NBA: No. 1 Forward

Among them, the happiest are Knicks fans. Social media is full of posts congratulating Lian Dao on his contract extension with the Knicks.

Even some social platforms, post bars, and forums are full of jubilation.

Although everyone had foreseen the renewal of Lian Dao's contract before, but only when it is really safe can we rest assured.

Only when Lian Dao stays in New York, will the Knicks have a bright future.

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Not long after Lian Dao returned to China, the NBA officially opened the summer free market signing window on July 1.

The Knicks have a lot of restricted free agents, including Jeremy Lin, Danilo Gallinari, and Hassan Whiteside.

And Millsap's 3+1 contract has only the last year left. If Millsap has no intention of renewing his contract with the Knicks this year, he may only be able to watch him become a free agent next year.

At the same time, the same is true for Zhu Holiday. His rookie contract expires next year. If the Knicks do not renew this season, the team option will be implemented next season.

And to renew the contract next season, I am afraid that something will happen.

Therefore, this is why Donny Walsh would have such a headache when Lian Dao announced that his goal for next season was to defend the title.

But the good news is that Jrue Holiday has no intention of leaving New York.

After completing the renewal of Lian Dao's contract, Donnie Walsh began to renew Holiday's contract.

In the end, on the second day after the start of the free market, Holiday announced that he had reached a five-year contract extension of 64.5 million with the Knicks.

Holiday is the champion point guard, this contract is not very high for Holiday.

Even if Holiday improves again next season, some teams will offer him even bigger contracts.

The current Huo Ledi is much stronger than him in the same year in history, and it can even be said that it is not an exaggeration to say that he can be beaten directly.

Different growth environments will have different effects on the future growth of players.

A championship team and a playoff team are two levels.

A playoff team and an ordinary team are two levels again.

An ordinary team and a big team will be two levels.

How could the growth environment of the 76ers be comparable to that of the Knicks.

You must know that they are a championship team, and their competitiveness, training atmosphere, and game intensity are not comparable to the 76ers.

Naturally, under the influence of this environment, Holiday has to work harder, be more diligent, and make faster progress than in history.

The nba is cruel, and the nba championship team is even more cruel. They will not wait for a player who falls behind.

You can only really stay if you yourself work harder to keep up with the team.

Catalyzed by this environment, Holiday's progress each season can be described as leaps and bounds.

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The completion of the contract extension for Holiday also made Donnie Walsh breathe a sigh of relief again.

But Jeremy Lin and Gallinari do not intend to renew the Knicks.

Jeremy Lin played his worth in the Knicks this season, and he also won the championship with the team.

But in the Knicks, he can't get too much ball rights. It can even be said that he can only serve as a substitute.

For Jeremy Lin, who is famous for his worth, he obviously doesn't want to accept it.

Therefore, after winning the championship, he also shared his thoughts with Lian Dao.

Lian Dao also expressed support for this and sent blessings.

There are still many teams in the league who want to sign Jeremy Lin, and the most willing one should be the Rockets.

However, the Rockets' first offer was a bit "poisonous", a four-year contract of 28.8 million yuan.

The Knicks still chose trim as they have in history.

Historically, it was because the Knicks really wanted to keep Jeremy Lin, but now they just help him within a certain range.

For the Rockets, after sending away Goran Dragic and Kyle Lowry, they desperately need a point guard.

At the same time, the Rockets management feels that Jeremy Lin, as a Chinese player, will help the Rockets maintain the Chinese market.

You must know that the departure of Yao Ming and the rise of the Knicks caused the Rockets, which was originally the dominant player in the Chinese market, to decline rapidly.

Especially this season, the Rockets can be said to have fallen off a cliff.

The advertising investment of domestic enterprises and even Chinese businessmen in Houston and the Toyota Center has shrunk significantly.

Looking at the greatly shrunk income statement, the Rockets' boss Alexander felt a pain in the flesh.

Therefore, for Jeremy Lin, the Rockets have an momentum that is bound to win.

