$1,651. Offseason Improvement
Grizzlies back line: Livingston 3 million, Sun Ce 233.16 million, Klay Thompson 3.61 million, Tony Allen 5 million, Carter 3.15 million.
Forward: Paul George 15.93 million, Pierce 2.9 million, Richard Jefferson 1.44 million, Randolph 15 million, Aldridge 16.72 million, Yi Jianlian 8 million, Stoudemire 1.44 million, Larry Sanders 9 million, Gobert 1.16 million.
If the 15th player is signed, the Grizzlies' total salary will definitely exceed 1.1 billion US dollars.
It is more than 10 million higher than the second-place Lakers' 99.72 million US dollars!
The Grizzlies broke the Trail Blazers' 105ba, the third highest salary in history in the 02-03 season! But compared with the Knicks' 12.6 billion and 11.7 billion, the first and second total salaries in history, the Grizzlies still have a gap.
The media, experts, and fans were all confused by the Grizzlies' operation. Sun Ce received the highest salary in the league at 233.16 million US dollars, which was lower than Joe Johnson's 23.18 million US dollars.
The Grizzlies' team salary is the highest in the league...
Everyone found that they underestimated the Grizzlies' courage. They all thought that they would have to choose between Yi Jianlian and Larry Sanders. They all thought that if Paul George was renewed, Tony Allen might leave and reduce the salary pressure.
However, the Grizzlies all stayed!
Although they lost 6 players and traded 5 people, Prince did not want to continue playing and returned to the Pistons to prepare for retirement, but they introduced Pierce, Carter, and Aldridge, and now the 14-man roster is strong! Looking at the roster, it is not inferior to the Lakers' luxurious lineup of Kobe, James, Leonard, Jr. Smith, Nene, Boozer, Mike Miller, Nick Young, Wesley Johnson, Wayne Ellington, Shawn Marion, Donatas Motiejunas, and Ed Davis.
The difference in salary between the two teams seems to be that Paul George has almost 16 million a year, while Leonard's salary is only 3.13 million US dollars.
The Grizzlies have Sun Ce, Randolph, Aldridge, and Paul George with a salary of at least 15 million US dollars. The Lakers have Kobe 21 million and James 20.56 million US dollars. Except for these two people, there is no contract worth tens of millions, but there are a lot of contracts worth six or seven million US dollars.
The salary structure of the two teams is not quite the same.
Some experts analyzed that the Grizzlies' structure should be more reasonable. The key point is that most of the contracts signed by the Grizzlies this summer are 2+1 or 1+1, which can make room again in the summer of 2016, thus avoiding paying super luxury tax for three consecutive years above the luxury tax threshold.
Unlike the Lakers, who only have 3-4 year contracts for their players, the Grizzlies are more cautious and all the contracts they give will expire in the summer of 2016 or 2017.
According to the incremental terms issued according to the new broadcast agreement signed in the 2013-2014 season, the Grizzlies, who exceed the luxury tax threshold by more than 25 million, will have to pay a luxury tax of about 37 million US dollars next season, and the forecast for the next season is more than 46 million.
If this lineup is to be maintained in the 16-17 season, and if there is no surge in the salary cap, along with the increase in the salaries of the Grizzlies' players, the Grizzlies will pay more than 79 million in luxury tax, breaking the historical record of 61 million luxury tax held by the Knicks in the 2005-06 season.
But most of the contracts given by the Grizzlies expire in 2016 or 2017, and the salary cap for the 2016-2017 season is expected to increase by 25 million compared to the 2015-2016 season.
When experts analyzed the Grizzlies' contract problems, fans found that the Grizzlies' salary situation was not as big of a problem as they imagined.
And the Lakers have a lot of contracts worth 6 or 7 million, most of which expire in 2016 or 2017.
The two teams that seem to spend money lavishly have not fallen into the vicious circle of the Trail Blazers and the Knicks ten years ago.
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On July 20,
the Grizzlies reached a standard base salary exception of 1.44 million US dollars a year with veteran point guard Steve Blake, who played for the Lakers last season.
Blake and Hinrich are the two free agent veterans that Sun Ce hopes to win after discussing with the team. They don't need to do anything else, just be stable.
