285 million max salary + 250 million max salary, I slowly fell down as soon as I won the championship! You are not far from reconstruction

After the free agent market opened this year, there was an old saying that the moon shines on Jiuzhou, and some people are happy and some are sad. Because James implemented the 52.6 million USD player option, the Lakers planned to fight to the end with the James team. Seeing the players they like were taken away one by one, Finney Smith was also angry and turned to join the Rockets. Even if he finally signed Ayton, the Lakers' lineup strength in the new season was significantly relegated, and the Rockets and Nuggets were significantly strengthened, especially the Nuggets. Porter + the first round of the 32nd year was exchanged for Cameron Johnson, killing two birds with one stone, saving 40 million in expenditures, freeing up the transaction exception, and using 14.1 million to fully middle class, reducing the team's salary to the luxury tax line, welcoming back to the former champion Bruce Brown, and in exchange for Valan as Jokic as a substitute.

In fact, it is indeed a pity for the Nuggets. Last season's playoffs, they fought with the final champion Thunder until seven, and they fought all the bullets. A total of 6 people were able to rotate and 4 people persisted with injuries. The way to get out was too tragic. However, it is certain that the Nuggets and Rockets will be strong competitors of the Thunder in the new season. The Thunder won the championship last season. In addition to playing against the Nuggets until the tiebreak, the finals were also "helped" by the referee and defeated the Pacers to win the championship without any danger. Alexander completed the Grand Slam and became the number one player in the New Science League. After the trading market opened, Alexander officially renewed the contract with the Thunder for 4 years, 285 million yuan, with a salary of 78.77 million yuan in 300-31, making him the highest annual salary in NBA history.

Seeing that the opponents were strengthening, Thunder slowly fell into trouble. After the trading market opened, the Thunder had only three operations. In addition to renewing Alexander, the team took a second round pick to send Dillon Jones to the Wizards, renewing Mitchell for 3 years and 9 million yuan, and renewing Jerryn Williams for 3 years and 24 million yuan. After these operations are completed, the Thunder's total salary next season has reached US$190 million. Since the NBA luxury tax starts at 188 million in the new season, if the Thunder retains the championship framework, they will start paying taxes next season! But the biggest problem of the team is how to renew the contract for two young core members, Homgren and Javier? According to salary regulations, 22-year rookies can complete a five-year maximum salary renewal of 248 million yuan with their parent team this summer!

Let's talk about Jewish first! He averaged 21.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game in the regular season, 21.4 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game in the playoffs, and 23.6 points, 5 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game in the finals. In the third year of his career, he was selected as the All-Star + Best Three Team + Best Defensive Team Second Team + Lead the team to win the championship, the first player in the past 48 years! Jewe is only 24 years old. To compare it, last summer, Cunningham, Barnes, Wagner Jr. and others all received a maximum salary of 225 million in five years. Jewe is undoubtedly worth 248 million in maximum salary! Once he is selected for the Best Team next season or is elected as DPOY, he can get up to 5 years of US$296 million! It can basically be determined that with Jiewei's growth trajectory, the lower limit is 250 million and the upper limit is 296 million, Thunder cannot escape.

In contrast, as a second-tier pick in 22 years, Homgren's average average score of 15 points and 8 rebounds per game in the regular season and playoffs is not that good, but according to the standards of Jabbarri Smith or Reed, Homgren's average salary should be at least 30 million to 35 million. After all, he has limited players in the Thunder, and he is younger and is expected to become the top NBA insider in the future. Can the Thunder give up easily? Of course, the Thunder don’t have to worry about next season. Javier will still have to get $6.6 million in the last year of his rookie contract, and Homegren only has $13.73 million, but what about next summer? Alexander's average salary is more than 60 million, and Jewish also needs a maximum salary contract, with an average salary of 60 million in the future. Homgren cannot give up easily, and Caruso's average salary is more than 20 million!

There are also Wiggins, Isiagg, Jerin Williams and others. The Thunder plays the lineup and their salary will definitely exceed 220 million, which is unbearable for a small ball. You should know that the total salary of the Thunder's winning lineup last season was only 168 million yuan, and they took the salary dividends of Jewish + Homgren + Caruso and others, but they no longer exist in the future. what to do? It is meaningless to do subtraction and give up role players like Xiaoyu Xiaozhe and others. More than a decade ago, the Thunder gave up Harden in order to save millions of dollars. The small club's financial resources are far inferior to the Knicks, Clippers and Warriors' ability to carry expenditures with teams that rely on the huge commercial market in big cities. What if both Harten and Homgren leave tomorrow? Maybe this is a must-do question for Thunder management.

As soon as he won the championship, he slowly fell down! The NBA's strict luxury tax system makes it difficult for the dynasty teams created by the Warriors to be replicated again. The Thunder management can easily renew their roles because they can be abandoned at any time; Alexander can also get a super maximum salary because he is the boss of the team and cannot be replaced. But in addition, even if Thunder, including Jewei, is forced to bear huge luxury tax expenses, it may become a victim. Next season may be the last window for the Thunder to win the championship. As for the future, they will start to slowly rebuild.