830 million! Just after winning the championship, the Thunder’s problem arose?

Everyone knows that the Thunder has won the championship.

It's a great victory, especially considering that this is the first championship in the history of the Thunder (not counting the predecessor of the Supersonics), but like all championship teams, the Thunder will inevitably face salary problems. As for this offseason, they will have more than one big contract to be offered.

First of all, Alexander, the leading player of the Thunder played the most crazy solo performance in recent years, averaging 32.7 points, 5.0 rebounds, 6.4 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.0 blocks in the regular season, with a shooting percentage of 51.9%/37.5%/89.8%, a real shooting percentage of 63.7%, leading the team to 68 wins, and a cumulative plus-negative value +918 off-level first (second +594).

Due to his outstanding performance in individual + team, Alexander was not only selected as the All-Star and the First Team, but also selected as the Scoring King + MVP. He also defeated Jokic, a three-time MVP who averaged triple-double and played the best season of his career.

This is not over. In the playoffs, Alexander led the team to eliminate the Grizzlies, Nuggets, Timberwolves and Pacers to win the championship. His performance in the Western Conference Finals and the Finals:

-Average 31.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, 8.2 assists per game, G4 40 points in a single game, G5 34 points and 4 free throws in a single game, and was elected to the Western Conference Finals MVP

-Average 30.3 points, 4.6 rebounds, 5.6 assists per game, scored 30+ in 4 games, and scored 29 points and 12 assists in a tiebreak. Alexander became the first player in the NBA this century and the fourth player in history to win the three honors of scoring + MVP + FMVP in a single season. The other three are Jabbar, Jordan and O'Neal. The point is that Alexander is only 26 years old. Because he was elected as an MVP, he has met all the conditions for the designated veteran clause and is eligible to renew his contract with the Thunder for 4 years and a super maximum salary of 294 million yuan this summer.

Alexander's existing contract and remaining years are as follows:

—2025-26 season: 38.33 million

—2026-27 season: 40.8 million

—2027-28 season, 65.68 million (the first year of super-top effectiveness)

—2028-29 season, 70.94 million

—2029-30 season, 76.2 million

—2030-31 season, 81.45 million (the first 80 million in history)

This contract will cover all the peaks of Alexander. As long as Alexander agrees to renew the contract, the Thunder management should not hesitate.

Next is Jiewei. As the second leader of the Thunder, Jiewei, 24-year-old and third-year-old, also played a very impressive season.

Regional season, averaged 21.6 points, 5.3 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.6 steals per game, shooting percentage of 48.4%/36.5%/78.9%, and real shooting percentage of 57.3%.

This is Jewe's first All-Star season. Not only that, he was also selected for the third team of the All-Squad and the second team of the All-Squad. Jewe's progress on the defensive end is an important reason why the Thunder can stand out in the regular season.

In the playoffs, Jewe also played the role of the second-in-command champion. In 23 games, he averaged 21.4 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.4 steals per game, with a shooting percentage of 44.9%/30.4%/78.9%.

Although the efficiency is not good, in some key games, Jewe's performance is still very reliable, such as the second round of the tiebreak against the Nuggets, Jewe made 10 of 17 shots in the game, scoring 24 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists. In the finals against the Pacers, Jewe performed averagely in the first two games, but from G3 to G5, he scored 26 points, 27 points and 40 points respectively. The 40 points in the finals also matched him with many celebrities and super giants. In

, Jewe averaged 23.6 points and 5.0 assists per game. In comparison, last year's FMVP Jaylen Brown averaged 20.8 points per game.

Combined with regular season and playoff performance, you can also say without suspense that Jewe will definitely receive the maximum salary given by the Thunder to renew the contract in advance.

Assuming that the salary cap continues to grow at 10%, the contract will reach about 247 million in five years. If Jewish is still selected for the Best Team next season, the contract can continue to increase to about 290 million in five years.

There is also Chet in a similar situation to Jewish. Although the latter played for one season than Jewishak, the two are rookies of the same class and are both eligible to sign early renewal this summer.

Chet's performance is objectively not as dazzling as Jewe. He only played 32 games in the regular season, and averaged only 15.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.2 blocks per game, with a shooting percentage of 49.9%/37.9%/75.4%.

The playoffs, Chet's offense had a big problem, averaging only 15.2 points, shooting percentage of 46.2% and three-point shooting percentage of 29.7%. The finals were even worse, averaging 12.3 points, shooting 39.5% from the field and 15.8% from three-point shooting percentage.

But there are two points that need to be affirmed:

First, Chet also became hard in the key game. He made 6 of 8 shots in the finals, scored 18 points, 8 rebounds and 5 blocks.

Second, Chet made outstanding contributions to the defensive end. He is the best franchise protector of the Thunder. He averaged 16 shots per game in the playoffs, his opponent's shooting percentage dropped by 7.3%, three-pointers fell by 7.6%, and 10 feet in the inside fell by 12%..

Chet's talent is actually higher than Jewe, and he is younger. He was just 23 years old last month. Due to winning the championship, the Thunder may give him a contract similar to Jewe, which is 247 million in five years, and meeting the designated rookie terms can reach 290 million in five years.

Personally, it is difficult for Chet to enter the best team, but he is healthy and can definitely make a DPOY battle. Next year, he can look forward to the DPOY battle with Wenban Yama.

Back to the Thunder, that is, in this offseason alone, they will give three large contracts worth more than 800 million:

-Alexander, 294 million in four years, effective in 2027, 247 million in five years (up to 290 million), effective in 2026, 247 million in five years (up to 290 million), effective in 2026, 247 million in five years (up to 290 million), and 2026, Alexander's super top salary is for sure. Assuming that

can finally get 290 million in four years and 247 million in 2027, then by the 2026-27 season, the annual salary of these three will exceed 130 million.

In the 2027-28 season, after Alexander's super top salary comes into effect, the three-person contracts will account for about 35%, 30% and 25% of the salary cap respectively, and the annual salary will be more than 160 million yuan.

This does not even include Harten and Caruso's annual salary of 20 million and Isaiah Giovanni and Dort's annual salary of 10 million. In addition, Carson Wallace will also face renewal.

As we said, all champion teams will encounter such problems. In the past four years, the Warriors have won three championships, and in recent years, the Bucks, Nuggets, and Celtics have had such problems.

The best thing about the Thunder is that they won the championship during the Alexander Cabbage contract and the Javierchet rookie bonus period. If the lineup is retained, there will be at least two windows for the championship, especially next year, Javierchet and Chet will be in the last year of the rookie contract.

and a very important point, the Thunder still has a large number of draft picks that can replace the existing young talent with younger talents, but if someone comes, someone will leave - can the Thunder compete for the championship stably in the next five to ten years? Management's operations, choices, and vision will be crucial.