basketball talent system

Chapter 539

This season's All-Star Game is over. Obviously, the biggest winner of this season's All-Star Weekend is Ye Xuan. Not only did he win the highest award in the All-Star Weekend, AMVP, but he also The double champion of the three-point contest and the slam dunk contest, especially the champion of the slam dunk contest, has once again boosted Ye Xuan's popularity. Some fans who didn't like Ye Xuan before also became fans because of his super dunk moves.

However, shortly after the end of the All-Star Game, an official announcement from the host city shocked the jaws of the entire league in an instant. This is a super deal for All-Star players, and this time the deal It is possible to directly rewrite the current trend of the entire West.

In the early morning of February 21st, even some All-Star players were stunned by the news without leaving New Orleans. The Kings chose to trade him under the pressure of Kao Shen many times. In the transaction, the Kings sent DeMarcus Cousins ​​and Omi Casspi, while the Pelicans needed to send Terrence Jones, a former Rockets player, a 2018 first-round pick, a A 2019 first-round pick, a 2018 second-round pick, and guard Buddy Hield.In addition, the trade also includes guard Langston Galloway, but the King is likely to cut him later.

This deal is no less than the deal that the Lakers robbed the Grizzlies back then, and thus won the deal of Paul Gasol, who made great contributions to their subsequent two consecutive championships. After all, the Pelicans are now in the Western Conference. They are in a very good position. Their record ranks third in the West, which is higher than the Spurs and other traditional Western teams. Now that they have Cousins ​​in their pocket, their combat effectiveness will be improved again. , The Lakers, who are currently in the leading position in the league, may also fall into a disadvantage in their confrontation.

According to Wojnarowski's previous revelations, the Kings were actively contacting the trade on the day of the All-Star Game. They hoped to get young talented players, draft picks or expiring contracts, not stars with the same value as Cousins. The terms offered finally moved them.

The Magic also negotiated with the Kings in the past two days, but they refused to trade last year's No. [-] pick, Brandon Ingram, and the Kings finally excluded them from the selection range.In addition to wanting to get young players, the Kings also hope to make a difference in this year's draft. All their own first-round picks are protected by the top ten picks from the Bulls, which is not safe; and although the Pelicans' first-round picks this year are not It is particularly valuable, but they will face a series of contract renewal issues after this year. If the Pelicans fail to win the final championship in the playoff confrontation, then they will renew Anthony next season. , renewing Holiday, renewing Cousins ​​and others will encounter trouble. Now the Kings just want to bet. If they win, then they have a chance to be like the current Celtics. Similarly, holding the first-round pick of the Pelicans who have not fallen in the next few years.

Cousins ​​has played for the Kings for 7 seasons. This season, he averaged 27.8 points, 10.7 rebounds, 4.9 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.3 blocks per game, and his shooting percentage was 45.1%.Hield of the Pelicans was the No. 6 pick in the first round of last year. He averaged 20.4 minutes per game this season, scoring 8.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.9 assists. After Terrence Jones left the Rockets this season, he did not just fall. Instead, he gradually found his own rhythm beside Anthony and Big Eyebrow. This season, he averaged 9.9 points and 7.9 rebounds per game, and this was due to his low tactical status in the team. It would be a good choice to train him as the No. [-] man of the team. Of course, they first need to find the No. [-] man.

Cousins ​​will be teammates with Davis, Anthony and Holiday in the future, and the Pelicans can be regarded as having their own "Big Four", and the twin towers formed by him and thick eyebrows, the inside dominance is also very terrifying.The Kings currently rank 24th in the Western Conference with a record of 33 wins and 9 losses, while the Pelicans are ranked 41rd in the Western Conference with 15 wins and 3 losses. After this transaction, perhaps the Pelicans will be able to compete with Ye Xuan's Lakers for their current No. [-] position in the Western Conference. It's a challenge.

And after this deal, various teams took advantage of this wind and began to officially announce the deals that their teams had already negotiated. The first to release the deal information was the Wizards. A deal was announced at the time, but the main body of the deal was not particularly eye-catching. The Wizards sent Andrew Nicholson, Marcus Thornton, the 24 first-round pick (lottery protection) and the Nets The team sent Bojan Bogdanovic and Chris McCullough.

Since then, the Mavericks have also announced a deal. They sent Andrew Bogut and Justin Anderson and a 2017 first-round pick (top 76 pick protection) to the 76ers, and then exchanged for the 76ers. A quite potential insider Nerlens Noel.Of course, this transaction itself will not have any impact on the structure of the league, but the next move of the 76ers has attracted a lot of teams who are hoping to hit the championship - because they themselves traded Noren S Noel is because of the surplus of inside players, so they bought out Bogut's contract directly after they traded him, that is to say, Bogut now has a few days of claim period and after this time, He will become a free agent, and the salary is also given by the [-]ers. This makes teams including the Rockets, Lakers and Cavaliers eager to hit the championship. After all, Bogut is a champion. An experienced center, if he can be successfully signed, then the relatively weak internal situation of these three teams can be greatly alleviated.

