Almighty Athlete Chapter 177: The door of the NBA
"10 gold medals! How could humans do this! I guess it must be a The Phenomenon in Zhang Guan!"
"The world record for eight events in track and field? Is he still playing tennis? Is he still playing basketball? Is Zhang Guan superman? I suggest that he should be grabbed and then analyzed anatomically, maybe there will be any unexpected discoveries!"
"I think Zhang Guan is a reformer created by China’s secret experiment, yes, like the super warriors in the movie, Zhang Guan is the kind of successful experiment, otherwise how could it be so powerful!"
Various ridicules from foreign audiences are being played on TV. The 10 gold medals won at the Olympic Games are indeed enough to shock the world.
Ordinary people abroad are actually very gossip. Many people may not pay special attention to the Olympic Games, but they are more cautious about some new things. The 10 gold medals were still won in three different projects. Everything Zhang Guan did in this Olympic Games was used as material to make a movie alone.
In fact, there is indeed a film production company contacting Zhang Guan, hoping to make his deeds into a movie.
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Los Angeles, USA.
The general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers Kupchak is being interviewed by a local media in Los Angeles.
"Mr. Kupchak, the next question is that the quadrennial Olympic Games have ended. Unfortunately, our men’s basketball dream team once again missed the gold medal, and it was Zhang Guan that finally completed the lore. During the whole game, Zhang Guan performed very well. Not only did he get a large double-double, but he also did not fall out when he faced Kobe 1:1. We noticed that Zhang Guan in this year’s NBA draft, Was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers at the 58th pick, is the Los Angeles Lakers ready to sign the contract with Zhang Guan?" the female reporter asked with a smile on her face.
"That's for sure!" Kupchak said with a smile: "As long as Zhang Guan is willing, we can always give him a big contract! The Los Angeles Lakers badly need a good player like Zhang Guan! In fact, we have already Send someone to contact the agent of Zhang Guan to discuss Zhang Guan joining the NBA."
"So how do you think Zhang Guan is likely to enter the NBA?" The beauty reporter then asked.
"This depends on whether Zhang Guan is willing to come to the United States. We all know that Zhang Guan is not just participating in a competition. The world’s greatest athlete is a busy man! So the final decision is in the hands of Zhang Guan. But we always welcome the arrival of Zhang Guan, and the Lakers' doors will always be open to him!" Kupchak said.
After finishing the interview, Kupchak breathed a sigh of relief. He opened his e-mail and checked for new mail.
In a new email, the Heat’s general manager Pat Riley asked Kupchak if there is a possibility of trading Zhang Guan signing rights.
"Fools only trade!" Kupchak muttered to himself.
This is not the first time he has received a similar email. Before again, he has rejected several teams.
Although the Los Angeles Lakers lost to Boston Celtics in the finals last season, it is undeniable that he is still the top team in the NBA, at least they are not weak in winning odds. On Celtics. If Zhang Guan is just a potential newcomer, Kupchak may choose to trade because the current Lakers have no time to wait for a newcomer to grow, even if the other side will become another Jordan. But now Zhang Guan is obviously an instant fighting force, and when he comes to play, Kupchak will certainly not trade.
"Three months ago, when we chose Zhang Guan at the draft, I don’t know how many people were spraying us. Now that we see it, we picked up the treasure. We ranked 58th in the second round and picked one. Top player!" Kupchak was complacent.
At this moment, Kupchak’s phone rang, and the caller ID was Lakers coach Phil Jackson.
"Hi, my old friend, what's the matter with me?" Kupchak asked.
"I heard that you sent someone to contact Zhang Guan's agent? Do you want to sign him? Why I don't know about this!" Phil Jackson asked uncomfortably.
“I’m very sorry, I just sent someone to ask if Zhang Guan was interested in coming to the NBA. As for the signing, I haven’t entered the substantive discussion stage, so I didn’t tell you. Then he said, "Besides, you know, we don't have that much money to sign him."
The Lakers are rich in money, of course, it is impossible to really have no money. Kupchak said that no money is a limitation of the NBA salary cap. Next season, the Los Angeles Lakers team total salary will reach 78 million US dollars, far exceeding the league salary cap of 56.68 million US dollars, in addition to the use of special contract signing, the Lakers have no way to sign any free agent. So if the Lakers want to sign Zhang Guan, they can only use the exception of the base salary. With the current status and strength of Zhang Guan, it is obviously impossible to sign a base salary.
