Vol 5 Chapter 177: The door of the NBA


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"How can a human with 10 gold medals do this? I guess Zhang Guan must be an alien"
"The world record for eight events in track and field. He still plays tennis and basketball. Is Zhang Superman a superman? I suggest that he should be arrested, and then dissected and studied. Maybe there will be any unexpected discoveries."
"I think Zhang Guan is a reformer created by China's secret experiment. Yes, like the super fighters in the movie, Zhang Guan is the kind of successful experiment. Otherwise, how could it be so powerful?"
The TV shows various ridicules from foreign audiences. The 10 gold medals won in the Olympic Games are indeed enough to shock the world.
Ordinary people abroad are actually gossip. Many people may not pay special attention to the Olympic Games, but they are more cautious about some new things. The 10 gold medals were still won in three different events. Everything Zhang Guan did in this Olympic Games was used as material to make a movie alone.
In fact, a film production company did contact Zhang Guan, hoping to make his story into a movie.
Los Angeles, USA.
Kupchak, general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers, is being interviewed by a local media in Los Angeles.
"Mr. Kupchak, the next question is that the quadrennial Olympic Games is over. It is a pity that our men’s basketball dream team once again missed the gold medal, and it was Zhang Guan who finally completed the lore. The whole During the game, Zhang Guan's performance was very good. Not only did he get a large double-double, but he also did not fall out when he faced Kobe 1:1. We noticed that Zhang Guan was punished in this year's draft. The Los Angeles Lakers were selected at the 58th pick. Will the Los Angeles Lakers prepare to sign with Zhang Guan?" the female reporter asked with a smile.
"That is of course," Kupchak said with a smile: "As long as Zhang Guan is willing, we can always give him a big contract. The Los Angeles Lakers badly need such a good player as Zhang Guan. In fact, we have sent people and Zhang. Guan's agent contacted to discuss Zhang Guan's joining."
"So what do you think is the possibility of Zhang Guan entering?" The beautiful reporter then asked.
"This depends on whether Zhang Guan is willing to come to the United States. We all know that Zhang Guan is not just participating in a competition. The world's greatest athlete is a busy man, so the final decision is still in Zhang Guan's hands, but We welcome Zhang Guan at any time, and the Lakers’ doors are always open to him," Kupchak said.
At the end of the interview, Kupchak was relieved, he opened his e-mail and checked for new mail.
In a new email, the Heat’s general manager, Pat Riley, asked Kupchak if there was a possibility of trading Zhang Guan’s signing rights.
"A fool would trade," Kupchak muttered to himself.
This is not the first time he has received a similar email. Before again, he has rejected several teams.
Although the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Boston Celtics in the finals last season, it is undeniable that he is still the top team in the middle, at least in terms of winning odds, they are not weaker than Celtics. If Zhang Guan is just a potential newcomer, perhaps Kupchak will choose to trade because the current Lakers have no time to wait for a newcomer to grow, even if the opponent will become another Jordan. But now Zhang Guan is obviously an instant fighting force. When he arrives, he can play and Kupchak will certainly not trade.
"Three months ago, when we chose Zhang Guan in the draft, I don’t know how many people were spraying us. Now we see it. We picked up the treasure. In the second round, we won a top 58 player. "Kupchak was complacent.
At this time, Kupchak's phone rang, and the caller ID was Lakers coach Phil Jackson.
"Hi, my old friend, what's the matter with me?" Kupchak asked.
"I heard that you sent someone to contact Zhang Guan's agent. Do you want to sign him? Why don't I know this?" Phil Jackson asked very uncomfortably.
"I'm very sorry, I just sent someone to ask if Zhang Guan was intending to come. As for signing the contract, I haven't entered the substantive discussion stage, so I didn't tell you." Kupchak paused, then said: "What's more, you know, we don't have that much money to sign him."
The Lakers are rich in money, of course, it is impossible to really have no money. Kupchak said that there is no money is the limit of the salary cap. Next season's Los Angeles Lakers team total salary will reach 78 million US dollars, has far exceeded the league salary cap of 56.68 million US dollars, in addition to the use of special contract signing, the Lakers have no way to sign any free agent. So if the Lakers want to sign Zhang Guan, they can only use the exception of the base salary. With the current status and strength of Zhang Guan, it is obviously impossible to sign a base salary.
