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After acquiring Clifford Robinson, Dumars continued to hunt for gold in the free agent market. He first signed combo guard Damon Jones for three years and $1.96 million, and then signed a non-guaranteed one-year base salary of $470,000. The sexual contract signed blue-collar center Victor Alexander.
With the addition of Rodney White, whom the team selected with the 9th overall pick in the first round this year, and former veteran players, the Pistons' roster already has 14 players. They are:
Centers: Ben Wallace (No. 3, annual salary of $4.7 million), Victor Alexander (No. 9, annual salary of $470,000);
Power forwards: Clifford Robinson (No. 30, annual salary of $7.66 million), Mickey Moore (No. 31, annual salary of $2.53 million), Rodney White (No. 5, annual salary of $1.69 million);
Small forwards: Wang Dalin (No. 8, annual salary of US$10.63 million), Corris Williams (No. 34, annual salary of US$4 million), Brian Cardinal (No. 35, annual salary of US$470,000);
Shooting guards: Richard Hamilton (No. 32, annual salary of $2.11 million), Michael Curry (No. 12, annual salary of $2.4 million), Joan Barry (No. 20, annual salary of $3.18 million);
Point guards: Chauncey Billups (No. 1, annual salary of $2.48 million), Chucky Atkins (No. 7, annual salary of $3.3 million), Damon Jones (No. 14, annual salary of $570,000) ).
The allowed roster of the NBA is 15 people, and the Pistons are still one short of that. Carlisle clearly asked Dumars to find a meat shield center, but it is not easy to find such a center in the league now.
Due to the strength of the Lakers and O'Neal, as well as the aging of the outstanding centers in the 1990s, meat shield centers are now not only rare in the league, but also very valuable.
Someone may ask: Hasn¡¯t the Pistons already exceeded the salary cap of $42.5 million? Why do you still want to sign players? Aren¡¯t you afraid of paying the ¡°luxury tax¡±?
As mentioned before, the NBA will officially implement the "luxury tax" system starting this season, so many teams do not dare to spend too much when signing contracts. However, no matter in the original time and space or in this life, no NBA team paid the "luxury tax" in the 2001-2002 season. Why is this?
It¡¯s time to popularize science here.
To put it simply, the "luxury tax" is established because most NBA team owners do not want player salaries to exceed a certain percentage of the team's total revenue. They are mainly afraid that super rich people like Paul Allen will directly spend money to "buy" a championship. So the "luxury tax" was formulated to specifically punish "rich teams".
First of all, there is a so-called "contract ceiling" in the NBA labor terms, which is 55% of "basketball business income (bri)".
Secondly, according to the league¡¯s ¡°luxury tax¡± regulations, a portion of the player¡¯s salary each year (not exceeding 10%) will be temporarily withheld by the league.
If the player¡¯s total salary exceeds the contract limit after settlement that year, the withheld salary will first be used to compensate the team owner.
The amount of compensation is greater than the amount by which the salary exceeds the contract ceiling, and the remaining money is returned to the players. If the amounts are equal, they will be equal.
If the withheld wages are not enough to compensate, the NBA will begin to impose a "luxury tax."
For example, the basketball revenue in the 2001-2002 season was US$2.667 billion, the contract ceiling (55%) was US$1.467 billion, and the total player salary and bonuses were US$1.598 billion. The player salary temporarily withheld by the league (not exceeding 10% of the total player salary ) 153 million U.S. dollars, and the player's income exceeding the contract limit is 131 million U.S. dollars.
As you can see, the portion of a player's income that exceeds the contract ceiling does not exceed the portion temporarily withheld by the league, so the league will not levy a "luxury tax."
According to calculations, the luxury tax will only be triggered when the total income of players in the league exceeds 61.11% of bri. Player income in the 2001-2002 season was 59.8% of bri, so no team needed to pay the luxury tax - even if the Knicks' salary this season reached a staggering $85 million.
(Lao Wang: In order to understand this, I have been studying for a long time!)
Closer to home, Dumars searched everywhere but could not find a suitable meat shield center. He even asked Wang Dalin about Ernest Brown, the Heat's second-round pick who was waived last year, and learned about his playing style. Very soft, I had no choice but to smile bitterly.
Wang Dalin suddenly remembered something, slapped his forehead and said with a smile: "Qiao, I know a powerful center, you must be very satisfied!"
Dumas asked hurriedly: "What's your name? Are you American?"
Wang Dalin smiled and said: "His name is Gates. I don't know if he is American, but I know he is very tall and very strong he should not be smaller than Shaq!"
"What? Not younger than Shaq?Wait!"Mas was shocked, then thought for a moment and suddenly said, "I know who you are talking about, it turns out to be Gates Joseph!"
Gates¡¯ full name is Gates MacArthur Fitzgerald Joseph. He was born in Dominica, but he studied in college in the United States.
The College of Saint Rose, where Gates attended, is located in Albany, the capital of New York State. It is a comprehensive private university.
In college, Gates played in the NCAA-D2 league. With his huge body and unparalleled strength, he performed very well in college.
However, since Gates has not played in the NCAA-D1 league, he did not participate in the NBA draft. Instead, he played in the Greek League for a year, and then played in low-level leagues such as IBA, USBL, and IBL.
In the 2001-2002 season, he played for the Toronto Raptors and Denver Nuggets, but was waived after only playing 2 games.
