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Give up going to Israel to get a super maximum salary, throwing 3.5 million to exchange for freedom, 37-year-old Westbrook wants to fight once

7:34pm, 20 June 2025【Basketball】

The flowers have a day to bloom, and no one will be young again. While you can still play the ball and make more dollars, you can make a profit of the illusory champion. This is a great truth that everyone knows and is also the survival rule of the professional players in their late years, but Westbrook doesn't want to understand. He has never taken the ordinary path and is unwilling to be in a grievance and seeking fullness for a high salary. That's why Westbrook refused European champion Tel Aviv Sharp to offer him a super maximum salary and chooses to continue fighting for his dream.

What's even more amazing is that Westbrook not only rejected the first salary in European history, but also gave up $3.5 million in real money just to exchange for a free agent. He is not satisfied with the status quo and does not want to make a lot of money overseas. Westbrook's goal is very clear - to continue to compete in the NBA championship while proving to the championship, and there is still oil in the fuel tank.

37-year-old Westbrook wants to fight again, but if you want to fight, you have to have a place to go. He wanted to win a high salary while winning the championship. Looking at the league, there are not many teams that can provide Westbrook with opportunities.

The old club Denver Nuggets is an option. They can only deal with the Thunder with the starting five Tigers + Westbrook and two young players without losing their way. The Nuggets' current lineup is in the bottom of the lineup, even if they only have one more bench scorer, they can take off. Although Clark is stingy, the Nuggets obviously don’t need to strengthen, and staying in the team seems to be the best choice.

However, the Nuggets have no remaining money to Westbrook, and if you want to stay in the team, you will likely continue to get the veteran's basic salary. It’s not that Westbrook cannot accept the basic salary, but that he cannot accept that he has paid a lot but can only get the basic salary. After working as a Nuggets for a year, he still received a basic salary of 3 million yuan, which is also the reason why he jumped out of the contract.

Golden State Warriors are Westbrook's other potential next home. The Warriors have Curry and Butler, one has the strongest gravity in the league, and the other is as tough as the young master, and he is not good at shooting. Of course, the most important thing is that the Warriors are mediocre substitutes. It seems that there are quite a lot of them, but they are actually all bad tickets. I saw the old one in the water dispenser in other teams. Westbrook is an old super giant lean camel bigger than a horse. If he joins the Warriors, he can not only improve the frame-breaking ability of the second lineup, but also activate the combat power of TJD, Kumingga, Sister Bo and others. Provide Warriors with different solutions to the problem.

The Warriors can provide Westbrook with an annual salary of tens of millions. His cooperation with Curry may also achieve the effect of Paul + Curry, but whether it can be achieved depends on how the Warriors operate.

Although Thunder is Westbrook's hometown, it is likely that Westbrook will not be welcomed to join if he has a new headma. The Mavericks are very short of point guards and want to give Lin Wei a contract. If Westbrook takes the initiative to contact the Mavericks, the latter will most likely give Westbrook a chance.

Westbrook is very good at cooperating with the center of the chowder, and the Mavericks have two centers of the chowder waiting to be fed. Among them, Gafford had cooperated with Westbrook at the Wizards, so Westbrook could integrate without adapting to the Mavericks. The only problem is space. Westbrook's bad shooting needs to be used with a basket teammate, and the Mavericks need to strengthen Westbrook's characteristics.

If you want to compete for the championship, you don’t have to focus on the championship and runner-up. Any team with potential for competition for the championship can try to join. As long as the two major premises of meeting the annual salary of tens of millions + important roles at the same time, it is Westbrook's potential next home. As an out-of-date super giant Westbrook has his own lineup, he is also a relatively self-centered person, and he is used to holding his destiny in his own hands. Next season is his last chance. Can he get what he wants?

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