How much does it cost to renew Butler's contract?

Wang Xiao probably knew it in his heart.

It should be an annual salary of less than 10 million, but it should not be less than 8 million.

First, let's use another time and space for comparison.

In another plane, in February '10, the Wizards sent Butler to the Mavericks, and then suffered a serious injury while playing with the Mavericks, and Butler suffered a serious injury and was reimbursed for the season.

But in December '11, after recovering from injury, Butler signed a three-year, $24 million contract with the Los Angeles Clippers, an average of $8 million per year.

Even if he suffers an injury, Butler, who missed more than 60 games in the 10-11 season, can still get a contract with an annual salary of 8 million, not to mention Butler, who is not injured now because of the butterfly effect?

Speaking of which, Butler has never signed a contract with an average annual salary of more than 10 million in his entire career.

After being traded to the Wizards by the Lakers in 05, Butler signed a five-year, 46 million contract with the Wizards, and has been playing until now.

In '05, Butler was just 25 years old, at the prime of his youth, and now, he is a veteran in his thirties.

In terms of the value of renewals, it is clear that the value is not as good as it used to be.

Wang Xiao is more inclined that Butler can sign a three-year contract with an annual salary of 8 million to 10 million with the team.

In Wang Xiao's opinion, it is worth it.

In the three years since signing with the Clippers, Butler has had a high attendance rate, averaging 26 minutes and averaging 11 points and 4 rebounds per game.

And that's just Butler after another plane suffered a serious injury.

In this time and space, a Butler who is not injured and has Wang Xiao's training module bonus every day is only stronger than that of another time and space, not weaker.

What's more, Wang Xiao wants to keep Butler, not only Butler's ability, but also Wang Xiao needs him to be a leader in the locker room.

Butler's personality is very bold and enthusiastic, and he has a high prestige in the team, and rookies such as Curry George have been cared for and encouraged by him.

It's like Fisher of the Lakers and Haslem of the Heat, although they may not be the strongest on the team, they are the indispensable glue that strengthens the team's cohesion.

When these factors are added together, a contract with an annual salary of tens of millions is not very reasonable.

However, these have little to do with Wang Xiao, he is just a head coach, even if he has the right to decide on drafts and trades, he does not have the power to decide to extend the contract.

When signing the contract with the Wizards at that time, Wang Xiao didn't even mention the full force in this regard, because he himself knew very well that such an important power would definitely not be delegated to a head coach with the power to determine how much money the boss spends.

Wang Xiao is also happy not to have this power, in this case, it is the job of the general manager to bargain with the player's agent, and he only needs Butler to keep this result in the end.

If the general manager can't do it or can't negotiate, then the pot is not on him Wang Xiao, isn't it?

……

Hanging up the phone, Grenfield rubbed his brow with a little headache.

Thinking about the conversation he had with Butler's agent, he felt tired.

Are you kidding? A veteran over 30 years old actually wants 36 million in 3 years? Why don't you go and grab money?

Glenfield was naturally unlikely to agree to such an offer, and he offered Butler an offer of 24 million over three years, with a team option for the third year.

Naturally, his offer was rejected by Butler's agent without hesitation.

The two sides had a verbal discussion for a long time, and Grunfield even brought out George, indicating that Butler was no longer so important in the team, but the other party was still unmoved.

Of course he didn't know that Wang Xiao was on Butler's side, and he had made it clear that the team needed him, and the confidence of Butler's agent also came from this.

The only feeling Glenfield feels right now is holding his breath.

Not long ago, Wang Xiao said in front of the team owner that the team must renew Butler's contract, and then gave examples from all aspects to prove Butler's importance to the team, and finally said, "If there is no experienced veteran like Butler, it will even seriously affect my plan to win the championship." "That's the case.

Now, if Butler's contract extension fails, he, the general manager, will definitely make the team owner unhappy.

But Grenfield can't just give a contract with the highest salary.

You know, in two years, the team will have a large number of rookie contracts expiring.

Curry, Harden, Danny. Greene, Beverley.

Glenfeld can be sure that these players will also be the necessities of Wang Xiao's mouth to win the championship at that time, and they must renew their contracts.

Curry and Harden with their current performance, the top salary is not running, Green will not be too cheap, and now the team's starting center Jordan Jr. will have to renew his contract in a year, plus George's contract extension will be considered a year later.

With the slightest carelessness, the team is likely to hit the luxury tax red line.

When the time comes, the boss will pay more, and he will also feel unhappy......

"Damn the Chinese guys! He did it on purpose! ”

Grenfield couldn't help but curse, but he still had to bite the bullet and continue to negotiate the renewal of the contract.

……

On February 20, a few days after the All-Star Weekend, the Wizards officially announced a piece of news.

Team with Caron. Butler has completed an agreement to extend his contract, which will see the two parties sign a three-year, $28 million contract with a player option for the third year.

As soon as this news came out, it was basically confirmed that Butler would stay on the team.

Wang Xiao was quite surprised, Grunfield, as the general manager, although he always did not deal with him, but his ability was still quite good.

He knew that Butler's agent Lion opened his mouth to quote 36 million, and he couldn't imagine that Grunfield could actually suppress the price below 30 million.

28 million for 3 years, with an average annual salary of 9.33 million per year, for Butler, this contract is also satisfactory.

The Wizards' re-signing of Butler is just a trivial disappearance for the league.

Although selected to the All-Star bench team, Butler's fame is still too small, especially compared to the protagonist of this year's trade deadline......

On Feb. 21, according to local Nuggets media reports, the Denver Nuggets have reached a deal with the New York Knicks, who will send four players plus a first-round pick and two second-round picks to get Cameron from the Nuggets. Anthony and Chauncey. Billups and the Timberwolves were also involved in the trade, but the players they sent and got were only minor roles and didn't matter at all.

As soon as this news was announced, it immediately caused a sensation in the Alliance, like a depth charge in the Alliance!

Anthony and Billups joined the Knicks to form the Big Three with Stoudemire, and the Knicks finally formed the coveted Big Three!

The news of Butler's contract extension with the Wizards was drowned out almost in the blink of an eye about the superdeal.

However, Anthony Billups joining the Knicks is just a prelude, the real bombshell is still to come, and even the traverser Wang Xiao couldn't help but be stunned for a long time when he heard the news, and couldn't help but say: "Damn!" Is that okay too? ”