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5.2 million, willing to join the Clippers! The most luxurious lineup in the league, Harden is not far from the championship

2:12am, 12 July 2025Basketball

From the offseason to now, the two most embarrassing traffic teams, one is the Warriors and the other is the Suns. The Warriors have no operation so far and have no gains. Kumingga cannot get it out. Horford, who has always been interested, has been reluctant to do it. If they want to stand out in the West where there are many strong people next season, it will definitely not work for the Warriors to take action. Although the Suns have operations, they have little help to improve their combat power. They have rarely received returns from Durant's transactions and want to shoot a world with Jaylen Green and Booker's two guns. In addition, the Suns have to bear the pain of giving up and intend to buy out Bill. Although it can save some of the salary space and luxury taxes, they will also pay a high price and sacrifice long-term competitiveness. If Green fails to grow as the core, the Sun may be in a situation where there is neither the present nor the future.

Then, for Bill, being bought out has its pros and cons. He needs to give up the $14 million buyout fee, but can compensate for the losses by signing a contract with the new team. Leaving the Suns, Bill has the opportunity to join a more competitive team and have a greater chance of winning the championship, but he is also likely to break away from his core tactical position in the new team, resulting in a sharp drop in his value in the future. A typical example is Westbrook. When he was in the Lakers, he received the second highest annual salary in the league - 47 million US dollars. He was traded to the Jazz by the Lakers, and was cut by the Jazz to become a free agent. In the end, the Clippers accepted him and only offered him a basic salary contract of 785,000. Since then, Westbrook can no longer go back. The market conditions in the market are only at the basic salary, and of course his ability has also declined a lot.

Bill also faces the same problem, but his top priority is to find a place for himself. NBC Sports reporter Kurt Helin reported: After Bill was bought out by the Suns, he would sign with the Clippers. The Clippers traded Powell, which was the prelude to their signing of Bill. Reporter Ary said: The general expectation of multiple teams is that Bill will join the Los Angeles Clippers soon. According to The Athletic, the Clippers are indeed the leader in the Bills battle. After trading Powell, they were under $6.7 million below the hard salary cap, and a 5.2 million middle-class special case can be used to sign Bills. Three authoritative journalists jointly reported that Bill will be on board and set sail soon. If he is Bill with an annual salary of 50 million, it can obviously be regarded as a garbage contract, and his value is seriously incompatible with his data output in recent years. In the summer of 222, Bill and the Wizards signed a maximum salary of 250 million yuan for five years, and they will expire in two years. The original annual salary next season was 53.67 million, and the annual salary in the 26-27 season was 57.13 million, which is too premium. However, if Bill was bought out and joined the Clippers, it would be really good if it was a contract of 5.2 million. After all, he still has the level of a quasi-star. Although his output is low, his efficiency is not low. Last season, in the Suns, Bill averaged 17 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal per game, with a shooting percentage of 49.7% and a three-point shooting percentage of 38.6%, which is much better than those inefficient cancer guards. There is such a data that he averaged 15+ points per game in the past two seasons, and had a three-time shooting percentage of 50/40/80% of the players, only four of them, Durant, Leonard, Towns, and the last one was Bill.

On the other hand, Bill and the Clippers are also compatible. The Clippers just obtained Collins with a deal to strengthen the No. 4 position, but lost Powell. There is a vacant gap in the shooting guard. Bill is simply the perfect candidate. He doesn't need to occupy too much ball rights. He is a purely point guard's style of playing. The Clippers already have Harden at the No. 1 position, so he and Bill can also play and cooperate. Bill was criticized during the Suns before, so he really couldn't blame him. The Suns' record was in a slump. The biggest reason was the lineup structure. There was no point holding the ball in the core, and there was also a lot of scraps in the inside line. The offense was entirely up to Durant, Booker and Bill, who were swinging in turn. It would be strange if they could compete for the championship. Bill’s biggest problem is that his contract is too big, and this is what the Suns have to choose, so it’s not the blame on Bill.

And for the Clippers, after signing Bills, their lineup will be really finalized, which can be called the most luxurious in the league. Starting Harden + Bill + Leonard + Collins + Zubac, you must be organized, defended and defended, and inside. Bill can also play more comfortable than the Suns in the Clippers, and there are no players here who completely overlap with his personal attributes. As long as Harden can maintain his regular season form last season and Leonard can stay healthy, this Clippers will definitely have hope of winning the championship. Frank, president of Clippers Operations, said: The team has solved the problem of inside reinforcement, but it still needs to continue to strengthen its outside projection and organizational offensive capabilities. This is easy to deal with. One is Bill, and the other is here to play as a substitute point guard to help Harden share the pressure on the ball. This candidate is Chris Paul. If the Clippers can get Bill and Paul at the same time, I would like to call Frank the gods. What do you think?

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