What is the truth of Howard Oolong's farce of renewing his contract?

Last season ended successfully with the Los Angeles Lakers winning the last NBA championship. After a period of cultivation, the NBA free agent market opened two days ago. As we all know, the opening of the NBA free agent market means that many teams have to reinforce and send out players who do not meet their own system. Then the NBA team has changed the most during this period, so everyone has been paying close attention.

In this transaction, Howard and the Lakers staged a farce. He first tweeted that he would stay with the Lakers and continue to pursue the championship with them. But then Howard deleted Twitter, and after a while, it was reported that Howard had signed a contract with the 76ers. The news came out like a bolt from the blue, because Howard was one of the heroes who won the championship last season. However, it is believed that Howard will continue to compete with the Lakers for the second championship this season. Unexpectedly, he left the Lakers for the 76 ers.

After the farce was staged, some people even satirized Howard for breaking his word. He promised to stay with the Lakers, but he didn't keep his promise. But when we look closely at the offer Howard accepted, we can see that Howard left the Lakers pair not because he was jealous of the higher offer, nor because of money. So it's not that Howard broke his word in this farce. He had already reached an oral agreement with the Lakers, but as a result, he broke his original agreement because other teams offered better prices. So what is the truth of this farce?

1. There is a huge communication problem. Howard is a famous star because he has turned a new page, including his re-examination of himself on the court and his brand-new performance on the court, which has made all fans fall in love with him again. Especially last season, he played a key role in the process of the Lakers winning the championship. Moreover, his trademark sunny smile also stayed on the court, giving everyone the best strength. Moreover, he was nicknamed the leader of the Lakers atmosphere group by fans. Whenever he comes off the court, there is no audience on the sidelines, and when his teammates score goals, he will also celebrate loudly.

He put a lot of pressure on his opponent when he was on the court. After all, he is very tall, and now he is faster after losing weight. It provided a lot of frontcourt rebounds for the Lakers, and also helped his teammates to reduce a lot of pressure on the defensive end. And during the offseason, Howard also made it clear that he wanted to stay with the Lakers. According to Howard's performance last season, the Lakers renewed his contract. As can be seen from the quotation given this time, objectively speaking, Howard's price of $3 million a year is actually not high. Judging from Howard's current strength, it is very reasonable for the Lakers to get an annual salary of 3 million, but because of communication problems, it all went up in smoke.

There is no difference between winning and losing. Originally, everyone thought that Howard would not accept the low-paying offer from the Lakers, but would consider going to other teams. Actually, it's not. According to the description of people familiar with the matter, in fact, the Lakers management did not make a clear formal offer for Spark, but only gave a conceptual negotiation. But Howard mistakenly thought that he agreed to this conceptual negotiation, which was equivalent to accepting the Lakers' offer. That's why Howard sent that tweet, and finally he deleted the farce. During this period, the 76ers frantically called Howard and invited him to join the 76ers. If the Lakers are willing to call Howard at this time, maybe Howard will never consider the 76ers. But the Lakers never gave Howard a clear indication, so Howard finally joined the 76 ers with an annual salary of $2.6 million.

In fact, this time, Howard should not be responsible for this farce, nor should the Lakers management, because the Lakers management originally asked Howard and other Lakers management to respond to him. But the management didn't give Howard a satisfactory answer, which made Howard feel neglected. But in the final analysis, the Lakers do have a better choice in the free market at the moment, so this will happen.

Although the Lakers lost Howard in this signing, they made up their guns internally. Instead of bringing Pau Gasol or Ibaka, they quickly sent their middle-class players and signed harel at a very suitable price. No one has revealed the Lakers' intention to sign harel before, and even the Clippers didn't expect that harel would be willing to accept the Lakers' lower offer.

To sum up, if we ordinary people come to see this farce, it is indeed that the Lakers are too unkind to their former heroes. But after all, NBA is a business alliance. As management, how to make the team reach the best competitive level is what they need to do.