I’m Really Playing Basketball

After the Bobcats won the championship, in order to establish a dynasty, the most important thing this summer is to persuade O'Neal and Key boss and Roy and Aldridge to stay.

Ji's boss and O'Neal, the two are now 37 years old and the other 38 years old. At this age, it is indeed time to retire and enjoy life at any time.

Especially both have achieved their career goals this season.

In fact, the two do have the idea of ​​hanging up their boots after the end of this season, and the two also have other plans for their future careers. For example, the boss is ready to work as an NBA coach and continue his basketball career. As for O'Neill, he is already preparing to engage in the media industry and has even signed a contract with TNT.

However, after in-depth exchanges with Chen Xiao, Ji's boss quickly agreed to play for another year. At the same time, Ji's boss will also serve as Jordan and Cole in the Bobcats. Curry will be an assistant to the old Curry. He will usually participate more in the team. Training, tactics and other coaching work, although there is no title of player and coach, but the actual player and coach of the Bobcats.

There is also O’Neal. Chen Xiao did not call O’Neal to let him stay for another year. Instead, after Kidd announced that he would continue his career with the Bobcats, O’Neal proactively told the team that he was also willing to play for another year. However, O'Neill is conditional. He hopes he can work part-time in TNT's media work.

This means that O'Neal hopes to arrange his own time freely. If he wants to participate in the competition, he will participate in the competition. If he wants to participate in the media work, he will participate in the media work. If someone else has such a request, the Bobcats and Jordan will definitely not agree.

But O'Neal is different. It's not that his importance to the team is different, but that he does not need to play every game in the Bobcats.

His time is indeed always very free, but last season, even if he didn't play games, he still had to fly around with the team, and now, if he has media work, he doesn't need to fly with the team. It's just flying away.

This is of course acceptable.

In fact, of O'Neal's conditions, the most difficult thing to accept is actually O'Neal's hope that the show he hosts can track everything about the Bobcats next season, including access to the locker room.

Anyone who knows the NBA knows that the locker room of the team is the most private place, and other people and the media are absolutely not allowed to intervene.

Therefore, for O'Neal's request, Boss Joe is very hesitant.

Why not refuse, but hesitate?

Because the Bobcats are different from other teams.

The Bobcats locker room does not have so much discord, nor does it have so many unbearables and undercurrents.

In the locker room of the Bobcats, Chen Xiao has always had the final say. The relationship between everyone is very harmonious, even if exposed to the sun, there seems to be no problem.

And just like TNT and O'Neal said, if the Bobcats are willing to open the locker room for TNT and audiences around the world, then the Bobcats will get a lot of attention next season.

This is something that Jordan, as the team owner, can hardly refuse.

The disadvantages of opening the locker room are few, but the benefits are many. To be honest, Jordan is still very excited.

However, that said, opening up the locker room is not just for his boss's consent, and Chen Xiao's consent is needed.

Although Jordan's reputation has grown after leading the Bobcats to win the championship twice, his promise to Chen Xiao has not changed. Chen Xiao still has the final say on the important matters of the team.

In this matter, Chen Xiao did not refuse.

Of course Chen Xiao knows that after opening the locker room, showing everything about the team with such a big fanfare will not only let the team have no secrets, but also attract a lot of firepower, making others feel that the Bobcats are too arrogant, just like fighting. The landlord, it's the same directly.

If the Bobcats fail to win a championship next season, it will definitely become the laughing stock of the whole world.

Just like in history, Barcelona in the 19th year of football, the UEFA Champions League home 3-0 Liverpool, the away game was reversed by Liverpool 4-0, Barcelona opened the locker room after the defeat, the team collapsed directly.

The whole world knows that after you were reversed by the shocking sky, so and so and so, what kind of expression, so and so and so, crying, etc., who can bear this.

Originally, competitive sports was a winner and loser. If you lose, you can lick your wounds privately. Now the embarrassment of licking your wounds is exposed to the whole world. This is really brutal.

Even Mou directly stated that after losing, he wanted to disappear from this world.

At that moment, Barcelona wanted to disappear from the world and it was definitely not just a certain tooth. After all, although certain tooth is not so clean on the court, it is definitely a determined player.

Even Brother Ya can't stand it, so I don't need to talk about other people.

However, in the end Chen Xiao agreed to open the locker room. This was pressure and in fact motivation.

It depends on what you think.

