From today on is the king

Chapter 985 984. The Beginning of Chaos (Seeking Subscription for Tickets)
With the end of the finals, many players who have reached the player option or team option, players and teams have begun to make decisions, whether to jump out of the player option or implement the player option, or give up the team option or implement the team option.

Every year at this time, more or less, some players flow, and naturally some people are happy and some are worried.

Bunch Wells of the Spurs jumped out of the player option of the 1+1 contract signed last summer. Relying on the data of 17.5 points and 7 rebounds per game in the finals, and the data of 23 points and 11 rebounds per game in the Suns series, he boasted that he would have an annual salary of tens of millions. The Spurs began to have a headache.

On the Timberwolves side, the contract renewal between the madman Sprewell and the alien Kassel has been a turmoil from the beginning of the season to the end of the season. It has been more than two months since the Timberwolves’ season ended, and they still haven’t been able to negotiate a deal. Kassel is okay. The Timberwolves can only give him a middle-class contract because he has no bird rights.

On Sprewell's side, there is a bird right to renew the contract. After the finals, the Timberwolves immediately offered a fat contract of 3 million yuan for three years, but after hesitating for a few days, Sprewell refused, and said in an interview: "I can't accept 2100 million a year, and I can't even support my family. My performance is worthy of an annual salary of tens of millions..."

There is nothing wrong with what Sprewell said. His experience, skills and competitiveness, playing well, and an annual salary of tens of millions are not a problem.

But... the biggest problem is that some of the things he has done in the past, such as conflicts with the coach, conflicts with teammates, etc., have already made his reputation bad. If he leaves the team directly and does not say these words, maybe some teams will give him a big contract because of his outstanding performance in the past two years.

But Madman's remarks discouraged many teams that wanted him, including the Spurs who wanted to replace Bunch Wells with Madman.

Just when people were watching the excitement of Bunch Wells and Sprewell asking for big contracts and the team's turmoil, a signing was reached.

On the night of June 2005, 6, Tracy McGrady announced that he would opt out of the player option. The Eagles held a press conference and announced that McGrady would renew his contract with 20 million for 5 years!
In the morning, Liu Mang lured McGrady to Price's office. McGrady, Schwartz talked with Coach Kruger and Price for a day, and finally finalized the new contract in the afternoon.

After watching the team's first day of trial training, Liu Mang attended the press conference for Tracy McGrady's contract renewal.

The Eagles officially announced that they will renew their contract with McGrady for 1590 years with a starting salary of 5 million, 4+1 with player options, and a total contract of 9000 million dollars.

5 million in 9000 years, Liu Wei is very surprised by this salary!
McGrady originally signed for six years. With the salary cap of this season, he can get up to 6 million for six years. Even if he signs for five years, he can get up to 1.13 million for five years.

Although the salary is still more than 150 million dollars more than last season, the starting salary is 1590 million, but compared with the highest starting salary of 1683 million, the quarrel is nearly 100 million dollars. The entire contract is calculated, and the total salary is reduced by more than 500 million!

Even if the estimated income of the league this season is only the same as last season, due to the impact of the incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills, the increase in total income has not reached the expectation before the start of the season, but according to the estimates of professional financial institutions, the total income of the league will still increase slightly.
Liu Mang knew that McGrady cut his salary and renewed his contract, and the average salary cut was about 100 million US dollars per season, which was quite unexpected.

Don't underestimate the $100 million. This is the amount of salary reduction that McGrady and Schwartz decided after talking with Coach Kruger and Price for a long time.

Since the contracts of McCarty, Persson, and Mourning expired, McGrady only reached a contract extension. The real contract renewal was submitted after the summer reinforcements, so the salary space occupied by McGrady is still $1460 million.

Even with the offer of three expired contract qualifications, the total salary of the Eagles dropped to 6219 million US dollars, which just dropped the team's total salary below the luxury tax threshold, and then selected rookies, and did not take up salary space before signing. McGrady gave the Eagles the opportunity to use the middle class exception!

