In the current NBA, there is only a salary cap, no luxury tax and no salary cap.

As long as a player has been with the team for more than three years, he can use the Bird clause to renew his contract.

As long as the boss is willing to give money, even if it is an annual salary of 100 million, there is no problem.

In the NBA, every team has a player who can take advantage of the Bird clause extension and will not count towards the salary cap.

And the players who generally use this clause are definitely the real bosses of the team.

When other teams are ready to poach people with high salaries, in order to prevent the boss from losing, they use the Bird clause to give the boss a contract that no one else can offer.

Assuming that the salary cap in the NBA this year is less than $30 million, then directly give the team's boss a contract with an annual salary of 30 million with Bird clauses.

It's impossible for other teams to poach people.

In the current NBA, because commercialization is still in its infancy, there are many problems in the contract, and it is also very non-standardized.

Especially with the sharp rise in the salary cap in recent years, the wages of players have been in inflation.

A year ago, your contract was still the maximum salary, but after a year, maybe your contract will only be mediocre.

One of the most famous inflationary contracts is Ewing.

Ewing's contract with the Knicks, '85 rookie Ewing signed a 10-year contract with the Knicks, 10 years 35 million, in '85, that's a super salary in the absolute sense.

At that time, magicians were only 2.5 million a year.

But Ewing found out that he seemed to have lost money by signing such a long contract?

The Knicks also found out that the contract cost their New York sons.

But fortunately, this contract stipulates that if after six years of play, he is not a top-four player in the league, then Ewing will become a restricted free agent.

The team has the power to refuse to execute the next four years of the contract.

Ewing played for six years, that is, in 1991, Ewing, who had been a center the previous year, was squeezed out of the line by David Robinson.

At that time, Ewing's first thought was not why he was squeezed out of David Robinson for a while, but hurriedly discussed with his agent David Falke whether he could use the terms of the long-term contract to get the Knicks to re-sign him.

The Knicks are not stupid, how can they possibly exercise the team option, no matter how nice it sounds, what if Ewing runs away?

Therefore, under the coordination of Ewing's agent David Falck, although it was impossible for the Knicks to execute the team option, in order to compensate Ewing, in 1991, on the basis of Ewing's original 10-year contract of 35 million, the contract was renewed for another two years, 2 years and 2200.

In this way, Ewing's contract became 57 million for 12 years, as if there was no big loss.

The Knicks are indeed very sincere, and in 1991 they opened 22 million for 2 years.

But now, Ewing has found that he has lost 22 million in the past two years, as if he has lost again!

And it is very interesting that Ewing newly renewed the two-year contract of 22 million, the salary of the first year is 19 million, and the second year is 3 million!

In other words, next season, Ewing will be the league's highest salary, and next season, Ewing's salary will not even be in the top 10!

Ewing's contract, so to speak, is a microcosm of the chaotic contract situation of NBA players right now.

The absence of a luxury tax, the absence of a salary cap, and a designated quota that does not account for the salary cap make it impossible for team owners and players to have a common understanding.

This is also the contradiction between Mourning and the Hornets.

The Hornets said that the boss contract had been given to Larry Johnson, but in Mourning's opinion, how can you be considered a boss contract if you didn't even give out a contract that specifies not taking a salary cap.

No matter how much I get paid, it won't affect the team's reinforcement, you just can't bear the money, and you think I'm not worth that much money!

In the end, there was no way, the wasp boss could only say, I love you, but I have no money.

Because of the current chaotic contract situation in the NBA, the teams that have contract extension problems are not the Hornets.

For example, O'Neal, a player whose contract expired, is now also experiencing renewal problems.

O'Neal signed a seven-year, $50 million contract with the Magic as a rookie, which at the time was a top-tier salary in the absolute sense.

According to the seven-year term, O'Neal's contract is not going to end until the 98-99 season.

However, O'Neill is a witty person, he is 4+3 for 7 years, and he has a player option after playing for four years!

After Larry Johnson's contract came out last year, how could O'Neal fulfill his seven-year contract and definitely jump out of the contract next year!

Therefore, Lin Han heard from Penny Hardaway that O'Neal's agent has now negotiated a contract extension with Magic, but it is not going very well.

However, neither O'Neill nor Hardaway were in a hurry, both of them were now preparing to do something big, and neither of them had ever thought that they would separate.

But judging from Lin Han's social experience for so many years.

O'Neal's contract wasn't that easy.

Now even Mourning dares to shout out a 7-year 100 million contract, and O'Neill shouts a 7-year 120 million, no problem, right?

