After the free market opened in 2013, there was no doubt that the Los Angeles Lakers became the most glamorous and eye-catching team.

Nash retired, Howard left the team, Charity World Peace announced his trip to the Knicks, Odom announced that he would join the Clippers, the city's sworn rival, and for a while, the entire Lakers seemed to be falling apart, and the only heavyweights on the team with contracts were Kobe, Paul George and Randolph.

Therefore, when Kobe Bryant jumped out of the contract again, even many Lakers fans began to feel weak, Kobe Bryant will not be ready to leave this time, right?

It's just that I didn't expect that after the Lakers were about to fall apart, they suddenly made such a force and completed the reconstruction so quickly.

90 million Bynum for 4 years, 80 million Deron Williams for 4 years, Duncan 30 million for 2 years, 15 million Ginobili for 2 years.

These four heavyweight signings cost the Lakers a total of 65 million space, plus the original contracts of more than 25 million for Lakers Randolph and Paul George, the Lakers now even have more than 10 million space to continue to sign.

And those veterans who are waiting in the free market to be ready to join the championship are naturally all eyes on the Lakers at this time.

The Seattle SuperSonics can only use the base salary now, and they can't sign people, and even if these players with the strength to win the championship want to win the championship, they can't care about money at all.

Therefore, those powerful veterans who want to win the championship can choose to target other than the supersonics, and the three teams left are the Cavaliers, Lakers and Warriors.

The Cavaliers have given all of their contract space to Iguodala.

On the Warriors' side, the situation is actually similar to the Lakers, Yao Ming and Beasley are the top salaries, but Curry, Thompson and Green, the three 09 rookie players, have just expired this year's contract, and they have not signed yet, and the remaining players, Ray Allen, Bledsoe, Barnes, Jamal Crawford, Barbosa, Bamot, Livingston and others' contracts are actually not that high, Livingston and Barbossa are still expiring contracts, except for Ray Allen, who is a 10 million contract, and the other people's contracts add up to more than 20 million, so, Warriors can also have space for a smaller 10 million to use.

The four hottest favorites for next season's championship are the Lakers, Warriors, SuperSonics and Cavaliers.

The SuperSonics and Cavaliers have exited free agency, and the Lakers and Warriors have naturally become the first choice for championship-looking veterans.

Compared to the Warriors, a team that has won more than 70 wins in each of the last three seasons, the Lakers may be relatively more attractive.

This is also the Warriors' own work, and this year's loss to the Cavaliers was too bad.

Now the Warriors seem to be unreliable in any way they look at it.

Compared with the Warriors, the Lakers are different, in the playoffs last season, Kobe Bryant relied on his own strength to defeat a 3-4 defeat with the Warriors, that was still when Howard was beaten by Yao Ming, but Van Howard performed better, but Van Nash's body was better, but when Paul George was a little more stable, the Lakers wiped out the Warriors.

Next season, Nash will be replaced by Deron Williams, Howard will be replaced by Bynum, and more importantly, Duncan will join the Lakers, which is Duncan!

Duncan's position among these veterans is simply not too attractive.

If Duncan and Kobe Bryant are both three years younger now, the Warriors will definitely be beaten with the combined attraction of these two.

But now, the attraction of the two teams is still a fight, and the Lakers have a greater advantage, but the two teams can't say that they can't fight.

Now, the Lakers and Warriors are competing for several free agent veterans are the Pacers' free power forward David West, the Celtics' free small forward Tony Allen, the Trail Blazers' free guard, Jarrett Jack, and the Nuggets' free agent Billups and J.R. Smith.

Among these focus free agents, Billups is of course the biggest name, but Billups is bent on returning to the Pistons, and he doesn't care about whether he is a champion or not, so the Lakers and Warriors just tried it out and then didn't try it again.

In addition to Billups, the strongest and biggest players among these veterans are of course David West and J.R. Smith.

Among them, J.R. Smith was a little surprised and stayed.

