Preface
Just today, the Warriors officially announced that they had cut Chris Paul, but the team took over!
But in terms of annual salary, Paul lost a full 19 million US dollars, and if converted into RMB, it would be more than 130 million! So why did Paul make this choice?
Chris Paul was cut by the Warriors
In July of last year, the Warriors finally made a deal with the Wizards. The Warriors were willing to give the Wizards three players on the team, as well as a 2030 first-round pick, a 2027 second-round pick, and even some cash, in exchange for Chris Paul.
For this big man, the Warriors are still very sincere, turning his season contract into a guaranteed contract, giving an annual salary of $30.8 million, and at that time it was said that the last year, that is, the 2024-2025 season, with a total amount of $30 million.
But time flies, and a year later, things don't seem to have turned out as expected......
The original article was published in the Beijing News2023-07-07About "NBA Warriors officially announced that Paul has joined, and he will continue to wear the No. 3 jersey"
A week ago, the media interviewed Mike Dunleavy, the general manager of the Warriors, about Chris Paul. Because at that time, their team had to decide whether to cut Chris Paul by Friday local time.
Mike Dunleavy did not give a clear answer to the media interview, saying that they are considering all options, and they have many options when it comes to whether to keep Paul.
Of course, this also includes the possibility of Paul being laid off, and finally sells off the law and says that anything is possible. So why doesn't Paul, who spent so much a year ago and finally got the team, not "protect" it now?
The original article was published on the Beijing Youth Network 2024-06-25 about "Warriors GM: About Paul's Departure and Stay, the team is considering all possible options"
This is mainly related to the current situation, with the NBA league releasing a salary cap of $140.588 million for next season and a luxury tax of $170.814 million.
Once the owner of the Warriors, Joe Lacob, also publicly said that he hopes to avoid taxes reasonably, and of course, the most important thing is to win. And Paul, who was born in 85, is now 39 years old. This is really "old" on the field, and last season's data is not so "explosive".
The Warriors chose to "abandon" him at the moment, which is reasonable. Just today, the Warriors officially announced the news, saying that they will cut Chris Paul and make him a free agent.
"Old Cannon" teamed up with Wenban to join the Spurs
Today is the first day of the NBA's free agency market this year, and there are media reports that Chris Paul and the Warriors have reached an agreement. And before he became a free agent, the Warriors also received a trade offer from the Bulls for LaVine.
It could be that Zach LaVine would be traded for Chris Paul or Andrew Wiggins, but the two sides still haven't reached a consensus. The Warriors didn't think the salary was sufficient, so it didn't go as planned.
And Chris Paul also has a new trend, a person familiar with the matter revealed that Paul has met and talked with the head coach of the Spurs, the whole atmosphere is very pleasant, Paul also takes the initiative and actively shows himself, even after such a long time, he is still the top defender in the league.
The original article was published on Beiqing.com 2024-07-01 about "Exposing that the Bulls and Warriors discussed trading LaVine, but ultimately failed to make the trip"
Later, it was reported that Paul planned to join the Spurs, and the two sides would sign a one-year contract worth more than $11 million. When Paul goes to the Spurs, he has to join forces with Wembanyama, which is also quite unusual.
After all, when Paul made his NBA debut in '05, Wembanyama was not even 2 years old. In the last season, Paul didn't play a lot of games, with a total of 58 games, and the average time per game was about 26.4 minutes.
If you look at the data, it is not the absolute top, but this age also has the advantage of being old, that is, he is experienced, so there are still many teams that pay attention to him.
But for the Warriors, it is also beneficial to lay off Paul, before Paul's salary of 30 million, because the contract is not guaranteed, the Warriors do not have to give money anymore, as soon as this money is saved, the Warriors' salary for next season will now change from 175 million to 144 million.
And judging from the salary cap released by the NBA league for next season, they still have plenty of room to strengthen in the market. In addition to Chris Paul, of course, there is news of other players.
The original article was published in Qilu One Point2024-07-01About "Old Cannon" and Wenban! Chris Paul was cut by the Warriors and plans to join Spurs"
Harden has a 2-year, 70 million contract extension
According to reliable sources, Harden's negotiations with the Clippers went very well, and it didn't take long for an agreement to reach a contract extension. James Harden signed a two-year, $70 million contract extension with the Clippers, and a fully guaranteed contract, with a player option for the second year.
But for the Clippers, there is also news that Paul George has informed the Clippers that he will sign with other teams, so it seems that if the Clippers rely on the current lineup led by Leonard and Harden, they want to attack the championship, which is almost a fantasy.
If you analyze it objectively, Harden, who was born in 89, has long passed the "golden period" of his career, so from his own point of view, Harden should prefer to join forces with supergiants to impact the championship.
So not only does this have to be considered, is Harden's current contract extension choice really a wise decision?
The original article was published in Qingtong Perspective2024-07-01About "Topic|Harden quickly renews his contract with the Clippers, is he really the right choice?" ”
Harden is still good in terms of game ability, but if he leads the team with a single core, he is still "quite breathing", after all, the strength is still there, so in this way, the strength of the Clippers' lineup is just the midstream level of the NBA league.
Therefore, from this point of view, Harden's decision to renew the Clippers is still too fast. But we don't know if Harden is repeating his old tricks and continuing to request trades in the middle of the season to play for more competitive teams. After all, it's not like he hasn't done it before......
According to a report by reporter Shams, a person familiar with the NBA revealed that Cade Cunningham, the core of the Pistons, is going to renew his contract.
And the conditions given by the piston are still very "attractive", with a total of 226 million US dollars in 5 years! And next season will also be the final year of Cunningham's rookie contract. In order to retain talent, it is normal to throw out the top salary.
Last season, Cade Cunningham played 62 games and averaged 33.5 minutes per game, which is still quite good, and if the Pistons want to "stabilize the cornerstone", they would have made the right choice.
The original article was published on Beiqing.com 2024-07-01 about "Shams: Pistons 5-year, $226 million maximum salary extension Cunningham"
epilogue
These are just the first days of NBA free agency this year, as for who are the famous players behind them? What kind of talent will be added to each team? Let's all wait and see!
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