After they chose to withdraw from the competition for Paul early, the NBA free market still ushered in the most crazy and restless period. All teams were ready and had a lot of cash ready to spend wildly in the next time.
Since the new television broadcast agreement is about to take effect, league wages will increase by at least 30% starting next season, and each team will have more room for maneuver. Naturally, the bosses will not let go of this opportunity to use money to throw away the championship.
Now that the Trail Blazers are about to win three consecutive championships and are about to create an era that belongs to them, countless Trail Blazers fans naturally hope that this day will come soon.
But as opponents, they don't want to be the backdrop for the Blazers to achieve greatness. For many teams, let alone three consecutive championships, even a championship is out of reach.
Why is it so difficult for them to win a championship, but the Trail Blazers are about to usher in the most glorious golden era in team history.
They are not convinced!
Everyone wants to kill the Trail Blazers' dynasty next season, which is why this summer is so crazy.
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Just after Paul took the initiative to submit a trade application to the Clippers management, James also announced in a high profile this year that he was about to jump out of his contract. However, as we all know, he just wanted to re-sign a new contract with a higher value.
The league's salary cap is about to skyrocket, and it is not difficult to understand that James will opt out of his contract to seek a higher salary.
In fact, in Wang Zelin's memory, since returning to the Cavaliers, James has signed 1+1 contracts all year round in order to maximize profits.
It’s no wonder that many people say that James is a true basketball businessman.
From the first day after the free agent market officially opened, fans across the league witnessed what it means to spend money like water.
In just one month, the entire alliance spent more than ten figures...still in rice dollars!
Draymond Green of the Warriors created the most classic little-man counterattack script this summer. According to "Yahoo" reporter Spears, the Warriors will reach a contract with Green, with a specific contract of 80 million yuan over five years.
This means that the man who helped the Warriors refresh their regular season record last season and reach the Western Conference Finals in the playoffs will continue to stay with the Warriors.
"I'm back! I'm returning to the Bay Area!"
On his personal Twitter account, Green made no secret of his excitement.
According to famous reporter Sam Amick, Green's contract with the Warriors is fully guaranteed and does not include any options.
Draymond Green, from a second-round pick in the past, from a small role with a salary of only 910,000 yuan last season, has become the league's new millionaire!
There is no doubt that Draymond Green's name will be added to the story of NBA second-round picks' counterattacks in the future.
After this, another shocking news came.
"Big Eyebrow Brother" Anthony Davis rejected the five-year super-max salary extension of 145 million offered by the Pelicans. Faced with this super-large contract, he chose to submit a trade application to the management.
Davis' move made him another big-name star after Chris Paul who took the initiative to apply for a trade from his parent team.
What happened to this alliance?
The loyalty of the past, the joke of today?!
You must know that the contract extension agreement offered to Davis by the Pelicans can be said to have set a new high in NBA history. As long as he nods and agrees to sign, Davis's annual salary next season will exceed that of the two consecutive champions.
Wang Zelin.
When this contract came out, everyone thought Anthony Davis would definitely stay with his home team, but his choice exceeded everyone's expectations.
His act of forcing the Pelicans to trade him soon aroused dissatisfaction across the league, especially the local Pelicans fans who were heartbroken and took the extreme step of burning Davis' jerseys.
However, this does not prevent Davis from wanting to escape the Pelicans.
Yes, just escape!
Looking back on Davis's past three seasons, he has proven himself individually and has made the All-Star and All-NBA teams.
But the Pelicans' record cannot be improved. In the same session, Wang Zelin has already won two championships, MVP, scoring champion and other top honors.
Looking back on myself, I am still struggling for a playoff spot even now.
Why?
After missing the playoffs for three consecutive years, Davis chose to apply for a trade to the Pelicans out of his desire for higher honors and with Paul already standing out.
I, the "Son of America" Anthony Davis, also long for a championship.
Speaking of which, it seems that after Paul's behavior of "forcing the management" appeared, it seemed that the door to a new world suddenly opened, and the bottom line of the league's loyalty to the word plummeted.
