One Thousand Six Hundred and Forty-Eight. Seven for One!
According to a TNT reporter, Sun Ce and the Grizzlies reached a special 31-year contract, with a team option in the third year and a player option in the fourth year. There is a clause in the agreement that when the Grizzlies exercise the team option, Sun Ce can ask to renegotiate his salary for the next two years.
People originally wondered why Sun Ce's contract was a long-term contract, because Sun Ce had signed a three-year 11-year contract, and each time he extended the contract according to league rules, and now he can continue.
But seeing such a 31-year contract, I feel that I can understand it.
But why did Sun Ce sign such a contract?
Soon, everyone knew the reason.
On the afternoon of the 22nd, the NBA headquarters and the owners of the 29 teams in the league except the Clippers held a video conference. After an afternoon of discussion, they finally reached an agreement.
At 9 pm on the 22nd, the NBA official website posted a news report, which said: In the owner vote this afternoon, 18 owners agreed to the draft of the Clippers' sale plan proposed by the NBA official, 5 owners opposed, and the remaining 6 owners abstained.
Since the votes in favor exceeded 50% and the votes against were less than 30%, the NBA officially approved the offer application of John Price, the owner of Price Investment Group, to the Clippers and will launch an investigation into the economic dealings between John Price and Sun Ce.
The BA headquarters also held a video conference with the owners of each team to discuss some details of the sale of the Clippers, mainly to formulate a special clause.
This time it was passed unanimously
In 2014, the BA officially announced that the Clippers and John Price, the owner of Price Investment Group, reached an acquisition agreement. The bidding group led by John Price acquired the Los Angeles Clippers for US$1.7 billion.
At the same time, an agreement was also announced, which was called the "Lord's Law" by the media and fans.
This is a restrictive clause. After obtaining the consent of the person, all NBA owners voted unanimously to pass the clause. The content of the clause is: If Chinese player Sun Ce wants to join the Los Angeles Clippers, his salary must reach at least 25% of the salary cap if his playing age is less than 7 years, and at least 30% of the salary cap if his playing age is 7 years or more.
In addition, there is a restriction on trading clause: when Sun Ce's team trades with the Los Angeles Clippers, if the trading chips do not include Sun Ce himself, they must be reviewed by the league.
As soon as this news came out, the entire NBA fan community was shocked
After the finals, when the NBA official launched an investigation into the relationship between John Price, a new fan circle celebrity who bought the Clippers, and Sun Ce, it stole the limelight of the just-concluded finals.
Now, it has completely overshadowed the Lakers, who just became the champion and will become the defending champion in a few days.
The fans' enthusiasm for discussing this matter can be imagined, and the most unhappy one is Kobe
He just won the sixth championship, and that bastard popped up again
Time flew to June 28th, and it was a new week again, and the draft was about to begin.
And Sun Ce's training has entered the second week.
"My God, Noah, I didn't expect you to become the owner of an NBA team so early."
"I'm not the owner of the Clippers"
"One day you will be."
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Sun Ce really couldn't refute it.
In fact, he only knew about John's purchase of the team, but never participated in it. On the evening of the 22nd, the league officials called him on a recorded phone and asked him if he was willing to accept the restrictive clause. He agreed and replied to the fax sent by the league.
Those rumors did not affect Sun Ce. He trained when he should train and rested when he should rest. Occasionally, he discussed the signings with the team. During the finals, the negotiations between the team and the target team had entered the substantive discussion stage.
Today is the day to train with Jordan again. Sun Ce feels that the training with Jordan and Payton is simply two different worlds.
Jordan made Sun Ce feel the malice of the fat man.
Speaking of flexible fat men, who can be better than Jordan of the same age?
And learning from Payton is like learning a defensive textbook.
When Payton taught Sun Ce, it was more boring, but Sun Ce learned more. For example, today, when he defended Jordan, whether it was taught by Jordan or he explored it himself, he defended better.
Payton taught Sun Ce the basics, practiced defensive basics with him, and taught him the little tricks he wanted to defend against Jordan's technical style. When he came to Jordan, he practiced the defensive basics he learned and tried his own defensive methods.
Originally, Sun Ce thought that the three-day teaching plan agreed by the two was very annoying, but after practice, he found it very suitable.
From No. 21 to No. 23, after being ravaged by Jordan's high and low post backs and face-to-frame layups, No. 25 to No. 27 learned the basics of defense from Payton, and then practiced defense with Jordan.
It is said that Pierce and Anthony are offensive kaleidoscopes, and Jordan is no exception. Especially now that Jordan basically relies on technology, weight, and touch, the most important of which is technology. Sun Ce clearly felt the gains after the pain and torture.
After practicing with Jordan for a whole morning, Sun Ce still felt that his defense was not good enough, and he calmed down and prepared to work harder and more devotedly in the next three weeks starting today.
And Jordan once again left with heavy steps. Jordan thought that after the first day of training, the rest of the time would be wasted. As a result, after training, his appetite increased greatly that day, he slept soundly at night, and woke up refreshed the next morning.
But when I didn’t teach Sun Ce, I didn’t feel this way.
