Thunder and the lone ranger played extremely hard in the western semi-finals, especially since the G1 defeat, the lone ranger has been in control of the initiative in the subsequent series. The most uncomfortable situation is not Thunder. At least they are still young. Even if they are eliminated, Thunder still has a future. Obviously, the Clippers are the team that suffered the most. To use the words of some Clippers journalists, if you stay healthy, it is the Clippers who are now playing in the semi-finals of the Western Conference, and it is also the Clippers who are closer to the Western Conference. But competitive sports do not have if, and Clippers cannot live in if every year. Reject 140 million yuan, see Clippers again, the ability cannot reach the top salary, and the management has already seen your problem.
Since being eliminated from the competition, in addition to the Clippers president, almost everyone in the Clippers team has "disappeared". Obviously, once again, we were out in this way. From the point of view of the players, we really didn't have the face to appear in front of the fans. However, Paul George, the core forward of the Clippers, doesn't think so. He is still active on the social media platform and has been running his podcasts since his poor performance in the overall series. He is still carrying out some analysis unrelated to the technical and tactical aspects of the remaining playoffs, looking for topics. Because of the Clippers' achievements and George's trouble in renewing his contract, some of his comments have obviously caused dissatisfaction among fans.
In the podcast program, George said, "I am willing to sacrifice my legs and knees for the championship." This sentence caused wild complaints from the outside world. Many fans said frankly that George was really willing to sacrifice his legs and knees for the championship, but he was not willing to sacrifice money. Because he knew that his knees and legs would not necessarily be sacrificed, but money would be sacrificed if he wanted to. Everyone also knows that this is related to George's contract renewal negotiation with Clippers. After Leonard signed a three-year contract renewal of $152 million, George was asked about the contract renewal topic, and his confident attitude made people think that the contract renewal between him and Clippers would also be reached soon. But as we all know, George and the Clippers have reached an impasse due to the money problem.
George will not only test the free agent market, even if he left the Clippers, it will not be surprising. First of all, from George's point of view, he is not willing to sacrifice his salary, which is a well-known thing. At present, he has a certain market. Magic, the 76ers and other teams are really willing to offer him generous offers to steal people. George has no reason not to look at the market. Even if he uses the offers of other teams to pressure the Clippers, George will try. From the perspective of Clippers, the management had already seen the value of George. Hard to say, the fans also know that George is not a top salary player, and even he is not the second leader of a team.
It can be seen from the average field data handed over by George in this season's playoffs that his average field score is only 19.5 points. Can players who even have less than 20 points be called superstars? As a forward, George's shooting percentage is only 41.1%. In fact, George's highest shooting percentage in the playoffs throughout his career is just over 45%. In 11 playoffs, his shooting percentage is less than 40% four times. To be frank, few strikers are as inefficient as George, but why is George's performance and efficiency so mediocre, and his public opinion environment seems good? Obviously, Leonard's certificate of deposit saved George.
Over the years, Leonard has been injured in the playoffs, which has become a law in everyone's mind, because Leonard has not participated in the last game of the Clippers for four consecutive years. Under the premise of this stable collapse and the problem of the core boss of the team, other people's problems will be covered up, including George. Looking back, in the five years of the Clippers' career, including the regular season and the playoffs, George played 44 more games than Leonard. Even in the season of Leonard's load management, George's attendance rate was not as good as Leonard's, not to mention that George had a certain gap with Leonard in terms of field average data output and efficiency.
This is why when Leonard couldn't play because of his knee injury, no one expected the Clippers to win the championship. Although Harden's stability in the playoffs is also average, the outside world is more distrustful of George because his performance has always been average. No matter on the data level or the performance at the critical moment, George has never made a deep impression. And considering that he also updated the podcast content after the Clippers win, frankly, George cares more about money than the champion. Since the moment George didn't choose the Lakers, what he said would not be fully trusted. Even if he left the Clippers this time, no one would be surprised.
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