Davis’ contract renewal is risky, but it is a win-win situation for him and the Lakers!

In the offseason of 2023, the Lakers mainly focused on maintaining core continuity, which helped them achieve an impressive turnaround in the most recent season. Despite the topic of LeBron’s retirement, the Lakers still have a lot of plans for this offseason. This week, they reached the most important part, that is, the first day when they were eligible to renew their contracts in anthony davis. According to The Athletic’s sources, he reached a three-year contract with the Lakers with a maximum salary of $186 million.

Overall, the 30-year-old Davis will work with the Lakers for five years, with a contract value of about $270.5 million. After re-signing Austin Reeves, Ba Cun Bases and Russell earlier this summer, another offseason goal of Los Angeles is to leave a cornerstone for the Lakers’ future, that is, to renew Davis’ contract in advance.

This three-year contract renewal ensures that Davis will remain a member of the Lakers until 2028, anchoring him as a bridge to the next basketball era after the Lakers era in lebron james (whether because of retirement or joining another team).

Davis has two years left on his current contract, totaling $83.8 million, and he is eligible to renew it on Friday. Davis and the Lakers need to reach a contract agreement before October 23rd (the day before the start of the regular season). Rob Pelinka, vice president and general manager of Lakers basketball operations, and Ricky Paul, Davis’ agent and CEO of Klutch Sports, were inspired by the team news, and they hoped to complete the signing as soon as possible.

Davis’ new contract will take effect in the 2025-26 season, which is the largest contract renewal in NBA history. It is estimated that the average annual salary is about 62 million US dollars.

"As a member of the Lakers, I have a very high opinion of anthony davis." Pelinka said in Las Vegas on July 9. "He helped our team win the championship. He is an incredible captain and leader. Last year, we saw that he was willing to stick to the game in the case of injury and took our team to the Western Conference finals. Therefore, I am very happy that he is a member of our team. "

This renewal is a win-win situation for both parties. The Lakers have ensured the stability in the next five years, and no longer need to worry about the disaster scenario that after LeBron retired, Davis chose to quit his contract and become a free agent next summer. At the same time, Davis also gained a long-term sense of security. If he did not renew his contract and was injured again this season, this sense of security may no longer exist.

This is the second time that the four-time All-Star has chosen to maintain immediate certainty with the Lakers instead of taking risks to pursue a longer-term contract. As early as 2020, after the Lakers won the championship, Davis signed a five-year contract with a total amount of $190 million, instead of signing a short-term contract-then returning to the free market in 2021-and then signing a five-year contract.

At that time, it took Davis more than a week to sign with the Lakers. This time, the two sides reached an agreement within a few hours.

If anything, this renewal may be more beneficial to the Lakers, considering that they will save a lot of money in this contract compared with the situation of their expired contract. Because another situation might happen, Davis refused to renew his contract, but chose to exercise his right to jump out of the contract in advance and become a free agent in 2024.

Davis was entitled to sign a five-year contract worth more than $304 million (basically the same as Jaylen Brown’s contract)-plus the salary for the new season, it is equivalent to six years, and the total amount will be $344.5 million instead of five years, with a total amount of $270.5 million, a difference of more than $70 million. The Lakers will eventually pay Davis less than his maximum annual salary in the 2024-25 season and reduce the risk at the end of this contract. Remarks: Davis was only 35 years old when the current contract ended, but in another case, Davis was 36 years old! )

Last season, Davis re-established his position among the top ten players in the league, averaging 25.9 points, 12.5 rebounds (the highest in his career, the most for players with more than 50 games), 2.6 assists, 1.1 steals and 2.0 blocks per game, in 56 games. His hit rate (56.3) and true hit rate (62.7) are the highest in his career.

At the beginning of the season, there were signs that the Lakers were handing over the offense to Davis, even carrying the whole team to a great extent. However, a complicated foot injury in mid-December made him miss 20 consecutive games, and on the offensive end, he never returned to his original level (his average score was 28.1 points before the injury and 24.7 points after the injury). Nevertheless, after James tore his hamstring in February, Davis tried to make a comeback as soon as possible, and the team led the team to play a good performance after strengthening at the trade deadline.