After Paul, another big fish surfaced, and an atmosphere of restlessness began to permeate the entire league.
In July, if you want to talk about spending more money, how can you beat the Cavaliers?
In order to remain competitive to win the championship, a price must be paid.
They first completed a contract extension with James. The contract is a 1+1 model with a total value of 46.9 million yuan, including an annual salary of 22.97 million yuan in the first year and an annual salary of 2,400 yuan in the second year, with player options.
There is no doubt that this is a maximum salary contract.
Just like last summer, James signed a 1+1 contract when he returned to play for the team, because only in this way can he maximize his benefits.
Since the salary cap will rise to 70 million yuan in the new season, which is 3 million yuan more than expected, James' choice can allow him to earn more than 1 million yuan more.
In addition, a new television broadcast contract is about to take effect in the summer of 2016. This is a contract with a total value of up to 24 billion yuan. Once this sky-high contract takes effect, the league's salary cap will continue to skyrocket, and the season salary cap is expected to reach 9,000.
million, and by the season, it will exceed 100 million yuan for the first time in history, reaching an astonishing 108 million yuan.
Needless to say, Bald Hua is really good at making the cake bigger, because he not only makes the stars make a lot of money, but also the lower-level players can also enjoy the benefits.
This does not mean whitewashing. The sin committed by the bald man due to "political arrogance" is unforgivable, but his ability to make money is still worthy of recognition.
well, let's get back to business.
After getting rid of James, the structure of the Big Three remained unchanged. The Cavaliers management then offered TT a five-year contract worth 80 million yuan. This means that in the power forward position alone, they actually invested nearly a small target!
Next, they took action again, first reaching a three-year 16 million yuan contract with JR, and then reaching a four-year, 40 million yuan annual salary contract with Shumpert worth tens of millions of dollars...
In one day, the Cavaliers spent nearly 200 million, which is really jaw-dropping.
Of course, this is not over yet, the explosive transfers are still continuing.
Wade renewed his contract with the Heat for $20 million a year;
Mosaic's package four will be replaced by Ty Lawson, and the two modern partners will form the Big Three of Space City;
Garnett signed a two-year, 10 million-meter contract with the Timberwolves and returned to Minnesota after a few years, returning to the place where his dream began. If nothing else, this will be the last stop of his career;
Shi Buddha renewed his contract with the Spurs for two years and is expected to stay in the Holy City forever. It is reported that the two-year contract he signed has an annual salary of only 5 million yuan in the first year, which is a bargain;
In addition, the Spurs official website announced the official renewal of the 37-year-old veteran Manu Ginobili. According to rumors, this may be a two-year contract worth 57 million yuan.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the concessions made by the two are in preparation for the Spurs' recruitment for the new season.
Simavici and his disciples do not intend to surrender to their old age, and still want to challenge for the championship in the new season.
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Time flies to mid-August, when the NBA league is undergoing an annual drastic change, the Chinese basketball world on the other side of the ocean is also undergoing a change, an unprecedented change.
On the 15th, Wang Zelin was invited to attend the ninth meeting of the Basketball Association and witnessed Dayao officially taking office and becoming the new chairman of the Basketball Association.
From the inside out, the domestic basketball world has officially entered the era of Yao Ming and Wang Zelin.
Of course, the domestic basketball world needs to carry out reforms to achieve expansion. Dayao's election as the chairman of the new Basketball Association is only the starting point of this reform process. Taking the election as the chairman of the new Basketball Association is a symbol, which means that China's basketball reform has reached a new stage.
Although both of them know that a new starting point means new problems, a good beginning is half the success. Both Dayao and Wang Zelin are full of confidence in the future.
On August 16, the day after Dayao became chairman, a long-planned first-phase training program for outstanding professional basketball talents, which he and Wang Zelin had planned together, was officially put on the agenda.
It’s called: Eagle Project!
The chief engineer once said that education should start from childhood.
This statement also applies to basketballs. Basketballs should be picked up from a baby.
In fact, each team in the current CBA has its own youth training and training, but due to the so-called lack of system, there has never been a serious professional path in China.
