Life is easy to dew, and the world is impermanent and bad. This seven-word poem about the impermanence of the world is also applicable to the NBA stage. In a business league full of unpredictable changes, injuries and objective factors, player ups and downs have long been commonplace. Even stars who were in their prime last season have collapsed or even disappeared after only one season or more, so on this stage full of bizarreness, nirvana rebirth and self-abandonment have always been intertwined.
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5. Chris Paul has an annual salary of 30.8 million for the 2023-24 season
Paul averaged 8.3 points, 3.8 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game in the 2023-24 regular season, shooting 39.7% from the field, 31% from three-point range, and 88.9% from the free throw line.
As a traditional guard, Paul is a five-time assist king, a six-time steal king, several All-Star All-Star MVPs, and the best rookie. The lack of a championship trophy has also become the only imperfection of the 75 superstar, and it is also the biggest regret of Paul's career. Although the uncrowned king is also a compliment, it can't realize the dream after all, so that this CP3, who was once infinitely popular on this stage, can never let go, and it will end regrettably.
As a top guard, Paul's biggest criticism is that while he wants to win the championship, he is not willing to take the initiative to take a salary cut, which is the case with the Clippers and the Rockets, even if he joins the Suns, this is Paul's biggest stain. In the era of huddle for warmth, the stars team up, and the probability of winning the championship does increase, but they all need to make sacrifices, especially in terms of money, Durant back then, in order to realize his dream, continued to reduce his salary to stay in the team, obviously, Paul did not have such courage, nor could he achieve such a great moment.
In the 2023-24 season, the 38-year-old Paul still holds a $30.8 million contract, and Paul has also become the second person in history after James to get such a big contract at the age of 38. But compared to James's average of 25+ per game, Paul is indeed dwarfed, averaging 8.3 points per game, a new season low performance, which is indeed not flattering.
Although Paul still has some achievements on the organizational end, such a high salary can only play such mediocre statistics, which is obviously unconvincing, and has also become a key factor in the Warriors' poor record, leaving only Curry to support. If Paul has a 10 million contract in his hand and plays such data, it is extremely amazing, after all, such an age is relieved and admirable, but with the third highest salary in the team, second only to the Splash Brothers, but doing the work of a blue-collar player, playing so inefficiently, it is obviously unsatisfactory, after all, all salaries should be symmetrical with ability, and have little to do with age and experience.
Obviously, Paul's high salary and such sluggish statistics are unsatisfactory and have become a key factor in the team's loss, or even its real rise, after all, even the core stars are so inefficient and unworthy of the name, and it is extremely difficult to expect young players and role players with rookie contracts or base salary contracts to make a splash.
Perhaps, Paul's career is extremely great, but this is not an excuse for Paul to hold a 30 million contract and play a 10 million contract players are not as good as performance, and the Warriors are now in such an embarrassment, and it is precisely because of veterans like Paul, high salary and low energy performance, that the team's predicament is confirmed, and the young players are extremely dissatisfied. In other words, in the career league, the feats and greatness of the past cannot be the reason for today's sluggish form, so if the team can't win the championship, Paul can't blame anyone, after all, he is the one who started the team's malaise.
4. Ben Simmons has an annual salary of 37.89 million in the 2023-24 season
Simmons averaged 6.5 points, 10.8 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game in the 2023-24 regular season, shooting 52.8% from the field, 0% from three-point range, and 25% from the free throw line.
As a tall guard, Simmons' excellent physical fitness and athleticism made his debut expected to be high, and even become the successor of the Magic. Due to his extremely undisciplined attitude and cowardly character, Simmons will retreat if he does not advance, and his career is getting worse and worse, especially after getting a big contract from Philadelphia, Simmons is completely rotten, every summer, he makes a speech that can only move himself, and continues to watch from the wall in the new season, becoming a self-depraved teenager without any competitive desire and backbone.
In the 2023-24 season, Simmons played some highlight moments in the preseason and early season, and then suspended indefinitely due to injury again, as a talented player with the highest salary on the team, Simmons has an annual salary of 37.89 million this season, accounting for half of the team, but such a high-paid player lives a life of pampering, eating, drinking and having fun, and does not take the team to heart at all.
Inefficient shooting performance, endless suspensions due to injury, and constant self-hypnotic remarks have made Simmons completely uncompetitive and the aura of a star, and have also had a great negative impact on the team, since joining the team, Simmons has become the fuse of the Nets' fragmentation, as a star with a maximum salary contract, Simmons is also the worst contract in the league, and it will also make the Nets, before Simmons' contract expires, completely smash the premium contract in their hands, and Simmons has also become the undisputed most disappointing star this season.
3. Klay Thompson's annual salary for the 2023-24 season is 43.22 million
Klay, in the 2023-24 regular season, averaged 17.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game, shooting 42.5% from the field, 38.2% from three-point range, and 89.9% from the free throw line.
