100% God Guard

When it comes to the Washington Wizards, the big guys must think of the young wizards of the backcourt double-gun period of Wall and Bradley Beal. However, in terms of the current Lu Li them, the most impressive thing is the wizard who chose the old hooligan to come back for the third time after three years.

The old gangster, who put aside the position of the team’s top brass and the shares, chose to take off his suit, restore the player’s status with a $1 million base salary, and make a comeback with the Wizards. In the two years since his comeback, instead of leading the team to the playoffs, his statistics have plummeted, proving that he is no longer the omnipotent Michael Jordan of his prime.

Who did the sky spare?

As strong as Jordan, in his later years, he can only accept the failure of a two-year comeback, and then retire again. This time the retirement is really permanent.

When Lu Li led the team to Washington, the capital of the United States, the Wizards at this time were no longer the pseudo-strong teams that attracted much attention during the reign of the old gangsters, struggling on the edge of playoff tickets.

Last summer, the Wizards executives managed to grab a young guard named Gilbert Arenas from the Golden State Warriors to form a new post-Jordan roster.

When you think of Arenas, one must think of the Arenas clause that the league made for him a season or two later. This famous clause is to prevent him from being poached by other teams after playing in the second round, and the parent team cannot keep the player.

This is a restricted free agent who has been in the NBA for 1-2 years, and the salary of the first year of the invitation contract must not exceed the middle class clause of the current year, which limits the salary of the first year to ensure that the first team of the player can provide the player with a corresponding contract by quoting the Bird clause, or the middle class clause.

That is to say, if Lu Li enters the league two years later, even if he is a draft or non-draft player, he plays superstar-level data in the first season, or directly gets the most valuable player in the regular season, he will not be able to get a top salary in the second year.

It was all thanks to Arenas.

Selected by the Golden State Warriors with the second pick in the second round in ’01, the bird suffered some injuries in his first year, didn’t get a lot of starting time, played just over forty games, and averaged only about 25 minutes per game. But he has shown amazing potential and extraordinary talent, scoring 10.9 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.9 assists in his first season. The two-point shooting rate is as high as 45.3%, and the three-point shooting rate is also 34.2%, the desire to attack is extremely strong, and the efficiency is also good.

In the second season, he was directly trained by the Warriors, playing 82 games, starting 82 games, averaging 35 minutes per game, and his statistics have exploded, reaching an average of 18.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game, like becoming an All-Star-level guard.

That summer, Arenas became a restricted free agent, and the Warriors had Arenas’ early Bird rights, but because the team’s salary had exceeded the salary cap, it could only offer a contract with a maximum starting salary of $4.9 million, even at the time, which obviously did not meet the value of a quasi-All-Star, so the Wizards made a move, and they offered Arenas a 6-year, 65 million contract, and poached the general from the Warriors.

It also left the Warriors, who had just seen hope in rebuilding, once again in a state of confusion, and the Warriors were in a state of chaos for the next few seasons, until Byron Davis led them in the playoffs, and the current dynasty team was on track at the time. The Arenas incident was undoubtedly a big hole in the league’s rules, and the warriors became victims, so the Arenas clause came into being.

In 2005, the league introduced the Gilbert Arenas Clause, which stipulates that for restricted free agents with less than two years of playing age, the non-parent team must not offer him a contract starting salary that exceeds the middle class, and the salary increase in the second year must not exceed 4.5%, if the salary in the first two years of the contract reaches the specified ceiling, the third year can be paid a maximum salary, if the parent team does not match, then the salary space he occupies in other teams is calculated according to the average salary rather than the starting salary.

Therefore, whether it is Arenas of the Wizards or Arenas of the Golden State Warriors, this bird will definitely become the public enemy of all the players who are undrafted or undrafted, or even second-round picks.

Tonight, I’ll help you avenge first!

Lu Li secretly said to the rookies who played in the future but could only get middle-class contracts.

Comrade General, tonight, as always, he will be the No. 1 starter in the team’s lineup. Playing with him are 191cm defender Juan Dixon, 211cm, center Kwame Brang, who was drafted by the old gangsters in ’01, and two forwards, Brandon Heywood and Jalvis Hayes.

New York’s starters are still Lu Li, Uncle Mu, Kurt Thomas, Keith Van Horn, and Shandon Anderson.

In addition to these people, there is also good news from the Knicks coaching staff, Jordan’s successor Penny Hardaway has been confirmed by the attending physician when he recently went to the hospital for a follow-up examination, and he can get a comeback in the next month. The exact time depends on the recovery.

This is also great news for the team in recent times.

The Knicks’ backcourt, except for Lu Li, was almost unusable, and Anderson, who used to play the third position, had to be placed in the number two. However, Anderson is not fast and has average mobility, making it difficult to keep up with opponents in the number two.

It can be said that in addition to Lu Li and Uncle Mu, the front and back courts of the Knicks are full of loopholes, like a hall style. If it weren’t for the good offense, they might not even be able to compete for a playoff ticket.

Recently, Lu Li led the team to a series of consecutive wins, averaging 50+ points per game in many consecutive games, even more than ten games, and was popular throughout the league, even Arenas who is far away here in Washington is thunderous.

Before the game, the bird specially rushed to greet Lu Li, threatening to blow him up as much as possible tonight.

For the courage of this man to say this, Lu Li said hehe.

Arenas, like Allen Iverson and Kobe, has a proud heart and an unruly personality, and will not easily give in to anyone. Their competitive spirit is one of the best in the league, as long as they meet each other, it will definitely be a fight between you and me.

Before the match had even begun, this man declared war on Riku, and it was obvious that he was going to focus on attacking tonight. In the face of challenges, Riku will never fight back immediately, he will slowly subdue you in the game.