Annual salary of 52.63 million US dollars, James becomes a huge contradictory figure in the NBA! Maybe you can t blame the Lakers

This summer, the NBA has produced many top-funded contracts of RMB 100 million, such as Alexander renewed the Thunder for 4 years and 285 million, Jewish renewed the Thunder for 5 years and 289 million, and Homgren renewed the Thunder for 5 years and 239 million. The Thunder retained the three-person framework and had at least two years of winning the championship window. Booker renewed his contract for 145 million in two years, Bridges renewed his contract for 150 million in four years, Doncic renewed his contract for 165 million in three years, and the NBA completely entered the stage of salary explosion. By next summer, Antetokounmpo and Jokic can sign a super maximum salary of 293 million for four years, and Doncic will be eligible to sign a 418 million for five years in 28 years! For young talented NBA stars, they are lucky to have the dividends of the times, but many legendary veterans are in an embarrassing situation. The simplest example is that both NBA big and big kings have expired contracts!

According to statistics, next season, there will be 59 people with annual salary of more than 30 million in the league, 26 people with more than 40 million in the league, and 14 people with more than 50 million in the maximum salary, but of all the 50 million in the maximum salary, only James $52.63 million and Durant $54.7 million in the contracts expired. It is difficult for Durant to obtain maximum salary renewal from the Rockets. The Rockets' salary structure does not allow it. Durant will also be over 37 years old. NBA salary experts estimate that Durant's market market will be around 80 million in two years! But Durant doesn't worry about his future. He is a necessity for the Rockets to win the championship. As long as it works, the Rockets will be fine for the rest of their lives. But what about James? James, who will be 41 years old next season, will become the most contradictory super giant in the NBA in the new season, three aspects!

Contradictory 1: The data does not match the positive and negative values

The US media specifically counted the starters of 9 teams with more than 50 wins last season, with a total of 45 players. Only James' plus or negative values were -54, and the other 44 players had positive and negative values, and they were all positive and none of them low. To give a few examples: Alexander + 918, Jokic + 594, Harden + 344, Mobley + 546, etc. James is not only the only player who has been selected into the best team, with the only positive and negative values being copied, but the advanced data On-Off value is, James is regular season -5.2, playoffs -22.0! It can be understood as the Lakers lost to the Timberwolves 1-4 in the first round of last season. When James was not present, the team won 10.9 points in a hundred rounds; when he was present, the team lost 11.1 points in a hundred rounds. James has good data, why can't he contribute to the winning efficiency?

Contradiction 2: Salary does not match the requirements for the team

James is ranked 12th in the league in the new season's salary, and the Lakers' total salary next season, James accounts for 26%, Doncic accounts for 24%, and the remaining players are shared by 50%. Many of the players here have experienced a sharp decline in trading after they arrived at the Lakers, such as Vincent, Vanderbilt, and Hachimura. They were very valuable before, but they could not play out when they arrived at the Lakers. Reeves is considered one of the five most overrated players in the league if he has less than 14 million! Ricci Paul of James' team made it clear that James is eager for a chance to win the championship. James' career is a very precious and limited resource, but how should the Lakers lineup be operated? Any player left will be paid off. Reeves is expected to break out of the player option next year to seek a maximum salary contract. How can the Lakers operate to win the championship?

Contradiction 3: The current team's status and historical status are not consistent

Since James executed the player option, from the US media to the Lakers' management, and then to ordinary fans, it seems that they have seen the ending of the story, that is, the Lakers are waiting for James' contract to expire, freeing up salary space for Doncic to continue to find help! The Lakers signed several contracts this summer, Doncic led the recruitment of Ayton + Smart, Laravia was also the option of Doncic calling the team to increase the shooting space, and James became an outsider. 41-year-old James may be able to average 25 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists like last season, but he is no longer the boss of the team and wants to play the role of Green Leaf! Of course, the Lakers would not choose to keep a low profile for a season because of James' contract, but even if they make every effort to strengthen, Doncic would nod to agree, not to mention that the team has no room for operation at the moment.

Looking at NBA history, as long as James retires, his historical status will be one. Even if he is not the strongest GOAT in history, he is still a legend that can have the power to fight Jordan, and others are beyond the reach of others. If the second player of the Lakers and the second player in the history level are forced to be combined, it means that James can only compromise with the Lakers! Even Los Angeles Times columnist Hernandez expressed dissatisfaction: James and his son did not attend Doncic's signing conference (either did Reeves), how should James deal with the issue that he is no longer the team's focus? He has always been accustomed to exerting influence on the team he plays for, such as letting the Lakers choose Brownie, and Ricci Paul warned other teams not to choose! The three contradictions of

are actually summed up in three points: the 41-year-old James received a maximum salary of 52.6 million, which made the Lakers unable to strengthen it, not because the Lakers do not want to build a championship-level team; the team allowed Doncic to take over, but because James is old, and the team does not want James to continue to be the boss. In essence, there is no conflict between James and Doncic. The last point is the most important thing. With James' age, he can still play a lot of data from the peak of NBA legends. It is indeed unique in history, but it is sacrificed a lot, such as defense and positive and negative values, which is getting further and further away from the championship. We can't blame the Lakers for their offseason operations. We can only say that the Lakers and James can only get together and part with each other tomorrow.