Chapter 1,140 Super Luxury Tax and Envious and Jealous James!

After the free market opened in 2013, there is no doubt that the Los Angeles Lakers have become the most beautiful and most eye-catching team.

Nash retired, Howard left the team, Charity World Peace announced that he would travel east to the Knicks, and Odom announced that he would join the rival Clippers in the same city. For a time, the entire Lakers seemed to be falling apart. Only heavyweight players with contracts on the entire team were left. Off Kobe, Paul George and Randolph.

Therefore, when Kobe once again jumped out of his contract, even many Lakers fans began to feel guilty. Isn't Kobe planning to leave this time?

I just didn't expect that after the Lakers were about to fall apart, they would suddenly exert such efforts and complete the reconstruction so quickly.

Bynum is worth 90 million in 4 years, Deron Williams is worth 80 million in 4 years, Duncan is worth 30 million in 2 years, and Ginobili is worth 15 million in 2 years.

These four heavyweight signings cost the Lakers a total of 65 million in space. In addition to the original contracts of Lakers Randolph and Paul George of more than 25 million, the Lakers now even have more than 10 million in space to continue signing people. .

And those veterans who are waiting in the free market to join the favorites for the championship naturally have all their eyes on the Lakers at this time.

The Seattle SuperSonics can only use the basic salary and cannot sign anyone. Even if these players who have the ability and ambition to win the championship want to win the championship again, they cannot not care about money at all.

Therefore, in addition to the SuperSonics, the only three teams left for those capable veterans who want to win the championship are the Cavaliers, Lakers and Warriors.

The Cavaliers gave Iguodala all of their contract space.

As for the Warriors, the situation is actually similar to that of the Lakers. Yao Ming and Beasley have maximum salaries, but the contracts of the three 2009 rookie players Curry, Thompson and Green have just expired this year and have not yet signed. The contracts of players, Ray Allen, Bledsoe, Barnes, Jamal Crawford, Barbosa, Mbah a Moute, Livingston and others are actually not that high. Livingston and Barbosa are still The expiring contracts, except for Ray Allen's contract of tens of millions, the others' contracts add up to just over 20 million. Therefore, the Warriors can also have less than 10 million to use.

The four hottest favorites to win the championship next season are the Lakers, Warriors, SuperSonics and Cavaliers.

The SuperSonics and Cavaliers have withdrawn from the free market, while the Lakers and Warriors have naturally become the first choices for capable veterans who want a championship.

Compared with the Warriors, a team that has won more than 70 games in each of the last three seasons, the Lakers may be relatively more attractive.

This was also done by the Warriors themselves. Their loss to the Cavaliers this year was too disastrous.

Now the Warriors seem to be unreliable from any aspect.

Compared with the Warriors, the Lakers are different. In the playoffs last season, Kobe relied on his own efforts to defeat the Warriors 3-4. That was even when Howard was beaten by Yao Ming. If Howard performed better, if Nash's body was better, if Paul George was a little more stable, the Lakers would destroy the Warriors.

Next season, Nash will be replaced by Deron Williams, Howard will be replaced by Bynum, and more importantly, Duncan will join the Lakers. This is Duncan!

Duncan's status among these veterans is simply not too attractive.

If Duncan and Kobe were three years younger now,

With the combined appeal of these two, the Warriors will definitely be beaten.

But now, the two teams are still attractive enough to compete. The Lakers have a greater advantage, but it cannot be said that the two teams cannot compete.

Now, the Lakers and Warriors are mainly competing for several free agent veterans: Pacers' free power forward David West, Celtics' free small forward Tony Allen, Trail Blazers' free guard Jarrett Jack, Nuggets free guards Billups and Jr. Smith.

Among the free agents in focus, Billups is of course the biggest, but Billups wants to return to the Pistons and return to his roots, and he doesn’t care about championships or not, so the Lakers and Warriors just tried it out and decided. No more probing.

In addition to Billups, among these veterans, the strongest and most powerful are of course David West and Jr. Smith.

