All I Really Want Is To Play Basketball

In accordance with the new regulations after the labor negotiations and the requirements put forward by Su Feng, the Raptors uniform staff quickly reached an agreement with Duffy with a five-year total value of approximately 54 million, a starting salary of 9 million, and a player option in the final year. , and a verbal agreement with the right to veto the transaction was added to the contract.

Because Su Feng has no rights to the Raptors, according to the verbal agreement reached between the two parties, the Raptors plan to officially renew Su Feng's contract after the free agent market opens on July 1.

However, just when the team's general manager Gruwald and owner Chad were about to open champagne to celebrate their success in retaining Su Feng...

Next door, Griffith, the battered owner of the Grizzlies, quit.

This year, as the Raptors won the championship, the fans in Vancouver have already transformed into the shape of the Raptors.

Look at the sluggish basketball market of the Grizzlies, and then look at the explosive attention of the Raptors...

Do you think Griffith can take it easy?

I think back then, when the Raptors and Grizzlies joined the NBA together, we were all brothers and sisters, but now...

When I think about the future that the Raptors are looking forward to after renewing their contract with Su Feng...

Griffith admitted he was sore.

On the 22nd, at the league's bosses' season summary meeting, Griffith said at the meeting, watching Chad, who was taking advantage of the break in the meeting to ask Bass for advice on what the championship parade was about.

"I really can't imagine that an MVP player like Su will only have a salary of US$9 million next year!"

According to the regulations after the labor negotiations, because the starting salary of a player's contract is related to the number of years he has played in the NBA as a veteran and the team's salary space, the highest starting salary Su Feng can receive after ending his rookie contract is US$9 million. .

And next, because Su Feng does not have bird rights, he naturally cannot enjoy the maximum salary increase in contract renewal with his home team like Kobe and Iverson.

In Su Feng's original time and space, in order to obtain bird rights with the Warriors in the future, Durant and the Warriors adopted the strategy of signing a short-term contract first and then a large contract.

You know, in the NBA, there is a gap between the highest salary and the highest salary.

The reason why such a gap exists is because of these details added by the league to protect small and medium-sized teams during the labor negotiations in the 1998/99 season.

Therefore, in theory, after labor negotiations, NBA players who want to get the theoretical absolute maximum salary generally have to wait until their third big contract, or after playing in the NBA for a certain number of years.

What is obvious is that these regulations also laid the fuse for the subsequent shutdown.

Because just like Griffith said, although Su Feng is only 21 years old, as the MVP, he can only receive 9 million US dollars in the next year.

Some All-Star players who have never even touched the floor of the semifinals benefit from returning to the NBA before labor negotiations and can receive a salary of nearly US$17 million next season...

Do you think this is fair?

Therefore, as a "just person", Griffith believed that he must stand up and call out Su Feng's injustice.

"I also think it's incredible that an MVP like Su only gets $9 million."

On the side, Old Bass, who knew what Griffith wanted to do, immediately agreed after listening to Griffith's words.

As an employer that is naturally opposed to players, it seems that Griffith and Bass are trying to raise Su Feng's salary with this operation, but in fact, these people have other plans in mind.

After weighing the pros and cons in his mind, Stern, as one of the participants in this meeting, also discovered a very serious problem.

That is, if the Raptors can really sign Su Feng with this extremely cost-effective maximum salary contract, then he will have a headache if he wants to dismantle the Raptors in the future.

Because despite the fact that Su Feng will only get more than 1 million U.S. dollars less than Kobe, Iverson and others every year in the future, for the NBA in this era, more than 1 million U.S. dollars of salary space is enough for the Raptors to sign in the free agent market. The next high-quality veteran will supplement the team's immediate strength.

So, cheer for the Raptors and cheer for the Raptors...

For Stern, who does not want the NBA to have a monopoly for too long, he still has to bury the thunder that should be laid for the Raptors.

In addition, in Stern's view, if the first maximum-salary contract for a supernova like Su Feng cannot match his worth, it will easily cause young people in the future to lose the motivation to fight.

So, after an afternoon of discussion, Stern and the bosses decided to take advantage of Su Feng's contract extension to give the young people in the future some motivation to play.

Raptors owner Chad couldn't help but feel a sense of crisis when he noticed that so many people were paying attention to the contract extension between the Raptors and Su Feng.

As soon as he returned to Toronto, Chad found Gruward for discussion and informed Gruward about the contents of the meeting.

After hearing the news, Gruward could only smile bitterly and said: "It seems that we have to find Su Lai again to negotiate a new contract."

"I have the same idea. No matter what he wants, we will give it to him." Chad nodded.

Although he is usually very stingy, Chad knows very well that the more other teams are looking forward to the death of the Raptors, the more he has to keep Su Feng.

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"Huh? 'Su Feng Clause'?"

