All I Really Want Is To Play Basketball Chapter 317: Big guy buried mine, Su Feng clause
According to the new regulations after the labor-management negotiations, and the requirements put forward by Su Feng, the Raptors uniform team quickly reached a 5-year total value of about 54 million with Duffy, with a starting salary of 9 million, and the final year It is a player option, and a verbal agreement to veto the transaction is added to the contract.
Because Su Feng has no bird rights relationship with the Raptors, according to the oral agreement reached between the two parties, the Raptors intend to formally complete the renewal of the contract with Su Feng on July 1, when the free agent market opens.
Just when the team general manager Grewward and owner Chad were preparing to open champagne to celebrate their success in leaving Su Feng...
Next door, Griffith, the battered Griffith owner, quit.
This year, with the Raptors winning the championship, Vancouver fans have already become the shape of the Raptors.
Look at the sluggish market of the Grizzlies, and then look at the attention of the explosion of the Raptors...
Can you say Griffith is not in a hurry?
I think back then, when the Raptors and Grizzlies joined the NBA together, everyone was a difficult brother, but now...
I think of the future full of expectations after the Raptors renewed their contract with Su Feng...
Griffith admitted that he was sour.
On the 22nd, at the season summary meeting of the league’s bosses, watching Chad, who kept taking advantage of the break in the meeting to learn about the championship parade, Griffith said at the meeting:
"I really can't imagine that an MVP player like Su will earn a mere $9 million next year!"
According to the regulations after labor-management negotiations, because the starting salary of a player's contract is related to the number of years of veteran playing in the NBA and the salary space of the team, the highest starting salary that Su Feng can get after ending his rookie contract is 9 million US dollars.
Next, because Su Feng has no bird rights, he naturally cannot enjoy the highest salary increase for renewing the contract with the parent team like Kobe and Iverson.
In the original time and space of Su Feng, in order to obtain bird rights in the Warriors in the future, Durant and the Warriors adopted a method of signing a short contract first, and then signing a large contract.
Be aware that in the NBA, there is also a gap between the maximum salary and the maximum salary.
The reason why there is such a gap is because of the details that the league added to protect small and medium-sized teams in the 98/99 labor negotiations.
Therefore, theoretically speaking, after labor negotiations, NBA players who want to get the theoretical absolute maximum salary generally have to wait until the third major contract, or play in the NBA for a certain number of years.
It is obvious that these rules and regulations also laid the fuse for the future shutdown.
Because as Griffith said, although Su Feng is only 21 years old, as the MVP, he can only get 9 million US dollars next year.
Some All-Star players who haven't even touched the floor in the semifinals benefit from the NBA before the labor negotiations, and will receive nearly $17 million in salary next season...
Do you say this is fair?
Therefore, as a "righteous person", Griffith believes that he must stand up to create a wave of injustice for Su Feng.
"I also think that an MVP like Su, who only took 9 million US dollars, is really incredible."
On the side, Old Buss, who knew what Griffith wanted to do, echoed after listening to Griffith's words.
As a natural opposition to the players, it seems that Griffith and Buzz are trying to raise Su Feng's salary, but in fact, these people have other plans in their hearts.
After weighing the pros and cons in his heart, as one of the participants in this meeting, Stern also discovered a very serious problem.
That is, if the Raptors can really sign Su Feng with this extremely cost-effective maximum salary contract, then he will have a headache if he wants to dismantle the Raptors again.
Because Su Feng will only take more than 1 million dollars less than Kobe, Iverson and others every year in the future, but for the NBA of this era, more than 1 million dollars in salary space is enough to make the Raptors free. The player market has signed a high-quality veteran to supplement the team's immediate strength.
So, to favor the Raptors is to favor the Raptors...
For Stern, who does not want the NBA to have a monopoly for too long, the thunder that should be buried for this Raptors must be buried.
In addition, in Stern's view, if a supernova like Su Feng cannot match his worth, it will easily make future young people lose their motivation to fight.
So, after discussing for an afternoon, Stern and the bosses decided to take advantage of the opportunity of Su Feng's contract renewal to increase the motivation for future young people to play.
And Raptors owner Chad, when he noticed that so many people were watching the renewal of Raptors and Su Feng, he couldn't help but feel a sense of crisis.
As soon as he returned to Toronto, Chad approached Grewward to discuss and informed Grewward of the meeting.
After hearing the news, Grewward had to smile wryly: "It seems that we have to negotiate a new contract with Su Lai."
"I have the same idea, no matter what he wants, we will give it." Chad nodded.
Although he is usually stingy, Chad knows very well that the more other teams are looking forward to the Raptors' death, the more he has to keep Su Feng.
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"Huh? The'Su Feng Clause'?"
