You are only allowed to form the Big Three and are not allowed to trade or sign free agents?
Yao Ming is a retired player and a completely free agent. Where he wants to go is his own business. It only concerns himself and no one else can interfere.
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The labor and management parties have reached an agreement on a new agreement, which means the NBA lockout is over.
The nearly five-month lockout has had a huge impact on both labor and management, the NBA's brand influence, and all aspects, especially the economy.
Although Stern keeps saying that the needs of fans are the reason why labor and management ended the lockout, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the inability to tolerate increasing losses is the fundamental reason why management made concessions.
Of course, the players have also suffered huge losses during this lockout. The first-line superstars, led by Kobe Bryant, have made more than N dollars less in the new season.
According to Stern, the NBA's profits per season in recent years have been around US$4 billion. According to the 50/50 revenue sharing principle, the players' total profit share in the new season will be US$2 billion. Now the regular season of the new season will remain
66 games, which means the players will lose close to 19.5% of profits - in other words, even if the players formally adopt the new collective bargaining agreement in the next vote, they will lose $390 million in the new season.
From a player's perspective, the higher the salary, the greater the loss!
There is no doubt that Kobe is the player who will suffer the most severe losses in the new season - "Peter Pan"'s salary for the new season is as high as 25.244 million U.S. dollars. Calculated by playing 66 games in the regular season, he will lose 4.92 million U.S. dollars.
Although Kobe can make up for this loss through endorsement ads off the court, there is no doubt that the lost salary is irreparable.
In addition to Kobe, the losses of Lewis, Duncan, Garnett, Arenas, Nowitzki, Gasol, Anthony, Stoudemire and Joe Johnson also ranked among the top in the league.
In fact, every time there is a shutdown, all parties lose a lot of money.
During the lockout 13 years ago, the players' economic losses due to the shortened season reached US$600 million, while the league's economic losses were as high as US$1.5 billion.
Although this year's lockout is not as long as the 1998-99 season, the economic impact on both labor and management is far greater than 13 years ago.
When the league was suspended in the 1998-99 season, there were only 50 games left in the regular season, which affected players' salaries and advertising endorsements. The loss of 32 games resulted in players' economic losses reaching US$600 million.
Of course, NBA owners have also suffered considerable economic losses. The team's main sources of income are tickets, sponsors and television broadcasts. The shortened season has caused the team to be affected in these three incomes, the most important of which is due to the shortened season.
As a result, fans were disappointed with the team and stadium attendance dropped sharply.
Data shows that for four consecutive seasons starting from the 1998-99 season, the average attendance at NBA stadiums has been less than 17,000 people.
In fact, the NBA suffered the greatest losses in the 1998-99 shortened season.
As the main body of NBA operations, income from many aspects including television broadcasts, sponsors, and franchised product operations was affected. The league ultimately lost as much as 1.5 billion U.S. dollars.
In addition, the three major U.S. broadcasters that purchased NBA broadcast rights suffered a loss of US$200 million in broadcast fees.
On paper alone, the economic loss caused by the 32-game suspension reached $2.3 billion. This does not include losses from sponsors. The largest sneaker sponsor’s stock fell by nearly 8% during the lockout 13 years ago.
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Obviously the shutdown has a huge impact on the economic interests of all parties!
However, the harm of this year's lockout is far greater than that of the 1998-99 season, especially when the league has suffered losses for consecutive years, the negative impact of such a lockout has been infinitely magnified.
In terms of players, David Stern has canceled all games in the first six weeks, a total of 321 games, and the players’ direct economic losses have reached 530 million US dollars!
The alliance's losses were more than $1.2 billion!
Coupled with the US$200 million loss from the preseason, the total economic losses for both labor and management from the cancellation of games for only one and a half months amounted to US$1.93 billion.
It can be seen from the above figures that during the NBA shutdown, the economic losses of the owners were much higher than those of the players, with at least twice the gap between the two.
One thing is certain, because the team's income has been greatly affected by this suspension - in fact, due to the league's consecutive losses in recent years, many advertisers have already hoped to suspend cooperation with the NBA, and this suspension is just an opportunity for them to get out.
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Therefore, the league will lose a lot of advertising sponsorship in the 2011-12 shortened season that is about to begin!
Last season the league's revenue in this area was US$600 million, and it is still unknown whether it can reach half of that in the new season.
