Is it worth it? The Spurs renewed their contract with Fox for 4 years, and the Rockets have given the answer long ago

After entering the offseason, there has been few news that has aroused people's appetite, but recently, two All-Star players have renewed their contracts in succession, and have attracted some attention. The Lakers Doncic signed a three-year, $165 million contract instead of a four-year maximum salary contract, which still surprised people, but it also indicates that Doncic can get the next contract. According to salary experts, Doncic may break out of the player draft in the summer of 28 and then sign a contract with the Lakers with an average salary of more than $80 million, with a total value of more than $400 million.

Following Doncic's contract renewal, as well as All-Star guard Daron Fox, the Spurs won in the middle of the season last year. Fox reached a four-year, $229 million contract with the Spurs, with an average salary of $57.25 million, while Doncic's new contract average salary is only $55 million.

So at the first moment of Fox's signing, some people said that the Spurs were too radical and that Fox's contract was likely to be at a premium. After all, last season, Fox averaged 19.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 1.5 steals per game. Although such data is excellent, it still cannot reach the maximum salary level.

However, people ignore Fox's partner Chris Paul last year. Although he is 39 years old, Paul still played 82 games last season, which will have a great impact on Fox's data. If we take Fox's last year's residence in the Kings, he can have 25 points, 5 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 1.5 steals, will it be more suitable for the price of the new contract?

Authentic, Fox's contract is very expensive, but for the Spurs, they must have taken very rigorous considerations. There are not many young players in the free agent market at present, and it is not easy for the team to win an All-Star player. What's more, Fox is only 27 years old, at the peak of the players.

At the same time, the Spurs are rebuilding this year, and the team has relatively abundant salary space. In the next 2-3 years, high-ranking new stars such as Wenbanyama, Castle, and Harper are still in the rookie contract period. The contracts signed by KJ and Vassel were also very cheap, so the Spurs gave a maximum salary contract, which will not put salary pressure on the team in the past two years.

Just like the Rockets signed Van Vleet, people did not expect that Van Vleet, who was known as the marginal figure of All-Stars, could win a maximum salary contract with an average salary of more than $40 million. But the reality is that at that stage, the team only had a high price to win a capable All-Star player. After just two years of development, Van Vleet has helped the Rockets to reach the second place in the West, and his salary has also been reduced to 25 million yuan a year.

Some people are worried that if the Spurs want to trade, it is difficult to deal with Fox contracts, which is even more worrying. If stars of Antetokounmpo, Jokic, and Tatum flow into the free agent market, the Spurs will naturally have very strong competitiveness, but their competitiveness has never been in Fox, but others.

Generally, players of MVP level like Antetokounmpo flow into the trading market. The team will first require young players. In the Spurs, young talents like Sohan, Castle, and Harper are the targets that the other party covets. If you want to fight immediately, you will only choose players like Wassel and KJ, who have 20 points of firepower but have a salary of only about 20 million yuan. They are practical and valuable.

The Spurs signed Fox this time, which was actually a natural thing. There was no new choice outside, the team had enough space, and while increasing the team's strength, it could also guide young players. Four years later, if the Spurs had already achieved certain results by then, and Harper and Castle were able to stand alone, the Spurs would have time to choose to handle Fox's contract. After all, the league's maximum salary would have exceeded $80 million by then, and Fox's contract would be relatively easy to take action.

So there is no big problem for the Spurs to renew their contract with Fox at this time. After all, this team will be in the next 10 years or even longer. As long as Wenban Yama is there, it will basically not lack competitiveness. As for other players, most of them are just icing on the cake. Do you think it is worth it to sign the Spurs to renew Fox? Welcome to like, follow, leave a message to discuss!

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