Goodbye, NBA's youngest Mr. 200 million

On March 29, Beijing time, NBA Hall of Fame Shams reported that Hornets guard LaMelo Ball confirmed that he will continue to recover from a foot injury. Three-Ball has only played 22 games this season, meaning he is out of contention for all the awards. At the same time, the maximum salary contract just signed by Sanqiu will also change from 260 million to 207 million.

In the 2023 offseason, the Hornets signed a five-year, $260 million contract extension with three balls, of which the guaranteed amount is $207 million over five years. If Three-Ball wins MVP, DPOY, or All-NBA (including three teams) this season, he will trigger an incentive clause and receive $260 million. The NBA requires at least 65 regular season games to be awarded.

Haliburton's contract is the same as the three-goal team, and in order to compete for the best team, he took an extra $43 million, and Haliburton played with an injury at one point. He was very unhappy with the new 65-game rule: "Like a lot of people in the league, I think the 65-game rule is stupid! ”

Many fans don't agree with Haliburton, if two people go to compete for MVP or DPOY, one only plays 50 regular season games, the other plays 80 games, is that fair?

If nothing else, just compare the three players who signed 260 million contracts: Haliburton has played 61 games this season, Edwards has played 69 games, and the three-ball has only played 22 games. If attendance is not taken into account, it would not be fair to Haliburton and Hanako to have the three of them compete for the same award. So, the 65-game rule is pretty good.

He averaged 23.9 points, 5.1 rebounds, 8 assists, 1.8 steals and 3.8 turnovers in 32.4 minutes per game this season, shooting 43.3% from the field, 35.7% from three-point range and 86.5% from the free throw line. Career highs in points and steals per game, and second-highest assists per game. The three-ball action is really gorgeous, but unfortunately it's too brittle.

Attendance for the three-goal was similarly low last season. In the 2022-23 season, he played only 36 games with three balls, averaging 35.2 minutes per game, scoring 23.3 points, 6.4 rebounds, 8.4 assists, 1.3 steals and 3.6 turnovers, and shooting 41.1%, 37.6% and 83.6% from three. In the last two years, he has played a total of 58 games, all of which are less than 65 combined.

Born on August 22, 2001, Sanju was under the age of 22 when he renewed his contract, becoming the youngest Mr. 200 million in NBA history. Many fans can't figure it out: the three-ball attendance rate is so low, why do the Hornets still give him a big contract? The Hornets can't help it, the draft has been seen countless times, and if you can get a talent like the three-ball, of course you have to keep him.

The three-ball was the 2020 Prospect Show, and he played in 184 regular-season games in four seasons: 51, 75, 36 and 22 games. For comparison, Edwards, the top pick in the same class, has played 292 regular-season games, 108 more than three-ball. Haliburton, the No. 12 pick, played 252 games, 68 more than the three-goal game.

Let's talk about an even more exaggerated statistic: so far in 2021, the two brothers have played a total of 168 games (35 games for the ball brother and 133 games for the three-ball), and the Nets player "Bridge" Bridges has played 238 games alone. Why are the two brothers so brittle? Some fans speculate that it is a genetic problem, and some fans think that the ball father trained them too hard.

See you next season, three-ball!