What really hurts you is your self-righteousness.
Today, Dennis Schroeder is paying for his "self-righteousness."
Almost this time last year, Schroeder, at the instigation of the agency team, rejected the Lakers' 4-year, $84 million extension application, although in the past few seasons, the NBA has seen many examples of "greed must lose", but Schroeder's team is still willing to take risks, why? Because they are sure that they have choked the lifeblood of the Lakers, who only have 5.33 million mini-middle-class jobs in the offseason, and can't play in the free agent market except for staying in Schroeder, but as a result, they obviously underestimate Pelinka's ability.
Wei Shao's joining not only made Schroeder lose his bargaining chips, but also fell in value again and again, and finally only got a contract of less than $6 million, which can be described as a heavy loss.
Schroeder's story once again tells us a truth, only coffee positions of the level of Doncic and Alphabet Brother are worthy of bargaining with the team.
In order to renew his contract with Doncic, Cuban personally flew to Europe to visit; Bucks boss Edens, in order to keep Alphabet Brother in Milwaukee, did not hesitate to "look at the three looks", first led the team to the alphabet brother's home to explain the team's future plans, and a few days later, gathered all the important members of the team, and the alphabet brother family party, after playing two emotional cards, he met with the alphabet brother's agent, and sincerely opened the first major contract in the history of the NBA.
As for Schroeder, a grassroots person who has never been an All-Star, it's better to be pragmatic, unless your father is Torell Harris.
The name Torell, everyone must be very unfamiliar, he is the father of NBA star Tobias Harris, but also Harris's agent, their father and son are the "BUG" in the NBA, although Harris has never entered the scope of all-star discussion, but under the operation of his father, Harris, who rejected the high salary twice, instead of getting "punishment", he made $130 million more.
First of all, torrell, his legendary experience can make a movie, childhood Torell, is also a basketball enthusiast, and is also a member of the varsity team, but affected by talent, he did not develop in the direction of professional players, but early contact with society, began to make money to support the family, from restaurant workers, to clothing store salesmen, to department store procurement, and then to insurance company sales, Torrell step by step, constantly accumulating experience and wealth, in 1984, his annual salary has reached 300,000 US dollars.
After having some savings and social experience, Torell began to start his own business, opened a sports agent training center, and then created his own clothing brand, and reached a cooperation with the NBA, the classic double-sided warm-up suit, which is designed by Torrell Company, more than ten years of painstaking operation, so that Torrell's value soared.
Therefore, Tobials Harris is actually a rare rich second generation in the NBA, from the day of birth, he has not worried about life, even after entering the NBA, he only needs to focus on basketball, as for off-court affairs, including contract extensions, all taken care of by Torell, those 2 times refused to pay high salaries, are his father's masterpieces.
The first refusal to pay a high salary occurred in 2015, when the Magic was only willing to give Harris a 4-year, $32 million contract extension, which obviously did not reach Torell's psychological price, but he did not immediately refuse, but while patiently waiting, waiting for the big fish left in the free agent market, and then deliberately releasing the wind, so that the media broke the news that Harris would go to the Knicks to play, the Magic who was not prepared for the backhand immediately panicked, and could only increase the offer by 2 times.
The second rejection of the high salary occurred in 2018, when the Clippers wanted to use a four-year, $80 million contract to keep Tobias Harris, in the case of the situation at the time, although he had a number of data to break the career record, but it was completely stained with the team's reconstruction, the ball was sufficient light, once he left Los Angeles, it may immediately appear in its original form, but even so, Torell still said "No".
He told Harris that your peak period is coming soon, you should take a bigger contract, and the result is really as Torell expected, although it was traded to the 76ers, Harris still remains efficient, and with Butler's departure, he became the only choice for the 76ers forward, and $180 million fell into the pocket of the Harris father and son.
Throughout Harris's career, even at its peak, that is, at the level of the league's second-tier, this season, he is not yet 30 years old, he has declined, scoring and efficiency have declined, and in the case of more than 24% of the use rate, he only shot 54% of the true shooting rate, which is not as good as the Warriors' Jordan Pooler, look at this situation, the next 2 years of contract period, Harris is basically a premium, after all, the salary is around 40 million, higher than Irving, Leonard, Butler and other superstars.
Of course, in addition to lamenting Torell's wisdom and courage, Harris's efforts should also be seen, he could have been a rich second generation in peace and stability, but now he has become a rich generation by his own talent, which is really better than blue.