As the saying goes, there is no courage to break the boat, where is the miracle of desperate life. The same saying applies to the NBA stage. In the era of business alliances where superstars gather, the two giants and the big three teams have become the trend of the times.
However, not the best is the most suitable. Instead of torturing each other and consuming each other, it is better to leave the comfort zone in front of you for the long-cherished wish of winning the championship and a better future, and make a unique way to fight to the death to meet the new life.
Today, take stock of the eight stars who are afraid to gamble in the offseason.
Eighth place: The ill-fated Sykeston
Sykeston was selected by the Cavaliers with the 8th pick in the 2018 first round. As a rising star last season, Sykeston averaged 24.3 points, 3.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game last season, showing super scoring explosiveness and once becoming a key training object for the Cavaliers.
In the new season, the Cavaliers rose from a weak team in the East to a super team. The amazing performance of the Cavaliers' starting five tigers was also a shock to the league, and even made the Lakers superstar James, who once had a poor record on the team, once again move the desire to return to his hometown.
In the middle of the season, the Cavaliers suffered from injuries, the team injured three core guards in succession, and Sykeston, who played the king of the king last season, also suffered from injuries with cruciate ligament tears again, and announced the season reimbursement.
Sykeston's reimbursement once caused fluctuations in the Cavaliers' record, although, in the case of the starting five tigers, averaged 16 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, and the data fell sharply, but as a starting point guard, his presence is still of great significance to the Cavaliers' offensive end.
But at the end of the season, the young Garland stepped forward to help the team stabilize the game and became the biggest support for the entire dark horse team. Garland's adversity has also put Syxton's leadership in a precarious position.
It is reported that due to the cause of Syxton's injury, the qualifications of the rising star will also decline again, and once fell from being able to sign hundreds of millions of contracts last season to 10-15 million annual salaries. Salaries have also shrunk significantly.
Between the team's leadership status of the change of ownership, as well as the shrinkage of salary, Syxton, whose contract expires in the offseason, is about to test the free market, this young man with super scorer potential is likely to be sought after by various teams, and the Lakers have given this young man hundreds of millions of offer contracts, and Sykeston's stay will inevitably cause the league to shock.
Seventh place: Strategizing Dragic
Dragic was selected by the Spurs with the 45th pick in the second round in 2008, and has been playing with the Suns, Heat, Raptors, Spurs, Nets and Lights teams. As a second-round show, Dragic has a master's organizational ability, and once relied on Dragic's excellent organizational skills in the 2019-20 season to lead the Heat to the Finals stage again after many years, becoming the absolute dark horse team of the season, and the 30+ Dragic also became famous again.
In the 2021-22 season, the Heat sent Lowry away in a sign-first-for-then-trade manner for the Heat to win the championship guard Lowry, and Dragic became a victim, was traded to the Raptors, and then went to the Spurs again. In the middle and late of the season, Dragic completed a buyout with the Spurs, and among many favorees, chose to join his former best friend Nash to join the Nets.
However, with the Nets losing to the Celtics in the first round of the playoffs, Dragic will also expire his contract in the offseason. The 36-year-old veteran is still a hot veteran star in the free agency market.
It is reported that the Lone Ranger has a strong interest in Dragic after getting Wood, and Doncic and Dragic are fellow countrymen, once Doncic personally recruits, the affection of the fellow and the temptation of the championship, Dragic is likely to start a new journey again. Continue to burn youth with the dreams in your heart.
Sixth place: Tough Guy Tucker
Tucker was selected by the Raptors with the 35th pick in the second round in 2006. As a league tramp who has traveled between rockets, bucks, heat and other teams. Tucker once played the peak of the Rockets, and with the combination of light bulbs, he once became one of the few superpowers in the league that could balance the Warriors.
In the 2020-21 season, Harden was disheartened with the Rockets, and once completely broke up with the management, Harden also left the Rockets, and the leaderless Rockets began to enter a reconstruction period.
Before the trade deadline, Tucker was sent by the rocket to the Bucks, and also began a dream journey for Tucker. After joining the Bucks, Tucker's extremely strong defense coincided with the Bucks' team culture, and the two sides were seamless.
