To say that Valentine is also unlucky enough, obviously it is his teammates who are injured, and it is himself who is cut.
Here's the thing, we didn't say the other day that Rubio's knee was injured again, the season was reimbursed, the Cavaliers are going to impact the playoffs at this juncture, and the fact of continuous loss of the backcourt brain (Rubio + sexual shield) must be unacceptable to the team, so they negotiated with the Lakers to guide Long.
Although Rondo is 35 years old, the knight still has a glimmer of thought, and it is better for a dead horse to be a live horse doctor than to sit and wait to be hammered.
Rondo is also depressed in the Lakers, originally the coach on the court, now become the coach on the court, people also want to play the residual heat, in the final stage of the career is very eager to play a more important role in the team, just the Cavaliers gave this opportunity.
And Cleveland so many big tall men, Long guidance is the most appropriate, it can be said that it is a two-way rush.
However, people's joys and sorrows are not the same, and like Rondo, the owner of the exchange is Cavaliers guard Valentine, according to the famous record, the 2016 No. 14 show is likely to become the first person to be cut at the beginning of 2022.
Why?
The 28-year-old Valentine did play more and more non-existent, averaging 16 minutes per game last season, and this season fell directly to an average of 9 minutes per game, with only 2.9 points in the account;
Now Valentine really has little potential to be tapped, the team's appointment list is full, it is impossible to lay off more employees for him;
Secondly, Valentine is the second position, the team is missing the third position, Valentine is only 1 meter 93 tall, pushed to the third position of the proper defensive colander, there is this opportunity, the Lakers may as well give Reeves more playing time.
Valentine's biggest role is probably to make room for the Lakers.
In the 15-16 season, Valentine, who has not yet entered the NBA, won the Julius Irving Award, the best small forward award.
But at that time, it was still the traditional basketball era, the role of the third position was not as critical as it is now, with the arrival of the peak of the small ball era, the third position has become the most popular position today, and the fierceness of its competition and elimination is self-evident, and it is not surprising that Valentine swung to the second position after the third position was beaten by various stars.
If his defense is on the line, he can still find a place for himself, but unfortunately, when he is in the position of the ball-holding player, Valentine is the existence of points, and the obvious thin figure does not give people a feeling of rapid lateral movement;
And its ability to hit the basket is also not good, in short, there is a reason to be able to play from a lottery show to this scene.
Back to the Lakers, the team's current essential problem has not been solved, the trade Long guidance at most counts as the beauty of adults, riding Long Dongqiang, but their own side is still struggling to find an excellent number three position, before the rumored trading object whether it is Grant or Simmons, giving people the feeling that it is far away.
Let's put it this way, in addition to the big three, the people who occupy the salary space together may not be able to make up the value of the transaction to the fourth big, see what else Pelinka has backhand, Kan Qiujun is unexpected...