The first person to leave the Nuggets starters confirmed? The average 8 points per game is worth 96.8 million, or it will become a free market sweet

Achenggao

2024-05-26 08:38Posted in Shandong Sports Creators

This season's Nuggets fell in the division semifinals is something that many fans did not expect, after all, they are the defending champions, if they can't reach the finals, it will be a failure, and the reason for the Nuggets' loss this season is mainly in two aspects, one is that they were targeted by the Timberwolves, it can be said that the Timberwolves' team was built to defeat the Nuggets, just like the rockets during the cannons, which were built to fight against the death of the Warriors.

The cannons failed to defeat Wang Chaoyong, but the Timberwolves defeated the Nuggets, although their three towers failed to limit Jokic, but Jokic did not have a helper and made him regret to swallow up. The second reason for the Nuggets' loss was the depth of their roster, the team led by 20 points in the tie-break against the Timberwolves, and they were about to advance to the Western Conference finals, but they were finally reversed by their opponents due to lack of core fitness.

The Nuggets have relied too much on their core this season, and the team's bench has little scoring ability, so to speak, after giving up Bruce Brown and Jeff Green in the offseason, the Nuggets have tasted the bitter fruit, and they wasted Jokic's peak year in order to save money, and although the president of the Nuggets said in recent days that they will try to strengthen 1-2 positions, but considering that they are a small ball market, and the team's salary pressure, I think it will be difficult for them to get substantial reinforcements.

Because the total salary of the team's contracted players will reach 190 million next season, the team will face a lot of luxury tax pressure, even if it is strengthened, I think it is Reggie's kind of goods, and it may not help the team much when it comes to a tough battle. Next season, Porter Jr. and Jokic will have a combined salary of nearly 90 million, and Murray's annual salary of more than 30 million, it can be said that their core will make the team's operation passive.

And the team's biggest problem is that their core is difficult to trade, first of all, Murray and Jokic are very compatible, if you give up he may not be able to find a more suitable partner than him to partner Jokic, and Porter Jr. If the Nuggets want to shake off, it is estimated that it is difficult, because he is a pure shooter, and the result is too premium to hold a contract of more than 30 million, the key Porter Jr. defense is not good, and his ability to play tough battles is also very limited, and he can win this contract is also a failure for the Nuggets management.

To be honest, among the Nuggets, Murray and Porter Jr. won such a big contract because of Jokic, Jokic's high-quality blocking and excellent passing gave them the opportunity to shoot easily and score more points, in the series against the Timberwolves, the two faced high-intensity defense and the original form was revealed, Porter Jr. averaged 22.8 points per game against the Lakers in the first round, with a shooting rate of 55%, and 10.7 points per game in the second round against the Timberwolves, with a shooting rate of 37%.

Murray played very inefficiently in the first round, but fortunately there were two kills, and in the second round he averaged 18.4 points per game, shooting only 40% from the field. With no three cores to move, they have to start with role players like Aaron Gordon and Pope, who have helped the Nuggets with their experience over the past two years.

In the offseason, Pope has a player option contract, and he is likely to choose to jump out of the contract and ask the team for a new long-term contract, which is also for his own future, if he is injured or misses too many games next season and does not play well, his value will fall, so it is wise to get the money early. He has the ability to ask the team for a 4-year, 96.8 million contract extension, but for now, the Nuggets will probably not give it.

Previously, the general manager of the Nuggets, Clark, also talked about Pope in an interview, saying: "Pope has played very well in the last few years, obviously we would love him to come back, but we will also think carefully about the financial issues", and his meaning was very clear that he was willing to keep Pope, but could not give him the contract that Pope wanted. Pope averaged 8.1 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.4 steals per game in the playoffs.

Although the data doesn't seem to be worth a contract of more than 80 million, everyone should know very well about Pope, he is the kind of player whose data can't show value, Pope is the top 3D in the league, his off-ball ability and defensive ability are very good, and he can also break through the killing, in 20 and 23 he helped the Lakers and Nuggets win the championship respectively, and the experience of the tournament is also very rich, a bit similar to the previous Danny Green, the most ideal puzzle piece to win the championship.

From this point of view, Pope may become the first person to leave the Nuggets starters, because other players have long-term contracts, and secondly, there are many teams willing to give a higher price to get Pope, which is more attractive than the Nuggets, he has two championships, and a big contract may be what he wants most, and now the news is that the Spurs, 76ers, and Magic are willing to give Pope a long-term contract of more than 20 million. Speaking of which, what do you have to say about the Nuggets? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.

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