248 million yuan in the maximum salary in 4 years, from 1st in the league to 84th in the league! NBA parallel MVP may be time to retire

The NBA has come to an end this season, and it seems that it is only a matter of time before the Thunder wins the championship. Indeed, the dominance that the Thunder has shown throughout the season cannot be erased by the referees' partiality in the playoffs. Alexander's perfect data averaged 32.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, 5 assists per game in the Finals, and Jewe's amazing performance of 25.8 points, 5.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists per game in the Finals proves that their lower limit is indeed very high. Of course, it is difficult for the Thunder to retain the young three-tiered frameworks of Alexander + Jewway + Homgren, which is also a later story. In the trading market, the question of where Durant goes has been hotly discussed, from the Rockets to the Spurs, from the Raptors to the Timberwolves, from the Heat to the Clippers, but people are generally unwilling to take out too many chips.

According to the analysis of US media, the Raptors can take out Bolt + Barrett + No. 9 this summer, and the Timberwolves can take out Gobert + Divincenzo + 1 rookie + No. 17 this year, which is already the best quote for the Suns to get. As for the Rockets holding the future lifeline of the Sun in their hand, they are not only unwilling to give back to the Suns first round, but also not even Xiao Jia is willing to give back to it. Durant's embarrassing experience proves that no matter how strong you were before, you will be easily disliked when you get old, not to mention the objective fact that Durant often used to run away. The Sun also wanted to send Durant away when facing the scalp. The fundamental reason is that Bill's 110 million cumbersome contract cannot be given out at all, and Bill still has the right to veto the transaction. But besides Bill, there is another person who makes his team bigger, which is Embiid.

76ers formed the three giants Embiid + George + Maxi last summer, but the regular season record was only 24 wins and 58 losses. The good news was that they saved their first round pick and also received a 3-year lottery. The bad news was that two of the three giants of the 76ers have become burdens. George has a salary of US$160 million for three years, with an average of 16.2 points per game. He is 35 years old this summer, and his player options + trading bonus of 4.9 million, and the 76ers are purely thrown into his hands. Embiid's situation is quite special. In the offseason last year, Embiid and the 76ers completed a three-year, 193 million yuan max salary renewal, with a total of 4 years and 248 million yuan left in the remaining contract. Starting next season, the salary will be 55.22 million + 59.54 million + 64.3 million + 69.07 million US dollars respectively. But in the words of famous reporter Pixar, Embiid's trading market is even worse than Bill!

Why? With the help of Harden in the 22-23 season, Embiid "beats" Jokic with averaging 33.1 points, 10.2 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game, winning the MVP, becoming the No. 1 player in the league! But there are two objective facts. First, Harden averaged 5 assists to Embiid that season, and Embiid was too relaxed to eat the cake; second, in the last month of the regular season that year, Jokic began to rest, directly let go of the MVP competition, and finally won the championship. After Harden left, Embiid averaged 34.7 points, 11 rebounds and 5.6 assists last season, but he only played 39 games and only played 19 games this season, averaging 23.8 points, 8.2 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, and his performance dropped sharply! According to the ranking of the top 100 players in the new season, Embiid is only ranked 84th!

To be honest, the 84th position is all false! In March this year, Embiid took the initiative to announce the season's reimbursement, which actually attracted serious dissatisfaction from the 76ers' management. The 76ers hope that Embiid can rely on injection treatment to maintain it and be able to play the game, but Embiid himself could not hold on. Since Harden left, Embiid's ball-holding style has seriously overdrawn his body. He has involved knee injuries nine times in his career. For this season alone, from an ankle sprain to a knee sprain, from meniscus to bone contusion, and only one month after the season was announced to be reimbursed, the surgery was re-evaluated. In the words of sports medicine expert Weber, Embiid's knee problem is very tricky, which will affect his entire career! The worst case faced by the

76ers is that George will continue to live in the team next season, and Embiid's comeback is far away! According to US media analysis, if Embiid cannot make a comeback for more than a whole year, or the 76ers are concerned about Embiid's future, they can apply to the league to help Embiid perform a "medical retirement"! This is indeed a pity, but Embiid's performance in the past two years has indeed disappointed. He has overheard singles and floating on the outside to face his opponent's small players, which itself has a great burden on his ankles and knees. Secondly, the MVP that Embiid won that year was more like a kind of "iron". Jokic, who didn't care about MVP, finally won the championship. Embiid won the scoring champion and MVP, but he couldn't even enter the division final.

Embid will be at least 32 years old next season. In the past 14 months, it is difficult to have high expectations for his future career. Including Arenas, famous speaker Sharp and others, they all say that the healthy Embiid is the top super giant in the league and the strongest center, but he cannot stay healthy, this is the prerequisite! This even caused George to complain: I came to 76ers just to cooperate with Embiid, but he was always injured and we couldn't find the rhythm. Once the 76ers continue this performance next year, it is a luxury for them to send George and Embiid away. From Embiid's own perspective, maybe he should really consider retiring.