This season's playoffs are full of surprises. First, the Warriors were eliminated from the playoffs. The Bucks in the east+76 people+Heat in the first round, and the Lakers+Clippers+Suns in the west were all eliminated. The second round defending champion Denver got match point ahead of time, but lost two games in a row and fell outside the gate of the Western Conference. The core of the remaining four teams in the east and west are all 26 years old or below, and the new generation has been fully promoted. There are two interesting statistics. First, among the top 15 players in terms of salary this season, only Gobel (with salary of $41 million, ranking 13th) is still in the playoffs. Curry $51.92 million, Durant $47.65 million, including Enbid+James+Jokic $47.61 million, they are not enough to lead the team further, and Bill with a salary of $46.74 million has become a part-time worker.
Secondly, there are 8 teams that need to pay luxury tax this season, including the Warriors' luxury tax of $177 million, the Clippers' luxury tax of $142 million, the Suns' luxury tax of $68.65 million, and the Bucks' luxury tax of $51.96 million. Only the Celtics have not been eliminated, in addition to the Nuggets, the Heat and the Lakers (luxury tax of $7.05 million). These two sets of data illustrate two problems: first, more and more superstars are not equal in salary and dominance. With the increase of age, Zhanduku really needs to step down; Second, it is not a matter of spending more money to buy a championship. The Warriors and Clippers are out early, and they have to give other 22 teams backdating. However, the salary of the two western teams, the Timberwolves and the Lone Rangers, is only 166 million yuan. But there are still some exceptions. Four years, 235 million dollars, forced to face the mess! The NBA's most aggrieved super giant, you should leave.
From an unimpressive news: the famous reporter Windhorst revealed that the whole league is closely following the trend of Brother Alphabet, including the Knicks who are very interested in him. Last summer, Brother Alphabet and Buck completed the early renewal of their contracts, with $176 million in three years. Brother Alphabet's salary in the next four years will be $48.79 million+$57.6 million+$62.21 million+$66.82 million (with player options), with a total of $235 million in four years! Why did Brother Alphabet leave? Where can I go when I leave? In the summer of 21 years, after the Bucks won an unconvincing championship (with the Nets series, the referee openly helped the Bucks), in the summer of 22 years, the eastern semi-finals were 3-2 ahead of Celtic and overturned; Last summer, the first round of the playoffs was eliminated by the Heat; This summer, the stags lost the first round to the walkers 2-4, and they are getting closer and closer year by year!
After the first round exit last summer, Budenholze was dismissed, but the Bucks paid their salaries, with the remaining two years of $16 million; The successor Griffin led the team with a victory rate of nearly 70%, but he had several unpleasant experiences with Brother Alphabet. He dismissed the class with a grievance in the middle of the season, but the Bucks also had to pay their salary, which was $4 million a year! Including the 4-year contract of 40 million dollars of old Rivers, the Bucks spent 22 million dollars on the coach this season, more than the total wages of Bobo+Spo! But the real effect is that one is worse than another, and the victory rate of old Rivers' coaching is only 50%! Even the US media reported that the Bucks were ready to buy out the old Rivers' contract, but the old Rivers did not consider resigning on his own initiative and would not accept the buyout unless the Bucks were fired and paid! Old Rivers is a typical NBA gangster without much coaching ability.
In addition to the constantly changing coaching staff, there is a huge "mess" of the team. Lillard's contract has three years left, which are $48.79 million+$58.55 million+$63.23 million, each year a little higher than the letter, but Lillard is 34 years old. When he is 36 years old and nearly 37 years old, he will get a contract worth more than $60 million. Is the Bucks competitive? Average score of 24 points and 7 assists+42%+35% in regular games; In the playoffs, he averaged 31 points, 5 assists, 41% and 41% hit rate. In his career, Lillard entered the playoffs 9 times, and he was out of the first round 6 times. He has only entered one division final and never played in the finals. What kind of helper is this? Middleton is plagued by injuries, and has two years of $65 million contract, with player options, including the contract year of Los Angeles next season, $23 million.
In fact, it's also the letter brother's fault, because he lacks projection ability, and often plays the role of a spectator at critical moments; Because his playing style needs more pitchers, including being unable to maintain a healthy state in the playoffs, the Bucks need to strengthen a lot, including the position of coach. As long as Brother Alphabet is not satisfied, even the coach who led the team to win the championship will have to quit. However, if the Bucks trade for Lillard, it is doomed that the team will achieve nothing in the next few years, lose the defensive foundation, and the attack is not so stable. Lillard is unpredictable, Middleton is at the end of his tether, and Brother Alphabet is in a similar physical condition to Kaka. His playing style cannot maintain a long-term stable attendance. This can only be described by Wei Qu, who can't lead the team to win the championship without external help.
Here is the mess. In fact, if you want to pursue more championships, you should choose to leave. The Knicks is really a good option. It has the framework of Brenson+Hart+Divincenzo+Arnoldi. Randall+Bogda+Berks may be the chips. The road to the finals in the east is certainly much easier than that in the west. Finally, Brother Alphabet is more suitable for being a second leader. Like Tatum and Jay Brown, he is not trustworthy at the critical moment. But after years of playing like this, he can't be changed.
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