If Mourning is worth 100 million in 7 years, O'Neal is definitely worth 120 million in 7 years, but what about Hardaway after the Magic renews O'Neal's contract?

There is only one contract designated as not accounting for the salary cap, and Hardaway's future contract is certainly unlikely to be much lower than O'Neal's.

With more than 15 million contracts thrown down by the two like this, what will happen to the team's future salary cap?

If there is no space, there will be no reinforcement, and if the team cannot be strengthened, Hardaway will not be happy.

But if O'Neill's request is not met, O'Neill will certainly not be happy.

Is it to make Hardaway happy or to make O'Neill happy?

Magic and Hornets are different, Hornets have no money, but Magic has no space, although the salary cap has risen sharply in the past two years, but who knows if it will continue to rise in the future.

For the Magic, in order to keep the team in the room, O'Neal would be better off taking a slight pay cut.

Although the management and fans of the Magic are not very good with the rest of the NBA right now.

But the management and fans of the Magic are really the management and fans with aspirations and ambitions!

If they were a group of people with no ambition at all, they wouldn't be able to do the kind of thing that a team almost made it to the finals and then sprayed the team at home.

Therefore, Lin Han has always been very clear that whether it is O'Neal or Hardaway, they are actually very satisfied with the management and fans of the Magic.

It's not a joke, it's really satisfying, and I even think it's a very happy thing to be able to use a group of fans and management who are as ambitious as myself.

It is precisely because the relationship between O'Neal and Hardaway and the Magic management is very compatible, and now O'Neal is theoretically only on a one-year contract, the same as Morning, but no one wants to pursue O'Neal, it is impossible to pursue it, or Morning is reliable.

Even if Mourning can't, isn't there still Mutombo!

Therefore, O'Neill and Hardaway himself looked like they were watching a good show, looking at who Mourning would be, completely unaware that they were actually one of the protagonists.

"Lin, Jerry West really dares, you Lakers just produce a Knick, and you want to change to Moning?"

Now when the NBA is crazy about Mourning's ownership, O'Neal and Hardaway are vacationing in Los Angeles with Bowen.

Of course, along with Lin Han, O'Neal, Hardaway and Bowen, are the Lakers' Van Exel, Aaron Williams and Antonio Harvey.

NBA players like to come to Los Angeles in the offseason, the City of Angels, and they are quite powerful in all aspects.

However, Lin Han's vacation this year is a little different, this time they said they were on vacation together, but they were actually training together, training while vacationing.

After the finals, Hardaway directly approached Lin Han, hoping that the two would practice together this offseason.

Hardaway said, ready to pick up those one-on-one offensive skills he threw away.

And Lin Han is the strongest player in the entire NBA one-on-one, and practicing with Lin Han is the best.

This is Hardaway.

As for O'Neal, with his lazy character, how could he train hard in the offseason.

This big man is now holding all kinds of newspapers mocking Lin Han and the Lakers' wishful thinking.

"It's not that I look down on you, you're very good, and the Hornets really can't keep Mourning, but the Lakers can't rob Mourning with you, I think Nick can consider other teams, there's no need to drag here in order to leave the best chips for Lin"

O'Neal didn't finish his babble to Van Exel, and a basketball slammed into his face.

However, fortunately, this dead fat man is really flexible enough to dodge.

"Lin, I'm telling the truth, if Nick drags on like this, his choice will become smaller and smaller, he is your brother, you can't bear that your brother has no good way out for you in the future"

"Dead fatty, you think I don't know what you're thinking, if you want a championship, you have to beat the bulls!"

Hearing Lin Han say this, O'Neill smiled a little embarrassedly.

"Lin, that's not what I said, we lost to the Bulls last season because of inexperience, and it will definitely be our Magic who will represent the East in the Finals in the new season!"

O'Neill is very confident, in Lin Han's opinion, it is simply a mysterious confidence.

Still, you're training well.

I've never practiced hard, and I'm always dreaming of killing Jordan and it's an enhanced version of Jordan?

Jordan and I are both hard-working brothers, and we can make you cry next season, believe it or not!

Lin Han was a little silent for Hardaway, he was really fortunate to meet such a giant baby who likes to play tricks.

"Perry, let's rest for a while"

After Lin Han and Hardaway finished the sparring, they sat down directly on the training ground like O'Neal and them.

"Speaking of which, judging from the news, it seems that the Bulls are also pursuing Mourning"

"The bull is so deductible, willing to provide Mo Ning with a 7-year 100 million contract? If you can't provide Mo Ning with hundreds of millions of contracts, it can only be used for one year."

