One Thousand and Forty-Six. Free Market Frenzy

It's the Cavaliers? There will always be someone who will take advantage of this rule! "

Sun Ce originally thought about inviting Jeremy Lin to come over and let Mr. Na teach him well, so that he can take over Mr. Na in the future.

In terms of offensive efficiency, Jeremy Lin is indeed a very good point guard.

But there is no way to invite him. Jeremy Lin must have at least a middle-class contract to get him, and the Grizzlies can't afford it, only a mini-middle-class contract.

Although the Knicks do not have Jeremy Lin's bird rights, Jeremy Lin's contract for the past year or more is considered a rookie contract. The Knicks have the right to match the contract, and although the Knicks' salary exceeds the salary cap, it has not reached the luxury tax threshold, and has a full middle-class contract, which can be matched.

But the Cavaliers made a tricky move and gave Jeremy Lin a 3-year 25 million contract, 15 million in the third year, and occupied a salary space of Calculated at 8.33 million per year, the Knicks can't even match it!

On July 10, the league announced the salary cap for next season based on the total revenue of last season, which is 61.53 million US dollars, nearly 2 million US dollars lower than the salary cap of last season. There is no way. The shutdown caused a sharp drop in revenue. Although the league has made a lot of efforts to stimulate revenue and has played a good effect, the total revenue is still nearly 150 million US dollars less than the 10-11 season due to 16 fewer games. Therefore, the luxury tax threshold for next season is 71.99 million US dollars.

After the Knicks signed Felton, they filled the salary cap, and then signed several minimum salary contracts, Kurt Thomas, Ronnie Brewer, Chris Copeland, Rasheed Wallace After these four players were signed, the total salary of the Knicks reached more than 66 million. Only the middle-class exception could not provide a salary space of 8.33 million US dollars.

So, Jeremy Lin was poached by the Cavaliers. No one would have a problem with money. Jeremy Lin was originally short of money. His family situation was not bad, but it was just average.

Most players would not refuse a salary of 15 million a year.

At the same time, the Bulls were also robbed. Asik's two-year rookie contract expired. Rose's maximum salary contract had already taken effect, and he was selected to the best team twice, triggering the incentive clause called "overlord clause" in China and "lord agreement" in the United States. The 5-year 94 million maximum salary signed took effect, and the first year's salary was close to 17 million. The salary is 10 million higher than last season. The total salary of the Bulls has reached 74 million, which has exceeded the cap!

The Cavaliers used 25 million for 3 years to dig Asik, and the Bulls could only stare blankly.

Sun Ce looked at the current lineup of the Cavaliers. The back line has two outside players, Jeremy Lin and Bradley Beal. Mayo renewed his contract for 8 million for one year. Mayo's performance improved slightly last season, probably because of the contract year. Next season is also a contract year, and he may play well. The front court has Asik, Varejao, Alonzo Gee, and also signed Speights, Livingston, CJ Miles, Omri Casspi, and selected Tyler Zeller of North Carolina...

Sun Ce guessed in his heart: "Are they going to build a team around Bill to impact the playoffs? They are really willing to spend money! ”

After not paying attention for more than half a month, Sun Ce found that the Cavaliers already had a very good lineup of role players. They really regarded Bradley Beal as their destiny and wanted to build a team around Bradley Beal.

And they are bold... The main thing is that they are willing to spend money. Sun Ce remembered that when James was in the Cavaliers, the Cavaliers management was also willing to spend money, but they just didn't spend it in the right place.

What Sun Ce didn't expect the most was that the Cavaliers actually played this trick, and the two poison contracts were very expensive...

The next morning, Sun Ce congratulated Jeremy Lin on Twitter for getting a big contract, and looked forward to him playing well in his new team. performance.

James also gave his blessing.

But the treatment of the two was very different. The former received a lot of attention, while the latter was scolded.

As the Cavaliers also filled the salary cap, free agents began to act. Sun Ce received news that Carter joined the Mavericks with a one-year mini middle-class salary of 3.36 million US dollars.

Originally, the Grizzlies pursued Carter and Prince at the same time.

With Prince in place, Carter was naturally not needed. Strengthening defense and strengthening shooting, one can't have both.

Boss Joe of the Hornets offered former Lakers player Ramon Sessions a two-year contract of 14 million US dollars and recruited him. Sun Ce saw that his team had one less target to recruit...

Sun Ce finally understood why the Lakers could never really strengthen their point guard before getting Paul, and Sessions had to trade Luke Walton back.

Even big cities are not as attractive as money for most role players, let alone Mengcun.

The Mavericks also left two players on the front line, Corey Brewer and DeShawn Stevenson. The former joined the Nuggets because of salary issues and got a two-year, $9 million contract. According to reports, the Mavericks offered a short one-year contract of $3 million.