This made Jordan think that he should move more. Look at people like Zhang 20,000 and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who can still run, jump, and participate in racquetball and marathon sports at the age of 50. He felt that he was going to be useless. .
Fortunately, he can attack and abuse the best player in the league without any restraint, and he can train and train the defense of the best player in the league.
Another morning of training has ended, and the second week of training has begun. Sun Ce is used to the pace of life at this stage, and the two famous coaches are also used to it.
I went home for lunch at noon, and made an appointment with Old Hardaway in the afternoon to strengthen the rhythm of breakthroughs. As for shooting, after the first week, Sun Ce plans to reduce the amount of training in the afternoon. In addition to three-point training, he has to practice every day, mid-range shooting and breakthroughs. The training is done every other day, and then every Thursday is a real day off.
At a certain stage of his career, Sun Ce's training methods are also fine-tuned in the direction he feels is better.
On the evening of the 28th, with 24 hours left before the draft, a deal that Sun Ce had been looking forward to at the beginning of the month finally came.
Just after dinner, Aldridge wanted to see what else the league had to offer.
Whether it's a trade or a player's intention to jump out of his contract and test the free market, it really has nothing to do with the Trail Blazers.
Aldridge is depressed. This is the case every year. Every year, they can only pick up players that other teams don’t want. Well, it can't attract other stars either.
People are too prejudiced against this team. Aldridge, who played with Roy, knows that under the leadership of this leader, they have swept away the darkness of the Portland Prison team. Even Randolph Considers Roy a big brother.
But Roy doesn't look like a good guy either.
The players on their team know that they are completely different from before, but others don't believe it.
So Aldridge can only watch Sun Ce’s news, the Kejanlen trio’s arrogant appearances at major galas and parties, and Wade’s contract issues with the Heat.
Yesterday, Wade jumped out of his contract following Bosh. Except for James, who promised to exercise the player option for the next two years before being traded to the Lakers, all the Big Three formed in 2010 jumped out of their contracts.
It is said that Wade jumped out of his contract to help the team save money by renewing Chandler's contract, so there was a tendency to cut his salary, but Aldridge didn't understand that Chandler had Bird rights and needed Wade to quit his contract. Pay cuts to clear space
But the thing that interests Aldridge the most is Sun Ce's "buying the team." On the 25th, after the NBA voted to approve John Price's acquisition of the Clippers, the Clippers have completed the handover in the past two days.
Seeing the increase in trade restrictions between teams with Sun Ce and the Clippers, and the restrictions on Sun Ce even going to the Clippers, Aldridge felt that it was not a good thing to buy a team as a player.
Just like Sun Ce, Aldridge estimates that Sun Ce will be hacked as long as he talks about any issues related to NBA transactions and player ownership.
Sun Ce has been criticized this month. As a player, Aldridge feels that Sun Ce is really miserable.
However, Sun Ce never came out and said anything, and Aldridge was quite impressed.
After adjusting his sitting posture, Aldridge turned on the computer and browsed the forum.
However, even after he adjusted his posture, he still couldn't sit firmly. When he saw the headline, he was so shocked that he fell to the floor.
At this time, his cell phone rang, and his agent called
On June 28, 2014, Sun Ce had just had dinner when he got home and received a call from Chris Wallace. The Grizzlies reached trade agreements with three teams.
The Grizzlies paid Amir Johnson, Hassan Whiteside, Jonas Valanciunas, Patrick Beverley, Tim Hardaway II, a 2014 first-round pick, and a 2016 first-round pick. Acquired Trail Blazers power forward LaMarcus Aldridge
At the same time, the Grizzlies also received the Pelicans' non-guaranteed contract player Greg Steensma, the Pelicans' 2017 first-round lottery protected pick, and the Celtics only have $60,000 guaranteed next season. Contract player aj price.
The deal between Beverley and Valanciunas was reached immediately. Beverley received the Celtics' 2015 first-round draft pick, and Valanciunas received the Pelicans' 2015 and 2017 draft picks. Two top-three protected draft picks this year.
In addition to the Pelicans' 2015 first-round pick, which the Grizzlies will keep, the Celtics' 2015 first-round pick and the Pelicans' 2017 first-round lottery-protected pick will all be sent to the Trail Blazers in a package team, including the Grizzlies' two first-round picks, Amir Johnson, Whiteside, and Hardaway Jr., 7 for 1. As for the two non-guaranteed contract players, the Grizzlies gave up after the trade.
The deal between the Grizzlies and Trail Blazers has not yet been officially reached. It will have to wait until the free market opens. The contracts of Prince, Richard Jefferson, and Stoudemire will expire, and Randolph's salary will be reduced to 1,500. Later, the Grizzlies will be able to retain the Bird Rights of Larry Sanders, Paul George, Yi Jianlian, and Tony Allen while reducing the total salary to more than $54.58 million to free up tradable space. And we have to wait until next season's salary cap is announced before a formal deal can be completed.
The ratings impact and ticket revenue brought by the Kojan combination reaching the finals far exceeded expectations. The total revenue of the finals was 20 million U.S. dollars higher than the best-case scenario predicted before the playoffs. According to media predictions, next season's salary The cap is expected to be raised again, possibly reaching around US$71.6 million.