Among them, Jr. Smith stayed behind due to some accidents.

Jr. Smith finally waited until his contract expired. He was planning to go to the Cavaliers to find his good friend Anthony. He had already agreed, but in the end he fell into the hands of Iguodala.

When the Cavaliers signed a 25 million contract, James allocated it very well, giving 18 million to Iguodala and 7 million to Jr Smith.

But Nima's Iguodala is simply not a human being!

Jr. Smith is a loyal person and thinks that we are teammates. I will let you negotiate with James first.

I always feel that if I am so loyal, why don’t you leave some for me?

The Cavaliers' space of 25 million is a fixed amount. You take the big head and I take the small head, but can you leave a little more.

Jr. Smith had a good idea, because Iguodala usually seems to be a generous and loyal person.

Damn it, jr Smith really didn’t expect that this guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes would be so greedy!

I ate all 25 million by myself.

If I had known that this guy was so greedy with money, why would he have given up and agreed to a 7 million annual salary contract with the Cavaliers early?

As for whether Iguodala can be poached by the Cavaliers, it's none of his business. When Iguodala monopolized 25 million in space, he didn't worry about whether he could join the Cavaliers!

Jr. Smith is very depressed. He definitely can't stay in the Nuggets. After staying for so many years, if he doesn't leave, he will become one with the plateau.

He wants the championship, and so does his brother, who can't have him anymore. It would be great if he can go to the Lakers and Warriors, but what makes him a little depressed is that the Lakers and Warriors don't seem to be very enthusiastic about him.

Both teams have their sights set on David West.

On July 15, 2013, after a fierce battle between the Lakers and the Golden State Warriors, David West finally rejected the three-year, $60 million contract proposed by the Pacers and chose to join the NBA regular season for the past three seasons. Always ranked first, the Golden State Warriors are the only team in NBA history to achieve 70 wins in three consecutive seasons. The contract amount is 30 million for three years.

One side is 60 million in three years, and the other is 30 million in three years.

This is to sign with the Warriors and win the championship without giving up an annual salary of nearly 10 million!

Seeing this, Jr. Smith, many people and even Ye Si looked at him with suspicion.

"I have always felt that I am a lucky person. Playing in the NBA has always been my childhood dream. After entering the league in 2003, I was fortunate enough to be able to play in the place of my dreams for 10 years and become a moderately successful NBA player. , This has made me very satisfied. I have realized my original intention, and I have also earned wealth that can be used for my whole life. Now I am 33 years old, and I don’t have many years left in my career. I hope now that I will leave. When I entered this dreamland, I left with a championship ring on my hand.”

"Thank you for your support from my family, friends, coaches, teammates, teams, and fans along the way. Thank you for cheering me, supporting me, and praying for me. No matter where I go, I will always be humble and grateful to you."

In order to chase the dream of a championship, David West's behavior of giving up tens of millions of annual salary is naturally extremely touching.

Even Kobe and his idol Duncan, who were rejected by David West, could only sigh and bless him in the end.

After all, David West is indeed a straightforward man.

"Don't be three years old. Even if you are only one year younger, I will definitely choose the Lakers."

It has to be said that although the Lakers are now gaining momentum, David West also pointed out the biggest hidden danger of this team. Kobe is 35 years old and Duncan is 37 years old.

And David West gives up tens of millions of annual salary every year, not to chase stars, he does it to chase dreams.

After David West refused the Lakers to choose the Warriors, the Warriors also announced that they had signed a 5-year, 160 million maximum salary contract with Stephen Kurida using the Yes clause, and also renewed a 5-year contract with Klay Thompson. 110 million contract, and Dream Green also reached a five-year 90 million contract extension with the Warriors.

After renewing the contracts of the team's top three in 2009, the Warriors also announced that they would follow in the footsteps of the SuperSonics and enter a stage of salary explosion.

The Warriors' total salary now exceeds 180 million and is close to 190 million US dollars!

This is more explosive than the Seattle SuperSonics!

Fortunately, the Warriors have been enjoying the benefits of their rookie contracts before, and this season is only the first year they pay the luxury tax.

