Healing Basketball

  Chapter 893 Chapter 893. Bulls come back

  NBA Rookie Renewal Clause Supplementary Clause +, passed by high votes!

Supplementary clause + is: During the rookie contract, if he has won the MVP or the best defensive player for many times, and has the bird rights after the rookie contract ends, and the parent team renews the contract, the team and the player can negotiate a starting point of up to 35% of the salary cap. Players who have already renewed their contracts in advance can also implement this clause.

  Different from the last "Warden Special Case", this time, except for the Trail Blazers and Cavaliers, all other teams voted in favor.

  If the family can produce a rookie contract with 2 MVP players in 4 years, even teams like the Rockets and Spurs will agree to this clause.

  Popovich said in an interview that such players, not to mention 35% of the starting salary, they are willing to start at 40%.

   On July 1st, the NBA free market opens.

  After Paul Allen returned to Portland, he was surrounded by John Nash to complain.

  John Nash said angrily: "Aren't they bullying honest people?

  Besides the warden... who else can get two MVPs on a rookie contract? "

  The vice president's face was also ugly.

  Paul Allen was also very angry in New York yesterday, but it was mainly dissatisfaction with hostility from the entire league.

   Now he thought about it, and after John Nash finished complaining, he replied: "It doesn't matter, we can just be an 11-year veteran of Representative Jess."

   "Ah, this..." John Nash figured it out all at once, feeling a little stupid.

  Paul Allen felt happy when he saw John Nash's expression. He liked the feeling of standing on a high IQ.

   "We don't have to think about the salary below the luxury tax threshold in the next few years, it doesn't matter how much salary we give to Congressman Jess.

Moreover, the 11-year veteran superstars of other teams, God knows when they will collapse after signing a big contract, we don't have to worry at all, Representative Jess is only 25 years old, and his career is in the golden stage... How much profit do we have that we haven't spent this season? ? "

  Why did you jump here suddenly? John Nash flipped through his small notebook and replied, "Not counting the construction loan owed by the training hall to the bank, there are 46.62 million left."

   "So much? Have you paid off the loan this year? Have you paid it off... If the rules allow it, I really want to pay Congressman Jess all of it as a salary, so I don't have to worry about how to spend it..."

General manager:"…"

  Vice President: "..."

  …

  Same as John Nash's previous opinion, when the "warden exception +" was passed, public opinion generally believed that the Trail Blazers suffered a big loss.

  No one on the Trail Blazers explained anything. The media loves to hype and hype, so that those teams who tinkered with this proposal will be happier for a few days.

  Liu Xiu received a notice from the team to re-sign the contract and sign with a starting salary of 35% of the salary cap this year.

  The increase in salary cap this year is much lower than in the past three years, from 57.3 million to 59.2 million. The signs of economic crisis have already appeared... Liu Xiu has nothing to do with it.

   His contract starting salary soared from $17.19 million to $20.72 million, and his total salary in three years soared from $58 million to $69.917 million!

   His salary next season will surpass Iverson, Marbury, O'Neal, Kidd, O'Neal... second only to Garnett's $22 million, ranking second in the league!

   And if there is no accident, he will surpass Garnett in the 08-09 season and become the player with the highest salary in the league!

  He signed the new contract without hesitation. What Paul Allen thought of, he thought of it too.

   Anyway, it's already over the limit, it doesn't matter, he doesn't pay the luxury tax, and the big dog has money.

   When his latest contract extension was announced, public opinion was in an uproar.

   This clause is really implemented!

   Liu Xiu surpassed Garnett and became the player with the highest starting salary for the first contract after the rookie contract.

   After the rookie contract, the salary goes straight to 20 million!

  Many people began to worry about the Trail Blazers... These worried people are not necessarily Trail Blazers fans, but they lead Trail Blazers fans to worry.

  Public opinion is generally pessimistic about the future of the Trail Blazers.

  However, many people have discovered blind spots—how much the Trail Blazers pay Liu Xiu actually doesn’t affect much.

  …

   Renewing Liu Xiu's contract is just a re-signing of the contract, and it doesn't take much time for the Blazers management.

  After the opening of the free market, the Trail Blazers management is working hard to retain the winning lineup of last season...but there is a choice.

   Trying to keep the lineup is to give the boss face, but Paul Allen didn't force anything this year, and the "Dynasty Group Photo" he wanted has already been obtained.

  Osella Harnington did not offer a contract, and the vice president of Mourning and Eddie Jones, two players who had contributed a lot in the season that just ended, did not offer a contract.

  By July 3rd, the Trail Blazers reached their first contract extension, with a starting salary of $4 million, and part of the middle class with a total of $13.24 million in three years completed the contract renewal with Blake, who has no bird rights.

  On July 7, the Trail Blazers completed the contract extension with Deshaun Stevenson, and the Bird rights cap was renewed, with a three-year contract with an annual average of $4 million.

  Both contracts have a slight premium, but it is not surprising. The Trail Blazers have the ability to spend money comparable to the Mavericks and Knicks.

   Moreover, although the two contracts have a slight premium, they are still justified.

   But most importantly, the contract renewal with Raheem, failed...

   On July 10, 2007, two weeks had passed since the championship parade. Raheem found a secluded place to rest for two weeks before making a decision.

  He held a press conference and announced his retirement!

  Aged only 30 years old, he just finished three consecutive championships and announced his retirement.

  As soon as this news came out, heated discussions arose.

  The reason for his retirement is that the pursuit of basketball has been satisfied, the dreams that can be fulfilled have been fulfilled, and the ones that cannot be fulfilled are regrets. He is unwilling to suffer any more and chooses to retire...to run his family's foundation.

  In addition to triggering people's discussions, the impact of Raheem's retirement on the Trail Blazers has also become the focus of people's attention.

  Raheem averaged 9.9 points and 5.1 rebounds per game last season, 82 games full attendance, 15 points and 9 rebounds per game when he was a starter, and his shooting percentage was as high as 52.5%. His retirement has a huge impact on the internal strength of the Trail Blazers!

   As far as Randolph's "bad start", he couldn't find a quasi-15+10 insider to top it.

Just when people's attention was on Raheem's retirement, the Trail Blazers quietly spent the rest of the middle-class special case, and completed a plan to make Raheem stay on the team if he wanted to continue playing. Renewal of inside players who can't stay.

  Although Raheem’s retirement made the Trail Blazers’ management feel regretful and a headache, the most important thing is to try their best to stop the loss. They immediately gave Raheem’s first substitute position to the one who wanted to leave the team…

   But before they announced who they were going to introduce, an explosive flow of free agents shocked the basketball world!

  After the end of the regular season, Paul Pierce, who jumped out of the last year's player option to test the free market, rejected the Celtics' three-year $54 million contract extension and joined the Bulls!

  (end of this chapter)