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Six stars whose contracts expire in the offseason: LaVine may be running for dreams, and Ayton Brunson wants to ask for a top salary

The first round of the NBA playoffs is over, and no team has finished the next round of the playoffs this year, and the next round of showdowns are:

The Heat played against the 76ers

Bucks vs. Celtics

The Suns vs. The Lone Rangers

Warriors vs. Grizzlies

Now only these 8 teams in the league are still running for the next schedule, while some other teams have begun to look to the future, like the Lakers, who have submitted an application to the league to interview the manager, and bucks assistant coach Darwin Hamm is the Lakers' intentional manager. At the same time, the Lakers will also consider the issue of renewing players such as Munch and Anthony in the offseason, which is enough for Pelinka to keep him busy for a while.

Today we will talk about the offseason 6 players whose contracts expire, of course, not the big stars we will not talk, talk about those who are expected to get the top salary, and some players with the strength to become All-Stars, many of which have been reluctant to renew their contracts in advance, and it is estimated that the home team will regret it in the offseason.

Brunson Grassroots Counterattack

The most regrettable should be Cuban, he had the opportunity to keep Brunson with a 4-year 55 million early renewal contract in the offseason last year, but last season's Brunson was just an average of 12 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists per game, although the shooting rate was as high as 52.3%, the three-point shooting rate was 40%, the efficiency was very high, but he did not show too good talent, plus Brunson joined the NBA or the older draft, there are not many places to develop, so the Lone Ranger gave up early renewal.

Six stars whose contracts expire in the offseason: LaVine may be running for dreams, and Ayton Brunson wants to ask for a top salary

Brunson was the third pick in the second round in 2018 and was drafted with Doncic, who signed a five-year, $207 million super salary extension last offseason. Brunson and Doncic are incomparable, from the first time he entered the league, Doncic was the proud son of heaven, winning the Europa League MVP at the age of 18, and Brunson just made a name for himself in his fourth year of college.

If he does not have a certain offensive ability and organizational ability with the ball, it is estimated that his draft pick will decline. Although Brunson did not get the lone ranger to cultivate, but fortunately he played his own style, the young man's style is calm, the overall situation and the ball quotient are very high, and Kidd values him, making Brunson the second ball core of the team this season.

Six stars whose contracts expire in the offseason: LaVine may be running for dreams, and Ayton Brunson wants to ask for a top salary

Brunson also did not live up to Kidd's expectations, so far in the playoffs can average 27.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game, shooting 48.5%, three-point shooting rate of 36.4%, the performance is completely star level, it is estimated that the offseason Cuban will give a big contract, after all, the Knicks and pistons are looking at the tiger to poach Brunson in the offseason.

Ayton was not recognized by the team

Ayton is an 18-year champion, his template was admiral that year, the Sun took him is thinking of Ayton and Booker to form a new OK combination, the first season of his career played an average of 16 points and 10 rebounds, looking at the history of the NBA, that is, several historical interior lines can do it, in the third season of his career he helped the team reach the Finals with excellent performance, averaging 15.8 points and 11.8 rebounds per game in the playoffs, but even so, Ayton still did not get the opportunity to renew the team's maximum salary.

Six stars whose contracts expire in the offseason: LaVine may be running for dreams, and Ayton Brunson wants to ask for a top salary

The reason given by the team is that Ayton is not worth the strength of the top salary, and the backhand gave the team 3D Bridges a large contract of 90 million, and the two sides have not found a balance, so Ayton's contract extension is shelved, and Ayton is a restricted free agent like Brunson in the offseason.

So far in the playoffs, Ayton has averaged 20.5 points, 9.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.2 blocks, 0.7 steals, shooting as high as 70% from the field and 50% from three-point range, Ayton has only shot 4 three-pointers so far in the playoffs, and three points are not his common weapon, but his mid-range is very stable, a more comprehensive offensive and potential interior line.

Six stars whose contracts expire in the offseason: LaVine may be running for dreams, and Ayton Brunson wants to ask for a top salary

Supposedly, the Suns should have given Ayton a maximum salary contract, but considering that Booker and Paul's top salary, as well as Bridges and Crowder's contract, added up to almost a maximum salary, the Suns did not want to give Ayton a big contract at all, they did not want to eat a high luxury tax, and now Ayton is stronger than last season, his growth is visible to the naked eye, if he does not give the maximum salary, it is estimated that Ayton will leave the team.

Sexton's serious injuries affected his future

Sexton is also the 18th draft, he is the eighth pick in the first round, when James hand-picked the cavaliers to select the player, although the playing style is relatively unique, but Sexton's growth in each season is visible to the naked eye, from the first season of his career averaged 16.7 points per game, and then the second season rose to an average of 20.8 points per game, the third year played an average of 24.3 points per game, the Cavaliers also wanted to renew his contract in last year's offseason, but the Cavaliers indicated that they did not want to give the maximum salary.

Six stars whose contracts expire in the offseason: LaVine may be running for dreams, and Ayton Brunson wants to ask for a top salary

However, porter Jr., who averaged 19 points per game with Sexton in the offseason last offseason, won the maximum salary, and Sexton must not accept a contract lower than the maximum salary, so the two sides terminated the discussion of the renewal of the contract, intending to make a decision through Sexton's performance this season, and the result was an accident that Sexton was reimbursed for the knee injury season.

