The Bucks cut Lillard, why do they do this, and what is the reason behind it?

I think the Bucks' cut of Lillard will have a lot to do with the NBA's new labor-management agreement.

Fans who are familiar with the NBA will know that there will be various constraints in team salary, including the poor line, salary cap, luxury tax line and rich line. These settings will be more complicated to talk about and involve many concepts.

But in the final analysis, the league has only one purpose of doing this, which is to control the huge gap in wealth between each team and then make NBA teams more competitive.

Therefore, various new policies will be introduced to restrict team transactions and salary control. After the new labor-management agreement was issued, there was a new provision, which was to add a second local tyrant line on the basis of the first local tyrant line. According to the new labor and capital agreement, the specific amount of the second tyrant line is the luxury tax line plus more than 10 million US dollars to set it up.

For example, the first tyrant line in the 2024-25 season is US$178.1 million, and the second tyrant line will be US$188.9 million.

And the worst thing is that if you exceed the second tyrant line, you will be punished with various severe punishments.

For example, being deprived of the mini middle class special case, being unable to give out cash in the transaction, being unable to give out the first round after 7 years in the transaction, being unable to sign players in the buyout market, etc.

The most annoying and most impact on the team is the special case of middle-class players and the buyout market signing players.

According to the league, each team has a middle-class special case every year, which can be used to sign one or more players, and it doesn't matter if the salary exceeds the salary cap after the signing is completed.

This regulation means that the team can use this clause to sign some good players.

The Warriors signed Divinchenzo and the Clippers signed Wall, both of which used this exception. He could greatly extend the team's authority to buy and sell players.

There are also players who sign in the buyout market. This is also a good addition to NBA teams.

Whenever you reach the All-Star, there will be a large number of transactions, some players will be bought out, and some good players will flow into the market. At this time, the team that wants to enter the playoffs will inevitably want to go to Taobao in the trading market and see if there are any suitable players to come to the team.

For example, the Nuggets signed Westbrook, which is to buy out the operations performed in the market, and it also improves the team's strength in a short period of time and solves the personnel crisis in the lineup.

No matter in terms of the needs of signings and transactions, these regulations are required, and the team must have such a strategy in the game.

Now, once the team's salary exceeds the second rich line, it will be a disaster for the team. No operation can be implemented, which is equivalent to "the assets are rotten in their own hands."

For example, like Lillard of the Bucks. If he is not cut and continues to stay with the team, the team is likely to cross the line. Whether it is tax avoidance or reinforcement, it will be very unfavorable to sign upsell and may be surpassed by competitors in the trading market.

When others can sign good players on Taobao, buy out the market and middle class regulations, but they are powerless and have no way to strengthen their lineup. This is difficult for the team to bear.

Especially Lillard's Achilles tendon has ruptured. It is still unknown whether it can recover after this major injury. Antetokounmpo is in a state of trouble again. If he can't win the championship and breaks up with the management and proposes a deal, it will be a loss for the team.

Maybe it will be toppled and completely rebuilt, and it will fall into a trough again.

Be reasonable and reasonable, the team boss and senior management will never allow such a situation to happen. What should we do at this time? Then we need to reduce our salary space, try to avoid crossing the line, exceeding the limit of the second rich line, and ensure the team's basic foundation first.

For the future of the team, the Bucks also used "extended terms" to distribute Lillard's $113 million contract to the next five seasons for payment.

What are extension clauses? It is a special strategy adopted to build a team when the NBA signs a contract with players.

At this time, the team wants to negotiate with the players to end the cooperation early.

However, after the cooperation is over, the players' salaries still need to be paid. Whether it is layoffs or buyouts, they have to pay a breakup fee afterwards. If this happens, you can continue to build the team next.

So how should I pay for this breakup fee? This can be negotiated.

For example, Lillard has two seasons left in the contract, with salary of $54.13 million and $58.46 million respectively. If the extension clause is not used and cut it directly, the Bucks will have to pay the salary.

But what if it is an extended clause? This is something to talk about. For example, they can spend five years, earning more than 100 million yuan, and pay more than 20 million US dollars to Lillard every year, and then all of them will be paid back.

The $20 million per year is included in the Bucks' total space in the new season, which will reduce the space by more than $50 million compared to the previous $50 million.

It turns out that I have to give so much in a year. I can reduce the number of extended terms relatively, and at this time the team can have salary space to strengthen. Players don’t have to worry about their salary decreases, they can still get the money, but they only get less in installments every year;

The team negotiated with the players, suspended the cooperation and friendly breakup in advance, and made plans for the next step of team building and purchasing players, which is a win-win decision. The

The Bucks cut Lillard for this purpose. Avoid the second rich line, and have more room for operation in the signing transaction. At the same time, enhance the team lineup and introduce other players to the Pacers. For example, Turner of the Pacers, has a 4-year, $107 million US dollars. You can come to the team at this time and cooperate with Antetokounmpo..

Although it will be difficult to accept emotionally, the team will not want him after Lillard is injured, and he may return from injury and cannot play the ball, rationally speaking, slashing Lillard is also the best result for both sides.

On one side, he got the money and continued to recover from his injuries; on the other side, he came new players to maintain the team's competitiveness. The Bucks, which freed up their salary space, still have hope to continue to compete for the championship next season and develop around Antetokounmpo.