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The birth of the new clause is almost as if it was specially set up for Wang Zelin alone.

In China, the official media and the commentator of the Imperial TV station directly named this clause the "Wang Zelin Clause" on social media. In North America, the media combined the newly introduced hard salary cap with this clause and combined it. Summarized as "King's Agreement"!
The reason why the United States chose this name is simply because Wang Zelin’s own English name on social platforms such as Twitter and Facebook is called King. In translation, it means King.

As a result, fans from the two places completely reached a consensus on the naming of the new terms.

Seeing this situation, NBA officials followed suit and asked Vice President Tan Huiming to announce at a press conference that the league had officially named the designated veteran clause the Wang Zelin/King clause.

As we all know, the NBA is a business league, and a business league must establish many rules and terms in order for players and teams to obtain their respective interests.

Before this, the NBA had produced six clauses named after players, all of which had a profound impact on the future development of the NBA.

In chronological order, the first one to appear is the Larry Bird Clause, also known as Bird Rights:

The NBA has a salary cap system for teams. The existence of this system can very well prevent the emergence of super teams. As for the salary cap, one must mention the "Bird Rights", which is called the "Bird Clause" "The content is that players who have played for a team for more than three years can sign a maximum salary contract with the team and can renew the contract beyond the salary cap.

And using this clause to renew the contract of the veteran can also give the team a larger contract than other teams, giving the team an advantage in renewing the player!

The second is the Arenas clause:

NBA中的新秀合同分为首轮合同和次轮合同，首轮合同为4年的合同，而次轮则是2年的合同。当年阿里纳斯正是次轮被选中的，在2年级的时候打出了18.3+4.7+6.3的数据。

Since his contract is about to expire and the Warriors are unable to offer him a matching new contract, he has no choice but to leave!This contract was formulated to prevent such a situation from happening again, so that the team can better retain outstanding second-round players and better protect the interests of the parent team.

The third is the Houston clause:
The main reason for the creation of this clause is that he signed a 6-year, 1 million contract with the team at that time. However, before the contract expired, he announced his retirement, and the team still wanted to give him the remaining money. The lower salary, crucially, also accounts for the team's salary cap.

This clause was introduced after discussion, that is, the team can choose to lay off a player, and the player's salary will not be included in the salary cap.

The fourth is the Payton clause:

The terms were born when the Greens traded him to the Hawks. After Payton completed the buyout with the Hawks, he quickly signed back to the Greens. Such an operation undoubtedly directly angered the league, so it was formulated. This clause stipulated that players who were waived by the team in a trade were not allowed to sign with the original team for 30 days, and the offseason was 20 days. Later, it was modified again, and the 30 days during the season was changed to [-] days during the season. Players were not allowed to sign with the original team during the current season. !

The fifth is the Roth clause:

This clause is when a rookie becomes the MVP during the rookie contract or makes two consecutive All-Star starts or is selected to the All-NBA Team two consecutive times.After being satisfied, the rookie will sign a contract with the team that accounts for 2% of the team's salary cap after the contract ends.

Although the conditions for Rose's clause are difficult to meet, many stars have benefited from it.What's more interesting is that Durant is the first player to receive this clause.

The sixth is the Rondo clause:

This clause is different from the above related to salary. This clause was because Rondo only played 38 games due to injury, but in the end he won the assists title with 11.1 assists. This undoubtedly made many players feel dissatisfied and felt that he was out of the game. There are too few games and there is no gold content.

Therefore, the league stipulated that players must participate in more than 70% of the games before they can be selected for the final award. If they do not play in 70% of the games, the data must be converted to 70% before they can participate!
It can be said that the emergence of the above six clauses has made great contributions to improving the NBA's rule system. Being named after it is a great move that can be recorded in history.

So far, the seventh clause in NBA history named after a player has been born, namely - Wang Zelin/King Clause!

After this clause was announced, fans and the media were extremely excited, because multiple cases mean that there will be multiple super maximum salaries this summer.

The fans are purely enjoying themselves, while the media is mainly excited about the explosive popularity this summer.

