Chapter 743 743. The most embarrassing contract renewal!

But even so, the Knicks have maintained the profit ranking for 8 years, and they have finally been surpassed!

The last time a team had higher profits than the Knicks was the Bulls in the 1996-97 season. Although the Bulls completed three consecutive championships in the 1997-98 season, their profits were not as high as the Knicks.

This incident aroused heated discussion among the media and fans.

At night, the Pistons fired their first shot of the offseason!

The Pistons signed a four-year, $50 million contract extension with Ben Wallace.

When Liu Xiu saw the news, the first adjective that came to his mind was gambling!

Ben Wallace will be 32 years old in September this year. With Ben’s physical condition and playing style, it is impossible for him to perform at the level of tens of millions of annual salary at the age of 34 or 5.

Not to mention thirty-five or six, judging from the salary in this era, Ben Wallace, even if he is three DPOYs, theoretically cannot get an annual salary of tens of millions.

Liu Xiu remembers that in the original time and space, after Ben Wallace became famous, he went to the Bulls to get a four-year contract to provide for his retirement.

The reason why he was able to get that contract was that the Bulls were too anxious to achieve results, and Chandler grew too slowly. He has been a defensive center for 5 years, and there are still a lot of people and salary between him and the best defensive line.

Still, the Bulls didn't want to wait any longer, so they sold Chandler and made a move for Big Ben.

At that time, his old club, the Pistons, was not willing to give Big Ben an annual salary of tens of millions.

The Pistons here are willing to pay this salary, now just to win the championship.

But the core reason is that the Pistons made money, and the disclosed profit was more than 14 million US dollars.

You must know that in the 2004-05 season, the Pistons were so fussy that they didn't even pay the luxury tax. They still had Carter on hand, but they still lost millions.

In the season that just ended, the Pistons' salary exceeded 70 million U.S. dollars, they paid millions of dollars in luxury tax, and made more than 10 million U.S. dollars.

It is understandable to increase investment.

However, Liu Xiu still thought of things too simply...

The next morning, the 76ers officially announced that they had used the Houston clause to amnesty Chris Webber to free up salary space and look to the free market.

In the afternoon, the Pistons held a press conference. First, they announced that they would renew Yao Ming's contract with a starting salary of US$14.32 million and a full maximum salary of US$88 million over five years.

But this news is not the biggest news, it is just expected.

If the Pistons are willing to renew a contract like that, they must have reached an intention to renew the contract with Yao Ming.

The second signing announced by the Pistons shocked the basketball world - they signed Webber to a 1+1 contract with player options.

When Liu Xiu saw the news, he called him a good guy!

Weber played 78 games with the 76ers last season, and his shooting percentage was a bit lower, 41%. He averaged 20.2 points and 3.4 assists on 20 shots per game, which means he averaged 9.9 rebounds per game.

But no matter how unbearable it is, the basic salary must be as cost-effective as possible.

Although the Pistons have not announced the details of the contract, the contract they can offer is nothing more than a basic salary, a two-year exception, and a mid-level contract.

If you are a biennial special case or a middle-class person, it will be clearly stated in the press conference that this is the highest treatment that can be given.

But without going into details, it must be the basic salary.

With such a substitute, the Pistons will receive qualitative reinforcements inside!

…

Two days before free agency, the overall runner-up Pistons stole the show.

Liu Xiu only regards Weber as a strong signing for the Pistons' interior substitute. This is not what the media is hyping. They are hyping the super insider group of Yao Ming + Ben + Weber. It seems that the strength of the three is 1+1+

1 is the same as 3.

In comparison, nothing happened when the Trail Blazers entered the free market. News about them - Aaron Williams joined the Clippers for $4.5 million in 2 years, Payton retired, and the newly selected Senegalese center

Cheek Saber is unable to join the NBA due to contract issues with European clubs...

The contracts of DeShawn Stevenson, Blake, and Fred Jones have expired, and the prospects for renewal are unclear.

The good news is that Mourning only renewed his contract for one year.

But the Trail Blazers were not in a hurry, and Liu Xiu had no Polish heart. After Payton officially announced his retirement, he took Payton to have a meal to celebrate that they continued to be colleagues.

After retiring, Payton joined the Trail Blazers, but did not become an assistant coach as the media initially speculated. Instead, he became a scout, with free work. He personally began to prepare to open a sports bar, and Liu Xiu also joined

Got some small shares.

The Trail Blazers had long expected this situation, and Liu Xiu was also mentally prepared.

It is said that Webb received permission from the 76ers before the draft to contact other teams.

But Webber didn't contact them at all, who had just won the championship. They knew Webber was going to be pardoned because they saw the news that Webber had been pardoned, and then they saw the news that Webber had joined the Pistons.

This is also the reason why Liu Xiu yelled "We want a dynasty" after the finals. He wanted to let the veterans who dream of championships know that their Blazers are not satisfied with two consecutive championships and have greater ambitions.

As for whether other teams will be more resistant to trading with them because of this... They are already very resistant to trading with them, and it doesn't matter if they resist a little more.

Now, what Liu Xiu has to do is to wait patiently, wait for the team to retain last season's winning team as much as possible, try to introduce the players he wants in the free market, and compete with other teams for the limelight in the free market.

, it’s not important at all. At the moment, what could be more important than winning two consecutive championships?

However, Liu Xiu is a professional when it comes to stealing the limelight...

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On the morning of July 7, the Trail Blazers held a press conference in Los Angeles and announced that they would renew DeShawn Stevenson's contract for two years and Blake's contract for one year.

He also thanked Fred Jones for his contribution in the past two years and hoped that he would have a better life after joining the Raptors.

Yesterday, the Raptors officially announced the signing of Fred Jones for $10 million over three years.

The Trail Blazers were also willing to give him this contract, but the Raptors promised to take the starting shooting guard position, so the Trail Blazers chose to let go and not delay others.

The media came all the way here, certainly not to watch these small fish and shrimps. Finally, the Trail Blazers officially announced that they would renew Liu Xiu’s contract in advance with a starting salary of US$17.19 million and US$58 million in three years.

, the contract comes into effect in the 2007-08 season.

The ‘Warden’s Exception’ is not a mandatory clause, but the Trail Blazers gave it without any suspense!

This is big news, the kind that's extremely topical.

However, if a big business owner comes to the press conference in person, he will definitely not just spend the $58 million...

Paul Allen and Liu Xiu signed and shook hands, and after allowing reporters to take photos, he continued: "In addition to the salary that Jace deserves, in order to thank Jace for his contribution to the team, starting from today, the team's special plane will be at

When there is no team business, Jace has the private use of the special plane. We will provide Jace with a high number of on-site tickets at the Rose Garden Arena for his family and friends, as well as up to 10 tickets for each Seattle Falcons game.

Ticket supply…”
Chapter completed!