In the last attack of overtime, fate gave adtokunbo a chance to save the Bucks. But in the face of Jimmy Butler’s defense, adtokunbo forced a breakthrough and could only spread the ball before falling to the ground.

Adtokunbo lost the chance to save the stag. Before the final whistle, Grayson Allen failed to form a shot, and the stag became the background board for the Heat to realize the black eight miracle.

When the heat will gather together to celebrate, adtokunbo walked to the board seat. After the press conference, adtokunbo was broken by the reporter’s “failure theory. Adtokunbo is saddened that what they have ruined may be a better chance to win the championship than in 2021. their lineup and experience are far better than two years ago. After missing this chance, what is waiting for them may be a storm.

The super tax and the new labor agreement will bring great challenges to the Bucks. The attitude of the management is still unclear after the new boss enters the house. Brook-Lopes, Claude and Ingels will become free agents when the contract expires, middleton has player options. Even Budenholzer, the manager during the contract period, is not safe and may be out of class in the first round.

When the training camp starts in the current season, adtokunbo does not know who will stand beside him and whether the Bucks still have enough strength to compete for the championship.

Most of the time, when a team’s performance does not meet expectations, the coach will be pushed to the front line of responsibility. Such examples have appeared countless times. After the stag was out in the first round, Budenholzer faced the crisis of class completion.

In fact, as early as 2021before the stag won the championship, Budenholzer had already heard the wind of the end of the class. It was rumored in the industry that once the Stag failed to win the championship, Budenholzer would finish the class. As you know, the Stag won the championship this season, and the management rewarded the hero. Budenholzer got a three-year renewal contract.

Budenholzer, who can lead the team to win the championship, is no different from before winning the championship. His on-the-spot adjustment, targeted arrangement before the match, or numerous slots. In the series against the Heat, Budenholzer, with a good card in his hand, had never solved the defense problem against Butler. At the critical moment, he struggled to deal with it. He was defeated by the Heat coach spolstra who was overstretched.

As a result, after the stag was out in the first round, adtokunbo publicly complained that the coaching staff did not let him go to the main defense Butler, nor did they adopt bag clip tactics, he said bluntly, “We didn’t make the right defensive adjustment to the heat, nor did we adjust as much as possible”, so he almost became Budenholzer. There is no need to be surprised if Budenholzer finishes class during the off-season this year.

For the Bucks, it is relatively easy to change the Handsome. After all, there are still two champion coaches named Nas and Vogel’s on the market. It is not so easy to reorganize the lineup, because the defeated node of the stag is too bad. The upper echelon of the stag has just been adjusted, and the consortium led by the new boss Jimmy hasram has taken the lead. The Bucks will trigger the super tax next season. The new labor agreement has more restrictions on the super tax team. The attitude of the new leadership team towards paying the super tax is still unclear. Several key members of the Bucks either have player options or will become completely free players when the contract expires.

Since the 2020-21 season, the Bucks have entered the stage of exchanging money for the championship. They have already paid a tax of 0.136 billion dollars for a championship, which is not a loss. In the past two years, Bucks have been shouting the slogan “Don’t mind paying taxes for champions”. However, if bucks become a tax team for the fourth consecutive year next season, they will trigger super tax according to regulations, the tax amount must exceed 0.1 billion dollars. This season, their tax amount has reached 79 million dollars. Can the boss of Bucks open money bag without blinking his eyes?

Ballmer, Lake bu, and Tsai Chongxin are in the minority after all.

Middleton has player options next season, worth 40.4 million dollars. Considering his age, performance this season, and injury risks, he is likely to choose the executive option to stay in the team. Taking Middleton into account, the current salary of the stag lineup is 0.157 billion dollars, only 5 million dollars from the tax line.

The starting center Lopes is still waiting to renew his contract. He is the key to the stag’s top defense during the regular season. His total cap times and the number of times he interfered with his opponent’s shooting lead the league, limit the hit rate of the opponent’s basket to 50.2 percent. According to the rules, the Bucks can offer Lopes a 3-year contract of 54 million dollars (38-year-old clause). On the premise that Middleton stayed in the team, as long as the Bucks renewed their contract with Lopes, their total salary must exceed the tax line.

In addition to Lopes, Claude and Ingels will also face a renewal of their contracts. Substitute defender Jevin Carter has player options. Assuming that the stag wants to retain the integrity of the core lineup, the stag must become the target of the new labor agreement like Warriors and Clippers.

According to regulations, teams with a total salary of more than $17.5 million in the tax line are not eligible to use the mini middle class special case for recruitment, nor can they sign contracts in the buyout market for players who have been bought out and laid off. This means that the strengthening road of the stag is blocked. Under the new regulations, the two operations that the Bucks signed Ingels with the mini middle class during the off-season last year and the mid-season contract was bought out Goran Dragic will not appear again.

These restrictions have only been implemented since the 2023-24 season. Since the offseason in 2024, the stag even has to be restricted in trading. For example, the stag cannot trade in the next 7 years, but can only trade the first round of signing in the next 4 years. But their first round of signing in the next four years was at Pelican’s. The first round of signing that they could have used for trading was the first round of signing in 2029, but if the total salary exceeded 17.5 million dollars of the tax line, they will not be able to make a deal with this first round of signing.

For example, Bucks cannot use cash in transactions. For example, in February 2022, the Clippers sent 3.8 million dollars to the stag in exchange for Ibaka. Under the new agreement, if the stag wants to learn to play the Clippers, the operation will be banned.

There are too many problems to be solved during the off-season period this year. I want to strengthen it. I don’t have the first round of signing in my hand. I only have a 58th sign with chicken ribs. There is no mini middle class exception that can be used. All they can do is to keep the stability of the original class as much as possible. The contradiction is that to retain the original class, you must pay a sky-high tax, and whether the management is willing or not is still unknown.

In addition, during the off-season this year, adtokunbo’s qualification to renew the contract in advance will be repeatedly mentioned, and his decision will attract many speculations. Adtokunbo’s contract is still 3 years away, and there are player options in 2025. He is not in a hurry to renew the contract. According to the rules, adtokunbo is eligible to renew the contract with the stag for 2-3 years in advance from September 22.

Adtokunbo’s advance renewal is divided into two schemes:

The 3-year signing is worth 0.1735 billion dollars, of which the player option worth 51.9 million dollars in the 2020-26 season is replaced by 53.5 million dollars. The annual salary of the last 2 years of the contract is 57.8 million dollars and 62.1 million dollars respectively.

Execute the contract option for the last year, and then extend the two-year contract, which is worth 0.1186 billion dollars.

Adtokunbo has no sense of urgency to renew the contract in advance, but the Bucks should have a sense of urgency. In the era of player empowerment, no one knows whether the next big brand to apply for a deal will be adtokunbo.