Reject 89.2 million in 4 years! 130 million in 4 years! The craziest pseudo-giant was born, the NBA is just a business

The NBA offseason has become calm, while Kumingga of the Warriors, Kiddy of the Bulls, Grimes of the Sixers and Thomas of the Nets are like ants on a hot pan, with a higher heart than the sky and thinner life than paper! They all received qualification quotation contracts issued by their parent team to become restricted players. They all wanted a long contract with an average salary of more than US$30 million, but no team has been able to meet their contract renewal requests so far. Especially Thomas Jr. The Nets are unwilling to give him a big contract of $20 million, but he thinks he is no worse than Jaylen Green and Herro, and even fantasizes about getting a big contract with an average salary of $40 million. It is simply unreasonable and extremely crazy.

Crazy, and the lion's big talk may be one of the business activities. After all, if you don't even dare to shout, who believes that you really have real skills and talents? But then again, if these teams are willing to offer them a long-term contract with an average salary of US$20 million, such as US$80 million in four years, I believe they will also follow the principle of "putting their pockets to be safe" and then consider the poetry and the distance, so as not to have a long dream at night and have a lot of money to get nothing. If we want to trace the root cause, the key is that they can only be considered pseudo-giants with a slight weight and have no capital to take themselves as a giant. At the same time, the league has a more crazier pseudo-giant who dares to refuse even a large contract worth more than 80 million US dollars.

What I want to talk about is Reeves of the Lakers. In the past season, Reeves played 73 regular season games for the Lakers, averaging 20.3 points + 4.5 rebounds + 5.8 assists + 1.1 steals + 2.7 three-pointers; in five playoffs, Reeves averaged 16.2 points + 5.4 rebounds + 3.6 assists + 3 three-pointers. To put it better, it is not easy for Reeves to shine in front of the two big core players of James and Luka, and it shows good football business; but it is undeniable that the backcourt defense line formed by Reeves and Luka is hard to describe, and in addition, the 41-year-old James is about to usher in his 23rd season in his career. Whether Reeves can become a puzzle for the Lakers' future championship.

Reeves started his NBA career in the Lakers as a undraft, wrote the legend of Village Mamba, and signed a four-year, $54 million contract with the Lakers in 2023, which is quite inspiring. Currently, Reeves has two years left in his contract, with an annual salary of US$13.94 million next season, and a player option worth US$14.9 million in the 26-27 season. According to previous reports by US media, the Lakers provided Reeves with a four-year, $89.2 million early contract renewal when the free market opened, which is also the largest contract the Lakers can provide for Reeves in accordance with the NBA labor-management agreement. But what is the result? However, Reeves openly rejected the four-year, $89.2 million contract.

According to the latest report by NBA reporter Kurt Helin, Reeves is almost unlikely to execute the last year's player option worth $14.9 million next summer, and even if he is willing to stay with the Lakers, he will jump out of his contract to become a full free agent. According to Kurt Helin, Reeves will seek a contract that is comparable to Herro, with a 4-year, $130 million, and an annual salary of about $30 million. Compared with Herro, Reeves is smarter in playing basketball, and has better ability to create killing and connect teams. It seems reasonable for him to ask for an annual salary of US$30 million.

But the problem is that Herro is the absolute core of the Heat's backcourt, and Reeves' positioning in the Lakers is to assist Luca. To take a step back, Luca is absolutely a big core with the ball. Reeves is not irreplaceable in the Lakers. The Lakers can equip Luca with a more cost-effective knife-bearing guard at a lower price. In other words, an annual salary of US$30 million is the standard for giants. Reeves' absolute talent is far from reaching the giant level, and at best it is just a pseudo-giant. It has to be said that Reeves must see the reality clearly. The

NBA is just a business, and only real giants deserve to be the maximum salary, and role players really cannot be too greedy. Fans, what do you think about this? Let me leave me a comment and discuss it.