48 million in 2 years! The Knight made the right decision for him, but the subsequent drawbacks are also obvious?

Season 24-25, the Cavaliers, who started the 15-game winning streak, tied for the top 44 wins and 10 losses in the All-Stars and tied for No. 1 in the league, did not enter the finals as expected by the outside world, and were even swept by the Pacers 4:1 gentlemen in the Eastern Conference semi-finals.

The riding manager still retains four core members: Mitchell, Garland, Evan Mobley and Jaart Allen. The potential championship in the new season is still the Cleveland's goal. Of course, the four players will also lock in the team's four starting positions.

As for another starting position, according to the NBA China official website, Hunter will become the team's starting small forward.

After being traded by the Hawks to the Cavaliers in the mid-season, Hunter made 27 appearances, including only 5 of which were the starters. Even so, I think the Cavaliers' decision to push Hunter into the starting lineup is correct.

, that is, combat power

In terms of season 24-25, Hunter made 64 appearances per game per game. In the small forward position alone, he is roughly the same level as Mikal Bridges (17.6 points per game) and Amen Thompson (14.1 points per game). To be precise, it is not the first ending point of the team like DeRozan and Jaylen Brown, but it is relatively enough.

To say one more thing, Hunter has a 37.3% three-pointer rate and has a certain ability to hold the shot, which means that Mitchell is a fixed-point pitcher in the regular period and can attack with the ball during the connection period. Having certain combat power is one of them.

Contract

Because it was traded, Hunter's contract came from the Eagles to the Cavaliers. As shown in the figure below, there are still 48 million in 2 years.

There are two points to explain the contract:

First, 24 million annual salary 25-26 quarter league 76th. It should be noted that among the top 75 people, Rozier (annual salary of 26 million this season) will play as a substitute, but it is reported that the Heat are trading him. From another perspective, even the bottom of the fish will not let a player with an annual salary of more than 20 million yuan be a substitute - it is very luxurious.

Second, this summer, the Cavaliers traded Ocorro, one of the main small forwards last season, to the Bulls for Ball, and another main small forward, Sturus, is expected to miss 3-4 months due to a fracture of his left foot and undergoing surgery.

At least at the beginning of the season, two main small forwards were missing at once, so he "can only" push Hunter to the starter, and he also has a big contract. It is a luxury to play a substitute in a big contract, which is the second one.

In summary, the reason why the Cavaliers put Hunter in the starting lineup was the correct decision, which is mainly reflected in the following two points:

1. Hunter has a certain amount of combat power;

2. Hunter bears a big contract.

These two points seem to me to be indispensable.

If Hunter does not have 17+ combat power, then there is no need to start the contract. After all, this is a possible side effect, and the Cavaliers will win the championship in the new season as mentioned earlier.

If you have immediate combat power but the contract is relatively small, you can not give a starter, and at best you can "find" it through playing time and taking action.

Only when both are there, it is not appropriate to play as a substitute.

But there are also disadvantages to bring Hunter to the starting lineup, that is, who will lead the substitute - the Cavaliers' substitute averaged 41.5 points per game in the 24-25 season, ranking 7 in the league in the same period. Hunter alone contributed more than one-third of the score. There is also Ball as mentioned, but his problem is that there are hidden dangers of injury. If the injury continues, it can be predicted that Hunter's substitute firepower will drop sharply after starting. This is not a good decision for the Cavaliers who want to win the championship.