Irving breaks up with Nets
The relationship between Irving and the Nets has completely broken down. Many people familiar with the matter said that Irving has played his last game with the Nets. The Nets are currently actively looking for a home for Irving. The team that hopes to get Irving the most is naturally the Los Angeles Lakers. Unfortunately, the bargaining chip that the Lakers can give is Russell Westbrook, a top-paid player who was questioned last season. However, except for the Los Angeles Lakers, there are probably not many teams that hope to get Irving.
Irving's personal ability is beyond doubt, but there is only one year left on his contract. No team can guarantee that it can retain Irving's heart, except for the Los Angeles Lakers, because there are LeBron James here. At this moment, only he knows how painful the Nets' heart is, because the real-life version of the farmer and the snake is happening.
Real-life version of The Farmer and the Snake
The Nets once signed a maximum salary contract for Irving. In this contract, the Nets, in order to show their respect for Irving, included a 15% transaction deposit in this contract. This means that if the Nets trade Irving, they will need to compensate Irving for an additional US$5.55 million in contract. The Nets have been very generous to Irving over the years. Last season, Irving refused to be vaccinated due to personal reasons and was unable to play home games. For the sake of the team, the Nets did not even let Irving play in away games, but still paid his salary.
In other words, the Nets gave Irving a lot of salary in vain, and they are all benevolent. But Irving wanted to leave. Unfortunately, he couldn't find a team to take over. Under such circumstances, Irving chose to exercise the player option. It was originally thought that he could play for the team for another year, but Durant applied for a trade again. The Nets understand that it is meaningless to keep Irving at this moment. Even if he stays, he will leave in a year. Therefore, by trading Irving now, the Nets can still get some compensation, but they will also have to pay US$5.55 million in compensation.
Of course, the Nets may not pay compensation, provided that Irving chooses to give up the compensation. Logically speaking, Irving should give up this compensation. After all, it is not the Nets who actively want to trade Irving, but now Irving has to leave. However, Irving does not think about the team. If he really thought this way, there would be no farce like last season.
Westbrook Irving's trade
The Los Angeles Lakers are currently actively discussing Irving's trade with the Nets. The bargaining chip the Lakers can give is Westbrook. In addition, they may also need some first-round picks. However, the Nets want to deal with Joe Harris by the way. The annual salary of the contract is close to 20 million, and there are still two years left. In addition, he is sick all the time, so it is really not cost-effective. In contrast, the Lakers hope to get Curry Jr., whose contract is only $8.5 million for one year. For the Lakers, Curry Jr. is a perfect fit for the team, but the Nets do not want to give him away easily.
Irving wants to go to the Lakers. For him, this is an opportunity, and the same is true for Westbrook. Westbrook has experienced a bad season with the Lakers. Can he really prove himself by staying with the Lakers next season? I believe no one is optimistic about it, but going to Brooklyn Nets and becoming the star of the team may not necessarily lead to an extraordinary record for the team, but there is definitely no problem with personal data. After all, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. For Westbrook, this is also a good opportunity. Of course, he has no fate at all with the championship.
