There are both championships and MVPs, why did Brother Alphabet refuse the Bucks to renew his contract early?

In the 2013 draft, with outstanding physical talent and potential, Alphabet Brother was selected by the Bucks at No. 15 in the first round and successfully signed a four-year, $8.61 million contract, thus officially starting his NBA career.

Although the alphabet brother who has just entered the league has shown certain talent and potential, he has not yet fully realized his combat power. In his first season of his career, he contributed only 6.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.9 assists while shooting 41.4% from the field.

However, as Alphabet Brother gradually cashed in on his talent, his personal performance and on-field performance became better and better. The team also positioned him higher and higher, until he became the absolute core of the team and became a superstar in the league.

In the 18-19 season, Alphabet Brother averaged 27.7 points, 12.5 boards and 5.9 assists per game, shooting 57.8% from the field, coupled with the Bucks' 60-22 league-first record that season, Alphabet Brother won the first MVP trophy of his career. And in the 19-20 season, Alphabet Brother also continued his strong performance and successfully won the MVP...

Although Alphabet Brother successfully won two regular-season MVP trophies, whether it was the East Conference defeat in the 19 playoffs at the hands of Leonard or the second round defeat in Butler in 20, it seems to indicate that Alphabet Brother's ability and technical shortcomings will make it difficult to lead the Bucks to the championship in the future.

And just when the outside world thought that Alphabet Brother, who had suffered many losses in the playoffs at that time, would follow the example of James leaving the "native team" and join a team with more championship prospects, he led the team to eliminate the Heat, Nets, Hawks, and Suns in the 21 playoffs and successfully won the championship trophy.

In the 10 seasons since entering the league, Alphabet Brother has not only successfully won two regular season MVPs, but also won the championship and FMVP that many stars dream of. Although it is important to achieve such personal efforts, it is indeed inseparable from the trust and support of the Bucks.

And just when the outside world thought that Alphabet Brother and Bucks might achieve each other like the Warriors and Curry in the future, and there was a high probability of staging "one person, one city", in a recent interview with the New York Times, Alphabet Brother revealed his idea of refusing the Bucks to renew his contract early.

So, with both a championship and an MVP, why did Brother Alphabet refuse the Bucks to renew his contract early?

1. Continuously playing superstar performance, Brother Alphabet simply can't look at 173 million in 3 years. Since playing a superstar performance in the 17-18 season, although Alphabet Brother has not won the MVP trophy again in the past two years, he has been able to maintain superstar output almost every year.

And at present, Alphabet Brother is at the peak of his career, with his ability and state, he can't see the Bucks signing a three-year $173 million early extension. After all, this year, the Lakers' early extension contract for thick eyebrows also reached $186 million for 3 years.

Therefore, the alphabet brother with better overall performance and honor has no reason to sign an early renewal contract that is worse than thick eyebrows. Instead of signing a three-year, $173 million contract with the Bucks now, it is better to wait for next year or the year after to fight for a longer-term, larger-dollar maximum salary contract.

2. Maintain contract flexibility and force Bucks management to further strengthen. After winning the Finals in '21, many were expecting the Bucks to continue to strengthen — to win two, if not three, championship trophies at the peak of their time at the Alphabet Brother. It's just that in the past two seasons, although the Bucks have been able to play the top three in the Eastern Conference every year with the blessing of the alphabet brother, they have never been able to make a difference in the playoffs...

In the first round of the '22 playoffs, Alphabet led the Bucks to easily eliminate the Bulls 4-1, but lost 3-4 to Green Kai in the second round and was eliminated. Although the Bucks did not meet the Green Kai again this year, they were 4-1 by Butler and the Heat in the first round to complete the "black eight" and could not complete the championship again.

Judging from the current overall roster and strength of the Bucks, the best way to win the championship again is to strengthen it. Therefore, Brother Alphabet's refusal to renew his contract in advance is actually putting pressure on the Bucks management, as long as the management does nothing in terms of reinforcement in the future, he may leave the team in the future to continue chasing the championship...