NBA: The start beat Kobe Bryant in his old age

Chapter 14 Kobe Shreds Lin Tian's Contract!
After all, Lin Tian's performance in these two games is enough to make any team salivate.

After the special plane returned to Los Angeles, Lin Tian and the others got off the plane.

To everyone's surprise, the owner of the Lakers, Jim Buss, is already waiting for them.

To be precise, he was waiting for Lin Tian.

It is extremely rare for the team owner to personally pick up the plane, at least the young players of the team have never been treated like this before.

However, everyone is also very self-aware that it is only because of Lin Tian's contract that Jim Buss can pick up the plane in person.

For this reason, they may even have to worry about their future, after all, the Lakers' salary has triggered the luxury tax.

If Bass wants to pay a high price to keep Lin Tian, ​​maybe some of these players will be traded away.

Russell, Randall, Nick Young and others just greeted Jim Buss and left.

Kobe was also about to leave, but was stopped by Bass Jr.: "Hey! Bryant, don't you plan to keep this outstanding young man with me?"

Reminded by Bass Jr., Kobe stopped in his tracks.

When he was young, he would put pressure on the team to strengthen, but he has not cared about these in recent seasons.

This time the Lakers finally won a lottery ticket, and he also wanted to keep Lin Tian.

Several people sat in the extended version of the Maybach of little Bass.

It was the first time for Lin Tian to sit in such a luxurious car. When the door closed, the whole world seemed to be quiet.

The car started to drive to the arena where Lin Tian lived, and Bass' goal was to get him to sign the contract before arriving at Lin Tian's apartment.

Little Buss winked at Kupchak, who immediately understood, and he took out a stack of contracts from his briefcase.

Lin Tian was not surprised by this, he took the contract and read it carefully.

Bass Jr. said: "Lin! This is the best contract we can offer so far. The team will pay a huge luxury tax for this. I hope you will seriously consider it."

Lin Tian quickly found a salary in the contract: 2 million for 1600 years, fully guaranteed.

When he saw this string of numbers, he almost didn't ask the driver to stop directly.

It is said that after the old Buss passed away, Buss Jr. took over the Lakers, and he was so reluctant to spend money on reinforcements that he made the Lakers into a mess. This is true!

I played so well in these two games!Want to send me away for 800 million a year?This is just Lu Wei's salary!Is Lu Wei's defense comparable to mine?
Little Buss is too picky!So much so that Lin Tian couldn't help but want to swear!
Lin Tian couldn't help it, but Kobe didn't. He noticed that the expression on Lin Tian's face was wrong, and took the contract from Lin Tian. When he saw the salary written on it, Kobe also looked cold: "A middle-class contract that is a little higher than the basic salary? You are insulting him! His defense is worth so much!"

As he said that, Kobe tore up the contract angrily in front of Bass Jr.

Both Buss Jr. and Kupchak looked embarrassed. They invited Kobe to get on the car together, and they originally wanted Kobe to help them lobby together.

But Kobe's reaction caught them off guard, good guy!This is a disservice.

After all, Bass was also tactful, and hurriedly said: "Lin, I know that you performed very well in the first two games, and some teams are willing to offer a higher contract than this, but you also know the situation of our team. Every time we give you more money, the luxury tax will be too much, and the team cannot bear the huge luxury tax. If you sign this contract, your exposure in Los Angeles in the next two years will allow you to receive many endorsement contracts, which may be higher than your income from playing in the stadium."

"Do you know that there is already a team willing to offer Lin a 1500 million one-year maximum salary contract?" Before Lin Tian could speak, Kobe had already spoken in advance.

According to league regulations, for players who have played in the league for 0-6 years, the starting price of the maximum salary contract is 1500 million.

Therefore, the highest salary Lin Tian can get is just over 1500 million in the first year.

This is even higher than this year's No. [-] pick.

Their team's second place Russell, this year's salary is 500 million knives...

Lin Tian also spoke at this time: "I don't think my value is only worth 800 million a year. If you don't show sincerity, I don't mind chatting with the management of other teams later."

His defense alone is more than 500 million!
Little Bass was a little anxious.

Lin Tian's current market value, he knows very well that if Lin Tian is released, other teams will rush to get it.

And there are quite a few teams that can start more than 1500 million!
Such a talented 19-year-old young player, even if he buys it back, it is completely worth the gamble!

But Jr. Bath also has some difficulties. The current goal of the team is quite clear, which is to play badly to draw next year's No. [-] pick. Next year's No. [-] pick, Ben Simmons, they are determined to win.

So Lin Tian led the team to two victories, which made them happy, but also a little embarrassing.

The situation is a little different now. If Lin Tian is signed with a huge luxury tax, then the team must train him.

Although a player who has only played 3 games has performed extremely well, it is difficult for them to directly offer a maximum salary contract.

It is not uncommon for the performance to decline sharply after taking the maximum salary contract. These are all lessons learned.

After hesitating for a moment, Bass gritted his teeth: "2000 million in two years! This is already my bottom line!"

In such a short period of time, the team has no way to operate and trade.

Kobe let go when he saw Buss Jr., knowing that there was more to talk about: "Do you know the total salary of the Cavaliers this season? It exceeded 1 million knives!"

The total salary of the Big Three of the Cavaliers this season is close to 6000 million knives, which is the team that pays the most luxury tax in the league.

Bass smiled wryly: "Bryant, you can't compare the Cavaliers with us! They are a championship-level team this season."

"As long as you trade some defensive players in the middle of the season, the Lakers may not be a championship-level team." Lin Tian said.

Of course, Bass Jr. and Kupchak only regarded Lin Tian's words as a joke.

They were all laughing about being able to make it to the playoffs. As for the championship level, they couldn't even think about it!
Leaving aside the Cavaliers with James, the Warriors, the oldest team in the West, the total salary of the team has reached more than 9000 million dollars, and they have to pay a lot of luxury taxes, but they have played more than 30 games and only lost one of them!

The media even predicted that the Warriors are very likely to break the record of 72 wins in the regular season that has been dusty for many years!
Kobe didn't think the team could enter the playoffs at first, but in order to help Lin Tian increase his chips, he also nodded: "We can't let ourselves fall."

At this time, the car had already driven to the door of the apartment where Lin Tian lived. Lin Tian continued: "I hope to get a contract that respects me. If you don't respect me, I believe other teams will respect me."

Afterwards, the driver stopped the car, Lin Tian opened the door and left straight away.

(End of this chapter)