pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 629 Reward Clause
"You've seen the ones just now, right?"

"It's hard not to see."

"They don't seem to welcome us very much."

"Then leave them speechless."

The core members also whispered, obviously they also have a feeling for the unique "welcome ceremony" of the Heat.

Even James is impossible to completely turn a blind eye, but the power of superstars is that they can completely transform this pressure into motivation when playing.

The Lakers showed a strong attitude when adapting to the field training for the first time. They shot a very terrifying shooting percentage, and the subsequent group confrontation played an intensity no less than that of a regular game.

In the 20-minute confrontation, James alone led the bench team and defeated the combination of Oscar + Felix + Raphael with a score of 58:32. James scored 28+10+10 stats and officially announced that he has entered the "finals mode".

In Miami, as long as the Heat's opponents are hi, there are no secrets here. It didn't take long for the content of the Lakers training game to be presented in front of the Heat's management.

"This year's Lakers are in very good shape, especially James, he is so eager for this third championship ring." After seeing the Lakers' training performance, the Heat's management gave a unanimous response.

In the NBA, "3" is a very magical number. People often use this number to define the difference between a star and a super giant.

“3”次MVP、“3”次最佳阵容、“3”次全明星、“3”个得分王以及“3”座总冠军！
When a player reaches "3" times in a certain field, then this person is undoubtedly a superstar, and James has already won two championships with the Lakers. This year he will attack his third championship.

For this opportunity, he waited for 3 years.

"He is so special." Heat owner Blake Lee has never concealed his love for James. He has praised James in front of the media many times. The two have a very good relationship in private and often interact on social media. Ke and James clarified to the media at the same time that James will never wear the Heat jersey.

Blake Lee: He's a great opponent, and it's more fulfilling to beat him than to have him.

James: One person, one city, I want to be like Kobe Bryant and only be a Laker in my life.

Such an obvious and resolute statement brought an abrupt end to the infinitely beautiful fantasy of the Miami people, but it did not stop them from hitting the championship, because they already had a super giant of the same level as James in their formation: Bruce Wade.

The dream of Blake Lee for many years has finally come true, and his team has finally reached the highest stage of the game with James.

During the Heat's training in the afternoon, the boss personally came to supervise the scene. After the game with the Legends, the Heat seemed to slow down a team.

After watching the players' training, Blake Lee couldn't help itching his hands. After playing for a while, he was the owner of the NBA team, and his shots were still very accurate, and his shooting movements were very standard, not like a half-baked one.

After Blake Lee showed off his skills, the staff joked about reserving a place for Blake Lee on the roster. With his shooting ability, he can play games.

Of course, these are all jokes, purely to make the boss happy. The intensity of NBA games is beyond the reach of ordinary people like Blake Lee.

In order to motivate the players, Blake Lee triggered the additional clauses in the contracts of all the players in the team. As long as they can win the championship, the players can get a championship bonus equivalent to 35% of their own contracts, which is a lot of money.

Take Bruce Wade as an example. His contract value this season is 4000 million, and 30% of it is 1200 million.

The Heat have more of this "bonus clause" than any of the other 29 teams.

Blake Lee's generosity is recognized throughout the league. As a team owner, he has always followed Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, as an example. He hopes that the relationship between himself and his players is no longer a pure player-owner relationship, but a heart-to-heart friend.

Once Black Lee's reward clause was triggered, it caused an uproar among the league's management teams. Most owners believed that Black Lee did this to attract some big-name stars to join in the offseason, and further strengthen the team. Today's Heat are already the only team in the league. If there is more reinforcement, the NBA will really come to an end.

The chain effect triggered by the "reward clause" is that in just one day, a total of 11 teams negotiated early contract renewals with their leading stars, and 8 teams completed the renewal of the maximum salary contract with the players.

Renewing the contract in advance is undoubtedly the team's helpless self-protection. The reward clause of the Nets is so attractive that it is difficult for people not to be tempted, but fortunately, the conditions for triggering it are relatively harsh.

"The boss is really grand, it seems that he must win the championship."

"Yeah, yeah, I want a bonus, I want a bonus."

In China, the reward system is very common. From babbling children to trembling old people, they are all more or less beneficiaries of the "reward system". As a Chinese boss, Blake Lee is well aware of the power of the reward system, so he will start the reward clause in advance at such an important node. Normally, it will be triggered after Game 3.

Blake Lee used the most practical and "vulgar" but at the same time the most effective way to motivate the team, and the players "for the sake of the bonus" should also do their best in the game.

(End of this chapter)