Wang Tu Baye

Chapter 357 Weighing the pros and cons
"There is no doubt that since last season, the Lakers teenager Kobe Bryant has gained everyone's attention. He averaged 28+5+5 per game in the regular season, which is destined to start his extraordinary future. "

"After all, with Kobe Bryant's style of play and physical fitness, if he stabilizes his current performance, he can still play for the Lakers for at least 10 years. Refer to the basketball god Michael Jordan. As long as the swingman does not suffer serious injuries , Playing in the NBA for more than ten seasons is still very common."

"On the other hand, Shaquille O'Neal, the Shaquille Shaquille O'Neal, the Lakers center who is at his peak, has been recognized by all nba experts and fans, but after all he has reached his 30th birthday. According to the upper limit of an ordinary nba center, he is the most. 10 more seasons to go."

"They both play for another 10 years, but the meaning is completely different. One is the ten years that can maintain the peak, or even reach a higher level. The other is that it will suddenly decline in that year, and can only be reduced to half main force and half rotation player's role."

"After all, for black players, especially black centers with large weight and height, when their physical fitness can still be maintained, there is no sign at all from the statistics, but it is very likely that after one summer, they will find that they suddenly jumped. I couldn’t get up and run anymore, and suddenly I went from an All-Star-level superstar to a fringe player in the NBA without the ball.”

"For the NBA, there has never been a shortage of amazing players. Too many shooting stars have passed through the big stage of the NBA. The final facts have proved that there are not many players in the history of the NBA. My name will be immortalized forever."

"And Shaquille O'Neal's annual salary has begun to approach 3000 million US dollars. You must know that the total salary of some NBA teams is not much higher than this figure. Even if the owner of the Lakers is rich and powerful, the Lakers' management must want to be healthy. Develop comprehensively and not put all the chips on one player."

"As for the current salary of young player Kobe Bryant, it doesn't seem very high, more than 1000 million US dollars. For a star who averages nearly 30 points per game, it seems very cheap."

"Now the Lakers management and the Lakers owner must be constantly weighing the trade-offs. If they renew the Shaquille O'Neal with a higher price and a longer term, it will inevitably cause a huge crisis in the total salary of the Lakers, just like Michael Jordan, the god of basketball. , One person accounts for half of the salary space of the entire team."

"Pippen or other Bulls players would rather maintain their low salary and be teammates with Jordan, because they know that only by firmly hugging Joe's thigh can they win championship rings one after another. This is obvious. It is much more important than getting more money, after all, holding a few championship rings and then wanting to win a big contract is not a very difficult thing."

"Scottie Pippen's annual salary was only more than 200 million US dollars in the last few years of the Bulls. You must know that he has played for the Bulls for ten full seasons. The sum of the ten seasons is far less than the annual salary of Jordan Joe. high."

"But Pippen obviously doesn't mind at all. He is now in the Portland Trail Blazers for retirement, with an annual salary of close to 2000 million U.S. dollars, and his annual income is equal to the sum of his previous ten-year salary in the Bulls."

"This is a very real problem. Many NBA players will go to a bad team to play for money. The contract amount is very high and their own statistics are also very good, but the team's record is negligible. You can go to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans for vacation."

"Therefore, there are also many nba players who no longer play for money, but look for a team in their minds that may win the nba championship in the next few seasons. A championship ring is far more attractive than going to an unknown bad team and getting a high salary."

"After all, the nba championship can only produce one nba team in each season every year. Among them, the nba players who get the ring are only 12 in the playoffs, plus a few players in the regular season at most. It can be said that in the nba , There are only a handful of players with this championship ring on their fingers."

"After all, the NBA is an iron-clad business. Every year through the draft and through various channels, countless new and old players will flood into the NBA. Many of these players may come from Europe, Australia, or China."

"After all, China's pride, Yao Ming, a 2-meter-tall giant, joined the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco as the No. 26 pick in the NBA draft. This made the Warriors instantly become the darling of hundreds of millions of fans in China."

"Also, all the Warriors players can get an advertising endorsement contract in Shenzhou, which perfectly interprets the truth that one person can ascend to heaven."

"Countless bosses of various brands and local tyrants in China are waving checkbooks and golden pens, hoping to sign a Warriors teammate named Yao. It can be said that as long as they are in the Warriors, exposure and annual income are absolutely nothing to worry about." thing."

"Anyone can calculate this account. Even if you are a superstar in the nba, you can still earn a certain amount of annual salary. The upper limit is 3000 to [-] million US dollars. If you want to get this data in the nba, you must at least be similar to the leader of Jordan Joe. Or a player who is a serious contender for the scoring title this season."

"Signing an advertising endorsement contract will not trigger the upper limit of the nba luxury tax at all. If you can ensure that you can win the nba championship, I believe that the vast majority of nba owners and coaches are willing to pay some luxury tax. After all, money There is a price, but not everyone is lucky enough to get a championship ring."

"John Stockton, who has played for the Utah Jazz for fifteen seasons, may be his last year in the NBA next season. The 40-year-old Stockton is very likely to retire with empty fingers. After all His age is at stake here."

"And the postman Karl Malone has also been with the Jazz for almost 20 years. He has been waiting for this championship ring for almost 20 years, but obviously Malone still can't get the one he is thinking about at present or in the foreseeable future. ring."

"The Lakers can't completely limit the performance of the Warriors No. 7 O'Neal. The Warriors' starting power forward O'Neal, facing the Lakers veteran Robert Horry, is not panic at all. The 32-year-old Horry has begun to use experience to defend O'Neal. O'Neal."

"Robert Horry, whose playing time efficiency and all aspects are constantly regressing, can only play 6+5+2 data this season, which is not enough for the former defending champion. Everyone knows that only the OK combination of two , can’t win the NBA championship.”

(End of this chapter)