NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 316 Join the Nuggets!Is Wang Chao really gone?
4 million in 6400 years, with an average annual salary of 1600 million. In the era when the salary cap skyrocketed after the new broadcast contract took effect, this salary is actually not particularly high. For rookie players, the maximum salary contract also starts at 17 million.

But for a blue-collar center who was only a backup center for the Rockets last season, averaging less than 15 minutes per game, and only 5 points and 6 rebounds, this is already a very high offer.

After Gobert's rookie contract expires, as a restricted free agent, the Rockets have the right to match any team's offer contract and force Gobert to stay.

But with a four-year contract extension of 4 million for a backup center, the Rockets are not being taken advantage of, and they already have Whiteside, who has similar functions to Gobert and is more athletic.

Therefore, when the Nuggets officially made an offer to Gobert, the Rockets did not even hesitate, and directly and decisively chose to give up the matching contract and let Gobert leave.

But what the Rockets management didn't know was that the Nuggets' offer for Gobert was made at the behest of Wang Chao.

After some consideration, Wang Chao finally chose to join the Denver Nuggets.

This was chosen for several reasons.

First of all, after the end of the 16-17 season of the Nuggets, the contracts of many players in the team expired, including Danilo Gallinari with an annual salary of 1500 million US dollars, which made the total salary of the Nuggets only 6000 million. According to 17 -Based on the salary cap of 18 million in the 9900 season, they have a salary space close to 4000 million, which is very maneuverable.

Secondly, perhaps because of the butterfly effect, after the Nuggets selected Donovan Mitchell this season, they did not directly trade him as a bargaining chip to the Jazz as in the original history, but kept him. Now, the Nuggets lineup has two players with great potential, the 16-year rookie Jamal Murray and the 17-year rookie Donovan Mitchell.

Although both players are just rookies, their performances on the offensive end are quite good.

米切尔在爵士队的首个赛季就可以场均砍下20.5分3.7篮板3.7助攻，成为队内得分王，并且在季后赛凭借场均24.4分5.9篮板4.2助攻的数据，帮助掘金队闯入第二轮。

Although Jamal Murray's performance in terms of scoring data is not as explosive as Mitchell's, but in the 17-18 season, which is the second season of his career, he can also contribute 16.7 points steadily, and then become the team's main scorer. Jokic's side The most powerful right-hand man.

Regarding Mitchell and Murray, Wang Chao’s deepest memory is that in the playoffs of the 19-20 season, the Denver Nuggets and the Utah Jazz met in the first round, and it was also the two rising stars of the basketball world, Mitchell and Murray. World War I.

Throughout the series, the two teams fought 7 bloody games. Mitchell and Murray scored 50+ points in two games respectively. Among them, both scored 50+ points in one game. They have super offensive ability and explosive scoring power. Let the whole league be amazed.It even made the two teams' own team bosses Dakic and Gobert bleak.

But now, both offensive experts are in the Nuggets, and Wang Chao doesn't need to worry about the second and third scoring points at all.

The only shortcoming of these two players may be their height. Mitchell is 1 meters tall and Murray is 85 meters. After the Nuggets signed Rudy Gobert with 1 million in four years, this problem is not a problem at all.

With a height of 2 meters and an astonishing wingspan of 16 meters, it is this exaggerated static talent that helped Gobert win 2 best defensive player awards.

Gobert and Wang Chao teamed up to build the Nuggets' defensive system, and it is entirely conceivable what that concept is.

And Gobert is only the first of Wang Chao's signing targets, but not the last.

On the second day when Gobert officially announced his 4-year 6400 million joining, the Nuggets followed up with another signing, reaching a 4-year 3200 million contract with free agent PJ Tucker.

4 million in 3200 years, with an average annual salary of 800 million. In this era of tens of millions of annual salaries, this contract can be regarded as a low-priced contract.

Tucker played between the Suns and the Raptors last season. In 81 games, he averaged only 6.7 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, and his shooting percentage was just over 40%.

