How to make a decision? Randall wants to break out of the contract and seek maximum salary, and the Wolves renewal fee exceeds 200 million yuan is in a dilemma

Currently, players from other teams, except for the Pacers and Thunder, have started their holiday life. For free agents, the most important thing is to find a contract during the offseason to ensure that they still exist in the league.

Although the finals are not over yet, the work of renewing contracts between each team and the players has begun. For example, the Rockets renewed the contracts of center player Adams for 3 years and $39 million. Later, he used a salary of tens of millions of yuan to keep the Udu card. Recently, the Nets' "Little Train" Thomas also reached a four-year, $100 million contract extension with the team.

And for the Timberwolves, it will be a top priority to settle Randle's contract this summer. As the main bargaining chip in Towns' trade last year, Randall was sent to Minnesota. He averaged 18.7 points, 7.1 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game throughout the regular season, shooting 48.5% from the field and 34.4% from three-pointers. Compared with his $27.56 million salary, it is also worth the money.

However, the things that bother the Timberwolves have just arrived this summer. After the end of last season, Randall still has a contract worth $29.46 million a year, but he is likely to choose to break out of the contract and seek a four-year, $196 million maximum salary contract. This made the Timberwolves difficult.

If Randall has always been a lukewarm performance in the regular season, then he himself dared not speak out, hoping to reach a maximum salary with the Timberwolves. However, in the playoffs, Randall delivered a very excellent answer. He averaged 21.7 points, 5.9 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game, shooting 50% from the field and 38.5% from three-point shooting percentage, played 15 games for the team and helped the Timberwolves to the Western Conference Finals. Perhaps this is the capital he asked for a big contract.

However, the Timberwolves must not be deceived by this superficial data. As early as during the Lakers, Randall had some "brush" attributes. After being traded to the Knicks, he did whatever he wanted before Brunson, Hart and others came to the team. Although he can often maintain a 20+10 average per game in the regular season, Randall's form declined significantly as soon as the playoffs arrived. For example, in the 20-21 season, he represented the Knicks in five playoff games, averaging 18 points, 11.6 rebounds and 4 assists per game, but his shooting percentage was only 29.8%. When he entered the playoffs again a year later, he averaged 16.6 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 3.6 assists per game, and his shooting percentage was only 37.4%.

This is too low for a forward player who is 2.03 meters tall. Even when we came to the Timberwolves, the Western Conference Finals faced the Thunder directly invisible in both key games. In the second game of the Western Conference Finals, Randle made only 2 of 11 shots, scoring 6 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. In the fourth game of the Western Conference Finals, he made 1 of 7 shots, only scored 5 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists. So the Thunder can defeat the Timberwolves so easily 4-1, which has a lot to do with Randall's sluggish state.

At the same time, in terms of salary, it is also risky to renew Randle with an average salary of nearly $50 million. Currently, the Timberwolves are facing huge salary pressure. Last season, the team's total salary reached US$237.7 million, and the luxury tax alone was paid US$95.96 million. This year, Alexander Walker is preparing to renew his contract and give Randle such a large contract, the team may face a luxury tax fine of about US$200 million.

Even if the team retains last season's team, the overall strength of the team is still a little worse than the championship teams such as the Celtics and the Thunder. Leaving the team's salary space will "explode", and not leaving it will lose a powerful player in vain. The Wolves might as well use it as a bargaining chip to trade super giants like Durant and Antetokounmpo. Especially if Antetokounmpo has the intention to leave the team, everyone except Edwards of the Timberwolves can become trading chips. By then, the combination of the league's No. 1 shooting guard + the league's No. 1 power forward may help the Timberwolves bring the championship trophy to Minnesota. Do you think the Timberwolves should use the maximum salary to renew Randle's contract at this stage? Welcome to leave a message for discussion!