I saw a news in front of the NBA today, and the famous salary expert Keith Smith calculated how much money Celtics star Tatum could get if he signed a contract extension with the team this summer. Smith listed a series of calculation formulas, and then concluded: Tatum can renew his contract with the Green Army for up to 5 years and 314.8 million! Close to 315 million in 5 years, with an average annual salary of 62.96 million US dollars! What is this concept, this is already the largest contract in NBA history, last year Brown just set a record for 5 years and 304 million, and this year his teammate Tatum has another chance to refresh the chance.
So, will the Green Army really renew Tatum with a salary of close to 315 million in 5 years, the answer is, there is a high probability, basically a certainty, and the contract will be renewed. Tatum is the best operation of the Green Army in recent years, the best draft, and the strongest star he has cultivated. Although some people in the playoffs in the past two years have said that Brown's strong offensive ability is stronger than Tatum's, and Tatum's mentality is not good, but in terms of comprehensive strength, Tatum still stabilizes Brown. Tatum is going to make a lot of money, and if the Green Army doesn't give him such a big contract, then the other 29 teams will compete to chase the league's top stars. Although Tatum will take a lot less money when he leaves the Green Army, he is still a top star no matter where he goes.
However, returning to the team's point of view, a team has given two players two big contracts in history for two consecutive years, what will happen to the salary of this team, fools know, the space will explode, and everyone else can only take the base salary and the middle class. But the most terrible thing for the Green Army is that they just renewed the veteran Holiday for 135 million for 4 years before the start of the playoffs, and Porzingis's contract was also signed last year, 60 million for 2 years, and White in the starter, the thigh of this year's playoffs, he will also face a contract extension this summer. The Celtics have already exceeded the luxury tax red line just by starting without a starter, do you want money for this other people?
So, if the Celtics really hardened and forcibly renewed Tatum's contract for 315 million for 5 years, then basically the Celtics can say goodbye to the championship, the NBA's luxury tax will rise exponentially in the future, and the Green Army's lineup matching, Ballmer has to weigh his own pounds and taels when he comes, and no one can afford to play with the other 29 teams. Therefore, in next season's lineup, it is impossible for them to continue to retain the core lineup of Tatum + Brown + Holiday + Porzingis + White. Therefore, this year will be the last good chance for the Celtics to win the championship, and this year the East is completely simple mode, and the strength of other teams is a big step behind the Green Army.
Let's take a closer look, the Cavaliers are already 1-3 behind, and Mitchell and Allen are injured, and the Celtics have basically locked up the Eastern Conference Finals. In the other group of Eastern Conference semifinals, the Knicks and the Pacers played 2-2, the Pacers are too young, and the hard power is much worse than the Celtics, and their regular season record is only sixth in the East, and although the Knicks are full of mental attributes, they are really tired, the four main forces are injured, and the few who can play now are also tired divisions, and it is for nothing to enter the Eastern Finals. Therefore, the Celtics are likely to still be the champions of the East, but they don't seem to have a high probability of winning whether they face the Nuggets, Timberwolves, Mavericks, or Thunder.
315 million in 5 years! Say goodbye to the championship, you can't even play the short-answer mode, you're not James! Many people say that James entered the Finals in the East for eight consecutive years and won 3 championships, which was the dividend of the overall weakness of the East, but, think about it, the Celtics lineup is strong enough, how many championships did Tatum win? It's not that there is no one until now, so ah, everything has to be dialectically viewed, Tatum is not James, and James is by no means comparable to Tatum, James can make the Raptors, Pacers, Celtics and other teams become "welfare" all year round, this incident itself has shown James's strong strength!