When Harden and the 76ers renewed their contracts for a 2-year, $68 million contract, the fate of the big names in the free market has been settled, harden although he has made a huge sacrifice in salary to win the championship, but this is also something you and I want, but the Suns Ayton is different, although he eventually stayed with the Suns, The salary also reached 133 million US dollars in 4 years, although the annual salary was only 2 million US dollars away from the annual salary required by Ayton, but the process was really not pleasant, and the ugly face of the sun could be regarded as being seen clearly by Ayton, and it must be cold.
But there is a saying that although the renewal process of these two is not beautiful, the result is always good, and it is a wishful thinking. But some people are happy and some people are sad, and there are a few stars who can obviously get a good contract, but they have made themselves afraid of people, no one dares to ask for it, and they have not yet signed a contract.
Take stock of seven self-inflicted, unclaimed stars:
Fifth place: Blake Griffin, 33 years old, 2009
Last season stats: 6.4 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game, shooting 42.5% from the field and 26.2% from three-point range.
Everyone calls him silly, in fact, it is not unreasonable, his career is almost stupid, and the emotional intelligence is really not high, remember when the Clippers from the Pelicans to Paul, Griffin and Jordan are doing the show, when others conveyed the news to know, at that time they were both excited, but the little Jordan immediately worried about whether to take Gordon for Paul, concerned about which of his teammates are not there, but Griffin came to say: I don't care who to take when I change.
As the leader of 2009, Griffin was a representative of the flying sky in the early days of his career, when he and Paul, Jordan Jr. and others in the Clippers constructed the league's Sky City and no-fly zone, and Griffin was once known as the league's first big forward, casually playing 20+10, casually dunking is the best five balls, dunks are straight after Carter.
Griffin from the 2010-11 season to the 2014-15 season into the All-Star for five consecutive years, the Clippers at that time is also in the middle of the day, young and quite accomplished, so that Griffin began his first death journey, after encountering injuries, Griffin began to hook up with the famous defensive player Comrade Jenna, and began to sing the night and night life, personal state decline directly after the defeat of The Coller Kardashian big ass ide James Harden, And in 2016, he beat up the Clippers staff in Toronto, resulting in a broken hand, of course, this incident is just a small episode, has not affected his career, but it made the Clippers lose patience with him.
In the 20017-2018 season, the intolerable Clippers sent Griffin to the Pistons, and when everyone thought this guy was going to be ruined, he began to work hard again, and changed his previous flying style of play, transforming into an all-round big forward who could suddenly shoot and pass. When he scored 24.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 5.4 assists in a season, he was selected as an All-Star again after a gap of three years, but the big coffee who has always been known for his brain circuit clearance began to play in the playoffs again, originally he had suffered serious injuries, but in the case of knowing that it was impossible to win the Bucks, he played closed out, and as a result, he once again beat himself off the altar, almost all season reimbursement in the following season, and after the comeback, he could only play the level of role players.
Griffin has been playing and stopping for two seasons, the shooting feel that has been practiced hard can no longer be found, originally 33 years old should be at the peak of his, through his own efforts, finally have the opportunity to live an early retirement life, so far, there is still no team to throw an olive branch to him, no one signed is not impossible.
Fourth place: Harrell 28 years old, 2015 second round No. 2 show
2021-2022 statistics: 13.1 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2 assists per game, shooting 64.5%
The NBA has three teams of the old will make the rest of the league salivate, one is the Spurs out, the second is the Thunder out, the third is the Rockets out, the overall ceiling is the highest is the Thunder, the most experienced Spurs, the second is the Most Practical is the Rockets, in addition to Harrell, there are Lowry, Dragic and a series of famous players in the league shine, and have achieved good results.
Harrell left the Rockets like he was in a helicopter. In the 16-17 season, he could only get 9.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1 assist for the Rockets, after coming to the Clippers in the 17-18 season, he could get 11 points and 4 rebounds in 17 minutes per game, which was extremely efficient and better, and in the 18-19 season, Harrell averaged 16.6 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, becoming a strong contender for the best sixth person, but unfortunately lost to Lou Wei, but in the 2019-2020 season, Harrell fought more and more courageously, averaging 18.6 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, shooting 58 %, won the best sixth person award, if the average year, this statistic is more than enough for this All-Star.
But Harrell is deficient after all, after all, the height is only 2 meters 01, playing the interior line although it will not suffer losses in the footsteps, but in defense and against tall men is not so satisfactory, after the end of the 2020-2021 season, Harrell was sent to the Wizards as one of the chips to trade Westbrook, after the Wizards played 46 games and was sent to the Hornets, in the past season, although the overall performance is not as strong as before, but still able to contribute to the average of 13.1 points and 6.1 rebounds per game.
Originally he had a contract of close to ten million is not a big problem, but Harrell, who has become a full free agent, has violated the ban, he has been accused of drug trafficking, if the facts of the crime are confirmed, I am afraid that he will receive a bag of about three years, which makes the team that has a heart for him dare not have any thoughts, and the old club Hornets has not made any response to this matter, it is estimated that he has given up, Harrell's future is likely to be like Evans in the previous two years, and it will not be over.
Third place: Colin Sechtotton No. 8 in the first round of 2018
2021-2022 Season Statistics: 11 games, averaging 16 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, shooting 45% from the field and 24.4% from three-point range.
