There are many signings and trades in the NBA free agency, and Brian Colangelo often calls Guo Xu and asks if he wants to sign a free agent who has the strength and is willing to take a pay cut, and the Suns have salary space to sign a middle-class player for the 2006-07 season without paying the luxury tax.

There are many people who want to join the Sun, but Guo Xu vetoed it, the reason is very simple, almost all swing people want to come, and the Sun can't use it.

"Why can't you use powerful people to join? It's good to sign as a substitute. Brian wondered.

"We had a lot of new players last season who weren't developed and didn't play, so wouldn't it be good to give them more opportunities to play in the regular season next season? It is enough to have two veterans, and if they don't play too much, they will have no potential to tap when they play, and they will only decline in form. For the sake of the long-term development of the team, I recommend training the newcomers. ”

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Brian couldn't stop laughing.

He felt that the conversation between the two was very weird, as if he was a player, and Guo Xu was the boss who wanted to save money.

Ever since Bryan knew about basketball and knew that there was an NBA, he had never heard of a core like Guo Xu who saved money for the team. Is it to get together with a team of low-salary players, and he feels enjoyable to bring them?

Bryan wants to sign someone because of the addition of an amnesty clause to the NBA's new collective bargaining agreement this year, and there are several cost-effective players in the free market, that is, those who have been "pardoned".

Because this clause stems from the Knicks' "mid-range shooting king" Alan Houston's super bad contract, it is also known as the "Alan Houston Clause".

The terms state that if a team's total salary exceeds the NBA salary cap, a player can be laid off on the condition that the contract salary is guaranteed. The player's remaining salary is payable but is not included in the team's salary total. The move is intended to help the team avoid the luxury tax, which would give the team more room to make roster changes.

The so-called amnesty is to sweep away the high-paid players who are not used in the team. Why not lay off employees? According to NBA regulations, after a player is cut, the player's salary is still included in the team's gross salary, and the luxury tax is still paid, which is purely detrimental to others and self.

The Knicks have too many bad contracts, and the league wants to help them. Since the Knicks are based in New York and have the highest commercial value, David Stern has always wanted to pick them up.

Unfortunately, the Knicks have become a poster child of mud that can't hold up to the wall after 1999.

Ironically, Houston was not pardoned, and the Knicks opted to pardon another player on the team, Jerome Williams, nicknamed "Junk Dog."

Because the league stipulates that the team must insure the top five players with the remaining salary or the top five average annual salary of the team, and if the insured player is injured and misses the game, part of the salary will be compensated by the insurance company. When a player has been absent for 41 consecutive games or more, the insurance company will pay 80% of the player's salary.

In other words, the worst thing about the Houston pit is actually the insurance company, not the Knicks.

There are quite a few high-paid players who have been pardoned, and there is one that many teams want to recruit to the roster, and that is Mavericks captain Michael Finley.

Finley signed a seven-year, $100 million contract with the Mavericks in 2001. By this year, his contract will result in the Mavericks paying at least $50 million in luxury tax for the next three seasons.

In his previous life, Mavericks owner Cuban reluctantly pardoned Finley, and Finley gave Cuban a resounding slap in the face after being pardoned, and he chose to join the Spurs in the same district and won the championship in 2007.

Now Finley wants to join the Suns to fill the vacancy left by Joe Johnson and compete for a championship. Something embarrassing happened, and Suns management turned down Finley, even if it would cost less than $3 million next season. The sun will not be announced to the public, saving him face.

Reggie Miller was also "pardoned" by the Pacers, he has retired, but because the Pacers have 1 year left on his contract, in order to pay $6 million less in the luxury tax, the Pacers "pardoned" the greatest player in team history. has retired and can still make some contributions to the team, Miller received a lot of applause, he just retired, not to the strong team to hug his legs.

The Hawks cut "penny" Anfernee Hardaway, the god's contract expired in 2006, but the Hawks management couldn't wait, this man was always injured, inefficient and liked to rely on the old and sell the old, and it was annoying to stay in the team and watch.

Hardaway's desire to return to the Suns was also denied, and not every veteran has the opportunity to realize his championship dream. The sun sign him is completely useless, and he can't even be called a mascot, and he can't see any auspiciousness in his entire career. The Suns don't even need to engage fans by discussing how glamorous Hardaway was at his peak.

As many people as the sun refuses, it is inevitable that they will be targeted by the media, and many experts are puzzled by the fact that the sun does not strengthen in summer.

Obviously there is plenty of salary space, don't you add an insurance policy for the defense of the title?

Even if the Suns want to keep a spot, they can cut a second-round rookie? Signing a veteran is definitely stronger, and could James Jones, a fringe guy, be better than Finley?

In fact, Guo Xu felt that Jones was better, because Jones was not famous, and he didn't want anyone who affected Guo Xu's popularity.

After Durant joined the Warriors in his previous life, Stephen Curry couldn't win the regular season MVP, no matter how well he played, because the Warriors lineup was too strong, Curry didn't get a high evaluation.

The Suns are also experiencing this situation now, Finley is obviously just a role player, but he is very famous, giving people the illusion that he is very strong, which is unacceptable to Guo Xu.

Last season, Finley played 36.8 minutes per game for the Mavericks, hitting only 6 of 14.2 shots, a 42.7% shooting rate, and only made 2.1 free throws per game, scoring 15.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.6 assists.

It is not difficult to see from the data that Finley has almost no breakthrough ability, and his scoring is all based on jump shots, and with this point in the past 37 minutes, the offensive efficiency is obviously a tragedy.

At Finley's current level, it is impossible to play more than 25 minutes after joining the Suns, and he struggles to average 10 points per game.

If the Suns were to develop rookies and let Finley only play 10 minutes, he would certainly have no stats. Maybe he will keep the reputation of reducing his salary to help the sun build a dynasty, but what will people say about Guo Xu?

Experts and fans will think that the Suns' lineup is really very strong, and they are a team of All-Stars, because former All-Star Finley can only be a marginal person when he joins. They have a reference, and when he was in the Mavericks, Finley was the third scorer on the team.

In short, Guo Xu will never cooperate with a famous and incapable person like Finley, he will stay cool.

If a veteran like Alonzo Mourning wants to come to the Suns, Guo Xu is absolutely welcome, because the kidney fighter Mourning has strength, and everyone still thinks that he can't do it, and it is still a good gimmick to help him get the championship ring. It's a pity that Mo Ning is dead-eyed, he has a deep affection for the Heat, and he is back to the Heat.

There are some things in his heart that Guo Xu will not say to anyone, and it will always be just a secret that he rots in his stomach.

He only wants two kinds of teammates, one is a rookie with super potential, who became a star or an excellent role player in his previous life; The second is a player who has star strength but no ball control, and he can explode if he is given the ball, and he is currently seriously underestimated.

Guo Xu and these two kinds of people partner to win the championship, and they will get the highest evaluation. He will be labeled as something like "he can lead the team", "he is the best individual", "he can make his teammates stronger". Unless there is a second born again, who knows the potential of these people?

This is a shortcut to surpass Jordan and become the first person in NBA history!