Lakers this offseason can be said to have stole the limelight. Although they have lost a few meritorious veterans, they have introduced more powerful players. The age structure of the entire team has been renewed and the strength is stronger. It can be said that the future In a few years, the Lakers will be the top team. Pelinka seems to be getting closer and closer to the award of best general manager. However, when the wind went smoothly, the Lakers also suffered a headshot, and their request to the league has been rejected.
The Lakers had previously submitted a request to the league to remove Rolle Deng’s salary from the salary cap. Because they believe that the latter situation meets the requirement of "suffering a career-end injury". In 2016, the Lakers and Rol Deng signed a four-year contract of 72 million yuan, but after the latter joined, the state was extremely poor. He has reached a buyout agreement with the Lakers during the 2018 offseason. The last year's salary is the Lakers. It is paid in three years, and until the offseason of 2022, Rol Deng will still occupy the Lakers' salary of 4.9 million. This also caused the Lakers to be constrained when signing up, so they always wanted to clear the contract.
is now rejected by the league, and the Lakers will also lose some opportunities for reinforcement. 4.9 million is not much, but it is better than the basic salary. It is still possible to introduce a high-quality role player. At the same time that the Lakers were rejected by the league, the Warriors' application has been passed, and they have received a 9.3 million injury exception. The Warriors will be able to use this exception to strengthen. So, why was the Lakers' application rejected, but the Warriors' application was approved?
First of all, the content of the two applications is still different. The Lakers apply for the removal of player salaries from the salary cap, and the Warriors are an injury exception. The former is to make more salary space out of thin air. The special case of the Warriors is that they can operate on the cap, but the total salary still has to be added. In other words, the Warriors used this special case, and the luxury tax that should be paid still has to be paid. At present, their luxury tax has exceeded 150 million. With this special case, the luxury tax will go directly to 200 million.
All these luxury taxes will be handed over to the league and then distributed to other teams that do not have to pay taxes, which is equivalent to creating revenue for the league, and it is naturally easier to be approved.
The Warriors’ application is also reasonable and compliant. Thompson has indeed suffered a serious injury from the season’s reimbursement, but the Lakers’ argument is somewhat far-fetched. After they bought out Rol Deng, the latter also played for the Timberwolves for a short period of time, not "suffering injuries at the end of his career". What's more, why didn't the Lakers submit an application during the contract period, but only after 2 years of the buyout.
Nowadays, the Lakers are getting stronger and stronger. Some powerful players have cut their salaries to join. This gives them a vague sense of dominance. The NBA needs a "Hundreds of Families" structure to attract more fans, so Will not let the Lakers continue to increase their strength. As the Warriors are the most popular team in previous years, the NBA also needs them to regroup and perform well in order to bring higher ratings.
