212 million maximum salary! It s right to let George go, Perkins admits his mistake to the Clippers

Last year, the 76ers formed the Big Three Kings, and they signed George with a maximum salary of 212 million yuan in four years. Compared to the Clippers' replacement for George with Alexander and a lot of first-round picks, the 76ers can be called a white P. Then the team renewed Embiid's contract with maximum salary in advance and left Maxi. The 76ers also made drastic signings to create a terrifying lineup that was armed to the teeth. But in the end, the 76ers couldn't even enter the playoffs, and it was even more shameful to draw the Tanhua lottery this year.

Interestingly, last year the Clippers did not choose to trade George, but let it go for nothing. Many American media and famous speakers are dissatisfied with the Clippers and think this is the worst operation. But in the end George proved how wise it was for the Clippers to let him go. George's scoring and data shooting percentage were career lows last season. He played in only 41 games, averaging 16.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists per 32 minutes per game, with a shooting percentage of 43%, and a three-point shooting percentage of only 35.8% declined.

If the Clippers did not let George go, but renewed his contract with an annual salary of 50 million, they may not be able to sign Harden back unless Harden is willing to return with a lower salary and can only sign 15 million to 20 million, which is impossible. The consequence of George's departure in the end was that the Clippers' overall offense and defense did not decline at all, or even improve. They fought with the Nuggets for 7 games, and the Nuggets were teams that could fight with the defending champion Thunder for 7 games. Even the famous Perkins apologized for criticizing the Clippers last year.

Perkins said in his commentary on George: "Last year, the 76ers almost got Paul George for nothing. At that time, I criticized the Clippers, saying that they were so bad. They didn't keep George and lost an All-Star in vain. Now I need to apologize to the Clippers, which was because I was wrong at the time. It was obvious that there was no George. The Clippers had Harden and Leonard, and they lived a better life. I am beginning to understand now that there was a reason why the Clippers didn't give George a contract. He was really not worthy of this four-year maximum salary of 212 million."

It is worth mentioning that before joining Philadelphia, George joined hands with Harden to play the most efficient season in the Clippers. Yes, you're not wrong, it's really the highest season. In the 23-24 season, George's attendance rate reached 74 games, averaging 22.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists per 34 minutes per game, of which the shooting percentage was 47% and the three-point shooting percentage was also a new high. Perhaps this is the value brought by Harden, his existence has revived the Clippers. As we all know, Harden is a player who can make his teammates better. After George left, Harden used his own offensive suction to feed Powell the best data in his career. Before Leonard came back, Harden helped Powell to score an average of 27 points per game, with a shooting percentage of more than 50%. At the same time, Harden also directly helped Zubac double the data. This can show that Harden's value to a team, and George may not have that great effect. Look at the same time as the Sixers, Harden and Embiid joined forces for two seasons, with the Great attendance rate of 66 games and 68 games. After George joined forces with the Emperor, he was reimbursed for the season after only 19 games last season.

Isn't this enough to show Harden's various guarantees for his teammates? He can underwrite the playoff lower limit alone and allow Embiid Leonard to rest at will. This is the key to the Clippers' loss of George. In addition, in the Clippers' crisis, has Harden applied to leave the team? No. In the past, Harden's application for transactions has a bad reputation every year, but there is a reason. When he was at the Nets, Harden was beaten with an injury and was targeted by Nash. If he didn't apply for a deal, he would be reimbursed for his career. The application of the 76ers was completely a matter of the team not giving the maximum salary, and the Clippers gave Harden enough respect and tactical status. This year, 81.4 million yuan in contract renewal and salary increase was naturally satisfied. Harden reversed the reputation in one fell swoop in the Clippers.