Liu Mang chatted with Schwartz and understood that McGrady’s 5-year contract was not signed for 6 years, but for the next contract. After 5 years, he was 31 years old, and he could sign a 5-year maximum salary.

If you sign for 6 years, you will be 32. Even if you renew the contract in advance, you will be 31 years old. You can get a 4-year contract at most, just like Kobe, who is one year older than him.

Nowitzki renewed his contract in 2011 with an annual average of 4 million for 2000 years. On the one hand, he was willing to cut his salary. On the other hand, he could not renew his contract for 4 years without a salary cut. He could only get a three-year contract. Nowitzki is two months older than Kobe.

The main reason is that Kobe and Nowitzki didn't care about an extra year's salary at the time. Anyway, as long as the contract extension does not exceed two years, they can sign the contract at will, and their teams are willing to give it.

McGrady is now signed for 5 years, and even if he is traded later, he can still keep the bird rights, and he can sign for another 5 years after the contract expires. If he opts out of the player option in advance, he is only 29 to 30 years old at that time, and he can still have better maneuvering space.

If it's just a salary cut, a reduction of $100 million per season, it won't cause such a big response. McGrady's contract renewal is basically expected by the media and fans.

However, McGrady's salary cut just allowed the Eagles to use the middle-class exception, so it was different. For a while, McGrady became a model of "salary cut and renewal"...

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McGrady's contract extension is the top priority of the Eagles in the summer. What the Eagles have to do is to ensure the three-hawk combination of Liu Mang, McGrady, and Jason Terry with a double star and a substitute, which is the backbone of the Eagles' offensive end.

Moreover, Liu Mang has won three consecutive championships, so it is even more on the safe side to maintain his strength and strengthen the lineup.

What coach Kruger said to Liu Mang was very normal. This guy is not only big-hearted, but also a little wild!

The ambitious kind!
Now that the words have been spoken, do your best for the three-peat...not just do your best, but do your best from the beginning!

McGrady has negotiated to take his wife and son to travel, and the Eagles are still working hard for the next contract renewal and draft.

Liu Mang is also very busy now.

Who should be drafted?

The first few picks in 05 were really good, but the players at the end of the first round and the second round in 05 either conflicted with the existing personnel roles of the team, such as Lou Williams and Monta Ellis, although they were useful, but with Jason Terry, there was no need for these two people at all. It was enough to have an evergreen player like Jason Terry on the bench who had no injuries all the year round.

Liu Mang discussed with the coaching staff that the players needed are roughly divided into three types. One is players with impact, three-pointers, and defensive attitude, that is, 3D players.

The second type is a solid backup point guard, such as Jarrett Jack, who was passed by Liu Mang.

The third is the substitute insider. Even if Mourning is left, Mourning will be one year older, and there are still many problems.

After three days of draft training, on June 6, Liu Mang finally submitted a list. As for whether the team should choose two of the current draft picks, or use as many as four draft picks in 23 to trade, Liu Mang has no control.

Now that there are more and more management personnel in the team, Price invited many consultants to study, and Liu Mang only needs to provide opinions.

Of course, Liu Mang's opinion was the most important to Price.

Some people are talented, and Price has to sigh with emotion. Liu Mang has that kind of "talent".

When Liu Mang decided to provide the draft reference candidates for the team, the Eagles did one thing...

Coach Kruger wanted to "help" the mature point guard Jarrett Jack produced by Georgia Tech. He invited Jarrett Jack to participate in the trial training for three consecutive days, and also invited Jarrett Jack to participate in the individual trial training. He "inadvertently" revealed that they wanted to trade the draft pick up.

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The Eagles started preparations for next season immediately after the finals, and started their summer plan early for the three consecutive championships.

Other teams in the league have their own affairs.

Over in Houston, a top agent is extremely excited right now!

Bill Duffy, who has Steve Nash, Yao Ming, Carmelo Anthony, Baron Davis, Elton Brand... and other stars under his hands, is now in a state of ecstasy.

