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$272 million for 5 years! $97.1 million for 2 years! Owen Lao Zhan is difficult to gather, and the lone ranger has a long way to go

author:Little orange watches the ball

The NBA playoffs are a stage for superstars, and the superstar race for the championship seems to be a shortcut, and a slight mistake can lead to the road of no return. For example, this season, the Lone Ranger's Eastern European combination missed the play-offs, the Bucks' luxury division suffered a black eight in the first round, the Suns' ABCD team stopped in the Western Conference semifinals, and the 76ers' Diden combination stopped in the Eastern Conference semifinals; In contrast, the Finals team Nuggets and Heat, the former made history after 8 years of lying on pay, and the latter created the Black Eight miracle with Butler plus a group of undrafted drafts. The Bucks, Suns, and 76ers all completed the change of coach in order to make a comeback; And the Lone Ranger? Irving's contract hangs in the balance, and the future of the Eastern European combination is intertwined with the team's fate, with extremely low tolerance for error.

$272 million for 5 years! $97.1 million for 2 years! Owen Lao Zhan is difficult to gather, and the lone ranger has a long way to go

$272 million in 5 years, Irving "plays hooligans"

Doncic and Irving teamed up in the middle of last season to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the rise of the Lone Ranger, but it backfired, the Lone Ranger struggled to build an Eastern European combination, and the new roster experienced injuries and run-in, and they didn't even get a play-off ticket. Many people have a question in their minds: can the Eastern European combination succeed? Before we can figure this out, we must first clarify a more practical and pressing question: Will the Eastern European group continue to play together next season? It all starts with Irving's contract. Irving will become a full free agent this summer, and according to NBA salary experts, Irving can sign a five-year $272 million super cap salary with the Lone Ranger, while other teams can only provide Irving with a four-year $201 million contract.

$272 million for 5 years! $97.1 million for 2 years! Owen Lao Zhan is difficult to gather, and the lone ranger has a long way to go

Owen once verbally promised to stay in the Lone Ranger, after all, Ou Shenxian is also a person, and earning 70 million dollars more is more fragrant than anything! According to NBA Hall of Fame Haynes, keeping Irving is also the Lone Ranger's first offseason priority, after all, the team has paid too much for Irving, and they can no longer afford to lose Irving. In this process, Irving's name is intertwined with the two major traffic passwords of the Lakers and Old Jen with high frequency, which is in the interests of Irving, Old Jen and the Lakers, but the Lone Ranger is like an ant on a hot pot. Just today, the plot has a "major reversal", NBA star Shams broke the news that Irving hopes that the Lone Ranger will be traded to get Old Jen and create a new Big Three combination of Doncic + Irving + James. In my opinion, Irving is a typical "hooligan", who wants both a super maximum salary contract and a desire to play with Old Jen, but presents a worldwide problem for the Lone Ranger: How to get Old Jen?

$272 million for 5 years! $97.1 million for 2 years! Owen Lao Zhan is difficult to gather, and the lone ranger has a long way to go

97.1 million US dollars in 2 years, the older Old Zhan gets, the more fragrant it gets

Let's not discuss whether the three top ball-carrying cores of Old Jen, Doncic and Irving are suitable for playing together, but one thing is for sure, it will be difficult for the Lone Rangers to get Old Jen through a trade! On the one hand, Lao Zhan has been deeply engaged in the NBA for 20 years, and has taken the initiative to make decisions 1, 2 and 3, each time he has taken the initiative to control his own destiny and has never been traded; On the other hand, Old Jen still has a 2-year $97.1 million big contract, and the salary for the new season is as high as $46.9 million, and the Lone Ranger has no chips to trade Old Jen except Doncic and Irving. More importantly, Lao Zhan is the league's traffic password, the older the more fragrant, 38 years old can still maintain an average of 29+8+7 in the regular season and 25+10+6 output in the playoffs, how can the Lakers easily send away this cash cow?

$272 million for 5 years! $97.1 million for 2 years! Owen Lao Zhan is difficult to gather, and the lone ranger has a long way to go

I don't deny that Old Jen and Irving were good brothers who won the championship side by side, I don't deny that Old Jen and Doncic appreciate each other, and I don't deny that Old Jen has a good personal relationship with Lone Ranger coach Kidd and assistant coach Dudley, but we must also admit one fact: Irving's desire to join forces with Old Jen in the Lone Ranger is like a moon in the water, which cannot withstand the wind and rain; Owen's longing for the little abacus that Old Jen took the initiative to invest in was like a flower in the mirror", which could not withstand any scrutiny. Lakers reporter Jovan Buka hit the nail on the head by pointing out that the Lakers aren't interested in trading Jen for any offer unless the Lone Ranger offers Doncic. NBA celebrity Haynes also tactfully said: The only way for the Lone Ranger to get Old Jen is for James to seek a buyout from the Lakers, and then join the Lone Ranger with Irving with a base salary!

$272 million for 5 years! $97.1 million for 2 years! Owen Lao Zhan is difficult to gather, and the lone ranger has a long way to go

Owen Lao Zhan is difficult to gather, and the lone ranger has a long way to go

A thousand words come together into one sentence: Owen Lao Zhan is difficult to gather, and the lone traveler has a long way to go! Since the Lone Ranger chose Irving, he can only go through thick and thin, and is mentally prepared to send him a super maximum salary contract; At the same time, Irving dares to get so close to Old Jen before finalizing a new contract, which can be regarded as another wake-up call for the Lone Ranger: Irving is still the same Irving, never plays cards according to routines and common sense, you never know what whimsy he will have in the next second, risks are everywhere and he doesn't need to pay for it himself! This is the path chosen by the lone ranger himself, no matter how hard it is to kneel, he must go forward! Whether or not the Lone Ranger can retain Irving's heart, they must adhere to one principle: Doncic is the future, he will kill himself in a hurry, and building a team around him is the only way out! Fans, what do you think about this? Come leave me a comment to discuss it.

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