On the 23rd, when I learned from Bill Duffy that the league was about to launch the "Su Feng Clause", Su Feng, who was practicing with Fraser at the time, almost didn't have a sip of Gatorade on Fraser. Face.
"Yes, if we follow the new rules, we can get 30% of the starting salary." Duffy smiled on the phone.
I drop a Westbrook...
In this life, Su Feng never expected that because of his own relationship, the "Ross Clause" would be born in the 1990s.
"What does the Raptors management mean?" Su Feng asked curiously.
"They mean that after the new rules are released, they will renew your contract and give you the treatment that MVP players deserve." Duffy said.
Su Feng nodded, I have to say that the Raptors are indeed full of sincerity in this contract renewal negotiation with him.
Just...
The difference with the starting salary, which takes up 25% of the team’s salary space, is 30%...
His————!
After taking a sigh of relief, Su Feng quickly realized how difficult it is for a team to create a dynasty in the NBA.
Because Stern had already begun to mine the Raptors without even waiting for the future.
It seems that the "Su Feng Clause" is about processing salary for himself, but in fact, Su Feng is very clear that this is to compress the Raptors' future salary space by processing salary for himself.
Smart!
It's so smart!
Different from the "joke" who only knows how to play bad tricks behind the scenes, Stern, who has always only played arrogant tricks in the dismantling of teams, has to be convinced even in terms of leveling a bowl of water.
Since this clause is named after him, it is impossible for Su Feng to refuse a raise?
Wake up, for Su Feng, who has now changed his ideal of life to become the number one player in basketball, to the pinnacle of his life, and marrying Bai Fumei, he will not do the kind of stupid things that damage his reputation.
Furthermore, Su Feng has no reason to help the Raptors save money.
In addition, Stern may not believe it, and Su Feng will go by himself without even having to dismantle it in the future.
So, after thinking for a while, Su Feng said to Duffy: "Then I will add a condition to this renewal."
On the phone, when I heard that Su Feng had to make a request, Duffy felt that it was Su Feng that he said to him, because if this was changed to someone else, Duffy would definitely kick it over. .
"This is also Steve's contract year, right?
So, the condition I want to add is that the Raptors must first renew their contract with Steve after the free agent market opens, otherwise I won't play no matter how much money is given to me. "Su Feng said.
"Huh?" On the phone, Duffy was shocked.
Nash doesn’t fight, so don’t you fight?
Wait...
Duffy, who is also Nash's agent, always feels that he has been cheated by Su Feng.
Because if he just ran to make a request to the Raptors, then think about how the world will treat him Duffy by then.
Although Su Feng's move is equivalent to indirectly helping Nash and himself, but this will inevitably be thought that Duffy is a vampire agent, taking the opportunity to blackmail the Raptors.
However...
Faced with Su Feng's decisive attitude, the honest man Duffy was destined to only take the blame for Su Feng.
Sure enough, when Duffy transferred Su Feng's original words to the Raptors uniform team, Grewward hated the "insatiable" Bill Duffy in his heart.
However, facing this Su Feng's agent, even if Grewward didn't care about his anger, he still had to smile.
Actually, Su Feng asked Duffy to make such a request because he was worried that because of the "Su Feng clause", the Raptors would squeeze Nash in the next contract extension with Nash, which would lead to Nash's heart. Dissatisfied with birth, leave the team directly.
You know, as the helmsman of the Toronto Black Pearl, Su Feng’s organizational talents can now all rely on Nash...Ah, yeah, the Raptors’ offense next season is all dependent on Nash. .
Therefore, although there are other point guards on the market to choose from, if Su Feng must be chosen, at least in his Toronto career, the man he hopes to be at the helm...
It's Nash.
And obviously, Su Feng's worry is right.
Because even if the Raptors are soaring this season, Chad's stingy attributes are unlikely to change.
In competitive sports, there are always fans who question some team owners.
That is, the team can clearly win the championship with a little more money, but why are these bosses unwilling to spend money?
In the world of sports, bosses like Chad are no longer in the minority.
Su Feng's previous life, when he was a fan, he couldn't understand why the Manchester United boss wanted to let go of Ronaldo, why AC Milan wanted to let go of Kaka, or even why Alexander was not willing to invest more in Yao Mai.
In this life, after thinking from the perspective of capitalists, these problems were quickly solved.
Because for capitalists, if they can spend the least money to achieve success, why not do it?
From the perspective of making money, spending less money means making money.
So, when Grewward decided to provide Su Feng with a new contract, Chad also gave Grewward a death order to save money in other areas.
When McGrady’s rookie contract benefits are still available for a year, in Chad’s view, it’s not impossible for the team to pay some luxury tax appropriately, but if the salary cap exceeds the standard too much, then he will win the championship. It's hard to make money back.
Before the NBA’s new television agreement was negotiated, in fact, in the NBA, there were only one or two teams that could make money.
