Why didn't the Spurs let Duncan retire and insisted on cutting Duncan?
Duncan and Kobe retired in the same year, but compared with Kobe's early announcement of retirement time and the opening of the last dance tour, Duncan buried his retirement in his heart. At the end of the season, when people thought Duncan would fight another year, Duncan suddenly announced his retirement. At this time, Duncan and the Spurs still have a contract of 5.6 million a year.
If other players want to retire, the Spurs may not care, but if it is Duncan, it will not work. Duncan wants to retire, you have to see if the Spurs want to. The Spurs decisively rejected Duncan's retirement request and decided to lay off Duncan.
Why did the Spurs cut Duncan? Because according to NBA regulations, if a player announces his retirement, his remaining contract with the team will naturally expire, which means that Duncan won't get a contract worth $5.6 million in the last year.
Obviously, the Spurs didn't want to watch Lao Dengtou work without a retirement gift from Spurs 19, so the Spurs chose to give Duncan a $5.6 million contract. According to NBA regulations, if a player is laid off, the team needs to pay the player's salary in full. Because of this, the Spurs chose to lay off Duncan and give him this gift (but seriously, is the Spurs afraid that he will come back to eat at the gym? )。 However, in order to reduce the pressure on the salary cap of the Spurs and force Duncan to go home often, the Spurs chose to pay in installments for three years, which means that Duncan can still get a salary of $654.38 +0.88 million from the Spurs every year in the first three years after retirement.
In the cruel professional league, thanks to the Spurs and Duncan for letting us see the last warmth and tenderness. Duncan's story also tells us that professional leagues are not without warmth, just to see if you have the ability to think of this warmth.