Give up 240 million max salary! Re-sign 120 million in 3 years! Irving sacrifices himself, the biggest winner in the West is born

Speaking of the old-school stars in the NBA seem to be quite selfless. They don’t care so much about money in the later stages of their careers, which may also have something to do with accepting their own regression and recognizing reality. For example, Westbrook has indeed regressed a lot in recent years, but Westbrook can face up to his own gap. Even though his net worth has dropped from maximum salary to basic salary, he still accepts it happily and can still play with passion. For example, Harden, since leaving the Rockets, his role positioning has changed. While sacrificing his personal data, he is willing to lower his salary to help the team make room to further strengthen. Whether it was when the 76ers and Embiid joined forces, or when the Clippers and "Kajiao" combination, Harden did not pursue a super maximum salary. His annual salary this season is less than 35 million.

, including Durant. After being traded to the Rockets, Durant made it clear that he wanted to end his career with the Rockets, want to bring a championship to the Rockets, and is willing to accept contracts below the maximum salary so that the team has more room to operate and build a championship lineup. Indeed, for these traditional superstars, the most important thing is not to put contracts first, and enjoying the final stage of basketball time. Before the deadline for Kyrie Irving's player option, he also made an important decision. Irving chose to reject the $43 million player option next season and signed a three-year, $119 million contract extension with the team, with the player option for the 27-28 season. Irving's new contract creates space for the Mavericks, which can be reinforced with 5.7 million special cases in the middle class.

Before this, Irving could have renewed a maximum salary of 240 million yuan with the Mavericks for up to 4 years. In the words of Mike Curtis, the management is well aware of Irving's importance to the team, especially after Doncic was traded and left the team, Irving has become the absolute core figure of the team. They do not refuse to provide Irving with a long-term contract renewal, or even a maximum salary, but Irving himself does not have such high requirements. 119 million in three years, and the average annual price is less than 40 million. For Irving, it is really a bargain. Even this season, the contract with an annual salary of 40 million can only rank around 30 in the league. Compared with players Markanen, Garland, and Simmons, how do these people compare with Irving? Besides, the league's salary will rise sharply after a few years, and Irving will appear cheaper.

In the past two and a half years, Irving averaged 25.5 points, 5.1 assists and 1.3 steals per game, with a shooting percentage of 49/40/92% in three events, almost entering the 180 Club. At the beginning of this season, Irving's efficiency was even more terrifying, with a shooting percentage of nearly 60% and a three-point shooting percentage of more than 50%. Even though his scoring explosiveness is not as exaggerated as the top stars in the league, and most of his time in the team, Irving is just a second-in-command, but you have to admit that Irving is indeed one of the most stable and efficient stars. After all, he is a technical stream, and can create the most reasonable opportunity for himself through control of fortunes and rhythm changes. Irving is also one of the most underrated shooters, with his career shooting percentage reaching 39.4%, far higher than defenders such as Lillard and Trae Young.

Give up 240 million max salary! Re-signed for 120 million in 3 years! Irving sacrificed himself, the biggest winner in the West was born, and the Mavericks became the big winner, and they have quite good prospects in the next few years. In the middle of the regular season, the Mavericks became the target of public criticism because of a deal. They suddenly sent the star Doncic to the Lakers in exchange for a thick eyebrows, which shocked the entire league. Mavericks general manager Nico said he thinks that only by defending can he win the championship, and the current lineup is built to win the ball. It is generally considered that Doncic exchanges for thick eyebrows. However, the Mavericks have missed the goal of "sacrificing" by mistake because they chose the No. 1 pick, and this year's No. 1 pick is just as talented as the top No. 1 picks like Zion and Wenban. In this way, they have no regrets at all.

Before renewing the contract with Irving, the Mavericks also reached a contract renewal with core inside Gafford, with a price of only 3 years and 54 million US dollars, which is also a super bargain price. Another inside player in the team, Lively, has outstanding static talent, can jump or jump or rookie child labor contract, and there is no inside player with a higher cost performance than him. Now this Mavericks have one of the top inside resources in the league. The only problem with their lineup is that Irving is due to a knee injury and will be absent for a long time next season. The team needs to use the middle class special case to find a point guard in the market to make up for the vacancy of Irving. Of course, there are still many options, including Schroeder, Russell, Paul, Brogdon and other players. Paul is probably the most suitable one. After joining the Mavericks, Paul may have such an opportunity to become a champion in the last few years of his career.