The latter is because of his age. His defensive effect on Sun Ce in the playoffs last year was far worse than in the 2010-11 season. He was completely beaten and signed by the Hawks with a one-year contract of 2.6 million US dollars.

Ray Allen was still hooked by James and joined the Heat with a mini middle-class salary of 6.79 million in two years.

Rejected the Mavericks, Spurs, and Grizzlies and joined the Heat... South Coast is still attractive. There are veterans who are not short of championships and money.

The Lakers won the 76ers' high-quality pitcher Judy Meeks with a two-year minimum salary.

Seeing that the Lakers did not trade Beast, but instead got a bite of food from the 76ers...

As his own team has not made any moves yet and has entered the peak signing period, Sun Ce can only patiently wait for the management of his own team to operate in the free market and continue to devote himself to training.

On July 23, a big deal that may affect the situation in the East and West was born!

WOJ broke the news at 3 pm US time, which was evening in the UK, that the Clippers, Hornets and Celtics made a three-way big deal.

The Clippers sent Eric Bledsoe, Eric Gordon and Reggie Evans in exchange for the Celtics' Rajon Rondo and Xavier Henry.

The Hornets sent the 2013 top eight protected first-round pick, Xavier Henry, and a future second-round pick from the Wizards in exchange for Eric Gordon.

The Celtics sent Rajon Rondo in exchange for the Clippers' talented quasi-third-year point guard Eric Bledsoe and Reggie Evans, as well as the draft picks of the Hornets and Wizards.

The Clippers got Rondo... Sun Ce didn't know what kind of chemical reaction would occur, but he knew that the Celtics had already started rebuilding, which seemed to be earlier than he remembered. He remembered that Rondo was traded after Pierce and Garnett...

Now, in order to get the talented point guard Bledsoe, Rondo was sent away early.

At the same time, the Clippers renewed the contract of Chauncey Billups, who was injured and reimbursed last season, for 2 years and 10 million, forming a strong backcourt.

That night, another deal took place. The Hawks sent Joe Johnson to the Nets, who had just moved to New York. Lopez announced that he had recovered from his injury and would return next season. After the Nets moved, they quickly formed a core combination of Deron, Joe Johnson, Lopez, and Gerald Wallace...

Seeing that other teams were signing and trading in a hurry, it was difficult for them to find a backup point guard. Sun Ce felt sympathetic... But there was no way. Most teams only aimed at the playoffs. It was easy for them to make drastic changes, and it didn't matter if they failed.

But the Grizzlies have to be cautious. They are the defending champions. They can choose not to strengthen, but they cannot bring back a player to weaken themselves and become a burden in terms of salary space.

For the defending champions, the goal is definitely to rise steadily, but stability is the most important.

Sun Ce simply ignored these things. When he didn't look at the news of transactions and signings for more than two weeks, Sun Ce felt so happy. Now he has to worry every time he sees the news.

Soon, the time came to July 25th, and it was time to return to the Olympic team...

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"Brother Yao, how many people did we send!"

At 9 o'clock in the morning on the 25th, Sun Ce followed the men's basketball national team to an Olympic Village in Westminster, London.

On the way here, Sun Ce saw many Olympic Villages, some of which had doorplates of seven or eight countries and up to a dozen countries.

And the Olympic Village where they are in China has only one doorplate, which says China...

"There are 349 players, plus coaches, staff, officials from various associations, and the Olympic Committee, a total of 713 people." Yao Ming is very skilled at reciting this.

"Do we have to participate in every event? Do we all want to get good results?"

"Of course!" Yao Ming was very proud of this.

It really means that every aspect must be bigger and stronger. Sun Ce further understood why his country was targeted by other countries.

It's not just a matter of skin color, but also the ambition that is not stated explicitly but is expressed all the time by the whole country!

It is said that sports are a peaceful war. With such ambition in sports, other industries are naturally the same.

Although being targeted by other countries, Sun Ce felt a strong sense of pride.

The country is rising. Although he is just an insignificant athlete to the country, he is also involved in it!

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After settling down, at two o'clock in the afternoon, Sun Ce and all the men's basketball team attended the meeting held by the National Olympic Committee. Today was the last meeting before the Olympics.

At the meeting, Yao Ming once again became the representative of the Chinese Olympic team without suspense, that is, the flag bearer. The men's basketball team also took advantage of Yao Ming's light and surpassed the national soldiers to rank at the forefront of the Olympic team.

The whole meeting was about encouragement, encouragement, and encouragement, and cheering, cheering, and cheering... talking about goals, how many medals to win, and how many gold medals to win in some events...

Anyway, it has nothing to do with the men's basketball team.

After the meeting, Sun Ce prepared to meet with Harden and Gasol Jr., and they had agreed to have dinner together tonight.

But before he was ready to leave, the team manager Chris Wallace called.

The general manager on the other end of the phone answered: "Lord, there is good news. We signed Lopez with a one-year minimum salary..."