Anyone in the media knows that more popularity means more money!
However... what everyone is waiting for first is not the super-maximum contract extension between a certain player and a certain team, but the birth of the first blockbuster deal this summer.

On June 6, the Atlanta Hawks sent former All-Star center Dwight Howard and this year's No. 21 draft pick to the Charlotte Hornets, and received Miles Plumlee and Marco Berry. Nellie and this year's No. 31 draft pick.

After all, Howard was the league's No. 2017 center before Wang Zelin. Although the sun is fading, his power is still there. In addition, this was the first blockbuster trade of the NBA offseason in the summer of [-], which instantly attracted a lot of attention.

This is Howard's third team in three years after playing for the Mosaics, Hawks and Hornets the past two seasons.This past season, the 31-year-old Howard played a total of 74 games for the Hawks, averaging 13:05 points and 12.7 rebounds per game. Last year, he just signed a three-year contract worth 7 million yuan with the Hawks. The Hornets became Howard's 050th year. The fifth ball of his NBA career.

The former number one center has gradually become a bum in the league, which is still somewhat disappointing.

Just when everyone thought that the trade between the Hawks and the Hornets was the first shot in the free trade market this offseason, and that big trades would follow one after another, another blockbuster news swept the league, once again pushing Wang Zelin to the top. Public opinion is at the forefront.

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Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, New York.

NBA players union headquarters.

Just after the league announced the change of president, issued a hard salary cap agreement and introduced new terms, the NBA Players Association also held a formal meeting in Manhattan, New York.

It is not difficult to understand from the words that this union is an organization that represents labor and management in bargaining negotiations and safeguards the economic interests and legitimate rights and interests of players.

The union was founded in 1954, but it took them 10 days to get the union to accept their existence.

In August 2013, Chris Paul became the 8th president in the history of the NBA Players Association. According to regulations, the players union will conduct elections for the president and vice president of the union every four years.

The four-year period has arrived, and it’s time for the chairman to be re-elected!

There are currently two options available.

One is to let Paul continue to be re-elected, which is also the wish of many veteran stars, including James, the current union chief vice president.

Another option is to introduce a new candidate for the union president.

This is the thought of the new generation of stars and many middle- and lower-level players after 2010, because the current labor agreement and super maximum salary are for the benefit of the elite, that is, the super giants.

In particular, Jackson's introduction of the King's Clause further expanded this aspect.

It's still the classic idea of ​​dividing the cake. A team's salary cap only has so much. When superstars occupy more of the team's salary space, it means that the salary space for middle and lower-level players will naturally decrease.

Wang Zelin, as No. 1 in the alliance, was also invited to the meeting.

Both plans had their own supporters, and neither side could convince the other. The entire conference room froze for a moment.

"King, what do you think?"

During the dispute, Oladipo, who supported the selection of the new chairman, turned to look at Wang Zelin, who was about to doze off.

Oladipo is known as the Bitter Mamba. He is not only a leader among active young defenders, but also a representative of active middle and lower-level players.

His speech caused others to turn their attention to Wang Zelin one after another.

As the No. 1 player in active service, and recognized as the No. 21 player in NBA hard honors since the 1st century, Wang Zelin’s right to speak in the players’ union cannot be overstated by one sentence.

The reason why he accepted the invitation was just to go through the motions, but unexpectedly, Oladipo suddenly dragged him to the center of the whirlpool with a word.

But now that he was asked, he didn't want to be a lazy dog.Get out of the way, I'm going to start showing off!

"Actually, I think...this new clause is not a bad thing, not only for me and LeBron, but for everyone."

Wang Zelin's first words attracted surprised looks from most people present.

This seems to be obviously different from what they discussed before!

The thirty-year-old man opposite couldn't help coughing twice.

If you want to show off, just show off, and no one is stopping you, why do you have to drag me into it?

Moreover, I have been playing in the NBA for more than ten years, and I fully meet the old version of the veteran clause regarding a maximum salary extension of 35% of the salary cap. The new clause has nothing to do with me!