In the playoffs, Davis dominated both offensive and defensive ends, averaging 22.6 points, 14.1 rebounds (the most in the playoffs), 2.6 assists, 1.4 steals and 3.1 blocked shots (the most in the playoffs) in 16 games. In the first two rounds, he was the best defender in the league, and it was not until the attack against nikola jokic in the Western Conference finals that he was slightly restrained (even so, Davis averaged 26.8 points, 14.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.3 steals and 2.8 blocks in four games against Denver). Equally important, Davis played 47 times in the team’s last 50 games, including 26 consecutive games (this is his longest consecutive appearance since the 2016-17 season).

Of course, this renewal is not without obvious shortcomings for the Lakers. Davis has a long history of injuries, which is worrying for a player who will turn 35 at the end of his contract. There is enough data to show that he will miss at least 15 to 20 games every season. In Los Angeles, he missed at least 26 games for three consecutive seasons, including two missed 36 or more games. Since the 2017-18 season, he has not played 65 or more games for four consecutive seasons.

It is possible for the Lakers to find a way to manage his load, so that he can play less time when he enters the age of 30, or rest during back-to-back games. But every time he is injured, and the situation happens more than anyone else, there is always a worry that he may be seriously injured.

Another less discussed problem is that Davis, as a big man who can project from outside, his projection efficiency drops sharply. One of the reasons why the Lakers are so strong in the 2019-20 season, especially in the playoffs in the NBA bubble, is Davis’ impressive jump shot. His most famous scene as a Lakers player is still his winning three points in the second game of the 2020 Western Conference Finals.

Since then, Davis’s shooting has regressed, especially the three-pointers (in every season in Los Angeles, his shooting frequency has decreased year by year, and his three-pointer percentage has been 26.0% or lower for three consecutive seasons). If Davis can’t restore his shooting touch, the Lakers will continue to be limited in building the lineup and the best lineup (if Davis can’t open the lineup as before, then the concept of building the lineup of two big men is absurd).

In addition, there is the problem of Davis’ offensive stability, which is partly due to his shooting problem. In the playoffs, Davis’s offensive performance every other game-he scored more than 20 points three times in a row-won the nickname "alternate day" from cynical fans, which was a joke on his AD abbreviation. In the playoffs in 2023, his score dropped by a third (from 25.9 to 22.6), and sometimes the Lakers felt that they needed more performance on the offensive end.

At this point, it is certain that Davis’ offensive limit is still as high as that of Jokic, Brother Alphabet and joel embiid (see the first game of the 2020 Western Conference Finals against Denver), but his offensive reliability is not as good as those players in every night’s game. Nevertheless, as long as James maintains the level before the foot injury and players like Reeves, Ba Cun Bases and Christie continue to grow, the Lakers should be able to offset Davis’ offensive instability next season.

Even with these concerns, the Lakers must make a decision to renew their contracts in advance. Not long ago, seven or eight years ago, they couldn’t sign a superstar. Before James signed the contract in 2018, the Lakers were in trouble when they were looking for a player to replace the old Kobe Bryant. Their young core is exciting, but these players have not yet become superstars with championship-level strength. James’ joining attracted Davis who wanted to leave New Orleans after seven seasons.

The Lakers have rebuilt their reputation and remain one of the best destinations in the league. But the free agent market no longer works as it used to. Superstars rarely change teams in this way, but often re-sign with their existing teams and then ask for a change of teams through transactions. At present, the Lakers don’t have enough assets to be used to acquire superstars through trading. Letting Davis leave the free market (creating a lot of salary space) or trying to trade with other stars (or finally getting a star through a series of transactions) is no longer a wise strategy like in previous seasons.

With Davis’ health, the upper limit of the Lakers is clear: they are one of the best teams in the league and have the ability to win or compete for the championship. Davis maintained a healthy season twice, the Lakers won a championship and entered the Western Conference finals. Even in 2021, the Lakers maintained a 2-1 series advantage against the Phoenix Suns (who entered the NBA Finals that season), and then Davis withdrew in the fourth game due to a hamstring injury.

