Chapter 323 The Knicks' ambition for old K

   At 10:30, the parade celebration was about to start, and Wang Tiejun was woken up by Yu Feihong. After hurriedly washing up and eating something, the two rushed to the Sun headquarters.

   At five o'clock in the afternoon, after the parade, Hoxman came to Wang Tiejun's house and brought the Suns' new contract.

   After seeing the contract, he is still quite satisfied. 18 million. The salary cap in the past season was only 16 million. His salary alone has exceeded the total salary of the team by 2 million. What else is not satisfied?

   "$18 million?" After Yu Feihong heard this, with her intelligence, she couldn't help but lift her finger and start to calculate how much money it was.

   Last year, the exchange rate of RMB against the U.S. dollar reached a record high of 8.6. This year, it has dropped a little to 8.3. Converted to U.S. dollars, Lao K’s salary next season will be 150 million yuan.

   Now the annual per capita income in the country is not counting farmers, but only counting the income of state enterprises and institutions, which is only a few thousand yuan a year. A person earns 150 million a year, which is equivalent to the annual income of 20,000 to 30,000 people.

   "I think it's okay to talk about the initial annual salary of 20 million, old K, what do you think?" Hawksman said at this time.

   "No, that's ok already."

  Pharaoh is worried that the asking price is too high, and he seems too greedy, which will affect the relationship with the team and cause too much operational pressure.

   Now the martial arts hall is developing well, it is very profitable, and there is a lot of business income. He has no shortage of channels to make money. This contract is enough to represent his status in the league.

   Hawksman analyzed: "Don't worry, old K, your contract won't take up much salary space, and it won't affect the team's reinforcement."

Pharaoh thought about it and said: "The contract is one aspect, Lance, when you talk to Mr. Colangelo, you must figure out the team's future goals. I hope the team's goal is the championship. Next season, I will Hope to defend the title, this is the premise of the renewal."

  Hoxman nodded, but said: "But old K, you have to know the current team's lineup, defending the title is too difficult.

  The backline continues to age, the gliders are leaving, those who retire as substitutes retire, those who leave leave, and there are not many people left in the original lineup.

   Now that is, the cornerstone of your team building is still there, otherwise it will be a complete rebuild. But you should also know that it is very difficult for a team to rebuild and it depends on opportunities. Even if it is just reinforcement, it will be difficult, and it may not be possible to trade with the right person. Injuries and illnesses are even more unexpected, and no one can predict it. "

   He said: "I know this, I just hope that the team's goal is to defend the title. As for whether we can defend the title, we just do our best. I don't want to just mix for a season."

  Hoxman nodded and said: "The goal determines the team's thinking, then your attitude is very important. I will communicate with the management as soon as possible, otherwise it will affect the team's reinforcement."

  Pharaoh nodded, and Hoxman told him another piece of news. The Knicks and the Lakers have contacted him many times in the past two days, and now they have arrived in Phoenix, hoping to see him.

   "Lance, what do you mean?" he asked.

   "I think I'll see you."

  Hoxman first gave his own attitude, and then explained: "Although you tend to stay in Phoenix, we also need to compare contracts and see the attitudes of other teams."

  Pharaoh thought about it and agreed.

  “Ding ding ding…”

  Hawksman looked very happy and was about to speak when the phone rang.

   "Lance, yours."

  Pharaoh pointed to the mobile phone beating on the table.

  Hawksman picked up the phone and looked at Pharaoh. He didn't connect first, but said, "Jerry West's phone."

   "Lakers?" Pharaoh shook his head upon hearing this.

  Hawksman understands, which means old K rejects the Lakers.

   He didn't persuade him either. Although he hoped that Old K could go to Los Angeles, everything should be based on Old K's wishes.

   And with the entire CAA behind him, he wasn't worried about the old K's resources at all.

  CAA is different from other brokerage companies. Its operating model is not one-to-one service, but the entire company provides services to one client.

   Today, he came to provide services for Old K, but one day he changed a broker, it was fine, and it would not have any impact at all.

   For example, Old K's business endorsement, he didn't get it, it was a resource provided by the entire CAA, and it was just handed over to Old K through his hands.

   This time, he brought a batch of world-class and top-level business resources to Lao K, which were specially selected by CAA and were the most suitable brands for Lao K.

   "Hello, Mr. West."

   "Hello, Mr. Hawksman, let me be blunt. My boss, Mr. Bass, and I are right outside the door of old K. We brought sincerity and hope to have an interview."

  Hawksman was startled, covered the microphone and said to Pharaoh: "Old K, they are outside and want to see you."

   Old Wang was also startled, but he didn't refuse. After all, people came with sincerity, and they were guests when they came, so he got up and said, "I'll pick them up."

   "I'll go too." Hawksman also stood up.

When going out, Hoxman said: "Old K, it's not just the Lakers who want to poach you. So far, I have received calls from at least two-thirds of the team's general managers, and they are all willing to vacate salary space for you. The whole team can be a bargaining chip."

  Pharaoh said calmly: "It doesn't make any sense. What they can give me, the Suns can give me, and the Suns have it, but they don't."

