As of December 3, Beijing time, the Nets temporarily ranked First in the East with a record of 15 wins and 6 losses, one win ahead of the Bulls behind them and 3.5 wins behind the League's First Sun. For the Management of the Nets, in the case of Irving's long-term absence, although the team did not mess up, not only won a relatively high regular season ranking, the number one star Durant played the peak of his career, with an average of 28.6 points + 7.5 rebounds + 5.6 assists per game, Durant was named the NBA's best player in the Eastern Conference this season (10-11), but all indications are that Nets general manager Max still has to stop his work, especially after seeing the Nets win the championship. After the double kill, Max became more and more convinced that he needed to act when the market door opened in the middle of this month.
So the question is, if the Nets want to improve the competitiveness of the team through trades, then which player will Max use as a bargaining chip? From a report by NBA reporter Shams Charania today, Irving has been officially put on the trading shelf by Max, but some regrets are that Irving is currently very low in the NBA league, and there are only a few professional managers who are willing to talk to Max, including some people who want to take advantage of the opportunity to pick up leaks. According to a Western Conference team executive, he recently heard a more outrageous plan, the Timberwolves tried to use Beverly + Beasley + Okogie to trade Irving, this deal plan is directly defined by many NBA industry insiders as "change rounding", and Max has no interest in moving down after seeing the trading chips provided by the Timberwolves, and the Nets are not in a position to tearfully sell Irving.
The Rockets help Harden 1 more time? The Nets received irving's trading offer, and the chips moved Max. Fans who have long followed the Nets should all know that Irving has recently updated social media frequently, making some intriguing remarks, while attaching several pictures with deep meaning, which makes the team that was originally interested in trading Irving prohibitive, from a recent show by The Athletic, Irving has no intention of actively vaccinate, and it can also be understood that under the premise of unchanged regulations, Irving is still a long way from returning to the NBA. It is worth mentioning that the replacement of an All-Star guard with an annual salary of more than $30 million is behind the risk of not being able to participate in the game, leaving aside other negative news off the court, this alone is enough to make the 76ers, Blazers and other playoff-level teams voluntarily withdraw from the Irving battle.
For those teams that are in the process of rebuilding, they do not care whether Irving can play, not only that, but for teams like the Rockets that sit on the guard line with two potential rising stars, Irving does not play, but they prefer to see the accepted results. The source comes from NBA reporter Kelly Iko, and the Nets received two deal offers from the Rockets this week, specifically, Wall single for Irving; the Rockets provided Wood + Gordon + Theth, from the Nets to get Irving. According to previous reports, the relationship between Wall and the Rockets management has changed subtly, and in the case of the "role" of the team he played has reached a consensus, Wall suddenly repented and expressed to the Rockets management that he wanted to start the game.
Wall's actions undoubtedly disrupted the Rockets' original plans, and Stone's Rockets management had to reopen negotiations, which is one of the reasons why the Rockets found the Nets to trade Irving. In terms of transaction feasibility, Wall and Irving currently have 2 years to go on their contracts, and the 2022-23 season is a player option, and the amount of their contracts is not much different, which can theoretically be a perfect match. For the Nets, under the devastation of injury, Wall may have a hard time returning to the top, but he is still one of the few quality point guards on the market, and more importantly, the Rockets can bear the corresponding consequences of Irving's failure to play, which many teams cannot do.
Then there is the 3-for-1 plan, it is reported that compared to Wall's single for Irving, the Nets are more interested in the 3-for-1 trade plan, and the chips provided by the Rockets have impressed Marx. Wood and Gordon are very capable of finishing on the offensive end, and they have been teammates with Harden, and to a certain extent, Gordon can also alleviate the defensive pressure on Harden. Although Theis has not worked with Harden, as a representative of the NBA's space-type interior line, it is not difficult for Theis to integrate into the Nets system. According to NBA reporter Michael Scotto, in the past few hours, many NBA teams have consulted the Rockets about Theis, which is enough to prove that the space-type interior line is now very sought-after, of course, it does not rule out the possibility that the Rockets team deliberately released the news.
As we all know, before last season's trade deadline, the Rockets sent Harden to the Nets through a trade, and at that time, sources showed that the Rockets could have sent Harden to the 76ers and the Heat, but Harden himself wanted to reunite with Durant in Brooklyn, and in order to thank Harden for his contributions to the team in the past few years, the Rockets finally sent him to the Nets. Nowadays, although the Rockets and the Nets have not yet reached a deal with Irving as the main body, there is still a voice from the outside world that "the Rockets want to help Harden again." Do you think the Nets will make a deal with the Rockets? Welcome to leave a comment in the comments section below to discuss, thank you for reading and following.