The most anticipated thing in the draft is the birth of the top pick. Every year, the number one scholar will receive great attention. Fans expect the No.1 scholar to become the star of the future league, bringing more possibilities to the stadium, and also expect their home team to sign some potential young players to increase the team's competitiveness in the future.
In recent years, the new labor contract of NBA has come into effect. For these young players, they can get higher wages, and the top pick every year can get a professional contract with extremely rich salary.
This year's No.1 scholar Xi 'an won a contract with a first-year salary of 9.75 million US dollars, about 6710.7 million RMB. And the salary of this contract will increase year by year in the next few years. In addition to the top pick Zion, several other promising rookie players have also got a well-paid contract this year. For example, Morant, ranked second this year, earned $8.73 million in the first year of his contract, while Barrett earned $7.83 million a year. Such a high annual salary has more than doubled the income of these players from university leagues.
So, how big is the treatment gap between CBA and NBA rookie players?
In recent years, CBA followed the example of NBA and began to implement the work of the draft conference, and this year's draft conference has also come to an end. Among them, Wang Shaojie was the top scholar, Sun Siyao, who performed well, also won the second place, and Yuan Wentang won Flower Detective. So, what is the value of the new contract they won?
According to the regulations of CBA, the contract salary of rookie players is clearly divided. This year, the minimum wage for the number one scholar has increased from the previous annual salary of 300,000 to 500,000. With the increase of the minimum wage of the champion, the minimum wage of other ranks has also increased. Among them, the salary guarantee for the second place has reached 400,000, while the flower exploration is 350,000.
The minimum salary from 15 to 40th is 654.38 yuan +0.8 million yuan, which is obviously far from the salary of NBA rookie players. The commercial value of CBA is far from that of NBA. For example, a top CBA player like Yi Jianlian has an annual salary of only over 20 million RMB, while the super-large salary contract in NBA is tens of millions of dollars.