After signing in all NBA home games, I am invincible

With the arrival of the offseason, the management of each team is actively working to further enhance the competitiveness of the team.

The Pacers were the biggest winners in the 12-13 season. The team owner Herbert Simon gave President Bird a death order: at all costs, the core lineup that won the first championship in team history must be retained.

Bird also understood that this lineup that created the team's new glory must not be dismantled.

The most important task at present is the renewal of the Pacers' twin stars.

George was a rookie in 2010. At that time, the team signed a four-year contract with him. This contract will expire next year, and the renewal contract can be signed in advance this year.

Although his brilliance is not as good as He Feng, George is a hot commodity in the league after all, and he is full of superstars. All teams want to get such a forward with unlimited potential.

Bird knows very well that in order to keep George, he must show enough sincerity.

He also provided George with the best maximum salary renewal contract according to the labor-management agreement: 5 years and 90 million US dollars.

This is a very tempting contract, and George signed it very readily.

The next priority is to complete the contract renewal with He Feng.

He Feng was a second-round pick two years ago, and signed a two-year rookie contract with the Pacers.

Since the outbreak last year, the team management has been discussing the contract renewal with He Feng.

He Feng asked his agent Bill Duffy to deal with it and made the final decision himself.

This talk lasted for most of the season, and He Feng never signed.

The main reason is that he didn't want to be distracted.

Now that the season is over, he should also consider his "money prospects".

The first contract he signed was an atypical "four-year rookie contract" and was not subject to too many restrictions of the NBA labor agreement.

His idea is very simple, as long as the money is enough, he will sign.

Now He Feng is the "biggest fish" in the NBA free market. The local tyrants such as the Knicks, Nets, and Mavericks are willing to spend money in front of He Feng.

After all, the temptation of the new FMVP is too great!

But the Pacers' determination to keep He Feng should never be underestimated.

Bird gave He Feng two super-max contracts, the first one was 5 years and 130 million US dollars; the second one was 4 years and 100 million US dollars, and the last year of both contracts included player options.

He Feng was quite satisfied with such a contract.

The annual salary of the two contracts was almost the same, the difference was the number of years.

There is no doubt that he would naturally choose a shorter contract.

After all, the salary cap will rise sharply in a few years, and he can get more salary by jumping out of the contract in time.

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Finally, Bird successfully renewed the contract with the twin stars, and he was finally relieved.

Hibbert and West were already under contract, and Stephenson's contract extension was also settled.

However, when reporting to the boss, he was still a little nervous, worried that the boss would complain that he gave too much.

After all, in addition to George's maximum salary contract and He Feng's super maximum salary contract, Hibbert and West's contracts were originally in the tens of millions, and Stephenson's renewal contract also had an average annual salary of tens of millions.

In the next few seasons, the Pacers' total salary will far exceed the salary cap.

Paying a large luxury tax is inevitable.

Unexpectedly, his worries were completely unnecessary.

"Larry, good job! We will win more championships by keeping them both!

Luxury tax? Can't I afford it?" Simon was obviously in a good mood.

After all, compared with the team's improved commercial value, the salaries of He Feng and other players are really nothing compared to the luxury tax.

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Compared with the player's salary, off-court income is the big part of the "money prospect".

After a stalemate with big brands such as Nike and Adidas for more than half a year, He Feng also officially signed a sneaker endorsement contract.

Nike offered a 9-year contract worth 300 million US dollars!

This contract directly blew up the entire basketball world!

This is the largest contract Nike has offered to basketball players, except for Jordan's lifetime contract.

It can only be said that Nike has really spent a lot of money to find He Feng as its spokesperson.

But the Nike boss believes that the return on this investment will be very generous.

After all, in sports competitions, strength is a player's greatest asset!

In this off-season, He Feng really has a "bright future"!