With the G5 victory over the Mavericks, the Green Army won this year's championship, with a big score of 4-1, this round of the series is not as fierce as the outside world predicted, but a one-sided situation, if it is not for the G4 Green Army to release the water, then I am afraid it will be the result of the sweep. The Mavericks have exposed a lot of problems, such as Irving's demons are difficult to get rid of, and he won't play when he gets to the Green Army's home court, Doncic doesn't look at the beautiful statistics, but in fact, the defense is terrible, and it is easy to be targeted, and then the Mavericks' front line has no ability to score independently, so they can basically only rely on eating cakes. On the other hand, the Green Army, everyone can hold the ball and play alone, can shoot, and can defend, and more importantly, Tatum and Brown do not fight or grab, so the Green Army is very united during the playoffs.
The Green Army won the championship again after 16 years, Jaylen Brown won the FMVP, looking back on last offseason, the Green Army had renewed Brown's contract in advance for 5 years and 304 million US dollars, at that time this contract caused a lot of controversy, and the outside world agreed that it was not worth it, because of the series with the Heat, Brown played very badly, scoring less than 20 points in 4 of the 7 games, and only 19 points in the key tie-break, coupled with the same sluggish Tatum, the Green Army was finally eliminated by the Heat. In the regular season this season, Brown averaged 23.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, with a shooting rate of 49%, and basically nothing outstanding, but gold always shines, and Brown in the playoffs finally proved himself, winning the Eastern Conference MVP and FMVP in a row, making Brown a winner in life.
After the Finals, according to a report from Woj, the Green Army will soon offer Tatum a five-year, $315 million super-cap contract extension, surpassing Jaylen Brown to become the largest contract in NBA history, with an average annual salary of $63 million. Tatum now has two years left on his contract, with a salary of $34.85 million for the 24-25 season and a player option worth $37.1 million for the 25-26 season. Obviously, the two tanhua will continue to work together for many years, so is Tatum worth the contract extension with a maximum salary? The answer is yes, because he is the real leader of the Green Army.
Many fans believe that Tatum's performance in the first two games of the finals was sluggish, G1 only scored 16 points, G2 scored 18 points, a total of 38 shots and 12 shots, Tatum played really badly in terms of points, and the offensive end was too sluggish, but we can't ignore Tatum's contributions elsewhere, first of all, he worked very the defensive end, and secondly, Tatum was the assist king of the Green Army, revitalizing his teammates, Jaylen Brown was able to break out, and Tatum's passing was inseparable, and without Tatum to attract defensive attention, Brown couldn't stand up, The Mavericks' focus on the defensive end has always been Tatum, all kinds of packs, not Brown, so we can't just look at the shooting percentage, Tatum's comprehensive role for the Green Army is obviously above Brown.
In this year's playoffs, Tatum averaged 25.0 points, 9.7 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game, with a shooting rate of 42%, of which the highest score on the team, Brown averaged 23.9 points per game, and Tatum could get high scores in many games, such as 33 points in the face of the Cavaliers G3 and G4, 36 points in the face of the Pacers G1, G3 was also 36 points, and 31 points in the finals against the Mavericks G3 and G5. According to NBA big data statistics, Tatum is the person who fed Brown the most cakes in this year's playoffs, as many as 28 times, White ranked 2nd and gave Brown 21 assists, and Holiday ranked 3rd with 19 assists.
That's why we say that Tatum is the real core of the Green Army, since Brown is worth a five-year $304 million contract, then Tatum has no problem signing for five years and $315 million, and in addition, Tatum's total playoff points so far in his career have come to 2711, surpassing Kobe Bryant (2694 points) and becoming the player with the most playoff points in NBA history before the age of 27. Tatum is now more and more mature in his style of play, and when he has a bad hand, he will pass more balls to help his teammates score, and after Brown got the FMVP, Tatum also congratulated his good brother for the first time, and he deserves the Green Army's maximum salary extension. Finally, White will also sign an early contract extension this offseason, and he can sign a four-year, $126 million contract.