Hawksman nodded, the Suns have the bird rights of the old K, other teams do not, and this means that the Suns have tens of millions more salary space than other teams, which is a huge advantage. The old K, the defending champion, is of great significance.

   Unless, unless you use a method other than the contract, which requires the permission of the league, and Stern does not nod, there is no way to do that.

   Moreover, although the old K is very influential now, he should not be eligible for Stern to allow the team to do so.

   In this league, only Jordan should be eligible.

The greatest significance of   Jordan for this league is that he made more people like basketball, let more people know the NBA, and he made the NBA a world-class sports league.

  Simply put, Jordan has made the NBA appreciate and the owners of all teams have made a lot of money, so he is qualified, and it is possible for Stern to allow the team to do that.

   Outside the villa, Jerry Bass and Jerry West were a little anxious.

   They have obtained the inside information of the Suns. Colangelo has offered a contract for the old K. I don’t know how big it is. This is undoubtedly bad news for the Lakers.

   Competing with the Suns, the Lakers are at an absolute disadvantage and have no bird rights. The team must free up huge salary space to provide a big contract for the old K.

  The salary cap for next season has not been calculated yet, it will take a week after the draft, but they already know the approximate salary cap, which should be around $23 million.

   That is to say, because there is no bird rights for the old king, the maximum contract they provide for the old king cannot exceed this number.

   But in reality, of course, they can't offer such a big contract, because the Lakers are a whole team, not a person.

  Old Bass can provide up to $15 million for Old K, and the remaining 8 million is shared by the other eleven contract players.

   However, in this case, the Lakers will enter the reconstruction process, and it will take several years to cultivate rookies, and they do not have the strength to hit the championship for the time being.

   And this is also the biggest disadvantage of the Lakers, unable to immediately provide the old K with a championship-worthy lineup, so he has no confidence to take the old K away from here.

   I came here today just to try my luck. In case Old K wants to go to Los Angeles, after all, that flowery city is very attractive to young people.

   "Hello, Mr. Bass, Mr. West."

   "Old K, hello, Mr. Hawksman, hello."

   Soon, the two sides met, and then Wang Tiejun invited them into the house.

   "Fei Hong, this is Mr. Bass, Mr. West... This is my girlfriend Fei Yu Miss Fei Hong."

   Yu Feihong and the two greeted each other, took coffee, and then walked away, not planning to participate in their affairs.

After entering the topic, Hoxman didn't want to waste everyone's time, and directly stated the starting salary of the Suns to Old K. Of course, there is no need to say the latter. This starting salary alone is enough to explain the problem. .

   "18 million starting salary?"

   After hearing Hawksman's words, Bass and West were both stunned. They didn't expect Colangelo's handwriting to be so big, which completely made it impossible for them to compete with the old K.

   They have to offer at least a starting salary of 20 million to impress Old K, but in that case there is only room for 3 million. How to form a team? Completely use marginal and minimum salary players?

   "Bird power, **** bird power!"

   At this moment, the two hated the rule that Stern came up with, which gave the parent team too much advantage.

   The two left Pharaoh's house a little dejected, and neither had a chance to report their contract.

   "How much contract did they give you?" Yu Feihong asked curiously.

   "I don't know, they didn't say anything before leaving." Pharaoh shook his head.

"It's definitely not as good as the Suns. In fact, after Mr. Colangelo took out this contract, other teams have no chance to dig Old K, unless Old K is willing to join them with a lower contract." Hoxman laughed.

The matter of the new contract was basically settled, and Wang Tiejun was relieved. At this time, he suddenly remembered that since the playoffs began, he has not opened the system again. Now that he has won the second championship, the system will give I haven't seen how many points he will reward.

  Open the system, there are actually several reward prompts.

   "Congratulations to the host, becoming the first player in NBA history to score 50+ in a single game in a single game in the NBA finals, hereby rewarded with 500 points."

   "Congratulations to the host, becoming the first person in NBA history to average 50+ in the finals series, hereby rewarded with 500 points."

   "Congratulations to the host for winning the NBA championship as a core player, hereby rewarded with 1000 points."

   "Congratulations to the host for winning the finals FMVP, hereby rewarded with 500 points."

   A total of three rewards, a total of 2500 points, plus the remaining 2400 points, now there are 4900 points in hand.

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   At this moment, the Knicks management is discussing one thing, whether to continue to wait for Jordan, or to find a way to introduce old K now.

  Although they renewed Ewing, but Ewing has not led the Knicks to achieve much in these years, and they can't even kill the East, which makes them very disappointed.

Their original plan was to wait for Jordan's contract to end next year and poach people with high salaries. They had all figured out how to renew Ewing with a two-year contract with a huge gap to prepare for the introduction of Jordan in 1996. If it's not enough, use a form outside the contract to make up for Jordan.

  The Knicks don't have Jordan's bird rights. Even if Ewing's second-year contract is only $3 million, the team has no way to offer Jordan an annual salary of 20 million. They figured out a way.