More importantly, although this year's lockout is not too long, the NBA has lost a large number of fans. It is believed that stadium attendance in the new season will show the same downward trend as after the lockout 13 years ago.
The economic crisis of 2007-2008 had a great impact on the United States, and it has not retreated until now.
Therefore, in such a general environment, both labor and management are unwilling to give in easily in the face of interests during the negotiation process, which makes this labor negotiation far more naked than it was 13 years ago.
On the economic front, the impact of this year's shutdown will gradually become apparent after the start of the new season.
Of course, although they all have influences, each team is still very different.
Teams in big markets have suffered more losses, but their ability to attract money is also stronger, so they are more confident.
For example, the famous financial magazine "Forbes" recently evaluated the market value of current NBA teams, and the top ones are almost all teams from big markets!
New York Knicks, Lakers, Warriors, Bulls, Celtics, Rockets, Mavericks, Heat, Suns, Spurs...
Although the Knicks are a bad team, they are still ranked first. This team has a unique advantage. In a luxurious city like New York, the most enthusiastic fans are the foundation they can't rely on.
After the Knicks welcomed Stoudemire in the summer of 2010, Forbes evaluated their market value at US$655 million. With the addition of Carmelo Anthony and Billups after the trade deadline, this team became luxurious.
The lineup will undoubtedly increase their market value even more.
There is no doubt that the Lakers rank at the top - the long history of basketball, the metropolis, and the dazzling Hollywood, located in the city of Los Angeles, have made the Lakers one of the most successful teams in the league. "Forbes" valued them
It's $643 million.
The same is true for the Bulls. With the addition of Boozer and the growth of Rose, the economic value of this team is getting higher and higher. Although it is still unrealistic to compare the current Bulls with the Jordan era, at least he has achieved true success.
recovery. In the "Forbes" team market value list, they are US$511 million.
The most conspicuous among the top teams is the Warriors!
Previously, the Warriors had been ranked at the back, even in the bottom three!
Although they have the best group of fans in the league, the Warriors have always been a weak team before, which has a great impact on the Warriors' market value.
No one likes to watch the team lose!
But in the past two years since Deng Fang arrived, the Warriors' market value has soared to the forefront!
Two championships, gorgeous style of play, cute Curry at the helm, and incredible record. As long as it is a home game, it is basically a carnival!
It’s unreasonable if there are still people who don’t like this kind of team!
Therefore, the market value of the Warriors has soared rapidly, even to the point where it is on par with the Knicks and Lakers!
Warriors owner Cohan is no longer talking about selling the team!
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The lockout is over and each team has begun preparations for the new season.
The first thing to do is to trade signed players!
Players under contract cannot be traded during the lockout, and free agent signings have also been suspended.
Now you can start all this.
The first thing the Warriors did was sign Yao Ming.
After Yao Ming officially signed with the Warriors, his contract was also exposed.
8 million in the first year, 12 million in the second year, and 20 million in the third year!
This contract was also specially designed by Deng Fang.
Yao Ming's salary was obviously low in the first year, but it was very high in the third year!
This past season, Yao Ming's salary was 17.69 million, and Yao Ming has already retired. If he had not retired, with his injured body, it would be difficult for him to get a contract worth more than 10 million in the league.
Even if the Rockets were considering emotional factors and the Chinese market, they would not give Yao Ming a multi-year contract worth more than 15 million.
After all, Yao Ming only played 5 games in the first two seasons!
Before Deng Fang treated Yao Ming, anyone would have been worried about Yao Ming's injuries!
Yao Ming is able to get so much money now entirely because of Deng Fang's existence!
Of course, if Yao Ming goes to the league to sign with a team in his current state, he should be able to get an annual salary of about 20 million.
But that would be too unjust!
Deng Fang treated Yao Ming without asking for a penny!
Based on Deng Fang’s previous asking price, the minimum price to treat Yao Ming would be 10 million!
Therefore, the contract between Yao Ming and the Warriors is not a loss at all for Yao Ming!
What's more, as long as Yao Ming comes back and performs well, there will be a lot of commercial endorsements coming!
Domestic merchants alone will be overwhelmed!
For stars, the money they get off the court is much better than on the court!
If Yao Ming retires, although he will have an endorsement contract, the money he earns will definitely be less than half due to his exposure!
