The NBA regular season is in full swing, compared to the past few seasons, this season's league dark horses are extremely numerous, especially in the East, and many teams have completed the transformation after offseason adjustments and become reasonable competitors.
In contrast, in the West, after many teams completed the lineup adjustment in the offseason, it actually caused the team to fall into trouble.
For these teams, the US media "hoopshabit" also quickly recruited three teams in the West, believing that they should complete the big deal as much as possible before the trade deadline to improve the team's current unfavorable situation, and each sent 4 major goals, of which Smart was too sought-after.
Team One: The Lone Rangers
The Lone Rangers are currently sixth in the West with 19 wins and 18 losses, and the team hasn't made great strides and hasn't been a reasonable championship contending team.
Although the team did suffer from serious injuries, Doncic has been dealing with ankle injuries, and Boshin has not stopped fighting injuries, but even if the team is fully healthy, the team lacks the ability to compete for the championship.
Given Doncic's historical abilities, even if he is only 22 years old, the Lone Ranger should try to find helpers for him as much as possible, rather than wasting Doncic's ability.
What does the Lone Ranger need to reinforce?
It's obvious that a second boss who can share Doncic's pressure makes Boshin a triple boss.
The second boss needs to have the ability to shoot and can solve offensive problems, because so far this season, the Lone Ranger has only 33% of the outside shooting rate, ranking 25th in the league, and only 109.1 points per 100 rounds, only 17th in the league.
Quality reinforcement targets: Irving, CJ McCollum, Lillard and Bill.
Team two: The Kings
As with last season, the Kings are still hovering around the Top 10 in the West and are currently in tenth place in the West with a record of 16 wins and 23 losses, and it's no surprise that they could lock up a play-off spot, but that doesn't make sense for the Kings.
As a result, the team recently fired head coach Wharton, and even so, it has not changed the status quo of the team.
Although the team has unearthed Halliburton and Davien Mitchell in the past two seasons, the team's defense is still very bad, giving up 112.9 points per 100 rounds, ranking 27th in the league.
Therefore, for the Kings, the team's trading goal is very clear, to trade defensive players, even if it is to send Fox and Hield, but also to introduce such players who can reverse the team's defensive atmosphere.
Whether it's a defender, a striker, or a center, as long as they can provide defense, they are the players the Kings need, because since the Kings began, they have conceded an average of 52.8 points per game, ranking second from the bottom in the league, and limiting opponents' scoring and mistakes are in second to last.
Quality Reinforcement Goals: Ben Simmons, Smart, Grant and Turner.
Team Three: The Trail Blazers
As early as the offseason, Lillard hoped that the team could complete a big deal, and as a result, the team ignored Lillard's request and completed only some small reinforcements, as a result, the team has only won 14 wins and 22 losses so far and ranked twelfth in the West.
The three teams behind the Trail Blazers are the Thunder, Rockets and Pelicans, and even the Spurs have a better record than the Blazers.
The team's defense was terrible, giving up 114.3 points per 100 games, the second-to-last in the league, and letting opponents shoot 37.6 percent of the three-point shooting rate, in order to keep Lillard, the Blazers obviously need to do something.
As with the Kings, the Blazers will have to bring in defensive players at all costs, preferably by providing defensive players for the organization, as the Blazers have averaged just 22.5 assists per game this season, ranking 24th in the league.
In this way, CJ McCollum will be a reasonable trading chip, and it is believed that sending him away will bring back enough returns for the team.
Quality Reinforcement Targets: Ben Simmons, Smart, Dolt and Gary Harris