The communication between Bill Duffy and Danny Ainge was very smooth, and there was almost no disagreement on the contract amount, mainly because Li Yang's playing age is too short, and Li Yang's contract with the Celtics is limited by too many terms, and it is not too troublesome to negotiate. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Yang has not been in the NBA for more than two years, which means that Li Yang is subject to the "Arenas clause" when signing with the Celtics, which means that his salary in the first year of his new contract cannot exceed the league's mid-class exception, and the increase in the second year is not more than 8%, and the third year is unrestricted and can provide a maximum salary.

Previously, the NBA had announced the salary rules for the 14-15 season, the salary cap for the 14-15 season was $63.065 million, the luxury tax collection line was set at $76.829 million, and the specific amount of the mid-range contract was $5.305 million.

That is to say, the maximum amount of Li Yang's contract with the Celtics in the first year is $5.305 million, there is no doubt that the Celtics directly quoted the highest, and the second year is also directly according to the highest 8% increase, which means that Li Yang's contract amount in the second year is $5.73 million.

However, in the third year, Li Yang's contract amount can skyrocket, and he can directly get the maximum salary, and the Celtics did offer the maximum salary in the third year.

According to the league's maximum salary regulations, the maximum salary that Li Yang gets in the third year will be based on the salary cap of the effective year of the contract, and the maximum salary of players with a playing age of 0-6 years is 25% of the salary cap, and Li Yang and the Celtics will take effect immediately once they sign the contract, so this base is also the salary cap of 63.065 million US dollars in the 14-15 season, and the proportion of 25% is 15.766 million US dollars.

The three-year salary makes up the total of Li Yang's entire contract, which is $26.8 million for three years, which is the largest amount that the Celtics can offer in the NBA's salary regulations, and the Celtics do offer the largest amount.

In the preliminarily agreed contract, the two sides will sign a three-year fixed contract, not a 2+1 contract, and Bill Duffy did not attach a player option clause to Li Yang, because even after two seasons, Li Yang only stayed with the Celtics for two years, and did not meet the "Bird Clause" to play for a team for three years, so even if Li Yang jumped out of the contract, he could not get a higher salary than $15.766 million. Of course, as long as Li Yang's performance in the past three years is good enough, after that, Li Yang can sign a real big contract.

As for the Celtics, in order to show that they really want to rebuild around Li Yang, in addition to the upper limit on the amount of the contract, they also did not add a team option clause, which is obviously to show Li Yang their confidence in Li Yang.

The preliminary contract between the two parties was finalized, but it could not be signed immediately, because according to NBA regulations, the signing of free agents could not officially start until July 10, so Li Yang and the Celtics could only temporarily reach a verbal agreement, of course, such a verbal agreement is basically equivalent to being completely finalized, unless one of the parties repents, and the probability of this is very low.

Li Yang has just completed the contract agreement with Celtic, and the media has already reported the news in the outside world.

For three years and $26.8 million, Young reached a verbal agreement with the Boston Celtics, and the Finals MVP joined the Green Shirts. ”

The news report is still just a simple sentence, but it has caused Celtic fans and Li Yang's fans to be very happy.

"I'm grass, Li Yang finally chose to be our Celtics, what an unexpected joy!"

"I got Li Yang, and I can finally start rebuilding in earnest!"

Celtics fans are excited, and Li Yang's fans have also become more active because Li Yang has finally confirmed his next home.

"Brothers, Li Yang has switched to the Celtics, and we have to follow. Under the leadership of some activists, Li Yang's fans quickly moved to the Celtic zone.

Li Yang fans came to leave a message, and they will mix this area in the future. ”

"Welcome to join, we are all one family from now on!"

There was a lot of laughter on the Celtics' side, but it was not like this in other team areas, on the Spurs side, when Li Yang finally decided to leave the Spurs, Spurs fans left messages with emotion.

In the Hawks and Pelicans, fans are extremely sorry that the team was not able to get Li Yang.

It's not just the fans, in addition to those teams that have long been told to be out, the Hawks, Pelicans, and Mavericks, the three teams that were still hopeful, expressed great regret at the moment when Li Yang made his choice.

Li Yang of these three teams called and replied one by one, and he didn't want the other party to learn about his choice from the news. Although they were not chosen in the end, the sincerity they showed and their recognition of Li Yang still made Li Yang grateful.

And whether it is Budenholzer or Anthony Davis, they are extremely shocked when they hear that Li Yang did not choose their own team, even if Li Yang repeatedly apologized, they still felt very regretful, and even afterward, Anthony Davis also said directly in an interview with reporters: "It's so unexpected, I always thought that I could join forces with Yang, it's too unexpected." I decided to cut ties with Yang for the next month, and it was really sad news. ”

There was some joke in Davis's words, but from this you can hear the regret in his heart. But this is the NBA, this is the free market, and not every player can pick the team they want, and not every team can get the player they want.

Of course, in the eyes of Li Yang and the management of Celtic, the other party is his favorite object, so there is no regret.

On the morning of July 10, at the North Shore Garden Arena in Boston, Li Yang and Danny Ainge signed a three-year official contract to officially join the Celtics.

Subsequently, Li Yang and Danny Ainge, Brad Stevens attended the press conference together, Li Yang received his jersey from Danny Ainge, because the Celtics' No. 19 jersey has been retired, Li Yang chose No. 99 as his new jersey number, meaning that he is always one step away from perfection, spurring himself to strive to do his best!