Reporter Joe Vardon reported that JR-Smith’s salary in the Cavaliers next season is 15 million US dollars, of which 4 million is guaranteed, if the Cavaliers lay off Smith
, then the team can free up 11 million new space.
The possibility that the Cavaliers choose to fire JR-Smith directly before July 1 is increasing.
JR-Smith, born in 1985, entered the NBA and played for the Hornets and the Nuggets. He joined the CBA Zhejiang Chouzhou Bank in September 2011, averaging 34.4 points per game.
When his three-pointer feels good, once it is accurate, it is crazy, but it is not too stable. It is nicknamed “nervous knife” by fans.
After playing in the CBA for one season, he returned to the NBA Knicks.
In the 2015-2016 season, JR-Smith joined the Cavaliers who had James and Irving at the time.
12 of 30 points, can be regarded as one of the heroes who won the championship that year, and the guard with a knife back then.
JR-Smith, who is “nervous knife”, also had a dramatic performance on the court. In G1 of the 2017-2018 Finals, JR-Smith grabbed a rebound at the last moment, did not choose to shoot, and did not pass to James at the top of the arc, nor called
The timeout caused the team to lose an excellent chance to win. After the game, he said that he thought his team was in the lead. This gave him a lot of trouble.
Since James left the Cavaliers last season, the team’s performance has plummeted. This season’s regular season ranked second to last in the Eastern Conference. The team’s poor performance has entered the rebuilding stage:
First, in this year’s draft, the Cavaliers signed guard Darius Garland with the No. 5 pick and forward Wenlen Windler with the No. 26 pick. They traded to get the No. 30 pick and chose Kevin Porter;
Young rookies join the team, expecting to complete the rebuild as quickly as possible.
Second, in order to speed up the team’s reconstruction and rejuvenate the team, according to media reports, the Cavaliers even put Love, the core of the team, on the trading shelf.
In November 2018, the Cavaliers revealed to the outside media: “JR no longer plays for the team.”
This has something to do with the decline of JR-Smith’s state. It is more about the team’s rebuilding, poor performance, and more opportunities for young people to play.
JR-Smith, who has no chance to play in the team, has also revealed to the outside world many times that he hopes the team can trade him and go to other teams. He has already had irreconcilable conflicts with the team.
The Cavaliers will have a lot of salary pressure next season, and they must ensure that their total salary next season is below the luxury tax threshold of $132 million.
It is normal for the team to consider cleaning up the team’s salary space and lay off JR-Smith when JR-Smith’s state declines and the team has made it clear that he will not use him.
The NBA is essentially a business.