At the age of 34, he received a maximum salary of $212 million for 4 years, no wonder he is so confident, will Philadelphia regret it

Ah Fei said basketball

2024-07-01 16:15Creators in the field of sports

According to the latest report from ESPN, Paul George and his agent met well with the Philadelphia owner, management and team legend Julius Irving, and the two sides hit it off, and General Joe immediately signed a four-year contract worth $212 million. What else can be said? Congratulations to General Qiao, at the age of 34, at the peak of his career, he can sign such a decent pension contract, what more can he ask for? It's no wonder that after the free agent market opened, George jumped out of his final year worth $48.79 million player option so confidently, and it turned out that he had already hooked up with other teams.

When George promised to chase the championship with Joel Embiid and Tres Maxey, he couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat for Philadelphia. Prior to this, George had promised the team he played for three times in his career that he would never go anywhere and would never live here: a month before he requested a trade from the Pacers, George said: My goal is to win a championship for the Pacers, and I never wanted to leave here; When renewing his contract with the Thunder, he said: I will stay here, we can bring the championship home; When he first arrived with the Clippers, he promised that "I owe the Clippers a championship" and said "this is where my heart is, and I want to retire as a Clippers player." Later, everyone found out that George's mouth, the deceitful ghost, was just talk.

In fact, what General Qiao said is not the main thing, the key is what he can bring to Philadelphia in the next 4 years. Let's put it bluntly, in the NBA, 36 years old is a hurdle in the career of many players, once this watershed is passed, the athletic function will plummet, and no one jumps out of this law, not invisibly. In short, the window when Philadelphia is counting on George to contribute to the championship is the next two years, which is a four-year contract with a maximum salary of 212 million on the surface, and the last two years are purely for him.

Don't look at George in the offseason because of Philadelphia's verbal promises, he was very arrogant on his podcast, all kinds of yin and yang cards and Harden, but his own health status is also really worrying - in the five seasons of the Clippers, General Joe has only one season with more than 60 games, and his knee problems are also perennial. Philadelphia is really a big gamble this time, betting that George can stay healthy in the first two years and not lie on time for the playoffs.

And Philadelphia's own internal problems have not been completely solved, Embiid's "big forward" style of play makes the stars who come to partner can only squat in the bottom corner, Maxey as a rising star also has a lot of demand for the ball and shots, how should George fit into Philadelphia's system? Can Anfen be a 3-and-D forward who catches the ball on the offensive end and works the defensive end? That doesn't seem to be much stronger than Big Brother Ha?

Don't forget, it's not just you General Qiao who will be a yin and yang teammate, once the emperor starts to be depressed, the yin and yang opponents are also unambiguous. So if Philadelphia's record is smooth sailing, there will be no big problem, and we'll see you in the playoffs, and if the run-in doesn't go well, I really don't know what kind of moth will come out. Are you bullish on George joining Philadelphia and teaming up with Embiid and Maxey? What do you think Philadelphia did for offering George such a generous contract with a maximum salary?

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