The lively scene in previous years did not appear this year.
All major forums this year appear to be very harmonious.
There are still a lot of people bragging about how awesome their idols are, but there are basically no people discussing who is the MVP!
Why?
Because there is no suspense!
Curry's lead is too big!
The data is good, and the team’s record is even better!
In this case, if anyone has objections, they are blind!
If there is no controversy, there will be no need for quarrels.
Even if you are a crazy fan, you still need some logic!
Saying black is white will only make people laugh.
Among all the media's predictions, the most eye-catching one is Curry!
The Rookie of the Year award is definitely not running away, this is the unanimous view of all media!
Since the first month of the season, Curry has firmly occupied the No. 1 spot for Rookie of the Year.
No suspense!
A player who has the best record in the league and is always among the top two players in the MVP list. If he cannot even be named the best rookie, then this award will be meaningless!
In fact, in the selection of the best rookie, Curry was completely dimensionally reduced!
So much so that many rookies feel it’s unfair!
Curry shouldn't be in the discussion for Rookie of the Year!
This is not your place!
Wherever you go!
Go get your MVP and join in the fun with us!
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This is true for Rookie of the Year, and so is the prediction for MVP.
What is different from previous years is that the media no longer discuss who the MVP will go to and who should go to it, but whether Curry can continue his magical performance next year and how many MVPs Curry can win!
This year is only Curry's first season. He was so unbelievable in his rookie season. Wouldn't he be even better when he gets more experience?
With Deng Fang here, Curry has no risk of injury. Wouldn’t Curry have to dominate the league for many years?!
Jordan only won the MVP in his fourth year after entering the league!
In addition, what makes other teams even more troublesome is that the Warriors' salary is very reasonable, with the best record in the league, and the total salary does not even exceed the poverty line!
What a terrible thing!
It seems unlikely that the Warriors’ payroll will explode and fall apart!
The Warriors' salary structure is very reasonable!
Leader Curry has a rookie contract, which is only over two million this year. The key is that he can still use it for three years!
Lopez is also a rookie, earning more than 2 million per year, and this is only his second year.
The one with the highest contract is Prince. He re-signed the contract after being traded to the Warriors. It is four years and more than 9 million per year.
A second-round pick like DeAndre Jordan only has $740,000 this year!
Livingston's salary is only a little higher than the base salary.
After all, the Warriors’ total salary is more than 10 million less than the poverty line!
There will be a fine if the salary is above the luxury tax line, and there will be a fine if the salary is below the poverty line.
But it's easier to handle if it's low than if it's high.
Those who fall below the poverty line will be fined, but the fines will eventually be divided equally among all the players in the team!
This is to prevent some teams from maliciously competing for the No. 1 pick, weakening their competitiveness, and only focusing on saving money, which will lead to a decline in the excitement of the NBA.
Although it is not cost-effective to be below the poverty line, it is still better than signing a junk contract randomly!
There have been so many junk contracts in NBA history that made team general managers so miserable that they wanted to chop off the signing hand!
Signing a contract is easy, but once the players fail to perform well, it will be in trouble.
It would be uncomfortable when he can only sit on the bench and you have to give him a lot of money!
That is equivalent to spending a lot of money to buy a bunch of rotten apples and holding them in your hands, giving them away for free, no one wants them, the money has been spent, and it still looks bad...
Therefore, people who sign must not be impulsive.
There are still many benefits to retaining a certain amount of salary space!
The first advantage is that it can maintain the flexibility of the team's lineup and make mistakes when there is an opportunity!
When a good player suddenly appears on the market, everyone will definitely want it, but a team without space cannot trade it at will!
Teams with space don’t have to worry about this!
Just eat it directly!
In addition, you can make money through this and reap benefits!
Every year, many teams that are above the luxury tax line make deals with teams that are below the salary cap, not only sending away players, but also providing many benefits.
Why?
Luxury tax!
Their only purpose is to save money.
However, if you don’t want to pay taxes, others certainly don’t want to pay taxes either.
There are two types of objects that can make such transactions.
One is a team above the salary cap.
To make a deal between a team that is above the luxury tax line and a team that is above the salary cap, both parties need to exchange players and have similar salaries, which is very demanding.
Of course, in such a deal, the players acquired by the super team usually have smaller contracts or non-guaranteed contracts, and can be waived upon arrival, thus reducing the total salary.
One party wants to reduce total salary and pay less luxury tax, while the other party wants to take advantage without paying tax.
But if you accept a junk contract, your total salary will increase a lot!
The difference between the salary cap and the luxury tax line is not that big!
It is not easy to complete such a transaction.
In order to compete for the championship and attract fans, many teams in the league have salaries above the salary cap, and many teams exceed the luxury tax line.
So the best trade targets are teams below the salary cap.
That is the second type.
Teams below the salary cap, especially teams below the poverty line, are the best trade targets!
Because there are no obstacles to trading with such a team, as long as the other party is willing to take over!
As long as the other party's total salary does not exceed the salary cap after taking over your junk contract!
You don’t need to receive any contract for this kind of deal, and the salary drop will be the most obvious and direct!
So such an object is the best choice.
There are many teams below the salary cap, but not many with large salary caps.
There are very few teams below the poverty line, with no more than three teams every year.
Such teams tend to rebuild the team and don't care about the record.
The players traded to you by a championship team will definitely not be capable players. They are basically junk contracts, and the players traded will not be of much use in rebuilding the team.
So almost all the benefits of such a deal go to teams that are above the luxury tax line.
You trade away an unnecessary player, spend less on the luxury tax, streamline the lineup, and free up roster spots.
Why should people help you?
Who would do something that does no good?
If you want people to agree, you have to give enough benefits.
People agree to such transactions just to make money!
Therefore, teams that are over the line often have to give the other side a lot of benefits!
The first benefit is cash compensation, but this amount is limited, generally within three million yuan.
The second benefit is draft picks!
If an over-the-line team trades an unnecessary player with a big contract to the other party, it needs to compensate the player with cash or give the other party draft rights.
The larger the total amount of the contract and the longer the term, the higher the draft picks sent will be and the more valuable they will be.
Many rebuilding teams maintain salary space just to make money and draft picks!
Cash is real money now, draft picks are future wealth!
