Change teams are like eating! Five active mercenary-type stars: All the former Thunder Three Young Masters are on the list

August 9, what is loyalty in the NBA? A passage Lillard said in an interview recently was impressive: being loyal to oneself is being loyal, not being loyal to the team. This is very reasonable. Teams sometimes fail the players. After all, they are commercial leagues. Therefore, players have the right to choose their home team. Some players often change teams in order to compete for the championship. Such players are called mercenaries. Let’s take a look at 5 players of this type together.

Irving

Irving wanted to be the boss in order to pursue his dream in the 2017 offseason, so he forced the Cavaliers to come to the Celtics. After joining the Celtics, the team's record was still good without him for two years. His superstar basketball was questioned by the players. Under such circumstances, Irving refused to renew his contract with the Celtics. In the offseason in the 2019, he joined forces with Durant to join the Nets. The two wanted to create a career together to prove themselves.

As a result, although they led the team well in the years with the Nets, due to the epidemic, there was a problem with the team's locker room. Irving chose to force the palace to leave the team in 23 years. The Mavericks traded. After experiencing a bumpy journey, Irving gradually matured. Now he has become the leader in the Mavericks, and has renewed his contract with the team this summer. This time, he should be able to play with the Mavericks for a long time, but he is afraid that he will lose his peak after being seriously injured and will be forced to be sent away.

Harden

Harden used to be a very loyal player, but seeing that the Rockets' operation was getting worse every year, Harden also realized that the Rockets' championship window was closed. He began to force the team to leave the team and demanded to trade himself. In 21, he forced the team to trade himself to the Nets. Harden was not happy in the two seasons of the Nets because Irving was just doing evil, and Harden also had the idea of leaving the team. He did the same thing again, and worked on the court but didn't work hard, forcing the team to trade himself.

This time he came to the 76ers, and Harden sacrificed a lot of money to join the 76ers, and helped the team to reach the second round of the playoffs for two consecutive years. However, the team's general manager cheated him and told him that as long as the salary is reduced and the team will give you a big contract next season. As a result, Harden did as required, but did not get a big contract next season. Under such circumstances, Harden forced the palace to leave the team again. Now he is in the Clippers. He is very happy here and has signed a contract extension.

Durant

Durant is considered by his black fans to be the representative of the strongest mercenary. The cause of the incident was that Durant joined the Warriors who won 73 in the regular season in the offseason in 2016. After getting him, the Warriors also became a super team. The team won two championships in 3 years. They could have won more championships, but the dream-chasing sentence "We will be the championship before you don't come", which completely defeated Durant's self-esteem. He joined the Nets in the offseason in 2019.

Everyone knows this story. After Harden and Irving left the team, Durant saw that the situation was hopeless. He also told the management that he wanted to leave and finally sent him to the Suns he liked. As a result, Durant only played in the playoffs in the past two seasons. He was also disappointed with the team. The Suns tried to trade to send him away in the offseason. As a result, Durant and Udukari should cooperate outside, causing the Suns to fail to complete the transaction with the Timberwolves, who gave the best chips, but Durant came to the Rockets he liked.

Westbrook

Westbrook is different from Harden and Durant. They choose the next home on their own initiative, while Westbrook is forced to. After Durant left the team, although the Thunder has built a team around Westbrook for several seasons, the team's record is not ideal. Under such circumstances, Westbrook is also disappointed with the team's future. In 2019, the Thunder asked Westbrook if he is willing to leave the team? Westbrook agreed. After coming to the Rockets, he worked with Harden and was eliminated by the Lakers in the playoffs.

was later traded by the Rockets to the Wizards and cooperated with Bill to lead the team to the playoffs. The Lakers took a fancy to Westbrook's ability and got him the trade, but James had no chemical reaction. Westbrook lost his value because of this and was bought out by the Jazz. After the buyout, he came to the Clippers. Westbrook proved himself in the Clippers, but failed to stay in the offseason. Then last season he came to the Nuggets and performed well, but failed to stay.

Butler

Butler has always had his own opinions. In the offseason in 2018, because the Timberwolves performed poorly, he was completely disappointed with the team and forced the Timberwolves to send him to the 76ers. Although they failed to win the championship this season, they played in tiebreak with the defending champion. Butler wanted to stay at the team at that time, but Simmons was unwilling to sacrifice the ball rights, and in the end Butler failed to renew the contract with the 76ers.

Under such circumstances, he came to the Heat. During his past few years, Butler has proved himself well. He led the team to the finals twice in 5 years. Under such circumstances, Butler should be able to live his old age at the Heat, right? As a result, Riley refused to renew his contract. Butler was so angry that he chose to force the palace to leave the team. Now he plays for the Warriors. I think the Warriors are likely to be his destination.

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