Yang Yi: James is still in full control of the Cavaliers 2.0 era. If he doesn’t sign a long-term contract, it will be 1+1.

October 10th Today Yang Yi talked about the James Cavaliers 2.0 era in his latest podcast.

Yang Yi said: "When James returned to the Cavaliers from the Heat, he said, 'I'm going back to Cleveland this time, and I will never leave again.' You don't care whether it was true or false, anyway, he said that at that time, right, then back to In the Cavaliers 2.0 era, here we have young Irving, who also acquired Love from the Timberwolves, and they have formed a Big Three. I, James, like the Big Three. Wade's knee is really bad, here we form a new one.

"Then let's go back to the Cavaliers, James. James is still in complete control. Don't look at Gilbert scolding him when he left. As long as you come back, you will still be your father. Gilbert has this characteristic. In the 2.0 era of the Cavaliers, James has a famous signing characteristic, which is the ultimate expression of his ability and control. He does not Signing a long-term contract means 1+1. At that time, there were several 1+1s in a row. I always signed like this. I had a player option for just one year. It was obviously two years, but after one year, I had a player option and I could choose to leave. Then I would add another year if I felt it was appropriate.

"No athlete in the history of the NBA dared to do this. Why? Everyone is willing to sign a long-term contract because athletes are a high-risk profession. As long as you sign a long-term contract, the team will bear the risk. If I sign the contract today, I will be injured tomorrow. Even if I don't play a game, this is a guaranteed contract. I have to give you every penny in the end, right? So athletes pay attention to pocketing it. Anyway, the money is earned. All athletes have this idea, no matter how high the athlete is, but James doesn't, so Otherwise, his signing at the time was a phenomenon. If James didn't, I would have a short contract, and I would give him 1+1.

"To what extent has his confidence in his body reached, I couldn't go up, my ankle was sprained, and I was numb when Bang Bang stamped on me. Then I signed a short-term contract, and I control the team like this. I just look at your operation. If you do something that I feel is inappropriate, I will leave. Don't look at me. I said I will never leave again. I will just 1+1 and I will hold you like this, right. So when I return to the Cavaliers, he still has absolute control. "