There are many signings and transactions in the NBA free market. Brian Colangelo often calls Guo Xu and asks him if he wants to sign a libero who is capable and willing to join the franchise. The Suns have salary space and sign a middle-class player in the 2006-07 season without having to pay luxury tax.

There are many people who want to join the Sun, but Guo Xu all rejected it. The reason is very simple. Almost all people want to come, but the Sun cannot be used.

"Why can't a talented person join? It's better to sign as a substitute." Brian said in confusion.

"Last season, we had many new players who were not trained and had no chance to play. Isn't it good to give them more performance opportunities next season? It's enough to have two veterans. If there are too many, they won't waste their days. If they play, they have no potential to dig, and they will only decline. For the long-term development of the team, I suggest training new players."

"Okay, just listen to you." Brian couldn't laugh or cry.

He felt that the conversation between the two was very strange, as if he was a player and Guo Xu was the stingy boss who wanted to save money.

Since Brian knew about basketball and the NBA, he has never heard of a core player like Guo Xu who saves money for the team. Is it satisfying that he has brought together a team of basic salary players?

Brian wanted to sign because this year's NBA new labor-management agreement added an amnesty clause, and several players with high cost performance appeared in the free market, namely those who were "pardoned".

Because this clause originated from the Knicks' "Central Investment King" Alan Houston's super bad contract, it is also called the "Alan Houston Terms".

The terms stipulate that if the team's total salary exceeds the NBA salary cap, a player can be cut off while ensuring the performance of the contract salary. The player's remaining salary needs to be paid, but it is not included in the team's total salary. This move is intended to help the team avoid luxury taxes, so that the team will have more room to adjust the lineup.

The so-called amnesty means to directly sweep high-paying players who are not available in your team. Why not lay off employees? According to the NBA regulations, after the player is laid off, the player's salary is still included in the team's total salary. Paying the luxury tax without any error is purely a harm to others and not self-interest.

There are too many bad contracts in the Knicks, and the rules are that the league wants to help them. Since the Knicks are located in New York and are the team with the highest commercial value, David Stern has always wanted to cheer them up.

Unfortunately, the Knicks became a typical example of the mud that could not be supported by the wall after 1999.

What is ridiculous is that Houston was not pardoned, and the Knicks chose to pardon another player in the team, Jerome Williams, nicknamed "The Trash Dog".

Because the league stipulates that the team must insure players with the top five remaining salary or the top five average annual salary. Once the insured players are injured and missed the game, part of the salary will be compensated by the insurance company. When the player misses 41 consecutive games or more, the insurance company will pay 80% of their salary.

In other words, Houston's worst trick is actually the insurance company, not the Knicks.

There are many high-paying players who have been pardoned, and there is one team that wants to recruit into the lineup, that is Mavericks captain Michael Finley.

Finley signed a seven-year, $100 million contract with the Mavericks in 2001. By this year, his contract will result in the Mavericks paying at least $50 million in luxury taxes in the next three seasons.

In his previous life, the Mavericks boss Cuban reluctantly pardoned Finley. After Finley was pardoned, he slapped Cuban loudly. He chose to join the Spurs in the same district and won the championship in 2007.

Now Finley wants to join the Suns to fill the gap in Joe Johnson's departure for the championship. An embarrassing thing happened. The Suns management rejected Finley, even if it would only cost less than $3 million next season. The Suns will not announce it to the public, leaving him with face.

Reggie Miller was also "pardoned" by the Pacers. He has retired, but because the contract with the Pacers still needs to be paid by the Pacers, in order to pay a less luxury tax of $6 million, the Pacers "pardoned" the greatest player in the team's history. He has retired and can still make some contributions to the team. Miller has received a lot of applause, but he just retired and does not go to the strong team to hug his legs.

The Hawks cut off "penny" Anfenny Hardaway. The great master's contract expired in 2006, but the Hawks management couldn't wait. This person was always injured, he was inefficient and liked to rely on his seniority. It was annoying to stay in the team and watch it.

Hardaway was rejected even if he wanted to return to the Suns. Not every veteran had the opportunity to realize his dream of winning the championship. The Suns signed him completely useless, and he couldn't even be called a mascot. He couldn't see any auspiciousness in his entire career. The Suns don't need to discuss how charming Hardaway was at its peak to attract fans.

If there are many people who refuse the sun, they will inevitably be targeted by the media. Many experts are puzzled by the fact that the sun does not strengthen the summer.

There is obviously enough salary space, so don’t you add insurance for the defending title?

Even if the Suns want to keep a quota, they can cut off a second round rookie? Signing a veteran will definitely be stronger. Will the marginalist James Jones be better than Finley?

In fact, Guo Xu thought Jones was better because Jones had no fame and he didn't want anyone who influenced Guo Xu's popularity.

After Durant joined the Warriors in his previous life, Stephen Curry could not win the regular season MVP. No matter how good he played, he would not be able to do it because the Warriors lineup was too strong, Curry received a low evaluation.

The Suns are also facing this situation now. Finley is obviously just a role player, but he is very famous, giving people the illusion that he is very strong, which is something that Guo Xu cannot accept.

Last season, Finley averaged 36.8 minutes for the Mavericks, and only made 6 goals with 14.2 shots, with a shooting percentage of 42.7%, and could only make 2.1 free throws per game, scoring 15.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.6 assists.

It is not difficult to see from the data that Finley has almost no breakthrough ability, and his score depends entirely on jump shots. He scored this point in the past 37 minutes, and his offensive efficiency is obviously a tragedy.

With Finley's current level, it is impossible for his playing time to join the Suns to be more than 25 minutes, and he averaged 10 points per game and it is difficult for him to average 10 points.

If the Sun trains new people and lets Finley play for only 10 minutes, he will definitely have no data. Maybe he will leave a salary to help the Sun establish a dynasty, but how will people evaluate Guo Xu?

Experts and fans will think that the Suns' lineup is really strong and they are a team of All-Stars, because former All-Star Finley can only be a marginal person when joining. With reference, when they were in the Mavericks, Finley was the team's third scoring point.

In short, Guo Xu would never cooperate with a famous but not capable person like Finley, so he would stay wherever he was cool.

If a veteran like Alonzo Mo Ning wants to come to the Suns, Guo Xu is absolutely welcome, because the kidney fighter Mo Ning is capable, and everyone thinks he is not good, so it is a good gimmick to help him get the championship ring. Unfortunately, Mo Ning is discouraged. He has a deep relationship with the Heat and is back.

There are some thoughts in my heart, Guo Xu will not tell anyone, that it will always be just a secret that he rots in his stomach.

He only wants two types of teammates, one is that he has a strong potential and has become a rookie who has become a star or an excellent role player in his previous life; the other is that he has the strength of a star but does not have the right to the ball, and he can explode by giving him the right to the ball, which is currently seriously underestimated.

Guo Xu and these two people will receive the highest evaluation only if they win the championship. They will be labeled as "He can drive the whole team", "He has the strongest personal ability", and "He can make his teammates stronger". Unless there is a second reborn person, who knows the potential of these people?
Chapter completed!