I think I can deserve hundreds of millions of salary, but I haven t even made a middle class! The most ignorant person in the NBA 4

How bold a person is, how rich the land is! This sentence is not very practical in the NBA. In this business league, everything has to be spoken of with strength. When Tatum led the team to win the championship last year, he immediately received a five-year, 314 million super top salary that shocked the league. This year, Alexander won three MVP trophys in a single season and led the team to win the first championship in team history, thus easily winning four years, US$285 million in advance contract renewal, becoming the first star in NBA history to have an annual salary of more than US$70 million. Under the spotlight, they are the real pride of heaven, with honor on the court, and wealth outside the court, and the future is an enviable smooth road. However, in the league, there are also some players who lack self-knowledge. They think they deserve a contract worth hundreds of millions of yuan, but in the end, they didn't even get a middle class, and some people are still the same as everyone in their years of playing. Cousins ​​at his peak was one of the most terrifying monster-level insiders in the league. His comprehensive data averaged 27 points, 11.5 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.4 blocks per game in a single season demonstrates his dominance as a top center. Although he failed to lead the Kings into the playoffs during his debut, he also gained fame in the league! After transferring to the Pelicans, the league was shocked when Cousins ​​formed the "Kentucky Twin Towers" with Kentucky junior Anthony Davis, and people expected them to be the Nene combination that ended the small ball era.

However, the turning point of fate suddenly came in the 2017-18 season. That season, he averaged 25.2 points, 12.9 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 1.7 steals, and 1.6 blocks per game, making an undisputed superstar performance. However, a devastating Achilles tendon tear was seriously injured and ruthlessly broke its rising wings. Based on the huge uncertainty of injury, the Pelicans cautiously handed over a two-year, $40 million contract offer. However, this offer is undoubtedly an insult to the healthy Cousins' eyes. Under the huge psychological gap, Cousins ​​made the decision to rewrite his career - rejecting the Pelicans' guarantee contract and instead joining the Golden State Warriors with a nearly humiliating one-year, $5.3 million minimum salary.

He longs to quickly gilt on the championship team, prove his value with a ring, and then seek a maximum salary, but the reality is cold and terrible. Joining the Warriors, Cousins' ball rights have been sharply reduced, his tactical status has become marginalized, and his serious injury has not kept up with the high-intensity confrontation rhythm. Deeper nightmares follow one after another - a torn quadriceps muscle of the left quadriceps muscle, a torn cruciate ligament of the left knee... The former internal overlord suffered a cliff-like decline at the age of 29.

After that, Cousins ​​completely became a wanderer in the NBA, and the Lakers, Rockets, Nuggets, and Clippers all left him with a brief and struggling figure. In the summer of 2022, the NBA's door was completely closed to him. In order to continue his basketball career, he even went to the Taiwan Provincial League, and his latest ending point is Mongolia's low-level league - from the league's maximum salary candidate to the edge of the world's basketball territory, Cousins' fall trajectory is regrettable, and he has become one of the most regrettable "losers" in NBA history.

Victor Oladipo

When Paul George left the city, Oladipo's emergence quickly soothed the doubts of Pacers fans. In the 17-18 season, he averaged 23.1 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.3 assists per game, and was crowned the steal king with 2.4 steals per game. The best third team, the best defensive first team, the All-Star, the fastest-progress player... He has almost all personal honors and has brought the post-George era Pacers back into the playoffs, becoming Indiana's unquestionable new king.

There are unexpected situations in the days. In the next two seasons, Oladipo was shrouded in repeated injuries and played in only 55 games. What is moving is that Pacers management demonstrated great trust and patience in the city hero. At a time when Oladipo's condition was doubtful and the future was confusing, they still sincerely presented the four-year, $112 million contract extension.

This guarantee contract is definitely particularly precious to Oladipo, who is in an injury. However, Oladipo's faith in his peak ability and his desire for a larger contract blinded his judgment. He rejected this quotation of RMB 100 million again and again, believing that he can win more after his return. In the end, the patient-depleted Pacers traded him to the Rockets and were immediately sent to the Heat.