Chen Xiao felt that for them who wanted to establish a dynasty, there was originally no way out.

Open the locker room, and finally failed. The biggest victim must be him. He is willing to bear the pressure.

After meeting the requirements of Kee boss and O'Neal, letting the Bobcats continue to play for another year for two years, the Bobcats will begin to renew Aldridge and Roy.

Now the Bobcats have a total of 15 players, of which Chen Xiao and Granger are the only ones carrying big contracts. Chen Xiao will receive a maximum salary of 18 million next season.

The contract signed by Granger and the team is 60 million in 5 years, 11 million next season.

In addition, the others are either middle class, rookie contracts or basic salary. However, the rookies of the Bobcats are not low. So the following season, the Bobcats exclude Roy and Aldridge. The total salary is almost 50 million.

It can be seen that the salary space of the Bobcats is quite healthy.

Therefore, this time the renewal of Roy and Aldridge, the Bobcats can offer an annual salary of more than 10 million, and they will definitely not be wronged.

After all, in business, no one would have trouble with money, nor would Chen Xiao interfere with the contract renewal work of his younger brothers, especially at this critical moment.

Because the whole world knows that after the next labor agreement, the union’s salary cap will rise sharply. When will the next labor agreement be?

It happened to be in 2011.

If it is only the resignation of the labor agreement, the player's salary will not increase much. The key is that the new media broadcast contract will also start in 2011.

The NBA’s current broadcast contract is a two-year $2.5 billion transitional contract between NBA, TNT and ESPN after the 2008-2009 season expires. Because of the skyrocketing popularity of the NBA in the United States, how big the next contract will be? It's not easy to evaluate, so let's temporarily overstep it.

In 2007, the two parties signed a two-year 2.5 billion overbroadcast contract.

In 2009, after two years of negotiations, the two parties finally negotiated a 9-year broadcast contract of 240 US dollars, which will be implemented from the 2011-2012 season.

In 9 years, 24 billion, more than 2.7 billion each year, almost twice as much as the previous one.

Such a large wave of water has entered the NBA's salary pool. Even if the division of labor-management agreement players remains unchanged, the wages of NBA players will skyrocket.

It is for this reason that Chen Xiao’s five-year contract ended in 2010-2011. Many people predict that if Chen Xiao’s next contract is signed with the Bobcats, he will have bird rights and other player rights. , Can sign up to a 5-year contract of 200 million yuan, becoming the NBA’s first Mr. 200 million contract.

I have to say that the rookies of 2002 are indeed catching up.

Chen Xiao, Yao Ming, Wade and Ron Howard, the four kings of 2002 are considered to be the biggest winners. When the era of big contracts starts, they can get the biggest contract.

The second beneficiary is the class of 2007 headed by Durant and Oden. In 2011, their rookie contract expired and they were able to sign a big contract. Although they are not as big as Chen Xiao, it is considered that this is theirs. The second contract will be very cool in the future.

The NBA’s super contract era is coming soon, and since there are benefits, of course there are also unfortunate.

The 2006 rookies headed by Roy and Aldridge are definitely the most unlucky.

In 2010, their rookie contract expired, which was the last night before the light.

It is precisely because of this that many rookies in the 2006 class are seeking maximum salary extensions.

A maximum salary of 85 million in 5 years.

Although the 2006 rookies signed a contract when the era of big contracts came, not everyone could get the annual salary of 30 million yuan, maybe even none. After all, it seems that the strongest rookie in the 2006 class is Roy. And Aldridge.

However, even if there is no way to sign a five-year contract of 100 million five years in the era of big contracts, signing a five-year contract of 100 million yuan, for two people, is casual, right?

In fact, there are still a lot of players who can sign a 5-year 100 million contract in the era of big contracts, such as Roy, Aldridge, Celtic Adam Morrison, Rudy Gay, and Barbados. Gnani et al.

So, do you think these players get more and more angry?

Of course, in the end, these players will choose, either the 3+1 of the signed player option, or the five-year maximum salary for signing.

The team may not be willing to 3+1 this. In the 5 years, the team is willing, but the players are not very willing. The final result of the game is that the quality players in the 2006 class are all seeking maximum salary signings, the 5 years of 85 million. kind.

As the two strongest players in the 2006 class, Roy and Aldridge are naturally the first to bear the brunt.

And this is the difficulty of the Bobcats renewing Roy and Aldridge.

