After the Nets were swept by the Green Army, they entered the offseason operation, and according to the NBA salary expert Yossi Gozlan, the Nets core Irving will jump out of the player option in the offseason, he will complete a contract extension with the Nets for up to 5 years and 247.6 million US dollars in advance, this news came out, immediately caused controversy among fans, after all, the Nets playoffs were swept away, Irving could not blame, and now began to renew Irving in advance, such an operation really surprised fans.
Irving signed a 4-year, 136.5 million contract with the Nets in 2019, his contract will expire next season, leaving 36.9 million player drafts, according to the US media report, Irving does not want to execute his player options, he wants to completely extend the contract with the Nets in advance, because he played for the Nets for 4 years, so he is eligible to sign a contract with the Nets for a maximum of 5 years and 247.6 million US dollars, the starting salary of this contract is 42.7 million US dollars, and the salary of the last year of the contract is as high as 58.1 million US dollars, which needs to wait until the expiration of the 26-27 season, when Irving is 35 years old and has reached the end of his career.
However, Irving has a lot of options, he can refuse the player option, and then sign a 4-year, $191.3 million contract with the Nets, if he leaves the Nets in the offseason, then he can only sign a 4-year , $180 million contract with other teams, so staying with the Nets can maximize the benefits for Irving, Irving talked about his contract in the middle of the season and the end of the season, he hopes to stay with the Nets, and Durant once again hit the championship.
Irving wants to leave the Nets is not easy, after all, in 2017, after he applied to the Cavaliers for a trade, there are not many teams willing to get Irving, since then Irving's trading value has been shrinking, the middle of this season, last season and this season the Nets have repeatedly wanted to trade Irving, but no team is willing to accept Irving, plus Irving put pressure on the Nets management, the transaction will retire, helplessly finally the Nets management compromised, and traded Harden to the 76ers.
From last year's offseason to now, Irving has not stopped in the team, off the court because of the non-vaccination thing, was once hidden by the team, and then the NBA league relaxed, Irving from "part-time player" to "full-time player", helped the team enter the playoffs, but in the playoffs, Irving for his so-called faith, hungry to play, resulting in a serious decline in the state, the data to create their career playoffs low. In this case, Owen completely angered everyone.
And the reason why the Nets dare not trade Irving, there are two major reasons, one is that Irving is not a good deal, the big contract plus the problem of the attitude of the game, so that many teams are prohibitive, there is no team reason to get Irving, second, Durant has always supported Irving, this is the main reason why the Nets can not send Irving, there is no one, Irving and Durant originally met together to join the Nets, so the private relationship is very good, if you trade Irving, Durant will stand up for the first opposition, for the sake of popularity and tickets, the Nets can only ride the tiger, Nash and Irving's way, it was Durant who was in control of everything, which made fans feel that the Nets management was inactive.
If the Nets keep Irving, especially with such a big contract, then the future, their situation is unpredictable, after all, you never know what Irving is thinking in the next second, and they have a Ben Simmons problem that has not been dealt with.