Tucker also accompanied the Bucks through the playoffs, facing the Nets in the semifinals, and Tucker's defense against Durant is also a classic case. Although Death still has the performance of 49+ triple-doubles in 48 minutes of Tianwangshan, tucker's defense has consumed Durant a lot throughout the series, and to a certain extent, it has also cut off the connection between Durant and other players, laying a solid foundation for the Bucks to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals and even win the championship.
The Bucks also relied on Tucker's spare efforts on the defensive end, and finally defeated his old teammate Paul's Sun 4-2 on the stage of the Finals, helping the team to win the cup again after 50 years, and Tucker also completed the long-cherished wish of the first championship trophy of his career.
According to Tucker, after winning the championship, because the Bucks did not give Tucker enough respect, the tough guy also switched to the Heat and accompanied the team to the stage of the Eastern Conference Finals again. Unfortunately, the key to the seven lost to the young Celtics, and returned home again, but Tucker's play on the defensive end was still remarkable, no problem.
It is reported that the 37-year-old Tucker once again refused to execute the contract for next season, perhaps this is the strength of this defensive toughster, for Tucker, he can still gallop on the court, naturally in order to win the championship two, but the Heat in addition to Butler, indeed lack of top stars at key moments, so that Tucker can not see hope.
In the offseason, the league tough guy is likely to choose to join a new championship-winning team again, and for Tucker, even if he cuts his salary and goes to a championship-winning team, it is better to take tens of millions of salaries to support himself and do nothing. Perhaps, this tough guy wants to take advantage of the fact that he can still play his residual heat and fight for the championship again, in case he can succeed.
Fifth place: Bench bandit Poole
Poole was selected by the Warriors with the 28th pick in the first round of 2019 as the work of another Warrior after Green. Young Poole once became the Warriors' second Stephen Curry by virtue of his super scoring ability.
During the regular season, Poole once became the leader of the team's offensive end after Curry was injured, and the limelight completely crushed Clay and Wiggins, and Poole's super scoring ability was also the primary contributor to the Warriors' ability to end the regular season in third place in the West without a library. In the regular season, Poole averaged 18.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 4 assists per game, pushing Wiggins and stabilizing the third scorer on the team, once showing the potential and explosiveness of a super scorer.
After the start of the playoffs, Poole's weaknesses due to his youth and lack of experience were constantly exposed, and Poole's physical confrontationality made Poole lose his advantage during the regular season at one point on the defensive end, and Kerr had to gradually shorten Poole's playing time.
But as a bench bandit, Poole's existence still gives Curry a huge rest time, and once there is no physical confrontation, Poole can even go beyond the three-point shot, he can also hand the knife, stop the bleeding for the team and even win more valuable rest time for Curry.
During the Finals, Poole still caused huge trouble for the Celtics on the offensive end, and G5's key third quarter whistle three-pointer once helped the Warriors regain the lead after falling behind in the third quarter, laying a solid foundation for the team to win the battle of Tianwangshan. It also set the stage for the team's 4-2 win over the Celtics.
In the Finals 6 games, Poole can cut 13.2 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists, 43.6% shooting rate, 38.5% three-point shooting rate, as a young man who entered the playoffs for the first time, Poole has played to the extreme, and his play has also become the Chinese medicine hero of the team to win. As a young man, Poole was extremely lucky, and won the championship with the team when he entered the playoffs for the first time, but as a rising star, Poole is also a future to look forward to.
It is reported that after winning the championship, Poole once repented and wanted to ask for a 5-year 120 million maximum salary contract. As a bench bandit, The existence of Poole does pay a huge contribution to the Warriors' victory, and even the lack of this bench bandit who averages 10+ per game is especially known whether the Warriors can turn the tables against the wind. As a young player, after playing in form, it is understandable to ask for a maximum salary, after all, Poole is different from Curry at that time, and the Warriors established Curry's leadership position very early. And now Curry is 34 years old is still in the year of the fight, even if Pooler cut even if the salary cut can not even be the second and third boss of the team, instead of this, Poole, who holds the championship, should break through the boat, start a new journey that belongs to him, and break out of a foothold that belongs to this young man.
