Eight Hundred and Twelve: An Offer that Cannot Be Refused

The latest website: On the first day after the opening of the free agency market, the biggest news is undoubtedly that Link has renewed his contract with the Grizzlies with a five-year maximum salary of $93 million.

Link played in the Grizzlies for four years. Normally, he is no different from a rookie who has just completed his rookie contract.

Usually, a player who has just executed a rookie contract signs a max salary with the team, even if the max salary is not particularly high, it is worthy of his worth.

For example, “Uncle Drew” Irving, the No. 1 pick in the same year as Link, if he renews his contract with the Cavaliers this summer, the contract range he can get is between 85 million and 90 million, similar to Link.

Although Owen has great potential, because he is still immature, the price of 85-90 million, which is less than 100 million, is still in line with his worth.

But when Link, who was in the same class as Irving, was revealed to have signed with the Grizzlies for $93 million, people were very surprised.

Everyone always thinks that Link's salary is too low, why is his contract so much higher than Owen's?

It's not hard to explain why people feel this way. Because no player in NBA history has won the championship twice in the first four years of his career, and has also completed the personal honor Grand Slam achievements of double first team, MVP, FMVP and best defensive player!

Although Link, like Owen, is equivalent to a rookie who has just completed his rookie contract, his achievements are no longer comparable to those of a player who has just completed his rookie contract!

Link and Owen can't even be compared, and the hard honors are really far behind!

Therefore, people will feel that Link's salary seems to be lower than his strength. After all, Anthony, who didn't even make the playoffs last season, was revealed to be able to earn at least 120 million!

Outside, most people think the Grizzlies are a big bargain. They left a superstar for the price of an ordinary player!

Of course, there are also people who think that the Grizzlies management is particularly brainless. The reason why this view appears is mainly because of the trade veto and player options at the end of the contract.

"The Grizzlies' $93 million contract is the maximum amount allowed by the rules. They don't owe Link anything, so why add a trade veto to Link? Link won't be useful in the future, they won't even be able to. Take him out!"

"The Grizzlies may have forgotten,

How did Kobe torture the Lakers with his trade veto? This kind of overlord clause can't be used indiscriminately. "

"KD doesn't have a trade veto, and LeBron doesn't have a trade veto, but Link does. In fact, if you don't count Link, there are only 5 people in the entire NBA history who have a trade veto. Hahahaha, the Grizzlies are really pitiful. , that's the tragedy of small city teams."

"Player options? God, if the Grizzlies don't work in four years, Link will kick them out!"

"The Grizzlies are too brainless, they are completely controlled by Link!"

"Many overlord clauses let us see the side of Link's businessman."

"The Grizzlies should just change their name to Memphis Link."

The next day, Link found that there were countless fans complaining about the signing on the Internet.

The villain has been acting for a long time, and he will be hacked if he signs an appointment.

I don’t know, I thought it was Link who put a knife on Wallace and Pera’s neck, forcing them to add trade veto and player options.

In this regard, Link is also quite speechless. There are still people who say that Durant has no trade veto. Link really wants to ask the fans who say this, does Durant have two championships?

To sum up, in terms of amount, those people couldn't find the black spot of this contract, so they simply blacked out the terms.

If Link can also sign a contract of 100 million yuan this summer, there will definitely be sunspots who say that he is not worth so much money.

To put it bluntly, the sunspots are expressing a point of view, "Link is not worth so much!"

Neither Link nor the Grizzlies responded positively to this. Because talking to Heizi about anything is completely unreasonable.

Now, after completing the draft and re-signing, Link has flown to Europe with Rachel to start their sweet summer vacation.

The sunspots were so dark that Link couldn't see them either.

Link is more relaxed now, but the Grizzlies and some other players are still roaming the free agency market.

For example, Andre Iguodala, the Grizzlies' two-peat champion.

Seeing the Grizzlies win Link for 93 million in 5 years, the happiest is undoubtedly the new Warriors coach Steve Kerr!

After Link signed a max contract with the Grizzlies, the Grizzlies have little cap space left this season! At this time, he and the warriors can take advantage of the emptiness and "steal" Iguodala, who has been thinking about it!

So after the Grizzlies renewed Link, the Warriors met with Iguodala as soon as possible, and Iguodala agreed.

Kerr is confident about this. As long as Iguodala is put on the puzzle, he believes that the Golden State Warriors will open a new era!

The two sides chose to meet in New York. When Iguodala appeared in front of Cole, he looked like a suit and leather shoes.

He was polite and did not play big names, which surprised Cole.

After all, Iguodala's Grizzlies are not a "polite" team. He also thought that Iguodala would show some bandit.

That's when Kerr suddenly realized that people didn't really understand the Memphis Grizzlies.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Andre. At the same time, congratulations on the second championship ring of your career." Kerr then also put on his kind side, he tried to get closer to Andre Iguodala the distance between.

"Thank you, Steve. Speaking of which, those are really good memories... I'm sorry, let's get down to business." Iguodala found himself caught in the wonderful memories after winning the championship, and hurried back Come to God.

"Hahaha, there's nothing to be sorry about. You've seen our offer, 48 million in 4 years! I believe that this shows our sincerity." Kerr was confident when he reported the figure of 48 million in 4 years.

An average of 12 million a year, which is an impossible price for the Grizzlies. If the Grizzlies follow the bid, the cap space is completely locked. Because of the contracts of Light Link, Gasol and Randolph, they account for $45.33 million in space.

$45.33 million, equivalent to 71% of this year's salary cap! After the Grizzlies re-sign Link, they can only use less than 40% of the remaining salary space to get other players. And this 40%, it is impossible for the Grizzlies to use all of Iguodala.

Iguodala nodded, 4 years 4800, for an auxiliary player, this is indeed a very sincere offer. He also knew very well that the Grizzlies couldn't have offered such a price.

Seeing Iguodala nodding, Kerr immediately stepped up his offensive, "In the new season, I can guarantee that the Golden State Warriors will undergo great changes. We made the playoffs last season, and we already have a good foundation. After My transformation, I believe our team can be close to the championship. Stephen Curry is fully mature, and Klay Thompson is also playing. We have unlimited potential next season, if you want to win the championship, I can tell you , you can get it in Oakland!"

"And I know, you've been investing. A place like Oakland is definitely a better place to invest than Memphis. No offense, but Memphis is way behind the economy compared to the Bay Area! In the Bay Area, you can not only get The champion can also build his own business empire with one hand!"

Cole came prepared. He played all the cards in his hand and waited for Iguodala to nod. To describe it with lines from the movie "The Godfather", Cole believed that what he gave was an "offer that couldn't be refused."

As a result, Iguodala didn't speak for a while. He looked at his hands as if thinking about something.

Finally, Iguodala showed a polite smile, "I'm glad you can take me so seriously, but...I need to think about it."

"Of course, it's the big thing that will determine your career direction, and you should think about it! I'll wait for your answer, Andre. We need you, Oakland needs you. With the Warriors, you get everything!"

Kerr remains confident that he thinks Iguodala will eventually agree no matter what. Thinking about it is just a polite speech before formal cooperation.

But actually, Iguodala said he was going to think about it, literally...