So there is no need to consider the super luxury tax. If a team pays the luxury tax three times in five years, then the excess of the luxury tax will be within 5 million US dollars. If it exceeds 1 yuan, it will pay 2.5 yuan. If it exceeds 5 to 10 million, it will be super. 1 yuan pays 2.75 yuan and so on. If the Warriors want to call the super luxury tax this year, then the luxury tax for the excess 60 million US dollars will not be 60 million, but 330 million!

To be honest, no one except the Seattle SuperSonics can afford this luxury tax.

Even if the Warriors have been the most profitable team in the NBA in the past three years, they cannot withstand such a terrifying super luxury tax.

The Warriors dare to play with their annual salary like this because they are betting on Yao Ming's peak in the past few years. They don't want to waste the Warriors' peak in the last three years. By the time the Warriors need to pay the super luxury tax, Yao Ming's contract has ended and may have already expired. When the NBA retires, the crisis of the super luxury tax will naturally be over.

After the Warriors signed David West and announced their withdrawal from the free market, those players looking forward to a championship had only one option: the Los Angeles Lakers.

The buyer's market in the free market instantly turned into a seller's market after the Warriors withdrew.

Jr. Smith feels that now that David West is gone, is it finally his turn?

After all, he performed really well with the Nuggets last season, averaging a career-high 18 points per game.

A contract worth tens of millions of dollars per year to the Lakers.

What makes Jr. Smith quite embarrassed is that on July 16, he still did not wait for a call from Kobe. When he waited, it was indeed news that the Lakers had completed the signing with Tony Allen and Jarrett Jack.

Tony Allen announced a four-year, $25 million contract with the Lakers, and Jack announced that he had reached a four-year, $25 million contract with the Lakers.

The Lakers used the money that was supposed to be given to him over four years and 50 million to sign two people like this...

After seeing these two signings from the Lakers, Jr. Smith was dumbfounded.

When did quantity replace quality in the value of NBA players?

For players of the caliber of Tony Allen and Jack, even signing ten of them would not be as good as one Jr. Smith, just like ten Jr. Smiths would not be as good as one Yes.

But no matter how sad he is, Jr. Smith can only swallow this bad breath. It's so miserable. For someone as confident as him, he doubts whether he has overestimated his own value.

After the Lakers used up all their space to sign Tony Allen and Jack Jack, they announced that they had signed a two-year, 60 million contract with the legendary player Kobe Bryant who had jumped out of the contract.

A 1+1 contract makes it easier for Kobe to continue to opt out of the contract, and it also makes it easier for the Lakers to maintain the flexibility of their lineup.

However, for such a short contract, Kobe needs to sacrifice some money. Of course, there is no way to sign a maximum salary for such a short contract.

Logically speaking, Kobe can now sign the same five-year, $190 million contract as Paul, but if Kobe really signs it, the Lakers will completely lose their flexibility.

And Kobe and Paul are different. Paul is a young player and has not made all his money yet, but Kobe has made all his money and now is the time to compete for the championship.

Even if he can't reach the championship, he is willing to spend money to play more playoffs and win more regular seasons.

Especially in the playoffs, his current goal is to hope that he can be the first Mr. 40 million points in the NBA regular season, and also hope that he can be the first Mr. 7,000 points or even 8,000 points in the playoffs in NBA history!

After completing the signing with Kobe, the Lakers' total salary reached 140 million, which is also more than the luxury tax of nearly 15 million, and the Lakers, like the SuperSonics, are subject to the super luxury tax.

The luxury tax of more than 15 million yuan will be charged 3.25 times, which is more than 50 million yuan.

Of course, for the Lakers, this amount of super luxury tax is also acceptable.

Look at the SuperSonics. The Sonics selected Antetokounmpo in second place. After selecting Gobert in the first round, the super luxury tax that originally exceeded 30 million has become more than 39 million, just shy of breaking 4,000. The difference between 39 million and 40 million is 0.25 times. The luxury tax of 40 million is more than 10 million more than that of 39 million!

