Let's take a look at the Knicks' extravagant lineup in 99, Ewing, Marcus Camby, Larry Johnson, Sprewell, Alan Houston, all of them are big contracts!

According to the NBA, 48% of the league's total revenue is the "salary cap", and 55% of the total revenue is the luxury tax threshold.

For example, the "salary cap" for the 99-00 season is $34 million, and the luxury tax is $38.958 million.

If a team crosses it in defiance of the existence of the luxury tax, then the team will be severely punished.

Penalty 1 is that for every dollar spent on top of 55 percent, the team will pay a dollar in luxury tax. If the team exceeds the luxury tax by $10 million, they will have to pay $10 million in taxes.

Penalty 2 is forfeiture of 10% of the player's salary; The official implementation date is the 2001-2002 season.

This rule is the product of a compromise between the two sides in the labor negotiations after the "boycott" in '99.

NBA officials deduct 10% of the player's salary and put it into an escrow account. If a player's income for the year exceeds 55% of the league's total income, then the money is officially confiscated; If it is not exceeded, it will naturally be returned to the original number.

The purpose of the NBA to set up this escrow is like a sword of Damocles, hanging over the team's head, "forcing" the team to not exceed 55% of the total salary.

Let's talk about this pick.

Draft picks refer to the right of NBA teams to select rookies at the draft conference after the season.

At the time of the draft, each team automatically receives one first-round pick and one second-round pick.

It depends on where each team stood in the regular season last year, with the bottom 14 teams automatically receiving one first-round pick in the first round.

This first-round pick is often referred to as a lottery pick.

The first-round draft picks and the odds of becoming an All-Star are as follows.

1st pick: 57%.

2nd-5th picks: 34%.

6th-10th pick: 17%.

10th-29th pick: 6%.

This is very similar to buying groceries, the person who buys first naturally has to pick what he thinks is the best!

Everyone is picking the relatively good ones. to improve the roster, or complete the team rebuild, or cultivate hope for the future.

When teams trade with each other, they usually use first-round picks to make up the difference in the salary of the traded players!

A first-round pick can equate between $2.5 million and $3.5 million.

Second-round picks are often added to a trade.

One of the first-round picks may have terms attached at the time of the trade. The most common protection riders include: Lotto Lottery Protection, Lotto Zone Top 3 Protection. Lotto Zone Top 5 Protection.

The so-called lotto lottery protection is explained as follows.

If Team A and Team B have a lotto protection clause attached to a deal that includes a "first-round pick", Team A does not have to give the pick to Team B if they are in the top 14. Otherwise, execute according to the contract!

The so-called top 3 protection in the lotto area, if the team draws the top 3 spots in the first round, there is no need to hand over the players; Otherwise, execute according to the contract!

The so-called lotto area top 5 protection. Ditto.

In contrast, "no right to protection" means that there are no additional terms.

Since 1990, the NBA has used a small-ball rolling lottery to draw the top 3 picks in the lottery area, and the opportunity to cheat has been blocked, and this season, a total of 2 lucky teams have won the top pick with a probability of less than 10%.

In '93, the Magic team had a 1.5% chance of winning the top pick. Chris Webb was drafted and traded on the spot for Tim Hardaway.

95 years. With a 9.4% chance of winning the No. 1 pick, the Warriors selected Joe Smith.

In the real world of '00, the Nets selected Kenyon Martin with a 4.4% probability of winning the first pick.

With Usilis's strength, as long as he guarantees that there will be no major injuries within half a year, becoming the top pick in the 2000 NBA Draft is already a sure thing.

Who can be in the deal. If you are lucky enough to get the 00-year first-round pick in the hands of the Nets, you can bring the "future champion" under your command!

At present, this 00-year-old champion lottery is naturally in a lot of fog and has not yet been revealed!

It's all about the money!

Usilis has set his sights on the Knicks, so naturally he has to make arrangements in advance!

Let's get back to the point.

Top secret meeting room. There are only three people, and all the secrecy measures have been done in advance!

James Dolan, Ewing, and Usyris sat together, watched the video of the NBA headquarters together through Mr. Dolan's notebook, and naturally got down to business!

Mr. Dolan instructed on the spot that Scott Redden bought the 10-year broadcast rights of Usyris's 6-game video on the spot, spending the most money and full of sincerity, that is, after Usyris's "3-year No. 1 contract", he made a verbal commitment to join the Knicks as a free agent!

The Knicks have reached the full game in the 98-99 season, the lineup remains the same, and the record of this season is estimated to be the second or third round of the playoffs, according to the rules, only the first round picks other than the 00 non-lottery picks, and the top pick.

If you want to get the champion lottery, you have to make a lucky deal, this probability is too low to be considered!

Although Usilis knew the ownership of the 00-year champion sign, he would not tell it, this is too mysterious, and once the prophecy is confirmed, this will cause too much trouble.

All he had to do was manipulate the Knicks into making this lucky deal with a verbal promise.

This behind-the-scenes deal, once made public, will inevitably be strongly condemned by other NBA teams, and the consequences will be extremely serious, and naturally it cannot be put on paper.

3 years, not too long, not too short!

For the sake of a superstar, any team can wait!

Usilis pretended to hesitate for a moment, and was about to give a promise, when the NBA2000 game page suddenly opened!

He instinctively thought that the system was going to destroy his wishful thinking, no matter what, he couldn't speak casually, and pretended to close his eyes on the spot, with a contemplative posture.

A blonde woman said with a blank face and a serious face.

"Players plan behind-the-scenes deals, and the system matches both trades. A trade, the Knicks and Nets reached a deal before the trade deadline, the content of the deal: Sprewell Gallari Johnson traded Stephen Marbury and a Nets 00-year unprotected first-round pick, received the system match "champion pick protection", the player guarantee is permanently damaged by 50 diamonds, and the system deducts 1500 diamonds; B trade, let it be, no collateral damage! (To be continued.) )