Chapter 535 535. The Pistons can’t afford three maximum salaries?

Liu Xiu:????

Seeing the transaction revealed by WOJ, Liu Xiuyi had questions in his head.

Judging from the negative emotions Yao Ming revealed to him about the Rockets in the past two years, he knew that Yao Ming might test the free market after his rookie contract ended, but he estimated that the Rockets would use the home team's matching rights to force Yao Ming to stay.

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Unexpectedly, before the last year of his rookie contract, the Rockets traded Yao Ming!

If a rookie is traded with only the last year of his contract, the value will inevitably be affected.

You can refer to Chris Webber, the No. 1 pick in the 1993 class. Webber's rookie contract was only signed for two years. After his rookie season, Webber made noises about leaving the Warriors. The Warriors had no choice but to trade, and all they got back was a bunch of odds and ends.

Liu Xiu immediately called Yao Ming, who confirmed the news.

Because the Rockets have done so well in domestic publicity, a lot of domestic media are now besieging Yao Ming. Yao Ming is busy right now and didn't talk to Liu Xiu much.

Liu Xiu didn't ask any further questions. He turned around and called Bill Duffy to confirm that this was the transaction Yao Ming applied for.

Bill Duffy, as Yao Ming's agent, was very busy at this time and had no time to talk to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu could only find his girlfriend and sister to gossip and analyze blindly.

Yao Ming can enter the free market as a restricted free agent next summer, but no matter what contract other teams offer, the Rockets can match the contract and keep Yao Ming, and the Rockets can give the highest annual salary increase of 12%, which is absolutely guaranteed

The priority to renew the contract is the right to match with the parent team.

Of course, since the collective bargaining agreement gives the team the right to match the home team of the rookie, it also gives the players the right to resist-signing a qualification clause.

That is, after the rookie contract ends, restricted free agents can choose to sign a one-year contract. This one-year contract is also called the parent team contract, and the salary is 125% of the previous year.

After signing a qualifying contract, players will also receive a power - the overlord clause, which is the right to veto transactions. The home team will lose the right to trade players with qualifying contracts in the new season unless the players agree to accept the trade.

Of course, this is the power that the player has gained in exchange for losing a large amount of salary, and if he encounters a ruthless team, he may hide the player for a year, and the player will basically be useless.

In the end, Liu Xiu and his family came to a conjecture that they thought was reliable - the Rockets did not dare to completely break up with Yao Ming, at least not at the public level.

That's why the Rockets chose to trade before people discovered that there was an irreparable rift between them and Yao Ming!

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Carter and Ben Wallace are joining forces with Yao Ming!

After this news was exposed, people in the basketball circle, like Liu Xiu, were all attracted to this matter.

With Hamilton as the core chip, it is certain that Carter and Ben Wallace will not move!

As for why Billups has not been noticed... He has not won the FMVP and has not had such a conspicuous performance in leading the team. Currently, in people's eyes, he is just a starting point guard who averages 14 points and 5 assists per game. He cannot be recognized yet.

Considered as 'core bargaining chip'.

Carter, Ben Wallace, and Yao Ming, this core trio, in the minds of fans, is comparable to the Trail Blazers' three best lineups of Liu Xiu, Ray Allen, and Randolph!

The media is hyping up and digging into the details of this deal, fans are talking, and Yao Ming's friends are speculating... NBA officials don't know what to do now.

Generally speaking, when two teams apply for a trade, salary matching and contract compliance are reviewed quickly by the league, but this time it took all morning.

David Stern called Houston and repeatedly confirmed that the other party wanted to trade, but he was still hesitant.

He has a lot of jokes, and he can see that David Stern doesn't want Yao Ming to go to Detroit, and he has been trying to get rid of him.

And David Stern really doesn't want Yao Ming to go to Detroit. It's not because of the size of the Detroit market. The U.S. market doesn't need Yao Ming. He's worried about affecting the Chinese market.

Another vice president listened to the boss's concerns and laughed at the jokes. After being silent for a long time, he said: "Boss, is there any difference between Detroit and Houston in the eyes of Chinese fans?"

David Stern suddenly became enlightened after hearing this!

That's right! Wherever Yao Ming is, which team will become the home team in the eyes of Chinese fans. Does it have anything to do with which team it is and which city it is in?

After opening his mind, David Stern remembered that Liu Xiu became so popular after joining the Trail Blazers. Is it because of the city of Portland or the team of Trail Blazers? Neither, but personal performance and team leadership results.

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Yao Ming has great personal performance, but his performance as a team has been hindered by the Rockets' stingy operations.

David Stern really couldn't stand the Rockets' operations in the past two years, but there's nothing he can do about it, it's a big city after all.

Now that the transaction application has been exposed, even if the transaction fails, the Rockets' influence in the Chinese market will inevitably be frustrated...

David Stern no longer hesitated, stood firm, and said to the two vice presidents: "It seems that the great automobile capital of the world is about to regain their glory!"

After that, sign and seal the transaction application...

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The entire basketball world has focused on Yao Ming's trade. The NBA's official website has not updated the transaction status, and the media's attempts to interview NBA officials have been declined. This development can't help but make the media and fans wonder whether this deal is going to happen.

