The total salary next season will exceed 190 million! The Nuggets are facing disintegration, taking 33 million pure shooters for zero?

Achenggao

2024-05-21 12:55Posted in Shandong Sports Creators

On May 21, Beijing time, I don't know if you have noticed that the league has won the championship by different teams for 5 consecutive years, if you add this season, then the league has won the championship in the past 6 years, because the remaining teams in the division finals have not won the championship in the past 5 years, do you know what is the main reason for this problem?

I think the main problem is the change in the players' pursuits, and secondly, the increase in salary pressure in the team. After many players win the championship, he is not interested in the championship, and as a player is his profession, he still needs to pursue interests, so after Bruce Brown helped the Nuggets win the championship last season, he hoped to get an annual salary of 20 million average salary, so the Nuggets could only give up on him.

Because of the abandonment of Jeff Green and Brunson Brown in the offseason, the strength of the Nuggets declined this season, and they were finally eliminated in the second round, and they once led by 20 points in G7 and finally lost, because the bench was not strong and finally collapsed. In order to curb the superstar huddle and improve the overall competitiveness of each team, the league's increase in the luxury tax also makes many teams have to break up the big team after winning the championship.

So with the blessing of these two conditions, it is difficult for the team to maintain their championship-winning lineup for a long time, and the Nuggets may disintegrate in the offseason, first of all, their team has a fixed contract with Jokic, Murray, Porter Jr. and Aaron Gordon, Jokic and Porter Jr.'s contracts will be close to hundreds of millions next year, and Pope has a player option, it is estimated that he may plan to jump out of the contract and renew the contract with the Nuggets, so the pressure on the Nuggets will be greater.

In addition, Reggie has a player option contract of more than 5 million a year, and the total salary of these players with contracts has reached 193.4 million, what is this concept? This season, they can rank third in the league in terms of total salary, behind the Warriors and Clippers, and more than the Suns, and the Nuggets are different from these big ball markets, they don't have the same attendance and ratings as Los Angeles and Golden State, so the team is likely to break up their starting lineup to avoid taxes.

This will only make the Nuggets' strength continue to decline, and it will be difficult to improve, after all, their starters are well matched and have chemistry. If the Nuggets have to give up one, I think their management may be more inclined to send Pope away, after all, Pope is an expiring contract, but Pope is honestly still a lot of help to the team, in the playoffs Pope averaged 8.1 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.4 steals per game.

Just looking at the data, you may think that his performance is very average, you must know that Pop's annual salary this season is only 14 million, he is originally a blue-collar position, and there are not so many balls, it is reasonable that he can't play good-looking data, and Pop is responsible for defending Edwards in the playoffs, and he can be regarded as doing his best for the Nuggets, he is such a good puzzle To be honest, if you give up letting the strong team win, then the Nuggets are equivalent to the enemy.

And if the Nuggets should send away the most, I think Porter should leave more, he reached a 5-year 173 million contract extension with the team in the 21st offseason, and the annual salary next season is as high as 33.39 million, the Nuggets gave Porter this contract because they wanted Porter to play the third core of the team, and Porter did show an inexplicable projection ability in the face of a weak team, but when facing a strong team, especially when facing a top defensive team, his offensive efficiency is very spicy.

Porter averaged only 10.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1 assist and 1.1 blocks per game in the second round of the playoffs, with a shooting rate of 37% and a three-point shooting rate of 33%, which is too premium compared to his annual salary of more than 30 million this season.

The price of a pure shooter is indeed very premium, but Porter Jr. is still young after all, he is only 25 years old, I believe there are still teams that will be interested in him, if you send Porter Jr. in exchange for a suitable 3D and excellent bench to match his contract, then the Nuggets' starters and bench strength will become stronger, of course, it still depends on how the Nuggets management operates, they have Jokic to determine a high lower limit, but if you want to improve the ceiling, you also need a better lineup.

In fact, the current league teams are like mercenaries, if the Celtics and Timberwolves do not win the championship this season, then they will not be able to afford the high luxury tax, it is estimated that the opportunity to dismantle the roster in the offseason, even if they win the championship, it is estimated that many players with expired contracts will ask for big contracts like Bruce Brown, and eventually leave the team for big contracts. In the future, it is estimated that if they want to see a dynasty team, unless it is a super giant, they will have the ability to build it.

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