"Now the Bulls' highest salary Jordan is less than 4 million, Pippen's base salary contract has three years left, the Bulls' current salary structure is very healthy, and it is completely possible to give a big contract to Moning, and Pippen's contract will not be renewed after it expires, or it is okay to simply come back with a strong rookie when Pippen's contract is about to expire"

"Pippen's 7-year, 20 million contract really doesn't know what to say"

What else can be said?

Of course, it can only be said that he has made a great contribution to the bulls!

Pippen's greed back then pitted himself, and it also fulfilled Jordan and the Bulls.

With a championship-level lineup like the Bulls, it can actually meet Mourning's contract renewal requirements, really thanks to Jordan and Pippen's combined salaries of less than 7 million.

"Now Mourning's deal is very lively, but in fact, there are not many teams that can renew Mourning's contract, and many teams are privately persuading Mourning to take a salary cut"

"How could Mourning leave the Hornets if he was willing to take a pay cut"

"That's why the Mourning deal is deadlocked, right? The team with good chips can't afford such a big salary, and if Mo Ning is not sure that he will renew his contract, he won't give away his chips"

"So, the news I got from Jerry West, that the Mourning trade is looking hilarious right now, actually after Mourning turned down the option of a pay cut, there weren't really many really worthwhile offers, and now the two offers that the Hornets are seriously considering are Kukoc for the Bulls + 1995 and 1997 picks for Mourning, and the Heat for Glenn + 1995 picks for Mourning"

Lin Han also sighed after finishing speaking.

It's not easy for the Lakers to get Mourning, it should be said that it's almost impossible.

"Kukoc and Glen Les are really good, but Kukoc is much better than Glen Les in the playoffs, Glen Les is too bad defensively, the offense is all about the feel, and he has a big guy for nothing"

The 28-year-old Glen Rice is indeed not very high in the NBA, as the No. 4 rookie in 89, he now averages 20 points per game every year, but he has not made an All-Star rating, and he finally entered the playoffs twice in his career, and Glen Les's performance in the playoffs has been worse and worse each time.

According to the current wind review, the standard defensive black hole, offensive brush, and the brush can only be brushed in the regular season, and it can't even be brushed in the playoffs, a player who averages 20 points per game in the regular season can only average 13 points per game in the playoffs, and the shooting rate is all below 40% in the two playoff trips.

And what about Kukoc, even if Kukoc's reputation in the international basketball world is not watched.

Looking at the performance of the two NBA last season, Kukoc averaged 16+5+5 per game in the regular season, except for 14+7+6 per game in the playoffs in the Finals, which is the data played by the team next to Jordan in the Finals!

In terms of the gold content of the data, Kukoc can completely blow up Glen Rice's score-only stats.

"Kukoc is one of the core of the Bulls' offensive organization right now, and he's really willing to do it."

"This is the Bulls this season, and the Bulls don't really need Kukoc next season"

In the Bulls next season, Jordan will get the ball back, and Kukoc's value on the team will be greatly reduced.

Lin Han believes that the Bulls' trade for Mourning with Kukoc was definitely agreed by Jordan.

"Lin, according to what you say, Mo Ning is really likely to go to the Bulls?"

O'Neill, who was still smiling just now, had a very solemn look on his face at this time.

Let Jordan have one more Mourning by his side, and the Bulls' only interior weakness has become a strong point.

In the current NBA, Mourning is indeed not the top inside, in the current NBA, the top interior is the four centers and two big forwards.

However, even the four major centers and the two big forwards dare not say that they can teach Mo Ning to be a man one-on-one!

O'Neal is one of the players with the most experience in playing Mourning, but even O'Neal is only with Mourning at most.

O'Neal and Mourning faced each other a total of three times last season, and although the Magic won all three times, O'Neal himself won only twice.

One big win, one small win.

There was also a tie, and if it wasn't for the Magic win, that one could even be considered a small loss for O'Neal.

This is still the record that Mourning led the team to play last season when Larry Johnson was absent, if Mourning is put on the Bulls' team, plus Jordan and Pippen help on the defensive end, the Magic want to break out of the East, and can only hope that Hardaway can really get back the individual offense he lost next season.

"If Mourning really goes to the Bulls, the Bulls next season will be really strong and terrible"

Not to mention the Lakers players sitting on the floor, even Bowen, who came back from Europe, was emotionally charged at this time.

"Bruce, are you really going to magic?"

If Mourning does go to the Bulls, the pressure on the Lakers and even the entire league will naturally be huge.

