On July 1, the Lakers announced that they had reached a contract extension agreement with team player Li Hao.
One day later, the Lakers announced that they had officially signed a contract with Li Hao. The new contract is for five years and is worth US$140 million. The final year is a player option.
With the official announcement of the Lakers, Lakers fans finally let go of their hanging hearts. Although it is a super-maximum salary contract of 140 million, Li Hao is worth the price.
There is still one person who can exceed the maximum salary this summer, and that is the Trail Blazers' coach Lillard. After being selected to the All-NBA Team this past season, Lillard also triggered Rose's clause and was selected to the All-NBA Team twice.
US$140 million over 5 years.
Li Hao dominates almost all front pages in Asian countries.
This is the first time that an Asian player has received a super-maximum contract.
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"Oh no~~~$1.4 for 5 years, how much does it cost in Korean won?" When the Lakers announced it to the outside world, Kim Seol-hyun also learned about Li Hao's signing of the maximum salary at the AOA dormitory in Seoul for the first time.
South Korea also reported it immediately. As a girlfriend, Kim Seol-hyun naturally wanted to pay attention to the news about her boyfriend as soon as possible.
"I don't know, it's a lot of money anyway, and it should be more money than we can make in our lifetime." Although AOA is currently very popular, no matter how good it is, it can't make that much.
"Not all of the 140 million Li Hao can get. The taxes in the United States are very heavy, and there are state taxes in California." Compared to others, Kim Seol-hyun obviously knew more.
"Let me check it out," said Shin Hye Jung.
"It seems I can only get half of it after tax deductions," said Shin Hye-jung.
"Half is a lot, and it's money we can't earn in our lifetime," Park Cho-ah said in real-name envy.
Besides, the annual salary of a player like Li Hao is only part of it. Last year, Li Hao's annual salary was only US$900,000, but even so, Li Hao was still selected into the Forbes Sports edition, and he was still in the top ten.
And this is far from Li Hao's limit. After his outstanding performance last season, Li Hao's commercial value will further increase in the coming year.
"Seolhyun, you must never let go of a man like Lee Hoxi," Shin Jimin said to Kim Seolhyun
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However, Li Hao's 140 million was just the beginning. One day later, the Lakers simultaneously announced agreements with Dwyane Wade and Dwight Howard.
Wade signed a two-year contract with the Lakers worth $47 million, while Howard signed a three-year contract worth $7,050 million.
For a time, Los Angeles was boiling, and even the league was boiling. Although Wade is 34 years old, everyone knows that Wade is not old yet. He is still one of the best shooting guards in the league.
And there are quite a few teams pursuing Wade. James, who just won the championship, tried to recruit Wade. However, the Cavaliers, who had limited salary space, only offered an annual salary of 10 million US dollars. However, Wade, who has been reducing his salary throughout his career, naturally did not want to Wrong yourself again.
The Bulls, Wade's hometown team, also tried to recruit Wade. If the original development was followed, Wade ended up going to the Bulls, who had the most sincerity. However, because of the emergence of Li Hao, the Lakers successfully intercepted him.
Regarding Wade's signing, the Los Angeles media and fans all held a positive attitude, while the other signing was more controversial.
Although several years have passed, the grievances between Howard and the Lakers have not dissipated over time. Even in the eyes of Lakers fans, Kobe Bryant's Achilles tendon ruptured, and the Lakers originally competed for the championship and later dived into the No. 1 pick because of Howard. .
"As for signing Dwyane, I can only say that the Lakers did a great job, but signing Dwight is definitely not a good choice." O'Neal immediately commented on the Lakers' signing.
However, just as O'Neal finished his comments, Li Hao from the Lakers was the first to express his welcome to Howard's return to the Lakers, and then Kobe followed up.
O'Neal was depressed now, and after Li Hao and Kobe Bryant welcomed Howard on their personal social media, O'Neal immediately called them.
When he learned that the two were together at this time, O'Neal immediately said that he would come over and press the two of them to the ground and rub them.
Two hours later, O'Neal did appear at Li Hao's home, but it was impossible to cause friction between Li Hao and Kobe. Shortly after O'Neal arrived, a group of people appeared at the Chinese restaurant.
As for Howard, after Li Hao and Kobe stood up to express their welcome, especially Kobe, the conflict between the two was obvious to all. From now on, whenever the two meet, they will definitely fight each other.
But now Kobe actually takes the initiative to welcome Howard. There must be a story in this.
The media and fans were immediately curious about whether something happened between Kobe and Howard, but everyone's attention was soon forced to shift.
Because the biggest signing this summer was made, the Grizzlies renewed team player Mike Conley with a five-year, 153 million contract.
As soon as this contract came out, the debate never stopped, and even many retired players couldn't help but get angry during interviews.
There is no way, 153 million in five years. Many players do not have as much as this contract in their entire careers, although Li Hao and Lillard already had 140 million before Conley.
But there is still a difference. Both Li Hao and Lillard have reached Rose's terms, which is a super-max contract extension, and the talents and data they have shown are not Conley and Kobe.
Last season, Conley averaged 15.3 points, 6.1 assists, 2.9 rebounds, 1.2 steals, and 0.3 blocks per game. His career averages are 13.5 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 2.8 rebounds per game.
From entering the league in 2007 to now, Conley has never been selected to the All-Stars in the nine seasons and has only been selected to the All-Defensive Second Team once. It can be said that Conley has almost no outstanding results.
This is the controversy surrounding Conley's contract. In Buckley's words: "If Mike Conley can sign a 153 million contract, then I think Lee should be worth 300 million."
Well, Barkley really doesn't regard Li Hao as an outsider, but looking at the data alone, it is true. Li Hao's career averages of 26.8 points, 9.2 assists, and 9.4 rebounds per game are almost twice that of Conley.
However, Li Hao obviously would not accept Barkley's words, and Conley's matter was quickly washed away by a signing the next day, because the biggest fish of the summer was caught.
On July 4, the Warriors officially announced that they signed free agent Kevin Durant to a two-year contract worth US$54.3 million.
This time the NBA really exploded. Although the Warriors lost to the Cavaliers in the finals, the Warriors are already recognized as the strongest team in the league.
"Stop it. You don't have to play next season. Just hand the championship to the Warriors." Almost everyone feels that the NBA has reached its finale.
