The invincible kryptonite of basketball

While they were chatting, the first round of the draft was almost done.

Marshall was selected 13th by the Suns, John Henson was selected 14th by the Bucks, Tyler Zeller was selected 17th by the Mavericks, Miles Plumlee was selected 26th by the Pacers selected.

These North Carolina players all made it to the first round.

The Spurs did not have a draft pick this year because they traded in the first round last year.

The first round is over, and the second round will start soon.

Tang Tian noticed several key choices.

The Mavericks selected Jae Crowder with the 34th overall pick.

The Warriors selected Draymond Green with the 35th overall pick.

The Pistons selected Khris Middleton with the 39th pick and then sent him to the Bucks.

These are several choices that can change the league structure in the future.

To be honest, the first round picks this year were not very good, but the second rounds are really better than the other.

Because of his professional habits, Tang Tian had been the general manager of the team in his previous life, and at this time he felt an indescribable itch in his heart.

At this time, the Spurs just randomly get a draft pick in the last round of the first round, and he can make it one of the best operations in team history.

It seems that he will have to find a way to gain the right to speak in the team management in the future.

Players are commodities in the league management, which is why James will try to intervene in management decisions.

Who would be willing to be traded and traded as a commodity, and then be at the mercy of others?

What James does most of the time is to break through the boundaries of the players.

This approach, called from the player's point of view, is correct.

But the problem with James is that he doesn't have that vision. In many cases, the so-called choice is actually a bit cheating.

But Tang Tian was different. If he intervened, it would definitely be a huge profit in his time-traveling status.

The Spurs selected University of Missouri senior Marcus Danmon with their only pick at 60.

This kind of pick is actually a choice. Without Tang Tian's open eyes, the possibility of Isaiah Thomas' inspirational story happening a second time is too low.

After the Spurs selected, the 2012 NBA Draft officially came to an end.

The draft is over, followed by the free agent market in July.

Tang Tian and Walker continued to train together, but he also paid attention to the development of this area.

This year's free agent market should be the year with the fewest free agents, and the biggest player is veteran Tim Duncan.

Although after winning the championship and winning the FMVP, Duncan's probability of leaving the team is zero, but he was still the biggest card for a while.

Followed by fellow veterans Steve Nash and Ray Allen.

Of course, there are some restricted free agents, including Brook Lopez, JaVale McGee, Batum, Jeremy Lin and so on.

They all may receive big contract offers from other teams, the difference is that their home team has the right to match the contract.

Of course, compared to free agents, the biggest movement this year is "Warcraft" Howard.

The league's No. [-] center has already admitted that he will not stay in the Magic. If the Magic is forced to stay, he will implement the player option for the final year.

In this way, he will become a completely free agent next summer and leave the Magic naked, and the Magic will get nothing and lose money.

So the Magic trade Howard is inevitable.

Who will win "Warcraft" in the end is also the focus of attention of all fans.

Chapter 296 Poison Contract (5/5)

The time came to July 7, and the door to the NBA free agent market officially opened.

Howard's whereabouts are still the focus of everyone's attention, but it is obviously not a matter of overnight.

Just like a court drama, there is a high probability that there will be twists and turns.

Even because many teams with space are waiting for Howard's choice, there are not many signings after the opening of the free market this year.

The first player to reach a contract extension is a bit surprising.

Yi Jianlian and the Mavericks reached a 2-year 500 million verbal contract extension, of which the second year is a player option.

Yi Jianlian managed to stay in the NBA with half a season of outstanding performance, and signed a 1+1 contract, which also shows that he is very confident in himself now.

"Germany Yi Jianlian" immediately praised the signing.

This shows that Yi Jianlian's performance last season was also recognized by his teammates.

In the next few days, small signings were reached in the free market one after another.

The Hornets renewed Eric Gordon, the Nets renewed Gerald Wallace, and the Timberwolves offered the restricted Batum a four-year 4 million offer contract.

Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.

But when the free market came to the fifth day, the Rockets suddenly jumped out to attract everyone's attention.

They quoted Jeremy Lin of the Knicks for a 4-year 2880 contract.

This is a very special contract.

As early as 2003, the rules of the league were still not fully standardized.

As a second-round pick, Arenas received a 2-year 6 million offer from the Wizards after his 6500-year rookie contract with the Warriors expired.

At that time, the Warriors had exceeded the salary cap, and they could only offer Arenas a contract extension with a starting salary of 490 million at most.

The gap between the two contracts was too great, and the Warriors could only watch Arenas, who had become a quasi-All-Star, leave Washington.

This caused the Warriors a huge loss at the time and fell into a very long period of turmoil.

Since then, the league has introduced the famous "Arenas Clause".

The Arenas clause stipulates that for restricted free agents who have played in the NBA for 1 to 2 years, in the invitation contracts offered by other teams, the first-year salary must not exceed the middle-class clause of the year.

In this clause, it is also stipulated that the salary in the second year is subject to a maximum increase of 8%.

The third-year salary can be increased significantly, it can be the highest salary that the team can provide when exercising the option, and it is not subject to the average salary rule.

At the same time, the salary provided in the contract must be guaranteed and not include any other form of bonus.