With reference to Tucker's performance, the 4-year 3200 may still be a premium contract.

But only Wang Chao knows how valuable Tucker is.

Although his performance is not good in terms of personal data, Tucker is a seriously underestimated defensive expert, a standard 3D player.

In the two strongest seasons of the Rockets, that is, the seasons when they won the Best Fighting Bravery Award, PJ Tucker was the absolute main force in the Rockets' lineup, and he was the absolute defensive leader of the Rockets' forward position according to the magic ball theory. brake.

It's ridiculous to say that with Tucker's defensive ability, he hasn't even been in the best defensive team once, which shows that the league and the media underestimated him.

When Wang Chao discovered that Tucker had become a free agent, he decisively asked the Nuggets to dig him over.

In this way, only 2 days after the start of the free market, the Nuggets' main lineup for the new season has already been built.

Both Mitchell and Murray are combo guards. They can play guard positions at the same time, serving as point guard and shooting guard respectively. PJ Tucker, who is 1 meters tall, serves as small forward, and Wang Chao serves as power forward. Gobert plays center.

This lineup will not be particularly exaggerated in terms of strength, but it is not bad. More importantly, except for Wang Chao, none of the five players is an All-Star player. If such a lineup wins the championship, it will bring the league The shock will be full in an instant.

This is also the last and main reason why Wang Chao chose to join the Nuggets. The Nuggets' lineup is definitely a representative that looks very weak to the outside world, but the actual combat effectiveness is very strong.

I, Wang Chao, have been able to lead a group of rookies and players to win the championship, who is not convinced?

It's just that after the Nuggets signed Gobert and Tucker one after another, the team's salary has reached 8000 million, limited by the 9900 million salary cap, and there is no way to offer Wang Chao a maximum salary offer.

No matter which team he joins, Wang Chao will never give up the maximum salary. Lao Mi's money must be earned, so what the Nuggets need to do next is to clear the salary space.

At present, in addition to Gobert's starting salary of 1450 million and Tucker's starting salary of 759 million, the Nuggets also have relatively large contracts, including Kenneth Faried of $1292 million, Will Sen. Chandler and Darrell Arthur for $1202 million.

The above three players are not of much value in Wang Chao's view.

The half-orc Faried was one of the main players of the Denver Athletics team. He was 2 meters high and served as a power forward with excellent athletic ability.

With a height of 2 meters and a weight of only 03 kilograms, this kind of figure is used to deliver food for insiders. Anyone who comes here can blow him up. You must know that even the 103-meter Tucker weighs 1 kilograms.

Farid, who relies heavily on his athletic ability and explosive power, has also suffered from injuries one after another in the past two years, and his athletic ability has continued to decline. In Wang Chao's impression, Farid's state has declined rapidly since the 17-18 season, and he has been reduced in just a few years. To the point where there is no ball to play.

Compared with him, Wilson Chandler is still a little stronger, but it is only at the level of fifty steps.

If these two players have a contract of around 500 million, Wang Chao may be able to tolerate them staying in the team, but the combined salary of the two players is close to 2500 million, so what are you waiting for if you don't send them out?

As for Darrell Arthur with an annual salary of 746 million... To be honest, Wang Chao has no impression of this player at all. So there is such a number one player in the Nuggets?
At this stage, the 1200 million contracts of Faried and Wilson Chandler are not considered rubbish contracts. After all, the two players are still very young. At the current stage of salary inflation, the 1200 million contracts are not enough for many teams. It seems that neither is particularly expensive, so the two still have some transaction value, but there are not many teams that want to find enough salary space to take over and are willing to use special transactions to bridge the salary gap.

In the end, the Nuggets could only use the draft pick as a bargaining chip, paying a first round and two second rounds as a price, before sending Faried and Wilson Chandler away successively.

Even so, they still had to trade back two role players with an annual salary of around 500 million.

As for Darrell Arthur, the Nuggets chose to lay him off directly because they couldn't find another home. According to the rules of the league, they only need to pay a part of the salary within the scope of his guarantee contract, and only 350 million will be included in the end. Dollars of salary go into the salary cap.

