Refuse 210 million yuan to renew the contract and lock in a maximum salary of 290 million yuan! With the return of the alliance king, Alexander should give way

After the trading market opened this year's offseason, many teams in the league have gone to two extremes. Some teams have almost given up early when they see no hope for competition next season, such as the Celtics, saying goodbye to Holiday and Posses; the Pacers easily let Turner go in the finals last season. To put it bluntly, when the team core was seriously injured, the team management was very rational and strictly controlled the team's expenditure. There are also some teams who have fully strengthened their firepower, such as the Rockets, who sent Brooks and Jaylen Green away for Durant, and directly signed Finney Smith for 53 million in four years, including getting Capela in the deal. The Rockets have the ability to win the championship from the depth of the lineup to the core limit. There is also the Nuggets, who unfortunately lost to the final champion Thunder 3-4 last season's playoffs, which also made them braver after knowing their shame in the offseason. After the trading market opened, the Nuggets sent Porter Jr. + the first round of Cameron Johnson in 32 years. This deal saved 17 million salary space + 23 million luxury tax; signed Bruce Brown with one year's minimum salary, signed Hardaway Jr. with one year's minimum salary, and sent Saric to exchange Valancius. Although Valan wants to play back in Europe, in the Denver media's words, the Nuggets have officially told Valan that they must respect the NBA contract. In the end, each made a move, Varan stayed in the team, and the Nuggets converted his second-year contract into a guarantee contract. Including signing a mountain Barria in Puerto Rico and Dudley as assistant coaches, the team has brought the operation to the extreme: the current contract is 14 people, with a total salary of 188.3 million, the luxury tax line next season is 187.8 million, and the player contract has incentive clauses of 4.7 million, and basically no tax is required.

Unexpectedly, the Nuggets still "miscalculated". All operations of the Nuggets are to meet Jokic's demand for championships. According to US media, Jokic is also very satisfied with the Nuggets' operations during the offseason, but Jokic has officially informed the Nuggets management that he will not renew his contract in advance during this offseason! Teammate Durando also confirmed that Jokic plans to negotiate contracts next summer. If the contract is renewed this summer, Jokic will receive a maximum salary of 212 million yuan for three years. This contract is directly added to the existing contract. Jokic's salary will be 55.22 million + 59.03 million in the next three seasons, and the option to lead players in the 27-28 season is 62.84 million. But if it is a contract extension tomorrow summer, Jokic can sign a super maximum salary of 292 million yuan in four years!

Compared with Alexander's 4-year signing of 285 million, an additional 7 million yuan. Jokic did nothing wrong in terms of emotion, reason, public or private. First of all, no one has a grudge against money. As the first person in the league, how much Jokic can get depends on the highest salary cap in the league; secondly, in the words of US media, Jokic also sounded a wake-up call for the Nuggets management: the Nuggets can bravely complete the reinforcement after knowing shame during the offseason this season, but once Jokic renews his contract, the Nuggets management will be flat in the future and refuse to continue to maintain the team's competitiveness. What should we do? The simplest example is that the Nuggets played 14 games in just 29 days last season's playoffs, and they eliminated the Clippers 4-3, and unfortunately lost to the final championship Thunder 3-4, and the team fought all the bullets.

There are only 6 people playing basketball. In addition to the starting five Tigers, Westbrook is also the one with four people. Gordon still insists on playing with a second-degree hamstring strain. Westbrook's hand fractures are not off the line. If the Nuggets can have two more combat power, they will not be forced to that level. Jokic complained about the team more than 5 times last season. As the first in the league, he received very little help. To make a horizontal comparison, Alexander had 8 players in the Thunder and played in the finals; in order to keep Antetokounmpo, the Bucks bought out Lillard and tried their best to strengthen it; but even Alexander and Antetokounmpo, are Jokic strong in their dominance in the game? Jokic's On-Off value last season was +19.0, and his winning contribution value was +20.5!

Simplely put, giving Jokic a basic framework that matches Alexander and Antetokounmpo, Jokic's efficiency must be the highest. Last season's PER value of 32.0 has broken the historical record, including the victory contribution value in the past five years, and he is indeed the best in the league. But the objective fact is that through the playoffs, the league is also deliberately or unintentionally promoting Alexander. Alexander achieved a single-season honorary Grand Slam and became the number one player in the New Science League. But there are obvious weaknesses that cannot support the organization and drive the entire team. He relies too much on some air whistle profits in the playoffs, including the lack of stable long shot finishing methods. He will definitely grow, but has not yet achieved a level comparable to Jokic.

Nuggets successfully pulled the team to the same level as the Thunder, and Jokic also reasonably refused a super maximum salary of 210 million yuan in three years. Jokic may not want to leave, but he must hope that in this way, the team's competitiveness will continue. In 23 years, he could lead the team to win the championship without being favored, but the management watched the role players leave one by one. Jokic will still have this ability in the future. But the biggest hidden danger of the team is that Murray has a super maximum salary of 208 million yuan in four years, which is almost impossible to give away. In any case, the league will win Alexander, but Jokic can return to the king next season, so Alexander should give up his position that does not belong to him.