Among all the free agent point guards in the league, the only one who can compare with these two is Calderon, but Calderon joined the Knicks for 4 years and 32 million.
After a summer, the Knicks took advantage of various rules and the salary reached more than 84 million, and most of them were long-term contracts.
Sun Ce got up in the morning and got the news of Blake's joining. He opened the official website of NBA and looked at the latest salary situation of his own team, which was 111.12 million US dollars... and the tax was expected to be 37.5 million US dollars, which means that the team will spend about 1.5 billion this season.
The team undoubtedly wants to take advantage of the long-term contract he signed and make a good fight. By the way, it can take advantage of the huge increase in the salary cap in 2016 to avoid paying the super luxury tax.
It is impossible not to be moved. Sun Ce knows that all the signings of the team this year are centered around him, and they are willing to spend a lot of money.
This is a bit like the original time and space in 2016, when the Grizzlies gave Conley 5 years and 1.5 billion, the highest salary in NBA history at that time.
Originally, Sun Ce thought that the team would not keep Larry Sanders, which would at least save nearly 20 million, but the team still kept him to prevent the team from having an inside injury crisis like last season.
Sun Ce didn't call Robert Pera to say anything. In the next few years, he just needs to play well as usual. There is nothing to be hypocritical about.
The team spent so much money not to listen to his hypocrisy, but to achieve good results.
There are also transactions and free agent signings by teams in the league. Sun Ce sighed that this summer is indeed the summer with the most free agents since 1997. Too many players changed teams.
The Knicks are crazy about players, the Lakers have a large number of players joining, the Spurs have got Rondo, and the Mavericks have signed back players like Barea...
The 76ers have successfully renewed Gasol's contract. The key is that their rookie Noel, who was reimbursed for a year, performed well in the summer league. He feels better than rookies Julius Randle and Noah Vonleh, and his strength is steadily increasing.
Some teams are strengthened, and naturally some teams are declining. It's hard to say about those teams at the bottom. Maybe they play better with fewer players, but strong teams are also declining.
The Bulls lost Luol Deng, and the Heat used the salary space freed up by Wade's salary cut and Chandler's departure to only get Luol Deng back.
The Pacers directly replaced half of their main rotation.
But the Bulls signed a shooting power forward Mirotic with a three-year middle-class contract, which was the signing right they got from the trade with the Rockets that year.
There is also the Nets, who can't move at all. Garnett signed a 12 million-a-year contract with the Timberwolves as soon as the free market opened this summer. The Nets are expected to collapse.
This league, which has long become unfamiliar but perhaps has become crazier than before because of the appearance of Sun, makes Sun Ce feel extremely excited!
He himself did not notice that he already had the mentality of a strong man, so he was able to accept the defeat very open-mindedly after being eliminated in the second round last season, and was able to prepare for this offseason with extreme reluctance, improve himself step by step, and wait for the team to recruit players.
Although the team's signings and contract renewals this year are a bit exaggerated...
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The media, fans, and players are crazy about the many contracts given this summer, and the owners of each team are also crazy.
It's just a snatching of talent!
They don't know what will happen in 2016. This summer, the Bulls were just a step behind, and the Knicks snatched Ariza away.
Looking back 10 years ago, it was common for an All-Star to finalize a contract in September.
Not to mention 10 years ago, 5 years ago, Randolph didn't dare to give a team a contract that matched his worth until the start of training camp. At that time, each team was very cautious when giving contracts because of the experience of the Trail Blazers and the Knicks and the lessons learned from the random contract giving in the 1990s.
But now, less than 3 weeks into the offseason, 90% of the player movement has been basically finalized.
In addition, many stars will sign a 4-year contract if they can change teams, regardless of the fact that the salary cap will increase significantly in two years. Most of the renewals are 5-year contracts, so the Grizzlies and Lakers are more special.
The management of each team has guessed the reason. Players are young. Who knows what will happen if they play well in the past two years? The Thunder refused to exercise Perkins' team option, so Perkins could only join the Lakers with a one-year contract of 1.44 million US dollars.