To put it bluntly, the reason why Lao Mi is able to produce so many talented players is, on the one hand, the physical problems between races, and another very important reason is that they have a clear goal.
NBA is the goal of countless basketball geniuses!
From junior high school to high school and college, everyone has a very standardized career path.
The main way for most people who want to enter the NBA is through the draft. If you want to be selected, you have to work hard and enter an NCAA Division I team in college, or even some traditional elite schools.
And if you want to enter these universities, you have to make a name for yourself in high school and become a household name across the United States as a five-star genius high school student or a higher-level genius...for example, a certain chosen one.
If you want to make a name for yourself, you have to show your talent in junior high school to get the opportunity to enter these high schools.
If you want to stand out in junior high school or even earlier, you must start training hard with scientific methods from an early age.
For young American players, this is a visible and tangible path to the NBA.
It looks like I'm studying, but I'm actually screening basketball talents at the same time.
And this kind of professional path is exactly what is not available in China at present.
China has the largest population in the world. With a population of more than one billion, only one million people are actually involved in the sport of basketball. Going even further, there may only be one hundred thousand or even fewer people who can play professionally.
Therefore, improving the level of domestic basketball will not happen overnight, it is something that requires long-term investment.
But before that, what China needs to do is to open up a professional path and let parents in China know that their children who choose to take this path are no longer just relying on love to generate electricity, but can support themselves by playing basketball, and even
It's about making big money.
Only when your stomach is full can you be qualified to talk about dreams, love, and the future!
Therefore, the Eagle Plan formulated by Dayao and Wang Zelin is generally divided into two parts, domestic and foreign.
In the domestic sector, the pilot of a new basketball school is in parallel with the cooperation with CUBA famous schools. Only by increasing the basketball population base can more talents emerge. Then, through the BA draft system, we strive to turn basketball into a profession as soon as possible.
Among this section, the most important ones are basketball schools, cooperation with famous schools and CBA draft.
At the beginning, Dayao's suggestion was to vigorously promote basketball schools and cultivate professional and pure young players.
However, under the advice of Wang Zelin and the think tanks behind both parties, considering that domestic universities basically adopt exam-oriented education, it will be very, very difficult to promote basketball under this mainstream trend.
The traditional concepts of the older generation cannot be changed overnight.
Instead of doing this, it is better to cooperate with CUBA famous schools and make this piece of cake work together. Combined with the upcoming CBA draft system, maybe CUBA can one day become the same existence as the NCAA.
As for the foreign sector, it is to screen a certain number of potential young people of school age across the country and send them to North America and Europe to receive long-term professional basketball training to achieve the sustainable development of reserve talents.
To put it bluntly, it is borrowing a chicken to lay eggs.
Because both of them know very well that considering the complex national conditions, there is no way to open up a professional path in the country in a short time, which is actually a helpless move.
Of course, this is just a preliminary plan. Next, Dayao will make adjustments and supplements based on the actual situation, striving to find a basketball path that truly suits China's national conditions as soon as possible.
Everything is difficult at the beginning. The only good thing now is that Wang Zelin’s star effect is there.
For example, when Yao Ming was drafted by an NBA team and made a name for himself, many talented insiders quickly emerged in Asia, including Yi Jianlian and Haddadi who later entered the NBA.
This is the so-called role model, or pioneer role.
Needless to say, the three major domestic football teams, basketball, volleyball, and men’s volleyball, are sometimes worse than table tennis and badminton.
To say that the ones with the greatest and widest influence are undoubtedly football and basketball, among which football is recognized as the number one sport in the world.
It is a pity that this sport has not developed in China. In addition to the complicated national conditions, a large part of the reason is that there has never been a world-class star in the men's football team to lead the trend.
Sometimes, the rise of a sport is really inseparable from superstars who can help the sport break through the circle.
In comparison, basketball, with Yao Yao before him and Wang Zelin behind him, is obviously better than football when it comes to its development prospects.
This is also the key reason why domestic fans are confident in the reforms after Dayao takes office.