The 2018 draft is the best draft in the past decade, in addition to the pride of the east seven seven, blowing Yang and other heavenly pride, but also Alexander, Ayton, Jackson and other potential stocks, the future achievements will not be bad, Sexton as the 8th pick in 2018, the rookie season averaged 16.7 points, 2.9 rebounds and 3 assists per game, and went high, averaging 24.3 points, 3.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game in the 2020-21 season, shooting 47.5% and shooting 37.1% from three-point range. Looks like a super defender.
But last season, Sexton only played 11 games on the season reimbursement, for the contract year players, this is very fatal, the god of examination Cousins is abolished in this way, now Sexton wants a contract with an annual salary of 20 million US dollars, but with the Attitude of the Cavaliers, it seems that they do not want to give, before the media broke out that the Cavaliers want to renew the contract with three years and fifty-one million US dollars, but Sexton is not satisfied with the times, still insisting on asking for a contract of 20 million, it is good to want more money, But don't forget the lesson of Cousins and Thomas Jr., those two are only stronger than today's Sexton, but why can't they play now?
Seriously injured players, there is a contract thrown over and then, don't be too confident in yourself, every team has a scale in their hearts, they think you are worth how much you are worth, only a healthy superstar can have a tough bottom, and Sexton's playing style is a bit messy, more like a bench bandit, not a superstar embryo, so even if the data is good, it is difficult for him to get a big contract, and now the spurs that can give a big contract are ready to mess up, and they will not sign people.
If Sexton makes concessions, the Cavaliers may not bother to pay attention to him, after all, they have just renewed Garland, it is clear that Garland is the core of the Cavaliers' future, and now Sexton is still a restricted free agent, if the stalemate continues, it is likely to sign a one-year qualification offer contract, but often the career of signing such a contract is basically ruined, so it is obviously unwise to continue to do it. Hurrying to renew the contract is real.
Second place: Dennis Schroeder 28 show debut 17 in 2013
Last season stats: 13.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, 4.6 assists, shooting 43.1%, three-point shooting rate 34.4%.
ESPN once said of Schroeder:
Dennis Schroeder has a talent at the starting point guard level, putting points first, extremely explosive, powerful dribbling attacks, low-average three-point crosshairs, and improved decision-making ability in half-court positions and switching offenses; The defensive end is below average, unable to deliver too many steals, and weak rebounding ability
This sentence perfectly summarizes Schroeder's basketball level, the upper limit is a team's starting guard, but shooting is not good, defense is not good, projection is not good, organization is not good, confrontation is not good, after saying so much no, why say he can play the starter? Because his speed and explosive ability are first-class, he can use his speed to impact the opponent's lineup without experiencing a major injury, a bit like the Brazilian lightning Barbosa that year, but Schroeder's organizational ability is definitely stronger than Barbosa.
In the past ten years, Schroeder played a starter without any problem, because the projection ability of the point guard at that time was no more demanding than today, but now it is not the era of this kind of guard, and the point guard without shooting is destined to be very difficult, and Schroeder did not recognize this, in 2020, the Lakers brought Schroeder to the Lakers through a trade, although he failed to successfully share the organizational pressure of James, but to a certain extent eased the pressure on the offensive end, and James was satisfied with him. So the Lakers gave him a 4-year, 80 million contract, but seeing that the guards with similar data as him won a hundred million yuan contract, which made Schroeder have a wrong estimate of his market situation, he also wants a billion yuan contract.
But as a giant of the Lakers, basically will not misestimate the value of a player, so basically the contract they can give is the most reasonable contract, but Schroeder is not dead hearted, insisting on a contract of 100 million yuan, not relaxing, and finally abandoned by the Lakers, and the Green Army signed a middle-class contract, but the Green Army is also a giant, and is a team with strong organizational discipline, and they do not want players who attack strong and defend weak, so although Schroeder's contract is worth it, they do not need such players, so they sent him to the Rockets.
In the case of two consecutive seasons of downturn, the obvious weakness of Schroeder is almost impossible to sign a contract of tens of millions, a middle-class contract may be his final destination, people, no superstar strength do not have a superstar shelf, large contracts are not signed, signed middle class, why bother?
First place: Miles Bridges 24 years old 12th pick in the first round of 2018
Last season stats: 20.2 points, 7 rebounds and 3.8 assists, shooting 49.1% from the field and 33.1% from three-point range.
Bridges, who has now been defined as a domestic violence man, originally played the best performance of his career last season, he had every opportunity to chase a contract close to the maximum salary, but at the end of June this year, he was arrested by the Los Angeles police for domestic violence and paid $130,000 bail to get out, the incident is still under investigation, the Hornets have not responded, and the attitude of not renewing the contract is not clear.
The idea of the Hornets should be to sell for the price, in general, the players who appear in this scandal will hardly be chased by other teams, even if the chase will not give a big contract, so so far Bridges is still restricted by the identity of free agents, the Hornets have not given an offer, the Purpose of the Hornets is very clear, neither want to offend him, but also do not want to maintain him, if the price given by other teams is low, direct matching is good, of course, it is impossible to give high, so they do not quote for a day, The initiative was always in their hands, and the offer was like the sun, chilling Bridges's heart.
As the No. 12 show in 2018, bridges although the performance of the rookie season is not satisfactory, but after coming to the Hornets, he has gradually cashed in his talent, can run and jump, can resist and play, can shoot suddenly, is a small forward player with great potential, can and three goals as the core of the Hornets' future, but there is such a thing, can only be slowly reduced by the Hornets, can have a contract of twenty million should be good, and you can not refuse, After all, players who generally refuse a small contract end up with no ball to play.