Legendary Basketball Tycoon

And Bruce, who had been paying attention to the last transaction in the box, was already alert at this time.

Bruce didn't expect the Sonics to trade with the Knicks.

After all, the Sonics is not his own team. Does he also take care of the Sonics team's trade? He only needs to provide the draft list every year. Then there is still time to help the Sonics trade everywhere!

The Sonics trades with the Knicks, which is nothing in itself, but the players involved in this transaction are completely different, even beyond Bruce's own expectations.

He himself thought that the Knicks must choose something crooked, but what he didn't expect was...

Bruce asked general manager Mitch Kupchak to find the list of these involved traders. Sure enough, he saw a lot from the list of these players.

Combined with the Knicks and the Timberwolves traded back to Marbury.

A little clue is about to come to Bruce's mind.

Boom...

Then Bruston immediately wanted to understand.

The Knicks have now undergone considerable changes, and the Knicks, which are different from their previous lives, have appeared.

And this Knicks is quite a terrifying existence.

The strength of the team has not been reduced, but has increased.

Coupled with the appearance of so many New York local players in the Knicks, what they want to do, the result is self-evident.

It seems that the little fat guy James has so many "things"!

Now that he understands the Knicks' plan, Bruce can't just sit back and watch. After all, the same city is a mortal enemy. If the other party does not die, it is his own death.

Bruce also immediately called general manager Mitch Kupchak to let him keep an eye on the Knicks' every move in the new season.

...

In the next second round of the draft, Bruce did not pay attention.

There was no good seed in the second round of the draft.

Finally, the 1996 NBA Draft came to an end, and this draft was full of all kinds of "accidents."

First, the Sonics used Payton to keep Iverson in Seattle.

Then the Hans selected high school guard Kobe with the precious No. 4 pick.

In the end, the Sonics took out Camp to make a three-way deal.

In short, the 1996 draft has become one of the most watched drafts in NBA history.

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Not long after the end of the draft, the teams also began to sign contracts with these rookies one after another.

Because of the 1994 "Big Dog" Glenn Robinson threatened the Milwaukee Bucks to sign a major contract, the league decided that the player’s hard salary cap could be given according to the team’s current situation, but it could not be less than the salary required by the league, and the rookie Player contracts are effectively restricted.

In other words, since 1995, the NBA began to develop a first-round show contract.

The starting salary of each rookie contract is fixed according to the rank, and can only be adjusted in a floating range of 80%-120% under the standards set by the league.

Rookie contracts are generally in the form of 2+1+1, that is, the first two years are fully guaranteed, but starting from the third year, it is the team option, that is, starting from the third year, the team can be 10 Choose whether to continue this contract before 31st (if it is not a working day). After the fourth year, the player becomes a restricted free agent (assuming the team implements the fourth year option). The contract can be extended by mutual agreement on August 1 and October 31 after the third season.

The first contract for a rookie in the second round is generally 2 years (the second year team option). In fact, this rule is sometimes beneficial to players. If they perform well in the first few seasons, then he will be able to get high-value contracts faster.

Rookie salary regulations only take effect for the team that has the right to sign the player's rookie.

For rookies who have not passed the NBA Draft (including those who have lost the draft), the contract period is not limited by the limit. Overseas players older than 23 years old are not required to participate in the draft and can directly negotiate contracts with NBA teams.

(Explain in advance that next year is also when Duncan will participate in the draft in 1997, the Chinese National Congress has a national team member older than 23 years old to join the NBA team)

But Bruce sneered at this 95-year rookie contract and was very cold.

That is why ah?

The reason is very simple, that is, the rookies selected by Bruce in the future can only sign 3+1 contracts.

Let's make a score. Take this class of Kobe, Bruce can only sign a three-year contract with Kobe in accordance with the rules of the league. After three years, if Kobe leaves the team, then Bruce will not lose a lot.

It is well known that Kobe is a person with a strong sense of honor. If he were to let him know that the team has no plans to compete for the championship in recent years, would you say Kobe will go or not?

