the Dallas Mavericks After the free market opened, John Salmons was given a four-year $4 contract.

As the hero who won the championship and the third leader of the team, in order to maintain the competitiveness of the team, the Kings Club naturally hopes to keep John Salmons, but in this summer, what the Kings will face Salary pressure is not so great. John Salmons’ salary is doubled directly. Tony Allen, Andris Nosinho, these main rotation players also need to stay, Sergio Ronaldo Role players like Driggs and Dante Green also need to renew their contracts.

If all the above-mentioned players complete their contract extensions, the total salary of the Kings will inevitably exceed the trigger line of the luxury tax. If you think about the long-term, when Yan Hua's rookie contract expires, Kevin Martin also needs to sign a new contract. The total salary of the Kings exploded immediately, with a maximum salary and two annual salaries of tens of millions. The three of them alone accounted for 75% of the salary cap.

You can pay everything for the championship, let alone a little luxury tax. Almost all NBA owners say so, but in reality, most teams will do everything possible to control the total salary under the luxury tax. Next, the boss of the Rockets shouts every year, but refuses to pay the luxury tax every year. The Suns, Pistons, these teams, in order to avoid the luxury tax, can dismantle a highly competitive team.

After figuring this out, it is not difficult to understand the king's move not to renew John Salmons' contract. One is to avoid the luxury tax, and the other is to prepare for the renewal of Yan Hua's maximum salary. It can be described as the best of both worlds. Only John Salmons, the sixth man of the Kings last season, Andris Nosinho, did not renew his contract with the Kings, but signed a 76-year $4 million contract with the 3200ers.

But as the defending champion, the King sent away the team's third leader and sixth man without any reinforcements. This kind of operation is really a bit confusing. Rhys Nosinho is an unrestricted free agent, so the king can only watch John Salmons and Andris Nosinho being scooped by the Bulls and 76ers without any way .

Strictly speaking, whether it is John Salmons' five-year 5 million or Andris Nosinho's four-year 5500 million, they are actually considered premium contracts, while John Salmons and Andris -Nosinho's premium contract is also a microcosm of this summer's free market.

The free market this summer is undoubtedly crazy, Kobe Bryant, Dirk Nowitzki, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Paul Pierce, Amarr Tadmire, Steve Nash, a large number of first-line stars in the league have become free agents this summer, and in addition to Carlos Boozer, Richard Jefferson, Joe Johnson , Josh Howard, Marcus Camby, Kenyon Martin, these equally outstanding players have entered the free market.

Therefore, this year's free market is a feast for all teams. Just catching one or two big fish is enough to complete the reconstruction, make the team turn around, and even enter the ranks of the championship. Few teams have been preparing for this summer last season, trying to make room for salary.

But this summer's free market is not as intense as expected. Except for LeBron James and Chris Bosh joining the Heat, and Dwyane Wade forming a new generation of the Big Three, other players such as Kobe -Bryant, Dirk Nowitzki, Paul Pierce and others, most of them completed their contract extensions with the original team in a short period of time. The seemingly vigorous free market, because the dust of these big fish has settled , quickly restored calm.

As for those teams that have already freed up tens of millions of dollars in salary space and imagined that they can catch one or two big fish, they can only settle for the next best thing and spend a lot of dollars on those second-class teams. The players are on it, compared to Carlos Boozer's 5 million in 8000 years, Stoudemire's 5 million in 1 years, Joe Smith's 6 million in 1.23 years, and John Salmons' 5 million in 5500 years , in fact, it is not too eye-catching.

(End of this chapter)