What was Irving s status before going to the Nets? How much does the 2016 championship bonus for him?

What was Irving's status before going to the Nets? How much does the 2016 championship bonus have he been awarded? What is the reason why he thinks the Nets don’t respect him? Brothers, please like, bookmark and follow us. Let’s start quickly and go to Barclays Center to find out the truth.

Recently, Irving mentioned that the Nets only wanted Durant, not really wanted him, and these were all known afterwards. Then let's go back to the time point in 2019 and take a look at the logic of the Nets signing the 711 combination.

First of all, 2019 is a big free market year, and many of the contracts of stars expired at that time, including Durant, Leonard, Jimmy Butler, Klay Thompson, Russell, Tobias Harris, Al Horford, etc., all became free agents, and Irving was of course one of them. Moreover, Thunder has applied for a deal to the Pelicans for half a season. After the Thunder was defeated by Lillard, the combination of Westbrook and George is also facing disintegration, so including the trading market, the summer of 2019 is a big year for players to transfer. So what is Owen's status in this? One second team, one third team, six All-Stars are his basic honors, and team honors depend on how you define the 2016 championship and its impact on Irving's resume. The reason why

is to be presented separately is because the honor of the championship itself contains too many factors of time, place and people. Generally speaking, in addition to the relatively unified evaluation of FMVP or the boss champion, there must be differences in the second champions in different years. For example, Kobe and Pippen's second champions are generally considered to be higher than Terry and Wiggins. The Pistons in 2004 and the team-oriented champions of the Spurs in 2004 will be more complicated to discuss. Irving himself also cared about these things, so one of the reasons why he took the initiative to leave the Cavaliers was that people did not have enough understanding of his contribution to the 2016 finals, which was the key three-pointer for him. The documentary replays were more like James' blocks against Iguodala.

If I personally define Irving's second-year champion, I think he is second only to the Bulls Pippen in history, Kobe Bryant's three consecutive championships, and the Warriors, no matter who Curry Durant is the second-in-command champion, higher than Gasol in 2009 but not as good as Gasol in 2010. Of course, if you have different opinions on this matter, then you will focus on your opinion. I just want to say that in that summer of 2019, Irving was the second only to Durant and Kat in terms of status.

Then, why did the Nets only want Durant at that time, not Irving? There is a part of Irving's point of view here, that is, he believes that Durant's Achilles tendon has ruptured, and no one will be as willing to wait for Durant for a year and a half like him. But in fact, as early as when Leonard joined the Clippers, Wo Shen revealed that Xiaoka helped the Raptors win the championship. The first contact was Durant. Please note that Durant's Achilles tendon had just broken less than a week at that time. Afterwards, Durant also confirmed that he politely declined Xiaoka, who was not familiar with his personal relationship, because he had agreed to go to the Nets with Irving. Therefore, the logic should be that for Irving's friendship, Durant gave up the opportunity to directly form a team with FMVP Xiao Ka, who was in high spirits at the time, and chose to fulfill his promise with Irving, rather than "no one is willing to form a team with Durant, only Irving is willing to wait." What's more, the so-called "year and a half" was also due to the 20th season being interrupted by the epidemic, so the 21st season was postponed for half a year, and Irving did not participate in the park rematch in the second half of 20 years. So this is the art of language. Although the time period that can be described in "one season", it requires the spring and autumn style of "one and a half" is somewhat suspected of exaggeration.

The reason why the Nets did not plan to ask for Irving was because they had a fourth-year student who had just scored into the All-Star season waiting for renewal. If we compare it in vain, even Russell, who was at the peak of 2019, was far inferior to Irving, who was frustrated with the Celtics at the time. After all, no matter how good they were, Irving won the second team that year. But there are two objective factors here. The first is human favor. Russell is the hero of Billy King's era to lead the team back to the playoffs after the Nets, and is also a well-known leader in the locker room. The team has promised to renew his contract with him. Even if we come up with "Business is business, you Russell is not worthy of Irving's shoes!" To put it, it also requires a huge communication cost. At least you have to find Russell the next company who is willing to sign a big contract, right? The second is the lineup adaptability. At that time, Jaret Allen, Joe Harris and others were more suitable for Russell's pick-and-split guards. Irving's personal attack is of course great, but if your teammates are all those who need you to drive, then you will be awkward to play. What's more, Durant, who is also not suitable for pure scorer teammates. If the center forward with you two is not Jordan Jr., but Horford, who switched to the 76ers, then I'll support all your decisions. But you not only like the uncle who made Paul break the defense, but even to get this guy to start and drive away the best coach six years later. Is that indirectly speaking, the concerns of the Nets' management at that time were not completely unreasonable. Irving was very good, but the Nets' lineup at that time, as long as one Durant might be more compatible.

Of course, even though the Nets did not regard Irving as their first choice, they finally respected Durant's request, signed him, sent away Russell, who they looked down upon, and even made drastic moves later. Soon, Harden, a superstar who is more suitable for sorting out the offensive end.. The management complained that Irving did not respect himself and did not refer to his opinions on signings and coaching. This is even more strange. Tyron Lue was supported by James during the Cavaliers, and Irving had never experienced changing coaches during the Celtics and Mavericks. Why did he choose the Nets?

Therefore, Irving's playing skills are undoubtedly the Human Basketball Offensive Museum and an artist on the court. I can send these praise words without blushing. Irving is also a good person. He is passionate about social welfare, is full of love for the poor, and repays his sincere enthusiasm for the fans. But at the basketball operation level, in the memories of my Nets' period, I really don't worry about it anymore. As for what you said, the Nets only want Durant but not you, I can take a step back and say that the Nets were blindly ignorant and didn’t realize your strength, but no matter if they were reluctant, they signed you with a maximum salary and gave you tactical status. As for personnel appointments and removals, management operations, etc., be good, let’s not mention it, okay?