Chapter 651: Dog's Bloody Offseason
Because there was no continental competition in the offseason of the 04-05 season, and there was such a thing as Auburn Hills Palace, in addition to participating in some charity activities, Meng Xu nested in Indianapolis all summer, and was a summer otaku with peace of mind, wanting to downplay the adverse effects of the Auburn Hills Palace incident on himself.
However, the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, people sit at home, the pot comes from the sky, Meng Xu and the Pacers are willing to renew the contract, but it caused an uproar, originally according to the salary cap of the 05-06 season, and Meng Xu has entered the league for 6 seasons of veterans, with the addition of Larry Bird clause, Meng Xu can sign a 7-year $139.1 million contract with the Pacers at most, I believe that with Meng Xu's current ability and status, the 30 teams in the entire league are willing to pay so much money for Meng Xu, but in the end, Meng Xu rejected many suitors and signed a 6-year $100 million contract with the Pacers.
In this era when the lion opened his mouth and could ask for 100 million, he could never ask for 99 million, in this era when Tim Duncan, Shaq O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, and other league supergiants all signed the top salary and got an annual salary of 20 million, Meng Xu, as the first person in the league, had a contract of 19 million in the last year, a contract period of 6 years, and a total of 100 million US dollars.
Therefore, Meng Xu's behavior of harming others and benefiting himself and lowering his own value has been unanimously condemned by countless media, especially the New York Knicks who were cruelly rejected by Meng Xu, you must know that in this summer, the management of the Knicks is pouring out of the nest, under the leadership of Lao Dolan, personally visited Meng Xu and invited him to join Madison, Lao Dolan even promised in person that as long as Meng Xu can put forward the conditions, the Knicks will all agree, the top salary, coach candidates, recruitment, luxury tax, all Meng Xu has the final say, But Meng Xu finally rejected the Knicks, so the New York media, led by the New York Times, once again held high the banner of Meng Hei, ready to continue to complete the great work that was not completed in previous seasons.
A superstar who is at the peak of his life, taking the initiative to reduce his salary and renew his contract, it is easy to become the target of public criticism, perhaps in the eyes of his supporters, how much contract to sign with the team, how much annual salary is the freedom of others, no one can care, and the salary reduction and renewal of the star is also very beneficial to the team, because millions of dollars can sign a very good role player, but for his competitors, and the stars who are at the same level as him, it is a little embarrassing, two players of equal strength, The one with a higher salary, especially if it is a cut higher, is easy to recruit, with Garnett's strength and status, there is no way to get rid of the ridicule of "Mr. 20 million", let alone others.
In addition to Meng Xu's contract renewal, there are also a lot of bloody episodes this offseason, and the biggest impact is the tearing B between Vince Carter and the Raptors management, one of the "four scoring guards" in the league, this nickname "half-man and half-god", a genius swingman who once won the All-Star vote king, with the Raptors' unimproved record for many years, popularity and morale have also begun to decline, and finally Vince Carter, who couldn't bear it, chose the same path as his cousin Maddie, either to strengthen or send me away, Canadians, who have no ambitions at all, still chose the dollar in front of the dollar and Carter.
There is no shortage of shrewd management in the NBA, and there is no shortage of self-righteous to stupid management, the management of the NBA's current 30 teams, if you want to say which team's management is the most NC, it is none other than the Magic, and after the Magic, it is definitely the Toronto Raptors, with Vince Carter's outstanding strength, comprehensive playing style, and countless fans, the Raptors' uniform team is not thinking about how to build a championship team around Vince Carter, but thinking about the rebuild, This is very inexplicable, and after the Raptors selected Bosh, a potential forward, they didn't think about how to make Bosh and Carter have a chemical reaction and form a super combination of one inside and one outside, but tried to correct Bosh and marginalize Carter, I really don't know if Carter put on any hat for Thorne, the general manager of the Raptors, and was retaliated against by Thorne, in short, Vince Carter is definitely going to leave Toronto.
After a bloody tear B, the Toronto Raptors sent Vince Carter to the New Jersey Nets without consulting Carter or notifying Carter, and the chips paid by the New Jersey Nets were only three marginal people and two first-round picks, and the Raptors sent to the Nets were undoubtedly the worst trade choice for Vince Carter, because the original intention of the conflict between Vince Carter and the management was for the championship, and after the contradiction between Vince Carter and the Raptors management was exposed, the Timberwolves, A large number of strong teams such as the Mavericks, Heat, and Lakers all wanted the Raptors to submit a trade application and contacted Vince Carter, and Vince Carter also had the team he wanted to go to, but the Raptors management directly tore their faces, traded Vince Carter without saying anything, and traded Vince Carter almost for nothing.
In addition to Vince Carter and the Raptors' tearing B battle, Ron Artest and the Pistons management also staged a tearing battle, as one of the protagonists of the Auburn Hills palace group fight, Ron Artest became a complete laughing stock this summer, first was knocked out by Meng Xu at the Auburn Hills Palace Stadium, and then was invited by E to have a PK with Meng Xu at Madison Square Garden, and it took only 22 seconds to be knocked out again by Meng Xu with a combination of punches, and since then Ron Artest has become a typical example of self-indulgence.
Ron Artest, who consciously accepted the great grievances, wanted to get a little comfort and compensation from the club, after all, Artest's original intention of attacking Meng Xu was also for the Pistons, but the Pistons management didn't say anything about it, not only did not give Artest any comfort, but also added 20 in-team penalties to Artest, which were not paid for any 20 games, so the Pistons management's punishment decision immediately annoyed Artest, after some scolding, The Pistons simply sent Ron Artest away.
The Pistons sent Ron Artest and Darko Milicic to get the Kings' All-Star small forward Peja Stojakovic, through such a trade, the Pistons and the Kings completed a thorn swap, Peja Stojakovic and Kerry Webb because of the fight for control of the team, not only made the Kings' locker room chickens and dogs, but also caused the Kings' record to plummet, from being one of the top three in the West, to repeatedly struggling for a playoff ticket, as for Ron Artest, not to mention, After the group fight in the palace of Auburn Mountains, and the invitation to Meng Xu to participate in E, everyone on the earth knows that this guy is a time bomb that will detonate at any time, as for this exchange of thorns, whether it is a win-win or a lose-lose, it will take time to test.