On the second day of the NBA's free agency market, blockbuster signings continued. The Western dark horse Thunder has signed many people one after another, signing Hartenstein for 3 years and 87 million, Isaiah Joe for 4 years and 48 million, and Aaron Wiggins for 47 million for 5 years. Among them, Harden's price is a bit puzzling, after all, he is just an ordinary center, a quasi-All-Star player is not counted, and he can still get an annual salary of 30 million, maybe the Thunder interior players are too scarce, and no one will come without a price increase. In addition, the Philadelphia 76ers renewed Maxey with a high salary of 204 million for 5 years, after the 76ers also signed Paul George, the Big Three of Embiid + Maxey + George, they are also a veritable super giant team, after renewing Maxey, the 76ers became the first team in NBA history to have 3 contracts of 2+ billion dollars at the same time.
The dust has settled on the biggest fish on the market, Paul George, and it's up to Klay Thompson next. After falling out with the Warriors, Thompson received offers from many teams, including the Lakers, James contacted Klay at the beginning of the free market and enthusiastically recruited him, and the old James also said that he was willing to take a salary cut for Klay's arrival, but Thompson did not choose the Lakers in the end, but chose the Mavericks. According to multiple reports, Klay Thompson signed a three-year, $50 million contract with the Mavericks, and he ended his Warriors career by signing and trading. The Mavericks sent two second-round picks (the inferior second-round pick between the Nuggets and 76ers in 2025 and the second-round pick in 2031) to the Warriors to complete Thompson's sign-and-trade deal with the Mavericks.
Previously, Thompson spent 13 seasons with the Warriors, during which time he won four championships for the Warriors. He is averaging 19.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. Now, the Iron Triangle has officially dissolved, and the trio have won 420 regular-season games and 98 playoff games together, which ranks third among the NBA's all-time Big Three. In second place are Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson and Cooper, and in first place are Spurs GDP, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, with 575 regular-season games and 126 playoff games. In the words of journalist Monte Poole: "A legendary group has disbanded. Curry is the lead singer and biggest star, and Draymond is the emotional drummer. What about Clay? He's that guitarist, and his incredible solo keeps the audience enchanted and reliving those memories years later. ”
The Warriors have also done their duty to Thompson, and they have tried to re-sign Klay, but the price has always left Klay unsatisfied. When Thompson returned from a major injury three years ago, the Warriors would rather sacrifice the team's tactical system and provide a lot of ball possession and shooting opportunities for the returning Thompson to let him regain his touch, but the current Klay does not appreciate it at all. After Thompson joined the Mavericks, the Mavericks also became a Big Three team, paired with Doncic and Irving, all three of whom ranked in the top 10 active guards in playoff scoring. For Thompson, he may make more sacrifices after coming to the Mavericks, playing as a substitute is inevitable, and his contract price itself is not high, 50 million US dollars for 3 years, and the average annual salary is only more than 16 million, and the Warriors have also provided him with a 2-year 4000 play contract.
50 million! Thompson joins the Mavericks! The NBA's biggest contract was born, and the league is coming to an end. George and Thompson's next home has been confirmed, and the signing market this offseason has basically come to an end, and there will be no particularly blockbuster transfer signings, but the deal can be expected. Thompson's transfer coincided with the NBA's largest contract signing in history, with the Celtics and their star Tatum agreeing to a five-year, $315 million super-cap contract with a player option. This also surpassed Jaylen Brown's five-year, $304 million contract last summer, making it the largest contract in NBA history, and Tatum's annual salary will exceed $71 million in the final year of his contract. What is the concept of $315 million?
This is higher than the combined contract of the starting five of the '08 Green Army's championship-winning roster, and Kobe Bryant's total career salary is only $328 million, which is a little higher than Tatum's five-year contract. The NBA era has changed, and in the future, the league's star contracts will get bigger and bigger, and they will continue to break records. Tatum does have the capital to get a super cap salary, after all, he only led the Green Army to a championship. In addition to Tatum, Derrick White also completed a contract extension, agreeing a four-year, $125.9 million contract with the Celtics. White is one of the key pieces of the Green Army's championship puzzle, and although he has not been an All-Star, he has All-Star strength. The Celtics will still be one of the most dominant teams in the league next season, do you think they have a good chance of defending their title?