It has been nearly two weeks since the free market opened, and this year's offseason has gradually entered a long period of grass. Compared with the booming free market, the restricted free agent stadium is icy and snowy, and it remains motionless. Gidey and Grimes performed well last season, and the market value reached a high point, but for various reasons, they have not signed a new contract yet. Next, they have two choices. One is to continue to tug-of-war with their respective teams, strive to come up with a plan that both parties are satisfied with and sign a new contract. With their performance last season, they still have a good chance to sign a good contract. The other is to be ruthless and accept qualification quotes. Play for one year. They will be completely free agents tomorrow summer.

If you give up signing a big contract this year and bet on the future, this choice is very risky. If your performance declines next season, you may lose all the game. Looking back at the history of the NBA, there are some such examples. Today, Lao Zhen will take a look at the players who have failed to sign big contracts in recent years and have bet on future failures. Noel Noel was the No. 6 pick in 2013. After becoming a restricted free agent in 2017, he refused the Mavericks' four-year, 70 million contract and chose to accept a one-year qualification offer of 4.1 million. Noel bet that he could sign a larger contract after entering the completely free market in 2018, but this big bet ultimately failed. From rejecting the Mavericks' big contract to his fading out of the league in 2023, he only made 31.35 million yuan. In the summer of 2017, Oladipo was sent to the Pacers in the George trade. After that, he played his best career performance in Inn City. He was selected as the All-Star for two consecutive years in the 17-18 and 18-19 seasons, and was also selected as the third team in the 17-18 season, and was elected as the fastest-progress player, ranking 13th in the MVP selection.

But in January 2019, Oladipo had a serious injury to his right knee, which became a turning point in his career. Since then, he has not had a high attendance rate every season (36 games in the 18-19 season, 16 games in the 19-20 season, 33 games in the 20-21 season, 8 games in the 21-22 season, and 42 games in the 22-23 season). According to Audi himself last year, he rejected the Pacers' three-year $80 million in 21 years because he felt he could still get better. But after that, no such contract appeared before him. After being traded to the Pelicans in 2017, Cousins performed well. In the 17-18 season, he averaged 25.2 points, 12.9 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.6 blocks per game, and was selected as the All-Star. But in January, Cousins suffered a serious injury from a ruptured Achilles tendon. After

, the Pelicans gave Cousins a two-year offer of $40 million. He did not accept it when he was still playing, but joined the Warriors in a year of 5.3 million in that summer. But Cousins failed to return to the peak again and gradually became a basic-paid player. As a No. 60 pick, Thomas Jr.'s story in the NBA is very exciting. In the 16-17 season, he played his best career performance with the Celtics, averaging 28.9 points and 5.9 assists per game, was selected as the All-Star, selected as the second team, and ranked 5th in the MVP selection. In 2017, he rejected the four-year, $70 million contract renewal issued by the Celtics.

But after the highlights of the 16-17 season, Thomas Jr.'s career declined sharply, and every contract he signed was a basic salary contract.

Schroeder

In the 2020 offseason, Schroeder was sent to the Lakers in a deal. By the mid-20-21 season, the Lakers wanted to renew Schroeder in advance (the amount reported by Brian Windhorst was 84 million in four years, and Marc Stein reported by 80 million in four years), but was rejected by Schroeder. After

, due to the decline in the Lakers' momentum, Schroeder performed poorly in the playoffs against the Suns, averaging 14.3 points and 2.8 assists and shooting percentage of 40%. After the end of the season, the Lakers were no longer interested in providing him with a contract similar to that in February. Finally, in the summer of 21, Schroeder signed the Celtics with 5.9 million yuan a year.

However, Schroder's story is different from others. After that, he slowly regained his value. He signed with the Raptors for 2 years and 26 million in 23 years, and joined the Kings for 3 years and 45 million in the offseason this year. According to NBA reporter Jerry Zgoda, the Timberwolves issued a four-year contract with a total amount of more than $40 million in 2016, and the latter did not accept it. In the summer of 2017, the Timberwolves first withdrew their qualifications to make Mohamed a complete free agent. By September, Mohamed still did not sign a new owner, and they then signed a two-year basic salary contract of 3.4 million yuan.

After that, Mohamed only stayed in the NBA for a year. He also played in the CBA and played in Shanxi, Shenzhen and Guangdong.