Astound! The Thunder signed Knicks center Harden for 87 million in 3 years, with an average salary of 29 million, which is almost catching up with James Harden's 2-year 70 million! What are you doing with the Thunder, shouting every day that there is no salary space in the small ball market to renew the contract of young players, and finally had no choice but to trade Giddey to the Bulls, and Hatten could only sign a 4-year $78.5 million contract with the Knicks at the most! You gave a contract with an annual salary of close to 30 million!
Hatten
What a player Hateng! An Knicks bench center who averaged 7.8 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game in the regular season this season, and 8.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game in the playoffs, and a second-round No. 13 pick who competed with mainland player Zhou Qi for playing time! Since entering the league in 2017, Harden's performance this season has been the best of his career, and there is clearly no potential to be tapped! No matter how much progress you make, you will end up being a blue-collar center at most!
Zhou Qi and Hatten
And now in the free market, there are many good centers, and isn't Capela, the center of the Hawks, a good choice? Why didn't the Thunder trade for Capela in the first round? The Hawks have announced a rebuild, Murray only has 2 first-rounders, Capela you can get at most 1 first-rounder, and Capela's annual salary next season is 22 million, and 20 million can be signed after expiration, and Capela can still get 11.5 points, 10.6 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in only 25 minutes of playing time this season, and the cost performance is crushing Harden!
Capella
As a small-ball city, the Thunder have already signed a four-year, $80 million contract with Caruso in the offseason, plus Harden's contract, the Thunder have spent close to $50 million in salary space. Don't forget that next season you'll have to renew your new Thunder trio, Alexander, Holmgren and Jalen Williams! All three of them start with a salary cap, and Alexander may need a contract close to $60 million to sign, do you want to repeat Harden's mistakes? At that time, Jay or Holmgren will be sent away for a few million, and Presti will sign a contract at a significant premium!
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