J.R. Smith finally survived until the expiration of his contract, and he was going to go to the Cavaliers to find his good buddy Anthony, and he had already said it, but in the end, it fell into the hands of Iguodala.

At the beginning, the Cavaliers' contract of 25 million, James allocated it very well, 18 million to Iguodala and 7 million to J.R. Smith.

But Nima's Iguodala is simply not human!

He's a moral guy and thinks we're teammates, so I'll let you negotiate with James first.

I always feel that I am so righteous, do you also give me a little left?

The space of the knight 25 million is a fixed number, you take the big head and I take the small head, but can you leave a little more.

J.R. Smith had a good idea, because Iguodala usually seemed to be a man of great temperament.

Nima's, J.R. Smith really didn't expect this guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes to be so greedy!

I ate 25 million by myself.

I knew that this guy was so greedy for money, and he let a fart and reach a contract with the knight with an annual salary of 7 million as soon as possible.

As for whether Iguodala can be poached by the knight, it's none of his business, when Iguodala monopolized 25 million space, he didn't care if he could come to the knight!

J.R. Smith is very depressed, the Nuggets definitely can't stay, stay for so many years, and if they don't leave, they will be reduced to one with the plateau.

He wants the championship, he wants his brother, his brother can't do him, it's not bad if he can go to the Lakers and the Warriors, but what makes him a little depressed is that the Lakers and the Warriors don't seem to be very enthusiastic about him.

Both teams are targeting David West.

On July 15, 2013, after a battle between the Lakers and the Golden State Warriors, David West finally rejected the 3-year 60 million contract proposed by the Pacers, and chose to join the NBA regular season that has been ranked first in the past three seasons, and the only team in NBA history to achieve 70 wins in three consecutive seasons, with a contract amount of 30 million for 3 years.

On one side it is 60 million for 3 years, and on the other side it is 30 million for 3 years.

This is just to sign the Warriors and win the championship, and I don't want an annual salary of nearly 10 million!

J.R. Smith and many people and even Ye Si are quite sideways to see this.

"I've always felt like I'm a lucky person, playing in the NBA has always been my childhood dream, after entering the league in 2003, I was fortunate enough to play in this dream place for 10 years, to be a successful NBA player, which has been very satisfying for me, I have achieved my original intention, I have also earned a fortune that can be used for my whole life, now I am 33 years old, my career is not much time, I hope now, when I leave this dream land, He left with a championship ring on his hand. ”

"Thank you to your family, friends, coaches, teammates, team and fans for your support along the way, for cheering me on, for supporting me, for praying for me, and I will always be humbled and grateful to you wherever you go."

In order to chase the dream of the championship and give up tens of millions of annual salaries, David West's behavior is naturally extremely moving.

Even Kobe Bryant, who was rejected by David West, and his idol Duncan, could only sigh and bless him in the end.

After all, David West is indeed a straightforward person.

"Don't be three years old, even if you're only a year younger, I'll definitely choose the Lakers."

I have to say that although the Lakers are gaining momentum now, David West also said the biggest hidden danger of this team, Kobe Bryant is 35 years old, and Duncan is 37 years old.

And David West gave up tens of millions of annual salaries every year, not to chase stars, he was to chase dreams.

After David West rejected the Lakers' choice of the Warriors, the Warriors also announced that they had signed a five-year 160 million maximum salary contract with Stephen Currida on the yes clause, and also extended a five-year 110 million contract with Klay Thompson, while Dream Green also reached a five-year 90 million contract extension with the Warriors.

After renewing the contract with the team's 09 Sanjie, the Warriors also announced that they would follow in the footsteps of the supersonic and enter the stage of salary explosion.

Now the Warriors' total salary has exceeded $180 million, close to $190 million!

This is even more explosive than the Seattle supersound!

Fortunately, the Warriors have been on the rookie contract before, and this season is only the first year that they have paid the luxury tax.

