For the championship trophy, the Suns pressed the future from the Nets to trade Kevin Durant, who thought that the bright future came but suffered a blow, with Chris Paul's accidental injury in the Western Conference semifinals, causing the balance of this round of the series to tilt to the Nuggets, and finally the Nuggets eliminated the Suns 4-2 without suspense, which means that the Suns' efforts have once again been in vain, if they still can't win the championship next season, then Durant is bound to be affected by age and cannot be as brave as before, At that time, the Suns may not even be able to enter the Western Conference Finals, and there is no doubt that there is not much time left for the Suns management, so the offseason reinforcement before the championship window closes is crucial, but in order to save salary space for reinforcement, the 38-year-old Chris Paul is likely to leave the team.
On June 8, Beijing time, according to the latest news report from NBA celebrity Chris Haynes, the Suns management has officially informed Chris Paul that he will be cut, As we all know, Paul signed a 4-year 120 million high-salary contract with the Suns in the summer of 2021, and the salary for the new season is as high as $30.8 million, but only $15.8 million is currently guaranteed, which will become fully guaranteed after June 28, so the Suns management plans to explore ways to break up with Paul before June 28 in order to save salary space for team reinforcement, including the use of extended clauses to pay contracts in installments or Paul himself to give up the remaining contract to renew the Suns on a lower contract, and then the team trades Paul, but Paul himself is not interested in the above methods , so the Sun decided to cut Paul.
It is worth mentioning that the 38-year-old Paul still wants to play for a few more years to realize the dream of a championship trophy, but the sky is not fulfilled, every time it comes to the key moment will drop the chain, but if this year's game against the Nuggets is not injured may be able to achieve the dream, the Suns will not plan to choose to cut it, since Paul refused to buy out so the Suns will make this decision, it is worth mentioning that the Lakers are very concerned about the news of the unhappy breakup of the Suns and Paul, because the Los Angeles Lakers are also not having a good time in this year's Western Conference Finals, Especially the Nuggets shaved head feeling is very uncomfortable, if Angelo Russell performs a little better maybe it is the Lakers, so after the Western Conference Finals, the Lakers management immediately decided to send Russell to strengthen the guard line, and now the Suns have decided to cut Paul, and the Lakers hope to lobby Paul to join through James' connections.
According to an anonymous executive in the West, the elder James has spoken with Paul and the two sides have a good conversation on the phone, which means that Paul is expected to join the Lakers, but the Clippers are also interested in Paul, and Paul is also interested in returning to his old club, the Clippers successfully cut off the Lakers, and the old Jen shouted that it was unacceptable. It should be noted that Paul has averaged 15.1 points + 9.5 assists + 4.4 boards per game in the previous three seasons for the Suns, and has helped the Suns create the best results in the regular season and lead the team to the Finals, considering Paul's rich playoff experience and strong control ability, if you can really join the Lakers or the Clippers is expected to achieve the championship dream, I don't know what readers think? Welcome to comment in the message area, and the little hands that move to make a fortune pay attention!