Fourth place: Spider-Man Mitchell
Mitchell was selected by the Nuggets with the 13th pick in the 2017 first round. As a Kobe Bryant disciple, Mitchell is also physically strong, and the small guard has become famous for winning the All-Star Dunk Contest in 2018 with amazing bounce power.
In the 5 seasons of the Jazz, Mitchell grew year by year and promoted the Jazz from a fish-belly team to a super team. Last season, the Jazz became the top team in the West in the regular season, and its strength should not be underestimated.
But compared to the regular season, the Jazz's playoff pull has also made Mitchell dissatisfied, although the former rising star still behaves smoothly on the playoff stage, without any sense of violation, nor the cowardice and youth of young players. But it is still unstoppable, the Jazz on the playoff stage, the overall player weakness.
With the deepening of the game, mitchell and Gobert's locker room contradictions are also constantly intensifying, the new season, the two are once fierce, from the data can be clearly seen that the two almost no interaction, the number of passes between the two on the court, surprisingly not as many assists as Trae Young and Capela, which is enough to show the delicate relationship between the two.
Off the court, the two are also contradictory, after returning from the playoffs this season, Gobert deliberately praised Booker, arousing Mitchell's dissatisfaction, the strength of the two sides was once again tense, and the locker room contradictions between the two had reached an irreconcilable point.
It can be seen that Mitchell's public statement that he wants to play in a big city in the middle of the season is not empty. In the offseason, the two men who have already faced discord will definitely part ways. Whether the Jazz take the initiative to trade or Mitchell forces the palace management to apply for departure, this Kobe Bryant disciple, once the king of dunks, has entered the countdown stage when he leaves the Jazz.
Whether it's back home to the Knicks or Miami, where rumors are raging, the two teams are bound to be ecstatic about Mitchell's arrival, after all, the young man who has already proved his strength through the playoffs will become the biggest boost for the team to set sail.
Third place: Scoring machine Bill
Beal was selected by the Wizards with the 3rd overall pick in the 2012 first round. As a super scorer, Beal scored explosively and aggressively, and once became one of the league's few superstars.
Last season, Beal teamed up with Westbrook, and although the record was not satisfactory, Bill's super personal ability was once jaw-dropping. In the regular season last season, Beal averaged 31.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game, and the all-round data performance was fully exposed. But the Wizards lost to the 76ers in the first round of the playoffs, and the team went home in the playoffs for years.
In the new season, the Wizards are determined to change, send away Wei Shao, and establish the team building model of Bill's single core team. At the beginning of the season, the Wizards received miraculous results for a while, and even rose to the top of the East at one point.
But in the middle of the season, as the game was plagued by injuries, the Wizards' record fluctuated again, and the team also broke out into discord. Despite this, the Wizards still offered Bill a 4-year, 171 million maximum salary contract, but was decisively rejected by Bill, who was full of injuries and even declined.
This season, Beal averaged 23.2 points, 4.7 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game, 45.1% shooting percentage, 30% three-point shooting rate, and the average points per game and shooting percentage have dropped sharply compared to last season. The competitive state has already shown a slight downward trend.
In the middle of the season, Bill again announced the season reimbursement due to surgery, and it is reported that before the trade deadline, the Wizards sent Away Dinwiddie to get the young Bo Shen, and the intention to rebuild has been revealed.
It is reported that Bill recently revealed that he hopes to get a 5-year 250 million maximum salary in the Wizards, and the intention of forcing the palace is extremely obvious. As a super scorer, Beal may still return to the top, but even if he returns to the top, a leader who has never been able to lead the team further on the playoff stage, coupled with injury troubles and a decline in form, the Wizards will certainly not spend 250 million to sign a 28-year-old scorer.
Recently, the US media broke the news that Beal is about to refuse to implement the player option for next season, which will also mean that Beal is about to become a completely free player, combined with Beal's previous disclosure that he has the next goal, through various signs, Beal's departure has become an indisputable fact.
