In the NBA, almost every season, there will be players who have lost their big contracts, like Wei Shao last season, after being traded to the Jazz by the Lakers, the Jazz chose to buy him out, fortunately the Clippers gave him a chance, otherwise Wei Shao would have fallen to the point of no ball to play, after joining the Clippers, Wei Shao proved himself again, he played a performance worth tens of millions of annual salaries, but it was no longer comparable with the previous super salary period, and finally Wei Shao chose to return to the Clippers with a base salary.
In this season, there are players who have lost their value, like Paul and Lowry, both of whom have an annual salary of more than 28 million this season, but it would be good for their next annual salary to exceed 8 million, and it is likely to be a base salary contract, the Warriors have stated that they will not implement Paul's 30 million contract in the last year, in addition, Lowry's big contract has long been bought out, and he is a complete free agent in the offseason.
And Hayward's loss of value this season is unexpected, after all, he is only 34 years old, it stands to reason that he is still at the peak of his age, Hayward has suffered a major injury before, but he recovered very well, so he also got a 4-year 120 million contract from the Hornets in 20 years, but after joining the Hornets, the team did not use him as the first core, but only used him as a blue-collar puzzle piece, even so Hayward still did his job and played very comprehensively.
During his time with the Hornets this season, Hayward averaged 14.5 points, 4.7 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.1 steals per game, shooting 47% from the field and 36% from three-point range.
I thought Hayward could help them after his arrival, but Hayward disappointed the Thunder, during the regular season, Hayward averaged 5.3 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 17 minutes per game, shooting 45% from the field and 51.7% from three-point range.
I thought that he had played 26 games in the new team, and Hayward would be able to adapt to their system, but in the playoffs, the Thunder coach wanted to reuse him, and Hayward disappointed him again, in the playoffs, Hayward almost didn't dare to shoot on the offensive end, even if it was empty, he would choose to break through and break through, and the defensive end was not active enough, becoming the opponent's ATM, and the Thunder coach didn't dare to reuse him at a glance.
Another main reason why the Thunder won Hayward at the beginning was that they wanted him to help the team in the playoffs, after all, the Thunder is a young team, their playoff experience and ability to handle the ball at critical moments are not good, and the players also need veterans to stand up and give them psychological counseling in high-intensity games like the playoffs.
In the entire playoffs, Hayward scored 0 points, and the performance was quite spicy, you must know that Hayward's annual salary this season is 31.5 million, to be honest, even if he is a player with an annual salary of 10 million, he will not score a point in the last 7 games, which just shows that Hayward can no longer adapt to high-intensity games, and he can only brush up on data in the regular season now, just like the Clippers reporter said: Hayward did not score a goal in the playoffs, and it looks like he is about to retire.
Hayward, who played poorly in the playoffs, didn't think it was his fault, and immediately after the playoffs he began to face the media blaming the Thunder, saying: I feel like I can do a lot of contribution, but I didn't get the opportunity to do that, it's really not what I thought it was, I'm disappointed that things turned out, and although it's frustrating, it's just the way it is. Although he still gave himself reasons, friends who watched the game knew how bad Hayward's performance was.
Presti, the general manager of the Thunder, even bluntly said that he was blind, and said that he screwed up and did not make the right judgment when he traded to Hayward. One thing that is certain in the offseason is that the Thunder will definitely not renew Hayward's contract, and it is unrealistic for Hayward to want to get another high-salary contract, if not, he will join a team with a base salary, as a player whose contract expires, and the result is enough to fail.
Tobias Harris is also out of contract this season, and he didn't play well, but his next contract will not be less than 20 million, and the same is true for Hield, but Hayward is not so lucky, and there is no way to play badly. Speaking of which, what do you have to say about Hayward now? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.