When you sign a "non-guaranteed" or "partially guaranteed" contract for the last year of your career later in your career, you have to expect Luke Ridnour and Matt Barnes to encounter "five teams in six days" and "three teams in ten days" this summer. Team transfer will also occur in the summer before the last year of your contract.
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For Ronin Matt Barnes, packing has long been his specialty. During his 12-year playing career, he played for 8 teams, including two teams in Los Angeles. The Clippers were the only team he stayed for more than 3 consecutive years (12-13 to 14-15).
The job search process for Barnes was rocky early in his career. He was selected by the Grizzlies with the 45th overall pick in the second round and then traded to the Cavaliers. He was abandoned without any playing record. His NBA career didn't start until he was signed by the Clippers as a free agent in the middle of the next season.
In 2006, he joined the Warriors and formed the "Golden State Yellow Turbans" with Baron Davis and Stephen Jackson, reaching the peak of his career. Not only did he give the Mavericks a legend in the playoffs, but it also established Barnes' fierce and hard-working signature style of play in the future.
Compared to Barnes, Luke Ridnour has only worn 5 jerseys in his 14-year career. Joined the Seattle SuperSonics with the 14th pick in the first round of the 2003 draft.Ridnour seems to be the ZTE young master who has replaced Gary Payton in the point guard role.. He became a starter in the second year. He has a beautiful passing touch and takes on the role of delivering bullets for Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis.
However, after failing to make the playoffs for a few years, the team moved to Oklahoma. The Thunder, which entered rebuilding mode, also sent Ridnour back to the Bucks, who originally owned his draft pick. Immediately afterwards, the new ZTE young master Russell Westbrook arrived.
Ridnour played as a starter for the Timberwolves for three years during the rebuilding period, serving as a mentor to Ricky Rubio, another young coach in the renaissance, and left after he grew up. At the end of his career, he became a ronin.
The journey of changing teams with human checks
After more than ten years of career, the two faced the same situation. Even in the transfer of "names" within these ten days, the golden cross "belonged" to the same team.
The two-year contract signed by Ridnour only has a guaranteed salary for the last season. As long as he is released before July 11, the team does not need to pay him any salary next season and will not have any burden on salary space. let him beThis is a very useful human check for clearing salary and collecting transaction burden.
The story happened last Wednesday in the United States. The Magic used Ridnour (contract) as a bargaining chip to exchange the signing rights and trade exception of Latvian player Janis Timma from the Grizzlies. ThenThe Grizzlies found another opportunity to trade Ridnour (contract) to the Hornets within 24 hours in exchange for their favorite "Matt Barnes", and the Hornets, who finally found a non-guaranteed contract, immediately traded Ridnour (contract) to the Thunder in exchange for Jeremy Lamb, who they had their heart set on.
After reading this narrative, are you a little confused about the ownership of Ridnour (contract)?
It doesn't matter, just remember this paragraph.Today, the Thunder traded Ridnour (contract) and a little cash to the Raptors in exchange for the signing rights of Croatian player Tomislav Zubcic...
Barnes' plot is a little less rocky. With only $1 million left in this year's contract as a guaranteed contract, he was considered a salary burden at first and was sent to Charlotte from the Clippers and Hornets' King of Dance deal. The Hornets immediately reported that they were using Barnes (contract) as a bargaining chip to trade shooting guard Lamb to the Thunder. However, perhaps because the Thunder were unwilling to pay an extra million, the deal was canceled!
Then there is the story of "There is a bright future in another village". The Hornets found a Grizzlies team that wanted Barnes and had a non-guaranteed contract. So Barnes and Ridnour (the signing rights) passed by each other in Charlotte...
Where can it end?
The old and handsome Matt Barnes is still very marketable. 3-D players with strong external skills and experience in competitions are still very popular with strong teams. Maybe he won't retire with the Grizzlies who owned his draft pick more than 10 years ago, but Barnes' career as a Ronin will continue...
Luke Ridnour's perimeter skills, passing touch, and broad vision are all still there, but with his declining physical fitness, he has slowly stepped into the role of a pseudo-assistant coach. This time, he passed through the parent team (SuperSonics/Thunder) and left the team. A good story is missing. Before the abandonment deadline, there must be discussions on various trading options. Ridnour could only stay at home and watch TV, and then told his agent:
"Call me when you get there."
