Ignore the luxury tax pressure! The Suns intend to renew KD's best friend and chase the former All-Star + championship point guard

Achenggao

2024-06-05 13:24Posted in Shandong Sports Creators

With the deepening of the NBA playoffs, there are now two teams left in the league to attack for the final honor of the season, while other teams have begun to look at the offseason, in this offseason not only many stars will become free agents, but also many outstanding blue-collar workers will also become the object of everyone's coaxing, many teams that want to compete for the championship are ready to make a big deal in the free market, like the 76ers, they now have 60 million space and 5 draft picks, just waiting to grab the three cores of the group.

And there are also some giants will disintegrate, such as the Clippers and the Warriors, they are the top two teams in terms of salary this season, and the team's record this season is not ideal, so they also want to optimize the lineup, it is reported that the Warriors may choose to give up Klay and Wiggins, and at the same time, if Paul wants to stay, they will also re-sign the contract with Paul, and the Clippers want to keep Harden and George, so the contracts of Tucker and Westbrook are likely to be bought out by them.

I thought the Suns would also go to disintegration, but they didn't do it, the Suns traded Paul last offseason, got Beal to form their current Big Three, although the regular season only achieved the sixth record in the West, but it was understandable at the time, after all, Booker and Beal missed a lot of games due to injury, but in the playoffs, the Suns, who have the Super Big Three, thought they could defeat the Timberwolves, but the team was swept out directly.

This result is not satisfactory to everyone, even if the player is injured or loses to the tiebreaker, it is understandable, and it is actually swept 4-0 to show that the Suns have a problem with the current lineup. But the Suns' boss Ishbia doesn't think it's a three-core problem, and he is still willing to keep the three-core while trying to make up for it. In order to find someone to blame, they laid off Vogel and recently signed championship coach Budenholzer, and it is a 5-year contract of more than 50 million, I have to admire the new owner of the Suns, he is really rich!

Since they chose to keep the three cores, then the Suns will inevitably bear the pressure of high luxury tax, their annual salary of the three cores next season will exceed 40 million, and the total salary of the three will exceed 150 million, plus the contracts of Grayson Allen and Nurkic, they have exceeded the luxury tax line for next season, and the luxury tax line for next season is 165 million, which means that the Suns are now carrying the luxury tax for next season, in this case, the team owner chose to ignore it, and he wants to continue to improve the lineup.

According to US media reports, the Suns are interested in renewing Royce O'Neal's contract, and the Suns may offer him a 4-5 year contract. To be honest, it's understandable to keep O'Neal, after all, he is the only 3-and-D player on the team, his defensive ability is acceptable, the offensive section also helps the team, his spatial ability is good, and another aspect is that Royce O'Neal and Durant are good friends, and his stay on the team may help Durant integrate into the team, Durant is too lonely a lot of the time.

In addition, according to Fox Sports reporters, Bol Bol is also likely to return to the team next season, and the Suns want to re-sign Bol Bol, because under the leadership of Budenholzer, Bol Bol can get a more stable role, and Bol Bol's three-point shooting rate of 42.3% in the regular season is a point that Bol likes by Bu Shuai, he hopes that Bol Bol can help the team as a space big man, and the team's three cores are also very recognized by Bol Bol's spirit of play.

In addition to these two, there are a few other free agents who have yet to get an answer from the team that wants to keep them, but the Suns also have goals to bring in new signings, such as strengthening the interior. According to American reporter Evan, Drummond will be a free agent this summer, and he will be favored in the free market, as the Suns and Philadelphia 76ers pursued him back in February, and it is estimated that he will continue to pursue Drummond in the offseason.

Zhuang Shen is the former All-Star inside, with the arrival of the small-ball era, he gradually lost his core position, but as a substitute inside, his instant combat power is too strong, the rebounding ability is excellent, and the inside killing is also extremely reliable, Drummond can score 8.4 points, 9 rebounds and 0.9 steals in 17 minutes per game in the regular season, shooting 55%, and averaging 3.4 frontcourt boards per game The fourth in the league, and to win these data, he only took 17 minutes, which is amazing!

In addition, according to American media reports, the Lakers, Clippers and Suns are very interested in the veteran Lowry, his instant combat power and experience are the reasons for these teams' intentions, Lowry played for the 76ers this season, although he did not have the strength of his peak, but he still has a lot of gas in the tank, Lowry can average 8.1 points, 3.2 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1 steal per game this season, with a three-point shooting rate of 39%, his spatial ability and championship experience, as well as the ability to control the court are what the Suns like.

Next season's Suns are still building around the tricore, are you optimistic about their prospects? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.

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