Recently, Kristian Winfield, a reporter for the Nets, revealed that the management of the Nets does not want to give Irving a maximum salary, that is, a 5-year, $247 million contract. The reason is that Owen has a long history of injuries and non-vaccinations. The Nets are based on these two reasons, so they are slow to talk to Irving about a contract extension.
We know Irving has $36.9 million left on his last year on his contract, and Irving has player options. Based on Irving's current market price, it's hard for him to go to other teams to find big contracts, so Irving is sure to implement player options to guarantee his salary next season. The current situation is completely Wilvan's own doing, and his unprofessional attitude has led to the fact that now all teams will basically not give him a high salary, after all, people's money is not blown by the wind.
Even if Irving had swum the Nets for his salary, the Nets would not have been able to give him a five-year, $247 million cap, because Irving likes to pay attention to what happens off the court in addition to not being vaccinated. In other words, Owen's current mind is not entirely on basketball, so his competitive state is always high and low. Just like this season's playoffs against the Bucks, when the playoffs are so critical, Irving has not eaten for most of the day for the sake of Ramadan, how can this ensure performance on the court.
So we can see that what the Nets reporter said is not empty, and the current Irving is indeed not worthy of the top salary. On the contrary, if Irving has always adhered to his so-called beliefs and has not been vaccinated and believed in metaphysics, then his value will continue to depreciate, because what he does is simply incompatible with a dedicated NBA player, and other teams will not have a good impression of him in the future.
In fact, now is the most critical moment of Irving's career, he is 30 years old, many star players will pursue a five-year long contract at this age, as their pension contract, it depends on whether Irving can seize the opportunity.