In the past two days, NBA 200 million yuan big contracts have emerged one after another, but James Harden has become a breath of fresh air. Harden jumped out of the last year of the 47.4 million US dollar contract, and then Philadelphia used the free space and PJ Tower Ke reached a three-year contract worth 33.2 million U.S. dollars. No matter how the future develops, Harden will lose close to 10 million U.S. dollars at least next season. Of course, many people have done such salary cuts. Let's take stock of it!
No. 1: Barkley , their salary was reduced from 8 million to 1 million a year in 1999, the salary reduction was: 7 million US dollars!
Barkley's contract expired in 1998. At that time, the Rockets had already negotiated a two-year, 16 million contract with Barkley. In the summer of this year Rockets Drexler announced his retirement, so the Rockets also freed up nearly 5.5 million. US dollar salary space, but I didn't expect that the final salary of Pippen was 73 million in 5 years, so after many discussions, Charles Barkley chose to sacrifice and only signed a basic salary of 1 million US dollars a year, html "basic salary" in 199 Barkley averaged 23.5 points and 13.8 rebounds per game and tried his best. On the contrary, the "maximum salary" player Pippen casually shot 32% on the court and kept making mistakes. Barkley's salary cut was wasted!
Barkley turned against Pippen because of this!
second place: Arenas , 127 million in 2007 became 111 million US dollars, salary reduction: 16 million US dollars!
Arenas was averaging 28.4 points per game at the time, so with the Bird clause, he could easily get a six-year, $127 million maximum salary contract. However, the contract of Antawn Jamison in the team also happened to expire, in order To retain the three Musketeers combination of Arenas, Butler, and Jamison, Arenas took the initiative to lower his salary and signed a six-year, $111 million ordinary maximum salary contract. As a result, although the three Musketeers stayed, Arenas However, Si himself had problems, first with injuries and then with the "gun scandal", and finally the group was forced to disband in 2009!
Arenas did his part for this combination!
third place: Duncan , 51 million in 2007 became 40 million in two years, salary reduction: 11 million US dollars!
Duncan actually had his salary cut once in 2000. At that time, Duncan could sign a maximum of 6 years and 70.5 million US dollars. However, in order to offer David Robinson a decent contract, Duncan finally only signed a 3-year short-term contract of 32.6 million US dollars. !
Later in 2007, in order to retain Xinke FMVP Tony Parker, Duncan gave up his two-year maximum salary of 51 million and changed it to a two-year regular contract of 40 million. Later, in 2012, Duncan also had a salary cut. In the end, Duncan and Kobe There is also the Bird clause for one person, one city. As a result, Kobe's total career salary is as high as 328 million US dollars, while Duncan's total salary is only 245 million . You can imagine how much Duncan sacrificed for the Spurs !
Parkerโs net worth increased after winning FMVP!
fourth place: Nowitzki , changed the contract in 10 years for Chandler , salary reduction: 16 million US dollars!
In 2010, Nowitzki's contract expired. At that time, Nowitzki could sign a maximum salary of 96 million US dollars for 4 years. However, this summer, the Mavericks had a chance to get Tyson Chandler. At that time, Chandler There was US$12.6 million left in the contract for one year. In order to compete for the championship, Nowitzki took the initiative to reduce his salary from US$96 million in 4 years to US$80 million in 4 years. . Even so, the Mavericks still paid US$18.9 million in luxury in 2011. Fortunately, the Mavericks finally won the championship successfully, so it was all worth it!
Chandler is the last piece of the puzzle for the Mavericks to win the championship!
fifth place: James, reduced from 127 million to 110 million in 10 years, salary reduction: 16 million US dollars!
This salary cut actually only averages to more than two million US dollars per year, and this contract also has a player option in 2014. In fact, James took a salary cut for a total of 4 seasons. In 2011, the Mavericks lost The main reason for the ball is that no one on the bench except the Big Three can stand up and score. If each of the Big Three cuts their salary by another 1.5 million in the summer of 2010, then the third-year rookie Michael Beasley, who averages 15 points per game, will also It can be left behind by , by the Heat, and . In this way, the Big Three in 2011 will not have any regrets, so this salary cut is far from the above!
Beasley can stay for only $4.5 million, but it's a pity that no one is willing to cut his salary!
No. 6: Wade , 10-year contract extension for 6 years and US$107.5 million, salary reduction: US$19.5 million!
html In the summer of 2010, both James and Bosh reduced their salary from 127 million to 110 million. Only Wade further reduced his salary to 107.5 million. This was the first time Pat Riley deceived Wade!In 2014, Pat Riley tried to get the Big Three to cut their salaries again. As a result, James left and Bosh asked for the maximum salary. In the end, only Wade jumped out of the last two years of his $41.76 million contract and signed a new two-year, $31 million contract. This is Pat Riley cheated on Wade for the second time!
Then in 2016, , the Heat used the maximum salary originally reserved for Wade on white side Whiteside. , this time Wade was finally discouraged!
Wade finally accepted a basic salary and returned to the Heat. This is sad enough!
No. 7: Durant , signed three consecutive 1+1 contracts, salary reduction: 18 million US dollars!
In the summer of 2016, if Durant stayed in with the Thunder, could sign a super-max salary of US$201 million over five years. When joined the Warriors, he could sign a long-term contract with a maximum of four years and US$147 million. In the end, the contract Durant reached was only two years and US$54.3 million. US$, even if he signs for two years, Durant can only sign for two years and US$63.3 million.
Then in 2017, Durant jumped out of the contract and signed a "1+1" two-year contract worth 53 million. At this time, Durant could sign a maximum of 69 million for two years. Then in 2018, Durant continued to jump out of the contract and signed two more contracts. 61.5 million per year, which is still a long way from the maximum contract of US$76.3 million over two years!
Durant's biggest mistake was that he shouldn't have grabbed the limelight and won these two FMVPs!
So Durant is extremely depressed inside. I have already sacrificed myself to this point. Why are Draymond Green and Warriors fans still so unfriendly to me?
Then in 2017, Durant jumped out of the contract and signed a "1+1" two-year contract worth 53 million. At this time, Durant could sign a maximum of 69 million for two years. Then in 2018, Durant continued to jump out of the contract and signed two more contracts. 61.5 million per year, which is still a long way from the maximum contract of US$76.3 million over two years!
Durant's biggest mistake was that he shouldn't have grabbed the limelight and won these two FMVPs!
So Durant is extremely depressed inside. I have already sacrificed myself to this point. Why are Draymond Green and Warriors fans still so unfriendly to me?
