NBA: James wants to team up with me
Chapter 302: Twilight Wolf seeks home, Garnett leaves the team (page 12)
The free market in 2012 is actually not very lively, because not many big-name stars have expired contracts, and only one player, Deron Williams of the Nets, has expired.
But as soon as the latter became a free agent, he immediately reached a new contract agreement with the Nets, worth 5 million over five years, and a proper maximum salary extension.
Although De Xiaopang has basically made no achievements in the league and has only been selected to the All-NBA Team twice, he really can't afford to eat and sleep against Paul, and his statistical performance is not bad. He played 55 games for the Nets this season. Deron can average 21 points, 3 rebounds and 8.7 assists per game. He is the absolute core of the team. Of course, the Nets will be willing to offer a maximum salary contract.
It's a pity that the Nets probably never dreamed of it. Deron, who got the big contract, immediately started to perform at light speed. Next season, which is the 12-13 season, the data dropped to 18.9 points and 7.7 assists, and then 14 points and 6 assists.
In the following seasons, Deron Williams was clearly in his prime, but his performance was tepid, averaging only about 14+6 per game, which was completely inconsistent with the value of his maximum salary contract.
Except for Deron, there are no All-Stars in the league whose contracts have expired.
However, the contracts of powerful players from various teams in the league such as Ibaka, Eric Gordon, Antoine Jamison, George Hill, Roy Hibbert, etc. have all expired.
Of course, this also includes several players from the Bulls, Garnett, Billups, Danny Green, Marcus Thornton and Jeremy Lin.
The Bulls' attitude towards players whose contracts have expired is very clear. The management directly notified Jeremy Lin and Thornton that the team will not consider renewing their contracts next season and asked them to find their next home as soon as possible.
These two players definitely have no worries about finding jobs.
In order to keep Danny Green, the Bulls had to spend a lot of money and offered him a four-year contract of 4 million yuan, with an average annual salary of 3000 million.
The previous contract renewal has been proceeding according to Wang Chong's vision.
Wang Chong's original plan was to give Garnett a two-year, $2 million contract, which could be regarded as a pension contract to thank Garnett for his contribution to the Bulls.
In the opinion of the Bulls general manager, this contract is somewhat overpriced. After all, in his opinion, Danny Green's performance in the game is mediocre and his statistics are not very good. Why should he get more than 7 million? An annual salary of around four million would be good.
The original Celtics signed a three-year, 12 million contract with Garnett in the summer of 3. With one more year, the total amount was only 3600 million more than this contract.
Thanks to the expiration of Billups' contract, the Bulls have ample salary space.
Even if Billups returns from injury in the new season, he will definitely have to step down from the starting position. Considering that he only played about 20 games in the next two years of his career before being injured for the season, Wang Chong has no intention of letting Billups. What kind of contribution Lupus can make on the field, as a veteran and the leader of the team's locker room, can teach Curry and Thomas some more defender experience, in Wang Chong's view, it is enough.
"Wang, I am already old, and my competitive level will only get worse in the future. I am very grateful to the team for offering me such a contract to retain me, but in the last few years of my career, I want to return to The place where the first dream began can be regarded as the fallen leaves returning to their roots.”
Of course, Garnett immediately gave the reason. He even made a special call to Wang Chong to explain.
Now Wang Chong figured it out.
As for Marcus Thornton, because he was on the bench for the Bulls, he failed to average 20+ points per game as he originally did. Thornton's evaluation in the league is not high, but after all, he is the main player on the bench for the Bulls. Rotating players, Thornton also performed well during the regular season. Considering the Bulls' good reputation for producing high-quality products, it is not difficult to get a contract with an annual salary of more than 500 million.
Based on Garnett's performance this season, an annual salary of 1600 million is definitely not low.
Danny Green is definitely going to stay with the Bulls. Wang Chong has said it before, how can he let go of a high-quality 3D player who has spent so much effort and effort to cultivate?
But when it came to Garnett's contract extension, something unexpected happened.
Billups will be 36 years old next season. Although with his style of play, it is not difficult to get an annual salary of three to five million from other teams, Billups still chose to return to his roots and stay with the Bulls. The team used the remaining heat and planned to eventually retire with the Bulls.
Billups is very open-minded. His career is actually very complete. He can win four championships with the Bulls. This is something he never dared to dream of before.
But Wang Chong was resolute, and other teams also offered an offer of 7 million, so the Bulls could only follow the price.
Speaking of Billups, he finally decided to stay with the team and signed a one-year veteran's minimum salary contract with the team.
Wang Chong knows very well that Garnett only has one year left in his peak period at most. Instead of giving him a longer multi-million contract, it is better to shorten the contract period, which is a good thing for both parties.
Needless to say, Jeremy Lin, who also played a shocking performance in the Bulls, is a hot commodity in the free market. Once he tests the free market, many teams will definitely compete for him. Of course, Jeremy Lin's upper limit is there. Can he be like this? As in history, getting a four-year contract worth around 4 million yuan was a pretty good result.
But to Wang Chong's surprise, Garnett actually chose to reject this contract.
It was also 2012, and Garnett's state of mind was completely different.
Although Garnett in the Celtics also won the championship as he wished, he only had one, and the three giants won it as a team, which was somewhat lackluster.
But Garnett was different in the Bulls. The first four-consecutive championship dynasty after the NBA merger, the best record of 73 wins in the regular season, Garnett experienced it all with the team, and he was still the only player in the team. Second to the honors Wang Chong has received as the second-choice player, his career has been complete. Even if he wins one or two more championships with the Bulls, it won't change much.
When a player gets everything he wants, as he grows older, he can't help but feel proud to return to his hometown.
Just like Garnett originally chose to let the Nets trade him back to the Timberwolves in the 14-15 season, the old Wolf King wanted to go home.
On July 7, the Minnesota Timberwolves officially announced that they had signed Kevin Garnett for 7 million in three years. The old wolf king returned to the Timberwolves.
For a moment, Minnesota fans were in tears.
Regardless of how much success Garnett still has left, as long as he is willing to return to the Timberwolves, Minnesota fans will definitely welcome him.
Garnett himself immediately published a long post on his personal social media, solemnly thanking the Bulls and the players and coaches, saying that although the Bulls really wanted him to stay with the team, he now wants to go home and work with the Bulls. The five years he spent will always be remembered in his heart.
Almost at the same time, the Bulls officially issued a statement thanking Garnett for his contribution to the Bulls' four consecutive championships. The team owner stated that he would retire the No. 5 jersey Garnett wore with the Bulls in the future.
As a result, even the media with some conspiracy theories trying to gain attention can't describe Garnett's departure as a drama of antagonism due to contract negotiations.
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