Chapter 1253 1252. Ace Is Worth 160 Million (5/10 for Monthly Votes)

Chapter 1253 1252. Ace is worth 160 million (510 for monthly votes)

After calculations by economic experts, anyway, it is some weird and miscellaneous calculation methods that fans can't understand but think are very powerful. After calculations, Liu Mang has helped the Hawks earn a total of 110 million US dollars in net profit in the five seasons with the Hawks!

Mainly in the two years when Liu Mang's second contract was executed, the profit with Liu Mang as the main factor reached 90 million US dollars. It is profit, not income. Since Liu Mang joined the Hawks in his rookie season and helped the Hawks enter the Eastern Conference Finals, the Hawks' income has skyrocketed because of Liu Mang.

After analyzing this, American Cable TV put forward a new point of view, a point that not many fans had noticed before, that is, Liu Mang got too little money!

Liu Mang's new contract has been in effect for two years. He is getting the maximum salary. The Hawks' alternative operation allows Liu Mang, a second-round pick, to get the maximum salary after his rookie contract ends. This is what Liu Mang's fans like most about the Hawks. The Hawks' operation allows Liu Mang's income to be higher than that of Pau Gasol, the highest-paid player in 2001. Liu Mang was able to get the maximum salary one year in advance, which is the same as Gasol's salary in the 2005-06 season and Liu Mang's salary in the 2004-05 season. This makes Liu Mang's fans have a good impression of the Hawks.

This is a very successful team operation of the Hawks, which has been praised by experts and the media.

And it is difficult to replicate. It is almost impossible for a second-round pick to resist the urge to get a higher salary and take another year's salary before trying the maximum salary.

However, this time, American cable TV did the opposite and began to criticize this matter.

It was not the Hawks that were criticized. The Hawks had given Liu Mang the largest contract within the rules. What was criticized was the league's salary system!

If you want to stir up trouble, you have to stir up trouble!

The economics expert of American Cable TV finally concluded: "Liu Mang's current 5-year contract does not match his value at all. He should get 32 ​​million per year."

Liu Mang's 4+1 contract averages 32 million per year...

In NBA history, except for Jordan who got 30 million in one year and 33 million in another year, there has never been a player with a salary of 30 million. The highest was Kevin Garnett who got 28 million US dollars in the 03-04 season!

Jordan's big contract was not within the rules, but the Bulls applied to the league for special treatment for Jordan. The main reason was that Jordan's highest salary before was only 4 million US dollars a year, which was too inconsistent with the value Jordan brought to the league. In the first ten years of Jordan's career, including the two years of his first retirement, the highest salary was a "big" contract of 8 million US dollars for two years, and most of the time it was more than 1 million US dollars. The second largest contract was a total of 7.7 million US dollars for two years, so Jordan was allowed to renew his contract directly on the salary cap with 30 million US dollars in the first year, and the second year was increased by 10% according to the rules...

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When this news from the American Cable TV came out, the league's top management was scared.

This is purely deliberate!

And... there must be some people behind this!

It was very easy to investigate that Pacers General Manager Larry Bird and Timberwolves General Manager Kevin McHale had dinner with New York Knicks owner James Dolan, and the owner of American Cable TV was James Dolan!

Obviously, there are teams that want to divide the Hawks!

It seems that they are criticizing the salary system of the league, but in fact, those people just want to make Liu Mang dissatisfied with his salary. As the owner of the TV station, James Dolan needs ratings and attention, so he agreed to this plan. It is a win-win situation anyway.

The rules of the league cannot be changed. If that is the case, it will become the same as football, without salary restrictions, and the NBA will not be the most relatively balanced league in the world.

But the fans can't care so much and immediately start to criticize the salary system of the league!

Finally, there is a breaking news, and other media also start to follow suit, triggering greater public opinion.

The league is preparing for the draft. Originally, they were going to spend the last few days of this season happily. The senior executives were preparing for the summer vacation plan. Who knew that such a big thing would suddenly happen, and David Stern couldn't calm down all of a sudden!

The senior executives of the league held an emergency meeting that night to analyze how to deal with this matter.

American cable TV seized the climax of the fans. After entering the Internet age, public opinion is too easy to be guided. They have stirred public opinion to the point where it is difficult to control!

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“Ace, do you think your current contract is too low? Should it be changed to 160 million?”

“Uh…” Liu Mang looked at the reporters in front of him. He didn’t expect to be on the headlines while on vacation!

Liu Mang didn’t know what happened. He didn’t pay attention to NBA events these days. He should take a good rest. Paying attention to those things would give him a headache.

It wasn’t until Schwartz called Adam Morrison, who he signed and was preparing for the draft, and flew to Miami to meet with Liu Mang that Liu Mang knew what happened.

As an agent, Schwartz knows very well that the league's salary cap system is a very advanced system invented by David Stern. If there is no such system, the NBA would have been finished long ago. Just look at the European football leagues and you will know that there are only a few teams in each league that make money. Most teams are on the verge of bankruptcy, not to mention that they are unable to make ends meet.

The NBA's salary cap system is the key to allowing NBA players to circulate freely, otherwise it will really become a trade of players.

This system cannot be changed. Schwartz came to Liu Mang mainly to ask Liu Mang not to be too arrogant and not to fight against the league on his own.

Liu Mang is now highly regarded. Schwartz is afraid that Liu Mang will not be calm and really believe those nonsense.

Although Liu Mang does deserve a higher salary, according to the rules, Liu Mang has already received the most he can get.

"Robbing the rich to help the poor" is the original meaning of the existence of the salary cap. Let those who deserve more money share some of the money with ordinary players, and let the teams that make more money share money with the teams that don't make money. Only then can the NBA exist for a long time.

Liu Mang looked at the reporter from Sports Illustrated in front of him and was speechless. This was too direct, without any euphemism.

According to calculations by some media, the Hawks might earn 320 million US dollars in total revenue from Liu Mang during his contract, and they should split it with Liu Mang in half. The reporter immediately asked Liu Mang about this question.

Thinking of this, Liu Mang couldn't help but smile, and the reporter in front of him was confused.

After Liu Mang finished laughing, he apologized and said, "160 million, it's too much. Michael only made 90 million in his lifetime. As for me, I'm probably worth 150 million. 160 million is still too much."