I am Really an Insider

When Wayne was still thinking about the philosophical question of "Who can make the Trail Blazers fall behind by 20 points in three quarters?" Stephenson jumped up and lay on Wayne's back, yelling in Wayne's ear.

"Champion, champion!"

Wayne almost couldn't hold back and threw him over his shoulder to Finson. You are yelling at me!

It's just a championship, you're so excited.

Adjust your mentality. If nothing happens next season, you and James will have to continue the showdown between giants.

Wayne didn't say anything, just turned back and glared at Stephenson.

After Stephenson saw Wayne's eyes, he jumped off his back obediently.

After being messed with by Stephenson, Wayne had no time to think about the badge.

He and his teammates walked into the tunnel holding the trophy. The night of winning the championship was very wonderful.

While the Trail Blazers players were pouring champagne wildly in the locker room, the Heat were already holding a press conference.

In addition to the regular Q\u0026A, today's press conference also included a season summary.

James and Wade had heavy expressions, and it was obvious that they were in a very bad mood.

Losing in the Finals this time gave James a completely different feeling than the one in 2007.

Although he was directly swept in 2007, James could still tell himself: "I still have a bright future. If it doesn't work out, I will implement the Big Three plan."

To put it bluntly, James was not that desperate after losing the 2007 Finals.

Because he knew that he definitely still had a chance.

But after losing in the finals again after five years, James was not so optimistic.

I've practiced my back, I've practiced three-pointers, I've formed the Big Three, and Thunder Thighs are here... I still can't beat him!

What can be done next?

James really has no clue.

He just told reporters: "Congratulations to Wei, he is the best player in this year's finals. The Trail Blazers won beautifully, and Wei's performance in overtime was amazing."

As always, James showed off a wave of emotional intelligence first.

But it was quick, but it came.

"But the Miami Heat will still not give up, and we will continue to work hard. No matter what, we will definitely bring a championship trophy to Miami!"

After a brief summary, James and Wade got up and left.

Watching others win the championship at their home court, they will think of tonight's defeat and Wayne's 100% shooting percentage in overtime every day when they go to the American Airlines Center.

Thinking about how miserable Janeway was, the reporters didn't feel embarrassed anymore.

But after James and Way walked out of the press conference hall, reporters suddenly discovered that something was wrong with James!

What did he just say?

We won't give up and we will keep trying?

No, that's not the point!

The focus is on the last sentence: We will definitely bring a championship trophy to Miami.

This is wrong!

The original version is: not one, not two, not three, not four

Why are they one now!

Okay, it’s good!

The matter was settled without leaving a trace.

Now it's too late to realize something is wrong, everyone has already left.

This golf businessman is so extraordinary, it’s really no joke.

After James walked out, he glanced at Wade, and both of them nodded firmly.

We will definitely be back!

The next day, Wayne got up early.

Although the whole team went to the nightclub to celebrate for a while yesterday, Wayne was not as drunk as usual.

Because his wife and children are still waiting for him in the hotel room.

After the season, Wayne's only thought was to spend time with his family.

Should I say it or not? This guy is almost 30 years old, and sometimes he really doesn’t have much time to play.

Wayne will be 29 on the 6th of next month. This time next year, Wayne will be 30.

When he was young, Wayne wanted to have fun after the offseason, play games, and train to gain points.

Although for Wayne, the games available at that time were all antiques. But even when fighting World of Warcraft, Wayne could beat him for hours.

But now, better game consoles are available, but they are too lazy to turn them on to play.

When I'm having fun, I think about my wife and children, and I also want to go home.

At the age of 30, this is a stage that Wayne has never experienced in his two lives.

Moreover, there is another thing that has always concerned Wayne. The closer he is to turning 30, the more often he thinks about it.

That is whether your abilities will decline as you age.

When Wayne queried this problem on the system, the system only said that the explanation of this problem would be open after the age of 30.

One day after turning 30 is also the day after turning 30, so the answer seems to be getting closer and closer.

Athletes' ability declines as they age, which is inevitable for everyone.

Although there are people like Lao Dengtou who are ridiculed as the No. 21 rookie, this is really just a joke.

