On July 16, 1997, after NBA officials announced the voting results of the regular meeting, the headlines of most mainstream media were the same - beat-la!
Throughout this year¡¯s regular owners¡¯ meeting, it seems that all the terms passed are aimed at the Lakers.
Lakers fans are cursing the Bulls boss. The two-year contract signed by Jordan using that special exception expired in 1998. After the extension, the salary will occupy the salary cap. He proposed to modify the terms, disgusting other teams that use this clause. .
Last summer, most teams ignored the "Jordan exception". Not many teams used it. Most of the useless teams were ordinary playoff teams or even bad teams.
The emergence of this rule is bound to cause shocks to the free market in the years after 1998.
However, in the eyes of the media, it is not the Lakers who are most affected, but the Knicks and Heatincluding the Bulls themselves.
The Lakers will not be affected for the time being. If you have to worry about it, it will be next year. The impact on the current Lakers is not that big.
But this operation of the Bulls really surprised many people, and they couldn't understand why they did it. This completely eliminated the possibility of them ever asking the league to renew Jordan's contract beyond the salary cap.
With Jordan¡¯s box office appeal, if the Bulls continue to propose Jordan¡¯s contract extension beyond the salary cap after next season, other teams will most likely not object.
Who can have trouble with money?
The team that brought the highest increase in ticket prices to visiting teams last season was the Bulls. In fact, it was the increase in ticket prices and ticket sales rates that Jordan brought to visiting teams.
Some experts have concluded that the passage of this clause will have a profound impact on the NBA.
It has played a great role in promoting the temporarily shelved "luxury tax clause".
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Zhang Hao saw the NBA¡¯s terms changesmost of them were expected.
Even the changes to the "Jordan Special" were expected. In his impression, the "Jordan Special" did bring down several teams in the end.
But the Lakers are definitely not among them, otherwise they would not have completed three consecutive championships at the beginning of the new century.
Although it is also a trouble for the Lakers, it is still within the maneuverable space. For example, after Rick Fox signed the contract, he will have bird rights after the three-year contract expires. The other main players are similar. In 1998, When the time comes to renew the contract, you will also have bird rights.
Not surprisingly, the 1998 Labor Agreement will introduce a special case for the middle class Anyway, the problem can always be solved.
"Moreover, there is no need for him to worry. After signing Rick Fox, he won't have to worry about next season. He can just add functional players and be done with it.
He continued to invest in three trainings: cross-step changes, basic defensive skills, and basic shooting skills
As he expected, the Lakers' recruitment work has not been greatly affected. On the contrary, it is still beneficial at present.
Because of the changes to the "Jordan Special", signings for next year and possibly strong teams will be restricted. Next season may be the clearest time to take advantage of the situation in the next few seasons.
On July 18, the Lakers signed Joan Barry, the son of the famous Rick Barry, for US$550,000 per year.
On July 20, the Lakers grabbed Jon Barry¡¯s younger brother, Brent Barry, and signed a two-year, $6 million contract in the competition with the Bulls!
Brent Barry was also a rookie in the 1995 class. He signed a two-year rookie contract. He played quite well in his rookie year, starting 44 games. He averaged 10.1 points and 2.9 assists per game in his rookie year, but the Clippers did a great job recruiting last season. , Brent Barry was placed on the bench, his playing time declined, his performance declined, and he refused to renew his contract after his rookie contract expired and entered the free market.
His performance as a sophomore was not great, but in his rookie year he averaged 1.6 three-pointers per game and a 41.6% three-point shooting rate, which attracted the attention of many teams.
After the free market opened, the logo man has been in contact with them, but the Bulls are also competing with them, as well as the Heat and Spurs. The latter two teams have ignored them, but the Bulls have Brent Barry's idol Jordan.
When the Lakers were about to lose the important addition to the bench, the logo man made a trick
The Bulls really didn¡¯t expect that the Lakers would use this kind of reverse operation to take down the older brother first to seduce the younger brother to join!
Jerry Krause cursed Jerry West for being shameless!
But it was not all without gain for the Bulls. They also won a battle with the Lakers.
On July 21, the Bulls signed free agent Robert Horry with a one-year contract of US$2.5 million. The Lakers gave him 3 million per year, but the other party wanted to cooperate with Jordan more, mainly because the Bulls could provide him. Starting position.
CompetitionI played in the Salt Lake City Summer League in late October and the Orlando Summer League in early August. Both performances were very good, so good that I don¡¯t know how to describe it It was like asking O¡¯Neal to play in the summer league.
During the Salt Lake City Summer League, Duncan played 9 games in 11 days, averaging 22 minutes per game and 21 points per game He didn't need to play with skills, he just dunked on people.
McGrady played 14 games in the past two months after being selected by the Bulls. The Bulls did not reach the finals in the two summer leagues. They ended after 7 regular-stage games. Duncan and Iverson also left. , McGrady has no one here, just a group of fringe and undrafted players who are on trial.
But in 14 games, he averaged 31 minutes per game, scoring 13.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2 blocks, which is amazing.
His physical fitness is simply amazing. He has all kinds of chasing skills, but he doesn¡¯t like shooting very much. He focuses on defense and passing.
According to media reports, Jordan didn¡¯t even bother to take a look at McGrady, but after the Las Vegas Summer League ended on August 20, Jordan notified the Bulls and asked them to take McGrady to his vacation villa in Miami to find him
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After returning to Los Angeles, Zhang Hao devoted himself to studying + training. His life was compact but very happy.
A few more days passed, and September arrived. On the morning of the 1st, he received a call from his father, saying that he was bringing a child named "Xiao Yao" to Los Angeles.
"Xiao Yao? Who is Xiao Yao Could it be Chairman Yao!"
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