With the end of the finals, many players who have reached player options or team options, players and teams have begun to make decisions, whether to opt out of player options or exercise player options, or to give up team options or exercise team options.

Every year at this time, there is more or less movement of players, and naturally some are happy and some are worried.

The Spurs' Bunch Wells jumped out of the player option of the 1+1 contract signed last summer. He averaged 17.5 points and 7 rebounds in the Finals and averaged 23 points and 11 rebounds in the Suns series.

With his statistics and boasting an annual salary of tens of millions, the Spurs are beginning to have a headache.

On the Timberwolves side, the contract renewal between the madman Sprewell and the alien Cassel has been causing a stir from the beginning to the end of the season. It has been more than two months since the Timberwolves' season ended, and it is still...

We couldn't negotiate well, but Cassel is fine. He's simply dissatisfied that the Timberwolves can only give him a mid-level contract because he doesn't have bird rights. It's no wonder the Timberwolves and Cassel are not to blame. Cassel has no shortage of championships, so where can he get the salary?

Go where you want, that's normal.

On Sprewell's side, he had the Bird Rights to extend his contract. After the finals, the Timberwolves immediately offered him a three-year, 21 million-dollar contract. However, after hesitating for a few days, Sprewell refused, and

In an interview, he said: "I can't accept 7 million a year. I can't support my family. My performance is worthy of an annual salary of tens of millions..."

There is nothing wrong with what Sprewell said. With his experience, skills and competitiveness, if he plays well, his annual salary of tens of millions will not be a problem.

But... the biggest problem is that some of the things he has done in the past, such as conflicts with coaches, conflicts with teammates, etc., have long made his reputation bad. If he left the team directly without saying these words, he might not have the ball.

The team will give him a big contract because of his outstanding performance in the past two years.

But Madman's remarks discouraged many teams that wanted to get him, including the Spurs, who wanted to use Madman to replace Bonchy Wells.

Just when people were watching Bonzi Wells and Sprewell's demands for big contracts and the quarrel between the teams, a signing was reached.

On the evening of June 20, 2005, Tracy McGrady announced that he would opt out of the player option, and the Hawks held a press conference to announce a five-year, $90 million contract extension for Tracy McGrady!

In the morning, Liu Mang tricked McGrady into Price's office. McGrady, Schwartz, coach Kruger, and Price talked for a day, and finally finalized the new contract in the afternoon.

After watching the team's first day of trial training, Liu Mang attended the press conference for Tracy McGrady's contract extension.

The Hawks officially announced that they will renew McGrady's contract for five years with a starting salary of 15.9 million, 4+1 with player options, and a total contract of 90 million US dollars.

90 million in 5 years. This salary surprised Liu Mang!

Originally, McGrady signed for six years. Based on this season's salary cap, he could get up to 113 million in six years. Even if he signed for five years, he could get up to 95.39 million in five years.

Although the salary is still more than 1.5 million U.S. dollars more than last season, with a starting salary of 15.9 million U.S. dollars, compared with the highest starting salary of 16.83 million U.S. dollars, it is nearly a million U.S. dollars higher. In total, the total salary of the entire contract has been reduced by more than 500 U.S. dollars.

Ten thousand!

Even though the league's estimated revenue this season is only the same as last season, due to the impact of the Palace of Auburn Hills incident, the increase in total revenue is not as expected before the start of the season, but professional financial institutions estimate that the league's total revenue is still slightly higher.

With the increase, the salary cap next season will at least not be lower than this season, which means the total salary McGrady gave up is more than 5 million!

Liu Mang knew that Tracy McGrady had taken a salary cut and renewed his contract, with an average salary cut of about US$1 million per season, which was quite surprising.

Don't underestimate this $1 million. This is the amount of salary reduction determined by McGrady, Schwartz, and Coach Kruger after a long discussion with Price.

Since the contracts of McCarty, Persson, and Mourning expired, McGrady only agreed to a contract extension. The actual renewal was submitted after the summer reinforcements were completed, so the salary space occupied by McGrady is still US$14.6 million.

Even with three qualifying offers for expiring contracts, the Hawks' total salary has dropped to $62.19 million, which just brings the team's total salary below the luxury tax threshold. After selecting a rookie, it will not take up salary space before signing.

, McGrady gave the Hawks the opportunity to use the mid-level exception!

Liu Mang chatted with Schwartz and understood that McGrady signed a 5-year contract not for 6 years, but for consideration of the next contract. After 5 years of playing at the age of 31, he can sign a 5-year maximum salary.

When you renew your contract in advance, you are actually not yet 31 years old. You can sign a long-term contract until you are 35 years old at most, which is 5 years.

If you sign for 6 years and play out, you will be 32. Even if you renew the contract in advance, you will still be 31 years old. The maximum you can get is a 4-year contract, just like Kobe, who is one year older than him. In 2011, Kobe was 32 years old and could only renew for 3 years.

Maximum salary.

Nowitzki renewed his contract for four years in 2011 with an average annual salary of 20 million. On the one hand, he was willing to cut his salary. On the other hand, he could not renew his contract for four years without cutting his salary. He could only get a three-year contract.

Nowitzki is two months older than Kobe.

Mainly because Kobe and Nowitzki no longer cared about an extra year's salary at that time. Anyway, they could sign contracts as long as the extension did not exceed two years, and their teams were willing to give it.

McGrady is signed for 5 years now, and even if he is traded later, he can still keep the Bird Rights, and he can sign for another 5 years after the contract expires. If he opts out of the player option in advance, he will only be 29 or less than 30 years old at that time, and there will be better ones.

operating space.

