525. Strong support to join!

'Loyalty' is a very subtle thing in commercial sports leagues.

'Loyalty' that goes both ways is very rare.

However, when we have always been harmonious with the team and the team has always been kind, it is a very necessary and due obligation for the team's core players to promptly inform the team of their intentions.

Business cannot be done without mercy. If you stay in the same team, you must have a happy cooperation. If you change teams, if it is not necessary, you don't want to break up on bad terms.

Liu Xiu found that he was a bit of a jerk this time. A person with a personality like the vice president took the initiative to ask. It must be that the team has been under pressure for a long time.

The team management and coaching staff have indeed raised this topic, but when he refused to renew his contract prematurely, he did not make it clear.

However, based on his understanding of Liu Xiu, when he told him the reason why he had been unwilling to talk about contract renewal, the vice president immediately believed him!

After getting the exact reply, the vice president left in a hurry, returned home and contacted his boss.

After listening to the vice president's account, Paul Allen asked: "Do you think Jess really wants to stay?"

The vice president responded: "There is no need for him to use such excuses to deal with me, and he is also planning to invite Ray Allen to join tomorrow. I believe he likes this city and wants to live in this city for a long time."

Paul Allen's tone became extremely relaxed: "That's no problem."

"Yes, we should have asked him directly instead of testing him. He doesn't like trouble in this regard. We kept testing, so he didn't bother to pay attention to us. Now we only need to prepare the contract and renew it in the summer of 2007.

Already."

"No, Kevin, not like that."

"Um?"

"Since he likes money, I have to think of a way. I will talk to Stern at the boss meeting on the 3rd and find a way to help him win a bigger contract."

"Well……"

"You go and rest first. I'll think about how to help him get a bigger contract."

The vice president hung up the phone speechlessly. This was the first time he saw the owner of a team trying to find ways to help the players get higher salaries. This was incredible!

…

On July 1st, NBA free agency begins!

At 0 o'clock in the morning, the NBA official website announced the salary cap calculated by a third-party agency.

Based on the league's total revenue for the 2004-05 season, the salary cap for next season is US$53.32 million, and the NBA's salary cap has finally entered the 50 million level.

The Cavaliers, Raptors, and Heat immediately announced that they had reached an early contract extension agreement with James, Bosh, Milicic, and Wade, with a starting salary of US$13.33 million, a 3+1 25% salary cap maximum salary extension.

Approximately, the 10-11 season is a player option.

On the Internet, fans of the three teams stayed up late waiting for the news. When the official website of the three teams announced the news, the fans of the three teams were extremely happy and posted messages on major forums to celebrate.

This means that these four talented stars will stay on the team for a long time. For the three teams where the four talented stars are located, it means stability for at least the next five years.

After dawn, major newspapers, magazines and TV stations were reporting on the contract renewal of the four geniuses.

Since the rookie contract has the right to match the parent team, generally speaking, among the rookies in the same class, the more talented and the earlier they have played, the sooner they will renew their contract, because it must be a maximum-salary contract, and the starting salary will be higher after two years.

The difference is only a few hundred thousand, and as a professional player, everything is precarious. If anything happens, getting the maximum salary contract as soon as possible is the best guarantee.

However, the renewal contracts of these four geniuses are for 4 years, which surprises many people. It is not the longest 6-year contract under the current rules.

During breakfast time, Anne Hathaway, who was reading the news to Liu Xiu, was quite puzzled. Didn't she say that signing a long-term contract with a maximum salary was a guarantee?

Liu Xiu analyzed Anne Hathaway: "The four-year contract is already very secure. What they want is definitely to get out of the contract in the summer of 2010, get the qualifications of a seven-year veteran to renew the contract, and get 30% of the starting salary."

salary contract.”

"That's right! The starting salary for a 7-year veteran is much higher!"

Anne Hathaway's admiring look was very helpful to Liu Xiu. He continued to analyze: "Also, if they still don't win the championship in 2010, they may break out of the contract and form a team together. It's not certain."

A person popped up above Anne Hathaway's head and asked: "Hold together? How is that possible? They were only 26 or 27 years old at that time, right? Why do they want to hang together?"

Sure enough, in this era, no one can understand why they need to stay together in the golden years of their careers, including girls.

Liu Xiu shrugged: "I just made a guess..."

…

The Trail Blazers and Nuggets have yet to announce early contract renewals, and the media has begun to speculate again.

But before public opinion could ferment, the Trail Blazers vice president accepted an interview and stated Liu Xiu's contract renewal plan. He would renew the contract in the summer of 2007, and the contract would be renewed based on the salary cap at that time, giving Liu Xiu the highest salary allowed by the rules.

salary.

As soon as this news came out, other top geniuses called him an expert.

Anthony said in an interview: I am the same.

The media's evaluation first worries each team. In the future, top talents will do the same, which is detrimental to the home team.