At his peak, Davis was still one of the best 10 to 12 players in the league, and even one of the best two centers (he and Embiid). Those who accuse him of unstable attack often ignore his defensive dominance. In his first two seasons with the Lakers, the Lakers ranked the top three in defense. After the trade deadline last season, once he had the right defensive players around him, the Lakers became the best defensive team in the league. He is only 30 years old, and he still has a long peak. (Pelinka confirmed in July that the Lakers are confident that Davis can fully recover from the stress reaction of his right foot and the fracture of his spur. )

Unlike the previous offseason, the Lakers have begun to plan their future lineup. The contracts of Reeves, Bacunlei and Gabe Vincent will last at least until 2025, and now Davis’ contract will last until 2028. James will enter his 21st season, and he has player options in 2024-2025. In view of the uncertainty surrounding his future, the Lakers need to keep Davis. It is a wise decision to renew him.

In the future, Davis will be the mainstay of the Lakers’ marketing to potential superstar teammates. According to Spotrac, Brother Alphabet, Jayson Tatum and Donovan Mitchell may all become free agents in 2025, if they reject the player option.

By that time, Davis will be 32 years old, and may have entered the downhill stage of his career, but his versatile skill combination and potential outside stars are attractive qualities. He should continue to maintain his position as an outstanding defender and insider overlord in the game in the next few years; Davis has been quietly adjusting his game style in the past few seasons because his injury has weakened some of his athletic abilities. His willingness to back down and accept the choice of being the top number two star-just as he and James joined the Lakers at their peak-shows that another superstar can sign a contract in Los Angeles and take on more leading roles and spotlight.

Some people may be surprised by Davis’ contract, but if Davis retires tomorrow, his time in Los Angeles will undoubtedly be a successful chapter.

After arriving from New Orleans in a big deal in 2019, Davis and James helped the Lakers win the championship in 2020. Last season, he almost helped the Lakers win the second championship. Many people think that Davis is the best player of the Lakers in their Western Conference finals. If there were any doubts before-in fact, there shouldn’t be-Davis’s No.3 jersey will one day be hung on the top floor of Arena, Crypto.com, along with the jerseys of other great Lakers big players, such as George McCann, wilt chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, shaquille o’neal and pau gasol.

Until then, Davis and the Lakers will continue to maintain their fruitful partnership after the formal contract renewal, which will provide both sides with the stability they seek.

Shougang 80 million smashed qi zhou, Li Luyun took over Jiangsu, and Zhao Rui steadily entered the national team.

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Qi zhou’s contract farce continued in this offseason, and fans felt that he wanted to join other teams to participate in the CBA League. After all, for qi zhou, there was no future for him to play in overseas leagues all the time. He tried to play in the NBL League in Australia before, but qi zhou’s performance was not particularly outstanding. He failed to gain a full foothold in the NBL League. For qi zhou, it was the best choice to be able to go to a local team to play stably. After all, in addition to the CBA League every season, qi zhou had to participate.

Recently, a well-known media broke the news that Beijing Shougang Team introduced qi zhou. It is reported that the chips given by the team before were Fan Ziming plus 80 million cash, of which 40 million cash was the transfer fee given by Beijing Shougang Team to Xinjiang Team. This money seems reasonable. As the strongest insider of China Men’s Basketball Team, qi zhou really deserves such a transfer amount. However, the problem is that qi zhou also wants to get the signing fee given by Beijing Shougang Team, and his asking price is also 40 million cash. Beijing Shougang Team finally gritted its teeth and agreed to this request.

However, in the case that Beijing Shougang team negotiated with Xinjiang team and qi zhou, they still failed to sign qi zhou successfully, because in CBA league, players can’t collect the signing fee. If Beijing Shougang team gave qi zhou the 40 million, the team would have broken the rules of the league. According to qi zhou’s personality, he would probably use this matter to propose to leave the team again in the future. Beijing Shougang team only wants to sign qi zhou in full compliance, and they have to continue negotiations.

Qi zhou, the former main inside player of Xinjiang team.

The second news came from Li Luyun, a young insider of Jiangsu team. In this offseason, Jiangsu team traded Wu Guanxi to Xinjiang team to play. There were not many insider players they could use. Li Luyun directly became the main insider of Jiangsu team, and he began to take over the team. In the warm-up match between Jiangsu team and Ningbo Fubon team, Li Luyun played for 26 minutes, and he scored 14 points.

