When Wilson signed the league's largest contract last year, Ewing's agent proposed to re-sign, hoping to take advantage of the surge in salary cap and negotiate the next big contract for his clients that shocked the league.

As a result, Louis rejected him sternly.

They knew that if Louis couldn't do this, it would be useless to talk about it.

Then Louis never received a call from David Falke, and Ewing started various competitions with Wilson in order to prove his leadership.

Last season's Knicks were like a powder barrel.

Anyone who throws a burning match in it will bring about a raging fire.

This season, the atmosphere inside the Knicks is good.

Ewing's camp suddenly proposed to re-sign the contract, and Louis began to be uncertain.

The internal tension of last season and the surface harmony of this season, was it David Falke's remote control of Ewing for him to see?

"How did he tell you?" Louis asked.

Baylor explained clearly: "Falker said Patrick planned to stay in New York, so he felt that there was no need to wait until the end of the season. We could complete the renewal during the season, which would reduce a lot of uncertainty."

This time, Falke's approach was more appropriate and reasonable than the last time.

The last time the inappropriate part was that Wilson had just signed a big contract. He was as if he was jealous. He crossed Baylor and called Louis directly and asked for a resign...

This kind of bastard who doesn't force a lot and doesn't respect the Knicks' management, of course Louis wants him to get out.

This time, Falke at least respected the negotiation process.

Through Baylor, Ewing's wishes were conveyed, and then Baylor conveyed Ewing's demands.

This is decent.

You can continue to talk about whether you succeed or not, but the basis for talking about things is mutual respect.

What is reasonable is the time for them to choose to start the re-sign negotiation.

This season is the seventh season of Ewing's famous rookie contract. At that time, Louis wanted to give him a contract without any options. But Falk insisted on a player option. They wanted the player option to be in the fifth year, but Louis was only willing to give the player option to be in the seventh year.

After fierce resistance, Falke threatened to cancel the negotiations and request a deal, but Louis insisted on not giving players a lower option than the seventh year.

Ewing and Falke finally had to agree.

It turns out that this is a suitable year.

Ewing ranked first in the league for five consecutive seasons, and only became an ordinary maximum salary in the past two seasons.

Without the player option, Ewing's contract will gradually become a child labor contract in the next five years.

If you play 2K, it will naturally be a great thing.

But in reality, Louis has to face Ewing every day. As the leader of the Knicks and the core players of the team, Ewing has to face those players who are more than him but have less than his strength. What do he think in his heart?

The team behind him wouldn't allow him to become cheap labor either.

Louis also had no intention of using a cheap contract to play the core player's mentality like the Bulls' three consecutive games, and they broke up in one beat.

So, Ewing's 10-year contract cannot be executed until the last year, regardless of player options.

The disputes and confrontations in the middle are entirely a battle for the right to speak.

Louis wants to control the overall situation, and Falke wants to do so.

Now they propose to re-sign at this time, which is in Ewing's interests and the Knicks' interests.

If it really delays until the offseason, Ewing announces the execution of the player option and jumps out of the contract, and becomes a complete free agent. Although he is determined to stay in the Knicks, theoretically, if a team has enough salary space, it can be awarded a super large contract.

At that time, it will be a headache for the Knicks to match or not. It is better to get it done now. It is better to have a short pain than a long pain.

"You can talk, please tell me any time you have any news."

At present, the league has not clearly marked the price of maximum salary, so there is no saying that maximum salary players account for a few percent of the salary cap, and everyone quotes according to their own feelings.

Therefore, it basically depends on the players' performance on the field and the team they are in to quote.

Wilson, who was the first salary in the league last season, was surpassed by Jordan and Barkley (just re-signed a contract with the Trail Blazers) and Drexler this season.

Jordan's annual salary is 5.4 million, Barkley's 4.8 million, and Drexler's 4.6 million.

Therefore, according to Falke's style, Ewing's annual salary for the next contract will not be less than 5.4 million.

Now Ewing has no burden.

He can be said to be the second center in the league, even if his level is actually similar to that of Olajuwon and David Robinson.

Because he has four championships, MVP and FMVP.

If one MVP can be killed by a player without a championship, then MVP+FMVP+Champion is a dimensional reduction attack.

The Knicks’ resignation negotiations with Ewing begin on Thanksgiving night.

In order to amplify Ewing's momentum, Falke deliberately leaked the negotiation news.

Suddenly, everyone in the league turned their attention to Apple City.

Seven years ago, Ewing could negotiate 30 million in 10 years. How much is it worth now?

The starting price of this re-signation negotiation is 5.5 million.

5.5 million a year, which is already higher than Jordan.

Falke smiled and nodded: "This is a good start, but not enough."

Baylor has been cursing a lot, but Falke sincerely believes that Ewing is worth more money.

Although the Knicks salary cap has been filled, Ewing can activate the Bird clause and you can get as much as you want.

Gu Wan

When Baylor raised the offer to 5.8 million a year, Falke still shook his head.

"Tell me, how much do you want?"

Falk said unsurprisingly: "8 million a year."

Baylor almost thought he had heard it wrong.

8 million a year? This is not just a lion's mouth, it's simply treating Ewing as a superman.

If the Knicks agree to this price, it is equivalent to indirect recognition that Ewing is twice the value of Wilson.

Regardless of whether Ewing's camp has this meaning or not, Wilson's camp will not let it go.

"Don't fucking think about it!" ⑴

Negotiations were interrupted for a while.

The season continues, and Louis knows how outrageous Ewing's agent has offered, but he still pretends to be fine on the surface.

After Thanksgiving, the Knicks have only one game left in November.

The game against the Pistons at the end of the month.

The Pistons are one of many confused teams. They did not challenge the Knicks and the Celtics at the beginning, but they had the ability to defeat all Eastern teams except these two teams.

So they did not push the team down and rebuild, and they still had some fantasies in their hearts.

What if Dumas suddenly mutated?

What if Parish was suddenly taken over by the protagonist who traveled through time and space?

If these may be too unrestrained, then some practical things. What if the Knicks have an internal strife? What if the Knicks are defeated without fighting like the Celtics?

It is this idea that has kept the Pistons persisting, but this persistence has lost its meaning as the main lineup grows older.

They are waiting for the Knicks to decline, but their age structure is much older than the Knicks.

To decline, they will decline first. The Knicks' competitiveness seems to be able to last until the new century...

At the end of the month, Ewing broke out again.

He scored 44 points, 15 rebounds and 7 blocks in the game, and showed his muscles when he left the court.

Teammate William Roden asked about the significance of Ewing's moves leaving the field.

Ewing said truthfully: "I hope the renewal negotiations will end soon. My thought at the time was that no matter how much I want, it was what I deserve."

Louis noticed Ewing's speech, but it was 8 million a year?

If the Knicks were Ewing's one-man team, if Ewing was to the Knicks, it was as important as Takaki Akagi in the first and second graders to Shobo, let alone 8 million a year, even if it was 10 million a year, they would have to offer it.

This is the biggest problem.

The Knicks can't survive if they leave Ewing. They also have Wilson who is on par with Ewing, and there are many good players.

Their annual salary is under 5 million. No, strictly speaking, only Wilson is the only one who costs 4 million. If Ewing really signs an 8 million year-on-year contract, will the team atmosphere still be saved?

So this definitely doesn't work.

When Louis thought of this, he began to doubt Falke's motive.

Didn't Falke expect such a simple thing?

He wouldn't really think that the Knicks would satisfy Ewing's selfish desires regardless of the feelings of other players, right?
To be continued...