There is a special rule for rookies in the NBA. This rule is that all first-round picks must sign a 2+2 contract with the team. The first two years are guaranteed contracts, and the next two years are team options. And there are certain restrictions on the wages paid. Under normal circumstances, the first salary of the NBA No. 1 pick is about 5 million dollars a year.
The rookies selected in the second round are not restricted by this rookie exception. There is no regulation for the rookie salary in the second round. In theory, the team can give the second round rookie a basic salary or A top salary. So the second-round rookie contract is actually equivalent to an invitation contract. Since it is an invitation and him, you can only use salary space or transaction special cases, such as special cases of basic salary, special middle class, mini middle class, space middle class, etc.
Rare rookies in the second round rarely have a firm foothold in the NBA, so most of the first contract of the second round of the show is a basic salary contract, such as a part of the guarantee contract for one year, all for one year Guaranteed contract, or full coverage of the first year of the second year team option. If the player plays well, the Arenas clause can also guarantee the team to renew the player using the Larry Bird clause in the third year.
Some players did not enter the NBA immediately after being selected, such as Louis Scola, who is familiar to Chinese fans. He was selected at the 56th round in 2003, but only entered the NBA in 2007. The first contract of the company was US$9.3 million in three years. This is much higher than the contract of the average second-round rookie. At the same time, the three-year contract can also guarantee that the Rockets can use the Larry Bird clause when renewing Scola.
(Larry Bird clause: The team can renew the free agency of the team without the salary limit, but the free person who renews the contract must play for the team for more than three years. The free person each season The salary can be increased by 10.5%, while other teams can only increase by 8%. So the NBA star who completed the rookie contract will renew the original team more than signing other teams to earn more.)
The Lakers are facing such a situation. The Lakers can’t give Zhang Guan a big contract. The team has no salary space and no such things as a middle-class exception. What they can use is also There are only exceptions to the base salary. Use a basic salary to sign the world's greatest athlete? Not to mention whether Zhang Guan is willing or not, the Lakers dare not mention this matter at all, but it is more like insulting Zhang Guan. Therefore, the current situation of the Lakers, it is impossible to sign Zhang Guan.
Other teams in the NBA obviously also know the current status of the Lakers, so they have come to inquire about the possibility of trading signing rights. Anyway, the Lakers can't sign Zhang Guan, it's better to sell us the signing rights.
And Kupchak apparently did not intend to trade. It's one thing for the Lakers to fail to give the Zhang Guan big contract, but it's another thing for the deal signing rights. Athletes of this level at Zhang Guan, even if they have not yet come to the NBA, but the transaction must be discussed with Zhang Guan himself.
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“Zhang Guan, your lore in the Olympic men’s basketball finals shocked the world. Recently US media reported that the Los Angeles Lakers have sent someone to negotiate with you about signing. Is it true? Asked a reporter.
"This is indeed the case." Zhang Guan nodded, then said: "But I refused. My work has been scheduled for next year. I have no time to enter the NBA for the time being. I am very grateful for the invitation of the Los Angeles Lakers. I We will have a chance to cooperate at a suitable time in the future. In addition, I also recommended Sun Yue to the Lakers. He was selected by the Lakers last year, and his performance in the Olympics is also obvious to everyone~IndoMTL.com~ I think the Lakers can give him a chance for a preseason..."
This reporter nodded disappointedly: "Actually, many fans are looking forward to entering the NBA as soon as possible, and then coming to China for a derby with Dayao."
"Yeah, I'm looking forward too." Zhang Guan responded with a smile.
After finishing the interview, Zhang Guan returned to the car. Zhuge Wenbo, who had been waiting in the car for a long time, was very serious. He put down his phone and said, "Something happened!"
"What's the matter?" Zhang Guan suddenly became nervous.
"I just received a call from the Athletics Management Center and the IAAF sent us a letter from the Tian Association. During the re-examination of the latest Olympic B specimen, one of your specimens was found to have a stimulant. Now the IAAF We are requested to send people to the Swiss Association to jointly test several others!" Zhuge Wenbo said.
"I was detected to use stimulants? What the **** is going on?" Zhang Guan's face was furious.
"I don’t know the specifics. We will go to the field management center now. Director Ma should know the details." (Unfinished. To be continued.) Launch of the new website