If it were just a salary cut, a cut of US$1 million per season would not cause such a big response. McGrady's contract extension was basically expected by the media and fans.

However, McGrady's salary cut just allowed the Hawks to use the mid-level exception, which was different. For a time, McGrady became a model of "cutting salary and renewing the contract"...

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McGrady's contract extension is the top priority for the Hawks in the summer. What the Hawks have to do is to ensure that the three-eagle combination of Liu Mang, McGrady, and Jason Terry is the backbone of the Hawks' offense.

Moreover, Liu Mang has already won three consecutive championships, so he must be on the safe side, maintain his strength, and strengthen his lineup.

Whatever Coach Kruger said to Liu Mang, he thought it was too normal. This guy was not only big-hearted, but also a little wild!

The ambitious kind!

Having said it all, let’s do our best for three consecutive championships... not just do our best, we must do our best from the beginning!

McGrady has reached an agreement and is going on a trip with his wife and son, and the Hawks are still working hard for the next contract extension and draft.

Liu Mang is also very busy now.

Who should be selected in the draft?

The first few picks in 2005 are indeed great, but the players in the late first round and second round of 2005 either have role conflicts with existing personnel on the team, such as Lou Williams, Monta Ellis,

Although it is useful, with Jason Terry, these two people are not needed at all. It is enough to have an evergreen player like Jason Terry on the bench who has not been injured all year round.

Liu Mang discussed with the coaching staff that the players needed can be roughly divided into three types. One is players with impact, three-pointers, and defensive attitude, that is, 3D players. Ariza was originally very good, but the team did not

Time to cultivate, has been traded away.

The second type is a stable backup point guard, such as Jarrett Jack, who was passed by Liu Mang.

The third type is the substitute insider. Even if Mourning is retained, Mourning is one year older and there are still many problems.

After three days of draft training, on June 23, Liu Mang finally submitted a list. As for whether the team should select two with the current draft picks, or use as many as four draft picks in 2006.

He has the right to conduct transactions, and Liu Mang has no control over it.

Now that the team has more and more management personnel, Price has invited many consultants to study it, and Liu Mang only needs to provide opinions.

Of course, Liu Mang's opinion is the most important in Price's opinion.

Some people just have talent. Price had to lament this. Liu Mang just has that kind of "talent".

When Liu Mang determined the draft reference candidates provided to the team, the Eagles did something...

Coach Kruger wanted to "help" Jarrett Jack, the mature point guard produced by Georgia Tech, and invited Jarrett Jack to participate in trial training for three consecutive days. He also invited Jarrett Jack to participate in a separate trial training. "Inadvertently"

Revealing their intention to trade up the draft pick for Jarrett Jack, who is projected to be in the middle to late first round...

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The Eagles started preparations for next season immediately after the finals, and started their summer plans early for three consecutive championships.

Other teams in the league also have their own affairs.

Over in Houston, a top agent is extremely excited right now!

Bill Duffy, who has stars like Steve Nash, Yao Ming, Carmelo Anthony, Baron Davis, Elton Brand, etc., is now in a state of ecstasy.

"Yao, are you sure? This will make you a villain. Of course, if you are sure, I will bear all the responsibilities. This is all something I did to trick you for money and has nothing to do with you." Bill Duffy was very worried.

Said sincerely.

Yao Ming smiled and shook his head: "Bill, this is my own decision. You don't have to bear the infamy for me."

The reason why Yao Ming chose Bill Duffy to be the American agent of his Yao team was because of Bill Duffy's sincerity.

Bill Duffy's ability to become a top NBA agent and sign so many young talents relies on two weapons: sincerity and kindness.

Before Yao Ming entered the NBA, after seeing the commotion in China, he knew that he would not be short of money after entering the NBA, so he did not want an agent who was very capable and could bargain with NBA teams. Yao Ming wanted more

He is a sincere agent, just don't cheat him.

Bill Duffy's ability is not the most outstanding. For example, his negotiations with sponsors have been criticized, but he can become the third agent in the NBA. In the 2004-05 season, the salary of his players and

The endorsement income has reached 112 million US dollars, which is higher than the commission income of Schwartz, who has a group of rookie contracts, because of his sincerity.

Bill Duffy is very good friends with his players. If the work he does is lacking, he is willing to pay for the players' losses. In the summer of 2003, his Heat player Anthony Carter exercised his player option.

Before the last moment, Bill Duffy was busy renewing the multi-million dollar contract of Baron Davis, the No. 3 pick in 1999, and forgot about Anthony Carter, resulting in Anthony Carter only scoring one point in the summer.

Minimum salary contract.

Bill Duffy did not shirk his responsibility. Without any hard and fast rules, he gave Anthony Carter $3 million. The $3 million was almost Bill Duffy's income for the entire year in the 2002-03 season.

As a result, Bill Duffy's reputation soared, and he signed Elton Brand, the No. 1 pick in 1999, who fired his former agent because the contract could not be negotiated; Nash, Carmelo Anthony and others also joined in.

under his banner.

Yao Ming originally did not hand over all his American career to Bill Duffy, but after that, he completely handed over his American career to Bill Duffy and fired many domestic players in Yao's team who opposed this matter.

broker.

Hearing Yao Ming's words, Bill Duffy felt like a man would die for his confidant.

Bill Duffy would rather miss the opportunity to make a fortune than serve some players who are not sincere enough. It is absolutely impossible to have no money, but money does not mean everything. In the profit-driven professional sports world, there is also a breath of fresh air.
To be continued...