Only played for one season, but was ruthlessly abandoned! The fastest regression in the NBA, you may be the time to retire

NBA's old-school stars actually have their own difficulties. James will implement the player option of $52.6 million next season, which makes his personal goals conflict with the Lakers' future. The Lakers cannot further improve their lineup through strengthening, and James also needs to think deeply about his retirement time node, and whether to choose to end the Lakers. The Warriors where Curry is located have already set in the west. The average lineup is too old, with most short players. It is difficult to make a name for themselves in the Western Conference where there are many strong people. The Warriors' dynasty may have completely ended. Durant joins the Rockets and is in the environment of a top-level lineup, but in fact he is also facing considerable pressure. If the Rockets cannot achieve results next season, KD, as the star of the company, may be nailed to the pillar of shame, and Green's formula has never been broken.

Harden has been unable to overcome the playoffs in recent years, and his spirit has become the biggest factor that hinders him from breaking through the upper limit. Of course, if you want to talk about the most embarrassing old-school star now, it must be Westbrook. Westbrook has been wandering in the league in recent years, and he has to change his team almost in one season. He has been with 7 teams in the past six years. For Westbrook, the gap he experienced was too big, from the team leader in the Thunder period to the Wizards and the second and third leaders in the Lakers period, to the Clippers and Nuggets who have completely become role players. In the 22-23 season, Westbrook also received the second highest annual salary of 47 million in the league. After being traded by the Lakers to the Jazz, he was cut by the Jazz and only signed a basic salary contract with the Clippers. The value suddenly changed from a maximum salary to a basic salary, and there may be no precedent in the entire NBA history. There are almost few stars who can accept this kind of sense of gap that is overwhelming. If you let James, Curry, Durant play with basic salary, it is probably better to retire directly. Westbrook is so optimistic, and can still maintain a good attitude and be willing to accept the reality that his ability is declining. A defender like him who relies especially on explosive power at the peak of his career is indeed easy to experience a cliff-like decline as he grows older. For example, players like Ross, Thomas Jr., Wall all have similar experiences. On the contrary, technology like Curry and Paul have strong organizational capabilities, which will last longer after the post-hygiene career. Of course, for Westbrook, the real turning point was when the Lakers joined forces with Zhan Mei, and his athletic ability was indeed declining.

But there is another key factor. His personal attributes are incompatible with the Lakers. On the one hand, it is because the ball rights conflict with James. Both of them need to hold the ball a lot to find the feel. On the other hand, it is because the rhythm is incompatible with the team. In order to take care of James and Mei, the Lakers have a slow off offensive rhythm and like to play positional battles. Westbrook has always liked to make fast attacks, and it is easy to make mistakes when encountering a system like the Lakers. In the end, Westbrook lost his value in the Lakers. The Lakers' record back then was terrible, so I really can't blame Westbrook completely. After leaving the Lakers, even though the Clippers and Nuggets still offered him an olive branch, Westbrook could not find his peak state after all. In this year's playoffs, Westbrook actually proved himself that he decided the winner at critical moments many times, but he is still a double-edged sword that will bring greater risks to the team.

No Westbrook, the Nuggets were saddened by the Clippers in the first round of this year, but the Nuggets also knew their double-edged sword attributes. By the offseason this summer, they had no intention of renewing Westbrook contract. They probably communicated with him and would not leave him behind. Westbrook also unblocked the Nuggets on social media early. In this way, Westbrook is abandoned again and will start his wandering journey again. After becoming a free agent, the Kings decided to take in Westbrook, and the two sides also held talks, and Westbrook was also very interested in the Kings. However, another free agent defender Schroder took the lead in signing with the Kings, and defender Monk did not find a more ideal destination, basically staying with the Kings, so Westbrook's possibility of joining the Kings is getting smaller and smaller. Even if he joins the Kings, he is mainly devoted to retirement and has no possibility of competing for the championship.

played for only one season and was ruthlessly abandoned! The NBA has the fastest regression, you may be the time to retire. In his later years of his career, he could not get a big contract and it was difficult to participate in the championship. Westbrook could still stay in the NBA, everything was for love, but as a player, he would still go to that point and had to face the point of no ball to play. Compared with several other traditional stars, Westbrook might indeed be the first to retire. In an interview, Westbrook said: "God has given me such an opportunity to have such a good platform - to give all of it for the game. I hope I can inspire people from all over the world and friends who love basketball." Where do you think Westbrook's next stop will be?