The total contract amount of the Thunder three giants hit NBA record, and the lineup is facing adjustment after winning the championship

On July 10, NBA famous reporter Shams updated two Thunder contract renewal news: 1. The Thunder and Chet Holmgren completed an early contract renewal, and the two sides reached a five-year, $250 million early contract renewal contract; 2. The Thunder and Jewe have made substantial progress in renewal negotiations, and Jewe can sign up to 287 million for 5 years!

Also this year's offseason, the Thunder completed a contract renewal with Alexander in four years of US$285 million. Good guy, looking at the entire NBA history, the Thunder are definitely the first team to be able to open three 250 million contracts in one offseason! The total contract amount of these three brothers reached US$822 million, which is also the most expensive trio in NBA history.

There is another interesting news: Last week, the local Oklahoma media "Tulsa World" disclosed that the Thunder's valuation will rise to $4 billion after winning the championship, which may prompt the Thunder's bosses to sell the team. After winning the championship, I signed a bunch of big contracts and then the boss sold the team. Is this kind of plot a bit familiar?

Yes, the last team that operated like this was the Celtics. In the summer of 2024, after the Celtics won the championship, the boss immediately announced the sale of the team and finally sold it at a valuation of $6.1 billion. Just one year later, the Celtics began to break up the team in the offseason this year, sent Holiday and Porzingis away in succession, and gave up renewing Horford.

Although the Thunder boss has not officially announced the sale of the team, it is foreseeable that the Thunder two years later will follow the Celtics' footsteps. In the 2027-28 season, Homgren's annual salary was $45 million, Jewish's $53.5 million, and Alexander's $63.53 million. The annual salary of the three of them will be more than $160 million in total.

For teams like the Celtics and the Thunder that have multiple huge contracts, not winning the championship means disintegration. The current Celtics are the Thunder two years later. Homgren was born on May 1, 2002, the second-tier show in 2022. In his three-year NBA career, he played a total of 114 regular season games, with an average of only 38 games a year.

The leader doesn't understand why Thunder did not lower the price? In the 2024-25 regular season, Homegren averaged 15 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2.2 blocks per game, with three shooting percentages: 49%, 37.9%, and 75.4%. This year's playoffs averaged 15.2 points, 8.7 rebounds, 1 assist and 1.9 blocks per game, with three shooting percentages: 46.2%, 29.7%, and 78.4%.

Jewe was born on April 14, 2001, the first round No. 12 show in 2022. Last season, he averaged 21.6 points, 5.3 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.6 steals per game, with three shooting percentages: 48.4%, 36.5%, and 78.9%. The playoffs averaged 21.4 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.4 steals per game, with three shooting percentages: 44.9%, 30.4%, and 78.9%.

Alexander was born on July 12, 1998, on the 11th show in 2018. Last season, he averaged 32.7 points, 5 rebounds, 6.4 assists and 1.7 steals per game, with three shooting percentages: 51.9%, 37.5%, and 89.8%. After the playoffs, he averaged 29.9 points, 5.3 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 1.7 steals, and his three shooting percentages were: 46.2%, 28.3%, and 87.6%.

Thunder retains the core lineup to win the championship. Do you think they can defend their title successfully next season?