The Lakers have James, Thick Brow brother and Westbrook or did not qualify for the Western Playoffs, and even the playoffs are not eligible, but also let the Pelicans successfully turn the 22-year draft pick into a lotto sign, the Lakers are indeed miserable, but you think about it, the Lakers in the James era in the past 4 seasons, they have successfully won a championship, and the box office is also a variety of big sales, the Lakers are really miserable? Sorry, at least the Lakers may not lose money, but the Nets are really a loss, so how miserable are the Nets?
First, the Nets' Durant era only had expectations, but not success. James dominated the Eastern Conference in the 10s, reaching the Finals for 8 consecutive years and winning the championship three times, and if durant had not joined the Warriors to break the balance, James would have had more success in the Finals. However, the Nets put everything on Durant and invested money to build a lineup, and the farthest the Nets can currently go is the Eastern Conference semifinals, and only one foot away can reach the Eastern Conference Finals.
Second, the record did not rise but fell, and this year's playoffs were swept out 0-4 in the first round. Durant was injured in the regular season and missed many games, Irving insisted on self-leading to being forced to play part-time, Harden could not see the hope of winning the championship and chose to go to Philadelphia, and The simmons actually did not play on the grounds of back injury. Sometimes the Nets are embarrassed to have no stars to play, and the losses this season are very serious, and it may be the team with the worst financial losses in the NBA, so how miserable are you saying the Nets?
The Nets' total loss this season may be as high as $100 million, the minimum is 50 million, just for Durant and Irving after the salary of the player after the maximum salary contract, the Nets will have to pay about 100 million luxury taxes this season, which is all silver spent in vain, but the Nets really can't achieve anything.
Third, the Nets may be forced into a desperate situation, and they will have to renew Irving's contract for 5 years and 247.6 million US dollars. Yes, if Irving were to execute 36.9 million player options this summer, the Nets executives would be happy to dance, so that the handling of Irving would be much more convenient, the problem is that if Irving chooses not to execute, then Irving will become a complete free agent, the Nets have no alternative to Irving, they can only obediently pay Irving, and the Nets are in such a dilemma, unless the Nets want to lose Irving in vain.
Irving will maximize his own interests, so jump out of the contract to renew, Irving can get a maximum salary of 247.6 million for 5 years, will Irving do this? We'll see, but in the end, the Nets are the worst loser, the only thing that doesn't look like a loss is that the Nets should give priority to renewing Bruce Brown, brown, who averaged 14 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists in the playoffs, is worth expecting, and Brown will become a full free agent this summer.