Roy Hibbert $1.69 million, Al Jefferson $13 million, Hansbrough $2 million, Earl Barron $860,000, Darko Milicic $7.54 million, Tyrus Thomas $4.74 million, Troy Murphy $11.97 million. Danny Granger $10.97 million, Mike Dunleavy $10.56 million, Dundee Jones $2.5 million, Earl Watson $1.23 million, Luthor Hyde $990,000, Zhang Kong $10 million, for a total salary of $77.19 million...... The Pacers almost instantly grew from a player whose salary was not too high to a big salary in an instant.

The teams above him are $98.16 million for the Knicks, $85.26 million for the Cleveland Cavaliers, $84.16 million for the Dallas Mavericks, $83.1 million for the Los Angeles Lakers and $78.01 million for the Celtics, instantly rising to the sixth place in the league and squeezing the Phoenix Suns' $73.92 million.

You must know that the luxury tax in the league is very scary, the NBA stipulates that 48% of the league's total revenue is the team's salary cap, which is the so-called guaranteed surname contract option, and 55% of the total income is the luxury tax triggerline.

Taking this season as an example, the salary cap for this season is $57.7 million, and the luxury tax trigger is $69.92 million.

Some people don't understand, since there is a luxury tax trigger, then what do you need a salary cap for? Zhang Kong is here to explain to you that the so-called salary cap does not mean the expenses that the team spends on everyone, but the expenses that the league spends on players.

That is, only those restricted players in the league can enjoy the salary offered by the league, and these wages have a certain amount, which is the aforementioned $57.7 million.

This money is a salary cap, and some of it is like an anti-gold debt, that is, the league takes out 48% of the money earned from your team, and then slowly spends on the players in your team, if the money does not reach 57.7 million, then I'm sorry.

The league will not return excess money to you, so almost all teams will recruit salaries of more than 57.7 million.

And the money above 57.7 million is the so-called luxury gold, and these salaries between 57.7 million and 69.92 million US dollars, the league does not return the money, so the owners of the team have to pay for themselves, so that the owners of the team will take some money.

But it is also necessary to limit the amount of money that those team owners take, such as the Mavericks, the Trail Blazers, and the Knicks, which are quite shameless, so they must set a line to limit the other party's money.

This is also known as the luxury tax trigger line, where you buy a player with money, which is a copy.

But when it comes to the line, it doesn't work, one more dollar, you need to pay the same amount to the league at the same time as the player's salary, for example, the current Pacers, the total salary is $77.19 million, which is over the luxury tax trigger line of $7.27 million, and the owner of the Pacers needs to pay not only his own players $7.27 million, but also $7.27 million to the league.

This is the so-called luxury tax, but the Pacers don't particularly care about it, because many people on the team are due this summer, such as Tyrus Thomas, who just traded, and Milicic, a big parallel trade, one of them is $4.74 million, the other is $7.54 million, adding up to more than $12 million, if they don't renew their contract next year, the Pacers' salary will drop instantly, which is also the back hand left by Larry Bird, Melvin Simon is not a particularly generous owner, because of the Pacers' sudden trade, so the Pacers' Christmas is not very good, while mobilizing players from the opposing city, by the way, but also taking care of their players' emotions.

It was supposed to be a Christmas holiday, but at this time the walkers became the busiest group.

I spent a meaningless Christmas with Joanna at home, Zhang Kong is not a Westerner, he has never been interested in Christmas, but Joanna has spent the Spring Festival with him, and he can't help but spend Christmas with her, right?

In a large villa, Zhang Kong and Joanna were dressed up, and Joanna cooked for Zhang Kong that night and made a table for Zhang Kong...... Well, the United States is delicious, but Zhang Kong looks at the turkey that looks like a little ostrich, and he has no appetite.

More people will think, in this romantic night, romantic night, a big villa, there are only two people, will something happen, hehe, something? Zhang Kong can tell you very clearly that no!

Expecting Zhang Kong, a wooden lump, to suddenly open his mind to chase the girl, it was an almost impossible task, and the hated Joanna almost chased him, but even if Joanna was willing to chase him, it was estimated that Zhang Kong would not agree...... He's such a stalker.

