The NBA free market opened for two days, and the total salary signing exceeded 1 billion US dollars!
Now that the salary cap has risen sharply, it seems that role players can make a lot of money, and players who don't average double-doubles per game can all earn more than 10 million years of multi-year contracts.
Harden, averaging 7.8 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game, the Thunder gave 87 million for 3 years.
Jones Jr., averaging 8.6 points and 3.3 rebounds per game, the Clippers gave 30 million in 3 years.
There are also some NBA veterans, Pope got 66 million for 3 years, Harris got 52 million for 2 years, and Thompson got 50 million for 3 years.
But Westbrook, a nine-time All-Star, chose to exercise the player option with an annual salary of 4 million next season.
Last season, he averaged 11.1 points, 5 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, and although his shooting was a weakness, his defense and organization were still among the top guards in the league.
Therefore, if the 35-year-old Wei Shao jumps out of the player option and becomes a free agent, he can get at least a two-year pension contract of 20 million (learn from the 39-year-old Paul who got a one-year 11 million contract with the Spurs).
Therefore, it is very likely that Wei Shao was deceived by the Clippers management.
Let's sort out the timeline below:
On June 29, Wei Shao exercised the player option, and he should have received a verbal commitment from Clippers management to keep last year's core roster, after all, Wei Shao wanted to win the championship.
But on July 2, Paul George went to the 76ers, and the Clippers were signing guards non-stop!
Currently, the Clippers have seven guards on their roster: Harden, Mann, Bobby, Westbrook, Hyland, Kevin Porter Jr. and Dunn.
This means that Wei Shao is most likely no longer in the Clippers' plan, and the Clippers are a bit of a loser!