The salary is far inferior to the CBA, why did Howard choose to join the Taiwan T1 league?

Howard is the 2004 NBA champion, played for the Magic, Lakers , Rockets, Hawks, Hornets , Wizards and the 76ers, won a championship, 3 Defensive Player of the Year, 2 Block Kings , 5 rebounding champions and many other honors, but the hero is too late, and he has no one to care about this summer.

had previously reported that he would join CBA, possibly to Guangdong Hongyuan or Shanghai, but today he announced on social media that he was joining Taoyuan Yunbao, a team in the Taiwan T1 league.


T1, whose full name is Taiwan T1 LEAGUE, is the third professional basketball league in Taiwan. This alliance is far smaller in scale than CBA, and its reputation is far less than that of CBA. The salary it can provide is very limited. It is understood that foreign aid is paid monthly, generally around 15,000 US dollars, and the highest can be 30,000 US dollars.

This league will continue for about 6 months, which means that the highest salary Howard can get will not exceed 180,000 US dollars, and the salary of CBA foreign aid is more than one million US dollars. Although Howard's state has declined, he still has the ability to play inside the CBA. A great advantage. The salary that a player of his level can get will definitely be very high, but he refused to join the CBA and turned his head to join the Taiwan T1 league. Why is this?


1. The CBA currently adopts the game system , which is a torment for the players. At present, the CBA is holding games in one place, with no home and away games, no spectators, and without the atmosphere of the game, it is difficult for players to maintain a state of excitement.

After the game, players could not leave the park and could not move freely. Some domestic players sneaked out and were fined and suspended. This is still the case for domestic players. Players like Howard who love to play are even more unbearable.


Second, the salary of the T1 league is paid on a monthly basis. In other words, this league has a higher degree of freedom and does not have so many contractual restrictions. If Howard has a great performance and an NBA team suddenly has a center injury, he may get a chance to return to the NBA, and he can leave the T1 league at any time. If

joins the CBA, he can get a higher salary, but the contract terms will have many restrictions. The team that wants to sign him must definitely want to compete for the championship, so there must be a stipulation in the contract that he must wait for the CBA season He can only leave after the end (as JR Smith joins the CBA also has such regulations), this regulation may make him lose the opportunity to return to the NBA.


3. Fewer and easier games. The intensity of the CBA this season is very strong. Many foreign players said that they did not expect the intensity of the CBA to be so strong before coming to the CBA. The number of games in the CBA has become more and more frequent. The physical confrontation this season is very fierce, and the game is very hard. .

And there are only 6 teams in the T1 league, namely Taiwan Beer Bears, Xinbei CITIC Special Attack, Taoyuan Cloud Leopard, Taichung Weige Sun, Tainan Taigang Falcons and Kaohsiung Family Poseidon VI. Although the game will last for about six months, the interval between games is relatively long, and players can get enough rest and entertainment time. Compared with the CBA, which is concentrated in one place and not allowed to go out, this league is simply paradise. Although


really wants to see Howard in the CBA league and wants to see him play, but from the current situation, the Taiwan T1 league is indeed more suitable for him.