In Harden's trade, the player who benefited the most should be Zhuang Shen, who came to the Nets and became the team's starting center, averaging 22.6 minutes per game to contribute 12.3 points and 9.9 boards, including 3.8 offensive rebounds, shooting a shooting rate of 62.9%, compared with the previous criticism of the "data brush", the current Zhuang Shen played very efficiently, his finishing ability was constantly enhanced, and he was the only inner rotation player who could protect the rebounds of the Nets, but the better he played, the more disadvantageous it was for the Nets.
Because Zhuang Shen signed a year-end salary, to his performance this season is completely more than this value, compared with other veterans, Zhuang Shen is only 28 years old, he has not yet reached the age of giving up a big contract for the championship, last year in the Lakers to lose the value, this year only chose the basic salary to sign 76 people, unexpectedly to the Nets he found the most suitable system for him, play like a fish, normally speaking, the Nets and Zhuang Shen are the most suitable, if the price is right, I believe that Zhuang Shen will definitely give priority to staying in the team, And the Nets' Boss Cai is not short of money, but according to the rules, this money is not something that can be spent if you want to.
Especially for the bottom salary players like Zhuang Shen, the Nets do not have his bird rights, the total salary of the team has been much higher than the salary cap, can not be renewed on the cap, in addition to special cases and basic salary, can not provide Zhuang Shen big contract, even if the use of middle class special cases can not reach the full middle class of tens of millions, can only be similar to this year's Mills signed about 6 million mini middle class, to Zhuang Shen this season's performance, I believe there must be a team to him with an annual salary of tens of millions of years of contract, then the Nets will have no way, You can only choose to give up.
Griffin also got a basic salary contract, with Nash's attitude towards him this season, Griffin will most likely choose to leave, and Ade even if he stays in the offseason, with his age and injury history, he can no longer take on the role of the main rotation, the Nets inside the line is only Clarkston and Sharp, Sharp is this year's first rookie, there is a 3-year bonus period, but he can not be expected to support the team's interior line, so that leaving Clarkston has become the most important task of the team.
Clarkston is a mobile interior line, poor autonomous offensive ability, when Harden is still alive, his pie and change of defense are very suitable for Harden, in the game against the Lakers that was separated by James's dunk quasi-kill is the highlight of his career moment, with Harden's departure, Clarkston fell out of the rotation lineup, but Ard's absence gave him the opportunity to reappear, in the 11 games after that, Clarkston averaged 21.5 minutes per game, contributed 9.7 points and 5.8 boards, shot a staggering 75.4 percent from the field, and conceded only 2 of 24 shots in his last five games.
In fact, the offense does not reflect the value of Clarkston, his importance is mainly reflected in the defensive end, back to the rotation of 11 games, when he is on the field, Team defensive efficiency 101.6 team first, when he is not present, the team defensive efficiency of 121.2 the team is the first to last, and Zhuang Shen is just the opposite, when he is on the field, the team's defensive efficiency of 123.4 the team is the first in the whole team, when he is not present, the team's defensive efficiency is 103.8 The first in the whole team, zhuang shen offensive contribution is greater, and now Clarkston can be said to have become the core of the team's defense, zhuang shen's task can be handed over to Sharp next season, and clarkston's role is irreplaceable.
The most critical thing is that Clarkston has been playing for the Nets for three years, and his contract has expired in the offseason, but the Nets can ignore the salary cap and renew his contract, and it is possible to have a market price of at least 8 million or even tens of millions of dollars for his performance, although it is slightly expensive, but the Nets have no choice, and Clarkston is only 22 years old this year, there is still a lot of room for improvement in the future, it is still very worthwhile to leave him, what do you think?