In the offseason, the Nets may be the most helpless team, because other championship teams are trying to sign ups, and the Nets are facing the situation of core players leaving. It is currently difficult for Irving and the Nets to reach an early contract renewal. This is because Irving wants a five-year maximum salary contract of about 220 million yuan. The Nets believe that Irving is absent from too many games and the risk of long contract renewal is too high, so he is only willing to provide a two-year contract renewal, which makes Irving very unhappy. So he is now applying for a deal and wants to join a team that is willing to give him a maximum salary. Of course, it is also possible to give up the maximum salary and join other teams with a middle-class contract, but this situation is unlikely.
Durant also said in his podcast that he would not interfere with Irving's contract renewal, but he always chose to support Irving. Such remarks have attracted many teams to notice that once Irving leaves the Nets, Durant may also join other teams. In addition to Irving applying for a deal, Joe Harris and Clarkston are also in the trading range, which means that three people are facing a deal. The Nets are doing this correctly. The team's goal is still to compete for the championship, but Joe Harris and Curry Jr. overlaps the positions, and Clarkston performed too poorly in the playoffs, so it is a relatively reasonable operation to trade them out.
In addition, 5 players from the Nets will leave the team, namely Aldridge, Griffin, Drummond, Mills and Dragic. First of all, Griffin and Aldridge have begun to look for their next home. They are very dissatisfied with the Nets' head coach Nash. They first joined the Nets with a salary cut to get a stable playing time. However, the head coach Nash does not use role players. As long as they perform poorly in a few games, they will be abandoned directly. Therefore, Durant, Irving and Harden often play for about 40 minutes on the court. In order to sign Aldridge and Griffin, Durant called to recruit him himself, but it was difficult for them to play.
Dragon is one of the players the Nets gets through trade with Harden. His regular season performance is not bad, but he has no playing time in the playoffs, and he no longer wants to get a basic salary contract, so it is difficult for the Nets to keep him. Dragic joined the Nets in the middle of the regular season because he and Nash were teammates. As a result, the Nets are now struggling to compete for the championship. He is likely to join the Mavericks next. If such a veteran is signed with a basic salary, it is still very cost-effective.
Mills has not yet implemented the player option. Although he is also a veteran, his three-point shooting percentage is more than 40%, and his player option is worth more than 6 million. In other words, even if Mills leaves the Nets, he can get a 600-year salary contract in the free market, so he is not afraid of not having a job. In addition, the Nets' current situation is very complicated, and it is understandable that he does not want to stay in such an environment. In fact, the Nets' lineup has been very good in the past two years, but the Nets' management has made many mistakes, such as signing Nash. He is a novice coach and directly leading the championship team. It is not very suitable no matter how you look at it. Most of the coaches of the championship team have rich playoff experience and may also be an assistant coach, while Nash has only worked as a basketball consultant for the Warriors.
Nets' absolute core lineup will be released next season, namely Durant, Ben Simmons and Curry Jr. These three are players that the Nets will not take the initiative to trade. Of course, if Irving stays in the team, he will also be one of the core members. No matter how you look at it, it will be difficult for Durant to compete for the championship next season. It was Durant's plan to join forces with Irving. The Nets' signing of Nash is also Durant's suggestion. In general, the reason why the Nets are in trouble is directly related to Durant. After leaving Curry, Durant led the team to the finals yet, and Curry led the Warriors to win the championship trophy again.
Judging from some of the things that happened to the Nets, winning the championship is not just about pieced together some outstanding players, but about a group of like-minded people. The Warriors' lineup is not a favorite to win the championship, but the players in the team are very united. Whether it is leader Curry or character player Payton, their goals are the same, and they are very selfless and will not do anything that will harm the team. Only Durant really wants to win the championship for a core player in the Nets. Durant has done a very good job in the past two years for a player who has returned from a serious injury, which is worthy of recognition. I hope Durant can lead the team to win the championship in the future.
