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Chapter 219

Tellem and Qin Fei met in Detroit.

The relationship between Tellem and the Pistons seems to have always been good, and there is no business dealings in Detroit.

After he met Qin Fei, he talked about the renewal of the contract next year.

"Kevin Garnett is a good benchmark!"

Tellem set a very high goal for Qin Fei, and he set it directly on Garnett, who has been on fire recently.

Garnett is not only popular recently, but also famous for a while. In the North American sports circle, everyone knows this young player who has just played professional games for three years and signed a six-year $6 million contract.

This contract is too big. Compared with the 7-year 1 million contracts of Kemp, Juwan or O'Neal, his average annual salary reached 100 million US dollars, and the final year of 03-04 season will reach 2800 million US dollars. At this time, the salary cap of the league is only 2690 million US dollars. After many years, if it is increased by 2000 million, then Garnett's contract will also account for more than 50.00% of the team's salary.

Therefore, it is very unreasonable no matter which angle you look at.

"I don't want to compete with Kevin Garnett, but the team has given Kemp and Payton a combined salary of nearly 2000 million, so there is no money to sign me."

Qin Fei is very self-aware. Seattle is still a small ball market in essence. The league stipulates that the team must have at least 12 people. After removing the high salaries of the two big bosses, not counting himself, the remaining 9 people are all paid a basic salary, which also costs a lot of money.

In the NBA, the basic salary increases according to the age of the players. At this stage, the average salary may be about 100 million US dollars. What's more, some players will definitely not have a basic salary, so it is reasonable to add up to 1000 million. How can there be a lot of money to sign Qin Fei?

So, every stage has a stage of change. There are some deep-seated reasons why there were no Big Three before, and at most a dual-core team led the team.

"In the past 4 years, the Timberwolves have lost more than 1 million U.S. dollars. Garnett is indeed a rare talent, and do you know that the league has increased its salary cap by 1000 million in the past three years."

Tellem explained the changes in the salary cap to Qin Fei. In the 94-95 season, the league salary cap was only 1590 million US dollars, but in the 95-96 season, it suddenly increased by 45%, reaching 2300 million US dollars.

Of course, the biggest impact is the huge broadcast contract worth 11 billion US dollars signed by the NBA with NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation) and TNT/TBS (Turner Broadcasting Company).

And in the 98-99 season, this contract will officially start to take effect, which means that the salary cap will continue to rise in the future.

So Tellem meant that 3 million would not be the limit, and the Timberwolves probably also considered this. It is predicted that in the future, Garnett's contract of more than 2000 million may still be a cheap cabbage price.

This way of thinking is definitely not a problem, but Qin Fei feels that even if the Timberwolves give Garnett the same contract as O'Neal, Garnett will definitely sign the contract in the end. There is no need to set a record, right?

"Jordan has reached the age of retirement. Who will be the next golden sign in the NBA? This move by the Timberwolves is also to make the Timberwolves the next NBA team as successful as the Bulls." Tellem finally explained the deepest thoughts of the Timberwolves.

Qin Fei had no choice but to not explain, but to wish good luck.

Marbury has not been in touch with him recently, and Qin Fei guessed that Marbury should have very complicated emotions about this contract.

Garnett is indeed good, but everyone who comes to play in the NBA makes a lot of money and has the opportunity to make money, but there is no hope of winning the championship, so why not earn more?

"I will start contract renewal negotiations with Wally Walker in the playoffs. During the regular season, I am not going to discuss contract matters with them." Tellem and Qin Fei finally expressed their plan. In Tellem's view, next year, in the last year of Qin Fei's rookie contract, whether it is an early renewal or a full contract, it is completely fine. Qin Fei has a market, and there is no need to worry at all. Waiting for the supersonic management to find it will be more beneficial to the renewal negotiations.

Qin Fei didn't give any instructions. Anyway, he was required to nod in the final signing. Let's talk about it first. He still has other things to do this season.

At the stadium in Detroit, Qin Fei also met Mr. Jack McCloskey.

The old man was in good spirits, seeing Qin Fei take the initiative to greet him.