However, some media stood up to refute, thinking that this was just an exception. Normally, black players would want to get a contract early and get a long-term contract, taking Pippen as an example.

Liu Xiu, after communicating this matter with the management, does not plan to think about it again until the start of the 2007 offseason.

In recent days, he has been mainly thinking about how to recruit Ray Allen. The three-point champion is not an easy person to get along with. Communication may be difficult, but he must fight for it.

At noon, it was not long before lunch time. Liu Xiu wondered why the other party was free at this time, so he dialed the other party's number...

Got it!

"Hello, Lei, this is Jess. Will it disturb you if I call you suddenly?" Liu Xiu, a social cow, was actually a little nervous at this moment.

Ray Allen's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hello, Jace, it's almost lunch time. I just finished what I had to do in the morning. You didn't disturb me."

"..."

Liu Xiu didn't know what to say at the other party's cold voice and overly methodical answer. The words he had prepared before seemed not suitable at this moment.

Ray Allen's voice came from the phone: "Jace, what do you want from me?"

Liu Xiu shook his head vigorously, his heart pounded, and he said directly: "Our team can free up a maximum salary space. I want to partner with you. Are you willing to join our team?"

"Yess Aido."

"Ray, I hope you can think about us carefully. We have Zach, Kwame, and Travis. We have a very good frontcourt. The most important thing is that we have me. We have a very high number every year.

The salary limit, as long as the rules allow it, we will try our best to recruit...what did you say?"

Ray Allen answered so quickly that Liu Xiu didn't even react.

Ray Allen said again: "I am willing. I will notify my agent to contact you after lunch. Do you have anything else?"

Liu Xiudou's bean-eyed: "No...no more."

"Then I'll hang up the phone first. Sorry, my child is awake and I need to take care of him."

"Oh...oh...OK..."

…

…

There have been many rumors this summer, such as where McGrady is going. After the Finals, he jumped out of his contract and refused to exercise the player option on the 5+1 contract he signed in 2000.

At that time, many people believed that McGrady did not want to stay with the Nets because he lost in the finals. The two games of G1 and G2 were even used for speculation.

But only one day passed after the free market opened. On the 2nd, the Nets officially announced that they had completed a contract extension with Tracy McGrady.

The contract has a starting salary of US$15.996 million, a maximum salary for a 7-year veteran with bird rights, accounting for 30% of the salary cap, gradually increasing by 12%, totaling US$126 million over six years, and a player option in the final year.

At this time, people remembered that although the contract McGrady jumped out of was also a maximum salary, it was the maximum salary in 2000. The last year's salary of that maximum salary was US$15.69 million, which is not as good as the first year's salary of the current new contract.

, it’s normal to break out of the contract.

Moreover, the contract is now extended for 6 years. The contract will expire in 2011. McGrady will be 32 years old by then. It is possible to sign another big contract. However, if the contract is renewed after the current contract expires, the new contract will be

It will expire in 2012, by which time Tracy McGrady will be 33 years old. The difference between 32 and 33 years old may be quite big.

There are only a handful of players in every generation who can maintain their superstar status after the age of 30.

Also receiving the maximum salary in the summer of 2000 were Tracy McGrady's former teammates and almost teammates Hill and Duncan.

Duncan's contract is the same as McGrady's, but he did not opt ​​out of the contract. Instead, he exercised his player option for next season and renewed his contract until 2010 for four years and $76 million.

According to sources, Duncan's decision not to jump out of his contract was made after communicating with Popovich. This move is to help the Spurs create a salary space of nearly 10 million US dollars this summer. Parker's extension will be officially submitted this summer.

After signing the contract, the Spurs had to wait until Ginobili's contract expired in 2009 to create that much space.

Hill's contract is longer than the two of them. The new contract, which was also implemented in the summer of 2000, has the same starting salary and the same increase. However, Hill signed it for 7 years and the contract did not expire until 2007. He is not stupid. In the future

With more than 30 million US dollars in two years, there is no way he can do without it, and he has exercised his player options for the next two years. The Magic are actually very happy about this. When training Howard, there is still Hill who can sell tickets.

A few days after the start of the free market, the player movement was basically role players, and there was little movement among the stars. This summer, many stars can opt out of their contracts or their contracts expire, but like Tracy McGrady, they have made big noise but little rain.

Finally, on July 6th, a team made a big move - the Trail Blazers announced that they would officially give up the bird rights of Raheem and the Flying Squirrels!

The long-awaited team management waved their checks!

However, the Trail Blazers also announced another surprising operation - using the Houston clause to buy out Derek Anderson. Derek Anderson's salary of US$9.09 million next season and US$9.49 million next season will not be counted.

Trail Blazers salary cap.

The Trail Blazers became the first team to use Houston's terms!
Chapter completed!