I’m Really Playing Basketball

After the 2020 NBA season ended, the entire NBA breathed a sigh of relief.

To be honest, for the NBA, this year's epidemic has brought the biggest crisis to the NBA.

Because after the outbreak, there will be no spectators in NBA games, and this will have a huge impact on every team.

Especially for teams that pay a lot of luxury tax, such as the Warriors.

The Warriors' total salary for the 19-20 season has reached 195 million. According to the super luxury tax payment method, the Warriors will have to pay nearly 400 million US dollars in luxury tax this season. Adding salary, the Warriors' salary expenditure this season has reached 585 million.

In fact, due to the retirement of Barnes, Luo Ge's basic salary, and the deal of Devin Booker, the Warriors' luxury tax and total salary have been reduced a lot this season. Last season, the Warriors even paid a luxury tax of 5 More than 600 million is close to 600 million, and the total salary expenditure exceeds 800 million.

However, there were spectators at Warriors games last season.

Most of the ticket revenue from spectators goes to the team. For example, in the regular season, only 6% needs to be turned over, while in the playoffs, 45% needs to be turned over. Even the 45% turned over in the playoffs, Most of them are also sent back to playoff teams in the form of incentives.

So, basically, it can be said that most of the Warriors' ticket revenue belongs to themselves.

And how much ticket revenue does the Warriors make per game?

As the most expensive and most popular team in the NBA, the average ticket price of other teams per game is about 100-300 US dollars, while the Warriors' ticket price per game exceeds 1,200 US dollars.

This is still the regular season, so the Warriors' ticket revenue for each game in the regular season exceeds 20 million US dollars. In the 41 regular season home games, the ticket revenue alone exceeds 800 million US dollars.

Having so much ticket revenue is also the reason why the Warriors dare to pay such a crazy luxury tax.

It may seem incredible to say that the Warriors paid the most in luxury tax and salary in one year, exceeding nearly $900 million.

However, the Warriors' income and expenses in a season are still greater than their expenses.

All of this is based on Chen Xiao's huge influence. When Jordan retired and paraded, the average ticket price for a game could exceed US$2,000. Many people said that by the time Chen Xiao retired and paraded, the average ticket price could even exceed US$3,000.

What a huge amount of money this is for the Warriors.

Without such revenue, the Warriors are left with only broadcast revenue, some revenue from the league, and sponsorship revenue.

The total revenue in a year is less than 400 million US dollars.

This 400 million U.S. dollars will be used to pay 800 million U.S. dollars in player salaries, plus expenses for coaches, staff, venue maintenance, training and other facilities.

Let's put it this way, because of the epidemic, the Warriors' financial deficit last season exceeded a staggering $600 million.

Such a deficit has almost wiped out more than half of the Warriors' profits in the past few years.

If the epidemic continues, the Warriors really don't dare to continue to be so crazy.

Therefore, the current epidemic has really made things worse for the Warriors.

And for the Warriors, the scariest thing is that no one is sure whether the epidemic will end in the 2020-2021 season.

If the epidemic does not end this season, the Warriors will not dare to operate at all this summer.

In the summer of 2020, Clay's contract is about to expire. How will Clay's contract be given?

Klay suffered a torn cruciate ligament and was destined to be sidelined for at least a season. Under such circumstances, many people predicted that the Warriors would definitely give up on Klay.

Because of Klay's contract extension, the Warriors will inevitably pay more luxury tax next season. If fans are still not allowed to enter the stadium next season, the Warriors' expenses will be terrifying.

On the other side, the thick eyebrow has a player option in 2020, and he can get out of the contract this year.

For Nongmei, if he wants to jump out of his contract and get a maximum contract, this will be even worse for the Warriors.

Therefore, after the end of the 2020 NBA season, the entire league is breathing a sigh of relief. When this difficult season is finally over, for the Warriors, this difficulty has really just begun.

Of course, the Warriors' difficulty is Nong Mei and Klay.

Regarding Klay's contract extension, let's put it this way. Most people in the Warriors' management said they had no choice but to give up.

In fact, no one can say anything about this decision. Many experts say that this can only mean that Clay is unlucky.

