Piombetti and other senior executives were confused when they saw this work arrangement.
I originally thought that there would be at least a dozen items in this work arrangement, from the draft to the free market to trades, as well as training camps and so on.
Starting in June and lasting until October, four months are enough for the team to refine the lineup.
After a promising season, everyone has high morale and hopes to help the team go further next season.
With the Clippers' current lineup, if they introduce a heavyweight forward at the third position, the team can already compete in the Western Conference.
As a result, there are three work arrangements, the first two are related to the draft, and the third one is directly on vacation?
This is really too early. When will the holiday be scheduled? Will the new season start?
Olshey and Rosser were both absent, and Gary Sachs asked cautiously: "Mr. Smart, are we just going to give up on free market signings?"
Min Congda said: "Yes, we just need to train the people selected in the draft. Who else should we sign? Do we still have room?"
Sacks said: "This year's salary cap should shrink, and the space will not be too abundant, but there is still some. Jaric's contract buyout expires, and 7 million salary space will be released. Then, Camby's contract this year When it expires, $10 million in space is released. So, we have $17 million in salary space. If we make some trades or buyouts, we can make up 20 million in space, which is enough to sign those big fish in the free market."
Min Congda was shocked when he heard this, NND, the Clippers can actually scrape together US$20 million in salary space?
After careful calculation, this is indeed the case. Because Randolph renewed his contract early, his original salary of 17 million US dollars next year became 15 million US dollars.
Curry earns more than 4 million, Davis earns 12 million, Gasol earns more than 3 million, Gordon earns 2.8 million, Ricky Davis's contract expires, and the remaining corners add up to more than 1 million, and the total salary is only 37 million.
Next season's salary cap should be around 57 million, and the Clippers really have 20 million free.
When the time comes, you can sign a rookie contract that exceeds the cap, and then use one mid-level player and two minimum salaries.
The championship team was suddenly armed!
Min Congda was dripping with cold sweat. Fortunately, he managed to get Olshe away.
Let him go to China to open up wasteland. If he stays in Los Angeles and does the operation, he will really fool James.
Then the system does not allow him to refuse reasonable signing requests. Isn’t that the end?
There are traffic and championships, ticket sales are huge, the first championship in team history, the market value has doubled...
Don't even think about taking more than 300 million US dollars in bankruptcy dividends in this life, and stay tied to the position of general manager of the Clippers and earn a dead salary for the rest of your life!
When the time comes, the team's record will get better and better, and they will lose more than a dozen games in a season. Not to mention that they will not get paid for the losses. If you want to scold the referee, you may not be able to find the opportunity.
Then make a little money and win all the way to the playoffs, which will directly win you all the money.
The more Min Congda thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he became more determined to give the team a holiday.
He coughed and said: "Everyone has worked hard for a season, and it's time for a holiday. As for the work of the free market, this year is mainly about checking for leaks and filling vacancies. Don't waste too much energy on those big fish. They are not interested in the Clippers. There will be interest. We still need to firmly focus on the draft and use the draft as the core to build our strong Los Angeles Clippers team."
"I have spent a whole season proving to you how important the draft, patience, and long-term vision are. Why are you still so stubborn? You always want to catch big fish in the free market and pick up what's available. Let me tell you something. , there will be no pie in the sky, you have to give up your illusions and work hard."
At this point, everyone looked at Min Congda and thought, if you work hard, why don't you give us a holiday?
Min Congda also felt that something was wrong, and added: "Comrade Lenin once said that rest is for better work. Those who don't rest will not work."
Everyone looked at each other in confusion again, blinking at Min Congda, Mr. Smart, this is the United States, why do you still use Lenin’s famous quotes?
Min Congda coughed again and said: "As for me, I originally planned to give everyone a holiday in July. By the way, I used part of the money earned by the team last season to give everyone bonuses. Each person should be at least 10,000 US dollars. The management Starting from $50,000. If you don’t want paid time off and bonuses, forget it, work, overtime, no money.”
After hearing what Min Congda said, everyone got up and walked away. What kind of work are they still working on? Wouldn't it be nice to take the money and go home to rest?
Before leaving, Piombetti still asked very professionally: "The team's 20 million space must be used up, otherwise the bottom line will not be reached."
Min Congda said: "Don't worry, can I still not know this? I will investigate some suitable players, and I will notify you to provide support if necessary."
Piombetti nodded and left the office, leaving Min Congda alone sitting in a chair and feeling sad.
"It's sad. The bonus of 10,000 to 50,000 US dollars for each person is just to prevent you from working. Where can you find such a good general manager? Look at other senior managers, who doesn't have the money to pay themselves first? Salaries and bonuses range from tens of millions to hundreds of millions."
"As for me, I just give you money and don't let you work. My own money can only come from the system, and I can't get the team's money! What a sin."
"I still have 20 million that I have to spend. What kind of poverty line does the NBA have? I, RNM, do I have 20 million?"
If it weren't for system limitations, Min Congda would really want to use the 20 million to sign himself. His management ability is worth an annual salary of 20 million.
But it’s not enough not to spend the 20 million. Not only must it be spent, but it must be fully spent, filling up the salary cap.
In this way, when the salary cap increases in the future, players' salaries will also increase, and they will have the opportunity to pay luxury taxes in the future.
The luxury tax is a huge expense. In addition to paying players excess wages, they also have to pay a huge amount of money to the league.
If you hand over the money, you hand it over, and there will be no profit.
It can easily cost tens of millions. How could Min Congda let go of such a money-consuming part?
But, who should be signed in the free market?
This stumped Min Congda.
Popular players like James and Wade will definitely not work.
Not that Min Congda doesn't like players who are too bad.
But if the salary cannot be given too high, the system will make a judgment.
After thinking about it, Min Congda decided to open 2K to take a look and make a selection through the game.
"What kind of players should we choose? It's best to find players who have some strength in the past, but have expired. Or players whose talents have not been realized. The advantage of this is that they don't have much strength, but they can give relatively high wages."
In order to escape the system's judgment, Min Congda formulated an idea, which was to find balloon stars and potential players whose talents have not been realized.
Such players often have the aura of the past, but in fact their strength is not very good, and their prices are inflated.
It's the one Min Congda wants most.
(End of chapter)