Perkins will only turn 30 in November this year. For a defensive center who is not good at athleticism, theoretically, he is at his peak.
But his state suddenly collapsed.
Players also have to consider the future. What if they encounter the same situation?
So it must be that the big contract is obtained first! Like Wall, he renewed his contract for 5 years and 92 million. He did not hesitate at all after the Wizards gave him the maximum salary.
The same is true for Curry and Harden who renewed their contracts last year. Did they not know that the salary cap would increase significantly in 2016? It is definitely impossible, but they all signed the longest contract of 5 years, which will expire in 2018.
As there are fewer and fewer high-quality players in the free agent market, this year's free market has gradually cooled down. Fans' discussions have changed from player ownership to whether the teams have made a loss or a profit after signing or trading this year, and the changes in the strength of the teams.
At the same time, since the Football World Cup ended on July 12, some fans began to discuss the Basketball World Cup at the end of August.
According to media reports, the International Basketball Federation is preparing to adjust the time of the Basketball World Cup, but not this one, but the next one. It will discuss with China to adjust the second Basketball World Cup in 2018 to 2019.
They are all called the World Cup. If it is held in the same year as the Football World Cup, no one will care about the Basketball World Cup.
The International Basketball Federation wants to get rid of the constraints of the Olympics on them. The major basketball powers are more interested in Olympic basketball, and the attention paid to the World Championships and the current Basketball World Cup is far less than that of Olympic basketball.
The key is that the Olympics never make money, and the organizers always lose money. Except for 2008, the organizers of every other Olympics have been arguing with the International Olympic Committee to get less dividends. The International Olympic Committee gives very little money to FIBA, even less than the neglected World Championships. This makes FIBA actually not that concerned about the Olympics, just like football players don't care about Olympic football at all.
On Sun Ce's side, after the team has completed the signings, he re-entered training and started intensive shooting training on the 21st.
By July 26, the three-point rating finally improved!
"Congratulations to the host for raising the three-point rating on the left sideline to A+ and the overall three-point rating to A+."
"Congratulations to the host for improving his overall shooting rating to S-."
"Competency evaluation s-,
Physical fitness a+: speed s-, strength a+, core strength s-, endurance a+, jumping b, static resistance a+, leg explosive power a+ (burst acceleration, bullet speed), explosive resistance ability a+...
Shooting evaluation s-: three-pointer a+, mid-range shot s- (mid-range shot on the right side of the three-second zone s-, other positions a+), layup s-...
Technical evaluation a+: ball handling s-, passing a, jump shot after pick and roll a, shooting after dribbling a, pull-up jump shot a-, low post skills a+, high post skills s-, three-threat stance c, jump Step b+, dribbling behind the back a, turning skill a, cross step change direction a..."
Under his hard training and Jordan's guidance, Sun Ce's mid-range shot from the right side of the three-second zone has passed more than a month of training and became the first mid-range shot to break through to the S-level, thus successfully making the overall Shooting evaluation improved to S- level.
In addition, the technology has also been greatly improved.
After Sun Ce finished practicing with Jordan and Payton in the morning, they would not necessarily come in the afternoon, and they would still come to give him advice occasionally.
The overall technical evaluation has reached the A+ level. As for the biggest improvement, it is the back hit. There is no doubt about Jordan's back hit ability. Sun Ce is beaten by Jordan every day. Jordan also feels that it is unjustifiable. Occasionally he comes over in the afternoon to teach him how to hit from behind. In addition, The experience of being hit from the back, Payton's back hit is more powerful than most people think.
The point is that Sun Ce worked hard to learn the part of the two's back-up skills that suited him. As time went by, Sun Ce's high-post play broke through to the S- level, and his low-post play also reached the A+ level.
What surprised Sun Ce the most was that as his age gradually approached his theoretical physiological peak, his endurance rating naturally improved to the A+ level.
The improvement in shooting makes Sun Ce feel ecstatic, but he also has regrets.
The three skills of behind-the-back dribbling, turning skills, and cross-step changes of direction have made little progress after reaching the A level.
Sun Ce discussed this aspect with Old Hardaway, Payton, Jordan, and Nash, and even asked Curry. They had similar views to Sun Ce.
