I am Really an Insider

Wimbledon, the mecca of tennis.

Every June, after the most intense NBA Finals, Wimbledon, the grandest tennis event, will follow.

Well, this year's NBA Finals was anything but intense.

Don't you see, my sister-in-law almost caught a cold on the bench.

Wayne looked at the entry list for this year's Wimbledon. It was a collection of Russian matryoshka dolls.

Rodionova, Pavlyuchenkova, Likhovtseva, Puchkova and Wayne's Sharapova

All Russian players are XXX babies.

Ban matryoshka dolls!

Speaking of which, Wayne took a photo with a Chinese player yesterday.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s not Li Na who will become famous in the future, but another Chinese female tennis player Sun Tiantian.

Many people may be very unfamiliar with this name, but she is the first Chinese tennis player to win a gold medal in the Olympics.

Originally, Wayne was just saying hello to his compatriots out of politeness, but as a result, he unexpectedly made headlines.

"Wayne is watching the game live and cheering for Sun Tiantian!"

"Lucky Wayne is watching the battle, and Sun Tiantian has successfully advanced!"

"China's power is gathering at Wimbledon! Great dreams for the 2008 Olympics!"

Well, there must be a lot of similar news in China at this time.

This is the power of superstars.

There is no way, a superstar in the basketball world is so eye-catching no matter where he appears.

Today, Wayne came to watch Sharapova's match, which is a reserved event at Wimbledon every year.

I don’t know if there will be anyone running away from Wimbledon this year.

If any male fans dare to rush up to harass Sharapova, Wei War God's iron elbow may cause a scene in England.

For this reason, the British media, which has never been afraid of making trouble, made a special inquiry - whether Wayne would get into trouble with the fans during Wimbledon.

Wayne:

I've become a good person, okay, I'm not the same person I used to be. Now, I'm a serious person, a serious basketball player.

Boozer, Bell: You fart!

Well, a basketball player who somehow became the center of attention at Wimbledon.

I remember when Yasuko and I came to watch tennis for the first time, almost no one knew Wayne.

But now, even if Wayne is just sitting on the sidelines, there are a bunch of cameras pointed at him.

Although the British have little feeling for basketball, they are superstars after all.

Wei Ge’s traffic is still very large.

If I were to go to China to make a movie, the salary would probably be tens of millions.

What? You said Brother Wei can't act?

joke!

Do you need acting skills to make a movie?

Isn’t it true that whoever has more traffic will be the one with the most traffic?

The game was about to start, and Sharapova also blew a kiss to Wayne after coming out.

Countless male fans felt jealous when they saw it.

Is it okay to spread dog food on the spot?

At this moment, Wayne's phone rang, it was Patterson calling.

The UK is about five hours ahead of the US, which means it is still early morning in the US.

Call me early in the morning?

what's the situation?

"Hi Steve."

"Sorry to disturb you during the holiday, Wei. There is one thing I want to tell you in advance."

"Tell me, did you trade me? I don't blame you, Steve." Wayne joked.

"Wei, it's like this, because it's like this, so that, so-and-so." Patterson told Wayne everything about Wayne's terms.

At this time, the tennis match had begun, but Wayne was completely in no mood to watch.

This Wayne clause, on the surface, means that he can get 5% more salary. But in fact, this is to lock up the space for the Trail Blazers to renew their contract in a few years!

Why did Wayne react so quickly? Do you understand it as soon as you hear it?

Because in the original history, this is how the Thunder were killed.

At that time, both Durant and Westbrook met Rose's terms, which made it difficult for the Thunder to retain Ibaka and Harden while renewing Durant and Turtles.

Even if Ibaka and Harden don't ask for maximum salary, they can't keep them.

Although Westbrook very generously voluntarily gave up the right to exercise Rose's clause in order to win the championship, the Thunder still cannot retain everyone.

In the end, the bearded golfer got on Mosaic's pirate ship and became a generation of porcelain king.

Of course, the reason at the time was more that the Thunder were unwilling to pay the luxury tax. The penalty of the luxury tax is indeed very severe, and it is not something that only wealthy bosses can handle.

But it was more difficult for the Trail Blazers than the Thunder. Only Durant in the Thunder had 30% of the maximum salary. Harden and Ibaka did not want a maximum salary contract at that time.

The current situation of the Trail Blazers is that if they want to stay, they must keep three 30% maximum salary. There is no doubt about it.

In addition to paying a large amount of luxury tax, this move mainly tied up the Blazers' operational flexibility.

From now on, they will only have veterans' basic salary to work with, and their draft picks are not high enough. The way to strengthen them will be blocked, and the lineup will definitely become top-heavy.

During the Heat's Big Three era, why did so many veterans come to Miami to grab their legs?

Haha, do you think Pat Riley doesn't want better role players?

But he can't help it!

Apart from the veteran’s minimum salary, he can’t afford to sign anything!