Clay as a 3D star, excellent projection ability, and huge deterrence without the ball end, making him a key Mr. Warriors dynasty, tough defense, with good defensive Xi and defensive awareness, makes Clay a real top 3D player with three points and defense, and even this word was once tailored for Clay, others are foils, and Clay is the real 3D god.
In the 2023-24 season, Klay, who is aiming to return to the top, is once again in trouble, with a sluggish hand, impatience in the bottleneck period that constantly wants to break through, and more unreasonable shooting performances, which make Klay completely fall into self-consciousness and even unable to extricate himself, so much so that Cole's public bombardment of him has also made the sharpshooter fearless and continues to seek the peak moment.
Klay's attitude of going all the way to the black, not only made it farther and farther away from the peak, but also brought great trouble to the team, this season's Klay annual salary of 43.22 million, ranking second on the team, second only to superstar Curry, as a member of the Splash Brothers, Klay did not take the lead, not only could not help Curry stabilize the morale of the army, but also became the initiator of the team's poor record.
Klay's willingness to return to the top is understandable, after all, Klay is an extremely arrogant pitcher, and as a second-generation star, Klay has a natural sense of superiority, and he was also the team's admired star before, but in order to return to the top, Klay did not hesitate to use the team as a foil, and did not hesitate to let Curry's hard work go to waste, and did not hesitate to destroy the motivation of young people, which can be described as a loss and a loser.
2. Bradley Beal's annual salary for the 2023-24 season is 43.28 million
Beal, in the 2023-24 regular season, averaged 13.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game, shooting 44.2% from the field, 39.1% from three-point range, and 70.8% from the free throw line.
Bill, as a scorer, excellent scoring ability, and a variety of scoring methods, make Bill very competitive on the court, at the same time, Bill has an excellent ability to read the game, can serve as a point guard on the court, is a two-way guard in line with the small-ball era, that is, can use absolute individual ability, to achieve individual combat, can also be incarnated as a defensive guard, to bring strong competitiveness to the team, activate every teammate, so that the team under Bill's tandem, full of fighting spirit and passion, is a comprehensive scoring maniac。
In the 2023-24 season, Beal joined the Suns, aiming to compete for the championship Bill and the Suns, but because of Beal's constant injuries, the team's record fell off a cliff.
Such an inefficient performance has also become the culprit of Durant's absent-mindedness and once in the trade rumors, not only that, but the attributes of the glass man and the contract with an annual salary of 43.28 million make Bill sit on the fact that he has a high salary and low ability, although he has been absent from the battle for a long time, Bill needs to adjust, but as a core star, Bill's fragile body and deteriorating state are completely far from expectations, in other words, if the former scorer cannot become a star and help the Suns win the championship again, at the end of the season, it is very likely that Bill will be abandoned again。
As a former superstar, Bill should still be in his prime, but because of injuries and Bill's self-defeating attitude, Bill was unable to play a shocking game again.
1. Jimmy Butler's annual salary for the 2023-24 season is 45.18 million
Butler, in the 2023-24 regular season, averaged 21 points, 5 rebounds, 4.5 assists per game, 46.4% shooting, 37.7% three-point shooting, and 88.1% free throw shooting.
Whether it is in the Bulls, Timberwolves, 76ers or Heat, Butler's ability to play tough battles is definitely a performance at the level of the meeting, in the face of anyone, not in a hurry, but also fearless personal ability, but also to make him a real tough guy, a superstar who can only take the opponent's head among the army.
In the 2023-24 regular season, Butler continued to recuperate, compared with previous seasons, Butler this time still continued to play stop-and-stop and accumulate strength for the playoffs, not only that, but compared to before, even if the healthy style of play, he can still occupy the team's scoring title. This tough guy is also extremely embarrassed, and even has some high salaries and low abilities.
However, everyone who knows Butler knows that the playoffs are the stage for this tough guy's performance, in other words, the more he pretends to be dead in the regular season, the stronger Butler's ability to bottom out in the playoffs will be, and after four years of joining the Heat, Butler led the team to the division finals for three years and the finals stage for two years, which is enough to witness Butler's ability to play tough battles. With Lowry and other core stars suffering from injuries one after another, Butler, assisted by Adebayo, almost led a group of undrafted picks to write a great legend.
Therefore, for the Heat, although Butler is indeed unworthy of his name in the regular season and does not deserve a high salary, the transformation of the playoffs is jaw-dropping, and it is natural for the Heat to have such a superstar with huge contrasts, after all, the playoffs are the stage that everyone chases, and it is also the place where Butler stages his legend, for Butler, as long as the team can break into the playoffs, the next will be a matter of course, just like the classic quote of League of Legends EZ, please start your performance, and the playoffs are the stage for this tough guy to really perform, so even if the regular season is paddling, the Heat management is not worriedThis is also the huge difference between Butler and the previous four, and it is also the most legendary place and charm of Butler, a super tough guy.
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