The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

How much does it cost to renew Butler's contract?

Wang Xiao probably knew it well.

The annual salary should be below 10 million, but not less than 8 million.

First, use another space-time for comparison.

In another time and space, in February 2010, the Wizards sent Butler to the Mavericks, and then Butler suffered a serious injury during the Mavericks game and was reimbursed for the season.

But in December 2011, after recovering from injury, Butler signed a three-year 24 million contract with the Los Angeles Clippers, an average of 8 million per year.

Even if he suffers from an injury, Butler, who missed more than 60 games in the 10-11 season, can still get a contract with an annual salary of 8 million, let alone Butler who is not injured because of the butterfly effect?

Speaking of which, Butler has never signed a contract with an average annual salary of more than 10 million in his entire career.

After being traded to the Wizards by the Lakers in 2005, Butler signed a five-year 46 million contract with the Wizards and has been playing until now.

In 2005, Butler was just 25 years old, when he was young and vigorous, but now, he is already a veteran in his thirties.

The value of contract renewal is obviously not as good as before.

Wang Xiao prefers that Butler can sign a three-year contract with the team with an annual salary of 8 million to 10 million.

In Wang Xiao's view, it was worth it.

In the three years since signing the contract with the Clippers, Butler has always had a high attendance rate, with an average playing time of 26 minutes in the three years, averaging 11 points and 4 rebounds per game.

And that was just Butler after suffering a serious injury in another time and space.

In this time and space, a Butler who is not injured and has Wang Xiao's training module bonus every day is only stronger than another time and space, not weaker.

What's more, if Wang Xiao wants to keep Butler, he is not only interested in Butler's ability, Wang Xiao also needs him to be the leader in the locker room.

Butler's personality is very forthright and enthusiastic, and he has a high prestige in the team. Rookies such as Curry George have received his care and encouragement.

This is like Fisher of the Lakers and Haslem of the Heat. Although they may not be the strongest one in the team, they are the necessary glue to strengthen the cohesion of the team.

When these factors are added together, a contract with an annual salary of tens of millions is not reasonable.

However, these have little to do with Wang Xiao. He is just a head coach. Even if he has the right to decide on the draft and trade, he does not have the power to decide to renew the contract.

When he signed the contract with the Wizards, Wang Xiao didn't even mention his efforts in this area, because he knew very well that such an important power, which determines how much money the boss spends, must not be delegated to a head coach. .

Wang Xiao is also happy that he does not have this power. In this case, it is the job of the general manager to bargain with the player's agent. He only needs to keep Butler in the end.

If the general manager can't do it or can't reach an agreement, then the blame is not on him, Wang Xiao, right?

...

After hanging up the phone, Grunfeld rubbed his eyebrows with a headache.

Thinking about the conversation with Butler's agent just now, he felt tired for a while.

What are you kidding? A veteran who is over 30 years old actually wants 36 million in 3 years? Why don't you go grab the money?

It is naturally impossible for Grunfeld to agree to such an offer. He offered Butler 24 million for three years, of which the third year is a team option.

His offer was naturally rejected by Butler's agent without hesitation.

The two sides debated for a long time, and Grunfeld even brought up George, indicating that Butler was not that important in the team, but the opponent remained unmoved.

Of course he didn't know that Wang Xiao was on Butler's side, and he had clearly stated that the team needed him, and Butler's agent's confidence also came from this.

Grunfeld's only feeling now is that he is holding his breath.

Not long ago, Wang Xiao stated in front of the team owner that the team must renew Butler's contract, and then gave examples from various aspects to prove the importance of Butler to the team, and finally said, "If there is no Butler An experienced veteran will even seriously affect my plan to win the championship." Such words.

Now if Butler fails to renew his contract, his general manager will definitely make the team owner dissatisfied.

But Grunfeld can't ignore anything and directly give a maximum salary contract.

You know, in another two years, the team will have a large number of rookie contracts expire.

Curry, Harden, Danny Green, Beverly.

Grunfeld can be sure that these players will also be necessary for Wang Xiao to win the championship at that time, and they must renew their contracts.

Judging from the current performance of Curry and Harden, the maximum salary is not gone, and Green will not be too cheap. Now the team's starting center, Jordan, will have to renew his contract in one year, and he will have to consider it a year later. George's contract renewal question.

As long as you are not careful, the team is likely to touch the red line of the luxury tax.

At that time, the boss will also feel unhappy if he pays more money...

"Damn Chinaman! He did it on purpose!"

Grunfeld couldn't help cursing angrily, but he still had to bite the bullet and continue to discuss the contract renewal issue.

...

On February 20, a few days after the end of the All-Star Weekend, the Wizards officially announced a news.

The team and Caron Butler have completed the contract renewal agreement. The two parties will sign a three-year 28 million contract, and the third year is a player option.

As soon as this news came out, it was basically confirmed that Butler would stay on the team.

Wang Xiao was quite surprised. As the general manager, although Grunfeld was always at odds with him, his ability was quite good.

He knew that Butler's agent, the Lions, offered 36 million yuan, but he didn't expect Grunfeld to keep the price below 30 million yuan.

28 million for 3 years, with an average annual salary of 9.33 million. For Butler, this contract is considered satisfactory.

The Wizards' renewal of Butler is just a trivial disappearance for the league.

Although he has been selected to the All-Star bench, Butler's reputation is still too small, especially compared with the protagonists of this year's trade deadline...

On February 21, according to local Nuggets media reports, the Denver Nuggets had reached a deal with the New York Knicks. The Knicks would send four players plus a first-round and two second-round picks to get the card from the Nuggets. Mellon Anthony and Chauncey Billups, the Timberwolves also participated in this transaction, but the players sent and received are only small roles, and it doesn't matter at all.

Once this news was announced, it immediately caused a sensation in the alliance, like a depth bomb exploded in the alliance!

Anthony and Billups joined the Knicks to form the Big Three with Stoudemire, and the Knicks finally formed the coveted Big Three combination!

The news of Butler's contract extension with the Wizards was drowned out in the super deal almost in a blink of an eye.

However, Anthony Billups joining the Knicks is just a prelude, the real blockbuster is yet to come, and even the traveler Wang Xiao couldn't help being stunned for a long time when he heard the news, and couldn't help saying: "Damn it! can you?"