And if the increase in the third year exceeds the 8% standard, the league will set an additional limit for the team: in order to be able to determine the maximum salary that the team can pay, they not only confirm whether the salary in the first year meets the standard. Standard, they must confirm that the average salary throughout the contract period is below the maximum salary.

Arenas has a very long clause, which roughly means that the first two years can only be a middle-class contract, but the third year can directly provide a maximum salary.

But when making this offer, you must have enough salary space, and the average annual salary cannot be higher than this space.

For example, if a team has a space of 800 million US dollars away from the maximum salary, then it must ensure that the total contract value does not exceed 3 million in 2400 years, 4 million in 3200 years, and 5 million in 4000 years.

If this space is 1100 million, then the maximum contract can only be 5 million for 5500 years.

The contract offered by the Rockets to Jeremy Lin is a contract within 4 years and 3200.

500 million in the first year, 540 million in the second year, and an average annual salary of 930 million in the next two years.

The Knicks quickly matched.

General manager Grunwald has publicly stated that the Knicks will match any offer for Jeremy Lin.

What the phrase means, "Linsanity" is an integral part of the Knicks.

The NBA is a business league. Back when Yao Ming helped the poorest owner of the Rockets explode in value more than ten times, the Chinese market attracted many teams.

After Jeremy Lin played Lin's crazy season, the Knicks management said this, obviously targeting the huge Chinese market.

But not long after the Knicks matched the contract, the Rockets offered another three-year 3 million contract.

This contract is very similar to the previous offer contract, but the difference is that this is the three-year maximum offer contract that the Rockets can offer.

Jeremy Lin's third-year contract will reach the maximum salary, which is 1380 million!

What is the concept of 1380 million at this time?

Also in the Knicks, Tyson Chandler, who just won the best defensive player last season, has a salary of 1360 million in the new season!

Ibaka, one of the team's four young players, has just reached a contract extension with the Thunder. In the first year of the new contract, his salary is 1225 million!

And even the absolute core of the Pacers last season, All-Star player Danny Granger, his contract salary next season is only 1369 million!

Jeremy Lin's performance last season was crazy enough, but he must renew his contract with a maximum salary, and his hands must shake when he agrees.

Originally, the huge Chinese market behind Jeremy Lin could make the Knicks, which has always been rich, not hesitate.

But the Knicks now have extended contracts with Anthony, Stoudemire and Chandler.

If Jeremy Lin's offer is matched, the team's salary space will be blown up in the 2014-2015 season.

Then it is not a question of how much luxury tax to pay.

In the end, the Knicks chose to give up the match and watched Jeremy Lin being poached by the Rockets in vain.

The Rockets traded away Lowry before, and Dragic, who became a free agent, just chose to sign with the Suns. Getting Jeremy Lin is a great supplement to them.

However, this is not over. After getting Jeremy Lin, they gave the Bulls' backup center, Omer Asik, the same contract.

Asik averaged 3.1 points and 5.3 rebounds per game for the Bulls last season. As a backup center, he performed well in limited playing time.

The Bulls also forfeited the match.

They have more cap space than the Knicks, and it's impossible to match such a contract for a role player.

Ever since, relying on the Arenas clause, the Rockets had nothing but white wolves, and they put together their starting point guard and center at once.

Darrell Morey also became the focus of the league in an instant because of these two contracts.

"It's a poison contract."

After the two signings were reached, ESPN columnist Chad Ford commented for the first time.

"The original intention of the Arenas clause is to help the home team retain players, but many people may not have noticed that in order to protect the interests of the players, there is an additional condition: after the bid team is successful, the player will only occupy the salary of the average annual salary of the contract. space.

What does it mean?

Taking Jeremy Lin as an example, he will only occupy about 800 million salary space per year in the Rockets, but in the Knicks, he will occupy the Knicks' salary space of 1380 million in the last year.

Such a contract will become very difficult to trade.

So for the home team, this is a cup of poisoned milk, forcing the team to stay will bear completely unbearable salary pressure in the third year of the contract. "

Chapter 297 2012 NBA Free Agent Market (5/5) (Revised)

This wave of operations by the Rockets and Ford's comments immediately aroused a wave of heated discussions among fans on social media.

"Long live Daryl Morey! He is the best general manager of the season in the NBA!"

"It's really amazing. The Rockets just got two high-quality players for nothing, and they seem to have found the key to reopen the Chinese market after Yao Ming retired."

"Who formulated this clause? Why is there such an obvious loophole?"

"Man, this is not a loophole, it's to protect the interests of the players, otherwise, when there is another Arenas, he can only sign a 2-year mid-level contract with his home team, taking 2 extra years of risk in vain."

"This is the brain of NBA professional managers. They can always find some bugs in the rules and take advantage of them."

"We also selected Jeremy Lamb. As a close friend, I suddenly looked forward to the new season!"

"Wake up guys! You just won the ninth place in the Western Conference for two years. Even if you get Lin and Asik, it will be difficult for you to get ahead in the brutal Western Conference."

"Haha, you are so heartbroken, he will want to beat you along the network cable!"

"But I suddenly remembered Tang. He seems to have signed a two-year contract with the Spurs. Can he be poisoned as well?"

"Obviously, of course!"

"I'm starting to worry about my future."

"Don't worry, although Tang performed very well in his rookie season, he is only a role player, and there will be no fans so hard."