Locking a maximum salary of 400 million! Antetokounmpo will become the first NBA 80 million gentleman, but it will be difficult for you to win the championship again

This summer, several Western teams are busy in arms races, the Rockets sign Durant, the Clippers become the gathering place for veterans, and the Nuggets improve the depth of the lineup. Even in order to meet Doncic's demand for lineup improvement, the Lakers are very careful to sign Ayton + Laravia + Smart in succession. On the contrary, in the East, the new season is destined to be much less competitive. Tatum is seriously injured and is basically reimbursed next season. The Celtics dismantled the team to release salary pressure; Halliburton is seriously injured, and the Pacers also decided to keep a low profile and directly let the meritorious Turner go. The top three in the Eastern Conference in the new season are basically confirmed: Cavaliers + Knicks + Magic. The Knicks got the goal of Clarkson + Yabuselle in the offseason, and Mike Brown took office, and it may be guaranteed at least the Eastern Conference Finals to satisfy the management.

In addition, the Knicks finally renewed their contract with top 3D Bridges for 4 years and $150 million. They spent 5 first-round picks a year ago, and it was impossible to let him leave so easily. The Knicks started the Big Five, with a total remaining salary of $740 million. They just want to win in the present. But there is a small detail: before the Knicks confirmed to renew Bridges, they learned that Antetokounmpo had no intention of leaving the Bucks! In the end, the Knicks agreed to Bridges' contract renewal request, and Bridges will not be traded in the next six months. What does this mean? In fact, a month ago, the US media generally believed that once Antetokounmpo proposed to leave the team, the Knicks could use Bridges and Mitchell Robinson as their main trading chips, but now, there is no chance.

Why doesn't Antetokounmpo want to leave the Bucks? The Bucks management's operations this summer, if the full score is 100, they can score 120, which is so surprising! He bought out Lillard directly and freed up his salary space to give Turner a four-year, $107 million contract, a three-year, 44 million contract renewal, Portis renewal, Porter Jr. 11 million contract, signing Himes in 2 years, 5 million contract, Rollins renewal, 12 million contract, Prince renewal, 7.12 million contract, 7.58 million contract, Porter Jr. 7.65 million contract, signing Cole Anthony in 2 years, 7.65 million contract, and Gary Harris in 2 years, 7.5 million contract, and the Bucks use their salary space to the extreme! This even attracted many US media, including ESPN, to borrow the words of salary expert Hollinger, why can the Bucks always sign players on contracts that are far lower than the market price?

Regardless of whether there are insider operations here, at least from the perspective of management, they have exhausted all their efforts in order to retain Antetokounmpo! Even though the Bucks cannot compete in the top two in the Eastern Conference in the new season, it is not a big problem to guarantee the top four, as long as Antetokounmpo stays healthy. Antetokounmpo is also grateful. After experiencing hardships, knowing that money is the most important and stable living habits are also very important. Antetokounmpo is determined to stay in the Bucks, which means that next summer, Antetokounmpo can sign a maximum salary of 293.4 million for 4 years! Antetokounmpo's current contract is still two years away, with US$54.13 million next season and US$58.46 million in the 26-27 season. The new maximum salary contract covers the original player options worth US$62.79 million in the 27-28 season in the first year. Antetokounmpo will set a record for NBA's historical single-season salary!

The specific salary is as follows: 65.05 million in the 27-28 season, and the salary in the next three years will be: 70.25 million + 75.88 million + 81.95 million US dollars respectively! This summer, Alexander was originally expected to sign 294 million in four years, but in the end, 285 million in four years (like Jaylen Brown, the super maximum salary contract has shrunk significantly). But for Antetokounmpo, the annual salary cap increase of 8% is the minimum standard after the new NBA broadcast contract takes effect from next season. Antetokounmpo is the first 80 million man in history! In other words, starting from next season, Antetokounmpo will be able to take a total of 405 million US dollars from the Bucks in the next six seasons! To put it bluntly and realistically, this is a choice between Antetokounmpo and the Bucks. The Bucks are not qualified to play badly in the future (the first round picks are all in the hands of others)!

As long as Antetokounmpo leaves, the Bucks will run directly to the abyss in the future. Antetokounmpo led the Bucks to the championship in 21 years, but the aging lineup cannot be solved. Lillard was also a failed attempt to get a deal, and he won nothing for several consecutive years. However, Antetokounmpo is still the top three superstar in the league (Last season's advanced data, Antetokounmpo was second only to Jokic and Alexander, but he was far behind others), and averaged 30+11+5 per game for three consecutive seasons. He was selected as the best team in the league for 7 consecutive years and was selected as the best team for 9 consecutive years. Antetokounmpo is already one of the best-level stars in the Bucks' history, comparable to Jabbar. But if Antetokounmpo is determined to stay in the Bucks, the team's ceiling will be like this!

The ball will not attract stars to join, and the Bucks will not have any draft assets for operation in the future. To put it bluntly, the Bucks will be the top four regulars in the East in the next few years. The second round of the playoffs, Antetokounmpo has no help! The key is that Antetokounmpo will also be 31 years old next season. It can be said that Antetokounmpo will stay in the team this time, waiting for the Bucks to receive a super maximum salary next summer. In fact, it is to have a full salary guarantee after retirement. He and the Bucks management each get what they need! Of course, what is certain is that Antetokounmpo will find it difficult to win the championship in his next career.