"Qin, you're going to be a free agent soon!"

McCloskey had a trial training of Qin Fei, and his impression of Qin Fei has always been very deep. He once thought that Qin Fei would be the kind of defensive pioneer he imagined, the second Pippen, and the like. Unexpectedly, Qin Fei has now become a very comprehensive player. The offensive end can contribute 19.5 points per game. In this era, it is already a scorer-level data.

Qin Fei wondered if he would be a free agent in the year after next. Do you remember it so clearly?

"Are you interested in joining the Pistons?"

McCloskey extended an invitation to Qin Fei and said in a half-joking tone.

At this time, Payton and George Karl came over side by side.

Peyton was okay, and smiled at the old man, after all, he was also a good man who was the leader of the gang at that time.

George Karl held Qin Fei vigilantly.

"What did he tell you?"

"It's nothing, take it easy, George."

McCloskey and George Karl are old acquaintances. After all, one is the general manager and the other is the head coach, and they have direct business contacts.

When George Karl saw McCloskey, he couldn't hold back his face and smiled.

"Don't abduct our good boy."

"Look at what you said, is there any good boy in Supersonic?"

"So I'm a bad boy?"

Qin Fei responded with an exaggerated tone.

Finally Peyton answered: "What's wrong with the bad boy, what's wrong?"

"Bad boys can win the championship, good boys can only accept failure." McCloskey finally said these words, patted Qin Fei on the shoulder and left.

That night, the Sonics beat the Pistons 114 to 92 on the road, losing only one game in the Eastern Conference road trip.

Then came Minnesota.

Before playing against the Sonics this season, the Timberwolves had a record of 8 wins and 10 losses, which did not seem to be much better than last season.

After the 21-year-old Garnett signed this unprecedented contract, the atmosphere in the team has undergone some subtle changes.

For example, at the height of his peak, Gugliota, who will be 28 years old next year, will be involved in the issue of contract renewal. The Timberwolves so generously gave Garnett a big contract of 2100 million U.S. dollars. Are you embarrassed to give Gugliota, who is also an All-Star and averages more than 20 points per game, a contract of less than 1000 million?

If you can't bear it, then you can't keep him.

Then the year after next, like Qin Fei, Marbury, whose three-year rookie contract expired, will also pursue a big contract. How can he stay?

So the big contract is not just given as you want, it brings too many chain reactions.

So this season should have been a season for Garnett to further evolve, but his overall performance is not much different from last season, averaging 18.5 points, 9.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.8 blocks per game.

It's still far from the era of all-inclusive, and the real further improvement of the data is only after these two teammates left, they evolved into the lonely wolf king in the north.

Marbury, like Qin Fei, is a second-year player. This season, he averaged 15.1 shots per game, almost the same as Garnett, averaging 17.7 points, 8.6 assists and 1.3 steals per game.

He took a little more shots than Qin Fei, but his shooting percentage was not very high, just over 4%, and because of the organization of the team, many opportunities were actually given to his teammates, and his scoring did not explode as imagined.

Although Qin Fei scored a little more than Marbury, his assists were much worse, and the roles played by the two were completely different.

Of course, Marbury was very happy to see Qin Fei. He always thought that Qin Fei and Qin Fei belonged to New York friends who had known each other since high school.

The night before the game, Marbury and Qin Fei were invited to meet and have dinner together.

During the meal, Marbury did not disclose his views on Garnett's contract, but he still expressed his yearning for a big contract in his words.

"Qin, you know my family situation."

Facing Qin Fei, Marbury poured out some bitterness in the team. The most troublesome thing is that Minnesota is really too cold. Even after playing for a season, he still can't adapt very well.

"Not that I can't stay here and play, but it's so snowy, it's very cold. Some days you want to go outside, but if you don't have those opportunities, you can die. I know people die, but I don't fucking want to go out and get run over. I don't like that life, I don't like ice fishing or anything, it's really not what I want."

Marbury told Qin Fei a lot, and he already had a little plan to leave Minnesota. From Marbury's standpoint, Qin Fei could understand his thoughts very well.

(End of this chapter)