In fact, Duncan's dominance at his peak was unmatched by Duncan now.

In Wayne's previous life, the aging Spurs were able to steal a championship in the 1910s, which was inseparable from Popovich's timely change of the team's style and the rise of Kawhi. It was not due to Deng alone.

Let's talk about Mr. LeBron James. James in Wayne's previous life has entered the end of his career after joining the Lakers, but his condition is still very good and he can basically remain in the top five of the MVP rankings.

Strong is indeed strong, but James' decline in ability is also visible to the naked eye.

His impact power and finishing rate at the basket have all declined compared to his peak period.

Duncan and James have really declined very slowly.

In one year, Wayne is about to get his answer.

At that time, maybe your career will win new challenges.

On the plane back to Portland, Paul Allen sat next to Wayne.

Allen looked at the golden trophy in Wayne's arms and laughed involuntarily.

Three years ago, in 2009, when the Trail Blazers were at their lowest point in recent years, Paul Allen's life was also cast a shadow.

At that time, Allen was diagnosed with cancer for the second time in his life and underwent chemotherapy.

Although he has recovered now, the doctor told him clearly at the time: "I cannot guarantee that it will not relapse 100% in the future."

Allen accepted it all calmly, because as early as 1982, Allen had been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma.

At that time, he received the most expensive and extreme treatment to save his life.

Even so, he could not completely get rid of the cancer cells.

Therefore, he knew that the doctor was not trying to scare him.

And I am no longer young. If it relapses again, the situation may not be optimistic.

Allen didn't know which one would come first, accident or surprise, so he was really happy to see the Trail Blazers win another championship.

Now, the only thing he thinks about is fully enjoying what he loves.

For example, basketball.

"Wei, time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, it's time to talk about contract renewal again."

After staring at the trophy for a few seconds, Allen remembered that he came to Wayne for a serious purpose.

Wayne and the Trail Blazers renewed their contract in advance in the summer of 2007, and the new contract began to be officially implemented in the summer of 2008.

So far, the fourth year has passed. Therefore, the team can also renew Wayne's contract in advance.

Wayne naturally knew about this, but he didn't expect that Allen, the boss, would come directly to discuss it with him.

After all, just leave this kind of thing to general manager Patterson.

"Haha, don't be nervous. I want to discuss this matter with you in person, hoping that you can understand what I mean.

Moreover, I also want to tell you personally that we very, very sincerely want to renew your contract with the maximum salary.

I have prepared a new maximum-salary contract with a starting salary of 105% of the last year of this contract, and will extend it for another five years.

Moreover, we will keep Stephen Curry with the maximum salary at the same time. "

Allen said, looking at the fool lying in the aisle of the plane.

The contract Allen mentioned was exactly the same as the contract Schwartz wanted.

Normally, what Wayne can sign now should be a maximum salary that accounts for 30% of the salary space.

But because Wayne has already signed a 30% maximum salary with the bat clause last time, so if he renews his contract with a 30% maximum salary, Wayne's salary in the first year of the new contract will be higher than that in the last year of the old contract. The salary is low, which is equivalent to a salary cut in a different direction.

In order to deal with this situation, the league provides that the starting salary of the new contract is 105% of the last year's salary of the old contract, and then increases by 8% per year.

This ensures that the player's new contract will get more than the old contract.

If calculated in this way, Wayne's starting salary in the new contract will be nearly 22.8 million, which is 130 million in five years!

In the last year of his career, Wayne's annual salary will be as high as 31 million.

Wayne: Sit down, it’s just basic work, I can get 30 million from Nike every year.

What is the concept of 31 million? Judging from the current salary cap level, one person basically accounts for half of the salary cap.

This is not 30% of the maximum salary, this is 50% of the maximum salary!

Although Jordan could earn an annual salary of more than 30 million in 1998, the league did not have such detailed maximum salary rules at that time. As long as he could meet the Bird clause of the cap extension, the amount he would give basically depended on the boss's mood.

If he could be paid according to his mood now, Allen would definitely set a small goal and give him 100 million first!

To be honest, most teams are not willing to renew the contract at 105% of the starting salary of the previous year's salary. The reason is simple, it is too expensive.

