With the NBA's deadline only a month away, this is the last chance to make major changes to the roster this season, whether they're aiming to build up, save money and avoid taxes or hoard more future assets to speed up the rebuilding pace. Of course, some teams still tend to stay still or keep the main lineup framework, taking a small repair approach, and some teams can only make a desperate bet, hoping to reverse the decline.
The US media has analyzed the situation of each team and made relevant predictions, and they believe that teams such as the Los Angeles Lakers, Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings and Detroit Pistons are extremely active in the market. Although their positioning and goals are very different, they all want to make a wave, and the following is the relevant situation about these teams.
For the Lakers, there is no non-sale on the whole team except LeBron James and Anthony Davis, which means that in theory, Russell Westbrook may even be the player that the Purple and Gold Corps most want to send away. Obviously, after the formation of the big three, the Lakers' performance is far lower than expected, unfortunately, combined with Westbrook's years of standing, the state is always ups and downs, and the contract is too large, even if the Lakers are willing to send him away, there may not be a team willing to want.
In this case, Lakers young player Tarren Horton Tucker is likely to become a victim, because the framework of the big three is estimated to be dismantled in the short term, and most of the other players are only taking the basic salary, and if they really want to buy it, they can only add their heads or even cut them directly. Then among the remaining players, those who have a certain value and are not low salaries are obviously only Taren Horton Tucker. The Lakers are desperate to bring in immediate combat, so sending Tarren Horton Tucker to a rebuilding team that needs to improve their flanking talent may be the result of everyone's happiness.
For the Portland Blazers, this season is a nightmare year, backcourt twins Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum have suffered injuries, the team's lineup depth is also seriously insufficient, it seems that the Blazers missed the playoffs, has become a high probability event. Whether Lillard will stay on the team for a long time, the Blazers need to make some changes, center Nurkic and 3D flanker Robert Covington will become free agents, sending them away early, not only for some future assets, but also for more salary space.
Although the record is also very average, unlike the Blazers and other middle and lower-down teams, the Kings want to do their best to strengthen the lineup. It's no wonder that the last time the Kings made the playoffs was in 2006, when the Kings players are now basically retired, and the Kings are naturally the longest team in the league to miss the playoffs. Neither management nor fans want to continue to sink, the Kings have a lot of talented young players in the squad, darlon Fox and Thales Halliburton's double-back combination is exciting, and Rickon Holmes, David Mitchell and even Marvin Bagley are also good deputies. Given that the competitive landscape in the West is far less brutal than it used to be, if the Kings can make effective reinforcements and play better in the second half of the season, there is a perfect chance to catch up.
Next, let's look at the Eastern Conference team, the Detroit Pistons are currently in the East and the second-to-last in the league, in addition to fighting for more draft picks and cultivating young players, the Pistons' main goal this season should be to make full use of the value of Jerami Grant, in exchange for enough returns. Despite injuries this season, Geramy Grant still averaged 20.1 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.1 blocks per game, making him an offensive and defensive player and one of the most well-rounded forward players in the league. Jerami Grant's reliable projection and defensive ability is enough to arouse the interest of many giants in the league, not to mention that his offensive and organizational skills with the ball have also improved, and the 27-year-old Grant is at his peak, and the team that interests him will obviously not be less.
All of these teams have come as buyers or sellers, but there is another team that would have been the protagonist in the market, but now it may not be moving, and the Cleveland Cavaliers are a typical example. Thanks to the rapid growth of the likes of Evan Mobley, Darius Garland and Jarrett Allen, the Cavaliers are likely to return to the playoffs this season. Originally, Kevin Love was arguably the worst contract in the league, but he had been peddling him, but it was fruitless, and there was even news that the Cavaliers did not mind buying out Love's contract. As a result, this season's former All-Star big forward ushered in the second spring of his career, coupled with the fact that Colin Sexton and Ricky Rubio were all seriously injured and reimbursed in advance, the Cavaliers should no longer be too active in peddling Lefour, and even the team will tend to leave him behind, so that Lefour will transform into the core of the second team and help the team.