Lin Yu also made some calculations and felt that this was not much different from his inner bottom line.
"There is only a difference of US$4.58 million from my bottom line of US$56 million over four years. We can continue to negotiate..."
Jeff Schwartz shook his head: "Lin, I think you can pursue a real maximum salary."
Lin Yu listened intently, and Jeff Schwartz continued: "I have calculated it for you. If you enter the summer free market, the maximum maximum salary you can get is the four-year $64.28 million provided by the Cavaliers. If
If you sign with another team, you can get a maximum salary of $62 million over four years."
"In my opinion, if you enter the free market, a team will definitely offer you a four-year, $62 million maximum salary contract."
Then, Jeff Schwartz stopped talking, and the decision rested with Lin Yu.
Lin Yu is also thinking that if he enters the summer free market, he is mainly worried that the Cavaliers may give up on renewing Lin Yu's contract due to bids from other teams.
This is likely to happen, because the Cavaliers face huge pressure to renew their contract in the summer.
This season, the Cavaliers only have one contract worth tens of millions for Rashard Lewis, and one contract worth nearly ten million for Zarunas Ilgauskas.
In this way, the Cavaliers' salary space is close to exceeding the cap.
In the summer, the Cavaliers will complete three high-paying contract extensions, one with LeBron James, one with Rashard Lewis, and one with Lin Yu.
There are three contract extensions worth tens of millions or more, plus Big Z's contract next season will also exceed tens of millions. That's four tens of millions of contracts, and the Cavaliers' salary space will be stretched to the limit.
Dan Gilbert, the owner of the Cavaliers, is not considered poor in the entire NBA, but he is not considered rich either. In addition, relying on the small market of Cleveland, the Cavaliers must save every penny.
When renewing James' contract, the Cavaliers did not lower the price, but because the contract was renewed two seasons in advance, James' contract was already equivalent to a lower price.
If the contract is renewed this season, James' salary will be at least another US$4 million, spread out every year, which will be an additional US$1 million per year.
With three multi-million dollar contract extensions in the summer, plus an existing multi-million contract, the Cavaliers are a bit overwhelmed. Not to mention the Cavaliers, in fact, almost all teams in the league can't afford it in this era of 2007.
Such a huge salary.
Therefore, Lin Yu believes that if he insists on a maximum salary, the Cavaliers may not give him a maximum salary and let him flow into the free market and then join another team.
Lin Yu was thinking about what would happen if he only stayed with the Cavaliers for one season. The first thing he thought of was some of James' jokes.
If he stays in the Cavaliers, James' decision is one, brother basketball, not one, two or three...the difficulty of stealing these memes will become kindergarten level, because staying in the Cavaliers can ensure that James will not run around like in his previous life.
, you can also rely on James to quickly close his relationship with Wade and Anthony.
If he leaves the Cavaliers, everything will become quite difficult, at least at the high school level, because he will have to lead the team alone, and he will also have to steal and create trouble.
But then I thought about it, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain. Even if the knight left, he would have nothing to steal?
Thinking of this, Lin Yu asked again: "Then kill the maximum salary?"
Jeff Schwartz nodded heavily.
Jeff Schwartz nodded firmly, prompting Lin Yu to strengthen his determination: "Then take the maximum salary!"
He decided that in the summer, his first choice would still be the Cavaliers. If the Cavaliers offered him a maximum salary, he would stay with the team because it would be very easy to steal the money.
If not, he will choose a team that will give him the maximum salary. As for the increased difficulty of stealing, he believes he can overcome it.
During the recovery training, Lin Yu only shot a few baskets.
For lunch, the team restaurant gave the players an extra meal, a steak each and chicken sandwiches. The food was obviously very good.
Lin Yu sat at the dining table in the corner, eating the fully cooked steak in front of him.
Then he saw Rashad Lewis sitting opposite him, holding a medium-rare steak with bloodshot eyes.
"Lin, I heard that you are also negotiating with the team to renew your contract in advance?" Rashad Lewis glanced at Lin Yu's well-done steak and took the initiative to chat, but the topic had nothing to do with the well-done steak on Lin Yu's dinner plate.
About contract renewal? Lin Yu then thought that Rashard Lewis was also talking to the Cavaliers about renewing his contract in advance.
"Yes, are you also talking about renewing the contract in advance?"
Rashad Lewis nodded, and Lin Yu then asked: "What price will Danny Ferry give you?"
This question means that Lin Yu has taken the initiative in the dialogue. He can first understand Lewis's contract renewal status, and then selectively reveal his own contract renewal status.
Lewis obviously hesitated for a moment, but then he told Lin Yu truthfully: "Danny Ferry lowered the price so much that he was only willing to give me a contract with a starting salary of US$10 million."
Lewis has played in the NBA for nine seasons, which means next season, his starting salary can be 30% of the salary cap, which translates to $16.5 million.
Danny Ferry directly pushed for 10 million US dollars, but it was a bit too cruel.
But considering that after joining the Cavaliers, Rashard Lewis averaged only 17.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.1 steals per game, a starting salary of 10 million is considered reasonable.
It's just that for Rashard Lewis, he couldn't get the maximum salary he wanted at the peak of his career, which was obviously unacceptable to him.
Lin Yu nodded, and then informed the other party of his situation: "Danny Ferry also lowered my price. He gave me a starting salary of 11 million US dollars."
By the way, he calculated that if the contract extension is successful according to Danny Ferry's idea, the Cavaliers' salary next year will become: James's 13 million US dollars, Lin Yu's 11 million US dollars, Lewis's 10 million US dollars, and
Big Z’s $10 million.
The four of them alone have a combined salary of $44 million.
Add in the $9 million of Miller Sr., the $7 million of Drew Gooden, the $5 million of Joe Smith, the $3 million of Ira Newbell and the $3 million of Damien Wilkins, and this is
$71 million.
Next year's luxury tax line is about $63 million, which means that the Cavaliers will exceed the luxury tax line by $9 million, not counting Anderson Varejao, who also needs to renew his contract in the summer.
Is Dan Gilbert willing to pay this money? I'm afraid he is, but this is the salary after the price reduction. If the price is not reduced, Rashard Lewis will have to increase by 5 million US dollars or more, and Lin Yu will have to increase by 2 million US dollars.
, if added together, it would directly exceed the luxury tax line by US$16 million.
If the tax exceeds one penny, you will have to pay one more penny.
Lin Yu shook his head secretly: Regardless of whether the Cavaliers win the playoffs or not, they will undergo a drastic change in the summer.
Either several role players with high salaries leave, or one of him and Rashard Lewis will be given up.
However, his private communication with Rashad Lewis strengthened his idea and refused to renew the contract in advance. He wanted to test the free market!
In the afternoon's home game against the Bulls, perhaps stimulated by the contract extension, Rashard Lewis broke out, scoring 25 points and 10 rebounds on 9-for-17 shooting.
Lin Yu also played well, scoring 21 points on 8-for-15 shooting, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.
Together with James, who scored 24 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 steals, the Big Three scored 70 points together. The Cavaliers, who were in great form, got off to a good start after the All-Star weekend.
