Today, the Lakers lost to the Bucks at home, and Westbrook suffered another abandonment in the fourth quarter of the game, which is the third time that Westbrook has been abandoned after coming to the Lakers, the first two times in the game against the Pacers and Knicks.
While many fans complain about Wei Shao, many fans are also worried about the future of Wei Shao, such a state, can Wei Shao still sign the next contract?
Currently, Westbrook's annual salary is as high as $44 million, second only to Curry and Harden this season. In the summer of 2017 and the Thunder signed a 5-year 206 million US dollars, the contract will expire in the summer of 2023, after the end of the season, Westbrook holds the player option, can choose to jump out of the contract, test the free market, but, as far as the current state of Westbrook, if Westbrook chooses to jump out of the contract, the next contract will be in jeopardy, even if Westbrook chooses to complete the contract, in 23 years, such a state of Westbrook, it is difficult to get a satisfactory contract extension in the free market, and such a situation, the same Lakers teammate Anthony has also encountered.
Anthony in the summer of 2017, and the Knicks had a boiling quarrel, and finally the Knicks compromised with Anthony, who held the right to deny the trade, traded Anthony to the Thunder, and Westbrook, and Paul George formed a big three, but the Thunder of that season was eliminated by the Blazers in the first round, Paul George and Westbrook left, Anthony was also traded by the Thunder to the Atlanta Hawks, and then reached a buyout with the Hawks, Anthony chose to join the Rockets, but in a period of time in the Rockets, Anthony became the back cooker of the Rockets' loss and was eventually swept out of the house. Since then, Anthony has faced a situation of no ball for a long time, and it was not until the end of 2019 that the Blazers pulled Anthony back to the league.
Although Anthony is now 37 years old, with this accurate three-point hand, it also occupies a very important position in the team's bench lineup.
But Wei Shao and Anthony are very different, Wei Shao's offensive weapon is to rely on high-speed breakthroughs to end the game, but as he grows older, Wei Shao's speed will also decline, and his offensive advantage will disappear, there is no speed advantage, there is no medium and long-distance projection, Wei Shao's road in the league will become narrower and narrower.
Westbrook is 33 years old, age has begun to erode his breakthrough and start-up speed, and Westbrook's contract expires in 23 years, that is, Westbrook is already 34 years old, just imagine, what team is willing to give Westbrook neither projection nor speed?
Some fans also said that when the time comes, Wei Shao can use his organizational ability to revitalize the team like Paul.
In fact, players who often watch Wei Shao's game should understand that Wei Shao's organizational ability is based on role players, and Wei Shao can play a good organization, which must be accompanied by high mistakes, which has a very large gap with Paul, and the projection of Wei Shao and Paul is completely not in a grade.
Now, near the closing date of the transaction, Wei Shao has no transaction value, and the Lakers do not have any solution.
Regardless of whether Westbrook will jump out of the contract this year's offseason, it is very likely that this is the last contract of Westbrook's career, and Westbrook will have a more difficult time than Anthony at the end of his career.