The Hawks traded Reddish to the Knicks, and Reddish's college teammate Barrett was happy and praised Reddish as a very good puzzle for the Knicks, but why did Reddish leave the Hawks? It's really no secret, it's nothing more than the Hawks giving Reddish too little playing time, especially in the contract year, there is no data to prove his value, Reddish is difficult to get his favorite contract, but once Duke Sanjie, maybe Zion can get the top salary? Isn't it a good thing for Redish to team up with Barrett?
Zion, Redish and Barrett are all disciples of the old K coach, once named "Duke Sanjie" title, because they are too talented, helpless Duke University still can not win the NCAA championship, but in 2019 Duke Sanjie decided to participate in the draft college, and finally Zion became a champion, Barrett became a Tanhua, Redish became the No. 10 show, and now they have entered the contract year of the third season of their careers, compared to whether the team can become stronger or become a championship team, I believe they should be more concerned about whether they can get a maximum salary extension this summer, and this pain point is the reason why Reddish is leaving the Hawks.
So far this season, Reddish has averaged 23.4 minutes per game, 11.9 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.03 steals, shooting 40.2 percent from the field, 37.9 percent from three-point range and 90 percent from the free throw line. Redish's stats really won't bring him a maximum salary extension, the contract of his choice is difficult, don't look at the 90% shooting rate is very high, The problem is that Reddish averages 2.4 free throws per game, which is not much, averaging 10.1 shots per game is not the cultivation data of the core new star, Reddish left the Eagles just to get more playing time and shots, and even let him have unlimited firing rights, but it is not a good thing to join forces with RJ Barrett, because the Knicks can't provide Reddish with unlimited firing rights, and Randall is the Knicks' first goal.
RJ Barrett averaged 32.1 minutes per game in the Knicks, a few minutes more than Redish did, and Barrett also averaged 16.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, but Barrett shot 41.8 percent, 35.7 percent from three-point range, and 70.3 percent from the free throw line, not much different from Reddish, except for his free throw shooting percentage.
Also, do you think Barrett has a lot of shots? Barrett averaged 14.5 shots per game, just 4.4 more than Reddish, four more shots, does Reddish think he can be better than Barrett?
Knicks really want to cultivate top stars, train an RJ Barrett can not be trained, the arrival of Reddish is a burden, because the Knicks want to open a big contract for Reddish and Barrett at the same time this summer, I am afraid it is too difficult, it can be seen that Redish and Barrett is not a good thing, at the beginning Redish cares about the time to play and the number of shots, to put it bluntly, it is to open the fire indefinitely, these things Knicks give Redish, it is better to give Barrett.
There is no suspense that Morant, the same year's leader, took the super top salary, and the same is true for Zion! Although Zion has been recuperating + losing weight so far this season, Zion can average 27 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game when he is healthy, shooting 61%, which is enough to make Zion get a super salary, and the most important thing is Zion's popularity, influence and commercial value, which are the reasons why the Pelicans dare not neglect Zion.
This season's schedule has passed the halfway point, the former Duke Sanjie, perhaps only Zion can get the maximum salary, even if Reddish left the Eagles for the contract of his choice, but in the Knicks and RJ Barrett, the maximum salary extension is definitely gone, and the contract should not be hundreds of millions.