Yang Yi: After a successful season, no one wants Westbrook?

Even if the legs and feet are old, Westbrook's style of playing is always young and always full of passion. In most teams in this league, signing a defender who requires a lot of ball rights but is not efficient and can only "be yourself" means that the team's tactical compatibility and space are affected. Even Oklahoma's former city hero, Durant's former close comrade-in-arms, the Thunder and Rockets, who are determined to compete for the championship, dare not sign such a demon king. For those teams in the reconstruction period, Virgo's style also determines that it is difficult for him to play the role of a traditional veteran mentor, and will instead squeeze out the rookie's space to increase the ball and reduce the data. So now we hear that the teams that are interested in Viagra are only mid-range teams sandwiched in the middle, such as the Detroit Pistons or the Sacramento Kings. But even these teams came to the mentality of getting a cheap substitute for the veteran's basic salary, and were unwilling to give Mr. Wei a honest price, otherwise he would not have been out for so long.

This is the root cause of Westbrook's unsigned contract. His perception of himself may never be able to coincide with the alliance's perception of him. He still aspires to be the core or main force of a team, but his actual ability is only suitable for a substitute for a limited time; he still looks forward to joining a competitive team, but strong teams dare not try his double-edged sword that hurts the enemy first; he pursues a larger and more guaranteed contract, but most NBA managers are unwilling to report him to his basic salary; he longs for a team's real respect, but this respect has been lost in his path to pursuing respect. If he still feels that the Nuggets’ non-quotation is also a disrespect after experiencing the journey last season, it is hard for us to imagine that other teams can give him more respect.

We cannot predict Westbrook's next home or future, because Westbrook is so special that he is the only star we can see. His former teammate Cameron Anthony also experienced days when he was too self-centered and had no ball to play, but Westbrook may be more rebellious, more willful and stubborn than Anthony. Now everyone imagines that Westbrook may compromise with reality in a few days. Either compromise with the team positioning, or compromise with the contract amount and age, and sign a veteran's basic salary with a less competitive team. But I had a vague feeling that things might not necessarily go as we imagined, because we simply couldn't imagine Westbrook's choices—just like watching him play.

In people's imagination, a star guard who has won the MVP should reduce attacks, share the ball, make progress in shooting, and plan at the age of 36. But Mr. Wei’s biggest disadvantage - when he was still Westbrook, may also be his advantage - that he never did not before and will never follow people’s imagination.

And all we can do is wish him good luck.