Paying a player like Milicic is a pretty big deal for any team.

Richard didn't have to think too much about these things because he wasn't the boss before, he only needed to report the player's contract, and whether he signed it or not was the boss's business.

Richard's previous bosses were Paul Allen and Davidson Sr., they were quite important to Richard, as long as Richard reported the contract, it must be signed without saying a word.

And now Richard can't be so willful, Milicic's contract, he must negotiate with Jordan.

"The top salary, the top salary, what else is there to discuss." When Richard asked Jordan, Jordan replied without saying a word.

In Jordan's view, Milicic is a baby, so young, so good in statistics, and quite versatile on the field, if such a player does not pay the maximum salary, can he be worthy of his conscience?

Richard waved his hand and motioned for Jordan not to be too hasty in making a decision, because he had a better plan than a salary cap.

"Michael, I'm ready to buy out Dako's contract now and then re-sign a contract." Richard said with some hesitation.

He didn't know if there would be any violation of the alliance's rules if he did this.

Jordan was stunned and bought out Milicic's contract? What a joke, this approach is simply too risky.

Milicic has less than a season left on his current contract, and if Richard buys out, Milicic will become a full free agent.

At that time, in case Milicic is hooked up, who will the pirates go to.

"No, Lee, this kind of behavior is too risky, I know what you want to do, but such a risky behavior, I hope you can think about it again."

"Unless, you're sure that Milicic won't be signed by another team after he gets bought." Jordan said with a frown.

"You don't have to worry about that, Milicic won't go, absolutely not." Richard said with a smile.

Now Richard's idea is to buy out Milicic's contract first and then sign him to a new contract.

The new contract is not a salary cap, but the total amount will be the same as the contract that Milicic signed this season.

The general meaning is to let Milicic get more salary this year and less in the next few years to free up some salary space......

In this way, Milicic will not suffer, and the Buccaneers will not suffer much, but they will pay a little more for the buyout, and then they will be able to free up about four or five million dollars a year in salary space for the next few years.

……

In the previous offseason, in fact, the Buccaneers could use the team option to not execute Milicic's fourth-year contract, and directly start to renew Milicic's salary in advance.

But if you do that, the Pirates won't be able to free up salary space......

Unless Milicic himself is willing to take a pay cut, but Richard doesn't want his players to suffer.

……

According to the progress of normal NBA history, in fact, at this point in time, Richard may not be able to operate like this.

The reason is simple, because Peyton's Law has been introduced......

Normally, Payton joined Green Kai and was traded to the Hawks.

As soon as he arrived at the Eagles, he was bought out, and then he rolled up and returned to Green Kai.

That's why Payton's rule came about, and you can't join the team you're on after a buyout.

But now because Payton did not join Green Kai, this Payton rule was not born.

However, Richard thought that if he really did this, it was estimated that Stern's side would come up with a Milicic rule.

……

Hearing Richard's confident words, Jordan was relieved, since Richard is confident that Milicic will return to the arms of the Buccaneers after the buyout, then this thing can still be tried.

He's also been in the league for years, so he knows how important salary space is to a team.

With the league's salary rules getting stricter and stricter, the kind of thing he singularly surpasses the team's salary cap will definitely not happen again.

"Lee, then it's up to you to handle this, you're much better than me in terms of lineup building," Jordan said with a smile......

"Okay, then I'll have a good chat with Dakko in the last few days."

……

The next afternoon, just after the team had finished training, Richard called Milicic into his office.

At present, Milicic's temperament has become more cheerful, but he still does not like to talk much, even in the face of Richard, he rarely speaks.

"Darko, I'm coming to you on behalf of the team to discuss an early contract extension." Richard said straight to the point.

Milicic was stunned, shouldn't he contact his agent about this......

But after thinking about it, my agent is a golden dragon, and those who are not contacted are not all the same.

"Coach, you can do this, you definitely won't cheat me anyway......" Milicic scratched the back of his head and said shyly.

He has an inexplicable dependence on Richard, although he doesn't communicate much with Richard, but he knows very well that Richard is an old father-like character in his heart.

How can an old father pit his son......

Regardless of what kind of contract Richard offers, Milicic feels like he will not hesitate to sign it.

If Richard hadn't been optimistic about himself and cultivated himself, he would probably not be able to get along in the NBA now.

"We're ready to buy out your contract and re-sign a new one."

As soon as he heard Richard's words, Milicic was confused, why did he want to buy out? It was the first time he had heard of such an operation in a contract.

"The main thing is to save salary space, originally with your strength, by the end of this season, you can probably get a five-year contract with a maximum salary of more than 70 million, and this year you have a contract of 5 million dollars. That's $75 million over six years. ”

"After buying out your contract now, we are ready to provide you with a five-year contract of $52 million, and when this contract ends, you can get the maximum salary at that time, and the starting salary at that time should be more than $18 million, counting the $5 million buyout, it will also be 75 million in six years."

"So, can you understand?" Richard patiently explained to Milicic.

Counting this year, for a total of six years, Milicic has earned a salary of $75 million, so he has nothing to lose.

The Buccaneers, on the other hand, will be able to clear an average salary space of about four million from next year.

Don't underestimate the $4 million salary space, which may give the Pirates one more chance to sign a max-paid player.

Milicic was stunned for a moment, he couldn't figure out what Richard had in his head and why he could come up with such a plan.

"Coach, don't need so much, sign 30 million in five years, I'm very satisfied."

"It's not in the Pistons right now, it's your team, and I want to save you a little bit more money."

"Besides, $30 million is a lot, and by the time this contract ends, I'll be under 26 years old, and I may be able to sign two maximum salary ......."

Milicic said earnestly to Richard.

He was a grateful man, which is probably why Richard always held him in high esteem.

"No, Darko, in fact, you should know that I am not short of money, this is my job, and it is also my career, and I certainly don't want to make my career more difficult."

"But I don't want to make it any easier, because it makes me feel rather unfulfilled."

Richard looked at Milicic with satisfaction and said with a smile.

……

In the end, Milicic had to erase a fraction and sign a five-year, $50 million contract.

"By the way, Coach, can the league agree to this?" Milicic asked, confused.

Richard waved his hand, "It doesn't matter if he agrees or not, the raw rice will be cooked first, and then it will be said, even if he doesn't agree, the contract is signed, and they are all right." ”

"At most, there will be some kind of Milicic law to limit this kind of thing to happen again in the future."

……

Early the next morning, the Buccaneers released an official announcement announcing the buyout of Darko Milicic's contract.

This kid directly shocked the entire NBA circle, and the fans and teams were dumbfounded......

The teams are naturally excited, although I don't know what Richard has in mind, but Milicic is bought out, so they have a chance to get their hands on Milicic.

But before they could contact Milicic, the pirates issued another official announcement at one o'clock in the afternoon.

Milicic signed with the Charlotte Pirates on a five-year, $50 million contract.

The teams were stunned, fifty million dollars in five years? Are you kidding?

Last season, Milicic averaged 19.7 points, 8.6 rebounds and 7.1 assists per game, and got 27 triple-doubles in a single season, winning the triple-double in the season.

This season, Milicic continued to perform well, and even performed better than last season because of the more mature style of play.

As a result, such a player's annual salary is only 10 million?!

This is simply the price of cabbage in the price of cabbage, Milicic is crazy? Why did he sign such a contract for the price of cabbage.