A series of operations saved the Nuggets nearly 2000 million in salary, and finally there is enough salary space to sign Wang Chao.
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In the few days when the free market opened, the Nuggets became the most jumping team among all the teams. First, they signed Gobert and Tucker with high salaries. The two were 4 million in 6400 years and 4 million in 3200 years. Refer to the two The performance of last season was completely a premium contract. They signed two blue-collar players with 2400 million yuan. Did the Nuggets really get the money from the wind?

The signing was not over yet, and then the Nuggets traded Faried and Wilson Chandler away from the team, and in order to send them away, the team did not hesitate to hand over the draft picks, and what they did was a loss-making deal.

The various abnormal performances of the Nuggets are extremely confusing. Is the Nuggets management taking the wrong medicine?Turn over the table and stop playing?

But for some interested people, the abnormal performance of the Nuggets is revealing a bad message.

The free market has been open for several days, but the biggest big fish, Wang Chao, has not yet stated which team he will join.

However, many teams have tried their best to make enough salary space to provide Wang Chao's agent with a maximum salary offer.

Who knows if the Nuggets are trading players upside down to free up salary space to pursue Wang Chao?Although the Nuggets lineup looks very average, the team does not even have an All-Star, which is completely at the bottom of the league.

In the end, I was really afraid of something.

On July 7, the fifth day of the free market, Wang Chao finally made a move.

He reached an agreement with the Denver Nuggets and signed a 1+1 contract with a two-year salary of 7100 million and a starting salary of $3465 million in the first year.

This is a super maximum salary contract. It is a little pity that $3465 million is not the highest salary in the league.

In the 17-18 season, the highest salary in the league belonged to the Warriors Stephen Curry’s $3468 million, which was only $3 higher than Wang Chao’s, but even $3 more was too much.

In fact, with Curry's playing experience, according to the maximum salary rule, the salary cannot be compared with Wang Chao.

However, after the league's labor agreement, a new term for designating veterans was added. The terms stipulate that players who are between 7 and 9 years old, have not changed teams, and have not only changed teams in the first four seasons of their careers. In the past three seasons, if you have obtained some hard honor conditions, you can renew your contract with the team with a maximum salary of 35%.

The original maximum salary rule requires players with more than 10 years of playing experience to renew their contracts with a maximum salary of 35% of the salary cap.

Curry has won two consecutive MVPs before, and he fully meets the terms of the designated veteran, so he can renew his contract with 5 years of 2.01 million US dollars, and because the renewal period is longer than Wang Chao, the starting salary is 3 US dollars higher than Wang Chao.

This is only the first year. By the next year, which is the 18-19 season, Curry's salary will reach 3746 million US dollars, while Wang Chao's annual salary will only be 3635 million US dollars if he implements the player option, and the gap will reach 111 million US dollars.

Wang Chao, who has long been a billionaire and conservatively estimates that his net worth will exceed 200 billion by the end of this year, certainly doesn't care about a mere 200 million, but Curry's annual salary is higher than him, which still makes him a little uncomfortable.

The news of Wang Chao joining the Denver Nuggets swept the world within a day.

This is really unexpected.

Everyone is stupid.

Join the Nuggets?What did Wang Chao think?Did he really think he was invincible?

Look at the current lineup of the Nuggets, Gobert, Murray, Tucker, Mitchell, what kind of rotten fish and shrimp are these?Is there one that can hit?
After signing Wang Chao for 3465 million, the Nuggets' salary space was directly occupied, and there was no chance to sign other players.

Who gave Wang Chao the confidence to think that joining a team like the Nuggets could win the championship?You must know that even in the Nets, didn't he wait for Durant to join before winning the championship?
The news of Wang Chao joining the Nuggets made other teams without a championship cry in the toilet, and the most disappointed one was the Charlotte Hornets.

