Why does Rich Paul repeatedly create super premium contracts? What is his excellence?

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As James won two championships in the Heat and countless personal honors, his influence became increasingly important in the NBA, and his young follower Rich Paul's agency also became famous. James' Heat teammates, Norris Cole, Sean Bathier, and Joel Anthony, all transferred to Paul's leadership, and Ricky Paul also made his first pot of gold in his agent's career.

Then Paul's business scope expanded rapidly, and three non-Heat players also came over. With the help of Ritchie Paul, they all got satisfactory contracts. The first place was a Wizards, Kevin Serafen, who averaged 4 points and 2 rebounds per game. Ritchie Paul helped him get a one-year contract of 3.9 million, which is also the highest annual salary in Serafen's career.

The second place is Cory Joseph, a small defender who ranked 29th in the first round in 2011. He played for four years with the Spurs, averaging 6+2+2 per game, and a double-game shooting percentage of 50%+37%. He performed well as a substitute. Originally, Joseph was synonymous with good quality and low price. After signing Rich Paul, he signed a four-year, 30 million fat contract with the Raptors. Joseph instantly became synonymous with the LJ contract. Among the three non-Heat players, the biggest brand is undoubtedly Suns star Eric Bledsoe. Bledsoe was the 18th rookie in the first round of 2010. His physical fitness exploded and he was nicknamed "Blood Cloth". In the first three years, he played a substitute for Chris Paul in the Clippers, averaging 8+3+3 per game. In the fourth year of the rookie, because the Clippers were going to renew Paul, he had no salary space to renew the contract with Blood Cloth, so he could only trade it and sent it to the Suns.

At that time, the Suns officially ended Nash's running and football era and were in a difficult period of reconstruction. Before the Blood Bu arrived, the Suns had only 25 wins and 57 losses, ranking at the bottom of the Western Conference. They took advantage of the potential of Blood Bu, so they brought him over and did not take the heavy responsibility. Who knew that the Blood Bu came to the Suns exploded in the first year, with an average of 17+5+5 per game, helping the Suns win 48 wins, ranking ninth in the Western Conference, and only one victory away from the playoffs.

Then the contract of Bloodbrow expires. The question arises, how much should I give him?

At that time, although the Blood Bu made great progress this year, there were still several problems, such as the average three-point shooting ability, and the assist-and-turnover ratio as a point guard was very poor. Although he gave more than 5 assists in each game, he ranked eighth in the league with 3.3 turnovers, and he was only 185 cm tall. It was difficult to play the No. 1 position, but because the Suns had a big explosion at that time, Golan Dragic could only put the Blood Bu in the No. 2 position. His height defense at the No. 2 position was a disaster.

But none of these matters, the style of play can be improved. The most important thing is that Blood Cloth has serious potential for injury. The second year of his career was due to a meniscus tearing on his right knee in the season. Last season, the meniscus tearing on his left knee was reimbursed and was reimbursed. He only played 43 games in the whole season, so the biggest contribution of the Suns' changes this season was not Blood Cloth, but Dragic, who also exploded. The latter won the fastest-progress player award this season.

is still the same problem. How much should he pay for such a blood cloth?

For comparison, there was a defender who played with Blood Bu, who was similar in terms of playing style, contribution and data, that was Kevin Lowry, who played in the Raptors. His contract was expired this year, and he renewed a contract with a player option for four years, 48 ​​million and an annual salary of 12 million. The Spurs' meritorious defender, Tony Parker, also renewed a contract with the Spurs for three years, 40 million. Therefore, the outside world's pricing for Blood Bu is basically around this price. The initial offer for Blood Bus by the Suns management was also a normal offer of 48 million in four years.

But this price was rejected by Ritchie Paul, who asked for a maximum salary of 85 million yuan in five years.

At that time, the Suns general manager Ryan Mike Dono was angry and laughed. What is the concept of an annual salary of 20 million? That is the same price as Chris Paul, Deron Williams, and Derek Ross. How can Xiao Xiaoyu cloth deserve this value?

Where did you know that Ricky Paul is serious? His reason is that in 2016, the NBA will sign a new version of the labor and capital agreement. By that time, money is not called money. 20 million is now the maximum salary, but it may be a drizzle in 2016.

Facts have proved that Ritchie Paul's judgment on NBA salary is completely correct.

Since the end of last season, Paul Rich and Suns general manager McDonald have started a long tug-of-war with the contract of the blood. McDonald raised the price to 52 million in four years and 60 million in five years, but he never impressed Paul Rich and Paul. Soon the draft came. He held three first-round picks in the Suns and selected the defenders with two of them - Taylor Ennis, who was 18th in the first round and Bogdan Bogdanovic, who was 27th in the first round.

The smell of pressure was self-evident, but Ricci Paul was unmoved and insisted on asking for a maximum salary. McDonald had no choice but to sign and then exchange the blood cloth to the Timberwolves for Kevin Martin and Zeiss Badinger, but the deal was not formed in the end. The free market door opened soon on July 1, and Paul still insisted on striking the maximum salary and refused to let go. He even threatened to sign a one-year short contract with the Suns, and become a complete free agent next year without compromise!

On July 14, the Suns signed Isaiah Thomas for 27 million in four years. This move is also considered to be the Suns about to give up on blood cloth..

It was very difficult to sign Wall with a long-standing star like this at that time, because these stars have been working together for many years and have very stable relationships. Unless there is a major conflict between the two, the stars generally will not change their goals. Therefore, in the next few years, Ricci and Paul's eyes were all turned to the draft.

In the 2016 draft, Ricci Paul signed No. 1 Ben Simmons (Simmons is an avid fan of James), Dezhangtai Murray, who ranked 29th in the first round, and Dalong Fox, who ranked fifth in the first round, was under his command. On September 9, 2017, another heavyweight star transferred to Ricci Paul, who is the Pelicans core Davis. After the start of the season, in order to enable the Lakers to help James win the championship, Paul Rich and Paul played a whole season with Pelicans general manager David Griffin for a whole season + a tug-of-war + a war of words. At that time, Paul Rich and Paul was no longer able to see the shadow of the street vendors back then. In other words, he forced the Pelicans management to submit with a tough attitude.

At that time, Paul Ricci, with his outstanding ability to create LJ contracts, a tough attitude, and his occasional hatred, became the biggest villain behind the NBA. The Pelicans general manager David Griffin was bullied, and the general managers of multiple teams jointly filed a complaint with the NBA office, demanding the ban on Ricci, Paul and his agency!

Then the question arises, what was the whole story of the joining the Lakers back then? What exactly did Ricci Paul do to arouse public anger? How did the NBA office handle this incident? Don’t go away, the next episode is more exciting!

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