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Chapter 323 Knicks' ambition for old K

At 10:30, the parade and celebration were about to begin, and Wang Tiejun was woken up by Yu Feihong. After hastily washing up and eating something, the two rushed to the Sun headquarters.

At five o'clock that afternoon, after the parade ended, Hawksman came to Wang Tiejun's house and brought a new contract from the Suns.

After seeing the contract, he is still quite satisfied, 1800 million, the salary cap of the past season was only 1600 million, his salary alone has exceeded the total salary of the whole team by 200 million, what is there to be dissatisfied with?
"1800 million U.S. dollars?" After hearing this, Yu Feihong couldn't help counting how much money it was with her intelligence.

Last year, the exchange rate of RMB against the U.S. dollar reached an all-time high of 1.5. This year, it has dropped a bit to around [-]. Converted into U.S. dollars, Old K’s salary for next season will be [-] million yuan.

At present, the annual per capita income in China does not count farmers, but only counts state enterprises and institutions, which is several thousand yuan a year.A person earns 1.5 million a year, which is equivalent to the annual income of 3 or [-] people.

"I think there is no problem talking about the initial annual salary of 2000 million, old K, what do you think?" Hawksman said at this time.

"No, that's enough."

Lao Wang is worried that asking too much price will appear too greedy, which will affect the relationship with the team and cause too much operational pressure.

Now the martial arts school is developing well, it is very profitable, and there is a lot of commercial income. He has no shortage of ways to make money. This contract is enough to represent his status in the league.

Hawksman analyzed: "Don't worry, old K, your contract won't take up much salary space, and it won't affect the team's reinforcement."

Lao Wang thought for a while and said, "The contract is one aspect. When you talk to Mr. Colangelo, Lance, you must figure out the team's future goals. I hope the team's goal is the championship. I hope to defend the championship next season. This is the premise of the contract extension."

Hawksman nodded, but said: "But old K, you have to know the current lineup of the team, it is too difficult to defend the title.

The back line continues to age, the gliders are leaving, the substitutes retire, and those who leave leave. There are not many players left in the original lineup.

Now that is the cornerstone of your team building is still there, otherwise it will be a complete reconstruction.It's just that you should also know that it is very difficult for a team to rebuild, it depends on the opportunity.Even if it is just reinforcement, there are many difficulties, and it may not be possible to trade with the right person.Injuries and illnesses are even more unexpected, and no one can predict them. "

He said: "I know this. I just hope that the team's goal is to defend the title. As for whether we can defend the title, we will do our best. I don't want to just mess around for one season."

Hawksman nodded and said: "The goal determines the idea of ​​​​building a team, so your attitude is very important. I will communicate with the management as soon as possible, otherwise it will affect the team's reinforcement."

Lao Wang nodded, and Hawksman told him another news. The Knicks and the Lakers had contacted him many times in the past two days, and now they have arrived in Phoenix, hoping to see him.

"Lance, what do you mean?" he asked.

"I think we'll see you."

Hawksman first gave his attitude, and then explained: "Although you tend to stay in Phoenix, we also need to compare contracts and look at the attitudes of other teams."

Pharaoh thought about it and agreed.

"Ding ding ding..."

Hawksman looked happy and was about to speak when the phone rang.

"Lance, yours."

Lao Wang pointed to the beating mobile phone on the table.

Hawksman picked up the phone and looked at Lao Wang. He didn't answer the call, but said, "Jerry West's call."

"The Lakers?" Lao Wang shook his head when he heard this.

Hawksman understood that this meant that Old K rejected the Lakers.

He didn't persuade him either, although he hoped that old K could go to Los Angeles, but everything should be based on old K's wishes.

And with the entire CAA behind him, he wasn't worried about old K's resources at all.

CAA is different from other brokerage companies. Its operating model is not a one-to-one service, but the whole company provides services to a client together.

Today he is here to provide services for old K, but if he changes a manager one day, it will be fine, and it will not have any impact at all.

For example, Old K's commercial endorsement was not obtained by him, it was a resource provided by the entire CAA, and it was only handed over to Old K through his hands.

This time he brought old K a batch of world-class top business resources, specially selected by CAA, the most suitable brand for old K.

"Hello, hello, Mr. West."

"Hello, Mr. Hawksman, let me just say it straight. My boss, Mr. Bass, and I are outside the old K's door. We have brought sincerity and hope to have a face-to-face meeting."

Hawksman was startled, covered the microphone and said to Old Wang: "Old K, they are outside and want to see you."

Old Wang was also taken aback, but he didn't refuse. After all, he came here with sincerity, and he came to the door as a guest, so he quickly got up and said, "I'll pick them up."

"I'll go too." Hawksman also stood up.

When going out, Hawksman said: "Old K, the Lakers are not the only ones who want to poach you. So far, I have received calls from the general managers of at least two-thirds of the teams. They are all willing to free up salary space for you. The entire team can become a bargaining chip."

Lao Wang said calmly: "It doesn't make any sense. What they can give me, the Suns can give me, but what the Suns have, they don't."