  The current big boss of the Knicks is ITT Company, and ITT Company owns the equity of Hilton Hotel. Their method is to ask Jordan to be the spokesperson of Hilton Hotel and make up for Jordan in this way.

To this end, Knicks president Dave Chacotte had privately discussed with Stern the possibility of the Knicks bringing in Jordan. Stern's objection, it is clear that Stern will acquiesce to this approach of the Knicks, which makes the Knicks management very excited.

   However, this was the previous plan, and now the plan is a little different, as the Suns beat the Bulls to win the championship, they saw the horror of the old K.

   Now they are discussing whether to introduce the old K, but some management think that they should implement the original plan and dig Jordan next year.

   "No matter how big Old K's contract is, the Suns can't offer him an initial annual salary of more than 20 million. I think we still have a chance to win."

   "I think the combination of Ewing + Jordan must be invincible, we should wait a year."

   President Dave Chacot leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and quietly listened to the discussions of his subordinates.

  The plan to introduce Jordan next year, and this year's contract with Ewing, which has two huge gaps, all came from his handwriting.

   He talked to David Frank. Frank said that the Bulls would agree to Jordan's 20 million annual salary extension. He believed that the Bulls would not be so generous. Jordan did not play a dynasty, and the Bulls could at most offer 15 million annual salary.

   For this reason, he is going to give Jordan an annual salary of 20 million yuan, a team contract of 10 million yuan, and an endorsement contract of 10 million yuan.

   It’s just this finals that makes him indecisive.

  Jordan failed again, poaching him with an annual salary of 20 million, why not dig old K with an annual salary of 20 million? Old K's age advantage is too great.

   Just now, he received news that Lakers owner Jerry Buss and general manager Jerry West left Old K's home. Judging from their looks, it should be unsuccessful.

   It can be speculated from this news that the contract offered by the Suns to the old K should be very large, so it is impossible for the Knicks to have enough space to accommodate the old K.

He just used Ewing to renew his contract. The annual salary next season will be as high as 18 million US dollars. The salary cap will be up to 23 million next season, and he has no bird rights for the old K. Therefore, using the normal contract, the Knicks even paid the old man. K offers are not eligible.

   But things are not absolute. He still has another trick, which is to use another contract to compensate for the lack of the team's contract by introducing Jordan next year.

   But this requires the permission of the league, Stern does not nod, the Knicks can't do such a thing.

   As for the management's opposition to the introduction of old K, he thinks this kind of thinking is normal, because the combination of Ewing + Jordan is also invincible.

   If Jordan had Ewing by his side this time, no matter how strong Old K was, he couldn't beat the Bulls.

   However, the introduction of Jordan will have to wait until next year, and who can say good things about next year, it is not a team that wants Jordan.

   He believes that every opportunity should be seized, and this year's old K must fight for it.

  Thinking of this, he raised his hand and signaled to his subordinates to stop the discussion for a while.

  After the meeting room was quiet, he took out his mobile phone and dialed David Stern's office number.

  Knicks management, look at me, I look at you, no one speaks.

   After the phone got through, Chacotte spoke to Stern quickly.

   "Mr. President, we have changed our minds and hope to introduce old K..."

   NBA headquarters, Stern is very unhappy, the management of the Knicks is too greedy, is he too condoning the Knicks?

   Last time, he acquiesced that the Knicks could use other contracts to introduce Jordan next year, but it was Jordan who made great contributions to the development of the league. He hoped that Jordan would receive a super salary to reward Jordan for his contributions to the league over the years.

   Of course, he didn't just acquiesce to the Knicks. Any team that wanted to introduce Jordan in this way would acquiesce, but so far, only the Knicks have talked to him about it.

The last time the Bulls boss wanted him to prohibit other teams from poaching Jordan with other contracts, he refused. It was also for this reason that since the Bulls were unwilling to offer Jordan a super high contract, let Jordan go to other teams .

   But the current old K is not qualified to let him acquiesce to this kind of thing. Although the old K is good, the development of the league is far less than that of Jordan.

For the league, Jordan is the founder of the market. He has multiplied the value of the league, made the wages of players rise again and again, and the salary cap has been raised again and again. Superstars like Old K are actually a beneficiary. The league should treat them differently.

   And the seniority of the old K is too shallow. He has only played for three seasons. He still needs to make more contributions to the league before he has the qualification to change the rules.

   This contribution is not about winning a few championships, or winning a few MVPs, or even playing a dynasty. It is a contribution to the development of the league.

  For example, the huge market behind the old K, but the current consumption power of that market is still too low, and it will take many years of development to promote the development of the alliance.

   From another point of view, the Suns have the bird rights of the old K, and the old K can also get a big contract there.

   And he prefers that old K stay in the west, don't run to the east, there is another beast in the east, if old K, O'Neal, and Jordan are all in the east, the east and west will be a little out of balance.

   "Mr. Chacot, I suggest you to make an offer to Old K's agent. This is your right." After saying this lightly, he hung up the phone.

   Dave Chacot over there was startled, shook his head helplessly, put down his phone, and said to the subordinate management: "Okay, the discussion is over, we have no chance to introduce old K."

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   (end of this chapter)