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Chapter 996 "Left-Level Clause"

The lockout is over!!!

In December 2011, good news finally came. After almost a whole year of "battle", labor and management finally reached an agreement that the new season would start on Christmas Day.

The opening game is the Christmas game, which is a brand new experience for the fans.

"I'm already looking forward to Christmas this year."

Spike Lee, who is a super die-hard fan, said excitedly on Instagram after the announcement was made.

He also represents the thoughts of the majority of fans. After so much, there is finally a game to watch. Although it comes a bit late, this is already a very good result compared to canceling the entire season.

For each team in the league, there is only one month left before the start of the new season, and they still have a lot of work to do.

Of course, the first one to bear the brunt is the contract issue. The cancellation of the previous summer transfer period prevented each team from signing players normally, which naturally caused a mountain of contracts after returning to normal. Therefore, each team began to deal with it as soon as they recovered.

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From November 19th to December 1st, news of multiple signings broke out within a dozen days, but unfortunately, none of them had the ability to steal Zuo Li's limelight.

Yes, Zuo Li, who stole the spotlight with a world-shaking tour during the offseason, once again became the focus on the first day of the signing of the new collective bargaining agreement.

After this clause appeared, the Knicks immediately offered a contract extension.

Yes, when the "Zuo Li Clause" appeared, the world's attention was focused on Zuo Li and the Knicks. Many people were waiting to see how generous the Knicks would give Zuo Li to renew his contract.

Knicks boss Dolan also came to discuss contract renewal with Zuo Li.

One thing to say is that the encouragement effect of this clause on newcomers is very obvious. As long as you are strong enough, you can earn more. This is the stimulation of real money. Although only Zuo Li is currently eligible,

With this clause in place, future rookies will work harder to play the game.

Although Zuo Li is not short of money...but these are two different things.

After all, Zuo Li had known about the "Ross Clause" for a long time. To him, it was just a different name.

This time it grabbed the hot searches on major websites and attracted more than 5 million fans to discuss it.

Zuo Li touched his hair and asked, "Is there anything else I don't know about here?"

Sure enough, as soon as he walked in, Dolan burst into laughter and asked for credit:

"Hahahahahaha, Zuo Li, you must entertain me with the best red wine today. After all, this clause took a lot of effort from me to get it done."

But no one said anything because of this. On the contrary, when this clause came out, almost everyone was praising it, praising the alliance for finally being a good person.

The specific content is: after a player completes his rookie contract, he can get a maximum salary contract that accounts for 32% of the team's salary cap (a 7% increase from the old contract) when signing the second contract of his career.

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However, this clause has a very strict entry threshold. If you want to activate this one-day clause, you need to be elected MVP in the first four years of your rookie contract, or be selected into the starting lineup in the All-Star Game twice, or be selected into the best team of the year twice.

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Don’t underestimate this 7%. Take Zuo Li, who entered the league in 2008, as an example. According to last season’s salary cap of US$58 million, if Zuo Li renewed his contract with the Knicks with a maximum salary according to the old version of the labor agreement, he could get a

A large contract with a starting salary of US$14.5 million; but under the "Left-Level Clause", he can get a large contract with a starting salary of US$19.4 million.

In fact, there is no suspense about this matter. Almost the whole world knows that Zuo Li will renew his contract with the Knicks. It is just about how big the contract is.

Well, now, the emergence of the "Zuo Li Clause" gives Zuo Li the opportunity to sign a shocking big contract. Now it depends on how Zuo Li negotiates with the Knicks.

The media also lamented that he was worthy of being Zuo Li and had such great exposure while sitting at home.

Then Dolan told the whole story as if taking credit for it.

However, this is the rule, and even if people complain about it, it cannot be changed easily.

After all, the NBA has always been about strength. Zuo Li couldn't get the biggest contract. Doesn't it mean that the NBA has become a place based on seniority?

In this era, it is already a very exaggerated increase. This is 30 million. In this era, it has surpassed 95% of NBA players. In a few years, when the NBA signs a new broadcast agreement, it will skyrocket.

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In the future, Durant and Griffin will all benefit from this, while Davis, the big-browed brother, missed out on 25 million because he was missing one year of the best team. At that time, he even posted on social media in great discomfort.

Currently, Zuo Li is the only one who meets the conditions for this clause. It almost has the four characters "Zuo Li's special offer" written on his face. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is the clause that was established because of Zuo Li.

Well, you can just provide Zuo Li's ID card.

However, there are still differences. In my memory, the salary limit increased by 5%, and now it is 7%. I don’t know how the extra 2% came about, but it is still a good thing.

The reason is that the new labor-management agreement has an additional supplementary agreement. Since it originated from Zuo Li, it was simply named after Zuo Li, and the "Zuo Li Clause" was born.

"This can be regarded as leaving my name in history, and I have done a good thing for all the rookies."

And Zuo Li was not worried about this matter at all, he knew that Dolan would definitely not let him down in such a trivial matter.

When Rich Paul called him excitedly and told him about the "Left-Level Clause", he didn't feel much at all.

Not only that, most people think this is the reward Zuo Li should receive.

Zuo Li calmly accepted the matter of naming the clause after him. After all, he did a good job.

In fact, the issue of Zuo Li's salary has been the focus of people's attention in recent years. After all, the third-year Zuo Li has already won the NBA Honor Super Slam, and has reached the position of the league's number one star. However, he still has a

A rookie contract worth more than 4 million per year is undoubtedly very mismatched.

Moreover, even if the contract is renewed, Zuo Li's salary is not as good as that of long-established stars, which makes many people unhappy, including some team owners who think it is unreasonable.

Regarding this, Zuo himself didn’t feel much at all and he wasn’t on social networking sites anyway.

With an increase of nearly 5 million yuan a year, plus the Bird Rights clause that can be activated by renewing the contract with the parent team, Zuo Li will have an incremental income of nearly 30 million yuan after one contract.

The speech lasted three hours, but the core content was that Dolan took the initiative to propose it to the alliance, and he won the final 2%.

After listening to this, Zuo Li finally understood why 5% became 7%.

How can I put it this way? He is very grateful to Dolan for his efforts. Although many people say that others are stupid because they have too much money and how can they take the initiative to spend money every day? But I have to say that he really doesn't lose money to anyone.

"Okay, that's done, now it's time to talk about business."

(End of chapter)