The team completed two maximum salary renewals, but there are still core players who have not been renewed

The NBA free trading market has been opened for more than a week, and the reinforcement operations of some championship teams have basically been completed. Since the Thunder won the championship last season, many Western teams have increased their investments in the offseason. The typical representatives are the Rockets and the Nuggets. The Rockets have Durant and Finney Smith to increase the lineup limit, and the Nuggets have obtained Cameron Johnson, Hardaway Jr. and others to expand the lineup depth. They all have the capital to wrestle with the Thunder in the new season. For the Thunder, winning the championship is the beginning of their decline. When other teams continued to strengthen during the offseason, the Thunder simply renewed Mitchell and Jerlin, and then reached two heavyweight renewals, with a super maximum salary of 285 million yuan in four years and a contract with Alexander in advance. In addition, the contract with Homgren was renewed for 250 million yuan in five years.

To be honest, it is really unexpected to renew Homgren with a super maximum salary! Starting with Alexander's contract, Alexander's previous contract has two years left, 38.33 million + 40.81 million respectively. From the 27-28 season, his salary is 63.53 million + 68.61 million + 73.69 million + 78.77 million respectively. As the MVP and MVP of the Finals last season, he is a winner of the Grand Slam in a single season and a new NBA appearance in the post-James era that the league supports. But how many super maximum salary can a team support? The contract renewal for Homgren is 41.25 million + 44.55 million + 47.85 million + 51.55 million + 54.45 million respectively, with a full guarantee of 240 million in five years, but can reach up to 250 million in five years.

, etc., what should I do if the second leader of the team, Jie Wei? To make a simple comparison, Homgren averaged 15 points and 8.7 rebounds per game last season. He did have a high growth limit, but he averaged 12 points + 39.5% shooting percentage in the finals, and his efficiency was not high. Jewe averaged 21.4 points per game last season, 23.6 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per game in the finals, especially G5 scored 40 points in a key game. Jewe has four advanced data in the finals, which is comparable to Alexander. In addition, Jewe was selected into the All-Star lineup last season, selected into the third team of the best team and the second team of the best defensive team. In the words of a salary expert, Jewe deserves to receive a super maximum salary with inflation clauses, which is also 250 million in five years (up to 294 million in five years).

Thunder first renewed Alexander and then renewed Homgren, but missed Javier for the end? First of all, the Thunder still has no salary pressure next season. Homegren gets 13.73 million, and Jewe also gets 6.58 million from his rookie contract. But next summer, the problem arises. Assuming that Jewish will eventually get a super maximum salary. From the 26-27 season, Alexander will have 40.8 million+ two helpers around him. The total salary of the Big Three will be close to 130 million. By the 27-28 season, the total salary of the Big Three will definitely exceed 160 million. What does this mean? The Thunder won the championship last season, and the team's total salary was only $168 million! At that time, Harten, Dortmund, Isaiagio, Wiggins and others may not be able to keep any of them.

, and Caruso has completed a four-year, $81 million contract with the Thunder in advance. As a small club, the Thunder can create a winning lineup with their outstanding talent vision and an excellent talent training environment, but they will definitely not be able to stay. The best example was that Harden was sent away by Thunder. Thunder was reluctant to pay more millions of dollars. At the moment, the embarrassing situation of the Thunder is that Alexander is undoubtedly the core of the team. In addition to the rookie season reimbursement, Homgren has indeed grown significantly in the past two seasons, but the role of the second leader, Javi, has become extremely embarrassing. He is only 24 years old and can play from No. 1 to No. 5 (when Homgren was injured last season, Javi was in the inside line), but the Thunder did not have the market carrying capacity.

There are only two choices in front of the Thunder. One is to give Jiewei a 5-year, 250 million super maximum salary as soon as possible. Otherwise, no one knows what Jiewei would think; the other is to try to convince Jiewei to accept a non-maximum contract and continue to let Jiewei prove himself. When the salary explosion in the 26-27 season, Jiewei may become the first victim. After all, the team's core is difficult to find and the inside pillar is difficult to find. As for Jiewei, the Thunder may think there is no shortage of substitutes. But no matter which option is, Jewe has already proved one thing in the end: the contract renewal negotiations between Thunder and Jewe are not as smooth as Alexander and Homgren. If Homgren can get the maximum salary, then naturally, Thunder's subjective attitude may not be willing to give Jewe the same treatment.

In fact, the Thunder still don't have to worry about their salary next season. They retain the complete winning framework, but from the 26-27 season, they will definitely rebuild, it depends on who they want to give up. Looking back on the past few years, many teams have slowly fallen after winning the championship. In 23 years, the Nuggets have lost their role players continuously. After the Celtics gave Tatum and Brown a super maximum salary in 24 years, other core frameworks have increased their age and competitiveness has declined. This summer, Holiday and Possian are directly sent away. When they get to the Thunder, they can't get rid of this fate, but the good news is that the Thunder has sufficient draft picks to keep making innovations and maintain competitiveness, which also means that they are not far from rebuilding the entire lineup.