On the 23rd, when he learned from Bill Duffy that the league was about to launch the "Su Feng Clause", Su Feng, who was practicing throwing with Frazier at the time, almost sprayed Frazier in the face with a mouthful of Gatorade. .

"Yes, if we follow the new regulations, we can get 30% of the starting salary." Duffy laughed on the phone.

I'll drop Westbrook...

In this life, Su Feng never expected that because of his relationship, the "Ross Clause" would be born in the 1990s.

"What do the Raptors management mean?" Su Feng asked curiously.

"What they mean is that after the new regulations are released, they will renew your contract and give you the treatment that an MVP player deserves," Duffy said.

Su Feng nodded. He had to say that the Raptors were indeed sincere in their contract renewal negotiations.

only......

Different from the starting salary that takes up 25% of the team's salary space, 30%...

hiss----!

After taking a deep breath, Su Feng quickly realized how difficult it is for a team to create a dynasty in the NBA.

Because before even waiting for the future, Stern has already begun to lay the groundwork for this Raptors.

It seems that the "Su Feng Clause" is to increase his salary, but in fact, Su Feng knows very well that it is to compress the Raptors' future salary space by increasing his salary.

clever!

It’s so clever!

Different from the "joke" who only knows how to play tricks behind his back, Stern, who has always only played tricks when it comes to breaking up the team, even Su Feng has to be convinced when it comes to the end of a bowl of water.

Because since this clause is named after himself, it's impossible for Su Feng to refuse a salary increase, right?

Wake up, for Su Feng, who has now changed his life ideal to become the number one basketball player, reach the pinnacle of life, and marry a rich and beautiful woman, he will not do such stupid things that damage his reputation.

Moreover, Su Feng had no reason to help the Raptors save money.

In addition, Stern may not believe it when he says that Su Feng will leave on his own in the future without him even having to break it up.

Therefore, after thinking for a while, Su Feng said to Duffy: "Then I will add a condition to this contract extension."

On the phone, when he heard that Su Feng was still asking for conditions, Duffy felt that it was Su Feng who said this to him, because if it had been anyone else, Duffy would have kicked him directly.

“This is also Steve’s contract year, right?

Therefore, the condition I want to add is that the Raptors must complete the contract extension with Steve after the free agent market opens. Otherwise, no matter how much money they give me, I will not play. "Su Feng said.

"Huh?" Duffy was shocked on the phone.

If Nash doesn’t fight, you won’t fight either?

etc......

Duffy, who is also Nash's agent, always feels that he has been cheated by Su Feng.

Because if he just goes to make demands for the Raptors, then think about how the world will view him Duffy.

Although Su Feng's move was indirectly helping Nash and himself, people would inevitably think that Duffy was a vampire agent, taking the opportunity to blackmail the Raptors.

However......

Faced with Su Feng's decisive attitude, the honest man Duffy was destined to take the blame for Su Feng this time.

Sure enough, when Duffy forwarded Su Feng's original words to the Raptors front office, Gruwald hated the "greedy" Bill Duffy from the bottom of his heart.

However, facing Su Feng's manager, no matter how angry Gruward was, he had to smile.

In fact, the reason why Su Feng asked Duffy to make such a request was because he was worried that due to the emergence of the "Su Feng Clause", the Raptors would squeeze Nash in the subsequent contract renewal with Nash, causing Nash to be dissatisfied. Leave the team directly.

You know, as the helmsman of the Toronto Black Pearl, Su Feng's organizational talent now relies entirely on Nash...ah, the Raptors' offense next season will all depend on Nash.

Therefore, although there are other point guards on the market to choose from, if Su Feng had to choose, at least during his Toronto career, he would want the man to be at the helm for him...

It's Nash.

And it was obvious that Su Feng was right to worry.

Because even if the Raptors soar this season, Chad's stingy attributes are unlikely to change.

In competitive sports, there are always fans who will question the owners of some teams.

That is, the team can obviously win the championship by spending more money, but why are these owners unwilling to spend money?

There are by no means a handful of bosses like Chad in the world of sports.

In Su Feng's previous life, when he was a fan, he couldn't understand why the owner of Manchester United let go of Cristiano Ronaldo, why AC Milan let go of Kaká, or even why Alexander was unwilling to invest more in Yao Mai.

But in this life, after thinking from the perspective of a capitalist, these problems were quickly solved.

Because for capitalists, if they can achieve success with the least amount of money, then why not do it?

From the perspective of making money, spending less means making money.

Therefore, when Gruward and Gruward decided to offer Su Feng a new contract, Chad also gave Gruward a firm order to save money in other areas.

With Tracy McGrady's rookie contract benefits still having one year to live up to, in Chad's view, it is not impossible for the team to pay some luxury tax appropriately, but if the salary cap exceeds the standard too much, it will be difficult for him to spend the money even if he wins the championship. Earn it back.