This will undoubtedly affect sexton's possibility of getting a maximum salary, and other teams are not expected to be willing to give Sexton a maximum salary. Coupled with the fact that the Cavaliers already have a good starting lineup, and they've played chemistry this season, it's estimated that Sexton will play the sixth man when he returns to the Cavaliers, and I think he probably won't accept the role.

Six stars whose contracts expire in the offseason: LaVine may be running for dreams, and Ayton Brunson wants to ask for a top salary

If he could, I think Sexton should leave the Cavaliers and prove himself on a one-year contract, or if he had a long-term contract, he wouldn't lose the salary he wanted.

Milesbridges' athletic ability exploded

Bridges is also an 18-year draft, he is the first round of the 12th pick, the young man was able to become the lottery draft that year by his excellent athletic ability, in the first two years of his career Bridges can only rely on eating cakes and breakthrough scoring, and in the third season of his career, his three-point shooting rate has improved significantly, and he has played a single season of 40% three-point shooting rate, but the average score per game is only 12 points, because the data is not good enough and he can't get the contract he wants, so Bridges did not consider renewing his contract early.

Six stars whose contracts expire in the offseason: LaVine may be running for dreams, and Ayton Brunson wants to ask for a top salary

But this season Borrego has led the team to play fast attacks and counterattacks, which is where Bridges is good at, so his statistics are also rising this season, averaging 20.2 points, 7 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.8 blocks per game, shooting 49% from the field and 33% from three-point range.

Don't look at the defensive data is good, in fact, Bridges' defense is very general in both experience and awareness, and the accurate three-pointer he showed in the third year of his career is only a flash in the pan, and this season his middle and long distance is only described as inefficient, more relying on the killing score under the basket.

Six stars whose contracts expire in the offseason: LaVine may be running for dreams, and Ayton Brunson wants to ask for a top salary

But even so, Bridges still thinks that he is worth a big contract, he reportedly asked Jordan for a long-term renewal of 170 million, Jordan has not responded, which also shows that they do not want to give Bridges this big contract, just look at the data Bridges and the above three have the same quasi-All-Star strength, but in terms of the level he has shown this season, he is not as good as the above three.

Zaklavan running for dreams?

The Bulls were eliminated in the first round of the series, but the Bulls also completed the goal, in the last offseason, the Bulls had discussed the issue of early renewal with LaVine, and Lavine told the team: "Let me renew the contract, but the team wants to reach the playoffs", because of this sentence, this has the story of the Bulls taking down Bauer and DeRozan, and finally the Bulls entered the playoffs, but stopping the first round such a result is what LaVine wants?

Six stars whose contracts expire in the offseason: LaVine may be running for dreams, and Ayton Brunson wants to ask for a top salary

DeRozan and Vucevic are still on contract, Bauer's contract is not small, and the playoffs of Lavin, Vucevic and DeRozan's three cores have also been seen, none of them can fight a hard battle, the future ceiling of their combination cannot be too high, so it may lead to Lavine's departure, the Bulls definitely want to keep Lavin for a long time, they are willing to send a maximum salary, but whether Lavin is willing to stay is really difficult to say.

Asking the team to reach the playoffs has shown that LaVine wants to win, and the Bulls' record this season can only be regarded as poor, I think he may leave, and it is estimated that LaVine will not get an offer from a strong team, and it is likely that it will be a weak brigade, after all, the playoffs are only 19.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 6 assists per game, the shooting rate is only 43%, the three-point shooting rate is 37%, and he plays hard battles is also very weak.

Six stars whose contracts expire in the offseason: LaVine may be running for dreams, and Ayton Brunson wants to ask for a top salary

I think it's very likely that Lavin will leave the team, after all, he is not the boss of the team in the Bulls now, and he thought that Azan was here to assist him, but he became the right-hand man next to Azan.

Valanciunas top blue collar

Although the Pelicans lost to the Suns, but this season they were very successful, the team was at the bottom of the league at the beginning of the season, until the arrival of CJ, the team's lineup thickness was better, coupled with the interior Valanciunas they won in the offseason, in the case of Zion injury, they formed a new trinucleus, although Varan space ability is not good enough, but his low kill and frame protection ability is great.

Six stars whose contracts expire in the offseason: LaVine may be running for dreams, and Ayton Brunson wants to ask for a top salary

Varan's contract expires this offseason, otherwise the Grizzlies would not trade Varan, and considering the future renewal of Bain, Dillon and others, the Grizzlies eventually gave up Varan, after all, they did not have so much money to give Varan a big contract. During the regular season, Varan averaged 17.8 points, 11.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 0.8 blocks per game, shooting 54.4% from the field and 36.1% from three-point range.

Six stars whose contracts expire in the offseason: LaVine may be running for dreams, and Ayton Brunson wants to ask for a top salary

This season Varran's contract is about 16 million, it is estimated that the next contract he will have a big contract close to 20 million, pelicans if not to give the estimate that there are still teams will rush to give, although he is not an All-Star, but can play all-star level level and data, such a player to join any team will improve the team.

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