On January 13, Beijing time, the NBA free agency market has begun to become lively, with many teams wanting to gain something on the trade deadline and some teams wanting to start looking for changes. Among them, the Lakers are also quite positive, and their names have appeared in multiple trade scandals, this time they have their eyes on Raptors guard Gary Trent; the Clippers have begun a big sale and want to strategically abandon the season; 76ers Simmons has made new progress, and agent Rich Paul has met with the 76ers management.
The Lakers are still very active in the free market, and Grant, Turner, Simmons, players who have a lot of trade scandals, have appeared in the Lakers' names. This time, they had a new goal, expressing interest in Raptors guard Gary Trent Jr. The latter signed a three-year, $54 million contract extension with the Raptors last offseason and averaged 16.4 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game this season, shooting 36.8 percent from three-point range. From the salary and data point of view, the Lakers want to trade very difficult, the Lakers want to seek change this season is still very difficult, after all, there are not too many high-quality chips in hand.
With Leonard and George both recuperating from injuries and the likelihood of a comeback becoming less likely, the Clippers are also planning to make changes, and if they want to strategically abandon this season, they will also make major changes to the roster. Even if you can't make the playoffs, it doesn't matter, after all, the team's two cores are recuperating, and it is still necessary to release salary space, among which Ibaka, Morris Jr. and Bledsoe have become the main clean-up objects, which can both free up salary space and save a lot of luxury taxes this season. The Clippers will then be active in the free agency market in preparation for next season.
Irving has officially returned to play, Simmons is still not playing, and his agent Rich Paul met with the 76ers management today to try to change the current situation, but unfortunately the conversation did not go well, and the positions of the two sides remained unchanged. Simmons is still reluctant to play for the 76ers, and the 76ers still want to trade him for an influential player.
It seems that the 76ers are not going to compromise, and unless they can get the team back into the championship team, they will not be easily sold. In addition, the 76ers have a plan, that is, to trade Simmons at the same time as the package of Harris to take away, so that they can clear enough salary space, and then go after James Harden in this offseason. Obviously, the 76ers will not rebuild on this, after all, there is Embiid in the team, and the purpose of the transaction is to become stronger, not to be forced to trade. Simmons's farce is estimated to continue, after all, his contract is still very long, depending on whether he can survive.