NBA contracts have 10-day short contracts, and there are one-year, two-year, three-year, four-year and five-year contracts, and role players who are often wandering generally sign one-year contracts, quality role players sign two- to three-year contracts, stars sign four- to five-year contracts, and now five years is the longest contract term.
In fact, the team signed such a long contract with the player is risky, if the player is injured during the contract period, the team not only loses a general, but also pays wages, although most of the money is from the insurance company, but the team still has to pay a part of the salary, and the player's salary still occupies the team's salary space, so the team has no hope of strengthening, so why does the team have to sign a long contract with the player in such an unfavorable situation?
Before the establishment of the players' union, players had no medical security, no pension insurance, and no minimum wage guarantee. In order to protect the interests of players, the players' union came into being, and the players played with the 30 bosses of the league for their own interests, and the players repeatedly went on strike to cause the league to shut down before they won many benefits for themselves.
A long time ago, players who were injured and could not play the game would be reduced by the team's salary, or even abandoned by the team, and their lives were not guaranteed. In order to protect the interests of the players, the players' union requires an increase in the number of years of the contract, during which the player can still receive the salary stipulated in the contract even if the player is injured and cannot play the game, or if he is unable to continue playing because of other things.
Bosses are not what players ask for, the team and players signed a multi-year contract although there are risks, but the advantages are more than bad, after weighing the pros and cons, the bosses are willing to reach a consensus with the players' union, after all, the NBA is a business, win-win is king.
First of all, if a team wants to remain competitive, it needs to have a stable core team, so retaining core players is the primary task, signing a multi-year contract is the key to retaining core players, after locking in core players, and then selecting other players and matching them according to the technical characteristics of core players can form a competitive team. If the team signs a short contract with the star, and the hard work of signing other players to match the star, and the star leaves after the contract expires, the team is not a bamboo basket.
Many teams not only signed a 5-year long contract with the star, but also renewed the contract with the star in advance during the contract period, in order to keep the star, if you can't stay, the team basically entered the reconstruction period, everything has to start over, and it takes a long time to find competitiveness, the stadium attendance rate during the reconstruction period is not high, and you can't sell playoff tickets, affecting the interests of the boss.
Secondly, a generous long contract can also make the star have a sense of belonging, play more safely, and play harder. If the contract given to the star is one or two years, the star will not play so hard for fear of not getting a new contract after being injured. If it is given a long contract, the stars will treat the city as their home, will fight for the fans of the city, fight for the glory of the city, even if these are not, they will look at the face of money to play well, can attract more fans to the scene to watch wonderful games, can drive the sales of peripheral goods, there are still many benefits for the team.
Third, teams can actually save money by signing long contracts with players. NBA players' salaries are rising every year, and they are rising particularly fast, signing contracts one year in advance and signing contracts one year later, and the amount of contracts varies greatly. When the value of the player soars, other teams will pay high salaries to recruit people, if they do not match, they will not be able to retain people, if they match, they will spend more money, which is not good for the team, instead of this, it is better to leave the player with a long contract, and the player's salary in the next few years is clearly visible, but it is easier to plan the future of the team.
When a player signs a big contract, when he first signed it, he felt that the annual salary was too high, in fact, after a few years, he would find that in fact, the contract offered by the team was reasonable, and even made a lot of money. The best example is Pippen, Pippen is an insecure player, signed a 7-year contract with the Bulls, under Jordan's experience, he has grown into a star with good offensive and defensive skills, but the annual salary is only a few million, far below the market price, his low salary allows the Bulls to have room to strengthen, the achievement of the Bulls Dynasty, so look at it, the Bulls signed a long contract with Pippen to make a lot of money.
Finally, every contract has several or even dozens of pages of terms, some to protect the interests of the players, and more to protect the interests of the team. Some contracts set conditions that players need to complete to get their full salary, such as number of appearances, minimum scores, rebounds, free throw shooting, selection in the best team or defensive lineup, all-star team, and even get a regular season MVP.
In general, signing a long contract is good for both the player and the team, which is the product of the game between the players' union and the team owner for many years, so that both sides have profits and win-win strength, in order to become bigger and stronger.