Before the NBA's new television agreement is negotiated, in fact, there are only one or two teams that can make money in the NBA.

Therefore, under Chad's instruction, Gruward did intend to give Nash a contract that was slightly lower than the market price.

But......

Now forced by Duffy's power of "bringing Su Feng to order the uniform team", even if he has ten heads, he Gruwald does not dare to lower Nash's price anymore.

"Su, I heard what Bill said, but I didn't expect you to help me like this."

As for Toronto, when he learned that he had been favored by Su Feng again, at this moment, Nash was no longer a woman, otherwise he would have to give her permission.

According to the preliminary agreement proposed by the Raptors to Nash, Nash will sign a five-year contract with the Raptors with a total value of approximately US$33 million.

This contract is slightly larger than the contract Nash signed with the Mavericks in Su Feng's previous life by about 5 million, because Nash in this life has a championship bonus.

In addition, like Su Feng, Nash also chose the player option in the last year of his contract.

Because although Nash, a Canadian, likes playing in Toronto very much, he also saw the "future" of this Raptors from this negotiation.

Nash knows very well that after the contracts of himself, Ben and Su Feng expire, it will be difficult for the Raptors to form such a strong team again.

Therefore, he does not want to hand over his fate to this petty team by then.

After successfully renewing the contracts of Su Feng and Nash, Joe Smith came to say goodbye to his teammates before the team's championship parade began, just as Su Feng expected.

Currently, there are many teams willing to provide Joe Smith with big contracts. In this life, without the constraints of the Yin and Yang contract, not only Joe Smith's future will be brighter, but also with less punishment from the league, the future of the Timberwolves will also be More promising.

In a daze, Su Feng, who had already turned history upside down, was preparing to participate in the team's championship parade. At the same time, he also began to look at the 1999 draft list and fell into deep thought.

In the 1999 draft, there were two famous international players.

One is Kirilenko, nicknamed "AK47".

The other one is Ginobili, nicknamed the "Pampas Vulture".

In Su Feng's previous life, these two people would be selected by the Jazz and Spurs respectively at No. 24 in the first round and at the end of the second round.

Judging from the two draft picks the Raptors have this year, if they want to select Kirilenko, the Raptors must trade up.

Because of the Raptors' outstanding performance in the 1998/99 season, their two draft picks this year are relatively low.

However, Su Feng did not plan to waste time on these two great gods this time.

Because both Kirilenko and Ginobili have a fatal problem, that is, they both have contracts with their old European clubs.

If Su Feng remembers correctly, Kirilenko had to wait until 2001 to land in the NBA, and Ginobili was even later. This guy had to wait until 2002 to land in the NBA.

In Su Feng's previous life, in the 1999 draft, the two men's low draft picks were related to their contracts with their old European clubs.

As for the current Raptors, there is no doubt that combat power is what the Raptors urgently need.

In addition, it is certain that Su Feng will leave the Raptors in the future, so he does not want to work hard to train new players for the Raptors.

You know, by the time Ginobili and Kirilenko complete their leveling, Su Feng may have left the Raptors.

Moreover, even if Su Feng can persuade Kirilenko and Ginobili to join the NBA early, it will be useless.

Because the NBA limits teams' buyout fees for international players, this time Raptors owner Chad couldn't do it even if he wanted to spend money.

Therefore, following Su Feng's hint, Davis quickly handed over his reinforcement plan to Gruward.

There were many high-quality rookies at the top in 1999, so if you can trade up, then trade up as much as possible.

And if you can't trade up, then use these two picks as bargaining chips to exchange for a human shield that can carry O'Neal.

For Su Feng, who knows how perverted O'Neal will be next season, in his opinion, if the Raptors want to defend their title next season, they must start planning how to sink this fat-headed fish from now on.

After all, the lineup is composed of O'Neal, Kobe, Rice, Lewis and others. From the perspective of paper strength, this Lakers is definitely stronger than the one Su Feng remembers.

As for Eastern Conference opponents...

Not to mention opponents like the Pacers and Heat.

After another year of practice, who knows how strong the Celtics will become next season...

One thing to say, UU Reading www.uukｎshu.net If the Raptors want to defend their title next season, the difficulty will definitely be Galaxy level.

"It's so crucial to win this crown..."

On this day, Su Feng sighed silently in his heart while touching his falling hair.

Because if he doesn't win the championship this season, he really doesn't know how long it will take him to win the championship in the future.

All in all, it's good to be ahead at the start.

But if you forget your respect for this era because of this, it will only be a matter of time before Su Feng is overtaken...

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PS: I never expected that I was almost turned off by this chapter. Looking up information makes Qiao's head almost bald. (Roll for 200 in the evening, Qiao will code first. Counting those on the 9th, I still owe 2 chapters!)

PS2: You lick it, I lick it too, YYGQ is a little less, you praise it, I praise it too, Ah Qiao’s update feels like going home.

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