From a maximum salary of 46.3 million to a basic salary of 3.3 million, Westbrook can t find his next home! You re not far from retirement

The NBA is in a long offseason, and many stars are traveling to China. For example, Harden goes everywhere, and Butler even attended Jackie Chan's new movie premiere as a surprise guest. Many stars have strong appeal around the world, and thanks to the huge commercial stage of the NBA, after the new broadcast contract takes effect, large contracts with an average salary of 50 million or 60 million will fly all over the world. According to the US media's estimate, by the summer of 28, Doncic may sign a super maximum salary of 418 million in five years. By the summer of 2012, like Wenban Yama, it may sign a super contract with an average salary of 100 million US dollars! In the free agent market, there are many formerly well-known stars who are getting closer to retirement because they cannot find their next player.

For example, 2016 No. 1 pick Ben Simmons did not seize the last chance to prove himself in the Clippers last season. From last season with a maximum salary of 40 million to a scheduled minimum salary of 2.8 million (if he still wants to play in the NBA, he can only accept a basic salary), I wonder if this price can make him pretend to like basketball. But there is also a legendary star, Westbrook, who has been out of the Nuggets' player option in almost two months since he took the initiative to jump out of the Nuggets' player option in early June! The Nuggets team reporters stood up for Westbrook. The team didn't want Westbrook because he could win the game. But there are two points worth pondering. Why are there no championship-level teams willing to want Westbrook? In addition, the Nuggets' offseason operations have become the favorite to win the championship again. Why doesn't Westbrook sign the Nuggets back?

US media column reporter Pingner specifically reviewed the most "important" moment of the regular season last season. The Nuggets and the Timberwolves had 9 seconds left in the game and the Nuggets led by 1 point, Westbrook first missed a layup, and then before time ran out, he made a three-pointer foul on Alexander Walker. The Timberwolves successfully turned the tables and Jokic scored 61 points and triple-double! In the back-to-back match the next day, Westbrook made another 25 attempts. As a result, the third day after that game, the Nuggets' former coach Malone and former general manager Booth were both dismissed! In the 22-23 season, Westbrook still had a maximum salary of $46.3 million, and since then, from the Clippers to the Nuggets (3.3 million last season), Westbrook has all basic salary. The turning point was that he was labeled as a "dressing room cancer" in one and a half seasons when the Lakers were very unsuccessful, and he left sadly.

Westbrook is like a rose with thorns. As he grows older, the rose petals gradually wither, but there are more and more thorns. In the first round of the playoffs last season, he played against the Clippers without Westbrook and the Nuggets were definitely eliminated. However, in the second round of the series with the Thunder, Westbrook scored a total of 17 assists + 18 turnovers + 26 personal fouls. He was present and the Nuggets lost 92 points to the Thunder. In addition, Westbrook also gave only 40.2% effective hit rate! In Los Angeles media, whether it is the Lakers, Clippers or Nuggets, Westbrook will always miss open shots and forcefully make difficult shots in many important games, making desperate mistakes! The way Westbrook relies on to survive is impact and passion, and his desire to win the game, but this is also a double-edged sword!

After the trading market opened this summer, many teams expressed some interest in Westbrook, and then there was no follow-up, such as the Knicks, the Bucks, and the Pelicans, but what about Westbrook's on-court role? US media specifically compares Ben Simmons and Westbrook. Ben Simmons is not lacking in talent. His weakness is that he has no shooting and offensive enthusiasm at all, but it is no problem to let him play a stable ball holder, and he will at least not make mistakes. On the contrary, Westbrook has a little bit of everything, including in recent seasons, the regular season three-point shooting percentage has also improved, but it is impossible to let Westbrook play the unball space point; let Westbrook hold the ball, the lower limit is too low; let Westbrook lead the bad team, how can his ball holding rate ensure the growth of young people?

Westbrook has experienced the Lakers, Clippers, and Nuggets in the past few years, proving that he is not suitable for a playoff-level team, but putting him in a bad team is also useless! Secondly, why did Westbrook take the initiative to break out of the player option contract with the Nuggets? Are you looking for a bigger role stage, or do you think that the Nuggets are not yet at the championship level and want to find a team that is stronger than the Nuggets? Then there are only teams left in the league, including the Thunder, Rockets, and Knicks (the last two teams may not be at the Nuggets level yet). But the most embarrassing thing is that the Thunder jumped out directly with the team reporter: the team is not interested in Westbrook, and even if they want to sign Westbrook, the operation is very difficult (you need to lay off people first, and you have to pay luxury tax to sign Westbrook). The Knicks have always regarded Westbrook as Brogdon and Simmons's second choice.

Westbrook is indeed not far from retirement! Before the new season starts, the last straw that can save Westbrook is the King. According to the analysis of the US media, the King is interested in getting Westbrook and Kuminga at the same time, but the premise is: the Warriors need to accept the first round pick protected by Monk + the King. In addition to sending Kuminga, the Warriors may also have to pay one of Hield or Moody. If the Warriors refuse to trade, Westbrook can only wait like Wall three years ago, after the new season starts, to see which team has a sudden injury, and to make do with it. The team that I once played for will no longer open the door to Westbrook.