Rejecting a basic salary of 3.4 million, you are facing leaving the team again! A real tough guy star in the NBA, maybe you should retire

This season, the NBA has entered the finals stage. The Pacers and the Thunder have gradually lost the competitive suspense it should have. The league has excessively interfered with the actual progress of the game through yelling. It is obvious that as the weaker side, they also received unfair whistle treatment, which indirectly proves that the Thunder are not that strong, especially Alexander, who is invisible without free throws away, and the offensive elbows are cleared. Many referees who violate the rules of walking directly ignore it. As expected, the championship this season may be awarded to the Thunder, and Alexander also urgently needs gilding in the playoffs and is the number one player in the league. For the teams that have been eliminated, many teams are surging undercurrents and negotiate and price-questioning. This summer, there will be a huge wave of trading and team changes.

For example, regarding the choice of Durant's next home, Durant also expressed his hope to join the Spurs through his people around him, but then the Rockets + Timberwolves + Heat became his biggest favorite next home candidate. The Celtics are determined to dismantle the team. Except for Tatum, whose Achilles tendon needs to be on standby for at least one year, there is no non-selling product. He won the championship last year and dismantle this year. Jaylen Brown's 5-year super maximum salary of 289 million yuan is the first link of the butterfly effect. Of course, there are also many veterans who are facing choices this summer. For example, Paul is likely to choose a family at the Lakers and the Clippers. At the end of his career, he really deserves to be with his family. There is another person who is easily overlooked, that is Westbrook. Originally, Westbrook could decide whether to implement the 3.4 million player option next season before June 30.

But he refused in advance and would become a complete free agent! This season's regular season, Westbrook averaged 13.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 1.4 steals per game, and 11.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game in the playoffs. There are two points to be sure. First, without Westbrook, it would be difficult for the Nuggets to overcome this level of the Clippers. Westbrook played from the first round to the second round, and he limited his opponent's shooting percentage by 31%, ranking first in the playoffs! The Clippers Series averaged 13.8 points and 4.8 rebounds, with a shooting percentage of 43.3% + 41.9% in both events, and the team's MVP! G1's key steal + point rebound + assist Jokic to score a three-pointer; G4 Westbrook scored 21 points to lead the team to win; the tiebreaking battle made Harden a background board, scoring 16 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals, leading the team to advance! Westbrook's basic salary is indeed great value for money!

But there is a second point! The Nuggets don't seem to need Westbrook anymore! There are two key issues: at the end of the regular season, Westbrook made consecutive low-level mistakes against the Timberwolves, and the Spurs scored 30 points in the air and made consecutive mistakes in the last moment, including 2 of 9 shots in the Warriors. His performance has attracted constant criticism. It was precisely because of his excessive use of Westbrook that he was fired. Westbrook was equivalent to the fuse of civil strife this season, although he worked very hard! Also, the Nuggets lineup framework cannot be moved. Next season, Jokic will have 55.22 million + Murray will have 50.42 million + Porter's 38.33 million (it is difficult to trade. The Nuggets will not have a first-round pick and can pay a penalty) + Gordon will have 22.84 million, and the salary space will only be 5.7 million. It can only add the basic salary of two veterans.

Key Westbrook's ball-holding style is to invade young people's playing time and ball rights, and basically Westbrook is leaving the team again. Regarding Westbrook, one thing worth mentioning is that after the end of this season, Westbrook underwent right-hand surgery (two fractures), and in addition, it also needs to repair multiple tear in the ligament! In fact, according to US media, when playing against the Celtics in the first half of the regular season, Westbrook was injured in his right hand and insisted on wearing a bandage. At that time, no one was available to the Nuggets! Ligament injury has also been reported when playing in the Clippers series, but Westbrook said that he was not seriously injured and kept insisting. In 29 days, he finished 13 playoff games (one game with the Clippers series) before he officially announced his surgery! His salary this season is only 3.3 million, but he is a real tough guy in the NBA!

Westbrook can go in the future? Since he joined the Lakers, his career has deviated from the track. With a salary of 44.21 million yuan in the Lakers, he eventually became a substitute. He was also named "clothes room cancer" before leaving. After being sent to the Jazz, he was bought out with a salary of 46.29 million yuan, and once reached the point of homelessness, and the Clippers saved him. But because of Harden's arrival, Westbrook was unable to coexist with Harden, who had transformed into a point guard, and was forced to leave! Westbrook criticized him when he joined the Nuggets last year, and some teams had no way to let him be themselves before. Westbrook, who will be 37 years old next season, can be a qualified substitute, but his playing style is very demanding on the team. He must have the right to play, and holding the ball is accompanied by a large number of low-level mistakes.

From the Lakers to the Clippers, to the Nuggets, all the championship-level teams have proved that Westbrook is very hard-working and he works hard, but it is indeed not suitable! How many teams can Westbrook choose to continue to win the championship? Teams without competitiveness do not need Westbrook, and rebuilding a team does not need to. Westbrook is not short of these millions of salary. He just wants to compete for a championship, but it is obvious that he hopes to get smaller and smaller. He is actually similar to Harden and Paul. At the end of his career, some games are indeed powerless, and coupled with the objective fact that Westbrook lacks projection, the market will not be optimistic! Maybe Westbrook really should retire and enjoy his family time. As for the championship, you cannot over-force it.