The Lakers and Warriors are really unlucky this playoffs.

Thick Eyebrow is absent due to the health regulations triggered in the playoffs. Chen Xiao and Klay are under tremendous pressure, and the series between the Lakers and Warriors is so intense.

In the end, the Lakers sacrificed Leonard and the Warriors sacrificed Klay.

Both teams were very unlucky.

Even Klay and Leonard have similar injuries and will miss a season.

It's just that Clay and Leonard, a pair of fallen people, seem to be in the same situation, but in fact Clay is in a much worse situation because Leonard exercised his player option last year.

As for Clay, for the sake of the Warriors' salary and the renewal of Devin Booker, Clay did not choose to exercise his player option.

Therefore, Leonard renewed his contract before he was seriously injured, but Clay did not.

So after Clay was injured, many experts said that Clay must have regretted it.

Look, the Warriors don't want you now.

For a player over 30 years old, such an injury is simply fatal.

The Warriors will definitely not give Klay a big contract.

But is this really the case?

Indeed, most of the voices within the Warriors are not to keep Klay.

But Chen Xiao, Jerry West and head coach Cole all advocated keeping Clay.

Even if Clay is out for at least a season, Chen Xiao and the other three hope to keep Clay.

Kerr thinks Klay's shooting deserves such treatment, and Jerry West also thinks so. Klay's three-pointers are very rare. Even if he can't run and can only be a shooter, he can stay with the Warriors and become a super player. Three-point shooter.

As for Chen Xiao, he will never allow the team to let Clay bleed and shed tears.

Clay didn't opt ​​out of his contract last year. If we dump him this year, what does it mean?

What's more, without Klay's contribution over the years, the Warriors would never have achieved so many achievements.

Therefore, for the Warriors, Clay must be kept.

The Warriors now are like the Bulls once were.

The Bulls at that time felt that Pippen was no longer good and wanted to get Wheat, but Jordan strongly opposed it, which eventually became one of the ignition points for Joe and the Bulls to fall out.

And the current Warriors are almost the same.

As a team leader, he definitely hopes to protect the interests of his meritorious teammates.

But the team has team interests.

In the past, when the Warriors were able to make money, such problems were not a problem.

But now that the Warriors' future earning power is uncertain, problems will arise.

Fortunately, Chen Xiao himself is also the boss behind the Warriors. Although Chen Xiao does not have any shares in the Warriors, Chen Xiao has a lot of control behind the fund that controls the Warriors. Coupled with Chen Xiao's influence, Chen Xiao's decisions, It's almost certainly doable with the Warriors.

So although most of the Warriors' management and staff felt that it was inappropriate to keep Klay, the Warriors still decided to keep Klay.

The discussion on this matter did not last long, so after Clay's injury surgery, he immediately received a commitment from Chen Xiao and the team to reach a five-year, US$100 million contract extension with Clay.

Logically speaking, for Clay, if Clay was not injured, this contract would definitely not be enough.

But after Clay suffered such an injury, this contract is quite large.

Let's put it this way, in the next five years, Clay can only play for four years at most, which means that Clay's actual contract is 100 million in 4 years, 25 million per year.

Given Clay's current situation, which team would dare to offer Clay such a big contract and such a long term.

Look at Cousins. Before the injury, Cousins ​​was a bigger name than Clay.

But he couldn't even get a three-year contract.

The contract signed by the Mavericks and Cousins ​​is a three-year team option, and the average contract is only 20 million per year.

Therefore, after the successful operation, Clay was very touched when he received such a promise.

After the NBA season ended, Chen Xiao secured Clay's contract extension and gave Clay reassurance before returning to Cleveland to join the Cavaliers' championship team.

At this time, the epidemic is raging across the United States. Seeing that no one of the Cavaliers fans celebrating at the scene was wearing a mask, Ye Xiao is not very optimistic about the situation of the league next season, and he is also not optimistic about the control of the epidemic in the United States.

Naturally, we are also not optimistic about whether the NBA will allow fans to enter the stadium next season.

If this is true, the pressure on the Warriors next season will be great.