Hawksman nodded. The Suns have the bird rights of Old K, but other teams do not. This means that the Suns have tens of millions more salary space than other teams. This is a huge advantage, and it is of great significance to the old K who wants to defend the championship.

Unless, unless a method other than the contract is used, but this requires the permission of the league, if Stern does not nod, there is no way to do that.

Moreover, although the old K has great influence now, he should not be qualified for Stern to allow the team to do so.

In this league, only Jordan should be eligible.

Jordan's greatest significance to this league is that he made more people fall in love with basketball and let more people know about the NBA. He made the NBA a world-class sports league.

Simply put, Jordan raised the value of the NBA and made all the team owners a lot of money, so he is qualified, and it is possible for Stern to allow the team to do that.

Outside the villa, Jerry Buss and Jerry West were a little anxious.

They have received internal information from the Suns that Colangelo has offered K a contract, but the exact size is unknown. This is undoubtedly bad news for the Lakers.

Competing with the Suns, the Lakers are at an absolute disadvantage. Without the bird rights, the team must free up huge salary space to provide K with a big contract.

Now the salary cap for next season has not been calculated yet, it will take a week after the draft, but they already know the approximate salary cap, which should be around 2300 million US dollars.

In other words, because there is no old K's bird rights, the maximum contract they offer to old K cannot exceed this figure.

But in reality, of course, it is impossible for them to offer such a large contract, because the Lakers are a whole team, not just one person.

Old Bath can provide Old K with a maximum of 1500 million US dollars, and the remaining 800 million will be shared by the other [-] contract players.

But if this is the case, the Lakers will enter the process of rebuilding, and it will take several years to train rookies, and they don't have the strength to hit the championship for the time being.

And this is also the biggest disadvantage of the Lakers, unable to immediately provide the old K with a championship-worthy lineup, so he has no confidence to take the old K away from here.

I came here today just to try my luck, what if old K wants to go to Los Angeles, after all, that colorful city is very attractive to young people.

"Hello, Mr. Bath, Mr. West."

"Old K, hello, Mr. Hawksman, hello."

Soon, the two sides met, and Wang Tiejun invited them into his home.

"Feihong, this is Mr. Bass, Mr. West... This is my girlfriend, Miss Feihong."

After a few greetings, Yu Feihong and the two served coffee, and then walked away, not intending to participate in their affairs.

After getting into the topic, Hawksman didn't want to waste everyone's time, and directly stated the starting salary that the Suns gave to Old K. Of course, there is no need to talk about the latter. The starting salary alone is enough to explain the problem.

"1800 million starting salary?"

After hearing Hawksman's words, Bass and West were stunned. They didn't expect Colangelo's handwriting to be so big, which completely made it impossible for them to compete with Old K.

They have to offer a starting salary of at least 2000 million to be able to impress Old K, but in that case there is only room for 300 million. How to form a team?Are marginal players and basic salary players completely used?
"Bird rights, damn bird rights!"

At this moment, the two hated the rule that Stern made up, which gave the home team too much advantage.

The two left Pharaoh's house in a dejected manner, neither having the chance to report their contracts.

"How much contract did they give you?" Yu Feihong asked curiously.

"I don't know, they didn't say anything before they left." Old Wang shook his head.

"It's definitely not as good as the Suns. In fact, after Mr. Colangelo took out this contract, other teams have no chance to poach Old K again, unless Old K is willing to join them with a lower contract." Hawksman laughed.

The matter of the new contract was basically settled, and Wang Tiejun felt relieved. At this moment, he suddenly remembered that he hadn't turned on the system since the start of the playoffs. Now that he won the second championship, he didn't see how many points the system rewarded him.

After opening the system, there are actually several reward reminders.

"Congratulations to the host, becoming the first player in the history of the NBA to score 50+ points in a single game in a row in the finals. I hereby reward you with 500 points."

"Congratulations to the host, becoming the first person in the history of the NBA to average 50+ per game in the finals series, hereby rewarding you with 500 points."

"Congratulations to the host, for winning the NBA championship as a core player, I hereby reward you with 1000 points."

"Congratulations to the host, won the FMVP of the finals, hereby reward 500 points."

A total of three rewards, a total of 2500 points, plus the remaining 2400 points, now I have 4900 points in hand.

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At this moment, the Knicks management was discussing one thing, whether to continue to wait for Jordan, or to find a way to introduce old K now.

Although they renewed their contract with Ewing, Ewing has not led the Knicks to achieve any results these years, and they were disappointed that they couldn't even get out of the Eastern Conference.

Their original plan was to wait for the end of Jordan's contract next year to poach people with high salaries. They have already thought of a way to renew Ewing with a two-year contract with a huge gap, and make preparations for the introduction of Jordan in 96. If it is not enough, they will use forms other than the contract to make up for Jordan.

The Knicks didn't have Jordan's bird rights. Even if Ewing's second-year contract was only $300 million, the team couldn't offer Jordan an annual salary of 2000 million. They thought of a way.

