Chapter 541: The Overall Champion and the Luxury Tax

This first game was won so easily that Chen Jiyuan didn't show his sense of existence at all. However, this is not a big deal, and at the post-match press conference, Chen Jiyuan certainly expressed his happy state of affairs about this situation.

"No matter how many points I get, no matter what number I have, as long as the team can win, I'm willing to make any sacrifice." This is Chen Jiyuan's original words to reporters, although it is not certain how much this can be done, but at least, this attitude has to be put out. Otherwise, a player who only counts his own jù and doesn't care if the team wins or loses, no one will dare to ask you if you are awesome.

The Knicks got off to a good start in this first game, and it was also against the weakness of the opponent, and now the heat is pressed for next year. Next year will be an important opportunity to determine the strength of the Heat in the next few years. If the Heat can successfully bring in James as they did in their previous life, then the Heat will once again succeed in becoming a strong contender for the championship, as for Chris Bosh, this guy is bound to leave, and the only thing to worry about now is James and the Cleveland Cavaliers to renew their contract. After all, James is quite comfortable with the Cavaliers now, and he listens to it well. Although there has been no significant improvement this year, the Cavaliers have always been one of the strong teams. And, because of James' savings, the Cleveland Cavaliers have always been one of the most profitable teams. Therefore, renewing the contract with the home team, James's contract will definitely not be treated badly, unless Dan Gilbert's head is squeezed by the door, and then he is kicked by a donkey, and then falls into the dung pit, and into a big, he will not give James the biggest contract.

So, whether James will leave or not, and whether the Heat Big Three will succeed, this is an unknown, and it is still a very exciting unknown. To be honest, for the Heat, Chen Jiyuan also thinks it is quite strong, there is no need to say how sharp the breakthrough of James and Wade is, and at the same time, Bosh is willing to be a three-in-command, sacrificing himself for the team. Willing to be reduced to being more of a big man who shoots from the outside. In addition to the good role players, Battier, Ray Allen and other shooters. Paired with the small-ball tactics developed by Eric Spoelstra. It's really scary. Chen Jiyuan also didn't want to touch the heat when he won two consecutive championships. Although in the third year, the Heat destroyed the Great Wall and became a strong team. To say that the Great Wall is self-destructing, it is mainly because of the owner of the team, Harrison Sr., who gradually handed over the management of the team to his son Harrison Jr. Then in order to save money, this little Harrison began to do things on the team that didn't seem very inconspicuous, but could completely ruin the team.

In fact, this is a very simple question, because although the Heat won two consecutive championships at that time, they actually didn't make money at all, and even in the first year, the Heat lost money. That's what the sentence is, lose money and make money. And in the second year, the Heat won two consecutive championships, and this year, the Heat team was a no-loser and no-gain. No one knows what Harrison Sr. means, and if the team continues to run under Harrison Sr., then Harrison Sr. will choose

A: Continue to win and lose money to compete for the championship

B: It's better to continue to save money for a certain amount of time, but still compete for the championship, although the possibility is a little smaller.

Harrison Sr.'s answer is known only to Harrison Sr., but Harrison Jr.'s answer is that the world knows it. Harrison Jr. chose B.

First, Harrison Jr. gave up on Mike Miller. After taking power, Harrison Jr. chose to pardon Mike Miller, which saved the Heat a lot of money, because Mike Miller is the fourth highest-paid person in the Heat, with an annual salary of $5.8 million, and because of the amnesty of Mike Miller, the luxury tax that the Heat need to pay also saves $5.8 million, which adds up to $11.6 million. Quite far away from 70 million yuan.

Then, in terms of recruitment, Harrison Jr. also found two guys with veteran contracts with base salaries, namely Michael Beasley, Auden the Great, and Lewis. However, the effect is obviously not satisfactory.

You know, Battier is really old at this time. The introduction of new and more powerful foreign aid is necessary. But the heat that has surpassed the luxury tax can only get one dollar back for every two dollars spent. Naturally, I had to save a little. So in that year, the Heat's hopes of a triple championship were extinguished.

Of course, Harrison Jr. cannot be blamed for the Heat's loss in the Finals, and the poor performance of role players is also one of the important reasons. It can only be said that Harrison Jr.'s money-saving policy must have hastened the demise of the Heat dynasty.

