The total expenditure is 380 million, and the Cavaliers become the favorite to win the championship! With one year left, you should face the team breakdown

The NBA was particularly lively this summer. Since the Thunder won the championship, many Western teams have launched a crazy arms race. The Rockets have Durant. The Nuggets have exchanged Porter Jr.’s salary for Cameron Johnson + Bruce Brown + Hardaway Jr. + Valan. The Clippers also have Bill + Paul + Collins + Daluo to join. The competition in the Western Conference is destined to be extremely fierce in the new season. According to US media estimates, the threshold for the top six in the Western Conference next season is likely to be 53 wins (49 wins last season), and teams like the Lakers and Warriors are likely to not even be able to enter the top six. The Thunder are not the only one. The West is full of suspense, but the eastern part of the new season has lost expectations early. With the Celtics’ tax avoidance + Pacers’ rest, only the Knicks and the Cavaliers are slightly competitive.

The US media "TA" announced the team's strength rankings in the new season. The Thunder dominated the top, but the second and third places belong to the Knicks and the Cavaliers respectively. This is not difficult to understand. After all, the probability of these two teams breaking out of the East is much easier than the journey to the Nuggets, Rockets and Clippers in the West, and the probability of winning the championship is naturally greater. As the trading operations of each team are settled, the salary charts of each team in the new season are basically determined. Surprisingly, the team with the highest salary in the league comes from the Eastern Conference: Cavaliers! The Cavaliers' total salary next season is US$226 million, far exceeding the 207 million yuan of the second rich line, and only exceeding 19 million yuan, but the Cavaliers pay a super luxury tax of US$149 million! According to famous reporter Festcher, there are only 13 people in the Cavaliers' lineup, and the 14th person is planning to give an unsecured contract!

Cleveland team reporters also confirmed that the Cavaliers did not consider signing the 15th man and withdraw from the competition against Ben Simmons! It’s not that they are not interested. If they give Simmons a basic salary contract, it means they have to bear nearly 10 times the luxury tax penalty, which I can’t stand! Let’s look at the Cavaliers’ salary structure. Next season, the team’s five starters: Mitchell is $46.39 million + Mobley is $46.39 million + Garland is 39.45 million + Hunter is 23.3 million + Allen 20 million. These five teams have already earned 176 million salary, the key is the bench, Struss is 15.94 million + Ball Ball 10 million + Merrill 8.48 million + Wade 6.6 million! This summer, the Cavaliers lost Jerome and sent Ocro away for Ball Brother. In addition, they signed Nans Jr., which was already under the penalty of super luxury tax. What is the upper limit for this team? Last season, the Cavaliers' regular season record was 64 wins and 18 losses, and they have been ranked first in the Eastern Conference from the beginning to the end of the season. In the first round of the playoffs, he played against the Heat in 4 games, and after 4 games, he scored 122 points, which was almost equivalent to playing in a warm-up match, and he encountered no obstacles. But the second round of facing the Pacers was exposed! Garland fell down due to injury to his toe, Mitchell fought alone, and the two inside players Allen and Mobley lacked firepower on the offensive end, and the others couldn't help much. If injuries will hinder this young team from moving forward, it is nothing more than coming again next season, but do they still have a chance? For two levels, let’s talk about the court first. In exchange for Ball, he temporarily replaced Garland, who was absent in the early stage of next season, and it is expected that it will be difficult to make a comeback in the first 30 games.

But the key is that the core guard combination of Garland + Mitchell is too obvious. In the regular season, the two can win 10.3 points in a hundred rounds, but there are two aspects: facing the top 10 teams in the league, they lose 4.8 points in a hundred rounds, and facing other teams, they can win 13 points in a hundred rounds; in the playoffs, when Garland + Mitchell appeared at the same time, they lost 11.3 points in a hundred rounds, which is counting the four-game scoring matches against the Heat! It is conceivable how bad this combination is when they face a strong team! Both of them are short in height and lack of confrontation. The Cavaliers can win the weak teams in the regular season, but in the playoffs, both of them are easily named, especially Garland, whose On-Off value is -26.7 in the playoffs!

Entering the offseason, there were also some rumors that the Cavaliers hope to find a new home for Garland and Allen, and even had something to do with James. In the words of a salary expert, the Cavaliers must do subtraction at the moment. Garland has three years and a maximum salary contract of 126 million yuan, which has seriously restricted the team's normal operations. But two months have passed and the Cavaliers have no movement. Here are two interpretations: Garland's trading market is very bad and no one is willing to take over; the Cavaliers do not want to break up the pair, and they want to try another season. But no matter which aspect, the Cavaliers' playoff limit is actually Mitchell. Outside the court, the pressure on the Cavaliers' salary has reached a point where they have to change. The total salary next season is 226 million + luxury tax of 149 million, which is nearly US$380 million in expenditure!

By next summer, the Cavaliers will face a starting five-man salary of $195 million, which is only 6 million away from the expected luxury tax line. Even if the remaining lineup is fully paid, it is expected to exceed the second rich line, not to mention that Struce and Merrill have contracts. Beyond the second tyrant line, it is another super luxury tax and heavy penalty! This means that no matter whether the Cavaliers can succeed next season, they will be forced to break up the team and disband! According to the offseason analysis of salary expert Bobby Max, the Cavaliers need to send away at least two players with annual salary of more than 20 million like the Celtics. Garland and Allen will leave sooner or later! As a favorite to win the championship in the new season, there is no upper limit, but it is not far from disbanding.