Famous reporter: The Trail Blazers wanted to make the playoffs but now spend 40 million on players who can t play next season

July 19th, Lillard chose to return to the Trail Blazers after being bought out by the Bucks. ESPN famous reporter Brain Windhorst talked about his views on this on the show.

He said: "We need to interpret it from two dimensions. First, it is a warm moment for everyone - the Trail Blazers fans who have suffered losses in the past few years have finally come to ecstasy, and they welcome back the benchmark player in team history. Portland has always been reluctant to let Lillard go, and the whole city maintains a deep emotional bond with him. Given his bad luck at the end of the season, it is a perfect turn of fate to be returned in this way."

" But it must be pointed out that this contract is extremely beneficial to him, and The operation logic of the Trail Blazers is puzzled by me. We need to draw a line between the current celebration atmosphere, the upcoming warm press conference and the actual contract: he has obtained a large part of the middle class exception. So in the next two years, he may only play for one year, but he can get $28 million from the Trail Blazers. You know that he was planning to recover in Portland, and his family still settled here. So, he can get $28 million and get the veto of the transaction. If the recovery goes well - this is also our common With the same expectations, he has the option of jumping out of the contract and re-signing a longer-term contract with the team with a larger amount. I think the Trail Blazers paid a premium to some extent, because Lillard could have rested all season, looked at the recovery of the Achilles tendon, and then considered joining a team with playoff strength at the end of the year. This contract ensures that he won't do that. "

" However, one thing I want to point out is that the Trail Blazers have nearly $40 million in capacities this season and are spent on players who don't play. They Give DeAndre Aiton $25 million in buyout fee, and now he has to give Lillard about $14 million, and he is likely not able to play. What is more interesting is that the team had traded a 35-year-old Zhu Holiday, who had a contract with a billion yuan contract, is trying to make the playoffs, but now I am not sure things will go in this direction. However, I am still happy for Lillard. He and his agent Allen Goodwin have done a good job. It's just that the Trail Blazers allocate funds like this this season, which is a bit intriguing."