So don't think about the super luxury tax, if a team pays the luxury tax three times in five years, then the part that exceeds the luxury tax is less than 5 million US dollars, more than 1 piece pays 2.5 yuan, more than 500-10 million yuan, it is more than 1 piece to pay 2.75 yuan, and so on, if the Warriors want to call it super luxury tax this year, then the excess of 60 million US dollars, the luxury tax is not 60 million, but 330 million luxury tax!

To be reasonable, no one can afford this luxury tax except the Seattle SuperSonics.

Even if the Warriors are the most profitable team in the NBA in the past three years, they can't withstand such a terrifying super luxury tax.

The Warriors dare to play their annual salary like this, just to bet on Yao Ming's peak in the past few years, and don't want to waste the Warriors' last three years of peak, and when the Warriors need to pay the super luxury tax, Yao Ming's contract has ended, and he may have retired from the NBA, and then the crisis of the super luxury tax will naturally be self-defeating.

After the Warriors signed David West and announced their withdrawal from the free market, the Los Angeles Lakers were the only player who wanted to win a championship.

And the buyer's market in the free market becomes a seller's market in an instant after the Warriors exit.

J.R. Smith thinks that now that David West is gone, is it finally his turn?

After all, he played really well with the Nuggets last season, averaging a career-high 18 points per game.

It's worth a contract with a 10 million annual salary for the Lakers.

It's just that J.R. Smith is quite embarrassed that on July 16, he still didn't wait for Kobe's call, waiting for the news that the Lakers and Tony Allen and Jarrett Jack completed the signing.

Tony Allen announced a four-year, $25 million contract with the Lakers, while Jack announced a four-year, $25 million contract with the Lakers.

The Lakers used the money that should have been given to him for 4 years and 50 million to sign such two people......

After seeing these two signings from the Lakers, J.R. Smith was dumbfounded.

When did the value of an NBA player replace quality with quantity?

With players of Tony Allen's and Jack's calibre, signing ten is not as good as one JR Smith, just as his ten JR Smiths are not as good as one Yes.

It's just that no matter how sad he is, J.R. Smith can only swallow this bad breath, Nima's is so miserable, and people like him who are so confident wonder if he is overestimating his own value.

After the Lakers used up all their space to sign Tony Allen and Jack, they announced that they had signed a two-year, 60 million contract with the legendary player Kobe Bryant, who jumped out of the team's contract.

A 1+1 contract, which is convenient for Kobe Bryant to continue to jump out of the contract, and at the same time, it is also convenient for the Lakers to maintain the flexibility of the lineup.

However, such a short contract, Kobe Bryant needs to sacrifice some monetary costs, such a short contract, of course, there is no way to sign the maximum salary.

It stands to reason that Kobe Bryant can now sign the same 5-year 190 million contract as Paul, but if Kobe really signs, the Lakers will completely lose their flexibility.

And Kobe Bryant is not the same as Paul, Paul is a young player, and the money has not been earned, but Kobe Bryant has already made all the money, and now is the time to rush to the championship.

Even if he doesn't win the championship, he is willing to spend money to play more playoffs and win more regular seasons.

Especially in the playoffs, his goal now is to hope that he is the first regular season Mr. 40 million in the NBA, and he also hopes that he will be the first Mr. 7000 points in the playoffs in NBA history, or even Mr. 8000 points!

After signing with Kobe, the Lakers' total salary also reached 140 million, which is also a total salary of nearly 15 million beyond the luxury tax, and the Lakers, like the SuperSonics, pay the super luxury tax.

The luxury tax of more than 15 million is 3.25 times, that is, more than 50 million.

Of course, a super luxury tax of this magnitude is also acceptable for the Lakers.

Look at the supersonic side, supersonic selected Antetokounmpo in the list, and after selecting Gobert in the first round, the super luxury tax that had already exceeded 30 million has become more than 39 million, just a little bit closer to breaking 40 million 39 million and 40 million are 0.25 times different, and the luxury tax of 40 million is more than 39 million and pay more than 10 million luxury tax!

