On March 27, Beijing time, basketball star Kyrie Owen, in an interview, made it clear that he was willing to renew the Nets in the offseason, which means that Irving intends to stay with the Nets for a long time and continue to join forces with Durant to attack the championship. Previously, Irving gave up the opportunity to renew his 4-year contract with the Nets in advance, and in the 2022 offseason, Irving's contract will have player options, and the original contract will expire until the summer of 2023, but the euro has the right to choose to jump out early.
During the interview, Owen also stressed that he did not want to leave Durant, with a clear attitude: "I can't leave my brother No. 7. Irving's statement made Harden a little embarrassed from a certain point of view, after the big three had parted ways after only one season of cooperation, Harden chose to get off the ship and joined forces with Embiid in Philadelphia, did not continue to cooperate with Durant, but Irving insisted that he did not want to leave his No. 7 brother!
If the nets are renewed at the end of the season, Irving is expected to sign a five-year contract with a total salary of $235 million, equivalent to more than 1.3 billion yuan, and the average salary of euros will be close to $50 million a year. Judging only from Irving's performance this season, the Nets have not suffered a loss by extending their contract with a maximum salary, and this season, Irving has played in 20 games, averaging 28.5 points, 4.6 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.4 steals per game. It can be seen that Irving is still at the peak of his personal career, considering that Irving has just turned 30 years old, and there are still 3-4 years left in the peak period, and the 5-year contract is a good deal for the Nets, which will have all the peaks of Irving's remaining career.
Of course, Irving's various events this season that have led to personal factors that have led to the inability to play will become the focus of the Nets' choice of what form of contract to renew Irving,After all, the Nets executives do not want Irving's timing bomb attribute to always exist, the team must be stable, can not let Irving continue to be willful.
For Nets owner Tsai Chongxin, the final choice to renew Irving's operation is not surprising, at first, Irving will come to join the Nets, the purpose is to join with Durant, the two have been looking forward to playing together, which means that leaving Irving is a move to please Durant, not only to renew Irving itself, but also to add a guarantee to the future development of the Nets. Having the combination of Irving + Durant can make the Nets a championship-level contender for the next 2-3 years, and Tsai Chongxin understands this, the team needs to win, it needs to keep Irving!
Only from the perspective of net worth, Cai Chongxin as the nets owner, the property of more than ten billion US dollars, the renewal of Irving no problem, the Nets in New York, Cai boss knows that the team needs to win to have greater commercial value, with Durant's team, winning is the first criterion, which will also be the Nets in the next few years will not change the purpose.
(Lin Xiaoxiang)