11 people signed in a row + 25 million dead debts, total salary of 180 million! The Bucks may be investigated

There is still one month left before the start of the new season's preseason. In the past few days, the NBA has been flooded with the Yin-Yang contracts of the small card. Logically speaking, a capital tycoon like Clippers boss Ballmer who is worth tens of billions of dollars will definitely not be stupid enough to touch the bottom line of the NBA league. It was built after a third-party company went bankrupt, and the creditors openly had a small card team. Therefore, many celebrities, including Cuban and Windhorst, are seeking justice for the Clippers, believing that they have also been deceived. But one thing is certain, Leonard only gets the right to endorsement fees and stock incentives from the company without any obligations, which is really unreasonable. The alliance needs to give the outside world an explanation. Of course, Leonard's agent is also his uncle and is not a just party.

In this regard, the US media raised questions, is it that the Clippers in the entire league that are not clean? Surely not, like the Bucks. The Bucks' core Antetokounmpo is representing Greece in the European Championships. According to a previous report by famous reporter Charania, Antetokounmpo's biological brother Thanasis announced that he would join the Bucks in the new season. After evaluating various possibilities, Antetokounmpo also decided to stay in the team in the new season. Then by next summer, Antetokounmpo can get a maximum salary of 293.4 million for 4 years. Including the previous and next season, it can lock in a super salary of 400 million for 6 years. In order to keep Antetokounmpo, the signing of the Bucks this summer is incomprehensible. In the words of salary experts, all signings of the Bucks are significantly lower than the market conditions, and it is difficult to ensure that there is no undercover operation.

Let's see what the Bucks have done during the offseason. After the free market opened, the Bucks signed Trent Jr. for 7.5 million in 2 years, signed Porter Jr. for 11 million in 2 years, signed Rollins for 12 million in 3 years, signed Gary Harris for 7.4 million in 2 years, signed Prince for 7.1 million in 2 years, signed Cole Anthony for 5.7 million in 2 years, signed Himes for 5.26 million in 2 years, including a training camp contract for Kofi, renewing Portis for 44 million in 3 years, signing Sanassis for 2 years, and buying out Lillard, signing Miles Turner for 108.9 million in 4 years. This is very outrageous. On the Bucks' books next season, Antetokounmpo's salary is 54.13 million, Turner's salary is 25.32 million, Kuzma's salary is 22.4 million, Portis's salary is 13.45 million, and others are basically 5 million or less. The salary distribution is too reasonable.

The key point is here, too much is too little. The Bucks bought out Misic this summer (Misic voluntarily gave up his salary of 6 million) and bought out Lillard. The total dead money generated on the books is 25 million US dollars. Including the 25 million dead money cannot be processed. Including the two-way contract, the team's total salary is only 179.6 million, which is still 8 million away from the luxury tax line. The Bucks' total salary is even worse than the Hornets (181 million) who have been using cranes in the East for many years! To give a few examples, it proves how "good value for money" the Bucks signing is. Trent Jr.'s salary is 3.7 million in the new season, but last season's playoffs, Trent Jr. averaged 18.8 points per game, with a shooting percentage of 51% + 50% in both events. The market estimates the market is between 15 million and 18 million, with an average salary!

includes "One Punch Man" Portis, who averages 14 points and 8 rebounds per game, can play in the fifth position of the small lineup, and his salary in the new season is only 13.45 million, less than the average salary of NBA players in the new season (13.97 million). A high-quality forward guard swing blue-collar worker like Prince, the salary for the new season is only 3.7 million yuan. Two years ago, he won 4.7 million yuan in the Lakers and 13.33 million yuan in the Timberwolves four years ago. Average of 8 points, 3.6 rebounds + 45% three-point shooting percentage, how could the Bucks pick it up? Of course, most of the more than 10 people who signed with the Bucks have the option of leading players in the second year. From the player's personal perspective, Lillard has left, and Antetokounmpo will become the target of the opponent's focus. In the new season, everyone will make a fortune based on their abilities, which looks very reasonable.

But behind this, it actually involves the layout of the Bucks management for the future. They try every means to keep Antetokounmpo. With Antetokounmpo here, it means that there is no problem with the top six guaranteed for the regular season in the new season. As for winning the championship, it is unlikely. Moreover, the Bucks have no bargaining chips to continue to strengthen. Kuzma has two years and 43 million left to become a serious premium contract. The Bucks' first round pick will belong to the Pelicans and the Trail Blazers in the future, and they are not qualified to play badly. If they don’t go up or down, they can only stabilize Antetokounmpo and strive to keep Antetokounmpo for a while before reconstruction and maintain a lineup with the top six in the division. But in the words of the US media, a small market like the Bucks cannot attract stars to join. After Antetokounmpo leaves, it is a foregone conclusion to play badly.

It is certain that the "yin and yang contract" involved between the Clippers and the Little Card is definitely not just an isolated case in the NBA, including Brunson's salary cut and renewing the Knicks. As the boss of the team, his salary ranks only third, which is also questionable. But the Bucks management's operations this summer are actually challenging the bottom line of the NBA, or hitting other teams in the face: I don't know how you spend money, players who average 20 points per game are the basic salary for me; I don't have to worry about buying out Lillard and generating huge dead debts, and I can't reach the luxury tax line! Maybe the league really should check the Bucks, they are even more excessive than the Clippers and Kat.