Former Warriors coach Mark Jackson: "I'm going to give Thompson a contract with an annual salary of $20 million to $25 million. ”
Thompson averaged 17.9 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game in the regular season this season, averaging 3.5 three-pointers on 38.7% shooting per game.
With such data, Thompson must still be worth more than $20 million in annual salary, and the Warriors have previously given him a two-year contract extension of $48 million.
But Thompson is looking for long-term contracts, such as the four-year, $135 million early extension that Holiday agreed to with the Greens.
However, the Warriors' management, which intends to make major changes to the roster this summer, is obviously not going to give Thompson such a long new contract.
However, if Thompson chooses to defect to the Eastern Conference upstart Magic, he may be able to get it.
Just a few days ago, Shams reported that Thompson and the Magic are interested in each other, and the Magic have more than $60 million in salary space this summer.
The Magic made the playoffs this year, but still lost seven games in the first round against the Cavaliers.
According to the data, the Magic is the worst shooting team in the league, averaging 11 three-pointers per game in the regular season and 10.3 three-pointers per game in the playoffs, all of which are at the bottom.
Therefore, the Magic's desire to bring in Thompson is by no means a hot brain, but because the latter still has the league's top shooting skills, saving the team's projection level that they can't bear to look at directly, so that they can continue to make the playoffs next season and go further in the playoffs!