After a summer of entanglement, the early renewal of Croal was finally completed before the 2022-23 season was kicked off. The four-year 0.13 billion-year contract was given, and both the heat and Croal were pushed to the headlines. NBA figures such as Lillard and Poole responded. Similar to the Knicks renewal of Barrett, the renewal of Croal is also like Plan B for the Heat. Just judging from the salary situation of the heat in the future, they may have gone further and further on the way to the Championship.
The early renewal of Croal blew up the NBA. Lillard updated the media and shook his head and wrote: “It’s not serious, man!” Poole forwarded relevant reports as if he had received the treasure. It was suspected that he was reminding the Warriors to “ask me for the price according to this”. Perhaps it is expected that there will be many doubts from the outside world. Riley also appeared to say that Croal is a player who can exert influence in many aspects and is improving every season, it is extremely exciting to continue with him for 5 years.
In fact, although the guests are enjoying themselves now, what is certain is that the renewal of Croal should not be the original intention of the heat; Even if the renewal of the contract, the Heat would not want to do things this summer. Before that, American media had reminded the heat that after the renewal of the contract Croal, his annual salary would suddenly increase to 30 million levels, which was a proper “poison contract” and would be extremely difficult to sell next year. Considering that Croal of his career has made progress but the ups and downs are relatively large, the renewal with him in advance should be listed as Plan B by the heat.
Speaking of which, it reminds people of Barrett. During the off-season this year, heat and Knicks became big buyers in the market one after another. The Knicks coveted Mitchell and wanted to take it home; The heat was designated as the next home by Durant and Mitchell successively. Even more coincidentally, Barrett and Croal were the main chips for the two teams to buy big names this summer. But later, the Knicks and the Heat both smashed the big contract to the players of our team. As the students of the 2019 class, they got a similar contract and even set the reward clause, which was exactly the same.
Not long after the Knicks renewed their contract, Mitchell was sent to the Knight, and the dust settled. Therefore, when the Heat delayed the renewal contract to Croal today, there were also fans who gave it to Riley: “Your reaction has been slow for Knicks for a whole month.”
Although it is plan B, the renewal of Croal is also imminent for the Heat. First of all, it was very convenient to choose the time when the contract was renewed Croal this year. After all, he just got the best sixth person and had a thick chip to talk about salary increase with the team. Secondly, according to the recent market situation, it is difficult for the Heat to exchange Croal for players of the same level. It is better to keep it for your own use than selling it at a low price. Finally, the heat does not renew its contract, and other teams offer Croal. It will be more difficult to stay until next year, it may also affect the unity of the dressing room next season.
Of course, there is also a problem of how to treat Croal when the heat renews its contract for Croal. At this point, Knicks and the Heat stood together again. Barrett and Croal are the core main forces of their respective teams, which is true. In the season of the rise of the Knicks, the industry had predicted that Barrett would become the next player to attack and defend, and Croal was elected more than six this year. In addition, neither of them had been selected as an all-star, to be exact, they are still players wandering on the edge of all-star (although Croal attributed this to playing substitute), with distinct advantages and disadvantages and unique functionality.
In a word, Knicks and the Heat turned around after being “confused and charming” by other stars, but found that the man around them was not bad either.
Yesterday, little Nance and Adams won the new contract. Salary experts analyzed that neither of them had a premium contract. Congratulations to Pelican and grizzly bear. Today’s salary expert Bobby Max also analyzed that considering the renewal of the contract by Croal next year, the heat has to offer a starting salary of 33.5 million at most, so the 4-year 0.12 billion contract excluding the reward clause is still a relatively reasonable price.
But even so, the hot fans are still “deep sitting and eyebrows”. First of all, Croal had been asking for the first release before, and as soon as the contract was given, the Heat seemed not good enough to continue to support a replacement with an average salary of 30 million. It was foreseeable that Croal would be promoted to the first release next season.
Secondly, after the renewal of Croal, the future salary situation of the heat is not optimistic. Take the 2023-24 season when the new contract came into effect Croal as an example. If the average salary is 30 million, only he, Butler (45.18 million), Adebayor (32.6 million) and lorry (29.68 million) will be used for this season. The total salary of 5 people with Duncan Robinson (18.15 million) exceeded 0.15 billion.
However, the upper limit of this core has been revealed in the near future, and it is very difficult to make changes (3 out of 5 people basically do not have transaction value at present), the space left for Riley to move around will be extremely limited. This also means that in the next few years, the heat may be in the current state: it can’t fall out of the playoffs, but it can’t reach the championship. Fans joked: “If you drive a high salary but can’t win the championship, how long will the hot Boss Attack?” Some fans also sighed, “has Butler’s dream of champion been shattered?”
During the off-season in 2020, the heat and Adebayor completed the renewal, which was regarded as a signal to withdraw from the competition of alphabet brothers, similar to this year’s situation; During the off-season in 2021, the Heat renewed Butler and Deng Luo, lorry was introduced, but the contract of the latter two people was far less valuable than Butler’s contract; And this year it was Croal. In the future, can the Heat still take a new road? (Supine support/fur)