After completing the Harden trade, the Nets got simmons, Curry Jr. and Zhuang Shen three players, the team 15 people roster more than one person, must cut a player to complete the transaction, and finally the Nets chose Bembry, the original team in the front reserve is insufficient, but also cut the best front defensive players, completely incomprehensible, and then Nash lobbied Dragic to succeed, the team also needs to lay off another person, layoffs and buyouts are not the same, the buyout can negotiate with the players to give up part of the salary, Layoffs pay the full amount of all the players' salaries and luxury taxes.
At that time, it was thought that the Nets would choose one of griffin and Janjo, two basic salary players, because Nash liked to use Janjo very much, Griffin became the most likely player, unexpectedly, the Nets chose to lay off Javin Carter, Carter is not a base salary player, this year's contract reached 3.65 million, more importantly, Carter's contract next year is also fully guaranteed, reaching 3.93 million, cutting Carter means that the team will have 3.93 million dead money next season, The Nets' more embarrassing operation is that they did not choose to pay in installments, and 3.93 million will take up next year's salary space.
If cutting Carter to keep Griffin is for the improvement of the overall strength of the team, the Nets even if it is worth paying taxes, in fact, after cutting Carter, Griffin is still not used, he has not been given the opportunity to perform for 5 consecutive games, especially against the Knicks, Irving, Ader can not play, the team also took a break from Curry Jr., in such a serious lack of personnel situation does not need Griffin (the last moment played 1 second ... ), let Durant play 43 minutes, to know that the Knicks are only 12th in the East, this operation is completely incomprehensible.
If it is because griffin's poor form this season, it is indeed understandable, it is true that Griffin's performance this season is too far worse than last season, especially before February 2022, Griffin averaged 18.1 minutes per game, contributed 6.1 points and 4.4 boards, and shot 20.2% from three-point range, but in the following games, Griffin's form began to recover, scoring 7.6 points in a limited time of 15.7 minutes per game, and also found a three-pointer, shooting 35.1% from three-point range. Fully capable of topping for 10-15 minutes, Nash chose to hide directly.
You know, griffin was the team's most important rotation player last season, in order to join the Nets gave up 13.3 million, after a season of excellent performance, offseason also has the ability to get a larger contract, but he chose to continue to stay on the base salary, in order to compete for the championship opportunity and rotation position, but now it has fallen to this field, if Griffin's strength is not good, look at the cut Carter, after coming to the Bucks, played very well, three-point shooting rate reached 56.5%, Averaging 1.6 shots per game, not only did he find the feel of shooting outside, but the organization and defense also returned.
Carter wrote on social media: Playing is really good, you can see that it is a metaphor for what happened to the Nets, and the most important thing is That Griffin commented: What is that feeling?
I wonder what Nash will think when he sees it?