Therefore, even if Ray Allen still had some gas in the tank, he could only sign for a veteran's minimum salary when he went to the Heat.

Not a cent more is gone, not a drop more is gone!

The result is that although the Heat seem to have a strong lineup, their lineup is indeed not deep enough. In the end, the dynasty was still a breath away.

And once the Big Three disbanded, the entire Heat was reduced to nothing.

Well, let alone the second generation Lakers F4.

After all, the Heat won two championships. The second-generation Lakers F4 not only failed to win the championship, but it was also the fuse and catalyst that led to the rapid decline of the Lakers.

It wasn't until Mousse arrived on the west coast and PY arrived in Longmei that the Lakers regained their composure.

Therefore, the tragic example of locking up space and overdrawing the future can be said to be vivid.

What? You mean Super Battleship Warrior?

The Warriors were able to get KD because they had the right time, place, and people.

At that time, the Warriors' Curic was still in his second child labor contract. Thompson's 25% maximum salary was signed early. At the time, the contract was not large, and Green's maximum salary was only 25% of the maximum salary.

Then, the most important thing is that the league's salary cap happened to skyrocket that summer, and there was more than 20 million in salary space overnight, and the previous signings were not even worth it!

With the right time, right place and right people, only then can Du Xiaoshuai be recruited.

At this point, they only dared to sign a short-term contract with Du Xiaoshuai, fearing that they would not be able to handle it in the future.

Now, this operation is completely impossible.

So, a few years later, it was really difficult for the Blazers.

Let Gasol or Paul take a salary cut?

Um

Although a salary cut seems to be quite righteous.

But as far as Wayne is concerned, he thinks this is very unfair, right?

Brothers, if you follow you and you don't even get to eat meat, then you're a fool.

Paul just got his first big contract, so you asked him to take a pay cut?

It doesn’t make sense.

My sister-in-law is willing to be a good housekeeper, and she doesn't want the ball or the limelight, but she still supports the muscular man at the fifth position, but you still ask him to cut his salary?

This is really not treating people as outsiders, oh, this is really not treating them as human beings!

Although honor is important in playing basketball, in the final analysis, the original purpose is to make money.

It's really disgusting to constantly ask for a salary cut for teammates.

Patterson called Wayne, probably because he wanted to talk to Wayne.

If you three want to do something, hurry up, because no one knows what the Trail Blazers will look like in a few years!

balance? Damn that balance!

Hit him hard first and then talk!

Get one or two fucking championships before the power of the Wayne Clause starts to show!

Since you are going to target me, rich man Allen, then don’t blame me, Brother Wei, for attacking hard.

If you can't stop it, let's do it. I am the God of War. Who am I to be afraid of? Let the storm come more violently.

If you admit defeat, you will never admit defeat, and you will never admit defeat in this life. The most important thing is to carry forward the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation and start a business through self-reliance and hard work!

Well

As expected of the successor of socialism, why didn’t Wayne realize that he had such a high level of consciousness before?

Of course, on the phone, Patterson also mentioned Danny Ainge's public incitement to the crowd and his refusal to trade Tony. By the way, it was really not intentional. He just mentioned it to Wayne on purpose.

"Okay, I get it. It doesn't matter, there are still several years to go anyway. Our goal now is to seize the next few years." Wayne said, gearing up.

Brother Anji, when you play games with the Trail Blazers in the future, you must not sit in the audience.

Otherwise, I might fly out accidentally.

I believe Bird also wants to see that scene.

Well, although Bird and Ainge are teammates, their personal relationship is not good.

As bad as Bird's personal relationship is, there is "Refrigerator" McHale.

And these two Green Army members who had a bad personal relationship with Bird happened to have a close relationship with each other.

It's no wonder that Ainge and McHale were able to make a tough deal.

The relationship network in the NBA is very complicated.

After probably chatting with Patterson, Wayne hung up the phone.

It seems that I have to make time to go back to Portland.

Wayne and Schwartz initially wanted to renew their contract next year so as to maximize their benefits.

But at present, renewing the contract in advance is a win-win approach.

Because Wayne has triggered the Wayne clause, even if he renews his contract in advance, he is expected to get a large contract worth about 100 million yuan.

And renewing the contract in advance, using the current salary cap as the maximum salary, can help the team save some space.

Although not much, it is far from enough to solve the problem of contract renewal in a few years.

But one thing is one thing, and something is better than nothing.

Anyway, Wayne just signed a 300 million contract with Nike, so he has a good family!

So even if you get a little less if you renew the contract this year, it won't be a big problem.

You have to be willing to let go of some small money.

Otherwise, this temperament would be brought to the same level as Du Xiaoshuai's.

By the way, did Xiao Huo argue with me a few days ago, saying that he had reached a verbal agreement with the Magic to renew his contract in advance?

You're dumbfounded. If you don't renew your contract in advance, you will most likely trigger the Wayne Clause next year.

It seems that it is difficult for you to replace me now, Xiao Huo

As Wayne thought about it, the game on the tennis court was over.