Give Roy 85 million for 5 years. This is no problem. There is no resistance in the team. After all, Chen Xiao’s contract is about to expire. As the team’s 2nd head, Roy enjoys the highest of the team. Contract, this is no problem.

But Aldridge has some problems with this.

Because Granger's feelings need to be considered.

Granger was a rookie in 2005. He actually fell before dawn. Although there was no bad luck in the 2005 class, it was actually the same.

After all, in 2008, everyone in the NBA knew that the next contract would be huge, and Granger naturally knew it when he renewed his contract with the Bobcats.

Of course, he can also seek a 5-year extension of RMB 80 million for a maximum salary like Bynum and Monta Ellis in the same session, and he can also seek a contract extension of 3+1 RMB 70 million like Deron. The best rookie, he signed a 3+1 with the Bulls, the player option for the last year, which forced the Bulls to sign. As the Bulls' current master, he has the qualifications to force the team.

Although Granger does not have the same team influence as Deron, he expressed his unwillingness to stay with the Bobcats, give up bird rights, and seek a deal. The Bobcats sent him away. He signed with the next team and could reach 3+1. Of the goal.

But Granger didn't do that. Not only did he choose to sign a five-year contract with the Bobcats, but it was not a maximum salary. In order to respect Chen Xiao, he signed a five-year contract with 60 million.

Granger made this choice because he was indeed grateful, not only for Chen Xiao, but also for Jordan.

He feels that as a rookie who is not so promising, he has been all the way to the present thanks to his master Jordan and half of his master Chen Xiao.

Faced with a player like Granger who has given the team great respect, the boss and the coach, do you have to consider his feelings and dignity?

In the Bobcats, the status of the team, of course, belongs to Chen Xiao.

Except for the two veterans, Kidd and O'Neal.

For the rest of the star players, Rose is in the second tier. Jordan's mind is the second leader of the team, and it is also the second leader of the team recognized by everyone.

Below are Rose and Granger.

Rose's strength is obvious to all, and he is also the No. 1 pick. Although he is the first grade, he ranks ahead of Granger.

Aldridge, on the other hand, has to be in the next gear below Granger and Rose.

This is easy to understand. Last season, the Bobcats Chen Xiao, Kidd, O'Neal, Rose, Granger, and Roy were all selected All-Stars, but Aldridge was not selected.

Under this circumstance, if you use the maximum salary when you renew Aldridge, isn't this a bit of disrespect for Granger?

If Roy and Aldridge are renewed with a 5-year 85 million contract, the total salary of the Bobcats next season will exceed 80 million U.S. dollars. It will have to pay more than 10 million U.S. dollars in luxury tax. Jordan and the Bobcats are of course. Willing to hand in, willing to keep Aldridge and Roy.

Even giving Aldridge a maximum salary and doing work for Granger. After all, Granger and Aldridge are not the relationship between Randolph and Dalius Miles. They were in the Blazers at the beginning because of the contract size. In contrast, Randolph and Miles broke off directly. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

The renewal of Roy and Bobcats went smoothly. Before July 1, Bobcats and Roy reached a pre-sign agreement for a 5-year contract renewal of 85 million yuan.

However, the Bobcats and Aldridge's contract renewal work has some differences.

Aldridge wants to sign a 3+1 contract.

Even if Aldridge wants to sign a five-year maximum salary contract, the Bobcats can do the job, because, after all, it is Aldridge's sacrifice for the team, although not as much as Granger.

However, if you want 3+1, that is not to sacrifice for the team, but to maximize your own interests. There is really no way to explain this to Granger.

"LaMarcus is not such a person. He wants to leave, but it is difficult to speak so that his agent says he wants a 3+1 contract."

Chen Xiao and Jordan thought of this almost at the same time after getting Aldridge's request from Aldridge's agent.

Having been with Aldridge for so many years, they are all smart people, how can one fail to understand that Aldridge is definitely not the kind of person who puts his own interests above the team.

At the same time, it is also clear that his personality is relatively shy, and there are some things that can be said directly, and he is embarrassed to say because of various concerns.

In the end, he told Chen Xiao and Jordan in such a more tactful way that he wanted to leave.

"It seems that this year's All-Star LaMarcus was not selected, and the damage to him is far greater than we thought."

Six of the team's seven stars were selected, but Aldridge was not selected. Fans were teasing, and experts were teasing.

Does this bring only awkwardness to Aldridge?

Now it seems that it is not only embarrassment, but also hurt.