It is not unprecedented in history. For example, in Wayne's previous life, Howard and Mosaic signed contracts in this way.

But first of all, Howard's contract at the time was not as big as Wayne's, and Mosaic could afford it even with 105% of the starting salary.

Secondly, Fagan had been dealing with Mosaic for a long time before Mosaic took over the pot.

But Allen is different. He is equivalent to telling Wayne directly:

"I want to give you money, a lot of money, you can't refuse. Not only do I want to give you money, I also want to hold you up like a god.

I'll help you pay the fine, help you get the players you want, and I'll listen to you in the draft.

In short, you can just stay and play in Portland. "

Don't talk about Wayne leading the team to win four championships, this is what it should be.

When the old gangster signed with the Bulls, the Bulls weren't necessarily so happy.

It was the New York Knicks who put the check in Jordan's face, and the Bulls had to bite the bullet and match.

You know, 30 million a year was an astronomical figure in that era.

Pippen only earned more than 2 million a year at that time.

Yes, this is licking Wayne, hard.

Don't forget, the Trail Blazers have been licking Wayne since he entered the public eye, but they just didn't get it during the draft.

Wayne first got together with Bird, a romantic man, and then married an honest man like Trail Blazers.

But the pioneers have proved with practical actions that as long as you have enough money, you can lick everything you want~

Good guy, in this world, if you are poor, you can't even be a licking dog.

Allen's new method of giving money made Wayne a little embarrassed.

Don’t say anything to Brother Allen, who among the two of us is following whom? I won’t get so much money from you for nothing. From now on, I, Wei, will definitely fill your showroom to the brim.

In just one plane ride, Wayne negotiated a deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

True business tycoon.

If you have money, take your kids and wife to a barbecue tonight.

Eat kidneys, rich people must eat kidneys!

When he got off the plane, Wayne was worshiped by the fans who received him as always.

When he first experienced it, Wayne was shocked.

But now, Wayne is very familiar with this process.

It's really not interesting, it's only exciting for a short while. So, everyone on the Heat team, please don’t be envious. There is nothing to envy.

Bojanway:

After placing the championship trophy into the team's newly expanded showroom last year, Wayne smiled with satisfaction.

With the five crowns in hand, Wayne wanted to see how Nakai would sing the song of the five crowns in the future.

After returning home from dinner that night, Wayne spent a rare night in peace with his family.

But after the children go to bed, this warm night officially begins.

Recently, because of the need to fly around for the playoffs, and because Wayne needs to recharge his batteries for the game, his family life has been relatively monotonous during this period.

It's fine now, nothing happened.

So when Wayne returned to his room at night and saw Sharapova put on a tennis skirt instead of pajamas, he knew something was wrong.

Do you know why after so many years, your married life is still so good?

Just four words - a lot of variety.

After a night of omitting 10,000 words, Wayne picked up the cell phone on the bedside table exhausted and found that there was news on the Internet that he was going to renew his contract with the Trail Blazers for 130 million in advance.

At the same time, the news that the Trail Blazers will renew the contract of Portland power guard Stephen Curry with a maximum salary in advance has also caused a stir.

Strength type is not the focus. What should be paid attention to is the word maximum salary, which needs to be tested.

Wayne smiled, presumably Patterson deliberately released this news, just to tell the public: "Don't think about it, Wayne will not be with you!

Curry? Neither can Curry! We won't let out even one Sabi! "

Of course, it was not that simple when it was announced that Wayne was going to renew his contract in advance.

After this news was announced, it also meant that the salaries of other Trail Blazers players may be squeezed.

Because next, the Trail Blazers will renew Curry's contract, which is no secret.

In fact, whether to give Curry the maximum salary is not a choice for the Blazers, but a necessity.

Because after this season, there will definitely be many teams willing to give Curry a maximum salary.

If Curry is allowed to enter the free agent market next year, if the Trail Blazers want to keep Curry, they must match the maximum salary.

Although Curry did not trigger the bat clause, even if he signed the maximum salary, it would only be 25% of the maximum salary.

But even so, most of the Trail Blazers' salary space has been divided between Wayne, Curry and Gasol.