The 26th Pacers will face the visiting Hawks at home tonight, which is also the first appearance of several other Pacers generals, the transaction is going very fast, almost the 24th night just issued a deal, the morning of the 25th several generals all arrived, a day's time, all the team's problems have been solved, although the place to live has not been solved, but for the time being, they have been allowed to live in a hotel, at this time they are slowly looking for a suitable house to live in.

The current Pacers can be described as unprecedentedly strong, the Pacers in the morning training camp, Zhang Kong deliberately wore data glasses on the court to look at the data of the current Pacers team, inside, Hibbert's growth is not very obvious, or 79 level, Murphy is because this season is getting better and better, successfully growing from 81 to 83 levels, this level is obviously floating, Hansbrough also performed well, has grown from 71 to 76 levels, such a growth rate is not fast.

After all, he's a senior rookie, and Granger is still at the 89 level at guard, as long as he doesn't understand the meaning of nirvana, he can't be a 90-level superstar, and Mike Dunleavy hasn't been particularly good this season.

After all, I haven't had a long ball for too long, and I still maintain my original level of 83, a star-level player.

Deng Tai Jones has risen from the original level 79 to level 80 because of the guaranteed playing time, which is a hurdle, and after rising to level 80, he is a star player, although it is not very stable.

Earl Watson has also improved, from 75 to 78, while Hyde on the other side is 77.

That's the old guys of the Pacers, and the new players are pretty good in terms of quality.

The most surprising thing for Zhang Kong is the wolf king traded from the Timberwolves, Al Jefferson, this guy is also an existence as high as level 89, level 89, and he is only one step away from comprehending the existence of a superstar, but why did the Timberwolves sell him? In fact, the top management of the Timberwolves has always been known for their brain-dead, whether it was because of private contact with players that kept the team without a first-round pick for seven consecutive years, or let go of a lot of good seedlings, the Timberwolves can be called a model of brain-dead managers.

In addition, Al Jefferson is also willing to leave the Timberwolves this time, he really doesn't want to spend his time in a team that has no playoff hope, he still wants to join some strong teams, even if he knows that after coming here, his boss position will definitely not be guaranteed, but after hearing the Pacers' trade, he still agreed to the Pacers' proposal.

Let the team trade themselves here, and because of his presence, it also gives the Pacers a layer of security on the inside.

Among the remaining three players, Zhang Kong took a look at it and felt good! Tyrus Thomas, one of the Bulls' most brain-dead decisions...... Thomas was the No. 4 rookie in '06 and was selected by the Trail Blazers, while the Bulls chose Aldridge, and then the Bulls' uniform team suddenly made a two-off, and the two teams were exchanged~ Everyone knows what Aldridge is like now.

The Bulls, on the other hand, are much worse, which has sent Thomas to the Pacers.

In fact, Thomas looks pretty good in Zhang Kong's eyes, a defensive giant, and his defensive ability is extremely terrifying, although his body is thin and his offensive means are extremely poor, but his tough defensive attitude is eye-catching, and the level of 80 is almost all related to defense.

Earl Barron, level 78, can play time in the bench time, the offensive means are average, the defense is okay, and the bench group can put the inside of the penalty area for the Pacers, although the ability is a little lacking, but the annual salary is only 860,000, what kind of bicycle do you need, whether it is Zhang Kong or others, they are very satisfied with Earl Barron's data.

And the last guy made Zhang Kong's eyes light up...... Milicic, level 86, has extremely rich offensive means and extremely powerful defensive means, and the silent 03 generation is finally no longer willing to endure the cold eyes and white eyes of others.

This time with the Pacers, he's ready to work hard and put all his energy on this contentious team.

"That guy, is Darko Milicic?" Zhang Kong pointed to the big white man on the field, Zhang Kong asked the assistant coach next to him with some surprise, Halle Mikey looked at the place Zhang Kong pointed, and then nodded with a smile.

"He's the addition of the Knicks this time, there's no way, Mr. Bird didn't want to trade him, but if you want Earl Barron, you need to take him, so he's here......" Hearing Halle Mickey's words, Zhang Kong smiled and picked up the treasure!

The trade is for Al Jefferson and Big Bug Millisic, hehe, this time it's a balance between inside and outside!

(To be continued)