Before Wang Chao decided to join the Nuggets, the league generally believed that the Hornets were the most suitable next home for Wang Chao to join.

First of all, the three heroes of Charlotte are outstanding, especially Davis, who averaged 28+12 per game last season.

Oladipo and Kemba Walker are also All-Star players.

As long as Wang Chao joins the Hornets, he will be the biggest favorite to win the championship in the first year.

After the finals, when Wang Chao officially announced that he would jump out of the contract and leave the Nets, Joe’s boss expressed his position immediately, welcome Wang Chao to join the Hornets, and win the first championship trophy in team history for this team, and promised that if Wang Chao Chao can win the championship for the Hornets. No matter how many years Wang Chao has played in the Hornets, he will retire Wang Chao's jersey and build a statue for him.

This sincerity can be described as full, and the Hornets have plenty of salary space. Although Oladipo's rookie contract expired, he did not rush to renew his contract. He only waited for the team to sign Wang Chao and then use the Bird clause to cap Renewing Oladipo's contract, even if the Hornets will pay a certain luxury tax for it, Jordan is ready to grit his teeth and stand up.

After Jordan publicly stated his position, the Hornets became the biggest favorite to get Wang Chao.

How perfect is it to be able to get three All-Star teammates as soon as you join the team, one of which is a top superstar, who can directly advance towards the goal of winning the championship and skip the training period?James next door was crying.

But Wang Chao just said that I will not, I will go to a bad team to prove how NB I am.

The Nuggets' lineup is really bad, even worse than when Wang Chao first arrived at the Nets two years ago. After all, the Nets at that time still had an All-Star-level Brook Lopez, and the former core player De Ron Williams and Joe Johnson successfully joined with a new basic salary after reaching a buyout agreement with the team, which is a little bit like that.

What about the Nuggets now?The only gimmick in the team is Jamal Murray, who won the best rookie last season, but Murray, the best rookie, is purely a big player among the dwarfs. He averaged 10 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists per game and can be the best. Rookie, it's just a joke.

往前追溯十几年也找不到一个数据这么差的最佳新秀，也就00-01赛季场均11.9分4篮板1.7助攻的迈克.米勒在数据上与他接近了。

Can Wang Chao lead such a team to win the championship?What are you kidding?
Barkley, a well-known commentator on TNT TV, was the first to jump out.

"The Nuggets that Wang Chao joined, I don't even think they won the championship. If he can lead the Nuggets from the Western Conference to the finals next season, I will live broadcast and eat a whole bowl of horse manure!"

This bet should have been made by Barkley in the 21-22 season finals. At that time, he was sure that the Celtics would beat the Warriors to win the championship, so he made this bold statement. As a result, the Warriors defeated the Warriors 4:2. The Celtics won.

Then Barkley, who cheated on food and drink in the live broadcast, selectively forgot the bet.

There is no way, if Buckley eats a bowl of horse manure, it will kill someone.

But this time Barkley is full of confidence.

What kind of garbage lineup is the Nuggets?Even with Wang Chao, being able to break into the playoffs or even the Western Conference Finals would be a breakthrough.

After all, the western side is also full of powerful people.

Even if the Warriors lost to the Nets in the finals, they are still one of the three major aircraft carrier teams in the league. The team has a terrifying lineup and strong strength.

In the west, there are Butler, Howard leading, the Spurs who can fight the Warriors in seven games in the Western Conference Finals, and the Rockets led by Leonard.

In addition, after the Thunder traded for Paul George, they are currently actively looking for opportunities to form the Big Three. Once the Big Three are successfully formed, they will become a force that cannot be ignored in the West.

When the Nuggets have only one Wang Chao, why should they break out of the encirclement in the west where there are so many strong enemies?
Barkley didn't believe it, and neither did other basketball commentators or senior fans.

They all have a feeling now that Wang Chao, with the eight crowns in his hand, is really floating. He feels that he can really 1v5. If he doesn't use the cruel reality to educate him, he won't be able to wake up.

　At the end of the month, ask for a monthly ticket.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)