Reverse Growth Superstar

The big fish in the free agent market has basically been fished out. After the madness in early July, the situation throughout the offseason has now calmed down.

Although there are still several signings every day, those who complete the signings are all painless people.

At this moment, an unbelievable news suddenly appeared.

"Dwight Howard joined the Memphis Grizzlies with a non-guaranteed contract of only $2.6 million a year! The former super center will assist Link!"

This news broke the calm of summer and once again aroused heated discussions among everyone.

Of course, Howard now has no influence from that year, and he is no longer a giant player. He joined the Grizzlies, not a major personnel change.

The reason why this incident has attracted so much attention is that this contract is really weird!

First of all, 2.6 million a year, for Howard this former super center, this is simply the price of cabbage. What's more, it is still an era of skyrocketing salary caps.

Howard's rookie season had an annual salary of 4.18 million. Last season in the Wizards, Howard, who had fallen from the altar, earned an annual salary of more than 5 million.

And now, after only one year, he can only get 3 million!

Most importantly, Howard's 2.6 million is still a "summer contract."

The so-called summer contract means that no penny in Howard's contract is guaranteed. Counting from the start of the regular season, Howard settles his salary in units of "days".

In other words, if the Grizzlies let Howard get out the next day, then he won't get all the wages the next day and after.

Such a contract allows the Grizzlies to take the absolute initiative.

If Howard is injured or disrupts the locker room or performs poorly, then he will leave at any time.

If he was given up before the regular season, then he would not even get a penny.

The Grizzlies have to lay off Howard at almost no cost.

Under normal circumstances, a team layoffs a player and must continue to pay his remaining salary.

But if Howard's non-guaranteed contract is waived, the Grizzlies only need to pay him $6,000.

It’s not 60,000, it’s not 60 million, it’s 6,000.

$6,000 is a lot, but it is a negligible figure for professional players. After all, Link’s wages in the Development League were not calculated in thousands.

Howard's contract, to put it bluntly, is no different from the ten-day short contract, or even worse.

After all, the NBA requires a team to sign a 10-day contract with a player at most twice. If you want to sign a contract after two times, it must be a guaranteed long-term contract.

Link stayed with the Grizzlies in this way.

And Howard's this, but it may be in a non-guaranteed state throughout the season, the entire season may be unemployed at any time.

It's hard to imagine that this kind of contract specially prepared for the undrafted and non-draft players will actually be used for the super centers of the past.

What is even more unimaginable is that Howard gladly accepted such a demanding contract!

And on social media, Howard also said that he was very happy to have this opportunity and would cherish it.

I don't know, I thought the Grizzlies and Howard signed you for 20 million.

In addition to the bizarre price of this contract, Howard joined the Grizzlies itself is also a bizarre thing.

It's no secret that Link and Howard have a bad relationship.

Although in recent years because of Howard's disappearance, he has not had a conflict with Link for a long time.

But in the Rockets era, Howard and Linkner were old enemies.

Every time the two sides met, it was a mouthful of rubbish, and the worst was waiting for each other.

And Link has never been a "good guy", nor has he been so tolerant.

Against this background, the Grizzlies actually signed Howard, which is as incredible as making Durant and Link called brothers!

This bizarre signing has caused many fans to complain.

"The Grizzlies signed Howard? Hahahaha, wait for the Grizzlies locker room to explode next season!" The Clippers fans were happy, and they gloated in advance.

If something went wrong with the Grizzlies' locker room, they would collapse from within. In this way, the Clippers' odds of winning will definitely be greatly improved.

"Howard is useless for the Grizzlies. What else can he do now? Maybe he will be laid off soon." Some fans disagree with this. They think the Grizzlies just want to ride a donkey to find a horse. .

First sign Howard as a spare tire, then cut him off when you meet a better one, and you don't have to pay anyway.

"The Grizzlies are all reduced to signing Howard. It seems that they will not even be able to rush out of the West next season." Naturally, there are strange voices of Yin and Yang.

Not only fans in other places are complaining, even some local fans in Memphis can't understand the signing.

"This is really an incredible signing. Howard is in the Grizzlies? Did he come to fight Link?"

"It's a really brain-dead signing. I can already imagine howard refuses to give Link a pick-and-roll next season, and then he is standing on the inside line. Fortunately it is a non-guaranteed contract!

"It's helpless. It would be nice if the Grizzlies could take Cousins ​​earlier. Cousins ​​and Link have a very good relationship, and they must be able to play a good chemistry. Hey, what a pity."

This is a rare occasion, even Grizzlies fans are not optimistic about their team's signing.

How depressed Howard is now, you know, he has almost become a rat crossing the street that everyone shouts and beats.

No one believes Howard will play honestly, honestly as a blue-collar.

Some fans even made a poll online: "When do you think Howard will be waived by the Grizzlies."

Among them, more than half of them voted for the option of "being waived within one month after the start of the game."

Only 1.3% of fans chose "Howard will play until the end of the season."

As a result, people joked that this 1.3% is all Howard’s trumpet...

Durant in Brooklyn felt as if offended.

In short, no one is optimistic about this contract right now. The former "Warcraft" has already overdrawn people's expectations of him.

However, Howard has never updated his social media account except for the post "I am very happy to get the job opportunity."

Commercial activities, eating, drinking and having fun, all are not.

After Howard signed with the Grizzlies, he immediately began his training this summer.

He believes that as long as he can show his performance, these voices will disappear.

The 34-year-old veteran is as diligent as a 24-year-old loser.

Link was also preparing for this summer training camp, but did not invite Howard.

Although Howard is very modest now, his strength is not up to the requirements of Link training camp.

In fact, among new players joining the Grizzlies this year, Link only invited Rose and Jie Michael Green.

Even for teammates, the invitation system of Link training camp will never open the back door.

But the training camp is always in late July. These days, Link is still on holiday.

After finishing the free agent signing~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Link can finally spend time with his family, take them out to play and enjoy the real vacation life.

Of course, commercial activities are also indispensable.

Due to the relationship between the Basketball World Cup and Japanese rookie Hachimura, the NBA has put many commercial activities in Asia this summer.

Link also followed to China. In addition to promoting sneakers, he was also preparing for the training camp he discussed with Kobe a few years ago.

Seeing the crowd of Chinese fans cheering for him, Link couldn't help feeling.

Originally, he was also a member of this group.

But now, he is at the top.

Finally, Link returned to the United States and participated in a talk show on ESPN before the start of the training camp.

This is Link's first appearance on TV this summer. By then, fans will definitely want to know the answers to many questions from Link.

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