He would definitely choose to leave and join the Los Angeles Lakers, because Kobe did not have loyalty. To be honest, if the Lakers had not found any partner for him in his previous life to help him win the championship, he would definitely choose to leave Los Angeles. .

Kobe is not like Yao Ming, even if he doesn't have a title, he will be a city forever. Yao Ming is still in the peak state. When the contract is about to expire, it is not that the Lakers have never invited Yao Ming. Look at Yao Ming's attitude, and then take a look. What attitudes of other superstars.

(Let’s go over the incident between Kobe and the Bulls. If you are so loyal, why agree to join the Bulls!)

In this regard, the loyalty of Western countries is really not as high as that of our Eastern countries.

Of course, there are still a few people who don't have such a strong sense of honor. Take Iverson as an example. In his previous life, he didn't want to leave Philadelphia. He loved that city, but in the end Philadelphia sold him.

Therefore, Bruce particularly dislikes this rookie contract, which makes him unable to control Kobe at all. If Kobe chooses to leave New York in the end, then he might as well choose to trade Iverson with players at the time, at least Iverson’s. Loyalty is stronger than Kobe. No matter how Iverson wants to win the championship, has he threatened the team? As far as the Blues knows, Kobe often threatens the team to arrange for him a partner.

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Hey, talking too much is tiring, let's continue to talk about the following contract.

Among them, the Seattle SuperSonics signed Allen Iverson with 9 million in three years.

This contract is not bad, at least the highest among all rookies this year.

But if it is compared with the sneaker contract, it is not of the same grade. Reebok took the initiative to come to the door and offered him a 10-year 50 million astronomical contract. In addition, an incentive clause was added to the contract: continuous After being selected as an All-Star for three years, the contract is automatically upgraded to a lifetime contract.

Later, the Seattle SuperSonics also signed the 27th rookie Ben Wallace with 2.1 million in three years.

Look, there is a gap!

Of course, the supersonic aspect was very grand at the signing ceremony, after all, there are champions.

On the other side, the New York Hans also started the signing ceremony for rookies.

The Hans also signed Kobe Bryant with 9 million in three years.

But unlike Iverson, Kobe Bryant was signed by Bruce's own sports brand (Habayashi).

It is also a 10-year 30 million contract for Kobe, but it is stated in this contract that if Kobe leaves the New York Hans during the contract period, the contract will be cancelled immediately. On the contrary, if Kobe can play for the New York Hans If you stay for 10 years or more, then Kobe's next shoe contract will be a lifetime contract.

Bruce just wanted to use this trick to "kidnap" Kobe, and he didn't want to do that if he could, but this **** rookie contract...

Of course, the Kobe family also saw that the New York Hans were completely kidnapping Kobe, and they wanted Kobe to end the Hans for the rest of their lives, but now they themselves don’t know what Kobe will be like in the future. At that time, their family was completely at home.

It seems that investing huge sums of money from the beginning can still be effective, right?

Similarly, the No. 20 rookie Jermaine O’Neal also signed for 2.7 million in three years.

Fortunately, Xiaoao also won the sponsorship of "Habayashi" brand sneakers. The 10-year contract of 10 million yuan can be regarded as the price of cabbage.

However, after the signing ceremony, Bruce immediately asked the old hooligans to take Kobe to train in the arena. Time is not for me!

In future drafts, Bruce will arrange for rookies selected by his team to sign the contract for the "Herlin" brand sneakers.

If you have money and don't make a bastard, you can make money ahead of time by your own "ability", so why not?

Also this year, Bruce submitted a list of basketball and football sports players to the "Habayashi" brand. The latter began a full-scale attack, showing the world's sharp fangs for the first time, scoring the last two years Athlete on the rise.

As for the traditional brands "Adidas" and "Nike", Bruce didn't want to suppress his opponents. After all, he can't eat so many players, he still has to leave a mouthful of soup!