24+14，35+7！ The first person in playoff history! That's why you get a 5-year salary of 280 million

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2024-05-13 22:31Posted in Shandong Sports Creator

The NBA playoffs have reached the division semifinals stage, which is a lot quieter than usual. With the rapid rise of several young teams, some of the past championship giants and the traffic team bid farewell to this season early. The Eastern Antetokounmpo and his Bucks, Butler and his Heat, Embiid and his 76ers, were replaced by the younger Cavaliers, Knicks and Pacers, but it can't change the fact that the Celtics are dominant. On the Western side, the Warriors were out of the play-offs, the Suns were swept in the first round, the Lakers were eliminated by the Nuggets 4-1, and the Clippers were eliminated by the Mavericks 4-2.

Last season, the Nuggets won the championship with a 16-4 record in the playoffs, which was actually quite fantastic, because no one initially believed that Jokic and Murray could make it out of the West. But this season is different, first of all, with the rise of the Thunder and the Timberwolves, the two dark horses, but the lack of playoff experience, coupled with the early exit of the four major traffic giants, although the Mavericks have the Doncic Irving combination, there are natural shortcomings in the lineup, and Doncic's playoff efficiency is not so stable, so the Nuggets have naturally become the biggest favorite team to compete for the championship. However, in the first two games of the Timberwolves and Nuggets series, the Nuggets lost both games, losing by 7 points and losing by 26 points! But when it came to the Timberwolves' home court, the Nuggets won by 27 points and 8 points, bringing the score to a 2-2 draw. Clearly, the Nuggets have found a way to deal with the Timberwolves. Boom 24+14, 35+7! The first person in playoff history! That's why you get a $280 million cap salary for 5 years.

Both the Thunder and the Mavericks have big shortcomings, and in the words of the American media, the winner of the Nuggets and Timberwolves series has a high probability of rushing out of the West. The Nuggets went from a 2-0 deficit to a 2-2 tie, and they actually did three things, all three of which happened to be related to Jokic. Starting from a set of data, in the third game between the Nuggets and the Timberwolves, Jokic scored 24 points, 14 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks, the data is not too amazing, but this is the first player in the history of the NBA playoffs to achieve this data, no one has been able to do Jokic so comprehensive before! Including the fourth game, Jokic scored 35 points and 7 assists, and after winning this season's MVP, Jokic and his Nuggets finally knew that this season's championship journey is not so easy, but it is not complicated. Three aspects: first, Jokic does not give the opponent a chance, and if he is strong, there are people, so he waits for the opportunity to share the ball; The strong side was pulled short, and he sat and beat Downs.

Second, Murray can't break the bag, but Gordon can, Gordon holds the ball in the frame, Jokic does the axis, tandem strategy, and others wait to catch the ball and shoot, which the Timberwolves can't prevent at all! You must know that the Timberwolves have the best defensive efficiency in the league in the regular season, because their twin tower combination is too strong from protecting the rim to the confrontation. But what if Gordon pulls out to train Downs? Jokic also has more opportunities to face Gobert head-on. And the last point is the two values that Jokic has been overlooked: 9.1 assists per game in the playoffs, first in the league, and 38.1% in the playoffs, which is still the first in the league! What level is this? Jokic only used the league's 17th round possession, but played the league's second-best contribution value: 27.6 points, 14 rebounds and 9.1 assists per game, which is too exaggerated and has not been such a template in history.

Since the regular season, Jokic has adhered to two principles: selflessness on the one hand, and efficiency on the other. These two points are very similar to Harden, except that Harden is a big core player with the ball, and Jokic is the strategy and finisher, but the two are indeed above other stars in terms of ball quotient and overall vision. Although Jokic is not like Embiid and Doncic, who play exaggerated data of 50+ or even 70+ at every turn, Jokic averages a plus/minus of +8.7 per game in the regular season, firmly ranking first in the league! And like Harden, Jokic is not greedy for the ball, his teammates pass the ball immediately when they have the opportunity, and his teammates are restricted or have a sluggish hand, and he solves the battle himself. The main thing is that Jokic is still young, while Harden is old. Jokic is easily underestimated because he is shooting 61.2 percent from the field this season, compared to Embiid's 56.1 percent.

In the summer of '22, Jokic and the Nuggets reached a five-year, $280 million early contract extension (with the salary cap increase), $47.61 million this season, and the next four seasons are: $51.42 million + $55.22 million + $59.03 million + $62.84 million. Final year with player option with 15% trading margin. Although it is not as exaggerated as Brown's super contract of nearly $300 million, and it is not as exaggerated as Tatum, who is likely to renew his contract with the Celtics for five years and $330 million this summer, Jokic gets every penny from the Nuggets is reflected in the dominance of the court. There are a lot of salary bastards in the NBA, not just double tanhua, including Beal of the Suns, Lillard of the Bucks, and even a small card that is a spectator in the playoffs every year, but Jokic is definitely not.

Jokic can sign a five-year, $400 million epic salary cap contract in the summer of '26! If Jokic hadn't taken the initiative to make Embiid an MVP last season, Jokic would have achieved four consecutive MVPs! This is still based on the fact that he didn't make much effort in the regular season. And he also led the team to win the championship last season, from the 41st pick in the second round to be selected by the Nuggets, Jokic took 10 years to reach the top of the NBA. It can only be said that Jokic's ball quotient is too high, and as the core of the team, when he leads his teammates with selfless dedication to winning, the Nuggets become more and more cohesive and invincible. That's why Jokic is worth a five-year, $280 million cap salary.

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