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Does playing in the NBA mean having a lifetime "meal ticket"?
This is really not just a rhetoric, the NBA should be a model of extremely commercial operation in the sports world.
The treatment of players who can join the NBA is also very "fragrant", not only to make themselves famous, but also to have quite generous benefits.
It can be said that as long as a player does not die, then the NBA can ensure that he has no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life.
And we really have very few Chinese players in the NBA, a total of six, but two of them can't get this long-term meal ticket?
The NBA operates commercially
The NBA is "heaven" in the eyes of basketball fans, and in the eyes of capitalists, it is also a sweet pastry, or a sweet and sweet food that is willing to spend money on it.
After all, it can provide post-retirement security for so many players, and the financial strength is not a joke.
As we all know, although the influence of the CBA is not great now, its status is also slowly improving in the basketball world, and the most obvious manifestation is that its commercial value has increased a lot.
If the CBA wants to increase its popularity, in addition to recruiting famous teams and players, the most important thing is that he must be "rich".
After all, everything can only be established on the basis of its money, so the CBA has been expanding its business territory for several years, and is committed to bringing its own commercialization closer to the NBA.
You must know that the NBA's advertising space is sky-high, and if you want to get the NBA's broadcast rights, you have to take money to smash it up, and the revenue brought to the NBA is unimaginable to ordinary people.
It is reported that the NBA's 9-year broadcast contract is as high as 24 billion US dollars, which is also the reason why the commercial value of NBA players is ridiculously high.
Obviously, the CBA's current influence can't do this at all, and in contrast, it seems that the NBA is prosperous.
As for the benefits after retirement, they are also quite considerable, and the NBA has its own algorithm.
It is worth mentioning that if you apply for this money at different ages, you will receive a different pension.
He is divided into three age limits, 45 years old, 50 years old, and 62 years old.
If you start applying for this benefit when you are 45 years old, you can receive so much money every month:
$306.34× validity period (3-10 years) × 2/3
Age 50: $306.34× years of service (3-10 years)
62 years old: 1666.7× years of service (3-10 years)
On top of that, according to US media reports, the base of the first two age groups of NBA players' pensions has changed from $306.34 to $532.2.
That is to say, according to the minimum number of years of welfare from the age of 45, you can get 7586.511 yuan every month (according to the exchange rate of 7.1275 on January 2, 2024, all of the following).
Not to mention that if you start applying at the age of 62, based on the maximum number of years for 10 years, you can receive RMB 118,794.0425 every month.
The lowest is already a month's salary of ordinary wage earners, and they can fully survive, and such a pension is undoubtedly exciting in China.
And there are not many Chinese players who can get the NBA threshold, and there are even fewer players who have actually played in the NBA.
Speaking of which, the two players who have to be mentioned are Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming, both of whom were the two famous players of the men's basketball team at that time.
How much do they get when they retire from the NBA? Why don't anybody?
6 domestic players
It has been said that there are a total of 6 Chinese players who play in the NBA, so do you know which six they are?
That is Wang Zhizhi, Yao Ming, Battle, Yi Jianlian, Sun Yue, and Zhou Qi.
The first two are undoubtedly the most special two in the history of Chinese basketball, Wang Zhizhi is the first Chinese player to play in the NBA, and Yao Ming's influence is not to mention too much.
Wang Zhizhi's excellent performance on the field has made those who are proud abroad see China's strength, and Wang Zhizhi has also been invited by foreign teams many times.
But at that time, China was in short supply of talents and did not let them go, so Wang Zhizhi has been playing in China and ignored the invitations of foreign teams.
In 2001, with Wang's re-victory, his opportunity came again, and he joined the Dallas Mavericks.
became the first player in China to go to the NBA, and even the first in Asia, which shows how strong Wang Zhizhi was at that time.
In the Mavericks, he is also very valued, making more than 60 appearances in two seasons, and the Mavericks are intent on renewing the contract with Wang Zhizhi.
But at this time, the accident came, the domestic training camp and the foreign league time conflicted, and then there were some differences and misunderstandings in the middle.
All kinds of dirty water and slanderous words swept towards Wang Zhizhi, and the Mavericks gave up the contract with Wang Zhizhi in consideration of the problem of public opinion.
Such a rumor almost ruined the new star, and then the Los Angeles Clippers threw an olive branch to Wang Zhizhi.
6 million signed a contract for 3 seasons, but Wang Zhizhi seemed to be in poor shape due to the previous influence, and he did not renew his contract after that.
Wang Zhizhi's NBA career stopped here, then again, how much pension can Wang Zhizhi get in the NBA for 5 years?
If he starts to take it at the age of 62, 1666.7.5·12·7.1275 = 712764.255 yuan.
In other words, he can receive 710,000 yuan every year, which is quite a considerable amount.
Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi are the same, they have been playing for a total of 5 years, so the pension they get is the same.
Yao Ming, an All-Star starter-caliber player, played in the NBA for a total of 9 years and 9 seasons.
One rule that has to be mentioned here is that this pension is a universal standard, which means that no matter what the performance, ability, and commercial value of a player in the NBA is, it is calculated using that formula.
Even if you don't get a point in the NBA season, you can get a pension in accordance with the rules, of course, this is an exaggeration, and those who can enter the NBA must be the dragon and phoenix among the people.
If Yao Ming starts to apply at the age of 62, 1666.7.5·12·7.1275=1282975.659 yuan, and he can get 1.28 million yuan a year by sitting still.
Battle hasn't been particularly impressive in the NBA compared to others, but he's also a guy who has actually played in the NBA for three years.
The shorter the number of years, the shorter the pension will be, or at the age of 62, 1666.7·3·12·7.1275=427658.553 yuan.
An income of 420,000 yuan a year is already very powerful for ordinary people.
So as mentioned above, there are two people who play in the NBA but cannot receive a pension, and those two are Sun Yue and Zhou Qi.
Sun Yue landed in the NBA in 2008, and in the season he appeared in the NBA, his performance was also remarkable, and the team also won the championship but did not renew his contract.
Therefore, Sun Yue has only played in the NBA for one year, and there is a threshold to apply for retirement benefits is to play in the NBA for at least 3 years, and Sun Yue's year is obviously not in accordance with the regulations.
And this retirement benefit not only has a lower limit, but also an upper limit of 10 years, that is, even if you play in the NBA for 10 years or more, that benefit period can only be counted to 10 years, and there is no more.
That is, the maximum amount of RMB received in a year, 1666.7·10·12·7.1275=1425528.51 yuan.
The same goes for Zhou Qi, who has only played in the NBA for 2 years and has not moved since 2019.
Although Zhou Qi is not very old, in his current form, it is not very likely that he will return to the NBA, and naturally he will not receive a "long-term meal ticket".
In addition, the NBA also provides athletes with a lot of other benefits to ensure that they can live a normal life after retirement!
epilogue
In fact, there are very few paths for athletes to choose after retirement, and those with commercial value can be advertised one after another, and excellent athletes will be hired as coaches, which is only a small number of people.
Most people will still be busy with life, Zhang Shangwu, who won the gymnastics championship at the Universiade before the age of 18, can only perform on the street after being injured and retiring.
This is still an athlete whose country has won the glory of gold medals, and it is still in such a field, let alone other athletes.
Therefore, the NBA provides athletes with the most basic living guarantee after retirement, which may be the reason why everyone is rushing to join the NBA.
After all, who can make money, have strength, and understand athletes, who can not be moved?
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