The highest loss was $89 million, and 8 players who did not recognize their rejection of the contract and ended up in dismal ends1. Schroeder: Rejected 80 million, signed 5.9 million 2. Knoll: Rejected 70 million, signed 4.1 million 3. Joe Smith: Rejected 80 million, signed 2.35 million 4. Sprewell: Reject 21 million, direct retirement 5. Thomas Jr.: Rejected 70 million, signed a 10-day short-term job 6. Cousins: Rejected 40 million, signed 5.3 million 7. Motelyunus: Rejected $35 million, signed $600,000 8. Oladipo: 112 million rejected, 2.3 million signed

On August 3, the NBA trading market opened, as the NBA salary cap increased day by day in just 8 hours, there were 4 contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and as the salary increased, some of the NBA's qualified starters also received a lot of contract offers, Duncan Robinson and the Miami Heat reached a 5-year 90 million renewal contract; Powell and the Portland Trail Blazers reached a 5-year and 90-million renewal contract; Lonzo Ball first signed and then changed to join the Chicago Bulls, signing a new contract of 4 years and 85 million yuan... There should have been Schroeder's name on it, and he turned down a four-year, $84 million contract with the Lakers, tested the free market, and then went unpopular.

In the end, on August 14, Schroeder signed a one-year, $5.9 million deal with the Celtics, which meant that Schroeder had lost $78 million to the naked eye in less than half a month.

In fact, in the history of the NBA, they do not recognize their own value, and there are still many players who want to pursue a larger contract offer result. Today, let's take stock of 8 players who missed a big contract for themselves who did not have a clear understanding of their own strength, "picked up sesame seeds, lost watermelons".

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="9" >1. Schroeder: 80 million rejected, 5.9 million signed</h1>

Last season's 15.4 points and 5.8 assists made Schroeder the third offensive point of the team after James and thick eyebrows, so the Lakers offered him a four-year, $84 million contract extension in the middle of the season, which was actually very sincere, and the Lakers completely treated him as a third star. Even if his performance in the playoffs is a disaster, the Lakers still give him enough patience, after all, he is 27 years old and may be the last big contract of his career, and there is still hope for a championship ring around James and Thick Brow.

But Schroeder refused, and twice, thinking that his value in the free market would surely be someone who would come up with a contract of more than $100 million, and he wanted a contract with a starting salary of $30 million. Last season's championship Bucks started all-Star player Middleton with a salary of $30.68 million.

In the free market, Schroeder's value has been repeatedly cold, he once thought that the Lakers had little choice in the offseason, even if it was a premium, they would sign themselves, and as a result, the Lakers backhanded Wei Shao, formed a new big three, and the lineup upgrade directly abandoned Schroeder. According to US media reports, when Schroeder felt that he could not get a big contract in the free market, he wanted to complete a four-year, $84 million extension with the Lakers, but was rejected. Eventually having to sign a $5.9 million contract with the Celtics, who can say what level he might play a year later? It's all too much of yourself.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="65" >2. Knoll: 70 million rejected, 4.1 million signed</h1>

As a traditional center, Noel was once a popular candidate for the championship before the draft, and finally fell to the sixth pick due to injury, as a rookie he signed a rookie contract with the team for more than $12 million for 4 years, keep in mind that this contract did not exceed this rookie contract for many years.

In 2017, Knoll averaged 8.5 points and 6.8 rebounds per game, but the Lone Ranger still offered him a high-quality interior contract for 4 years and 70 million, when he only played more than 20 games, and there were also injury hazards, this contract should be said to be very sincere, the result was that he directly refused, for which the Lone Ranger hid him and did not get any opportunities to play. When the free market opened, he finally signed a one-year, $4.1 million deal with the Lone Ranger, and a year later he failed to play the 2-year$3.75 million commitment to the Thunder, and then later switched to the Knicks, and finally signed a three-year, $32 million extension contract this year, half the price of that year.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="68" >3. Joe Smith: 80 million rejected, signed 2.35 million</h1>

Joe Smith was a 1995 champion, two consecutive years of super-standard performance made the Warriors think that they were waiting for their core team building, so they gave him a multi-year contract with a total price of 80 million, which was definitely a huge amount of money at the time, and he refused, he wanted to get a contract of more than 80 million, and the gap of these millions made him lose heavily in the future.

Later, the Warriors traded him to the 76ers, and then to the Timberwolves, and then there was the famous "salary cap scandal", as the NBA future star, his contract with the Timberwolves was only 2 years and 1.75 million US dollars, which was nearly 8 times less than the value provided by the Warriors that year, so the league investigated him and the Timberwolves.