Based on his flexibility and excellent ball feel, he can practice first-class cross-step changes, but due to size issues, he is probably only top-notch.
Moreover, his ability to change direction with a first-class cross-step has surprised these people. His size should not have such ability to change direction with a cross-step.
Sun Ce has no choice. It seems that the "butterfly step" cannot be used as a regular skill like Nowitzki's lateral step jumper, Kobe and Jordan's back-ups, and ball-holding pick-and-roll experts.
Just like Randolph's technique of directly rushing to grab the second rebound after a post-up, Sun Ce has practiced hard, but he is really not suitable for it. He can only occasionally trigger it by shaking his opponent away with a large change of direction.
Nowitzki's Golden Rooster independent shooting, Sun Ce really doesn't know how to use it. The opponent is unlikely to use a real inside line to guard him. If he hits the outside line and has ample opportunity to take off, he can just shoot.
Regarding this, Sun Ce thinks it's good. It's good to focus on the skills he's best at, and occasionally hit the opponent in singles to trigger it.
And now there is one more thing to be happy about!
"Because the host's three-point hook shooting ability evaluation in the left corner has been improved to A+ level, and the five positions on both sides of the baseline, both sides of the bottom corners, and the free throw line area have reached the A+ level hook shooting ability evaluation. Congratulations to the host, the little sky hook is proficient. The speed has been increased to level 5, and the skill card: Little Sky Hook has been activated.”
"Little Sky Hook Level 1: When the host makes a hook shot at the free throw line and at a zero-degree angle on both sides, if the host is in an open shooting state, the shooting evaluation will be improved by a small level.
Note: Level 2 bonus effect: Confrontation with hook.
You can use skill upgrade cards or random skill upgrade cards to upgrade. "
This skill is not bad. The effect at level 1 is not obvious, and the probability of triggering is not high. There will definitely be no opponent who will let him open for a hook... It is possible in the left corner, but after a long time, it is not likely to be possible.
But at least it will give him a greater chance of seizing open shooter opportunities and reduce the probability of wasting good opportunities. The focus is on the bonus of the hook in the upgraded confrontation. That is the most important, just like using the sky hook card back then. The sky hook skill is like that.
After being excited for a while, Sun Ce tried hard to calm down his emotions and finished the last two days of practice to consolidate his newly improved skills of shooting from the left bottom corner to a 30-degree angle and the right mid-range shot in the three-second zone.
At the same time, work hard on shooting from 45 to 30 degrees on both sides, which is not that good yet.
Day after day, year after year, on July 27, another summer of hard training for Sun Ce finally came to an end.
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On July 30, on the plane from Los Angeles to Singapore, Zue was chirping to Sun Ce about the hand cake shop outside her community.
Sun Ce didn't know how many times he had heard her say that every year when he returned to China and went to Beijing, he would stop by Tianjin and eat there.
But Sun Ce would always talk about the beef noodle restaurant he found when he first returned to his home in this life, and would eat there every time he returned to Chengdu.
Sun Ce is about to start a total of 5 promotional activities, including Singapore, Osaka, Japan, Shanghai, Chengdu, and the last stop in Beijing. He will meet the national team on August 12. After a week of joint training, he will go to Spain to prepare for the competition venue.
As for personal training, Sun Ce is not focusing on extra training now. He will take a good rest and consolidate his shooting training when he has time, with the focus on improving free throws.
Last season, he averaged 4 free throws out of 5, which was generally okay and he would not be the one to be cut, but he could hit about 50% of the free throw line hook shots when he was open. If his free throws were not 84, 15, 16, 17 or 18 percent, Sun Ce would be ashamed.
Next, before the new season, he will focus on extra free throws.
In fact, the training is also for the mid-range shot, which needs to be further developed. There is not much room for improvement, and the improvement of the mid-range shot is not so easy. That is, the mid-range shot on the right side of the three-second zone was used the most before, so it can be improved smoothly.
Breaking through the first-class to the top, such a mid-range shooting level, even in the NBA, not many people can do it.
The stronger the strength, the harder it will be to continue to become stronger! ()