As for after the end of the season, because he didn't win the championship, Harrison Jr. has the confidence to speak, what do you ask? Of course, it's about how we can bring wages down to the luxury tax. You see you didn't win the championship, and now you want me to hand over a lot of money to the league, are you embarrassed?

As a result, James can be regarded as having a thorough understanding of Harrison Jr.'s business strategy. More or less, James doesn't want to stay with the Heat anymore, and it's clearly a team that hasn't developed. Is it interesting for James to stay? For so many years, the team that won the championship didn't pay the luxury tax. It can be said that if you don't want to pay the luxury tax and want to win the championship, that is a typical bitch who wants to set up a torii.

If you can't get the championship and have to take a salary cut to renew your contract, it's no wonder that James can agree.

So, James went home. It's going to be Cleveland.

However, in this life, whether James will leave Cleveland is a big question. If there is no formation of the so-called Heat Triumvirate, then the pressure on Chen Jiyuan will be much less.

Next year's offseason, Chen Jiyuan is also looking forward to it.

The Knicks' second game was still on the road, against the Bobcats in Charlotte.

The Bobcats are a typical underdog. Chen Jiyuan felt that this game could be won without much effort.

Sure enough, just as Chen Jiyuan thought, the Bobcats were beaten to the ground.

Chen Jiyuan's defensive strength against Tyson Chandler is still good, but this game is still a beaten downfall, Tyson Chandler this season because of a back injury, plus the Bobcat's tactics are not very compatible, so the table has been very poor, take advantage of your illness to kill you, Chen Jiyuan will not carry forward the spirit of respecting the old and loving the young at this time, let Tyson Chandler, the decisive Chen Jiyuan began the killing journey. So, in this game, Chen Jiyuan scored 33 points and 12 rebounds under the defense of Tyson Chandler.

And Sessions proved that his watch was not a flash in the pan that ended in a single game.

In this game, Sessions had 31 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds. Once again, with a comprehensive number of jù, it shows its own growth.

In the whole game, the Knicks completed the slaughter of the Bobcats with almost no effort. Just Elvis Presley Gerard Wallace. One person, there is no way to lead everyone in the team to pretend to fly together.

In the end, the Knicks won the game with a score of 123:101. Two big wins in a row brought the Knicks' strength to the top. In the next game, the Knicks will return to their long-lost home court, Madison Square Garden in New York. Taking advantage of this time to inject morale, the Knicks certainly want to achieve more victories at this time.

The next game will be a bit of an eye-catcher, as it's time for Andre Iguodala and Starkey to play against their old clubs.

This kind of thing is relatively common. After all, there are very few people who can stay on the same team for their entire careers. Even Paul Pearce was sent away in the end. You can see how difficult it is to accomplish this great cause.

The game returned to the home stadium.

Before the game even started, the atmosphere on the field was already at its highest. The fans cheered one after another, filling the entire stadium with all kinds of shouts. The Knicks players played one by one. Until the end, when Chen Jiyuan walked out, the shouts of the fans on the long side finally became a little clearer.

First, the shouts of "MVP" made the entire arena shake.

When Chen Jiyuan greeted the fans. The audience once again resounded with the crazy shout of "Apple-King". It feels like this group of fans is going to overturn the entire stadium to be happy.

Before the game began, Starkey came back to greet all his teammates one by one. After all, it's a quest for a better contract. So everyone didn't have much resentment about Starkey's behavior, after all, even if it was himself, he might do it. At least on face, everyone still greeted each other well.

André Iguodala also greeted his teammates. Andre Iguodala's reasons for leaving Philadelphia are more complicated, of course, more because of the feud between Andre Iguodala and the management. After all, after several years in Philadelphia, Andre Iguodala still has a lot of feelings. Now that he is on a different team against his old club, Andre Iguodala is a little nostalgic. However, as soon as the match starts, this little bit of emotion will be thrown by Andre Iguodala to Java Country. When you go to the field, you have to see red with a bayonet. It's not time to feel nostalgic.

In this game, the starters on the Knicks' side were Chen Jiyuan, Love, Sessions, Stephen Jackson, and Andre Iguodala.

The Philadelphia 76ers started Louis Williams, Thaddeus Young, Elton Brand, Samuel Dalham Porter and Rodney Starkey.