The NBA offseason has arrived, and the trade market and contract renewal market have also opened. While other players are busy renewing their Canadian contracts, the Suns' center Ayton is not happy. As the No. 1 pick in 2018, Ayton has ended his rookie contract, but the Suns did

NBAThe offseason has arrived, and the trade market and contract renewal market have also opened. While other players are busy renewing their Canadian contracts, the Suns' center Ayton is not happy. As the No. 1 pick in 2018, Ayton has ended his rookie contract, but the Suns did not choose to renew Ayton, but instead provided him with an insulting qualifying offer of 16.4 million a year. This offer allowed Ayton to break two historical records. One is the largest qualifying offer contract in NBA history, and the other is that Ayton is the first No. 1 player to receive a qualifying offer. Why does say this qualification quotation is insulting? Let’s go into detail below.

According to NBA regulations, when a rookie player ends his 4-year rookie contract, the parent team has limited renewal rights and can provide a super maximum salary contract for up to 5 years with an annual increase of 8%. Rookies from Ayton's generation, such as Doncic, Trae Young, and other outstanding players, have already signed five-year super maximum salaries, but the Suns have been slow to sign Ayton. Ayton's rookie contract ended and he is now a restricted free agent. After the Suns provide this qualifying offer, if other teams offer Ayton a contract that is greater than this qualifying offer, the Suns have the right to give priority to matching the contract, that is, the sun can be said to be used with other teams. The same contract was offered to sign Ayton, and it was mandatory. Ayton could not refuse. But The most other teams can offer Ayton is a four-year maximum salary contract with an annual increase of 5%. The difference between the super maximum salary and the super maximum salary is still quite a lot.

The Suns' wishful thinking was very good. They gave this qualification offer just to pretend that they were not interested in Ayton. asked the teams interested in Ayton to offer him an ordinary maximum salary. Even a contract with an annual salary of about 20 million, and then the Suns will match the contract, leaving Ayton dumb and eating coptis. But there is also a possibility that no other team will offer Ayton, so after executing the 16.4 million contract next year, Ayton will become a complete free agent and can choose the team at will, the Suns There is no priority anymore. However, this possibility is actually very small. There is a high probability that a team will offer Ayton an offer, allowing the Suns to reap the benefits.

For previous No. 1 picks and even lottery picks, the team usually offered a contract extension before the rookie contract expired. And like the Suns, it is the first time in NBA history that has provided a qualified quotation to a No. 1 pick. So for Ayton, this situation is indeed an insult. So is Ayton really that unbearable?

In his 4-year career, Ayton averaged 30.7 minutes per game, 16.3 points, 10.5 rebounds, 0.7 steals and 1 block, with a shooting percentage of 59.9%. He played 236 games in 4 years of his career, averaging 59 games per season. Attendance rate Not too bad. In the playoffs, Ayton averaged 516.6 points, 10.7 rebounds, 0.7 steals and 1 block in 34.2 minutes per game, shooting 65.1% from the field. His performance in the playoffs was also very good. Although Ayton has not won any personal honors in his 4-year career except for the Rookie of the Year, and has not been selected to the All-Star or the All-NBA Team, Ayton, who is only 23 years old this year, has both strength and potential. The annual salary is more than 10 million.

Although Ayton has almost no three-point shooting ability, his mid-range shooting is very good. His soft touch and the advantage of height and long arms make his mid-range offense almost unstoppable. Ayton's attack under the basket The offensive skills are also very skillful, and the defensive end coverage is also very wide, and can even defend near the three-point line. Last season, Ayton's averaged 13.2 points per game in the paint, ranking 4th in the league, plus and minus 5.9, ranking 12th in the league, averaging 11.4 shot interferences per game, ranking 6th in the league, offensive efficiency of 117.2, ranking 10th in the league, and defensive efficiency of 107.7. 88th in the league, better than All-Star forward Embiid . When opponents face Ayton's shooting, their shooting percentage will be 4.1% lower than usual, including a 5.9% reduction in two-point shooting percentage and a 2.6% reduction in three-point shooting percentage., which is enough to show Ayton's defensive deterrence. In addition, Ayton's shooting percentage when facing close defense is as high as 60.4%. It can also be seen that Ayton is not afraid of confrontation.

is such an excellent 23-year-old center player. He still has huge potential and is likely to continue to improve in the future. However, the Suns were unwilling to give him a maximum salary contract, but chose to give him a Qualification Quotation. You must know that contracts worth hundreds of millions are flying all over the league now. Players like Harris, Russell, , and Fox can all receive an annual salary of 30 million. For Ayton, such a qualification The quote is indeed a big insult.

Even if the Suns succeed and sign Ayton at a low price that matches the contract of other teams, I believe Ayton’s heart no longer belongs here. It is estimated that his relationship with the team management will be difficult to get back together. , what do you think?