According to NBA reporter Michael Scotto, unless he can get a multi-year contract at the middle level or above in the free market, Nicholas Batum will continue to choose to renew his contract with the Clippers for a basic salary.
The reason is that he will not have to play for the Hornets for the next two seasons, and will still pay a $18 million buyout fee.
Money, now is not Batum's first consideration for a contract extension, unless too much is given.
The overall strength of the team is the first criterion for him to measure the signing.
The Clippers are different, Batum passes the ball out, teammates can seize the opportunity, defend people down, teammates can use offensive and defensive conversion to score.
The transformation of Batum's previous and subsequent wind evaluations perfectly explains what is called tree death and man moving life.
As for why there is such a big difference between personal performance before and after, it is not difficult to understand.
In the Hornets, there are no strong points in the team, and they can't play the attributes of Batum's golden oil.
Passing the ball to a teammate, the teammate can't shoot, defending the opponent, not much use, let him cut the high score carry game he can't do.
It's like playing a game, no matter how strong your adc is, you have to have a great assistant around you to lead the team to win in a higher level of competition.
And Batum, who is the best assistant around Kacho, sees his performance now, and does not know whether Joe Boss's heart at this moment will want to cry without tears.
As the fans joked: Batum used the acting skills of the Oscar winner to completely deceive Jordan...
To be honest, the Clippers were able to reach the Western Conference Finals this year, and I really have to thank Jordan.
If it weren't for the latter buying out Batum, Tylen Lu wouldn't have had so many tactical options.
In the 19 games he played in the playoffs, he averaged 8.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.3 steals per game.
At the same time, according to the NBA's official statistics, when Batum is on the field, the Clippers can average 125.1 points per game, ranking first in the team.
And when he's not on the floor, the Clippers can only average 105.8 points per game, which is a very stark comparison.
Including plus and minus, Batum also beat George and Xiaoka with an average of +7.1 per game, ranking first in the team.
If the Clippers can keep Batum in the offseason, they will theoretically still be a favorite to win the championship next year.
After all, this year's Ibaka season is reimbursed, and Kashi Jr. will never be able to play, but they can still steal two victories from the Suns.
In addition to renewing Batum's contract, the Clippers will be even stronger once they can sign a trusted center in the free market.
Next year's West, it may be even wilder...