However, Bogut is still temporarily living in Dallas, waiting for these teams to come to him with sincerity.In addition to the X factor of Bogut, the Thunder also made a trade that improved their strength. They sent Cameron Payne, Geoffrey Lovergne and Anthony Morrow from the Bulls. With Ty Gibson, Doug McDermott and the 2018 second-round pick, the main body of this deal is naturally Ty Gibson. After getting Gibson, the Thunder's inside offense has also been completely resolved. After trading away Ibaka, the current situation of the Thunder is not ideal, but this season they have a completely runaway Westbrook, so they have maintained a good record, and now they have another Ty Gibson, then In the playoffs, they also have the opportunity to cause some trouble for teams such as the Warriors or the Lakers.

Then there was a blue-collar deal about the team. The Suns sent PJ Tucker, while the Raptors sent Jared Sullinger, as well as the 2017 and 2018 second-round picks.Tucker is actually a very good blue-collar player, but the Suns are not willing to give Tucker a big contract next year, so they can only trade him.

The Lakers have also been planning to seek a deal. First of all, they also contacted the Kings in an attempt to intervene in Cousins' deal, but they were told Cousins ​​directly before they had time to inquire. Has been traded to the Pelicans, one of the biggest rivals of the Lakers, which makes the magician a little helpless, but since Cousins ​​is gone, the Kings still have Rudy Gay. If Gay is traded, at least the combat effectiveness of the Lakers' small forward position can be improved to a certain extent. To be honest, although Solomon Hill and Clarkson are used to top the tank at the small forward position of the Lakers, but The two of them still seem to be at a disadvantage when facing small forwards with height and weight advantages such as Anthony, James, Pickle and Durant. Although Solomon Hill is good at defense, his height is destined to make him He can only have an advantage when defending the backcourt players.

And Rudy Gay is obviously not in the future planning of the Kings. Now that they have traded Cousins, they must be preparing for a complete reconstruction.So now that the Lakers want to get Rudy Gay, it is not that there is no chance, but since the Kings are going to rebuild, of course they want some top draft picks or some potential players who can The players who become the cornerstone of the team, and the Lakers meet this condition, except for Ye Xuan, only Clarkson and Randall are left, and the Lakers are obviously reluctant to trade these two, so the final trade can only be Let it go.

But this time when they came to the Kings, the Lakers didn't have nothing to gain in the end. In order to be able to reach the deal about Cousins, the Kings chose to make room for veteran Matt -Barnes was waived. Although Matt Barnes had some personality problems, he was considered one of the heroes of the Lakers in the past. He played for the 10-11 season and the 11-12 season. In the Lakers, although the Lakers failed to win the championship in those two years, Barnes' strong defense still left a good impression on the fans. Unfortunately, due to various reasons, Barnes In the end, he failed to stay with the Lakers, but went to the Clippers next door.

Anyway, the Lakers are now looking for this kind of player who can make some contributions on the defensive end, so it is not a problem to sign Barnes directly with a basic salary. The old Artest actually played a total of 11 games this season, and he averaged less than 7 minutes per game. However, apart from the three cores of the Lakers, he has the highest voice in the locker room.And now Ye Xuan is even suspecting that the magician is still keeping Artest. He is actually playing with Artest's son. Although his son is still in high school, it will take at least two or three years before he can enter the NBA. Time, but if you can cultivate a good impression now, then maybe in the future you will be a loyal minister like Kobe who even forced the team not to report in order to play for the Lakers.As for why you want to play Artest's son's idea?Then look at his son's dominance in high school games and everyone will basically understand.

Although the Lakers have acquired a defensive champion-Matt Barnes in the few days before the trade deadline, the magician still has not given up the opportunity to continue to strengthen the team. He continues to seek The possibility of strengthening the team's interior defense.In the end, they set their sights on Ye Xuan's former teammate, Roy Hibbert. Since Hibbert left the Pacers, his performance has been worse year after year. , and barely able to average that 13 points and 7 rebounds per game, but then he was signed by Master Joe's Hornets. Master Joe gave up Al Jefferson and signed Hibbert. He thought it was 500 million The annual salary is cheap, but he did not expect that Hibbert played even worse this season, completely becoming the audience closest to the players on the field, all kinds of sleepwalking, and the Hornets were also fooled by him. , was able to play in the playoffs last year, but this year he ran out of the top ten in the Eastern Conference.

The magician felt that since Ye Xuan was able to successfully activate Hibbert when he was in the Pacers, after he traded him over, even if he couldn't display the combat power he had when he was in the Pacers, at least he would be able to. It can make him recover a little bit of combat power, so he directly initiated an inquiry to the Hornets. On the Hornets side, Mr. Joe is trying to find a way to send Hibbert out. The price of the first-round draft pick sent him to the Nuggets, but now that the magician has found him, it would be good to sell him a favor, so in the end the Lakers sent Heber to the Nuggets for the same price as a second-round pick. Te was traded to the Lakers.

So far, the Lakers' reinforcement plan before the trade deadline has come to an end, and now the Lakers' lineup has finally expanded to 14 people. If this is still due to injuries and lack of fighters, then the Lakers have nothing else What's the solution? At that time, maybe we can only wait for other teams to lay off staff or directly recruit thugs from subordinate teams.

This year's trade deadline didn't see too many trades happening, but because there is a deal about Kaoshen here, all kinds of newspapers are still full of analysis about these deals, as well as opinions about the future situation of the alliance. Outlook for development.

(End of this chapter)