In order to do this, you need to flatten your body as much as possible and move your feet as fast as possible.

Then according to Payton, the feeling is like a piece of paper passing through a door.

When we talked about the offensive pace earlier, Durant was watching, but when it comes to the defensive pace, he needs to come over and be the tool man.

Kobe: Why do you think I agreed with him?

After practicing for a while, Lin Ying found that this thing really worked. It was a bit like the steps in a boxing match. It felt like people were always moving.

In that state, the response to the pick-and-roll can be faster.

And then if you can achieve an effect similar to flattening your body, you really won't be so afraid of pick-and-rolls.

However, practicing these two things does not happen overnight. Whether you can even practice them depends on your own control.

As for why Kobe is willing to share this with Lin Ying and Durant, it is also easy to understand.

Why was Payton willing to share his defensive moves with Kobe?

The principle is the same. When you reach the top of an industry, you have to consider not only competition, but also inheritance.

If technology gradually disappears in the alliance because there is no one to pass it on and carry it forward, that would be a more terrifying thing than having one more competitor.

…

Time flies, here Lin Ying is training in the summer, and over there the door to the free agent market has officially opened.

On the first day the door opened, two maximum-salary signings were announced.

The first was a five-year, $80 million contract extension from the Grizzlies.

The Grizzlies also offered a five-year, $50 million contract last season, but Gay rejected it.

The second deal is related to the Suns. The Suns renewed Stoudemire's contract with a five-year, 110 million fully guaranteed contract.

This result is also expected. After the Suns won the championship and Stoudemire expressed his willingness to adjust his playing style next season, the Suns had no reason not to renew his contract.

At this time, Phoenix.

Kerr is negotiating a contract extension with Tony Allen's agent.

The time left for him is very short, but he has basically decided who to keep, and has even considered operational issues next summer.

The main team that won the championship, the Big Three Nash, Stoudemire, and Lin Ying are must-haves.

Nash signed a two-year, 20 million contract extension with the team in advance last year, which will expire in the summer of 2012, with an annual salary of 10 million for the 2011-2012 season.

Stoudemire renewed his contract for 5 years with 110 million, increasing by 12.5% ​​year by year. By the 2011~2012 season, it was close to 20 million per year.

If Lin Ying renews his maximum salary contract in the summer of 2011, it will be a five-year contract worth 85 million, with a starting salary of around US$14.5 million.

There is a key point here. At that time, because Lin Ying only played in the Suns two years ago, there was no Bird clause, only the Early Bird clause.

Let’s do some science on the importance of this clause. Only players who have played for a team for at least three years will have the player’s Bird clause. After having the Bird clause, the team can renew the contract beyond the cap.

In other words, if Lin Ying plays in the Suns for more than three years, the Suns will be 100% sure to keep him.

But not now, so they must fully reserve salary space for Lin Ying.

Some people say that Lin Ying does not necessarily have to renew his contract with the maximum salary, or that Lin Ying can renew his contract with a reduced salary? Or, wouldn't it be enough to renew his contract in advance?

A salary cut is a bit unrealistic. It is impossible for a young supernova not to receive a maximum salary if he can get one.

On the one hand, don't treat one or two million as money, and on the other hand, it is also a kind of identity recognition.

As for renewing the contract in advance, firstly, it was a coincidence that the Suns won the championship last season. Lin Ying performed well, but the data does not require a maximum salary. The Suns have always been cautious in this regard. Please refer to how the Suns will treat Ayton in the future.

attitude toward contract renewal.

The second thing is more important. As a professional agent, Duffy is also maximizing Lin Ying's interests.

The NBA salary cap is increasing every year, and the salary of the maximum salary is also increasing.

At this point, the way he handled Durant's contract is the same. Durant has an absolute maximum salary, but he has not negotiated an early contract extension with the Thunder.

This is the background, but as general manager, Cole has to consider renewing Lin Ying's contract with the maximum salary next year.

According to the league's current announcement, the salary cap for the 2011~2012 season is approximately US$58.04 million.

Then, after excluding the Big Three, the remaining salary space is 13.54 million.

This is 1354, which must be divided among the remaining role players.

So Cole had to make a choice, which is why he negotiated a contract extension with Allen after Stoudemire.

Among other role players, Allen is a player who must stay and is difficult to replace.

A guy who can guard Kobe, if he is gone, they will be in big trouble against the Lakers again.

And now that the Thunder are also on the rise, Allen has also shown his excellent ability to restrict Durant, so he must stay.

Another player who cannot move is Barbosa.

Barbosa still has a contract with the team, but more importantly, he is a totem player for the team.

Judging from the fans’ reactions when Lin Ying, Nash, and Barbosa went to community care events before, we know that Barbosa is very influential in Phoenix.

Just like the Heat will not trade Haslem, the Thunder will not trade Nick Collison.

Barbosa's contract with the Suns was renewed in 2006, with a five-year contract worth 32 million starting from the 2007-2008 season.

This is an average-salary contract, also worth $6.4 million in the 2011-2012 season.

So what is left for Allen is only part of the 7.14 million space.

And there must be space reserved for rookies.

Holiday, Lopez, and the newly acquired Cartney Lee all have contracts worth around 2 million.

According to the current situation, there is a high probability that only one of these three will be retained by then, and the others will be replaced with basic salaries or new rookies.

Then the only contract left for Allen is about 5 million.

Consider that among these people, Li will have the largest contract at that time, which is 2.25 million in the fourth year as a rookie.

Then if you reduce it a little further, it will be a contract with a salary of US$4.96 million for the 2011~2012 season.

True·accurate to single digits.

Being a general manager in the NBA is not a job that ordinary people can do.

This is also the reason why in history, before there was Arenas clause, the Warriors could only watch Arenas being traded away in vain.

That doesn't mean that you can free up enough salary space by trading whoever you trade.

Sometimes every bit of space becomes stuck.

Of course, Cole still has a sense of prevention. The most extreme situation is that none of the three rookies will be left.

That 2 million will be the flexible space at that time.

"I'll sign it."

Allen finally nodded.

The starting salary is 4.65 million, with an annual increase of 5%, and a 4-year contract extension of 20 million.

After calculation, the average salary is 5 million!

For a perimeter player with almost no offensive ability, this is already a very generous contract extension.

"Let's do it again."
Chapter completed!