After all, the Wizards have always been a team that puts interests first, not a charity, it is reported that after Bill's remarks continued to ferment, the Lakers, Warriors, 76ers, Heat, Lone Rangers, Celtics and other teams have begun to ask For Bill's offer, perhaps for Bill, although the maximum salary of more than 200 million may be lost, but if it can be exchanged for a championship trophy, it is also a steady profit, after all, as a scorer, even if the state declines, Beal is still one of the few super scorers in the league.
Second place: Uncle Grimm, the older the more demon
Green was selected by the Celtics with the 5th pick in the first round in 2007. As a homeless man in the league, Green has successively traveled to many teams such as the Cavaliers, Nets, Nuggets, etc., and has played extremely shocking games in both the Cavaliers and the Nets.
In the 2020-21 season, Green teamed up with the Big Three at the Nets, which is also the second time that Green has joined forces with top stars after joining forces with James that year. In the semi-finals, Irving and Harden suffered from injuries. Green once stepped forward, and after his comeback at King Mountain, Green became the biggest support around Durant.
Green set a number of records on 7/8 of three-pointers, scoring 27 points and setting a new playoff career playoff record for the Nets' history as a substitute. It can be said that he has become the most eye-catching blue-collar player around Durant, and it has also made the elderly Green famous again.
In the 2021-22 season, Green, who came to the Nuggets, is still conscientious, and in the regular season, Green averaged 10.3 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game, becoming an important scoring point for the team, and even Suppressing Porter, who has an annual salary of tens of millions, has once again shown Green's old and strong competitive state and desire to fight.
It is reported that in the offseason, many teams extended an olive branch to Green, for a championship-winning team, getting Green's extremely experienced old fritters will be a huge positive for winning the championship, and the older and more demon-like Green has also rejuvenated the second spring, becoming an absolute bounty of the free market.
First place: Almighty God of War bearded Harden
Harden was selected by the Thunder with the 3rd pick in the first round of 2009. As a historical two-power position, Harden's career is also full of legends, harden and Durant, James debuted at the peak of the peak. Harden relied on hard work to step all the way from the best sixth man to the regular season MVP, the league's 75 superstars.
Harden became famous with the Thunder, but shined in the Rockets, and the eight years of the Rockets can be called the peak of Harden's career. Three-time scoring champion, one-time assist king, regular season MVP, 60+ epic triple-double records. Harden has created too many jaw-droppingly wonderful times in the Rockets, but the lack of championships has also become the biggest regret of Harden's career.
In the 2020-21 season, Harden broke out into a fierce locker room conflict due to dissatisfaction with the Rockets, and forced the palace management to trade him. As the Situation continued to ferment, an earthquake-level tripartite deal was reached, and Harden joined the Nets to form the Big Three. However, due to various yin and yang mistakes, the paper strength of the big three has not been turned into a weapon to win the championship, after 1 and a half seasons of the Nets, Harden has played a big game again because of Irving's strange personality, and Harden has also repeated the trick and joined the 76ers.
But the plot of the fairy tale still failed to play out as promised, harden and the 76ers after a sweet period, the extremely obedient Embiid once again expressed dissatisfaction with Harden, and once forced the palace management to send Harden away.
The experience of winning the championship for two consecutive years not only made Harden physically and mentally exhausted, but even the decline in competitive status, but also made Harden's 5-year 270 million maximum salary disappear. In just 2 years, Harden has gone from being an absolute non-seller in the Rockets period to a prisoner who everyone shouts and fights today.
It is reported that Harden will choose his own fate in the offseason, whether to execute next season's contract or continue to run for his dreams. For Harden, perhaps breaking the boat will be the best option.
After all, Embiid's speech of forcing the palace continues to ferment, once the facts are true, even if Harden chooses to implement the player option next season, stay in the 76ers, the management is forced by the pressure of Embiid to send Harden away, rather than letting people fish for uncertain things, it is better to take the initiative into their own hands, refuse next season's contract, start a new journey, do not break or stand, maybe a bet without a way out, will receive miracles, after all, the opportunity left for Harden is not much, the time is not waiting, Harden needs to make a choice as soon as possible, Harden gave up his extravagant life in the offseason, and chose to practice in Houston, perhaps for the new rise next season, looking forward to the transformation of Harden into a butterfly.