Fortunately, Curry's new contract will not be implemented until the end of next season, so the Blazers can still take advantage of the bonus from this rookie contract.

But this is only the last year.

Therefore, in the Trail Blazers, if other players want to sign big and long contracts, they basically don't have to think about it.

It was against this background that Dragic ran to the door of Wayne's house carrying fruit.

"Hey, Brother Wei, eat a banana~" Dragic respectfully handed a banana to Wayne.

Sharapova was not polite. After all, she was not an outsider. She took one and took half of it.

Dragic looked at Mrs. Wei who had half a banana in her mouth and couldn't help but smile: Hey, Brother Wei is so lucky~

"Ah!? What did you say?"

"Oh, it's not nothing. I came here today to ask for something." Zhujiqi said cautiously.

As the director of the garden, Wayne actually knew what Zhujiqi wanted to say.

After all, Wayne had been through this a few times.

From Przybilla, Outlaw, Milicic, to DeAndre Jordan and Sun Yue.

After the championship teams show their worth, they will face the crazy pursuit of other teams.

More money, higher status, more playing time.

This is an offer that no player can refuse.

After Jordan left, he became a regular starter for the Lakers last season, earning an annual salary of tens of millions and averaging 10+13 per game.

Isn't this better than being the third center in the Trail Blazers?

Although there are championships in the Trail Blazers, but again, the bonus of the championship to role players is very limited.

The same is true for Dragic. As the most reliable player on the Trail Blazers' bench this season, Dragic is averaging 11+4 per game.

When Wayne is not on the court, he is the brains of the team and the organization is very stable.

Everyone knows that the reason why he played such data is not because he only has this ability, but because he does not have enough playing time.

As long as you give him time, he will give you something in return.

Therefore, Dragic is now worth tens of millions, and the situation is similar to that of Jordan last season.

If they insist on renewing the contract, the Blazers can't afford it, but they can only sign it for one year.

Because next summer, when Curry's maximum salary contract is triggered, Dragic's annual salary of tens of millions will be a bit embarrassing.

But a young player like Dragic definitely wants to sign a long-term contract, and a one-year contract does not meet his demands.

Moreover, he doesn't want to serve as Curry's substitute for the rest of his life at such a young age.

Therefore, Dragic came to tell Wei Ge today that he might want to find another way.

"It's a good thing. You signed a big contract. Remember to treat me to dinner when you return to Portland."

Wayne looked at Dragic with a smile, and the Slovenian's anxiety and tension were instantly dispelled.

"Brother Wei, Ning is really my good big brother! Don't worry, I will miss you!"

"So, you have already found your next home?"

"Probably, maybe the Phoenix Suns. I want to be in a rebuilding team and prove myself step by step!"

Well, Dragic not only wants position and money, he also has a dream of becoming a star.

Moreover, the Phoenix Suns have always regarded Dragic as little Nash.

A Nash who can defend, is taller and stronger.

Although he was very happy on the surface, Wayne was still reluctant to part with him.

Dragic and DeAndre Jordan are both people who saved the team in times of crisis.

When Birdman was injured last year, it was Jordan who played the rest of the game with the team.

When Curry was in a slump, it was Dragic who came up to ensure that the Trail Blazers would not fall behind at the No. 1 position.

But there is no way, this is the rule of this league.

What you gain, you must also give up something.

DeAndre Jordan is not the first, and Dragic will not be the last.

Fortunately, the Trail Blazers were already prepared.

Isn't it just to cope with this situation that we have hoarded so many high-quality newcomers?

Dragic is gone, as well as Stephenson, Royal Armagh, and Thompson and Jiba who were in a state of improvement last season.

The support force is endless.

What really makes Wayne feel heartbroken is...

There are fewer and fewer normal people on the Trail Blazers.

Once Dragic left, the team's back line was full of lunatics.

Dragic is gone, and Wu Sheng is retiring. McRoberts, who has not had a chance in the Trail Blazers for many years, will probably leave as well.

From this point of view, the Trail Blazers are guaranteed to leave three players this summer.

Then one or two more people will definitely come in later.

Wayne sighed, wondering what teammates the team would introduce to him this time.

Wayne doesn't have any high requirements, he just hopes that the person can be normal.

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