Exaggeration! $226 million in 5 years! The largest contract in the free market was born

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2024-07-02 00:21Creators in the field of sports

After the free market opened, who signed the biggest contract? It's not George's $212 million in 4 years, and it's not Maxey's $204 million in 5 years! Rather, it's Cunningham's five-year, $226 million, with a contract of up to $270 million. Cunningham is the second player in the class of 2021 to sign a maximum salary, the first being the Raptors' Barnes.

There must be many people who say that they are not worth it, but the Pistons and Raptors have no choice but to give the maximum salary. With the NBA signing new broadcast contracts and teams raising their salary caps by at least 10% next summer, $226 million over five years doesn't look so exaggerated. New Pistons president Langdon emphasized: "The team will continue to build the roster around Cunningham. ”

The following set of data will make Cunningham a little embarrassed, last season's bottom list of restricted area shooting percentage: Trail Blazers Tanhua Henderson is only 47.3%, the league's bottom-to-bottom; Pacers Mathurin 53.2%, second-to-last; Heat guard Rozier 53.7%, third from the bottom; Pistons boss Cunningham is fourth from the bottom at 55.6 percent.

Cunningham is 32-106 in his career, a 23.2 percent win rate. At this winning rate, Cunningham can still get a maximum salary contract, which is rare in the entire history of the NBA. The Pistons also have one more signing in free agency: a two-year, $52 million signing of Tobias Harris. As of now, the Pistons have $25 million in salary space left.

The Pistons told other teams that they were willing to eat junk contracts in exchange for draft picks. And the Pistons have already begun to do just that, taking over Hardaway Jr.'s remaining one-year, $16.19 million contract, and by the way, getting three second-round picks compensated by the Mavericks. The attitude of the Pistons makes the hearts of fans cold, when will the road to rebuilding be a head?

In addition to renewing Cunningham's contract, the Pistons also have a "big move", that is, to determine the new head coach. Bickerstaff will be the new head coach of the Pistons, and the two sides will sign a five-year contract! Bickerstaff, who has served as head coach for the Grizzlies and Cavaliers, has a 255-290 career coaching record, and was fired by the Cavaliers on May 23 this year.

In the 2023 offseason, the Pistons gave Monty a massive six-year, $78.5 million contract, and he left the class after only one season. In this year's draft, the Pistons selected Ron Holland of the Igniters with the No. 5 pick. This is a risky move, after all, the Ignite team's rookie success rate is low. Fans say there's a reason why the Pistons suck so badly.

Horan was born on July 7, 2005, is 2.01 meters tall, has an arm span of 2.10 meters, and the draft template is RJ Barrett. In the 2023-24 season, Horan played 14 regular season games in the Development League, averaging 20.6 points, 6.6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2.5 steals, 0.6 blocks, 2.9 turnovers and 3.3 fouls per game, shooting 44.5%, 24%, and 75.7% from three.

Finally, back to Cunningham, he was born on September 25, 2001, is 2.01 meters tall, has an arm span of 2.13 meters, and a running and starting jump of 0.93 meters. In the 2021 NBA Draft, the Pistons selected Cunningham with the top pick. So far in his career, he has averaged 20 points, 5 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 1 steal and 3.5 turnovers per game, shooting 43.2%, 32.9%, and 85.8% from three.

Cunningham played just 138 regular-season games in his career, compared to 225 games for fellow Allen Green, 198 for Mobley and 211 for No. 4 pick Barnes. In the 2023-24 season, Cunningham averaged 22.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, 7.5 assists, 0.9 steals and 3.4 turnovers per game, shooting 44.9%, 35.5%, and 86.9% from three.

The offseason reinforcements are limited, and next season is destined to be rotten again! Final question: Do you think Cunningham can lead the Pistons to the playoffs in the next few years?

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