NBA offseason turmoil: The giant chess game behind a billion-dollar contract

NBA offseason is like a carefully planned feast for wealthy families, with general managers of each team turning into chess players and strategizing on the salary cap board. This summer, the league once again staged a good show of "buying horse bones for a thousand gold" and let us carefully appreciate the foresight behind these sky-high contracts.

The Dallas Mavericks' gamble

When Irving handed a 3-year check of $120 million, it was like playing a high-risk and high-reward Texas Hold'em. The All-Star guard who averages 24.7+5+5 is indeed a "scoring machine", but the "things" off the field also made the management worry. The Mavericks are betting that Doncic and Irving's "happy enemies" can spark, after all, there are many examples of "one plus one is greater than two" on the basketball court.

Jiang Taigong Fishing from the Los Angeles Clippers

The operation of renewing Harden's contract is a very modern version of "Jiang Taigong Fishing". Although Deng Ge's average of 16.6 points per game means "Liang Po is old", his skill is really good at the "old driver". The Clippers are preparing for the playoffs "a trick".

The Lakers' steady profit is not lost

Leave James' move, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is a "stable profit is not lost " deal. At the age of 39, he can still cut 24.4+7.8+8.2 data, and Zhan is simply a "living fossil" in the basketball world. This 2-year 104 million yuan (average annual average of 52 million yuan), not only bought the stadium performance, but also the "stabilizing needle" and box office guarantee in the locker room.

The NBA transfer market this summer is like a wonderful "wealthy family". Some teams are "betting on tomorrow", some are "protecting the present", and some are "planting a field of blessings". The NBA in the new season is destined to be more exciting, so let's wait and see which managers' "magical operations" can last. After all, in the basketball world, sometimes spending money is also an art, right?