basketball hero

Chapter 874 A Rare Offseason
After attending the first NBA Awards Ceremony, Ying Xiong returned to China and started his vacation.Because of years of fighting, his body was also a little tired, and the original training plan was also postponed.This year is a small year for sports, and it is rare for the national team to participate in major competitions, so he has more personal time to spend.

For Xiong, since he entered the NBA, he has devoted himself to improving himself, and has rarely had a long period of relaxation and rest. He is physically and mentally exhausted. Only the parties know how fierce the competition in the NBA is.

Ying Xiong signed a 2014-year maximum salary contract with the team in the summer of 5, so even if he jumped out of the contract in the last year, he still has 1 year of contract to fulfill.Of course the team hoped to renew his contract in advance, but he refused.Right now, he doesn't want to care about basketball, he just wants to have a good rest.

Ying Xiong is on vacation in China, while in the United States, the annual NBA free agent market has officially opened.Raptors general manager Ujiri and his team are actively busy with various affairs.Unlike this time last year, many players on the team have expired contracts this year, so the team has to be busy with renewals, trades, and free market signings.

Jeremy Lin still has a one-year contract, but he has a player option, so theoretically he is also on an expiring contract.However, he asked his agent to inform Ujiri's team before the start of the free market that he will implement the player option for the final year.

Many people don't understand why Jeremy Lin didn't take advantage of the good momentum of helping the team win the championship and sign a long-term contract with the team.You must know that he is also 29 years old, and this is likely to be the last big contract of his career.

However, according to insiders, a large part of Jeremy Lin's reason for doing this is because of Ying Xiong.If Ying Xiong jumps out of his contract next summer and leaves the Raptors, then Jeremy Lin will have more options at that time.The relationship between the two of them is so good that the decisions of one may affect the other.

And Lowry, who just won the best sixth man, jumped out of the contract without accident and entered the free agent market.He's going to sign a big contract, and the Raptors know this, as do other teams in the league that want to reinforce point guards.

And DeRozan's contract has also expired, and the team is negotiating with him about a new contract.In terms of contract renewal, he will be ahead of Lowry.

The contracts of Patterson and Tucker have also expired, and these two are being chased by other teams in the league.Since the Raptors established their dynasty, other teams in the league have regarded them as opponents, so many teams have tried their best to pursue their players, reduce their strength, and strive to bring them down in the new season.

On July 7, the NBA free agent market officially opened, and the Raptors soon signed a five-year contract totaling more than $1 million with DeRozan.This contract is not considered a maximum salary, but it is quite close.For them, there is already Yingxiong's maximum salary in the team, and it is impossible and impossible to give DeRozan the maximum salary. In this way, it will only completely lock the team's salary space.And DeRozan's strength is indeed not worthy of the super maximum salary.Although he played well in the regular season, he was targeted by the opponent from time to time in the playoffs, and his performance was unstable, which caused his market price to drop a lot.

On July 7, the Raptors reached an extension agreement with Lowry, who had just won the league's best sixth man.The contract length is 3 years and the total amount exceeds 6 million US dollars.For him, this is already a big contract. Although the number of years is not long, the average salary exceeds 3 million US dollars.For a substitute player, this contract is not insignificant.

Lowry and DeRozan's problems are very similar. The All-Star performance in the regular season and the disappointing playoffs have affected his market conditions to some extent.If it weren't for Ying Xiong's performance against the sky, the Raptors' journey to the playoffs would not have been so smooth.

In addition to renewing the core rotation of the team, the Raptors are still trying to strengthen their perimeter, especially in terms of shooters.In fact, apart from Ying Xiong, they don't have a stable outside shooter.But it would be too wasteful for a superstar of Ying Xiong's level to be an outside shooter.

On July 7, the Raptors signed a three-year contract with team center Serge Ibaka, with an average salary of nearly $7 million.

The Raptors are interested in the Pacers' CJ Myers, but because they don't have enough cap space to sign each other, they signed the outgoing Patterson through a sign-and-trade, and then signed with the Pacers. Players trade.

Prior to this deal, the Raptors signed undrafted Alfonso McKinney to a multi-year deal on July 7.

On July 7, the Raptors traded Patterson and a future second-round pick to the Pacers for shooter CJ Myers.

For the Raptors, Patterson left the team, so this is his last assist for the team.

The signings of the Raptors have come to an end. They currently have 6 players with tens of millions of contracts, which has already exceeded the threshold of the luxury tax.However, the team owner is very generous. He would rather pay a huge luxury tax than keep the team's champions.

Ying Xiong is on vacation in the country, spending the summer vacation.During this period, he will also participate in some friends' gatherings and business activities appropriately.For him, this is a rare period of leisure time.He plays until June every year. For him, the holidays are less than those players who did not make the playoffs, and his high demands on himself make him have even less rest time.Because training takes time and effort.

Throughout July, Ying Xiong did not conduct special training.Of course, he did not indulge himself, his work and diet are very scientific.He will not let his body lose competitiveness. He still has his own pursuit in the new season, even though coach Shao Ziqiang has repeatedly emphasized that there is nothing to teach him.

In August, Ying Xiong returned to the United States and started his own special training tour.Most of the people who attend his training camp are his teammates and good friends in the league.Of course, as usual, Ying Xiong is responsible for all the expenses of this training camp.

As soon as Ying Xiong entered the training camp, he was very serious, completely different from his casual look when he was on vacation.He became very serious and focused.

This training camp lasted for almost half a month, and after the training camp ended, he also gave each participating player a gift.

In September, Ying Xiong and his training team went to the Denver Plateau for special training.In these years, he often trains here during the offseason, so he has his personal training base here.

Earlier, an American sports reporter broke the news that Ying Xiong spends more than 500 million dollars on his body every year!What a huge investment this is, which shows how much he attaches importance to his body.

(End of this chapter)