"Jose had a really hard time playing last season."

Watching Barea leave, Nelson, the team's head coach, sighed.

As the team's head coach, he likes players like Barea very much.

He is hardworking, able to take on tasks without causing trouble, and more importantly, his strength is indeed very trustworthy.

Whether it's the 2007 Western Conference Finals with the Suns, the 2008 championship or this year's championship, JJ Barea can always step up when the team needs it. This is a key player who has proven himself.

It can be said that he is one of the best substitute players in the entire league.

Players like this are very rare in the entire league.

Therefore, after Barea performed very well in this year's finals, many teams want to get him.

Barea was so uncomfortable playing with the SuperSonics last season that a blind person could see it.

With James Harden's style of play, he doesn't have the ball in his hands, and he has to take the blame for James Harden's sticky balls and buzzer-beating passes. No one is comfortable playing.

If this person is not Barea, but replaced by another outstanding sixth man in the league, the team has made it clear that it will focus on cultivating other substitute players. Although it has not lost its sixth man position, the future sixth man will

The team obviously prefers James Harden. Under such circumstances, it would be unbearable for James Harden to take the blame for the situation, let alone a season, even a month.

But out of the team's trust in Yes, Barea did not explode. He worked conscientiously and was cheated by James Harden on the bench for a season. In the finals, when the Sonics needed to score the most, he

Still stood up.

Although this year's finals were swept 4-0, it is certain that this year's finals were very difficult. If it weren't for the outstanding performance of Rondo and Barea, if they had lost in the third game, everything would have been unknown.

Already.

Therefore, for Barea, whether it is Nelson, Yes, other SuperSonics management or even the fans, they are very, very grateful.

Even Ye Si felt a little guilty.

In order to cultivate James Harden, Barea's sacrifice was indeed very, very big.

So regarding Barea's future, although neither Ye Si nor Nelson said anything, they both had a hunch that sooner or later there would be such a day...

Barea is the veteran of the Seattle SuperSonics.

He is one of the team's key players who came to the SuperSonics with Ye Si in 2006.

Tucker, Millsap, Rondo, Barea, and Milicic, these five Sonics veterans have a very special status in the Sonics.

Among them, Barea was even the leader of these five people.

No one wants Barea to leave, but everyone has a hunch that Barea is likely to leave after the end of this season.

Barea, Millsap, and Tucker, these three players who came to the team in 2006 and signed three-year, 2 million contracts with the team, all have their contracts expired this year.

There is no problem with Millsap and Tucker's contract extensions.

Millsap is now the team's starting power forward, and his position is very stable.

As for Tucker, because his offense is still being honed and his abilities in other aspects are also being honed, Tucker's current position is not that stable, but neither he nor the team has any intention of separating.

Tucker enjoys life in the Seattle SuperSonics, and the Seattle SuperSonics also need a player like this on the team who can rush forward and 'fight' with others at any time.

Therefore, both Millsap and Tucker reached a contract extension agreement with the SuperSonics before the finals ended.

Millsap reached a five-year, $55 million contract with the team.

Tucker, on the other hand, has a five-year, 15 million contract.

In an environment where the NBA's salary cap is likely to exceed 80 million this year, the contracts of Millsap and Tucker are actually not high.

It's hard to say for Tucker, but Millsap, if he is willing to go to the free market, his contract can be slightly larger.

But because Milicic's contract is 60 million over five years, when Milicic signed the contract, the league's salary cap had not increased significantly. Although it was a maximum salary at that time, it is indeed not a maximum salary now.

Although Milicic himself didn't care very much, he wanted to prevent Milicic from feeling uncomfortable.

Millsap actively requested that his contract extension should not be larger than Milicic's.

Based on Millsap's performance in the past few seasons, whether he stays in the SuperSonics or leaves the SuperSonics, it is actually very simple for him to get a higher contract than Milicic.

It's just that Millsap simply believes that his strength and contribution are not as good as Milicic's. Forget it if it's Durant and Rondo. His contract is higher than Milicic's, which really destroys the unity of the team and the relationship between him and Milicic.

Xiqi's friendship.

