The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

Sending Wang Meng and Cheng Jie to Harvard University went smoothly, but it was not so easy to find an English teacher for them.

The English foundation of the two is too poor. Although English courses have been set up since elementary school in China, neither of them is obviously the kind of child who loves learning.

Teaching them English must start from the basics, and they also need to understand Chinese, otherwise it is simply a chicken talking to a duck.

There are many domestic international students at Harvard University, but most of them focus on their own studies. Not many can concentrate on teaching them, and it is difficult to find suitable candidates in a day and a half.

However, there is no need for Wang Xiao to worry about such small matters, just leave it to Jack, the current head coach of the Harvard basketball team.

Wang Meng and Cheng Jie couldn't understand English and couldn't understand the tactical arrangement. That was what Jack had to worry about, not Wang Xiao.

After Wang Xiao settled the two, he gave them the growth template cards of Reggie Miller and Ron Artest respectively, and then flew back to Washington without stopping.

At this time, the time has also entered December, and the free market is about to start. The first problem the Wizards have to face is Jordan's contract renewal.

When the NBA lockout ended, Jordan's agent communicated with the Wizards.

He made it clear that Jordan's contract extension must be a maximum salary contract, otherwise they will not consider renewing the contract with the Wizards.

Jordan's agent has the confidence to say such things.

Last season, Haywood left the team, allowing Jordan to finally have a real chance to play. In the Wizards, a team that is generally biased towards the outside style, Jordan is the only inside pillar. Throughout the season, Jordan played Average double-double data, and can contribute 2.4 blocks per game.

Such a performance in today's era of poor high-quality insiders, it is normal to get a maximum salary.

In fact, in another time and space, Jordan only scored an average of 7+7 per game in the Clippers, and then got a 4-year offer contract of 43 million US dollars from the Warriors, forcing the Clippers to choose to match this. contracts.

But now, on the same timeline, with the support of Wang Xiao's training system and tactics, Jordan's data has been further improved, and the price will naturally rise.

Although Jordan and his agent cannot negotiate with any team management before the free market opens, they can be sure that there are definitely many teams willing to provide them with a maximum salary contract.

Getting the maximum salary in the Wizards is obviously the best choice. Although the Wizards, which reached the finals last season, traded Harden and Danny Green, no one can be sure that Wang Xiao will show his skills in the draft. No second or third Harden will be produced.

Playing in this team is very likely to win the championship trophy and gain both fame and fortune.

But if the Wizards refuse to give Jordan a maximum salary contract, then Jordan does not exclude playing in other teams.

In fact, Jordan is a little tired of constantly being a super blue-collar, stuck in position to grab rebounds, assisting in defense...

He also thought about becoming the core of a team's interior tactics like O'Neal, Dayao, and Howard.

The rapid progress of the Wizards in two seasons made him want to give it a try.

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Wang Xiao did not immediately respond to the appeal of Jordan and his agent.

But in fact Wang Xiao already had plans.

It is impossible to give Jordan a maximum salary, and even giving him a contract with an annual salary of tens of millions is a bit extravagant in Wang Xiao's view.

In the 2011-12 season, the salary cap announced by the NBA is US$5,804. The Wizards still have plenty of salary space, but Wang Xiao can't use this salary space to squander it casually.

This season will be Curry's contract year. Based on Curry's performance in the past few seasons, this will inevitably be a maximum salary contract, and Curry has become the youngest MVP in history. In the new labor agreement, A new clause was established for NBA players in the rookie contract period-the Curry clause.

This clause stipulates that as long as those who have been elected as the MVP during the rookie contract, or have been selected to the All-Star Game twice as a starter, or selected to the best team of the year twice, the Curry clause will be activated. His new contract can reach a maximum salary contract that accounts for 30% of the team's salary cap.

Wang Xiao could see it clearly, this was clearly the Rose Clause in another time and space.

But think about it, in this time and space, because of his interference, Curry took away the youngest MVP in history belonging to Rose. Naturally, it is impossible for the Rose clause to appear in the new labor agreement, and it is replaced by the Curry clause.

In fact, the reason why Wang Xiao let Harden go so decisively last season has something to do with it.

Last season, Harden won the best sixth man for two consecutive years, and he was also selected to the third team of the best team. This season, when his strength has improved to a higher level, Harden is likely to continue to be the best team. lineup, then his Curry clause will also be activated. At that time, the Wizards will be waiting for two super maximum salary contracts. Only two players may occupy more than 30 million salary space.

Harden is now let go, but if Jordan is renewed with the maximum salary, the result will be similar.

The importance of Jordan in the Wizards is obviously not high. Although he can provide good basket protection and rebound protection, it is not very important for the Wizards.

Especially when the league's top powerful centers further withered, Jordan's importance became even more negligible.

Dayao and O'Neal have announced their retirement one after another, Duncan Garnett is getting old, Howard will also suffer from injuries this season, and his strength will decline further, while insiders such as Stoudemire and Griffin who claim to be tough It's just a paper tiger.

As for other players like Nowitzki, Bosh, Gasol and Aldridge, they are all inside players whose style is biased towards the outside, and their lethality in the penalty area is not high. It's more than enough to get up.

So letting go of Jordan doesn't actually have a big impact on the Wizards.

What's more, in the draft, Wang Xiao selected Leonard and Thompson. Both of them are top perimeter defensive players. With Paul George, with a little training, the Wizards' defense will be solid, and there is no need for frequent center forwards. supplementary defense and defense assistance.

Without a reply from the Wizards for a long time, Jordan's agent knew what it meant, so he began to spread rumors about Jordan's desire to get a big contract, so as to attract more teams' interest

This approach is obviously correct. When the time entered on December 9 and the free market officially opened, some teams provided offers for Jordan.