$221 million in 4 years! If you don't give a super top salary, you will leave the team, and if you give a super top salary, you will be doomed

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2024-05-24 22:52Posted in Guangdong sports creators

Now, every star in the NBA wants to get a super cap salary, even if it is a star after the age of 35, they also want a big contract to retire. For example, this summer offseason, LeBron James, Klay Thompson, Paul George, James Harden and other stars, they all have contract extensions. James should jump out of his contract and re-sign so the Lakers can sign an All-Star player. Klay also wants to renew his contract with the team, and Warriors management wants Klay to take a proper pay cut. Paul George's stay is more confusing, the 76ers are crazy to pursue George, and the Clippers want George to take a pay cut and renew his contract. $221 million in 4 years! If you don't give a super top salary, you will leave the team, and if you give a super top salary, you will be doomed.

According to an official report by the NBA Athletic Shams, Paul George has not made any progress in contract extension negotiations with the Clippers. There are people within the 76ers who believe there is a real chance to sign Paul George in the offseason. In the middle of the season, Leonard has signed a three-year, $152 million contract extension with the Clippers. Paul George's agency is looking for a four-year, $221 million contract extension. Clippers management hopes that Paul George can take a proper salary cut to renew his contract, and owner Ballmer wants to maintain the championship lineup of Leonard + Paul George + Harden.

In this year's playoffs, the Clippers were eliminated by the Mavericks in the first round, and Leonard missed the playoffs again due to injury, and he played two playoff games with an injury, playing poorly (averaging 12 points per game, shooting 44% from the field, and 0% from three-point range), which dragged down the team and caused the Clippers to lose. Paul George averaged 19.5 points + 6.8 rebounds + 4.8 assists + 1.2 steals per game in the playoffs, shooting 41.1% from the field and 36.7% from three-point range. Harden averaged 21.2 points, 4.5 rebounds + 8.0 assists + 1.0 steals + 1.0 blocks per game in the playoffs, shooting 45% from the field, 38.3% from three-point range, and 90.3% from the free throw line.

Fans across the league didn't expect that the Clippers' Big Three, the best performance in this year's playoffs was actually Harden, followed by Paul George, and Leonard the worst. And, Paul George previously said on the podcast, "I'm definitely going to sacrifice my knee for the championship." This sentence was interpreted by fans as George sarcastically revering Leonard, who was always unable to play because of a knee injury in the playoffs every year, and was reimbursed for the season. Leonard and George teamed up for five seasons from 2009 to 2024, with their best playoff result being reaching the Western Conference Finals.

American media NBA experts wrote an analysis that Paul George is now 34 years old, and if the Clippers give George another super cap salary of $221 million for 4 years, then the Clippers will be tantamount to overdrawing future salary space. Harden is also 34 years old, and Harden is also eager to get a long-term contract cap salary. Looking at it now, Leonard's contract extension early in the middle of the season was really "premeditated", and the top salary was obtained, as for George and Harden, who cut the salary, it has nothing to do with me Leonard. In the Nets and the 76ers, Harden has made sacrifices, and now in the Clippers, Harden seems to have to take the initiative to reduce his salary and sacrifice himself, and fans feel a little sorry for Harden.

How many years does Paul George have to be at his peak? The 76ers want to poach Paul George, how much of a max contract are they willing to give? NBA reporters reported that the 76ers want to build a super big three for Embiid, and they are willing to offer four years and $220 million to recruit Paul George. Now that the NBA league is full of super top salaries, you don't dare to give big contracts, other teams dare to give big contracts. How do you think the Clippers will re-sign Paul George and Harden, and will the Big Three continue to work together? The biggest headache for the Clippers right now is: the contract extensions of Paul George, Harden and Tyronn Lue, if you are the general manager of the Clippers, how should you proceed?

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