Salary expert responded to the dream of chasing: disagreeing with the end of the free market with the rich, players value protection more

Previously, Warriors forward Zhu Meng talked about his views on the free market on social media. He jokingly said that "it seems to have never been opened at all." The reason is that the second rich rule completely stifled the vitality of the free market.

Today, salary expert Bobby Marks responded to this, and wrote:

I respect @Money23Green (Dream Chasing Social Media), but I do not agree with the statement that "the hard salary cap line rules end the free agent market." The reason for the shrinking free agent market is that there were nearly 50 potential free agents this summer, but they all eventually thought the value of the guaranteed contract was too important and chose to renew the contract. The changes in the new version of the Labor and Capital Agreement (CBA) regarding contract renewal rules give players greater bargaining power.

In addition, we must also consider that the team is allowed to start negotiating with their own free agents the day after the NBA Finals, which greatly reduces the number of free agents available in the market.

As of now, the total salary of players this season is US$5.3 billion, the same as last season. As more contracts officially take effect, this number will only increase and not decrease.