As we all know, the Spurs are a small ball market, and the team owner has always liked players with good quality and low price. Looking at the previous GDP mix, even Duncan has repeatedly reduced his salary and stayed in the team. Ginobili and Parker can be regarded as superstars, but they have never got a contract with an annual salary of more than 20 million. Later, Dior, Berinelli, Split and Anderson all earned more than $10 million a year in the Rockets, but their annual salary was around $3 million. I have to admire the Spurs' scouting skills and Bobo's fierce use of troops. Split is one of the disciples who benefited the most. The price of going out after the Spurs play is one year10 million dollars.
Leonard's team is likely to see that the Spurs are unwilling to give Leonard a top salary. According to the current salary cap of the NBA, it is not too much for a superstar like leonard to get an annual salary of more than 40 million, but according to reliable sources, the Spurs are only willing to give a contract of about 32 million, which is far below the expectation of the leonard team. However, there is no face-breaking with the Spurs. One of the most important reasons is that the Spurs have the initiative in trading, because Leonard's contract didn't expire until February 20 19 (he signed a five-year contract with the Spurs in 20 15).
At present, there are 76 teams chasing Leonard, Celtic and Raptors. If they sign a new owner immediately after the transaction, Leonard can get a four-year contract of1.45438+000 million dollars; If they sign a contract with their old club, the Spurs can take advantage of the veteran's special case and offer Leonard a five-year contract of $22 10/00000. After careful calculation, the difference between before and after is $80 million, which is also the main reason why Leonard and the Spurs have been deadlocked. NBA is a business field. The Spurs trained Leonard, but they also gained due value from him.