The main reason why Jiangsu team has the courage to trade Wu Guanxi is that they are more optimistic about the ability of Li Luyun. Jiangsu team thinks that Li Luyun can exist as the main player of the team, and his talent is really good. Before, Li Luyun’s biggest shortcoming was his poor physical confrontation ability, but at present, although his body is thin, his physical confrontation ability is still good, Li Luyun.

Before the existence of Wu Guanxi, Li Luyun didn’t play too much, and he was really young, but the Jiangsu team made a decision this offseason, and they traded Wu Guanxi. Next season, Li Luyun will be the main inside player of Jiangsu team, and his average playing time is likely to exceed 30 minutes. As long as Li Luyun can seize these opportunities, his development should be very good in the future.

Li Luyun’s Jiangsu Team Playing Period

The third news comes from Zhao Rui, the main defender of Guangdong team. China men’s basketball team played warm-up matches with several European teams before. It can be seen that Zhao Rui is actually the most stable player in the team. He can score nearly 10 points per game, and Zhao Rui can also help his teammates create some offensive opportunities. He is now a standard double-energy defender. In fact, Zhao Rui’s current position is the position of Guo Ailun in the national team before.

Next, Zhao Rui is sure to enter the national team’s 12-man roster. He is the number one defender in the team except Zhao Jiwei. In terms of personal offensive ability, Zhao Rui is stronger than Sun Minghui, and in terms of ball holding ability, he is also better than Hu Mingxuan. Zhao Rui’s ability in all aspects is actually very good. He is a very practical defender. Now, if the China men’s basketball team wants to win, it still depends on the help of Zhao Rui, a defender.

Especially this time, Guo Ailun didn’t play in the national team. Every team needs a defender as a key player. Zhao Rui is such a player. Besides tackling the key, he also has certain passing ability. Zhao Rui has completely won the trust of Jorjevich. He and Zhao Jiwei are the two most capable players in the position of defender at present. Perhaps in the CBA league, Zhao Rui’s data is not particularly outstanding, but he is very suitable for participating in the national team competition.

Zhao Rui, the main defender of China Men’s Basketball Team

The fans who are familiar with Zhao Rui know very well that he is very strict with himself. Moreover, when Zhao Rui just entered the CBA League, his offensive desire was actually very strong. Zhao Rui is a defender who plays the main offense, but in the Guangdong team, his offensive ability is often unable to be displayed.

Guangdong’s three main defenders, Zhao Rui, Hu Mingxuan and Jeff, have similar positions in the team, and their offensive ball rights are equally divided. Zhao Rui doesn’t have much offensive hand rights, which leads to his low score data. If Guangdong only has Zhao Rui as a main defender, his data should be very good-looking.

Manchester United agreed to pay four raises and release five defenders on personal terms with Min-jae Kim.

Manchester United agreed to pay four raises and release five defenders on personal terms with Min-jae Kim.

The possibility of signing Min-jae Kim is gradually attracting people’s attention.

British media Metro18 reported on 18th (Korea time) that "Manchester United has reached a personal agreement with Kim Min-jae". The media said,’ Manchester United is one step closer to introducing Kim Min-jae. Manchester United are willing to pay Kim Min-jae’s buyout amount and reach an agreement with Kim Min-jae on personal terms. Kim Min-jae said that if he moves to Manchester United, his salary will rise sharply.

It is understood that Kim Min contains a buyout clause that allows him to leave Naples with a buyout amount of about 50 million euros (about 72.9 billion won) at the end of this season. It is said that Manchester United’s current position is that it is no problem to pay 60 million euros (about 87.5 billion won) to introduce Kim Min-jae.

The British Mirror said on the 17th that "Manchester United can release 13 players and gain 100 million pounds (about 166.4 billion won) in the transfer market." He also mentioned the possibility of leaving. British football fan Caster said on the 18th, "Manchester United are considering signing a defender, because many defenders may leave the team at the end of this season." Kim Min-jae said that if he moved to Manchester United, his salary would quadruple. It is understood that Kim Min-jae’s annual salary in Naples is 2 million euros (about 2.9 billion won), and it is expected that if he is transferred, his annual salary will exceed 8 million euros (about 11.6 billion won) to Manchester United.