Gates is indeed very strong, comparable in size and strength to O'Neal, but his speed is too slow and he often cannot keep up with the team's rhythm in games, so he failed to gain a foothold in the NBA last season.
However, Wang Dalin believes that as long as the head coach is willing to give him a chance, he will definitely be able to perform, because his performance in the CBA league in his previous life really left a deep impression on Wang Dalin.
This 218cm tall and 143kg inside giant has shown extremely terrifying dominance in the CBA league. His record of 38 rebounds in a single game has not been broken by anyone until 2021, not even our Chairman Yao.
Gates is recognized by fans as one of the strongest foreign centers in CBA history. Because of his huge size and rough appearance, Chinese fans nicknamed him "Tarzan."
In fact, Wang Dalin has a better candidate in his mind, and that is Battle, but this guy is currently the star of the Beijing Shougang team, and it is not easy to get him.
Wang Dalin thought of Gates immediately after thinking of Battelle, so he recommended it to Dumas.
Dumars pondered for a while and asked: "I know Gates. His performance last season was very poor and he is not qualified to play in the NBA at all?"
Wang Dalin smiled and said: "Qiao, don't you look at how long he played in total last season? If I remember correctly, he only played 16 minutes in total in the 4 games between the Nuggets and Raptors, right? This What can we tell after a while?¡±
He really can¡¯t believe that if Battelle can gain a foothold in the NBA in the future, why can¡¯t Gates do the same? You must know that in the CBA arena, Gates has never lost against Battle.
It is true that Butler's mid-range shot is quite good, but Gates has no power outside the three-second zone.
But at present, the Pistons don¡¯t need a center who is good at attacking. They just want a meat shield Really compared to the meat shield attribute, during this period, who in the entire CBA league can match Gates?
Since the 2001-2002 CBA season won¡¯t start until December, Gates probably doesn¡¯t know where he will be doing nothing yet. It should be easy to find him.
Dumas was still hesitant, so Wang Dalin had no choice but to say: "Qiao, what do you think of this? You should contact Gates for a trial training first, and at least see if it works?"
Dumas nodded and said: "Yes, no matter whether it works or not, let him try it first!"
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Dumas was very efficient at work. It only took him one day to contact Gates, who was unemployed at home. Gates was so happy when he heard that the Pistons wanted him to come for a tryout that he took his agent with him. coming.
When he came to the trial training, all the Pistons players had already assembled and were undergoing recovery training under the leadership of the assistant coach. Carlisle first asked Gates to complete the static test.
This guy is 218cm tall and has no moisture at all. However, he weighs 148kg and has a body fat rate of 16.8%. It seems that he has gained a lot of weight during the time he has not played ball.
With a wingspan of 233cm, even taking into account his abnormal shoulder width, the length of his arms is already quite outstanding; his standing height is 293cm, 1cm taller than Chairman Yao, and he looks like an iron tower when standing under the basket.
And his palm length is as high as 29.8cm, what a pair of big hands!
In terms of athletic ability: vertical jump of 65cm on the spot, vertical height of 72cm during run-up, 4.8 seconds for 34 sprints, 14.6 seconds for 100 meters running and jumping ability is really poor.
But Gates¡¯ strength is really not limited. He easily completed 12 times of 84kg bench press in just 30 seconds, and the maximum bench press reached 190kg. Wang Dalin observed that he was obviously not at his limit yet.
After the physical examination, Carlisle asked Gates to play one-on-one with Alexander, the backup center. As expected, Alexander was completely defeated by Gates.
Alexander is only 206cm tall. Although he weighs 120kg, he is considered "full of tonnage", but it is obviously not enough to compete with Gates, an inside behemoth.
Then, Carlisle asked Ben to try to defend Gates. This time Gates struggled.
Ben doesn¡¯t just rely on his body when defending. His interior defensive skills are among the best in the league. Gates can only rely on his body to attack the basket, and his offensive skills are very rough. Of course, he can't make a big impact with this trick alone.
Finally, Coach Carlisle also arranged a three-on-three game, and now all of Gates¡¯ trials are over.
After the trial training, Coach Carlisle believed that Gates¡¯ strengths and weaknesses were outstanding, but he was undoubtedly qualified as a meat shield center, so he told Dumas his opinion.
After careful consideration, Dumas talked with Gates¡¯ agent for more than an hour and finally gave him a one-year, non-guaranteed basic salary contract of US$470,000.
With the addition of Gates, the Pistons¡¯ 15-man roster this season is finally complete (Remember this site¡¯s website address: www.hlnovel.com)bsp;Then, Carlisle asked Ben to try to defend Gates again, and this time Gates played very hard.
Ben doesn¡¯t just rely on his body when defending. His interior defensive skills are among the best in the league. Gates can only rely on his body to attack the basket, and his offensive skills are very rough. Of course, he can't make a big impact with this trick alone.
Finally, Coach Carlisle also arranged a three-on-three game, and now all of Gates¡¯ trials are over.
After the trial training, Coach Carlisle believed that Gates¡¯ strengths and weaknesses were outstanding, but he was undoubtedly qualified as a meat shield center, so he told Dumas his opinion.
After careful consideration, Dumas talked with Gates¡¯ agent for more than an hour and finally gave him a one-year, non-guaranteed basic salary contract of US$470,000.
With the addition of Gates, the Pistons¡¯ 15-man roster for this season is finally complete (Remember this site¡¯s website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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