But this is someone else's business, no matter how much pressure is there, he can't help it.

Otherwise, can the Hornets not accept the Bulls' offer? That's not realistic.

Although he has no way to decide where Mo Ning goes, he still wants to fight for the whereabouts of his friends.

Bowen is a player he has always coveted, and in the Legend System, Bowen is a Bronze-level legend!

So, after he came to the Lakers last season, he has been inviting Bowen, but Bowen has been rejecting him.

Originally, he was going to invite him again this season, but Bowen directly told him that he had decided to go to the Magic.

Seriously, he's really a little unwilling.

"Lin, it's not very good that you're poaching in front of me and Perry like this"

"Shaq, it was you and Perry who dug my horn, obviously I came first!"

Well, it seems that it is really Lin Hanxian's, O'Neal is a little embarrassed and looks at Bowen silently like Hardaway.

O'Neal doesn't really value Bowen very much, just a water cooler, but Perry wants to have a brother role who protects him, like Aaron Williams of the Lakers, so he wants to sign Bowen to the team.

Therefore, even if Bowen is really poached by Lin Han again, he will just lose a little face, but it doesn't matter.

"I'd better go to the Magic, the Lakers really don't need me"

Bowen smiled wryly.

He is a brother to Hardaway and Lin Han, and even has a better relationship with Lin Han, but he really doesn't want to go to the Lakers.

Now the Lakers' No. 2 and No. 3 positions don't have any room for him to develop, and he doesn't want to retire next to Lin Han like Aaron or Antonio.

He still has some pursuits.

While Hardaway didn't promise him a place, at the Magic, he had a lot more room to develop.

Entering the NBA, he can let Lin Han or Hardaway brothers help, but to gain a firm foothold in the NBA, and even hope to get a big contract in the future, this still needs to rely on his own strength.

And this requires room to play.

In the Lakers, defending the opponent's strongest outside line, Lin Han can play on his own.

But in the Magic, although Perry's defense is also very good, Perry is not Lin Han after all, and he can help Perry defend the opponent's outside arrows.

That's what he's worth, it's the stage on which he performs.

Bowen's heart to go to magic is very resolute, it should be said that he is very resolute, which also makes Lin Han have no way.

You can't kidnap Bowen, can you?

If he really wants to do this, even if Hardaway feels guilty for poaching and doesn't speak, he won't really sit idly by.

Therefore, after the Finals, Lin Han and the Lakers can be said to have hit the wall twice in a row in the trade market and the free agent market.

Mourning saw that it was impossible to get it, and Bowen, whom he had always coveted, also ran away with Hardaway.

Of course, the Lakers are not without gains in the free market.

For example, the team's former superstar Dominic Wilkins quickly announced a two-year contract extension with the Lakers for two years and $1 million.

Now 35-year-old Wilkins, compared to his peak, the strength has deteriorated quite severely.

Originally, after winning the championship, he was ready to retire directly.

But in the end, under the persuasion of the team and Lin Han, he still accepted a two-year contract.

Wilkins' current strength can't even play the sixth man in the championship team, and the defense has become a black hole.

As long as he stands on the field, he will inevitably become the target of others.

But that's okay, Wilkins' value is not to take on any major responsibility, as long as it can be used in some special circumstances.

Like this year's magician.

Magicians are also seriously degraded.

But in this year's Western Finals, without the Magician's pass, Lin Han couldn't play that kind of off-ball offense, and he couldn't eliminate the Rockets.

Such a veteran, as long as he has a role to play at a critical time, will always be worth a salary.

Therefore, even the Magic is not retiring now, but continues to renew his contract with the team.

The retention of Magic and Wilkins can't hide the fact that the Lakers are still lacking an interior strongman.

The strength of the Lakers has not improved compared to the Finals.

With Mourning already slimmed, Jerry West was already looking for a new target.

With Jerry West's personality, he's not the kind of person who doesn't have a plan.

Even, he heard Jerry West say that Jerry West had reached a consensus with the preparatory plan.

Upon hearing the name of Jerry West's preparatory plan, Lin Han was very surprised.

Because that's not what this guy told him before!

And it was when Jerry West had a private meeting with his plan and reached an agreement with the plan that a news came from the alliance that almost shocked the world.

The Chicago Bulls have officially struck a deal with the Charlotte Hornets for Mourning and Kukoc!

Mourning, known as the first center under the four centers, finally ended up in Chicago!

On the day the deal was made, Lin Han received a call from Jordan who was excited, excited and laughing.

The tone was as if revenge had been successful.

"Lin, next season, the Bulls are winning!"