Jason Tatum's departure from the court gave the Nets hope of avoiding being swept, but the Nets themselves were not angry, and eventually lost the game 112-116. In this way, the Nets ended all the journeys of the season in a way that was swept, and the Nets were the only team to be swept in the first round of the season. I have to say that this way out is a bit surprising, after all, the Nets have Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, and it is really a bit unreasonable not to win.
Then again, the Celtics are the second team in the East, and the historical completion of the "Black Seven Miracle" is also a small probability event, and it does not mean that they can complete the "Black Seven Miracle" because the Nets have Durant and Irving, which is disrespectful to the Celtics, Jason Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart's performance this season is obvious to all. It's just that the Nets' way out is unacceptable.
The Nets acquired both Durant and Irving in the 2019 offseason, then James Harden in 20-21 and then Harden and Ben Simmons in 21-22. Counting down, the Nets of these three seasons can be described in one sentence: the money is not less spent, there is no less tossing, that is, the record is not good, not even the floor of the East Finals has not been touched, which is difficult to meet the expectations of the team management to build a team. It is estimated that the Nets will have to have some operations in the offseason, and the first step in the operation may be to solve Irving's problem.
Durant completed an early contract extension in the 2021 offseason, and although his performance in this year's playoffs is very bad, Durant still has a certain peak at the moment, and the Nets will not make a decision easily. Irving is different, his current contract is signed for 4 years 136 million in the 2019 offseason, and the 2022 offseason has player options, which means that Irving can jump out of the contract, renew the contract with the Nets, or jump out of the contract to join other teams as a free agent, while also joining other teams in a first-and-later-trade manner.
Some of Irving's demeanor is really puzzling, but Irving on the court still has good fighting ability, born in 1992, he is still at the peak of his career, take the regular season of 21-22, Irving only played 29 games, but still has 60+, 50+ performance, personal ability is not doubtful. So, having Irving play is going to be the most important thing for teams that want to get Irving. Regarding Irving's future, the Nets have advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage is that the Nets have a salary temptation, if Irving chooses to stay with the Nets, he has more than 10 years of experience in the league in 2011, and according to the 122 million salary cap in the 22-23 season, Irving can get up to a super contract of 250 million US dollars for 5 years. But if he joins another team freely or joins another team in a first-come-first-1-then-trade fashion, Irving can only get a four-year, $185 million contract. In contrast, staying with the Nets can earn more salary, and the nearly seventy million gap is not a small temptation for Irving.
At the same time, the Nets' problems also came, if Irving still appeared in this more alternative way in the following seasons, with less than half of the attendance in a season, then the Nets would definitely suffer a big loss. Therefore, if Irving chooses to stay with the Nets, the Nets may as well also write down the terms on attendance in the contract, so that Irving is also afraid, otherwise Irving, who got the super contract, may continue to work, and then the Nets will become a wrongdoer.
Text/Duncan's laugh