Who is the player who turned down the Lakers 5 million annual salary?

<> back in 2018, the Lakers used an extension clause on Rohr Deng's contract and spread the remaining $15 million of his contract over the next three seasons, which also allowed them to create salary space to pursue superstar players in the 2019 offseason, but this obviously affected the Lakers' reinforcements this year and the next two seasons.

According to the American media Shams Charania, the NBA has officially rejected the Lakers' request to remove this salary.

In fact, this is an expected result, as the team would have to prove that the player had suffered a career-ending injury in order to pass such an application. It's just that Luol Deng played 22 games for the Timberwolves after leaving the Lakers.

This offseason, due to salary space limitations, the Lakers could only use the non-taxpayer mid-range exception to sign Harrell, but at the same time, it also triggered a hard salary cap of about 100 million dollars, which also made the Lakers have to send McGee to the Cavaliers to release the salary space to sign Marc Gasol. So if Rohr Deng's $5 million salary space can be freed up, it will undoubtedly allow the Lakers to make a move in the trade or buyout market. Now, it's going to be harder for the Lakers to make a move in the middle of the season.

There is also the fact that the Lakers seem to have the desire to pursue Brother Alphabet in the 2021 offseason, but in the case of limited salary space, the Lakers may have to give up Pop and Harrell, and even the two superstars like James and Davis may have to take salary cuts to make the addition of Brother Alphabet possible.

Theoretically, James can sign a contract with a 35% salary cap, and Davis and Antetokounmpo both sign contracts with a 30% salary cap, which means that these three players account for 95% of the total salary. If the Lakers also sign 10 base-salary players, that would cost exactly $9.3 million in salary space. It's just that with the team still saddled with that $5 million salary, it makes it unlikely that the Lakers will make such a move again.

To be clear, Rohr Deng will still get all of the salary in his contract, but the Lakers want those salaries to be removed from the salary cap, but the Lakers' plans for the next three aspects of a mid-season trade, a buyout of player signings and a potential pursuit of Antetokounmpo or other All-Star players next offseason have become difficult if the NBA side has not agreed to the move. "Miracle" is not an exaggeration.

The player who turned down the Lakers' $5 million annual salary was Rajon Rondo, who left the Lakers in pursuit of a higher salary.

He's Bradley, he's a very good basketball player, he's got a lot of explosiveness.

The player who turned down the Lakers' 5 million annual salary was Rohr Deng, and Rohrdeng also played 22 games for the Timberwolves after leaving the Lakers.

He's Bradley, a good basketball player, and he's very explosive in basketball.

On December 29, <> Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Lakers lost to the Trail Blazers 107-115, missing three consecutive wins. In this game, the Lakers' bench lineup scored only 23 points, losing to the Trail Blazers by as many as 22 points. Harrell played 27 minutes in this game, scoring 9 points and 6 rebounds on 3-of-5 shooting, which was already the best performance among the bench players, but even so, the Lakers lost a full 20 points to the Trail Blazers when he was on the floor, second only to Kuzma.

This offseason, the Lakers poached Harrell from the Clippers with a mid-level contract, and after getting the sixth man of the year last season, many Lakers fans felt that they had picked up a big bargain. However, some fans have raised concerns that although Harrell's stats are good, the problem is that he belongs to the offensive and non-defensive type of players. On the offensive end, he does score high points at times, but often on the defensive end, Halley Sancho will give opponents more points.

This game against the Trail Blazers is the best proof of this. At the end of the fourth quarter, Harrell played a 2+1 to help the Lakers overtake the score 99-98. But since then, he has completely become the focus of the Trail Blazers' attack, because Harrell's defensive positional sense is so bad that he often doesn't know what to do after a pick-and-roll.

As a result, whether it is an outside ball carrier or an inside screener, Harrell will be missed.

After Harrell played 2+1, the Trail Blazers immediately assisted Nurkic by McCollum to eat the cake, and this goal was caused by Harrell's failure to delay McCollum's ball and Nurkic after blocking. In the next round, it was McCollum and his teammates who asked Harrell to block and dismantle, but this time, Harrell didn't dare to pounce, and let McCollum shoot an empty basket, which resulted in an easy three-point shot.

Due to Harrell's huge defect in blocking and dismantling, the Trail Blazers were constantly attacking him at the last moment, Lillard's 2+1 seemed to foul Schroder, but in fact, this ball was also squeezed in front of him by Lillard because Harrell did not close the door in time. In the next round, the Trail Blazers asked Nurkic to improve the position for Lillard to block and dismantle, but Harrell lost the defensive position again, and Lillard assisted Nurkic to win easily.

Seeing that the Trail Blazers used the two guns to take turns with Nurkic to block and dismantle Harrell in almost every round, Vogel finally couldn't bear it anymore and replaced Harrell at the end of the game. But at this time, the Lakers have gone from leading by 1 point to trailing by 8 points, and even James can't fill the big hole dug by Harrell.

Harrell plays hard and has a strong impact, but because of his lack of height and poor defensive positioning, he will inevitably become a black hole on the defensive end. But the Lakers, who have James and thick eyebrows, really need Harrell's so-called offensive power? The answer is obvious.

And why didn't the Clippers keep Harrell and let the Lakers pick up this so-called "ruined Qiyi", now fans should also understand!

He did well on the field, and he worked seamlessly with his teammates without making any big mistakes.

He's Harrell, and although he's explosive, his performance on the field is very average, and he makes a lot of mistakes.

It's not bad, it's basically worth it, because he's very helpful in tandem with the team.

If there are low-paid and high-energy players, with the exception of Danny Green, who was the first to be sent away, Howard and Morris are two new signings who are suitable, because none of them has a salary of more than $3 million. Of course, if you can't play Bradley for personal reasons, you have to throw it out!

