There are less than 24 hours left before the free agent market opens. Every team is preparing intensively for the upcoming arms war. Since the end of the finals, in less than half a month, Each team has gone through two rounds of competition. However, compared to other teams, Nets have become the most embarrassing team. They were very quiet during the draft and were also very quiet before the start of free agency. It seems that so far, the Nets have experienced an outflow of personnel. No one of value has joined the team. From the change of management to the escape of many members of the coaching staff, many role players on the team are also looking forward to leaving the Nets. Farewell to the Nets, many key players were preparing to leave because they were not taken seriously. Durant put pressure on the management due to Irving 's problems. It was difficult for the Big Three to succeed.
Earlier, Nets guard Mills, who has a player option worth $6.2 million for next season, has officially decided to refuse to exercise this player option. As a result, Mills will become an unrestricted free agent. He will enter free agency. According to NBA reporter Woj, Mills caused a sensation after entering the free agent market. He was favored by many teams. Although Mills did not completely rule out the option of returning to the Nets, in the eyes of more people, Mills The probability of finding a new team is very high. The Nets do not seem to be a team with a plan and a certain degree of execution. They have a series of troubles that need to be solved from the management to the coaching staff to the player lineup, and These issues remain unresolved.
Mills' attitude today is completely different from when he first signed with the Nets. The sensation he caused in the market is also completely different from before. After the Olympics, not many teams competed for Mills because most people Everyone believes that he will follow Durant and join the Nets. However, after a whole season of "court fighting drama", Irving made the entire Nets restless. Harden forced the Nets to leave. Bembry, who was siding with Harden, was also laid off. Although others did not say anything , but many people also sneered at Irving's behavior. After Irving decided to execute the player option and return to the team, the Nets were considered to be starting a new wave of departures from the team.
In addition, the Nets have refused to implement Edwards the team option in next season's contract and provided him with a qualifying offer. If it is unclear whether Mills and Edwards will stay in the Nets in the future, then the futures of Griffin, Aldridge and Bruce Brown will basically not be with the Nets. According to an NBA reporter's report, Griffin is expected to return to Los Angeles. He may join the Clippers or Lakers. Griffin himself publicly liked a post on social media asking him to return. The Clippers teamed up with Leonard George and others' tweets to express their thoughts on leaving the Nets.
Aldridge was more straightforward than Griffin. He wrote directly under the Twitter of Olimpia Milan coach Messina (former Spurs assistant): "If you lack a big shooter, contact me. "Adelaide and Griffin are both players who gave up a certain amount of salary for the championship. At the same time, they also value their status in the team and the word "competition" in the championship, rather than messing around. Ade and Griffin were gradually abandoned under Nash . Ade couldn't even get a minute of playing time in the playoffs. . It's no secret that he wants to leave the Nets. In addition to the two of them, Bruce Brown is no longer willing to take a salary cut to stay in the Nets. He will pursue the first big contract in his career.
Earlier, there was a report about Durant that made people no longer sympathetic to him. According to NBA reporter Woj, during the stalemate between Irving and the Nets, Durant tried hard to push and persuade the Nets to provide Irving with a long-term maximum salary contract, but in the end the Nets were unwilling to provide Irving with even a short-term contract extension. , Irving had no choice but to choose to exercise the player option and play with the Nets for one year first.The various troubles caused by Irving caused the Nets' good cards to be beaten to pieces. Many people began to sympathize with Durant and sympathized with him for choosing such a selfish teammate. However, judging from the current situation, Durant also puts pressure on the management for Irving to fight for a big contract for Irving. From the perspective of the Nets, this may ruin their future for many years.
Durant was also exposed as leaving Irving's problem to the management. He believed that the management did not understand Irving well. Good guy, the Nets gave Durant a maximum salary, treated his Achilles tendon injury, gave him all the privileges, and signed any players he wanted. Atkinson also left because of Durant and Irving. , head coach Nash was also brought by Durant. It can be said that the Nets gave Durant all the rights. This team was completely built by Durant himself. In three years, the team's best result was only in the Eastern Conference. In the second round, the Nets had nothing to say about this, but Durant became dissatisfied. In the eyes of many people, the Nets were not a team that had all the conditions to win the championship.
