Nets completed two signings and one transaction after the trading market opened. Although Durant 's application to leave the team caught the entire Nets off guard, it did not stop the Nets' original plan. From these three operations of the Nets, it can be seen that they are staffing for the championship lineup in the new season. However, plans now have to be re-planned.
Among the three operations carried out by the Nets, the Nets renewed Mills for 2 years and 14.5 million US dollars. . Since Mills came to the Nets, he has been highly valued and has become an indispensable player for the Nets. players. The reason why the Nets originally positioned Beers was because Mills not only had good shooting ability, but he and Durant were both national team teammates, and the two could form a tacit understanding on the court. Mills averaged 11.4 points, 1.9 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game for the Nets this season and shot 40% from three-point range.
In addition, the Nets re-signed Claxton and gave him a two-year, 20 million contract. Under the leadership of Nash , the Nets often believed in small lineups, and Claxton became the Nets' main inside player. His personal athletic ability and on-court vitality were recognized by Nash. Today, the Nets still abandon Drummond and choose to renew Claxton's contract.
The Nets only made one transaction, using the 2023 low-ranked first-round pick to trade with the Jazz to acquire the opponent's forward player Royce O'Neal . The purpose of the Nets' move was to make up for 3 and 4 The shortcomings of the number position personnel are all based on the fact that Durant and Irving both stay on the team. Now that both of them intend to leave the team, this signing with a first-round pick is very disadvantageous to the Nets. If the team finally chooses to rebuild, then the first-round pick will be very important.
Although Nets boss Tsai Chongxin has agreed to Durantās trade application, it is not easy to trade him out. Boss Tsai will definitely offer very high conditions to make up for the trade of Durant. Loss. According to sources, the Nets have set an asking price for at least two All-Star level players. This alone will be difficult to achieve unless a multi-party transaction is made.
Irving, the second in charge of the Nets, also hopes to be traded, but from the current point of view, many teams are turning their attention to Durant. Irving's most ideal next destination is still the Lakers, but the Lakers couldn't give the Nets the bargaining chips they asked for, causing the deal to run aground.
The team's third-leading player Simmons was very calm. When the Nets were in a mess, Simmons watched the WMBA game leisurely. Simmons didn't care about the departure or stay of Durant and Irving. He even longs in his heart for them all to leave the team, so that the Nets' future focus will be around him to build the team and become the Nets' first brother.
Nets boss Tsai Chongxin is more anxious, seeing that the team that was finally formed is about to fall apart. If both Durant and Irving leave the team, it will be very difficult for Boss Tsai to recover the cost, not to mention that the Nets were still in losses in previous seasons. According to statistics, after Boss Tsai formed the Big Three from the Nets, the total loss was as high as about 500 million US dollars.
Sources revealed that Tsai Chongxin began to take remedial measures. The source of the Nets' conflict came from Irving. Durant may have decided to leave the Nets because Irving was leaving the team and there was no hope for the new season. If Tsai Chongxin can reach a consensus with Irving, Durant can also be kept. Then the problem that needs to be solved with Irving is to renew the contract. In this case, there is no way to get a maximum salary. If you pay Irving a maximum salary to keep Durant, Boss Cai will probably make such a choice.
Durantās decision to apply to leave the team caught the Nets off guard. Some netizens speculated that this was probably Irving and Durant trying to force the Nets to leave. The ultimate goal was to give Irving a long maximum salary contract. If this is true, then Everything the Nets showed could only be regarded as a farce.
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