If you don't play basketball and don't go into the entertainment industry, your topics will become less and less popular, and your attention will be getting lower and lower. Why should people give you so much money?
When playing with the Warriors, given the Warriors' current strength, Yao Ming has a great chance of winning the championship.
For Chinese basketball fans, it has always been their dream to win the championship with Yao Ming as the main player!
Moreover, with the Warriors' fast-paced style of play that focuses on offense, Yao Ming's statistics will definitely not be bad!
Being able to perform well, win a championship, and greatly increase your exposure, in this case, sponsors will come to you like crazy!
It doesn’t matter how much the Warriors are paid!
What's more, in the Warriors, you can stay healthy and play happy basketball. For this reason, Yao Ming will not be dissatisfied with the lack of money!
Health is priceless!
Happiness is priceless!
Therefore, even if the Warriors give Yao Ming less money, Yao Ming will not lose!
What's more, the money given by the Warriors is not much less!
As fellow strangers, Deng Fang would not treat Yao Ming badly!
After signing Yao Ming, the Warriors' total salary has reached 59 million!
There are currently 13 players under contract with the Warriors: Curry, Lowry, Azubuike, Laga Bell, Klay Thompson, Prince, Tucker, Hayward, Ariza, Kirilenko
, Lopez Jr., Lopez Jr., Yao Ming.
Among them, those with higher annual salaries include Yao Ming with 8 million, Kirilenko with 8 million, Prince with 9 million, Azubuike with 9 million, Ariza with 7 million, and Lowry with 8 million.
Other than that, players basically have rookie contracts and basic salary contracts.
Even Curry is still in his rookie contract, and his annual salary next season will only be 3.12 million!
Of course, the total salary of 59 million is a lot, and the Warriors don't have much salary space anymore.
Because Yi Jianlian hasn’t signed the contract yet!
With the end of the lockout, the players union has voted to approve the new collective bargaining agreement, and the league has also announced the salary cap and luxury tax trigger line for the new season - the salary cap for the 2011-2012 season is US$58.044 million, and the luxury tax trigger line is US$58.044 million.
70.307 million US dollars, while the team's minimum salary is 46.435 million US dollars.
In other words, the Warriors' total salary has exceeded the salary cap and is not far from the luxury tax line.
For Deng Fang, exceeding the luxury tax line is not an option.
We are the team owners and part of the management!
We are here to make money, not charity!
Yao Ming's signing was settled, and the Warriors made several more transactions.
First, the Warriors traded away Livingston and Belinelli.
Livingston is very useful, but now the Warriors have too many people to use, and he is a bit useless in the team.
Livingston's biggest problem is that he doesn't have three-pointers, which is fatal for a defender.
Especially now that the Warriors have Lowry!
Livingston's defense is good, but Lowry's defense is better!
And Lowry still has three points!
With Deng Fang here, Curry and Lowry are enough at the point guard position.
So Deng Fang instructed general manager Tim to trade Livingston away.
The separation now is for the reunion in the future!
Livingston will be back in two years.
He doesn't have much playing time with the Warriors, so he might as well let Livingston go out and practice!
Another point is that Livingston is still very popular in the market.
I think Livingston was known as a magician back then!
As long as he stays healthy, Livingston has the strength to be the starting point guard.
And with Deng Fang here, Livingston cannot be unhealthy!
It is very easy to sell Livingston because his contract is extremely cheap: Livingston's current annual salary is only 1.5 million!
With the strength of the starting point guard, two championships in hand, rich experience, and a minimum salary contract, where can you find such a player?
In the end, after Tim's bargaining, the Warriors exchanged Livingston for a first-round and non-guaranteed contract!
The non-guaranteed contract will be waived as soon as it is obtained, so the Warriors will make a net profit of one first-rounder!
In addition, the Warriors also sent away Belinelli through a sign-and-trade.
Belinelli's contract expires this summer, and Deng Fang does not want to keep him.
Belinelli's three-pointers are accurate, but his defense is not good and he doesn't have much playing time with the Warriors.
It’s great to give it away when you don’t need it and earn something along the way!
These are players from the championship team!
He is also the player who has played a simplified version of the splash tactic with Curry!
After the Warriors started a three-point craze, players like Belinelli are still very popular.
In the end, the Warriors traded Belinelli for a protected first-round pick.
Although it was a late first-round pick, it was not bad!