Therefore, even if SuperSonics only signs a base salary player, even if this base salary player only needs a minimum annual salary of 1 million, SuperSonics will have to pay more than 10 million more.

Therefore, even if the supersonic now has a reinforcement slot, even if this place is only signed with the base salary, the price is quite large.

Therefore, after the Lakers signed Kobe, the Cavaliers signed James, and the Warriors signed 09 Sanjie, many people were looking forward to whether the SuperSonics would use this base salary spot.

It turns out that with money, it is really possible to do whatever you want.

On July 24, the Seattle SuperSonics announced through their official Twitter that they had reached a four-year, 4 million base salary contract with the team's former point guard and the 19th-ranked player in history.

The contract with Rondo has successfully brought the total Super Luxury Tax of the Seattle SuperSonics to more than 40 million, which means that next season, the Seattle SuperSonics will pay 180 million in Super Luxury Tax.

Before signing Rondo, the Seattle SuperSonics only need to pay 165.75 million in the super luxury tax next season, that is to say, although the Seattle SuperSonics only gave Rondo the lowest base salary of 1 million, they paid 13.25 million US dollars for Rondo!

"With more than 10 million signatures, Jane Longdo, Hao is Hao!"

"I also want to have the boss of the richest man in the world!"

"Even if Supersonic doesn't have the richest boss in the world, as long as there is Yes, the 180 million Super Luxury Tax is nothing, and you have all forgotten how expensive the SuperSonics tickets were when Yes was there? When Yes won 10 in a row, the average ticket price for a game was more than $2,000, and a game was worth hundreds of millions of dollars. ”

"That's true, as long as there is a Yes, as long as there is a miracle, the supersonic can not only be self-sufficient but also build their own stadium, the latest Yes memorial arena used by the Seattle SuperSonics next season costs a billion dollars, I heard that Bill Gates didn't pay a penny, it was all supersonic's own money, how much did Bill Gates spend on supersound, how many years has it been, the market value of supersonic has not only increased by 10 times, and I don't know how much cash flow is now."

"Otherwise, why do you think Yes has such a say in supersound? The money is all earned by Yes, and he is willing to keep those heroes to pay the super luxury tax, and no one can control it, not even Bill Gates. ”

"In the NBA, you can do whatever you want as long as you have enough value, and Yes is the most valuable person in the world!"

Because SuperSonics signed Rondo and handed over a super luxury tax of $180 million a year, public opinion in the entire United States and even the whole world exploded.

There has never been such a team in the history of human sports.

In order to sign back Rondo, the SuperSonics will spend an additional $14 million, and they will send the league a super luxury tax of 180 million a year without blinking, which is jaw-dropping.

Especially James.

Seeing that Yes spent an extra 14 million in order to sign Rondo back, and then paid 180 million in luxury tax for a year, he instantly felt that the total amount of luxury tax of 200 million given to him by the knight boss had become less advanced.

After signing Iguodala, he and the Cavaliers completed a 1+1 2-year 70 million contract, the Cavaliers and DeRozan completed a 5-year 70 million contract, and Daniel Gibson also completed a 5-year 60 million contract, plus Chandler Parsons' contract The Cavaliers' total salary this season also reached 170 million US dollars, and next season, the Cavaliers will also have to pay 45 million luxury tax, of course, not super luxury tax.

If it's a super luxury tax, the $200 million is not enough to pay in a year.

But even if it's not a super luxury tax, $200 million doesn't seem like enough to spend!

What if the $200 million is spent?

Thinking of this, James, who was laughing at the supersonic to sign back Rondo, couldn't laugh in an instant.

Nima's, envy, jealousy, hatred!

In fact, at this time, not only James, Kobe, and Yao Ming, many people are envious when they look at it.

If you can, who doesn't want Howe to do whatever he wants!