Wang Zelin didn't care about James's reaction, but put forward his own point of view from the new perspective.

"Don't focus all your attention on the new terms. You might as well look at the newly introduced hard salary cap agreement. According to the new labor agreement and the introduction of new terms, although superstars will have the right to higher salaries, But it also means it’s hard for super teams to exist anymore.”

"Then in the future, teams that could have signed three superstars will only be able to sign two. Even if some teams are rich enough to sign three, it will mean that others can only get the maximum salary. Relying on that With a deformed lineup, it is difficult to win the championship, and once you only sign two super-max salary players, the remaining salary space will be given to mid-level players."

"So I think that the interests of middle and lower-level players will be compressed by the super maximum salary of superstars due to the birth of new terms. This argument is not valid."

"One more thing... Don't forget, everyone, with the finalization of the new broadcast contract agreement, the salary cap of NBA teams will expand rapidly in the future, and many middle and lower-level players will be able to get big money that they never dared to think about before. contract."

Wang Zelin is a latecomer after all. These are advanced theories to others, but to him they are just words of experience.

Because he has indeed witnessed the explosive era of NBA players' contracts with salaries of over 2020 million in the future. After 4, any star player in his prime who has been selected to the All-NBA Team will have an annual salary of basically 000 , 5 million, 000 million or more.

Even mid-level players, such as some high-quality 3D players who have reached the championship level, generally have annual salaries of around 1 million to 500 million.

You know, in 2010, Kobe Bryant, the No. 1 player in the league, had the highest annual salary in the league, only 2 million yuan.

His words were well founded, and almost everyone in the conference room nodded.

The same thing, different angles, and even different levels of understanding are completely different.

"I have a proposal."

After a moment of silence, Oladipo spoke again.

"I think there is no current player who is more suitable to be the chairman of this league union than Wang."

His suggestion immediately caused a commotion in the conference room.

But the commotion soon calmed down, and players nodded in agreement one after another.

In fact, as soon as Wang Zelin showed his interest in the position of chairman of the players union, the players did not need to be divided into two groups just now, and there was no clear plan after arguing for a long time.

After all, Wang Zelin is the No. 1 player in the league and the most representative player.

Besides, everyone knows that he has a very good personal relationship with new president Stu Jackson, which will make communication between labor and management more smooth.

Of course, the most important thing is that Wang Zelin’s insights just now convinced many people.

Many superstars and mid-level players present agreed with his views.

"I agree!"

"I agree!"

"+1!"

……

"+10086!"

Soon after, players began to echo in the conference room.

"I agree too!"

Seeing that his teammates Rose and Davis agreed, Wade also expressed his stance.

As a member of the four Banana Boat brothers, his stance is crucial.

"Since so many people agree, let's just vote."

According to the voting mechanism of the NBA Players Union, in this process, they will use the initial election to select candidates, and then all players in the Players Union will vote. The person with the highest number of votes will become the president of the NBA Players Union.

But the mechanism is a mechanism, and when it comes to voting, they are not as troublesome as asking for a regular meeting.

Now that it was clear that the main candidates were Wang Zelin and Paul, they simply skipped the initial candidate selection environment and went directly to the final voting session.

Moreover, the way players vote is also quite down-to-earth, using the simplest and most direct way of voting by raising hands.

Those who agree with Paul's re-election raise their left hand, and those who agree with Wang Zelin becoming the new chairman raise their right hand.

Oladipo took the lead in raising his right hand, and many people in the conference room also raised their right hands.

After the four Banana Boat brothers had an exchange, Paul did not need to vote as a candidate, and the other three also raised their hands one after another.

Unanimously approved!

The 15th player union president after Paul was born, headed by Wang Zelin.

Wang Zelin didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he saw this result.

My conscience, he really was just here to go through the motions. How could he accidentally become the chairman?

You have really hurt me!

But since it is the choice of all the players, he is not hypocritical and pretentious. I, Lao Wang, are really determined to be the chairman! (End of chapter)