240 million salary + 48 million compensation! With the matter between Xiaoka and the Clippers, the alliance may become a big deal

There is less than a month left before the start of the new NBA preseason. In the past week, the yin and yang contract incidents between Xiaoka and the Clippers have been fermenting. In the words of Mr. Su Qun, let the bullets fly for a while and you may be able to see the final answer. In fact, after this incident, the most annoying thing was naturally the fans of various media and other teams. Standing at the height of morality and public opinion, Leonard's team obtained 28 million endorsement fee + 20 million stock incentives through a third-party company. The interest chain is clearly visible. There are also the Timberwolves who were punished for five first-round picks (2 later came back) as a lesson. The Clippers seem to be unable to escape. But one thing may be ignored, the entire NBA market value is only 130 billion, while Ballmer's net worth is 153 billion.

The famous reporter Laud said in the column: After the Yin-Yang contract appeared, Ballmer called for justice + made it clear that he was willing to cooperate with the league's investigation. He hoped to evade the NBA's minefield as a victim. Obviously, if the league really wants to punish the Clippers, or punish the Clippers more severely, it is obviously not enough to rely on the 3,000-page file exposed by Torre and the 7 oral sources. The league needs to find specific evidence to prove that Ballmer planned all this. For example, Ballmer specially deposited the money into a "Leonard endorsement account" and agreed to pay his four-year salary of 176 million yuan, and if he was reimbursed for the second season due to a serious knee injury, he would use 48 million yuan to decide to retain Leonard. So what are the worst and best results of this matter?

First of all, in the past six years with the Clippers, Leonard has earned $241.7 million in terms of salary alone, but he has only played 301 games for the team, earning an average of 800,000 per game. If compensation is included, Leonard's income can be higher than Curry, who has been ranked first in the salary league for nine consecutive years (Curry's salary during the same period is 284 million). According to the official NBA punishment measures, if the Yin-Yang contract is determined by "avoiding the salary cap", the worst result is: a fine of 4.5 million + confiscation of 1 first-round pick + related violations of the contract may be invalid, and Leonard's remaining 2 years of $100 million will be invalid and becomes a free agent. According to the US media "CP", if Leonard enters the free market, more than 15 teams in the league may join the competition.

Leonard will not sign at a low price, but who has so much salary space in the league? During this process, famous reporter Maxstein revealed that after the NBA decides to investigate the matter, it will hold a league board meeting next week. Ballmer sits with 29 other teams in the league. Who dares to publicly question Ballmer? Sources revealed that many bosses may be on Ballmer's side, and the water here is too deep, and everyone understands that no one is absolutely clean. To give a few simple examples, the Bucks signed 11 people this summer, and 7 were far below the market conditions; including last summer Brunson's four-year, 156 million contract renewal, which could have been 269 million for five years this summer. Brunson's father is also an assistant coach of the Knicks. In November last year, he was suspected of violating the salary cap evasion agreement and was investigated by the league.

Leonard has no market value, and at the beginning we mentioned Ballmer's "capital influence". In fact, whether it is the league or the other 29 teams, who dares to resist the boss at this stage? There is another problem. At the time, the Clippers' new stadium was named. This company called Asp once offered $1.1 billion to participate in the bidding, but the Clippers finally chose Insuit, which is only willing to bid 550 million. It can be understood that Asp may have been a bag company, or it can be understood that the Clippers chose to believe in more mature companies and brand cooperation. But what is embarrassing is that Asp's co-founder Thunberg has pleaded guilty to the fraud of many investors and faces up to 40 years in prison. Even if he changes his words and bites Xiaoka and the Clippers, will the league regard this as evidence?

This is not enough! According to Zach Loway, this matter is likely to be directed to a "gray zone", and the Clippers did not do their job of supervising players and endorsing companies; while Clippers boss Ballmer invested in the company at a premium can only prove that it was an unsuccessful "business behavior". The lightest judgment is naturally to confiscate a second round pick and a symbolic fine, which is not even a single punishment. Because the league wants to severely punish, it must find evidence of direct interest transfer between Ballmer and Leonard. To put it bluntly, even Ka and Ballmer admit that if the league cannot find more evidence, they may not dare to touch the Clippers. What can you do? And Ballmer's attitude was so good: he made it clear that he had been deceived. The

league investigation will definitely not result soon. This matter is like the stock market, using time to exchange space, and it will eventually be left alone. It will not even affect the Insuit Arena's All-Star Games next season, but it will definitely affect the atmosphere within the team. In addition, this is also a wake-up call. In the past six years, the Clippers have spent more than one billion on Leonard, including the teams he built around him, but what have they obtained? There is one season left. If Leonard still cannot prove that he can make a difference in the playoffs in the new season and does not need the league to take action, the Clippers should think about how to start reconstruction.