Considering the characteristics of the virus, let’s put it this way, with the control method used in the United States, how many years will it continue to rage in the future?

If fans are not allowed to enter the NBA in the next few years, what should the Warriors do?

Therefore, although Chen Xiao had an argument with the Warriors senior management, he could understand the considerations of the Warriors senior management.

In this uncertain situation, it is very courageous for the Warriors to maintain such a super luxury tax.

In the end, the Warriors chose to compromise for Chen Xiao. Chen Xiao was very moved by this.

After staying cautiously with the knight for two days, Chen Xiao was ready to return home.

Although it is said that you need to be quarantined when you return to your country, there is no way to do this.

This year was originally the year of the Olympic Games, but due to the epidemic, whether the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be canceled or not has now become a question.

And this is something extremely detrimental to the UAE.

Originally, the Arab League was planning to use this year's Olympic Games as the final stage of his career.

The UAE has won 2 Diamond Cups, 4 Olympic Games, 3 World Championships/World Cups, and 9 international championships. It is only one international championship away from achieving the perfect achievement.

So for this year's Olympic Games, the UAE has really sacrificed and paid a lot.

As a 36-year-old veteran, he can still maintain such good condition and strength. In addition to his extraordinary talent, he has put in a lot of effort.

If the Tokyo Olympics are canceled now, it will have to wait until four years later, and the UAE will have to wait for the 2022 World Cup.

But the key is, won’t he cancel the World Cup at that time?

Therefore, Arab League was very confused at this time.

Should you retire now, or continue to persevere?

As a 36-year-old veteran and a yellow man, staying in the NBA without cheats requires a lot of effort.

Let's put it this way, Ah Lian himself said that in the past year, he almost lived an ascetic life.

However, in the end, UAE chose to continue playing for another year.

Let's put it this way, the UAE has played in the league for 16 seasons and has achieved almost all of its goals.

In addition to the championship, he has achieved 20,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 5,000 assists. This achievement is definitely a great achievement.

Let's put it this way, in addition to the championship, when the Arab League retires in the NBA, it will definitely be the retirement of his jersey and the entry into the Hall of Fame. Even if it is in the history of NAB, he will leave his name.

If he does not leave the Jazz, Alian's achievement has reached its peak, and he can even compete for the third greatest player in Jazz history.

Therefore, now that UAE is sure that he will not leave the Jazz, his only goal is to become a world champion.

For this goal, UAE really worked hard.

After Chen Xiao returned to China and was quarantined, he did not run around, but directly buried himself in the teaching of Chen Xiao Basketball University.

Compared with the United States, where the epidemic is raging wildly, China is like a pure land on earth.

However, when Chen Xiao was in China, a huge thing happened with the Warriors.

To be precise, while Chen Xiao was in isolation, the Warriors' star inside player Big Eyebrow announced that he would opt out of the last year of his contract.

The Warriors understand the thick eyebrow's final choice.

Now that the future of the NBA is uncertain, Nongmei certainly hopes to be safe.

Moreover, the thick eyebrows have begun to suffer injuries in the past few seasons, and he does not dare to bet on the future.

In this case, it is of course best to sign a big contract as early as possible.

But obviously, this will put huge pressure on the salary space of the Warriors, which is already under huge pressure.

The Warriors certainly hope to leave thick eyebrows.

Of course, Nongmei also hopes to stay with the Warriors.

But the contract extension Nongmei hopes now is a five-year maximum salary contract of 250 million.

For the Warriors, this is simply a matter of vomiting blood.

For Chen Xiao's consideration, the Warriors gritted their teeth and kept Clay. Now that Nongmei wants such a contract, they can't hold back even if they grit their teeth.

If Nongmei really wants to stay, then the total salary of Chen Xiao, Nongmei and Clay next season will reach nearly 130 million US dollars.

Three people will almost trigger the luxury tax line.

In this situation where the future is unclear, a contract like Thick Eyebrow will definitely drive the Warriors crazy.

But obviously, if the situation was not unstable, Nongmei would not have jumped out of the contract.

It's all for the benefit of all parties. I can only say that no one is right or wrong.