Therefore, even if the Sonics only sign a player with a minimum salary, even if the player with a minimum salary only has a minimum annual salary of 1 million, the Sonics will have to pay more than 10 million more.

Therefore, even though the Sonics still have a spot for reinforcements, the cost of signing this spot is quite high even if it is just with the basic salary.

Therefore, after the Lakers signed Kobe, the Cavaliers signed James, and the Warriors signed the top three players in 2009, many people were looking forward to whether the SuperSonics would use this minimum salary spot.

Facts have proven that if you have money, you can really do whatever you want.

On July 24, the Seattle SuperSonics announced through their official Twitter that they had reached a four-year, 4 million base salary contract with the team's former point guard and the 19th-ranked player in history, Rajon Rondo.

This contract with Rondo successfully increased the total super luxury tax of the Seattle SuperSonics to more than 40 million. In other words, next season, the Seattle SuperSonics will pay a super luxury tax of 180 million.

Before signing Rondo, the Seattle SuperSonics only had to pay 165.75 million in super luxury tax next season. In other words, although the Seattle SuperSonics only gave Rondo the minimum base salary of 1 million, they paid an extra 13.25 million for Rondo. Dollars!

"With over 10 million to sign Rondo, Hao is Hao!"

"I also want to have a boss who is the richest man in the world!"

"Even if the Sonics don't have the world's richest boss, as long as they have Yes, the 180 million super luxury tax is nothing. Have you all forgotten how expensive the SuperSonics tickets were when Yes was here? Back then, Yes had ten consecutive wins. At that time, the average ticket price for a game was more than 2,000 US dollars, and a game was worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Yes had played too many miraculous games that made the tickets explode."

"It's true. As long as there is Yes and there is a miracle, the SuperSonics will not only be self-sufficient but also build their own arena. The latest Yes Memorial Arena that the Seattle SuperSonics will use next season will cost one billion dollars. I heard that Bill Gates has Not even a penny was paid out, it was all the Sonics' own money. How much did Bill Gates spend to buy the Sonics? In just a few years, the market value of the Sonics has not only increased 10 times, but the cash flow is still unknown. how many."

"Otherwise, why do you think Yes has such a say in the Sonics? All the money was earned by Yes. He is willing to keep those heroes and pay the super luxury tax. No one can control it, not even Bill Gates."

"In the NBA, as long as you have enough value, you can do whatever you want, and Yes is the most valuable person in the world!"

Because the Sonics signed Rondo and handed over a super luxury tax of US$180 million a year, public opinion in the entire United States and even the entire world exploded.

In the history of human sports, we have never seen such a powerful team.

In order to sign back Rondo, the Sonics will spend an additional $14 million, and they will give the league a super luxury tax of $180 million a year without blinking an eye. This is jaw-dropping to see.

Especially James.

Seeing that Yes spent an extra 14 million to sign Rondo back, and then paid 180 million in luxury tax for a year, he instantly felt that the total luxury tax of 200 million given to him by the Cavaliers boss became less First.

After signing Iguodala, he completed a 1+1 2-year, 70 million contract with the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers completed a 5-year, 70 million contract with DeRozan, and also completed a 5-year contract with Daniel Gibson. With an annual contract of 60 million US dollars, plus Chandler Parsons' contract, the Cavaliers' total salary this season has reached 170 million US dollars. Next season, the Cavaliers will also have to pay 45 million US dollars in luxury tax. Of course, it is not a super luxury. Tax.

If it were a super luxury tax, then 200 million US dollars would not be enough to pay it in one year.

But even if it’s not a super luxury tax, 200 million US dollars doesn’t seem like enough money!

What should we do if all the $200 million is spent?

Thinking of this, James, who was originally laughing at the Sonics for signing back Rondo, stopped laughing instantly.

Damn, envy, jealousy, hate!

In fact, at this time, not only James, but many people including Kobe and Yao Ming were envious.

If possible, who wouldn't want Hao to do whatever he wants!

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