In Miami, when he tried to prove himself again, the cruel joke of fate was staged again - the right quadriceps tear season reimbursement! The once-accessible contract of RMB 18 million has become a bubble, and in the end, he can only sign a low salary of US$18 million for two years. A bigger blow came in the 2022-23 playoffs, and the serious injury of the tear of the left knee patellar tendon completely destroyed his last hope of returning to the top. After 2023, Oladipo, who was only 33 years old, completely disappeared from the NBA arena and was unemployed for a long time without a ball.

Schroeder

In the FIBA ​​field, Schroeder is the well-deserved core of the German tank, and the superstar shines. When returning to the NBA, although he is not a top superstar, his strength has always been between the main point guard and the sixth man, and his career average of 13.9 points and 4.9 assists is also stable enough. In the summer of 2021, Schroder, who was at his peak, ushered in the most glorious moment of his career and joined the Lakers. However, due to the reduction in ball rights and the decline in status, Schroder averaged points per game fell from 18.9 points in the Thunder period to 15.4 points, and his efficiency also declined a lot. However, the Lakers management is still willing to provide a four-year contract renewal worth $84 million..

Perhaps it was because of the dazzling performance of the international arena that expanded Schroeder's self-evaluation, or perhaps it was because of his agency team's misjudgment. Schroeder made a decision that shocked everyone - he rejected the Lakers' offer and firmly believed that he could get a maximum salary of over 100 million in the free market! Unfortunately, Schroeder has not waited for a signing contract for a long time and finally joined the Celtics with a low short-term contract of $5.9 million per year. Schroeder's later story became the "negative textbook" for NBA players to sign contracts. Although Schroeder has always maintained a certain amount of ready-to-fighting power and has been involved in teams such as the Rockets, Lakers, Nets, and Warriors, he has never been able to reach the 84 million-level contract that was once close to him. What is even more touching is that in the four years after rejecting the Lakers contract, he played for seven different teams, displaced, and received a total salary of less than $35 million. Fortunately, Schroeder recently received a relatively stable three-year, $45 million new contract from the king, which is also a kind of comfort.

Narence Noel's story is somewhat ironic and helpless. Before the 2013 draft, he was the top pick and his talent attracted much attention. A serious knee injury plunged his draft pick to sixth. After entering the NBA, he showed the value of a lottery show with his top athletic ability and defensive sense, especially in the protection of the frame. After joining the Mavericks in the mid-2016-17 season, although his average of 8.7 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 1 block per game is not gorgeous, he is already efficient as a blue-collar center. More importantly, Mavericks boss Cuban has always favored this type of sports insider and is willing to pay generously. Cuban issued a four-year contract renewal for Noel worth $70 million.

However, at a critical moment in his career, Noel's then-famous Ritchie Paul- painted an illusory picture to him. Paul strongly encouraged Noel to reject the "low-price" contract, promising that if he can perform better in the next year, he will definitely receive a maximum salary of far more than 70 million yuan. Noel also believed in this "painted cake". He resolutely rejected the Mavericks' 70 million contract, but he ignored the drastic changes in the league's trend. At that time, the NBA was accelerating to enter the ultimate small ball era. Traditional blue-collar centers like Noel, who lack stable offensive means and relatively single functions, their living space is being greatly compressed. After refusing the contract, Noel quickly lost his place and trust in the Mavericks. Then he went around the Thunder and the Knicks, but he never found his value or data that matched the big contract. Although he later changed his agent and obtained a three-year, $27.72 million contract with the Knicks, this was a huge discount from the 70 million he refused. What's even more fatal is that his fragile body began to betray him, and injuries continued to invade him. As a former genius inside player, Noel, who was only 31 years old, has gradually faded out of the NBA.

The ancients said that knowing yourself and your enemy will never be defeated. These players lack self-knowingly end up with "lost regrets and ending Wu"! Recently, the outside world has been hotly discussing James' execution of a contract worth $52 million in the last year. According to the Lakers' management's presupposition, James would jump out of the contract and choose to cut his salary and sign a 1+1 contract again. However, James, who has been in the league for many years, has long known that the interests of the NBA are paramount. At the age of 41, he won a contract worth $52 million and controlled the choice of the future. This is a typical portrayal of "knowing oneself and knowing one's own and enemy."