The current big boss of the Knicks is ITT Corporation, and ITT Corporation owns the equity of Hilton Hotel. Their method is to ask Jordan to be the spokesperson of Hilton Hotel, and make up for Jordan in this way.

For this reason, Dave Chuckett, the president of the Knicks, had already discussed with Stern in private the possibility of the Knicks introducing Jordan. He proposed a plan to make up for Jordan through endorsements, but Stern did not object to it.

However, this was the previous plan, and now the plan is a little different. As the Suns beat the Bulls to win the championship, they saw the horror of the old K.

Now they are discussing whether to introduce old K, but some management think that the original plan should be implemented and go to dig Jordan next year.

"No matter how big the old K's contract is, it is impossible for the Suns to offer him an initial annual salary of more than 2000 million. I think we still have a chance to fight for it."

"I think the combination of Ewing + Jordan must be invincible, we should wait a year."

President Dave Chuckett leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and listened quietly to the discussions of his subordinates.

The plan to introduce Jordan next year, and this year's contract with Ewing with two huge gaps, all came from his handwriting.

He talked with David Frank. Frank said that the Bulls would agree to renew Jordan's 2000 million annual salary.

For this reason, he plans to give Jordan an annual salary of 2000 million, a team contract of 1000 million, and an endorsement contract of 1000 million.

It's just that this finals made him hesitant.

Jordan failed again and used 2000 million annual salary to recruit him. Why not use 2000 million annual salary to recruit old K?Old K's age advantage is too great.

Just now, he received news that Lakers owner Jerry Buss and general manager Jerry West left Old K's house. Judging from their looks, it should have been unsuccessful.

It is speculated from this news that the contract that the Suns offered to Old K should be very large, so it is impossible for the Knicks to have enough space to accommodate Old K.

He just renewed his contract with Ewing, and his annual salary next season will be as high as 800 million US dollars, and the salary cap next season will be at most 300 million, and he does not have the old K's bird rights, so with a normal contract, the Knicks are not even eligible to offer old K.

But things are not absolute. He still has another trick, which is to use the method of introducing Jordan next year, and use another contract to compensate for the lack of the team's contract.

But this requires the permission of the league. If Stern doesn't nod, the Knicks can't do such a thing.

As for some people in the management opposing the introduction of Old K, he thinks this kind of thinking is normal, because the combination of Ewing + Jordan is also invincible.

If Jordan had Ewing by his side this time, no matter how strong old K was, he would not be able to beat the Bulls.

However, the introduction of Jordan has to wait until next year. Whoever said next year is good, and it is not a team that wants Jordan.

He believes that every opportunity should be seized, and this year's old K must fight for it.

Thinking of this, he raised his hand, signaling to his subordinates to stop the discussion first.

After the conference room quieted down, he took out his mobile phone and called David Stern's office number.

The Knicks' management looked at me and I looked at you, but no one spoke.

After the phone call, Chuckett quickly spoke to Stern.

"Mr. President, we have changed our mind and hope to introduce old K..."

At the NBA headquarters, Stern was very unhappy. The Knicks management was too greedy. Did he indulge the Knicks too much?

Last time, he acquiesced that the Knicks could use other contracts to introduce Jordan next year, but that was Jordan who had made great contributions to the development of the league. He hoped that Jordan would get a super high salary to reward Jordan for his contributions to the league over the years.

Of course, he doesn't just acquiesce to the Knicks. Any team that wants to introduce Jordan in this way will acquiesce, but so far, only the Knicks have talked to him about this matter.

The last time the Bulls boss wanted him to prohibit other teams from poaching Jordan with other contracts, he refused. It is also for this reason that since the Bulls are unwilling to offer Jordan a super high contract, let Jordan go to other teams.

But the current old K is not qualified to allow him to acquiesce in this kind of thing. Although old K is good, his development of the league is far less than that of Jordan.

For the league, Jordan is the pioneer of the market. He has multiplied the value of the league, raised the wages of players, and raised the salary cap. Superstars like Old K are actually beneficiaries. The league should treat them differently.

Moreover, old K's qualifications are too young, he has only played for three seasons, and he still needs to make more contributions to the league before he is qualified to change the rules.

This contribution is not enough to win a few championships, nor is it enough to win a few MVPs, or even a dynasty. It is a contribution related to the development of the league.

For example, the huge market behind Old K is just that the current spending power of that market is too low, and it will take many years of development to promote the development of the alliance.

From another point of view, the Suns have the old K's bird rights, and the old K can get a big contract there.

Moreover, he hopes that old K will stay in the west and not come to the east. There is another monster in the east. If old K, O'Neal, and Jordan are all in the east, then the form of the east and the west will be a little out of balance.

"Mr. Chuckett, I suggest you to quote to Old K's agent, this is your right." After saying this lightly, he hung up the phone.

Dave Chuckett over there was stunned, shook his head helplessly, put down his phone, and said to the management: "Okay, the discussion is over, we have no chance to introduce old K."

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(End of this chapter)