Healing Basketball

  Chapter 743 743. The most embarrassing contract renewal!

   But even so, the Knicks have maintained the number one profit for 8 years, and they were surpassed after all!

  The last time a team had a higher profit than the Knicks was the Bulls in the 1996-97 season. In the 97-98 season, although the Bulls completed three consecutive championships, their profits were not as high as the Knicks.

   This matter has aroused heated discussions among the media and fans.

   In the evening, the Pistons fired the first shot of this offseason!

  The Pistons completed the contract extension with Ben Wallace for 4 years and 50 million US dollars.

  When Liu Xiu saw the news, the first adjective that popped up in his mind-gamble!

  Ben Wallace will be 32 years old in September this year. With Ben's physical condition and style of play, it is impossible for him to perform at the tens of millions annual salary level at the age of thirty-four or five.

   Not to mention thirty-five or six, judging from the current salary in this era, even if Ben Wallace is expensive as a 3rd DPOY, theoretically he can't get an annual salary of tens of millions.

  Liu Xiu remembers that in the original time and space, Ben Wallace went to the Bulls to get a 4-year pension after he became famous.

The reason why he was able to get that contract was that the Bulls were too anxious to achieve results. Chandler grew up too slowly. He had been a defensive center for 5 years. Still tall and tall, the Bulls didn't want to wait any longer, they sold Chandler and rushed to Big Ben.

  At that time, the old club Pistons were unwilling to give Big Ben an annual salary of tens of millions.

  The Pistons here are willing to give this salary, and now it is for the championship.

  But the core reason is that the Pistons have made money, and the disclosed profit is more than 14 million US dollars.

   You must know that in the 2004-05 season, the Pistons did everything they could, did not pay the luxury tax, and still had Carter in hand, and they still lost millions.

  In the season that just ended, the Pistons earned more than 70 million dollars in salary, paid several million dollars in luxury taxes, and earned more than 10 million dollars.

   It is understandable to increase investment.

   However, Liu Xiu still thinks things are too simple...

  The next morning, the 76ers officially announced that they used the Houston clause to amnesty Chris Webber to free up salary space and look at the free market.

  In the afternoon, the Pistons held a press conference. First of all, they announced that they would renew their contract with Yao Ming with a starting salary of $14.32 million and a full maximum salary of $88 million for five years.

   But this news is not the most important news, it is just expected.

   The fact that the Pistons are willing to renew their contract with such a contract must have reached an intention to renew the contract with Yao Ming.

  The second signing announced by the Pistons shocked the basketball world-they signed a 1+1 contract with player options with Webber.

   When Liu Xiu saw the news, he called him a good guy!

  Webber played 78 games with the 76ers last season, and his shooting percentage was a bit poor, 41%. He averaged 20 shots per game, scored 20.2 points and 3.4 assists, and averaged 9.9 rebounds per game.

   But no matter how unbearable it is, the basic salary must be as cost-effective as possible.

  Although the Pistons have not announced the details of the contract, the contracts they can give are nothing more than basic salary, two-year exception, and middle class.

  If it is a two-year special case or middle class, it will be made clear in the press conference that it is the highest treatment that can be given.

   But without elaborating, it must be the basic salary.

   With such a substitute, the Pistons ushered in a qualitative reinforcement inside!

  …

   Two days before the free market, the overall runner-up Pistons stole the show.

Liu Xiu only regards Webber as a strong signing for the Pistons inside the bench. The media hype is not like this. What they hype is the super inside group of Yao Ming + Daben + Webber. It seems that the strength of the three is 1+1+ 1 is greater than 3.

In contrast, the Trail Blazers entered the free market with nothing. The news about them-Aaron Williams joined the Clippers for $4.5 million in two years, Payton retired, and the newly selected Senegalese center cut Ke Sabo is unable to join the NBA due to contract issues with European clubs…

  The contracts of Deshaun Stevenson, Blake, and Fred Jones expired, and the prospect of contract renewal is unknown.

  The good news is that Mourning only renewed his contract for one year.

  But the Trail Blazers were not in a hurry at all, and Liu Xiu had no polish in his heart. After Payton officially announced his retirement, he took Payton to eat a meal to celebrate their continuing to be colleagues.

After retiring, Payton joined the Trail Blazers in situ, but did not become an assistant coach as the media speculated at the beginning, but became a scout with free work. He personally began to prepare to open a sports bar. Liu Xiu also entered A little stock.

  The Trail Blazers had already anticipated this situation, and Liu Xiu was also mentally prepared.

   It is said that Weber got permission from the 76ers before the draft to contact other teams.

  But Weber didn’t contact them who had just won the championship at all. They knew that Weber was going to be pardoned. They saw the news that Weber had been pardoned, and then they saw the news that Weber joined the Pistons.

  This is also the reason why Liu Xiu directly yelled "We want a dynasty" after the finals. He wanted to let those veterans who dream of the championship know that their Trail Blazers are not satisfied with two consecutive championships, and have greater ambitions.

   As for whether other teams will be more resistant to trading with them because of this... They are already very resistant to trading with them, and it doesn't matter if they resist a little bit.

Now, what Liu Xiu has to do is to wait patiently, waiting for the team to retain last season's championship team as much as possible, try to introduce the players they want in the free market, and compete with other teams for the limelight in the free market. , It doesn't matter at all, at the moment, what can be more famous than two consecutive championships?

  However, Liu Xiu is a professional in stealing the limelight...

  …

   On the morning of July 7, the Trail Blazers held a press conference in Los Angeles and announced that they had renewed their contracts with Deshaun Stevenson for two years and Blake for one year.

   And thank Fred Jones for his contributions over the past two years, and hope he will have a better life after joining the Raptors.

  Yesterday, the Raptors officially announced the signing of Fred Jones for $10 million in three years.

  The Trail Blazers are also willing to give this contract, but the Raptors promised to start the position of shooting guard, and the Trail Blazers chose to let it go without delaying others.

The media came all the way, definitely not to see these little fish and shrimp. In the end, the Trail Blazers officially announced that they would renew their contract with Liu Xiu in advance with a starting salary of $17.19 million and $58 million for three years. , The contract came into effect in the 07-08 season.

  'The warden's exception' is not a mandatory clause, but the Trail Blazers gave it without any suspense!

   This is big news, the kind that explodes in topicality.

  However, the big dog will not come to the press conference just to spend the 58 million dollars...

Paul Allen and Liu Xiu signed and shook hands, and after the reporters finished taking pictures, they continued: "In addition to the salary that Jess deserves, in order to thank Jess for his contribution to the team, starting today, the team's special plane will be at When there is no team business, Jess has the right to use the private plane. We will provide Jess with a high number of on-site tickets to the Rose Garden Arena for his family and friends, as well as up to 10 tickets for each game of the Seattle Falcons. Ticket supply…”

  (end of this chapter)