Players who are willing to stay with the Seattle SuperSonics always put the unity of the team and the friendship between players first. Even the players who leave also choose to sacrifice themselves when their own interests conflict with the interests of the team.

interests.

Such a team atmosphere.

This makes Nelson, who has been in the NBA for thirty or forty years, find it incredible.

It can be said very clearly that he has never seen a team like the Seattle SuperSonics in the NBA.

Because it feels like it has just ended, many people are moved by the fairy tale of the Seattle SuperSonics. Durant and Yeas were able to even give each other the MVP award in the finals.

This kind of touch and shock can be felt even more deeply as a person who has experienced this team.

Barea's contract was a three-year, $2 million contract signed in 2006.

Although the contract has expired, the Seattle SuperSonics still have priority for Barea's contract extension, and Barea is a restricted free agent.

So for the Seattle SuperSonics, Barea's contract is valuable.

As long as the Sonics are willing, they can reap good benefits from Barea's contract.

But neither Presti, Yes, nor Nelson were in favor of trading Barea's contract.

For a player who has sacrificed so much for the team, other Sonics players are looking at him. Such a player is worthy of the Sonics' sacrifice.

Barea has the right to choose a team he likes, and he also has the right to choose a team worthy of him.

Barea now goes to the free market, and many teams hope to get him. As long as Barea is willing, the Seattle SuperSonics will not set any obstacles for his departure.

So now Barea can enjoy the entire NBA tour.

As an important player on the two-time championship team, he also has such qualifications.

Compared with last year, the NBA free market in 2009 is not very good this year.

Although Kobe Bryant is the biggest fish in this year's free market, all fools know that Kobe ended his contract early this year and jumped into the free market. He did not threaten the Lakers to leave, nor did he really want to leave. It was simply because of the current salary cap.

After a sharp increase, he wanted to jump out and get a bigger contract.

In addition to Kobe, the Jazz's Carlos Boozer and Okur, the Lakers' Turkoglu, and the Magic's Odom are already considered big fish in this year's free market.

In fact, in addition to Kobe Bryant, there is another big fish in the NBA free market, Rockets star Tracy McGrady.

It is rumored that McGrady has rejected the Rockets' contract extension and is preparing to opt out of the contract.

But McGrady's attitude is very ambiguous.

To jump out of the contract is to jump out of the contract, but there is no clear refusal to refuse.

Many teams have contacted McGrady, but these teams are not at the level of championship contenders.

Many people have doubts about how much strength McGrady can still have after being seriously injured for a season.

McGrady is indeed not that old, only 30 years old.

But there are many hidden dangers of injuries.

It would be difficult for a competitive team to place a maximum salary on McGrady.

What's more, McGrady's current strength is still in doubt.

And McGrady looks down on those weak teams.

According to many experts, Tracy McGrady and the Rockets are in a game stage.

The Rockets hope that McGrady will not break out of his contract and play for another year. As long as there are no problems with his physical condition, he will renew his contract with the maximum salary next season.

McGrady obviously doesn't want this. Either he renews his contract this season or loses me.

In the end, will McGrady end up with a weak team or re-sign with the Rockets with a maximum salary?

This depends on the outcome of the game between Tracy McGrady and the Rockets.

Before the finals, many people believed that the Rockets did not dare to bet on Tracy McGrady with the team's future.

According to the current salary cap and McGrady's playing experience, he can get 35% of the salary cap in the Rockets. The salary cap is 80 million. 35% is a starting salary of 28 million. Of course, McGrady's contract extension with the Rockets requires five years.

A year-long contract, five years, that’s $160 million!

At $160 million over five years, this will be the largest contract in NBA history.

Now many people are watching whether the Rockets will satisfy Tracy McGrady's big appetite.

There are also many people who are looking at who between McGrady and Kobe will become the player with the largest contract in NBA history.

Most teams cannot catch up with McGrady and Kobe, two giants, so there are only a few big fish left in this year's free market.

As for these approximations, after the Seattle SuperSonics turned around, none of them were suitable.

There wasn't even a player to fill the void left by Barea's departure.

The Seattle SuperSonics' task of defending their title next season is already very difficult, and it is already very difficult to find a player who can enhance the team's strength.
To be continued...