Take the initiative to speak out, Fox s contract renewal has caused controversy, 229 million yuan in 4 years, Wright may have intentionally done it

According to famous reporter Shams, the Spurs officially announced a remarkable renewal with De Alon Fox, with a four-year, $229 million, with an initial annual salary of up to $51 million, and then increased year by year until the end of the 2029-30 season, his annual salary will reach $63.3 million, and it is clearly stated in the contract that there is no player option. As the first 200 million-dollar Mr. Spurs in the history of the Spurs, General Manager Wright's sincerity is unprecedented. While completely locking Fox in the team's lineup, it also announced that his internal and external combination of Wenban Yama will lead this small football market with great background and make some achievements soon.

However, the outside world is full of objections to this contract. Before the trading deadline of last season, the Spurs management completed a three-party deal with the Bulls and the Kings. Wright gave Zach Collins, Trey Jones, and three first-round picks, and got the native San Antonio native. Although the team did not involve the main core players in the transaction, a seemingly winning deal lays hidden dangers. Since joining the Spurs, Fox has played 17 games and was reimbursed for the season due to injury. His data has been frozen at averaging 19.7 points, 6.8 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game. At first glance, such data is pretty good, but in-depth analysis will reveal the problems.

As an outside player, Fox has a huge problem and his shooting ability is completely overestimated. Since joining the Spurs, his three-point shooting percentage is only 27.4%, and he averages 5.6 shots per game but can only hit 1.5. Such data is difficult to equate with the maximum salary. You should know that Luka Doncic, who just renewed his contract with the Lakers, averaged 28.2 points, 7.7 assists and 8.6 rebounds per game, and his average salary was only 56 million, which was even less than Fox's. After such an intuitive comparison, Fox's performance is somewhat different from the data of superstars that deserve the league's maximum salary in people's traditional perception. Therefore, a projection weakness is so obvious that the data is not a dominant defender. Is it really worthy of this league maximum salary?

Although Fox, 27, is at the peak of his career, it is unknown what height he will reach in the future, more media are willing to compare his past experiences and achievements. Since entering the Sacramento Kings as the first round 5 pick in 2017, the team has not improved much, and it was not until the arrival of Keegan Murray and Sabonis that the deadlock was broken in the 2022-2023 season. Fox has played the style of a star this season, leading the Kings, who have been away from the playoffs for many years, to win the third place in the Western Conference that season. In order to commend Fox for showing strong personal ability and leadership in the game, he was successfully selected as the All-Star.

At first, everyone was sure that he would continue to play the key role of initiator on the team's offensive end. Unexpectedly, due to the renewal of the contract, the relationship with the King's management broke down, which led to the exciting scene of his return to his hometown team and joining hands with Wenban Yama. Although the current Spurs' back line is full of talents, from the perspective of long-term development of the team, Castle and Harper will find it difficult to meet Fox's current competitive level in the short term. Therefore, the Spurs cannot complete their transformation just by signing a contract. In the subsequent reconstruction journey, they still need to maintain a normal mind. After all, the development trend of contemporary basketball has changed, and a super giant has limited capabilities. It is worth mentioning that Fox and Vinban Yama are expected to build a powerful lineup driven by both internal and external dual-cores, which is really exciting.