At this time, Xiao Qiao's contract has expired.
The Kings want to re-sign Joe.
After all, now that Paul is gone, Joe will be an important ball-handling point on the court.
With him as the central axis, Wang Yi and James will play more easily.
Xiao Qiao asked the king for a maximum salary.
Based on his years, he would get $60 million if he asked for the maximum salary.
This would exceed the luxury tax by $10 million.
Not to mention other role players, who cost almost 20 to 30 million US dollars.
Fortunately, Danny signed a three-year contract before, and his contract is now only 9 million US dollars per year, which is very valuable.
Capela also signed a three-year contract, and his contract is $20 million.
There are also Tucker, TT, Beverley, etc.
If all of this is calculated, the Kings' salary will exceed the luxury tax threshold by almost $150 million.
If you exceed one dollar, you will pay an extra dollar.
Then the Kings would need to pay $150 million in luxury tax.
This will be the largest luxury tax in NBA history.
Boss King felt very sad about this.
After all, the luxury tax is $150 million.
That's not a little bit.
Although he is an IT tycoon, he does not just throw away US$150 million casually.
He tried to communicate with Xiao Qiao and wanted Xiao Qiao to voluntarily reduce his salary.
The team is only willing to give Joe $45 million.
Of course Xiao Qiao won't do it.
So he tested the free market.
And about 5 other teams came to contact the small agent.
They can give Xiao Qiao an annual salary of 55 million.
The most important thing is that they even have a team that promised Xiao Qiao that as long as Xiao Qiao is willing to go, then Xiao Qiao will be the core of their team.
Just imagine, you can get an extra 10 million U.S. dollars every year, and you can also become the core of the team. Which young person wouldn't want to go?
But Xiao Qiao is still very smart.
He took a fancy to Wang Yi and James for their help to young people.
In James' long career, although many critics said that James wasted his teammates, the fact is that the teammates he has worked with have basically received big contracts.
And Wang Yi is indeed a good boss.
Not only can I help my brothers on the court, but I can help my brothers in all aspects.
So Xiao Qiao actually still wants to stay with the Kings.
He expressed to the team that he was willing to stay, but the team had to pay him $60 million.
The boss, Ranadive, is also a capitalist. Although he is better than ordinary capitalists, he also aims to make money.
Giving Xiao Qiao $60 million is equivalent to paying an additional $15 million per year. Add in the extra dollar of luxury tax for every additional dollar spent, which is equivalent to an additional $30 million per year.
The boss is naturally not happy.
He was willing to sign Wang Yi at all costs because he valued Wang Yi's value and the huge Chinese market behind Wang Yi.
There is no Chinese market behind Xiao Qiao.
Although Xiao Qiao plays well, it is obviously impossible to become a superstar-level player.
So the boss will feel bad about the $30 million.
Regarding these, Wang Yi does not want to interfere.
Firstly, the boss really treats him well, and secondly, he actually hopes that his brother can get a big contract, so he can't say anything.
Because the Kings failed to secure Joe's contract, they have not made any moves on other role players.
And because the Kings did not make any moves, some veterans felt that they were not respected, so they signed contracts with other teams.
For example, Tucker has signed a contract with the Heat.
Hield also signed a contract with the Grizzlies - if he stays with the Kings, he is destined to be a sideline. If he goes to the Grizzlies, he can basically enter a stable rotation.
As soon as these two people left, other free agents were also moved.
The Kings fans were very disappointed at this time.
After winning the championship every year, they hope that the Kings can retain the championship lineup. However, after winning the championship every year, the Kings fall apart.
This is really frustrating.
Some people even speculated that Wang Yi was not as good a boss as he appeared to be, and that he was simply unable to maintain a harmonious relationship among the players on the team.
However, the fact is that Wang Yi also hopes that his brothers will receive high wages.
But at the same time he doesn't want to interfere with the team's operations.
The operation of the team is a matter for the general manager and his management.
Although as long as he says a word, the boss may be willing to pay an additional $30 million.
But that will affect the relationship between him and the management, and will affect the unity of the entire team.
Therefore, professional things should be done by professionals.
He just wants to play his own ball well.
In this way, in addition to the players currently under contract, the remaining free agents of the Kings have basically left.
The current king's remaining personnel are as follows:
Wang Yi;
James;
brownie;
Capella;
Danny;
Mitchell;
Barnes;
The rookie selected this year is power forward Tours - a second-round pick.
Plus there’s Xiao Qiao who hasn’t signed the contract yet.
Barnes is also in a contract year.
But currently his brother Chris Barnes' condition is very serious.
It probably only happened in the past few months.
So he has been taking care of his younger brother and has no time to negotiate a contract with the team.
And Wang Yi estimates that the Kings will not give Barnes a large contract.
After all, Barnes is already 33 years old.
As age increases, condition declines.
The main thing is that the Kings are too far over the salary cap.
If Barnes chooses to go to another team with salary space, based on this year's market conditions, he should be able to sign a contract worth more than $40 million.
But these are not things Wang Yi should worry about.
His parents have urged him to return to China.
Wang Yi had promised before that they would hold a wedding with Nicole this summer.
Now there is time in the offseason.
Wang Yi has to go back and discuss this matter with his parents.
Of course, before that.
He first went to Los Angeles with Nicole.
Regarding the wedding, he planned to seek advice from Nicole's family.
After all, the Nicole family is not an ordinary family.
And because of the cultural differences between China and the West, they may have other special requirements for the wedding, so both parties should communicate with each other first.
However, Nicole told Wang Yi that her parents and family had no special requirements, and they could just discuss it.
The family supports any decision Wang Yi makes.
But Wang Yi still said he had to go there to show respect.
Wang Yi and Nicole came to an old castle in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.
Although Wang Yi and Nicole have been here before, they only came once.
And in the past, they were just friends who came to have fun, but this time they came to talk about important matters in life.
Nicole asked Wang Yi: "Are you nervous?"
Wang Yi looked at the elegant environment of this castle.
The huge manicured lawn in front of the castle.
Chapter completed!