Recently, Bill s buyout issue has become a hot search again

Recently, Bill's buyout issue has become a hot search again, so many people asked why the Wizards wanted to sign a five-year, 250 million contract for Bill at that time, and also gave the transaction veto.

Bill's contract was signed in the summer of 2022. So is Bill's data very explosive in the 2021-22 season? Of course not. This season, Bill was still injured in various ways, only playing 40 regular season games, with less than half of his attendance. And the data is average, with an average of 23.2 points, 4.7 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game, a shooting percentage of 45.1%, and a three-point shooting percentage of 30%. It can be seen from the shooting percentage, which is very inefficient.

In the summer of the same year, Jokic won the NBA regular season MVP for the rest of the year, showing his overall dominance. In the 2021-22 season, Yoo Teacher averaged 33.5 minutes per game, scoring 27.1 points, 13.8 rebounds, and 7.9 assists, shooting percentage of 58.3%, three-point shooting percentage of 33.7%, and free throw shooting percentage of 81.4%. After the season, the Nuggets waved his hand and gave Ao Teacher a five-year contract of 270 million yuan, refreshing his salary contract, but it only had 20 million more than Bill, and had no veto on the transaction.

Nuggets quickly paid off with Jokic's maximum salary, winning the NBA championship for the first time in the 2022-23 season, and core player Jokic was elected the MVP in the Finals.

It was in this context that Bill signed a 5-year, 250 million super contract. Bill's performance later also confirmed that the Wizards signed this contract was really expensive. Many people don’t understand why Wizards are always like this? Washington is also a big football market, so why should we always accommodate players? There are Wall in front and Bill in the back, both of which sign such big contracts, and it is magical, and the team will take over in the end...

Analyzed, there are three reasons, why the Wizards gave Bill the maximum salary.

1. Bill averaged 31.3 points per game before the contract was signed (2020-21 season), and was the top scorer in the league. He was selected as the All-Star many times, and his offensive end was indispensable to the team.

2. He has played for the Wizards for a long time and is the core of the team's local training. He has averaged 30.5 points per game in the 2019-20 season, which is regarded as a key puzzle for the team to rebuild or compete for the championship. And the team needed a star to sell tickets, and Bill was the first choice at that time. After all, it is the capital Washington, and business needs to be supported by stars.

Bill, as a local star, cooperates with local commercial companies and personal brands have market value influence.

3. Expected salary cap rise in 2021: At that time, the NBA salary cap was expected to increase due to factors such as broadcasting contracts (although the actual increase was limited due to the impact of the epidemic), the team believes that the 250 million contract is reasonable in the future salary structure.

To sum up, Bill was the first choice of the Wizards at that time, and it was a comprehensive decision under "retaining the core + maintaining competitiveness + business considerations".

Finally, I have to say that someone took over the bad contract signed by the Wizards. At that time, after Bill was injured in the Achilles tendon, his condition dropped sharply. In the end, he was traded by the Wizards to the Rockets, and was later bought out on the Rockets. Wall gave up $6.5 million of his salary of more than $47 million in the last year of his contract and became a full free agent.

Bill was also taken over by the Suns and is now discussing a buyout. I wonder if other teams will be more careful when making transactions with the Wizards in the future?

It is said that if Bill is bought out, the Warriors are determined to win. Now they sign in the free market 0. Could it be that they are really waiting for Bill?