Even worse than Durant! The Lakers raise an ungrateful wolf and complain publicly, then your departure will be a definite goal
9:54am, 14 June 2025Basketball
The 25-year offseason is coming, who will be the worst player?
For this, I am willing to vote for Kevin Durant. It is very important that if Antetokounmpo eventually stays in Milwaukee, then the former will be the biggest player in the free agent market this summer.
But the problem is that KD is difficult to get what it wants.
According to famous reporter Shams, Kevin Durant, no matter which team he was traded, hopes to reach a two-year, 120 million contract renewal with the team, but teams including the Knicks are more willing to treat the former as a mercenary. To put it bluntly, I have a crush on the expiration contract with both top-notch combat power.
From Durant's perspective, he scored 1647 points in the regular season and ranked 19th in the league; 64.2% true shooting rate is 9th among the 47 players with at least 1,000 shots. Obviously, KD on the offensive end still has the top level in the league. It is not an exaggeration to have a contract renewal with an average salary of 60 million yuan.
From the perspective of other teams, KD is "again" not "cool". The subtext is very consistent with the characteristics of mercenaries, which is one of them. Second, if the game is not good, there is a risk of breaking up the house. As the core of the decision, the poor performance of the Nets and the Suns and the reorganization of the lineup have a lot to do with Durant.
At present, I think the final compromise is basically KD. It is very important that the age of 36 makes the former no longer as strong as before. To take a step back, I can't show any results in leading the team in the past two seasons.
Like Durant, is the Lakers very upset this summer?
Yes, that's how it is understood. It is divided into two aspects:
first, strengthening. In the playoffs, the Lakers lost 352 points in the inside, and only 374 points out of the 16 teams in the same period were better than the Nuggets. The whole world knows that you lack a center, and the whole world knows that you must not miss the center with Doncic.
What does this mean? It is normal for
to start the price and get harshly killed.
Of course, I would tolerate young centers like Kessler and Jalen Durham who have both potential and combat power. If it is a second-rate center such as Boltel, Vucevic, and Capela, it would be interesting.
Second, itself. According to the NBA China official website, the possibility of Hays returning to the Lakers is slim due to dissatisfaction with his role at the end of the season. In the series against the Timberwolves, Hayes played a total of 31 minutes, ranking first to the last player in the rotation. To be honest, there are indeed not many opportunities, but there are two things to say.
G1, Redick arranged for Hayes to start. On the offensive end, he made two close shots at the basket; on the defensive end, Gobert made 2 of 3 shots under Hayes' defense. In short, there is no offense or defense.
The key playoffs are not available, so why does the coach still use you? From the side, I don't think Redick will give Hayes a chance.
However, to be precise, Redick gave Hayes enough chance after the All-Star.
1. Played 547 minutes before the All-Stars and made 104 shots;
2. Played 787 minutes after the All-Stars and made 189 shots.
Comparison of data, Hayes' chance after the All-Stars still reaches the absolute main level - the team ranked 6th in appearance and attacks during the same period.
From this perspective, Hayes is really ungrateful. Of course, I think leaving the team is a foregone conclusion after public complaints. In addition, there are the negative effects of this incident.
My understanding:
First, players who were expected to join will wait and see. In short, will they become the next "Hayes". Secondly, players who are not very interested in joining will not join at all.
Based on this, in my opinion, the Lakers are worse than Durant.
Reason 1: Demand. As I said just now, the Lakers are very urgent for the center.
Reason 2: May Characteristics. After Hayes's riot, it is unlikely that the Lakers will complete targeted reinforcement against the center this summer.
To sum up two points, we can understand that "miserable" is that Durant can still get a contract renewal, which is nothing more than the amount. On the other hand, it is difficult for the Lakers to get targeted help to the team. Of course, the centers of the "cat and dog" type hold hands, but what is the point? !
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