Howard, who is low-paid and has no security of $2.56 million! Howard was once known as the man who replaced James alone, although he has changed several teams in recent years, but after all, he has the aura of five rebounding kings, two blocks kings, and three DPOY, plus his successful weight loss, definitely more than $2.56 million in salary, or a sum of no security, and can be cut by the team at any time.

In such a situation, Howard still played conscientiously, and even cut 25 points and 15 rebounds in the half of the game against the Cavaliers; On the stage of the playoffs, Howard showed a wealth of experience in big battles, especially in the series against the Nuggets, Howard not only prevented Jokic to the greatest extent, but also played efficient performances in G4 and G5 battles (12 points, 11 boards, 9 points, 9 boards and 2 blocks).

Markieff Morris with a low salary of $1.75 million! Perhaps when it comes to Morris being a high-energy player with a base salary, some fans will deny it, because he did repeat the "JR's short circuit" incident in the final stage of the G5 battle in the finals, but the merit is the merit and the demerit is the fault, and the rewards and punishments must be clear. Throughout the 19-20 playoffs, Markieff Morris shot 42 percent from three-point range.

Of course, in addition to the three-pointers, he is also a defensive stalwort. In the G2 + G5 game against the Rockets, Morris shot 8 of 9 from beyond the three-point line and scored 32 points; In the G3 game against the Heat Finals, Morris scored 19 points on 5-of-11 shooting from beyond the three-point line.

Since the opening of the free market in 2020, Markieff Morris has agreed to re-sign with the Lakers with a one-year salary, while Howard has chosen to leave the Lakers "by mistake".

The Los Angeles Lakers signed Marc Gasol on a two-year contract, of course, Gasol Jr.'s contract will not be low-salary, but the All-Star center, who also has a DPOY+ championship, is definitely an important factor for the Lakers to defend their title. What Xiao Qi wants to say is that the Lakers signed Wesley Matthews with a two-year exception of $3.6 million a year. Although Matthews' salary last season was only $2.56 million a year, the Lakers must have made the wisest choice to sign Matthews for the following reasons:

1, Matthews averaged three-pointers per game in the playoffs last season, and Green averaged three-pointers per game and shot percentage; 2. Matthews had an annual salary of $2.56 million last season, while Green had an annual salary of nearly $15 million; 3. Matthews' assist ratio is significantly better than Green's; 4, Matthews joined the Bucks with the highest demand for the championship with the base salary last season, but it didn't come to pass, the Bucks didn't even touch the floor of the East Finals; 5, Matthews has a heart that swears to win the championship!

Low salary, high energy, the Lakers signed a successful signing, and that player is Howard, who signed with the Lakers for $1.75 million this season, and he performed quite well in the playoffs and won the NBA championship with the Lakers.

This player is Morris, Morris joined the Lakers in the middle of this season with a base salary, averaging nearly 6 points per game in the playoffs, with a three-point shooting rate of more than 40%, and is a relatively stable three-point shooter for the Lakers.

This player is Big Morris, he was not the Lakers' first choice, he joined in the middle of the season, and he didn't perform well at first, but he didn't expect to explode in the playoffs.

Because there is no playing time. Yi Jianlian can only become a water cooler player if he stays with the Lakers, and he has no stable playing time.

Because he may be looking for some better environment, he feels that the salary is relatively small, because his skills are very powerful.

In 13 years Bynum has been traded to the Philadelphia 76ers.

$100 million for all players on the team.

The highest in the NBA is, how can there be Bynum???

Refuse a million-dollar salary and don't want to leave the Lakers! But the Lakers really don't need you.

After the Lakers successfully won the championship last season, the value of the Lakers' players is undoubtedly rising, and the team's second-in-command "thick eyebrow brother" Anthony Davis, second-team core Rajon Rondo and playoff starting point guard Caldwell Pope and others have chosen to jump out of their contracts to become free agents in order to seek higher salaries. However, there is one Lakers player who is in a very awkward position, and he is the Lakers' starting point guard before the resumption, Avery Bradley. Let's take a look.

Bradley performed very well in the regular season last season, and as the starting point guard, he became an important part of the Lakers' iron-blooded defense, and Lakers head coach Vogel even created offensive tactics for Bradley. However, after the resumption, Bradley did not choose to go with the team, and the Lakers suddenly lost a point guard who started the entire season. Fortunately, Pope and Rondo found their form back, which allowed the Lakers' backcourt not to have too many holes, and in the end it did not affect the Lakers' championship.

Even if we don't talk about Bradley's option to not participate in the rematch, Bradley is now in an awkward position. And Bradley, who thinks highly of himself, also gave up the original 5 million one-year contract, chose to exercise the player option to jump out of the contract, and wanted to sign a two-year contract with the Lakers with a higher salary. This will undoubtedly make the Lakers' already poor salary space even more congested.

But now the Lakers may not need this greedy player, according to a well-known American reporter, the Lakers signed free agent Wesley Matthews, and only a one-year base salary of $3.6 million. Matthews was one of the Bucks' starters last season and is an extremely defensive backcourt. Perhaps he could be the perfect replacement for Bradley, and we may have to say goodbye to Bradley.

His refusal to participate in the rematch led to the team finishing at the bottom of the rematch, and in the playoffs, without him, the Lakers still won the championship, so to speak, he is now more embarrassed in the team, with or without him.

He is not needed. The Lakers have long looked for a replacement for him, and now the forward position is full of talent.

The Lakers don't need him anymore, because he chose not to play in the rematch when the Lakers needed him, and he also asked for a higher salary, and the Lakers have found a better fit.