64 million, goodbye to the sun! Management reconstruction is inevitable, Durant is facing an embarrassing situation

Although Frank Vogel was dismissed at the first time after being eliminated from the competition, and he was confirmed as the best coach for many times in a short time, Mike Budenholzer, the champion coach, was the heart failure of the team. It seems that the Sun boss is not stingy in spending money. However, in the eyes of most people, their management is just doing some useless work. The problem of the Suns is far from just at the coach level. In the case of the Big Three, the Suns were swept out of the first round of the playoffs. The Suns just pulled a back seat. A change of coach will not change their problem in essence. 64 million. See the sun again. It's only a matter of time before reconstruction. Durant's historical status may decline again.

According to the Houston Chronicle reporter Fagan's report, sources said that the Rockets had proposed a deal to the Nets before the trade deadline, and they hoped to sign back the first round of the Nets in the Harden trade, in exchange for the Suns' future first round draft right in the Nets' hands. The deal was rejected by the Nets, and then the NBA reporter Ike revealed that although the Nets rejected it once, the Rockets were still interested in the Suns' signature on the Nets' hands. They expected to contact the Nets again before the draft night to discuss the exchange of draft rights, and this time the Rockets could increase their leverage. Obviously, the attitude between the Rockets and the Nets is very clear. The Rockets want the Sun's draft right, and they will exchange the Nets equally. Even if the Rockets want to increase their weight, the Nets will not necessarily change.

This can only explain one problem, that is, the Sun's future first round draft right is very valuable in the eyes of these teams. To put it bluntly, the Sun's future achievements are looked down upon by most people. If the ridicule of the fans can not be used as a reference, then the trade between the management of the team can really see the judgment of the league leaders on the future of some teams. You know, the Nets have not even scored in the playoffs, and the Suns are the three giants. If the Nets get their first round signature back, they can play fair and square and fight for high ranking rookies on their own. However, the Nets are not willing to do so. In their eyes, the Sun will be worse in the future.

The truth is so cruel. The Suns failed to win even one playoff game this season. Their problems are all around. The coach is the second, and the deformity of the lineup is the key. And judging from the chip distribution of the Sun, they didn't even have a solution to the team's problems. 64 million, which is the figure of luxury tax paid by Sun this season. It doesn't seem too exaggerated, right? After all, the luxury tax of Warriors and Clippers has reached 170 million and 140 million. However, from the perspective of the Sun, first of all, they are not like the Warriors, which has been a team with great success. Secondly, the Clippers' lineup is more balanced, but it seems that they can hardly withstand the pressure. The Suns, which ranks third in the league in luxury tax, is also a team with no way out.

How to change the Suns' lineup? It may be simple to say that they need a real point guard organizer, and then they need to strengthen the defensive ability of the front line, improve the height of the team, and improve the protection frame of the interior line. It does not need Nurkic, a seemingly versatile interior line. It is enough to protect the frame and eat cake. But the sun can't do any of these things. The first is the salary space mentioned above. The salary of the whole team of Sun has exceeded the luxury tax threshold. The three giants together have about 150 million salaries, blocking the space. Durant and Booker were sent away by the Sun, but Bill was not wanted by others.

In other words, the Suns either hope to fill the vacancy of their lineup with players with basic salary and save them. Or they can keep the deformed lineup and wait for failure. To put it bluntly, the Suns have no choice but to trade Durant and Booker for reconstruction, because their first round draft rights before 2030 are all in the hands of other teams. The most embarrassing situation is undoubtedly Durant. It doesn't matter to Bill. There are still three years left in his big contract. Anyway, his whole career is not successful. He can't reach a high level. He can earn so much money, which is a success for him.

Booker is still young, only 27 years old. If he goes to another team with a core leader, Booker still has the chance to pursue the championship. Durant will be 36 years old next season. No matter whether he plays in the Suns for another season or his contract expires, Durant will not gain any great honors during this period of time, and it will be difficult for him to earn any more great honors in the future. Jokic has equaled Durant in the sum of the three honors of MVP/FMVP/championship. Fortunately, Nuggets are out. Otherwise, Jokic will be embarrassed in the grand slam this season. Durant will be overtaken by Jokic in the future, which seems to be a real thing.