Preface
With the playoffs progressing, there are now only two sets of matchups left to determine the winner or loser, they are the Mavericks VS Clippers and the Cavaliers VS Magic. Among those teams that have been eliminated, some have a huge disparity in strength, and some can be said to have lost to a certain player, but if he plays well, the team has a chance to advance. For example, the Lakers' Hachimura, as a large forward, he averaged 7.8 points per game, shot less than 40%, and couldn't even score an empty basket in the game.
There is also the Suns, they lost completely because the Big Three did not give their strength, none of the three played at the same level as the opposite Edwards, whether it was Durant or Booker, their performance could only be said to be decent. Not to mention Beal, he is simply the biggest war criminal in the Big Three, with a super maximum salary, he only scored 9 points on 4-of-13 shooting, in addition to 6 turnovers and 6 fouls, and his plus/minus of -12 is also the lowest in the game.
And in this year's playoffs, Beal is not the only one who has lost his value, but also Harris of the 76ers, whose performance can also be called a war criminal. In a 2-4 loss to the Knicks, Harris averaged nine points and seven rebounds per game while shooting 43 percent from the field in six games. As the second-highest player on the team with an annual salary of 40 million, Harris not only did not play the effect of being the second leader, but he was even far inferior to Oubre with a base salary, and what is even more ridiculous is that the 76ers actually let Butler go in order to give Harris this big contract.
Harris should be ashamed of his performance in this series, but on the whole, he can at least occasionally score a few points in the first five games, G1 scored 7 points, G2 scored 10 points, G3 scored 8 points, G4 scored 10 points, and Harris scored 19 points in 7 of 11 in the battle of Tianwang Mountain, making fans think that he had broken the fear of the Knicks, and his state would be completely recovered later, but what he didn't expect was that just when everyone was optimistic about him, he disappointed the fans again.
In the life-and-death game G6, Harris played 29.3 minutes, scored 0 points on 0-of-2 shooting, and had 4 rebounds and 3 assists, such a performance is simply outrageous, it is hard to imagine that this is a performance played by an NBA player with a maximum salary and only 31 years old in his playing years. Harris was a mess on the offensive end, he didn't even dare to take the ball after shooting two without the ball, and his defense was also quite stretched, so it can be said that he was a side effect most of the time on the court, so his plus/minus of -10 also ranked first in the team.
In this game, it can be said that Dan Van Harris played a role, such as shooting two three-pointers or making a few free throws, the result of the game may be completely different, but he chose to mix on the court, the offense does not take the ball, the defense is casually passed, and the rebounds cannot be protected, if he is not the top salary, he would have been DNP a long time ago. After this game, Harris's 76ers career can be said to be basically over, and the 31-year-old is likely to start the next stop of his career.
The good news for the 76ers is that Harris' five-year max contract is finally expiring, and there is no reason for them to re-sign him. As for Harris, with his performance in the playoffs, let alone the maximum salary in the offseason, he may not even get an annual salary of 15 million, because he is really an all-round pull, and in fact, he can see from the regular season that he has been declining, and this is still the performance played after Embiid and Maxey helped him attract defense by his side.
However, if Harris is willing to renew his contract with the 76ers at a low price, the latter may also give another chance, after all, the difference between the base salary and the annual salary of 40 million is too big, if it is the base salary, even if Harris still can't play, then he can feel at ease DNP. But if I change to Harris, I myself will be embarrassed to stay with the 76ers, I was a star player on the team the year before, and then I have directly become a level with Payne, Martin Jr. and other players who may be DNP at any time.
The best option for Harris now is not to join a team that is stronger than the 76ers, so that even if he gets a base salary, he is better than here, and another option is to join a weak team and get a contract with an annual salary of 10 million. However, Harris has made a lot of money in his career, he has now got a contract of 249 million since he entered the NBA, and he is not short of money now, so if he is still a little competitive, then it is the most reasonable choice to join a strong team and then impact the championship.
If Harris does not renew his contract, the 76ers can create a maximum of 64.9 million salary space, and most of it is estimated that it will be used to renew Maxey's contract, but even then they should still have about 20 million space left, and it is very simple to sign a player who is better than Harris at that time. However, the 76ers still have a question of whether Embiid can do it, although looking at the data, he averaged 33 points, 10.8 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game in the series, but in the most critical fourth quarter, Embiid averaged only 5.8 points per game, shooting 23.1% from the field and 11.1% from three-point range.
The future of Harris and the 76ers is not bright now, but for the former, the big deal is that he changes teams to play, and he makes enough anyway. And for the 76ers who are aiming to win the championship, the duo of Embiid and Maxey is obviously not enough, unless Embiid can really play at the MVP level in the playoffs, and Embiid is still the only MVP in history who has never reached the division finals, which has to make people continue to doubt his true level in the playoffs.