The post-match carnival is just a sideshow after winning the championship, and the championship parade two days later is the real thing.
The parade in the Year of the Dynasty will definitely be crazier than the past two years.
When Wang Zelin woke up the next day, his head no longer hurt so much.
He looked next to him, and Kendou was still sleeping soundly.
Wang Zelin smiled, covered himself with a quilt, got up quietly, and quietly left the bedroom.
When he came to the hall and looked out the window, the sun was shining brightly, the weather was looking at the backyard, and the lake surface was rippled by the breeze. Wang Zelin felt extremely comfortable.
This may be the day I feel the best in months.
No pressure, no competition, just soft sunshine and a peaceful morning.
I came to the honor display column and took a look. Compared to before the start of the finals, there is another trophy here. I must have put it here after returning with Wang Zelin’s finals MVP trophy last night.
Sitting on the sofa next to the window, looking at the pile of trophies and honors in the area marked by Ken Dou, it is enough to prove that he has gained a lot this season!
But winning the championship last night also means that a new journey is about to begin.
Looking back on the past season, 75 wins, three consecutive championships, the Trail Blazers dynasty... Wang Zelin sat blankly for a long time before coming back to his senses.
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When the finals come to an end, the season officially comes to an end.
Although the season is over, the heated discussion among fans will never stop.
Fans are now focused on another draft at the end of June, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics men's basketball competition that will start in August, as well as various predictions and competition for big fish in the free market.
On June 20th, the NBA’s free market door also opened.
Players under contract cannot be traded before the draft at the end of this month, but teams can choose to lay off players or sign free agents.
The new season of the Trail Blazers has also begun. They are busy with the draft, busy with trade evaluation, busy with investigating free agents...
Fortunately, after the team achieved two consecutive championships last summer, they have already resolved the contract renewal issue of the team's core players.
On the 20th, as the team's well-deserved future, Wang Zelin has long been qualified to participate in the team's future construction.
Of course, this also caused many outsiders to criticize his blatant "hegemonic" status within the Trail Blazers, which would affect the future development of the Trail Blazers.
After all, he is just a player and not a real management, but he ended up putting his hands into the construction of the management.
In this regard, Orsi is too lazy to deal with the mediocre people outside, because he knows very well that potential rookies like Jokic and Harrell, as well as reinforcement plans like Beverley, Moreau, and Carter, Wang Zelin
They all play an indelible role in it.
It can even be said that the reason why the Trail Blazers were able to win three consecutive championships and establish a dynasty was because of Wang Zelin's contribution far more than him. The entire Trail Blazers management has long been accustomed to Wang Zelin's so-called "hegemony" within the team.
That afternoon, after briefly discussing the draft plan, Orsi handed Wang Zelin the team's contract list to read.
At the end of this season, the team’s contract situation is:
Wang Zelin: The rookie contract has just ended. In the summer of 2015, he signed a four-year maximum salary extension agreement with the team worth more than 100 million yuan, which expires in the summer of 2020;
Lillard: The rookie contract has just ended. In the summer of 2015, he reached a five-year maximum salary extension agreement with the team worth more than 110 million yuan, which expires in the summer of 2020;
Aldridge: In the summer of 2015, he signed a four-year maximum salary contract with a total amount of 80 million yuan, expiring in 2019;
Batum: Signed a three-year contract worth 62 million yuan in the summer of 2015, expiring in 2018;
Barton: The rookie contract has just ended. In the summer of 2015, he signed a four-year, 41 million contract extension with the team, expiring in 2020;
Beverley: Signed a three-year, 22 million contract in the summer of 2015, expiring in 2018;
Yi Jianlian: Signed a three-year, 11 million contract in the summer of 2015, expiring in 2018;
Connett Lee: Signed a three-year, 17 million contract in the summer of 2015, expiring in 2018;
Jokic: Rookie contract in 2014, expiring in 2018;
Morrow: Signed a three-year, 10.5 million contract in the summer of 2015, expiring in the summer of 2018;
Vince Carter: Signed a three-year, $8 million contract in the summer of 2014, expiring in the summer of 2017;
Richard Jefferson: The one-year basic salary contract signed last summer expires this summer.
Harrell: Rookie contract in 2015, expiring in 2019.
The Trail Blazers are still a team dominated by young people. There is no decline in strength, and there is no psychological expansion after more than three years of championships. In addition, the atmosphere within the team is harmonious, and the core is getting stronger every year.
Their chances of defending the title next are actually very high.
"Jefferson and I have communicated. He hopes to sign with the team for a two-year minimum salary and has no plans to retire for the time being."
Orsi said.
Wang Zelin nodded. In the original timeline, Richard Jefferson was supposed to win his first career championship with the Cavaliers this season. After that, he played for another two years and was traded to the Denver Nuggets before officially choosing to retire.
In my memory, Jefferson was still able to play 79 games for the Cleveland Cavaliers during the season, including 13 games, averaging about 20 minutes per game, averaging 5.7 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1 assist.
Considering his peaceful personality and his ability to act as an experienced veteran in the locker room, Wang Zelin had a good impression of him and nodded in agreement without much thought.
After looking at the list, the Trail Blazers' salary is relatively healthy. Even if Jefferson is given a veteran's minimum salary, the Trail Blazers' contract salary for next season will only be around 110 million.
Although this kind of salary space within the team has reached the season team salary cap (94.143 million) announced by the league not long ago, it is only a little short of the luxury tax (113.2 million).
For a team that has won three consecutive championships and is the current super boss of the league, they don't even have to pay luxury tax. Such an overly healthy salary structure is about to make other teams jealous to the point of vomiting blood.
Of course, considering that the team will definitely need to strengthen and support this summer, it should eventually exceed the luxury tax set by the league.
However, his own boss, Paul Allen, is a well-known rich man, and the team has been so successful in the past few seasons. A mere luxury tax is probably just a drop in the bucket in his opinion.
For him, as long as he can maintain the Trail Blazers' championship structure, any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem.
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Another day passed.
On June 21, the Trail Blazers' championship parade officially kicked off in Portland.
Portland fans were out throughout the entire event, and the crowds were packed out. Such a grand scene was absolutely unprecedented in this land.