That contract was actually a pseudo-contract, his agent Fagan completely used Smith as a tool to collect money for his own benefit, the Timberwolves secretly promised to give him a 7-year, $86 million super contract after two years, the league heavily punished the Timberwolves for depriving the team of the first round of the draft for the next 5 years, Joe Smith was also ordered to suspend the contract to become a free man, and finally he joined the Timberwolves for 1 year and 2.35 million US dollars.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="71" >4</h1>

In 2004, in order to help Garnett, the Timberwolves brought in the madman Splendid and the alien Kassel, and in 2005 the Timberwolves offered Sprewell a three-year, $21 million contract, when he was 34 years old, the average per game data has dropped to a new career low of 12.8 points, and the madman directly threw out a sentence "No 10 million is not enough to support the family, if there is no good contract I would rather lie at home!" No one offered him in the free market, and in the end he chose to retire.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="72" >5. Thomas Jr.: Rejected 70 million, signed a 10-day short-term job</h1>

The strongest than the table 1m 75, Thomas Jr. was once the absolute leader of the Greenshirts, averaging 28.9 points, 2.7 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game in the 16-17 season, the Celtics offered him an early contract extension for 4 years and 70 million US dollars, which was actually a good offer for this player, and Thomas Jr. refused, he was ready to play for another year and then test the free market, which was the decision that left him with nothing in the end.

Thomas Jr. was able to succeed completely in the victory of the Green Army system, for him to design a special strategy, no defense to let his teammates continue to assist in defense, so that he can rest assured of the attack, but Thomas Jr. completely misestimated his strength, and he still has injuries, he is still grumpy, accusing the team of not telling him how far the injury will be, if he received surgery in advance, his career would be completely different.

Later, Thomas Jr. became a wandering player in the league, from all-star to 10-day short work to no one in just four years, and if time could be repeated, I don't know how he would choose.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="76" >6. Cousins: 40 million rejected, 5.3 million signed</h1>

August 13 is Cousins' 31st birthday, but so far he has not received a contract offer, since the Achilles tendon tear he no longer has the strength of the top center of the year, the Warriors, Lakers, Rockets, Clippers he is used to wandering, the future he is likely to follow in the footsteps of Thomas Jr., began to accept 10 days of short work, and then no one asked.

His loneliness was entirely due to injuries, but the financial losses were entirely his own fault, and in the 2017-18 season, Cousins played in 48 games for the Pelicans, averaging 36.2 minutes per game, with 25.2 points, 12.9 rebounds and 5.4 assists, so your results were enough for the Pelicans to re-quote him, and they risked a major injury and offered him a two-year, $40 million contract.

But Cousins wanted a longer contract, but also optimistic about his return from injury, that offseason Warriors gave him a 1-year 5.3 million mid-class contract, waiting for Kaoshen to return, the same adjustment of cultivation This is nearly $35 million less than the previous contract, and then he can't even count as a qualified starting center, can only play on the bench, that big injury directly ruined his career.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="79" >7. Motelyunus: $35 million rejected, signed $600,000</h1>

In 2016, Mote yunus suffered an injury, he became a restricted free agent, the Nets offered him a 4-year, 37 million invitation offer, but was forcibly matched by the Rockets, they believe that even if there is an injury hazard, it is still an important part of the team's internal line, and Motel does not like to stay with the Rockets, he directly rejected the Rockets' strong retention contract, he became the first restricted free agent in NBA history to be retained by the price comparison, but refused the home team contract.

The team then offered him a four-year, $35 million contract extension, which he still refused, which meant that he had to wait until the next season to become a free agent and go straight, according to his idea at the time, he could still get a good contract, but in the end he only signed a $600,000 veteran base salary with the Pelicans.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="84" >8. Oladipo: 112 million rejected, 2.3 million signed</h1>

Oladipo is only 29 years old, but this summer he can only accept a veteran base salary for the Heat, as the leader of the show he is undoubtedly strong, after the Thunder signed a 4-year 80 million contract he was traded to the Pacers, and here he ushered in his current peak, became the team's number one star, was elected the fastest improved player, was selected for the All-Star and the best team, The Pacers had offered him a four-year top salary contract worth $112 million, but Oladipo refused, and the ongoing injuries made the Pacers give up.

Coming to the Rockets his attendance is still not high but the performance is acceptable, facing his big injury Rockets gave him a 2-year, $45.2 million early contract extension, but Oladipo still refused, and finally the Rockets chose to trade him to the Heat, with the team signed Lowry, there is no salary to provide Oladipo, and finally he chose a veteran base salary, from a 100 million yuan contract to a veteran base salary Oladipo Caused a loss of up to 89 million.

These players are too overestimated their own strength, in fact, they all belong to a certain strength but not the top players, in the ever-changing NBA an injury may make the original plan fail, a chance may also let the newcomers emerge to grab their own position, these people eventually paid up to tens of millions of dollars for their choices, life is not if, many of them may have missed the only chance in their lives to get a big contract.