What happened?

Most people are just people who watch the excitement and don't think it's a big deal. They are eager for something to go wrong.

Especially fans of the major championship teams in the Eastern Conference, many people went to church to pray that the deal failed.

But God has been busy converting the dead in the Middle East these years and has no time to care about them.

At 7 pm on September 30, 2005, the NBA official website updated several new transaction information. There were a total of 3 transaction applications today, all of which were suppressed and have now been approved together.

Of course, what people are most concerned about is Yao Ming's transaction.

The details of the transaction have finally been revealed!

The Pistons sent Richard Hamilton, Darius Miles, Danny Granger, who was selected in this year's first-round trade, three first-round picks in 2010, 2012, and 2014, plus

The rights to swap two first-round picks in 2013 and 2015 were traded to acquire Yao Ming from the Rockets, while also acquiring two expiring contracts of Clarence Witherspoon and Bob Sura.

It is worth mentioning that Witherspoon and Bob Sura's combined salary for the new season reached US$9.87 million, but both of them were determined to be unable to continue playing in the NBA due to injuries. Sources revealed that the Rockets originally planned to

If we can pick up useful and cheap players in the training camp, we will cut these two players. If not, we will use two players to occupy the positions without spending extra money to sign them.

How should I put it? When most people see this transaction, their first reaction is that both parties will lose!

The Pistons paid more to acquire Yao Ming than the Heat did to acquire O'Neal!

The Lakers lost O'Neal and Kobe, and the Rockets lost Yao Ming. It's not easy to get change back...

Including the draft picks used in trading Carter, the Pistons did not have the power to decide their first-round draft picks until 2015! Even-numbered years are someone else's draft picks, and odd-numbered years have to be decided by the other side whether to swap draft picks.

As for the Pistons eating up nearly $10 million in junk contracts, making all the remaining Rockets players look like "high-quality assets," it's not an important thing.

After the deal was concluded, Pistons general manager Joe Dumars said in an interview: "I believe we will be a championship contender in the next five years. Yao has just turned 25 years old. In the next ten years, we will have the best center in the league.

He is my contemporary Sabonis..."

Sabonis is the current giant center that NBA fans talk about. Sabonis came to the NBA only after he was over 30 years old. He was plagued by injuries. At the age of 33, he was still averaging 16 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists per game.

His performance was so good that he finally retired from the NBA at the age of 38 and a half.

Yao Ming's latest physical test report is too similar to Sabonis, 220+cm tall, Yao Ming is 226 cm, Sabonis is 221 cm, Yao Ming is 134 kg, and Sabonis is 132 kg. Yao Ming has better mobility and personal offensive ability, and Sabonis has

Better defense, better passing vision and passing accuracy...

Even if Joe Dumars tries his best to convince everyone to approve this deal, the controversy is still huge at present.

Because things are not that simple, Carter's contract expires in the 2006-07 season, and the renewal contract will definitely still be the maximum salary. Ben Wallace's new season will be a contract year, and Yao Ming will also be in a contract year.

Maybe renewing the contract is not a problem, but where will the money for the three maximum salaries come from?

Because Milicic was traded out early and is now playing for the Raptors, he has the potential to become a super center. The Pistons have been criticized for trading Milicic back to Carter... The media is like this, they will not care about the original

Milicic didn't get any playing time under Larry Brown. When Milicic played on other teams, Joe Dumars made a bad deal.

Now add in the trade back to Yao Ming…

ESPN Sports commented on the Pistons' operation this time - Joe Dumars used the Pistons' fortunes in the next ten years to make a huge gamble that has a high probability of failure!

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He really went to the Pistons. Liu Xiu called Yao Ming to congratulate him. The other party was still busy and had no time to talk to him. The warden was heartbroken.

Liu Xiu has been paying attention to this matter and saw the changes in public opinion. When the transaction was first exposed, fans of the Eastern Conference championship teams shouted to suppress the situation.

But after the transaction was completed, there were a lot of comments mocking the Pistons for ruining their future with this move.

The Rockets, who were also criticized for their smart operations, were overshadowed by the voices mocking the Pistons, both in China and the United States.

Liu Xiu thought about how willing the Rockets were to spend money in order to keep their reputation as 'Yao Ming's home team'!

The co-author was reluctant to give Nash an annual salary of tens of millions and was reluctant to pay the luxury tax because all the money was spent on buying off the manuscript?

Liu Xiu is not worried at all about whether Yao Ming will develop better when he joins the Pistons.

As long as you leave the Rockets, even if you are used to trade for Garnett, it is better to go to the Timberwolves to work alone than in the Rockets. Although the Timberwolves have a narrow vision, they are at least willing to pay their star and will attack decisively if they have the opportunity.

Be willing to spend money.

Also, the Pistons spent such a large sum of money to trade Yao Ming back, and they must cherish him as a treasure.

As for the press release that suddenly appeared now and made most people who don’t know the truth believe it, it said that the Pistons could not afford three maximum salaries. Carter, Ben Wallace, and Yao Ming had been traded back from the team in ten years.

The combination can't hold on... Liu Xiu really hopes that's the case...
Chapter completed!