Therefore, at Chad's instruction, Grewward did intend to give Nash a slightly lower contract than market conditions.
But...
Now forced by Duffy's lewd prestige of "bringing Su Feng to order the uniform group", he Grewward, even with ten heads, would not dare to press Nash's price anymore.
"Sue, I heard Bill say, I didn't expect you to help me like this."
Toronto, when he learned that he had been favored by Su Feng again, at this moment, that is, Nash is no longer a female, otherwise he must be able to agree.
According to the preliminary agreement that the Raptors proposed to Nash, Nash will sign a 5-year contract with the Raptors with a total value of approximately US$33 million.
This contract is about 5 million larger than the contract signed by Nash in Mavericks in Su Feng's previous life, because Nash in this life has a championship bonus.
In addition, like Su Feng, Nash also chose the player option in the last year of his contract.
Because although Nash, a Canadian, likes playing in Toronto very much, he also saw the "future" of the Raptors from this negotiation.
Nash knew very well that it would be difficult for this Raptors to form such a strong team after the contract with him, Daben and Su Feng expired.
So, he doesn't want to surrender his destiny to this small team by then.
After completing the contract extension of Su Feng and Nash successively, Joe Smith, as Su Feng expected, came to bid farewell to his teammates before the team's championship parade began.
At present, there are not a few teams willing to provide Joe Smith with a large contract. In this life, without the shackles of the Yin and Yang contract, not only is the future of Joe Smith brighter, but also after the league’s penalty, the Timberwolves’ The future will be more predictable.
In a daze, Su Feng, who had already smashed history, was preparing to participate in the team's championship parade, and at the same time he began to look at the 1999 draft convention list and fell into contemplation.
In the 1999 draft, there were two famous international players.
One is Kirilenko, nicknamed "AK47".
The other is Ginobili, nicknamed "Pampas Vulture".
Su Feng's previous life, the two will be selected by the Jazz and Spurs at the 24th place in the first round and the end of the second round respectively.
Judging from the two draft picks that the Raptors have this year, if you want to choose Kirilenko, the Raptors must trade up.
Because of the excellent performance of the Raptors in the 98/99 season, their two draft picks this year are relatively low.
However, Su Feng did not intend to bother with these two great gods this time.
Because Kirilenko and Ginobili both have a fatal problem, that is, they have contracts with their old European clubs.
If Su Feng remembers correctly, Kirilenko will have to wait until 2001 to be able to land in the NBA, and Ginobili will be even later. This product will not be able to land in the NBA until 2002.
Su Feng's previous life, in the 1999 NBA Draft, the two men's draft picks were not high, which was related to their contract with the European team.
For the current Raptors, there is no doubt that combat power is what the Raptors most urgently need.
In addition, it is certain that Su Feng will leave the Raptors in the future, so he does not want to work hard to train new people for the Raptors.
Be aware that when Ginobili and Kirilenko finish leveling, Su Feng may have left the Raptors by then.
Moreover, even if Su Feng could use his mouth to persuade Kirilenko and Ginobili to join the NBA in advance, it would be useless.
Because the NBA restricts the team's buyout fee for international players, this time, Raptors owner Chad couldn't do it even if he wanted to spend money.
So, at Su Feng's suggestion, Davis quickly handed over his reinforcement plan to Grewward's hands.
There are a lot of top quality rookies in 1999, so if you can trade up, trade up as much as possible.
And if you can't trade up, then use these two draft picks as a bargaining chip to exchange for a shield that can carry O'Neal.
For Su Feng, who knows how perverted O'Neal will be next season, in his opinion, if the Raptors want to defend their title next season, they must plan from now on how to sink the fathead.
After all, the lineup consists of O'Neal, Kobe, Rice, Lewis and others. From the perspective of book strength, this Laker is definitely stronger than the one in Su Feng's memory.
As for the opponents in the east...
I won't talk about opponents like Pacers and Heat.
After practicing for the first grade, the ghost knows how strong the Celtics will become next season...
There is a saying~IndoMTL.com~ The Raptors want to defend their title next season, and the difficulty is absolutely galactic.
"This title is very important..."
On this day, Su Feng silently sighed in his heart, touching his falling hair.
Because if he didn't win this championship this season, then he wants to win the championship in the future. I really don't know how long he will have to wait.
In short, it's good to lead at the start.
But if you forget the awe of this era, it will only be a matter of time before Su Feng is overtaken...
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PS: I never expected that I was almost closed by this chapter. The brains that were pretty good after checking the information were almost bald. (200 waits for ROLL in the evening, Qiaoxian codeword, counting the 9th, currently still owes 2 chapters!)
PS2: You lick too, I lick too, YYGQ is less, you also boast, I also boast, A quiet update is like going home.
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