There is a special rule for rookies. This rule is that all first-rounders must sign a 22 contract with the team. The first two years are guaranteed contracts, and the next two years are team options. And there are certain restrictions on the wages paid. Under normal circumstances, the first salary of the top pick is about 5 million dollars a year.
The rookie selected in the second round is not limited by this rookie exception. There is no provision for the rookie salary in the second round. In theory, the team can give the second round rookie a basic salary or a top. salary. So the second-round rookie contract is actually equivalent to an invitation contract. Since it is an invitation and him, you can only use salary space or transaction special cases, such as basic salary special cases, middle class special cases, mini middle class, space middle class, etc.
Rookies in the second round rarely have a firm foothold in the middle, so most of the first contract in the second round of the show is a basic salary contract, such as a one-year partial guarantee contract, a full-year guarantee contract, or It is the first year of full protection for the second year team option. If the player plays well, the Arenas clause can also guarantee the team to renew the player using the Larry Bird clause in the third year.
There are also some players who did not enter immediately after being selected. For example, Luis Cora, who is familiar to Chinese fans, was selected at the 56th round in 2003, but only entered in 2007. His first contract was three. It is 9.3 million dollars a year. This is much higher than the contract of the average second-round rookie. At the same time, the three-year contract can also ensure that the Rockets can use the Larry Bird clause when renewing Scola.
The Larry Bird clause: The team can renew the free agency of the team without the salary limit. However, the free person who renews the contract must be in the team for more than three years. The salary of a free agent can be increased by 105 per season, while other teams can only increase by 8. So the star who completed the rookie contract renewed the original team and made more money than signing with other teams.
The Lakers are facing such a situation. The Lakers cannot give Zhang Guan a big contract. The team has no salary space and no such things as a middle-class exception. All they can use is the base salary. special case. To sign a contract with the world’s greatest athlete without using a basic salary, let’s not say whether Zhang Guan would like it or not, the Lakers would not dare to mention this matter, but it would be more like insulting Zhang Guan. Therefore, the current situation of the Lakers, it is impossible to sign Zhang Guan.
The other teams obviously also know the current status of the Lakers, so they have come to ask about the possibility of signing the deal. Anyway, you Lakers can not sign Zhang Guan, it is better to sell us the signing rights.
Kupchak apparently did not intend to trade. It's one thing for the Lakers not to give Zhang Guanda a contract, but another thing for the deal signing right. Athletes at Zhang Guan's level, even if they haven't come yet, the transaction must be discussed with Zhang Guan himself.
"Zhang Guan, your lore in the Olympic men's basketball finals shocked the world. Recently US media reported that the Los Angeles Lakers have sent someone to negotiate with you about signing the contract. Is it true?" a reporter said. Asked.
"This is indeed the case." Zhang Guan nodded, then said: "But I refused, my work has been scheduled for next year, there is no time to enter temporarily, I am very grateful to the Los Angeles Lakers for the invitation, I think some future At the right time, we will have the opportunity to cooperate. In addition, I also recommended Sun Yue to the Lakers. He was selected by the Lakers last year, and his performance in the Olympics is obvious to all. I think the Lakers can give him one. Opportunities for the preseason"
The reporter nodded disappointedly: "Actually, many fans are looking forward to getting in as soon as possible, and then coming to China for a derby with Dayao."
"Yeah, I'm looking forward too." Zhang Guan responded with a smile.
After finishing the interview, Zhang Guan returned to the car. Zhuge Wenbo, who had been waiting in the car for a long time, was very serious. He put down his phone and said, "Something went wrong."
"What's the matter" Zhang Guan suddenly tense up.
"I just received a call from the Athletics Management Center and the IAAF sent us a letter from the Tian Association. During the re-examination of the latest Olympic specimens, one of your specimens was found to have a stimulant. Now the IAAF asks us Send someone to Switzerland to test several others together," Zhuge Wenbo said.
"I was detected what happened to the use of stimulants," Zhang Guan said in a rage.
"I don't know the specifics. We will go to the field management center now. Director Ma should know the details." To be continued. , Your support is my biggest motivation.
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