After the NBA free market opened, all teams began to recruit, and the 76ers spent 450 million to keep Maxey and Oubre after the free market opened, and signed Paul George, Drummond and Gordon, the specific situation is: Maxey signed a 5-year 205 million contract with the 76ers, Oubre signed a 2-year $16.3 million contract to stay with the 76ers, the 76ers reached a 2-year contract with Andre Drummond with a total salary of more than $10 million, and Gordon signed a 76er with a base salary of 3.4 million. The 76ers' biggest signing was the four-year, $212 million cap contract to Paul George, who, after meeting with the 76ers, promised to return to the East and chase a championship with Joel Embiid and Tyres Maxey. Last season, George played in 74 regular-season games, averaging 22.6 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals in 33.8 minutes per game. But for a player who has only played 25 playoff games since 2020, averaged only 19 points per game in this year's playoffs, and just turned 34, it's crazy to give him a cap salary.
After Paul was cut by the Warriors, he decided to sign with the Spurs, and Paul signed a one-year, $11 million contract with the Spurs. Paul reportedly had a pleasant conversation with Spurs coach Popovich, who was drawn to the culture and opportunities while helping Wembanyama improve his game. Paul's arrival has given the Spurs a "brain", and Wembanyama will grow faster, which is an A+ level signing for both Paul and the Spurs. The Spurs' draft this year did not choose someone who could replace Jones immediately, nor did they exchange for the veteran Murray or other players, only signed a one-year contract with Paul, maintaining salary flexibility, in the eyes of the Spurs management, the point guard position is still a shortcoming, this year, to examine whether the rookie Castle can adapt to the starting point guard, it is true that he can lead the defense well, but whether he can be qualified for the No. 1 position in the NBA has to be a question mark.
Jokic lost a championship teammate, and Pope agreed to a three-year, $66 million contract with the Magic, with a player option for the third year. It may be "harmless" for the Nuggets to lose Pope, but there will be moments when they will absolutely miss the championship guard as much as they missed Brown in the playoffs last season.
James Harden plans to sign the Clippers to a two-year, $70 million contract. There is a player option for the second year of the contract. That is, 1+1, Harden's contract is fully guaranteed. Last season, Harden played in 72 regular-season games for the Clippers, averaging 16.6 points, 5.1 rebounds, 8.5 assists and 1.1 steals per game. Derrick Jones Jr. also signed with the Clippers on a three-year, $30 million contract with the Los Angeles Clippers. The dunk king had a fantastic season in Dallas, reacquainting the league with the explosive physical forward, and the signing also made up for Paul George's departure to some extent.
The Lakers are still unmoved, signing restricted free agent Max Christie to a four-year, $32 million contract. This contract includes a player option. Christie was the No. 35 pick in the second round of the 2022 draft, and he's already shown promise as a future rotation player for the Los Angeles Lakers. Last season, Christie played in 67 regular season games for the Lakers, averaging 4.2 points, 2.1 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game. This contract is still basically a bit of a premium.
Other signings Kevin Love signed a two-year, $8 million contract with the Heat, Kevin Porter Jr. returned to the NBA and signed a two-year contract with the Los Angeles Clippers with a player option the following year, Ryan returned to the Kings on a one-year, $3.3 million contract, Valanciunas signed a three-year, $30 million contract with the Wizards, and Nagy Marshall joined the Mavericks for three years and $27 million.