Sharapova easily defeated her opponent. After all, she was the favorite to win the championship and her strength was still strong.

It's just that Wayne didn't know anything about the game process and was just thinking about it.

Oh, I'm ashamed.

These days, let’s finish the Wimbledon match with my girlfriend first.

The next day, the NBA summer transfer and free agent market opened, and the league finally announced the new Wayne clause.

At this point, the alliance also has something called "Bat Rights".

Players who meet the Bird clause have bird rights. Players who meet Wayne's terms have bat rights.

Of course the fans didn't think much about it, just one sentence: WGNB!

In the NBA, there is a clause named after Chinese players, which is really bad.

Moreover, Wei Ge is the only one in the league who has bat rights.

As a rookie, you can directly renew your contract with 30% of the maximum salary.

This is an unprecedented event!

Not only has Brother Wei's honor and status reached a super-giant level, his salary can also reach a serious super-giant level!

The entire league gave Wayne the green light to raise his salary because Wei Ge's performance of two championships and one MVP in three years was so outstanding.

This is a recognition of Wayne’s strength!

Well, fans certainly don’t have to think about a few years from now.

Moreover, Wayne is currently the only one who meets Wayne's terms.

To meet the terms, I have to say that the conditions are still very demanding.

In Wayne's previous life, there were indeed not many people who could meet Rose's terms.

I really thought everyone looked like Brother Wei.

After the free transfer market opens, the first thing many teams do is to sign rookies.

The Trail Blazers also welcomed Sun Yue. Although Sun Yue was only a second-round pick, Sun Yue's signing still attracted many Chinese reporters because of the Chinese market.

In the original history, Sun Yue did not play in the NBA in the first year he was selected.

It wasn't until after the 2008 Olympics that he signed a contract with the Lakers.

But now, the Trail Blazers directly signed Sun Yue.

In fact, Sun Yue was eligible to participate in the draft last year.

In the 2006 NBA mock draft, Sun Yue was predicted by many experts to be selected. Under the overall unsatisfactory conditions for rookies that year, some experts even believed that Sun Yue had the strength and possibility to be selected in the first round.

But later, due to various reasons, Sun Yue withdrew from the draft and postponed it to this year.

Therefore, Sun Yue is still somewhat famous in the United States.

As a high defender, he has talent and potential.

It’s just that I have played too few high-level games, and I haven’t even played seriously in the CBA for a few years.

If the Blazers sign him, even if he doesn't play, it can still be used as a publicity stunt.

It would be best if I could play in the game.

Being a second-round pick is basically a gamble.

If you can hit blood, you can make a profit, but if you can't, it won't be a loss.

Oh, with the gimmick of Sun Yue and Wayne teaming up, even if he can't beat the Blazers, he will still make a profit.

After signing rookies, teams began to make crazy reinforcements again.

The biggest player on this year's free agent market is undoubtedly Carter.

There were many teams chasing Carter, and Patterson also joined in the fun.

Although it has been determined that the team's space will be locked up in a few years, it would also be great if Carter is willing to sign a short-term contract.

He also sent Wayne and Carter to PY. After all, Carter had always had a good impression of Wayne since Wayne's Righteous Elbow crippled Bowen.

Carter wanted a championship very, very much, but he turned his back on Wayne.

"Thank you for the invitation, Wei. But before I went, you were already a championship team. So if I go and win the championship, what's the point?"

Wayne:? ? ?

What the hell is the reason for this?

Well, the stars of this era may not have the habit of sticking together.

And at Carter's age, this is his last chance to get a big contract.

If you sign a short-term contract, you may not have the chance to get a big contract in the future.

The Blazers really don't have an advantage.

pity.

If you become teammates with Carter and form a bond, you may be able to unlock a dunk action or something.

All gone now!

At this time, news broke that Howard's team wanted to extend the contract until next year.

Although he had verbally agreed to the Magic before, once the Wayne clause came out, Howard would definitely have to renew his contract next year to maximize his benefits.

Although he does not have bat rights yet, he may be satisfied next season.

But the Magic management wants to lure Lewis this summer, so there is no spare money.

Don’t look at it, it’s only 5% more, but it’s still a lot of money!

They insisted on one reason: You have verbally agreed to renew the contract, how can you go back on your word?

From the perspective of integrity, Howard is indeed in the wrong.

Therefore, in the fan circle, Howard has another nickname "Huo Zhongcheng".

Used to mock him for going back on his word.

Wayne shook his head. Huo Zhongcheng left the mountain early.

This clause does affect more than just the Blazers.

This summer is destined to be a messy one.

Now, Wayne can't just be a spectator.

Because Schwartz told Wayne: "The team and I are ready to renew the contract in advance. If you have time, go back to Portland."

I took my computer to be repaired, but I don’t know what’s going on or whether it can be repaired. I’m still typing in the Internet cafe today. Let’s all decide whether to stew this cat or not.