"Yao, are you sure? This way you will become a villain. Of course, if you are sure, I will take all the responsibilities. This is what I did to trick you for money, and it has nothing to do with you." Bill Duffy said sincerely.

Yao Ming smiled and shook his head: "Bill, this is my own decision, you don't have to bear the blame for me."

The reason why Yao Ming chose Bill Duffy to be the American agent of his Yao team was because of Bill Duffy's sincerity.

Bill Duffy was able to become the top agent in the NBA and sign so many young talents, relying on two weapons: sincerity and kindness.

Before Yao Ming entered the NBA, seeing the sensation in China, he knew that he would not be short of money after entering the NBA, so the agent he wanted was not the one who was capable and good at bargaining with NBA teams. What Yao Ming wanted was a sincere agent, as long as he didn’t cheat him.

Bill Duffy's ability is not the most outstanding. For example, his negotiations with sponsors have been criticized, but he can become the third agent in the NBA. In the 04-05 season, the salary and endorsement income of his players reached 1.12 million dollars, which is higher than the commission income of Schwartz, who holds a group of rookie contracts under his hand, because of his sincerity.

Bill Duffy and his players are very good friends. If the work he does is lacking, he is willing to pay for the loss of the players himself. In the summer of 2003, before his Heat player Anthony Carter implemented the player option at the last moment, Bill Duffy forgot about Anthony Carter because he was busy with the renewal of Baron Davis' 99 million-level contract in [-], resulting in Anthony Carter only getting a basic salary contract in the summer.

Bill Duffy did not shirk his responsibilities. Without hard and fast rules, he offered Anthony Carter $300 million. The $300 million was almost Bill Duffy's annual income in the 02-03 season.

Therefore, Bill Duffy's reputation soared, and he signed Elton Brand, the No. 99 pick in [-] who fired his former agent because the contract could not be negotiated; Nash, Carmelo Anthony and others also joined him.

Yao Ming originally did not hand over his American career to Bill Duffy, but after that, he completely handed over his American career to Bill Duffy, and fired many domestic agents in the Yao team who opposed this matter.

Hearing Yao Ming's words, Bill Duffy felt like he would die for his confidant.

Bill Duffy would rather miss the opportunity to make a fortune than serve some players who are not sincere. Without money, it is absolutely impossible, but money does not represent everything. In the professional sports world that is blinded by profit, there is also such a clear stream.

Schwartz signed by Liu Mang, and Bill Duffy signed by Yao Ming to join his team are all treasures.

Of course, although Bill Duffy is sincere and does not put money as the first consideration, Bill Duffy did not want Yao Ming to play in Houston, and he was very sure from the very beginning.

Alexander Stingy has scooped out new worlds!Bill Duffy knew that Yao Ming, as a Chinese, had a slightly foolish and loyal character. Of course, he also appreciated this character. The two were of the same kind.

But I don't like Yao Ming playing in the Rockets, I just don't like it.

However, Yao Ming had never mentioned his future plans to anyone before this, except for a few two or three people, including everyone in the Yao team and even his girlfriend Ye Li.

Now the time has come. After the finals, Yao Ming saw that Liu Mang had won two consecutive championships. He couldn't sit still anymore and decided to implement the plan he had been holding back for a long time.

Yao Ming had been thinking about it since the finals. As the time for the free market approached, Yao Ming finally made up his mind. He didn’t inform the rest of Yao’s team. He only called Bill Duffy, who was in charge of his American affairs, to his home.

After confirming that Yao Ming's thoughts would not waver, Bill Duffy had a detailed discussion with Yao Ming and was ready to start the plan.

"Yao, you should have told me about this earlier." Bill Duffy complained.

"How? Can't you?"

"No, nothing is wrong, but if this is the case, I can't even take responsibility. You have to be prepared to be scolded."

"Haha, with Ace supporting me, I'm fine."

"Haha, Yao, when did you learn to be good..."

(End of this chapter)