While Kim Min-jae is also concerned about the transfer rumors of Manchester City and Chelsea, England’s Give Me Sport said on the 18th that "Newcastle United are considering signing Kim Min-jae." Newcastle sent scouts to observe Kim Min-jae. If Kim Min-jae moves this summer, he will play for three different clubs in three seasons. Kim Min-jae is now a player associated with the best big club in the world.

Artificial intelligence technology is changing the development of media industry and promoting the re-evaluation of industry value.

The generative AI application represented by ChatGPT has rapidly broken down, which has attracted the attention of media and Internet related application fields. The main application directions of generative AI are 2B and 2C. 2b: 1) Embedding enterprise workflow to assist production and realize cost reduction and efficiency increase; 2) Marketing link, assisting the generation of marketing ideas or realizing intelligent customer service; 2C1) As a productivity tool, it is applied to text generation, language learning and other fields; 2) Service scenarios such as education, entertainment, companionship and medical care.

Games: We believe that short-term generative AI can improve the production efficiency of text, image, audio, video, 3D model, code and other game content, break the production capacity constraints and creative landing, improve the ceiling of human efficiency, shorten the game production cycle and reduce the production cost. Long-term optimistic about the high degree of freedom of generative AI or innovative gameplay.

Film and television: the comprehensive text/audio/video in the film and television industry is a high-quality landing scene for generating AI. Generative AI is based on a large number of data and corpus, which will improve the production efficiency of scripts, music and other content and provide more creativity.

Advertising: efficiently generate advertising materials and fully empower industry participants: 1) platform side: the advertiser’s budget is based on user traffic and delivery efficiency, and the platform may benefit from the combination of AI. 2) Service provider: Based on the long-term accumulated customer cooperation relationship and content data, existing service providers develop small models of marketing industry on the basis of large models, which is a more effective industry solution.

Education: Education is an application scenario officially recommended by OpenAI, and it has application prospects in assisted learning. In terms of industrial impact, K12 takes the lead in hardware, and enterprises with deep accumulation of vertical data /AI technology are expected to benefit; At the same time, the development of artificial intelligence industry will drive employment demand, and related training enterprises such as Chinese public education are also expected to benefit.

Virtual people: 1)AI digital employees are expected to become an important "labor force" in the AI ? ? era, reducing costs and increasing efficiency for enterprises. 2)AI-driven virtual human interaction will be more simulated and intelligent. Virtual idols, virtual KOL, and virtual pets are expected to expand to more application scenarios such as live e-commerce, film and television variety, and chat companionship.

E-commerce: The e-commerce industry has accumulated a lot of data and algorithms over the years. We believe that the application of artificial intelligence in e-commerce can: 1) enhance the consumer experience and let users find the goods they need more accurately; 2) to improve the return on investment of advertisers, advertisers can use AI to generate marketing copy and push products to consumers more accurately; 3) Improve the platform efficiency. E-commerce platform uses artificial intelligence to improve algorithms, optimize operations, reduce costs and improve efficiency.

The application of generative artificial intelligence will promote content production to reduce costs and increase efficiency, bring more free interactive experiences and business scenarios, and promote the revaluation of the media industry. In terms of investment targets, at the current time, it is recommended to pay attention to companies that are expected to take the lead or have first-Mover advantages in specific scenarios:

1) Pay attention to companies that have cooperation or direct connection with overseas mature large-scale models and are expected to take the lead in realizing the scene: Kunlun Wanwei, Tomcat, Wanxing Technology, etc.

2) In the field of 2)2B, the game field recommends Sanqi Entertainment, Shadow Network, Gigabit, etc. The blue cursor is recommended in the marketing field, and it is recommended to pay attention to Leo shares, Tianyu data, a little world, etc. Virtual characters and virtual scenes: Tianyu data, cube data, world show, etc. Office and creative fields: Jinshan Office, Fuxin Software, Meitu, Dream World, etc. Financial field: flush; E-commerce field: Ji Hong, Guangyun Technology, etc.

3) The high-quality structured semantic database is expected to be revalued. Recommended attention: vision china, Chinese Online, etc.

4) Baidu and Alibaba are recommended in the technical field; It is recommended to pay attention to Haitian Ruisheng, Popular Technology, Iflytek, Tuosi, Inspur Information, Shuguang, Hongbo, etc. Us stocks recommend Microsoft and NVIDIA.