In fact, the Knicks chose to balance and were not worried that the Rockets would not follow.

Even if the Rockets give up calling, this contract is not a loss for the Knicks.

Especially the strength in the bench lineup has greatly enhanced the depth of the Knicks' lineup.

But how could the Rockets give up?

Sure enough, shortly thereafter, the Rockets suddenly raised their offer and offered a three-year contract worth $25 million.

Once this contract was launched, it quickly caused a big wave of hype in the United States.

Even some media and professionals thought it was a farce.

When interviewed by reporters, Nuggets coach George Karl was even more outspoken and criticized.

"This summer has been a bit, I don't know what to say, there's no better word than stupid."

Carl said.

"I feel like there's a wild, out-of-control emotion running through this league."

According to Carl, the most in line with the wild and out-of-control trade rumors are the Knicks, Rockets and Jeremy Lin.

The most outrageous thing is that this offer complies with league regulations.

Although the Rockets offered Jeremy Lin a "poison contract".

However, this contract was appended to the "Arenas Clause".

At the time, Wizards general manager Dan Fagan took advantage of the loopholes in the league rules and poached Arenas from the Warriors with a 6-year 64 million contract.

Because Arenas is a second-round pick and has only played in the Warriors for two years, it is impossible to trigger the Bird clause.

The Warriors were unable to renew their contracts on the salary cap, and could only watch helplessly as the players they trained were poached away.

So in order to avoid a similar situation, the league introduced the Arenas clause.

There are actually two most important things here:

First, for restricted free agents who have entered the league for 1-2 years, the salary of the first year of the invitation contract cannot exceed the full middle-class exception.

In the second and third years, the salary is allowed to increase significantly, up to the maximum salary that the player can get in the first year.

There seems to be nothing wrong with this.

The first point is to prevent events like Arenas from happening again, and the second point protects the players' due interests.

But there is a hidden bug here.

The new version of the labor agreement that has just been implemented stipulates that for teams that offer invitation contracts, the salary space occupied by the contracts is calculated based on the average.

In other words, if the Knicks finally choose to match the Rockets' offer, it means that Jeremy Lin can get 5 million and 5.2 million US dollars respectively in the first two years.

Then, it exploded to $14.8 million in the third year.

This number is more than the US national team center Tyson Chandler, and not much less than LeBron James' $19 million next season.

If the Rockets get Jeremy Lin, they only need to pay Jeremy Lin a contract of more than 8.3 million per year.

Therefore, this is why it is called a "poison contract".

It is because he took advantage of the loopholes in the new labor agreement.

The most important thing is that the Rockets and even some other teams in the league are trying to disgust the Knicks.

As long as it can weaken the strength of the Knicks, they can do anything.

This is the ordeal they face to become a dynasty team!

Donnie Walsh was stunned when he saw the Rockets' offer, but then he smiled and shook his head.

Donnie Walsh would never follow this offer.

Let’s not talk about whether this contract is reasonable, but if the Knicks follow, then in the 2014-2015 season, the luxury tax that the Knicks have to pay may reach 90 million or even 100 million.

Even if the boss is stupid and rich, he can't stand such a prodigal.

Therefore, Donnie Walsh directly announced his withdrawal from the offer to Jeremy Lin.

In the end the Rockets signed Jeremy Lin.

The Rockets not only did this when quoting Jeremy Lin, they used the same strategy when quoting Omer Asik.

The Rockets offered Asik a three-year, $25.1 million contract offer.

This made the bull feel as if he had eaten a lump, so disgusting that he wanted to vomit.

But there is no way, the Bulls' salary space does not allow them to match.

So the Bulls could only announce that they would give up matching the contract offered by the Houston Rockets for Omer Asik.

The Rockets took this opportunity to sign a blue-collar center with decent potential again.

Asik's athletic talent is not high, and his running and jumping ability is average, but his rebounding ability is excellent, and he is a defensive insider.

On the offensive end, he is more in the penalty area, basically has no shooting range, and his career free throw percentage is only 55%. He is a typical blue-collar player.