Randle's 4-year, $117 million contract renewal review: The playoffs have wiped out the top salary

Julius Randle has completed an early renewal with the Knicks, with a four-year new contract worth $117 million, the last of which was a player option.

ESPN expert Kevin Perton commented: Early contract renewal starting salary can only increase by up to 20%, so Randall's new contract starting salary is $23.8 million, and there is a bonus of 3.6 million. The total contract guarantee amount is 106 million, and the prize money reaches 16 million, of which 10.6 million is considered a possible bonus (which will be calculated in advance to the team's salary), provided that it enters the playoffs and is selected as an All-Star. Therefore, the four-year contract is counted as 117 million.

Randle also got some MVP calls in May (voting 8th), where Randle looks like a top-paid player who can wait for next summer to enter the free market and qualify for a four-year, $153 million or five-year, $207 million contract.

The problem came in the playoffs, Randall was killed by the Eagles, the Eagles resisted Randall's good left hand, did not let him enter the paint, forced him to complete a series of confrontations under the ball jump shot, this kind of shooting was also Randall's good offensive means, the regular season handed over 50% of the effective shooting rate, but the playoffs 5 games totaled 14 shots 1.

Randall must consider that it will be difficult to replicate the heroic performances of the 2020-21 regular season. Before last season, Randall's dry-pull jumper outside the paint had only 30 percent effective shooting percentage, and the number of shots in the first five seasons was less than in the 2020-21 season. If Randle had behaved more like before the 2020-21 season, he wouldn't have received a maximum salary from the Knicks or other teams.

Randall may have been offered a contract in the free market for more than 4 years and $106 million, but the contract also secured his cornerstone position in the Knicks.