Rivers: I want to win the championship for the Lakers and play for life, provided that I get a salary that suits my value!

A few days ago, the Lakers decided to leave this late-achieving forward swayman in advance in view of Rivers' excellent performance in the season. So with the highest quotation given by the existing labor-capital agreement, the Lakers provided Rivers with a four-year, $89.2 million maximum salary renewal contract, with an average salary of $22.3 million, but Rivers was not in a cold and thought he could get more. Rivers has two years to have contract, namely $13.93 million for the 2025-26 season and $14.89 million for the 2026-27 season. In order to make more money, Rivers plans to give up the execution player option in 2026 and test the free market. By then, he will be eligible for four years, $182.9 million to sign other teams and also qualify for a five-year, $246.7 million contract from the Lakers.

Rivers played the best season of his career this year. He played in 73 games in the regular season, averaged 34.9 minutes per game, scored 20.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.1 steals, shot 46% from the field and 37.7% from three-pointers. He was relied on by the team in the playoffs, and averaged nearly 40 minutes per game, and also scored 16.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists. Rivers has many advantages, but its shortcomings are also very obvious. The first thing to bear is that he has poor defensive ability and cannot fight tough battles!

Rivers, who has loved the Lakers since childhood, once publicly stated that he wanted to win the championship trophy for the Lakers and play for life, but the premise was to get a salary that suits his own value. In fact, there is nothing wrong with pursuing higher salary and benefits in life, but you need to judge how much you really deserve. Never follow the footsteps of Thomas Jr. Schroder and others!