In the end, the Clippers didn't take my advice and let Leonard play in the 3-and-D position, losing 2:4 to the Mavericks and suffering a first-round exit. Once 30 games and 25 wins, the Clippers won the championship, and now they are out of the first round; this ups and downs are generally unbearable! But the result is already like this, next year they will use a new arena, maybe that's where they really set sail! How should they solve the next lineup and contract renewal problems they will face?
First of all, there are two completely free agents: Harden and Plumlee, obviously the latter doesn't need to be considered at all; let's not look at his performance in the regular season and the playoffs, he is nearly 35 years old, and as an athletic center, he can be eliminated; and then look at his performance in the playoffs, just throw it out! As for Harden, Ballmer definitely doesn't want to let him go in vain, after all, Harden is still excellent as a second-in-command or a third-in-command! The Clippers lost at the end point Leonard failed to play, and no one can match Irving's ability to make key shots! Harden didn't lose to Doncic in this series, that's the truth, but George was killed by Irving in seconds! Having Leonard in the game is definitely another result, so Harden refers to the other three leaders in the market, with an annual salary of about $36 million, and a three-year contract of about 1.1-115 million is definitely very useful! I don't know if Harden will see it.
The other two player options: George and Wei Shao! George has news that he will jump out of the player option, give up $48 million next year, and seek a new contract with a maximum salary! It is also revealed that the 76ers and the Pacers will go all out to pursue him! In my opinion, even if the 76ers give up Harris, he only has 40 million salary space, and Maxey definitely wants a big contract, plus Embiid's previous contract extension, where will they have the room for George? And Oubre can't keep it without spending some money, if Harris is 20 million, will he keep it? The 76ers signed George, the Clippers got Harris for 20 million, and they still have room to make up for the position of power forward! So the 76ers don't have that much appetite to eat George, and George can't be paid more than Maxey and Embiid! As for the Pacers, there is no room for Haliburton to start his super big contract next year, and then Siakam is more than 40 million, and Turner is 30 million, how can they give a contract with an annual salary close to 50 million!
So George's best choice is to stay on the team, a three-year contract similar to Leonard's, maybe a little less, or the second highest salary in the team! The team maintains a salary structure of 5:4:3, Plumlee has 8 million space, buy out Tucker, there is 11 million, and Wei Shao 3 million If he wants to stay, let him stay; but he must train a backup point guard; take Hyland to trade an experienced backup point guard with baskets! Then there is still close to 20 million space to make a space power forward, don't let Leonard top the power forward again, that will increase the chance of his knee injury! If Theis really doesn't need it, don't ask for it, waste the position; since you want to train Coffey, then Boston and Brown will see if there is any trade value, change the defensive interior, and you can't train it if you keep it! In this way, the three cores are all three-year contracts, and they can fight for three years!
Some people will definitely say that Harden is not worth it, in fact, you can go and look at the three leaders of other teams, what are the statistics, what annual salary; whether it is the regular season or the playoffs, Harden cannot be less than 35 million annual salary! The Clippers cannot use this price to find a better point guard or interior!
Otherwise, you can go and see Holiday , 12.5 + 5.4 + 4.8 in the regular season, 7.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.4 assists in the playoffs, shooting 35% from the field and 36.8% from three-point range, renewing the contract for 4 years and 135 million, with an annual salary of 33.75 million US dollars!
Herro 20.8 + 5.3 + 4.5 in the regular season, 44.1% and 39.6%, 16.8 + 3.6 + 5.4 in the playoffs, shooting 38.5%, 34.9%, 120 million for 4 years of contract, 30 million annual salary!
哈登常规赛16.6+5.1+8.5，投篮42.8%，三分38.1%；季后赛21.2+4.5+8，投篮44.9%，三分38.3%！
In fact, you can compare casually, and add more other players to compare together! Beal, McClum, which of these teams' No. 3 is above Harden? And the key is that the absence rate like Kapepper's still brings the Clippers to the playoffs! Who can do the above?
Of course, it's mainly up to the boss! What do you think about this?
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