After calculations by economic experts, some strange and miscellaneous calculation methods that even some fans can't understand but think are very powerful. After calculation, Liu Mang has helped the Eagles earn a total of 110 million US dollars in the five seasons he has been with the Eagles.

of pure profit!

The main reason is that in the two years since Liu Mang's second contract was executed, Liu Mang's profit as the main factor has reached 90 million US dollars. It is profit, not income. Since Liu Mang joined the Eagles in his rookie season, he helped the Eagles reach the Eastern Conference Finals.

From the beginning, the Eagles' income has skyrocketed because of Liu Mang.

At this point in the analysis, the American cable TV station came up with a new point of view that not many fans had noticed before, that is, the money Liu Mang received was too little!

Liu Mang's new contract has been in effect for two years, and he is receiving a maximum salary. Moreover, the Hawks' unique operation allows Liu Mang, a second-round pick, to receive a maximum salary after his rookie contract ends. Liu Mang's fans love the Hawks the most.

The team's point is that this operation of the Hawks made Liu Mang's income higher than that of Pau Gasol, who had the highest income among other players in 2001. Liu Mang was able to get the maximum salary one year in advance, which was Gasol's salary in the 2005-06 season.

The salary is the same as Liu Mang's salary in the 2004-05 season, which makes Liu Mang's fans have a good impression of the Eagles.

This is a very successful team operation for the Eagles and has been touted by experts and the media.

And it is difficult to replicate. It is almost impossible for a second-round pick to resist the urge to take a higher salary and take another year of minimum salary before testing the maximum salary.

But this time, American cable TV stations went in the opposite direction and began to criticize the incident.

The one being criticized is not the Eagles. The Eagles have already given Liu Mang the largest contract within the rules. The thing being criticized is the league’s salary system!

If you want to cause trouble, you have to do something ruthless!

The American cable TV economics expert finally concluded: "Liu's current five-year contract does not match his deserved value at all. He should receive 32 million per year."

Liu Mang's 4+1 contract averages 32 million a year...

In the history of the NBA, except for Jordan who made 30 million a year and 33 million a year, there has never been a player with a salary of 30 million. The highest is Kevin Garnett who got 28 million US dollars in the 2003-04 season!

Jordan's big contract at that time was not within the rules, but the Bulls applied to the league to give Jordan special treatment, and it was mainly because Jordan's previous highest salary was only 4 million U.S. dollars a year, which was really inconsistent with what Jordan had given him.

The value brought by the league is clear. In the first ten years of Jordan's career, including the two years after his first retirement, the highest salary was a "big" contract worth 8 million U.S. dollars in two years. Most of the time it was more than 1 million U.S. dollars.

The second major contract is for a total of US$7.7 million over two years, so in an exception, Jordan is allowed to directly extend the salary cap for US$30 million in the first year, and the second year will be increased by 10% according to the rules...

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As soon as the news came out on American cable TV, the league's top executives were shocked.

This is purely intentional!

And...there must be some driving force behind this!

It was very simple to investigate and found out that Pacers general manager Larry Bird and Timberwolves general manager Kevin McHale had dinner with New York Knicks owner James Dolan, and the owner of American cable TV was

It's James Dolan!

Obviously, some teams want to divide the Eagles!

It seems that they are criticizing the league's salary system, but in fact they are just trying to make Liu Mang dissatisfied with his salary. As the owner of the TV station, James Dolan needs ratings and attention, so he agreed to this plan. Anyway,

It's a win-win situation.

It is impossible to change the rules of the league. If it were to become like football, with no salary restrictions, the NBA would not be the most balanced league in the world.

But the fans couldn't care less and immediately started to criticize the league's salary system!

Finally, there was a breaking news, and other media began to follow suit, triggering greater public opinion.

The league is preparing for the draft. They were planning to spend the last few days of the season happily. The top executives were preparing summer vacation plans. Who knew that such a big thing would suddenly happen? David Stern suddenly

I can’t calm down anymore!

The league's top management held an emergency meeting that night to analyze how to handle the matter.

American cable television stations have captured the climax of the fans. After entering the Internet era, public opinion is too easy to be guided. They have stirred public opinion to the point where it is difficult to control!

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"Ace, do you think your current contract total is too low and should be changed to 160 million?"

"Uh..." Liu Mang looked at the bunch of reporters in front of him. He didn't expect to take a vacation and make headlines!

Liu Mang didn't even know what was going on. He hadn't paid attention to NBA matters these days. If he wanted to rest, he should take a good rest. Paying attention to those things made his head hurt.

Liu Mang didn't know what happened until Schwartz called Adam Morrison, who he signed and was in the draft, and flew to Miami to meet with Liu Mang for an interview.

As an agent, Schwartz knows very well that the league's salary cap system is a very advanced system invented by David Stern. Without this system, the NBA would have been finished long ago. Just look at the European football leagues.

, there are only a few teams that make money in each league, and most teams are simply hovering on the edge of bankruptcy, let alone making ends meet.

The NBA's salary cap system is the key to allowing NBA players to circulate freely, otherwise it will really become a player trade.

This system cannot be changed. Schwartz came to Liu Mang mainly to ask Liu Mang not to be too arrogant and not to fight against the alliance on his own.

Liu Mang's current reputation was so high that Schwartz was afraid that Liu Mang would lose his composure and believe those lies.

Although Liu Mang does deserve a higher salary, according to the rules, Liu Mang has already received the most he can.

"Robbing the rich and giving to the poor" is the original meaning of the salary cap. Let people who deserve more money give some money to ordinary players, and let teams that make more money give money to teams that can't make any money. NBA

can exist for a long time.

Liu Mang looked at the Sports Illustrated reporter in front of him and was speechless. His words were too direct and had no euphemism at all.

According to calculations by some media, the Eagles may be able to split the total income of $320 million between Liu Mang and Liu Mang during the period of Liu Mang's contract. The reporter immediately asked Liu Mang this question.

Thinking of this, Liu Mang couldn't help but smile, making the reporter in front of him confused.
Chapter completed!