However, even if the deal is not officially reached, the Grizzlies have already handed over the rights to select the 25th overall pick in this year's first round to the Trail Blazers.
Just like in the original time and space, the Pelicans promised the Lakers the rights to swap three first-rounders and one first-rounder. After the 7-for-1 trade of Ingram, Ball, and Hart, the Lakers were unable to make room for the Pelicans. Still have to wait, the Grizzlies have reached deals with the other two teams in order to get the four first-round picks that the Trail Blazers want.
This was a trade made by the Grizzlies at the request of the Trail Blazers. If the Trail Blazers reneged, Sun Ce felt that his management would collectively kneel down to celebrate.
The Grizzlies only suffered a loss when they exchanged Beverley for a first-rounder and Valanciunas for two first-rounders. They didn't suffer much. Although Beverley is good, he is not worth it in terms of transaction value. High, just like when the Celtics were willing to give up Tony Allen directly.
This is where Valanciunas suffered a loss, but the Grizzlies were already streamlining the center position. The ideal situation was to keep two defensive centers, and Yi Jianlian played center in a small lineup. The final decision was to send Valanciunas away. Ranchunas.
Originally, one could exchange a draft pick and add one or two high-quality role players, but if it is to exchange chips, nothing is more convenient than a draft pick.
It doesn't matter if we end up with two first-rounders, the worst thing we can do is lose a little bit.
The Trail Blazers are really in doom. How will the league investigate them for using unconventional operations to challenge the league's trading system that relies on the salary cap system to survive? Most other teams will probably consider trading with the Trail Blazers. Weigh.
And it's impossible. When the Grizzlies reached two other deals and handed over the rights to select the 2014 first-round pick to the Trail Blazers, the Trail Blazers had already sent a notice to Aldridge's agent and the league. Apply to allow Aldridge to contact the Grizzlies,
After sending away five players and two first-round picks, Sun Ce knew that the team had spent a lot of money on this deal.
However, in exchange, Aldridge will definitely make a profit.
At noon on June 29, Aldridge, who had just been traded, hurried to Memphis and stood outside FedEx Arena, looking at the image of the Grizzlies team above FedEx Arena with a fat man trying to look fierce. Da.
After playing against the Grizzlies for the last time in the regular season last year, Aldridge looked forward to Whiteside one day playing for the Trail Blazers.
Unexpectedly, this day came so quickly and Whiteside immediately became a Trail Blazers player, as if his mouth was opened.
However, when Whiteside went to the Trail Blazers, Aldridge was no longer a Trail Blazers player.
The deal has not yet been officially reached, but he has received permission from the Trail Blazers to contact the Grizzlies management and to train at the Grizzlies arena. There is no difference, it is just a matter of time.
Now Aldridge himself doesn’t know why he is so happy after being traded.
He hadn't thought about how angry he would be one day when he became a commodity and was traded. However, except for being so scared that he sat on the ground last night, he really didn't feel any anger in himself.
Instead, I didn't sleep all night. I got up early this morning and took a flight to Memphis.
Coming out of Memphis International Airport and arriving at Lord Avenue, I saw 24 consecutive billboards with the same poster. Thank God, Lord will be with us in the next four years.
Aldridge saw Sun Ce's poster and thought that he was about to become teammates with Sun Ce. He felt so excited that he exploded.
It is almost impossible to join the Grizzlies as a free agent. The Grizzlies have salary space and Aldridge is a free agent. It is too difficult to achieve these two conditions at the same time, so he has never thought about it.
But now, he looks at the Grizzlies arena and feels that being traded as a commodity is no big deal.
The Grizzlies spent a lot of money to dismantle most of the main rotation to introduce Aldridge, revealing a signal to the public that in the next few years, they will stick to the core goal of building a team around Sun Ce and will not change.
Regarding the Grizzlies' introduction of Aldridge, fans feel that the Grizzlies will not lose money, but the profit may not be particularly profitable.
Whiteside's ability is obvious to all. If the Grizzlies don't send Whiteside, then the Grizzlies will make a lot of money. The two picks will definitely not be higher than the first round and four role players. In exchange for an All-Star, the Grizzlies will make a lot of money. .
But by sending away Whiteside, the Grizzlies may only make a small profit, because the Grizzlies also sent away Valanciunas, and the Grizzlies do not have a true big center.
As for Gobert, he has been ignored for the time being. He played 31 times in his rookie year and averaged 9 minutes per game, which was not even as good as Jimmy Butler back then.
If the starting combination of Randolph and Aldridge is sent out, fans feel that the Grizzlies' interior defense is not much better. Randolph's defense will not be a black hole when he plays power forward, and Aldridge's defense is not bad when he plays center, but The combination of the two is definitely not very good, and it is impossible for Aldridge to come off the bench.
But if they were the Grizzlies management, they would do the same thing if they were Aldridge. Randolph is already 33 years old. They can get an All-Star power forward who will turn 29 in the summer and is at his peak. It won't shake the core trio of the outside line. Even if the inside line is emptied, it's not a big deal. ()