On January 13, Beijing time, Jack Fisher and a Western team executive broke the news: in addition to the small card, George double core and Mann, the rest of the players can be sold as long as the price is right, the team will strategically abandon this season and reorganize next season, and the chips exchanged will play a role in the off-season transaction. The only reason why the Clippers can strategically abandon this season may only be that Small Card and George cannot return to the court this season, Mike Scott only reported yesterday that some people inside the Clippers believe that Leonard's return this season is unlikely, and today the Clippers supermarket opened, and the Clippers management did not hesitate to break his wrist and chose to temporarily lie dormant.
In fact, everyone is a little too optimistic about Leonard's injury estimates, many fans think that Leonard can complete the return at the end of the season, but don't forget that the rehabilitation cycle of leonard's ACL tear is 12 months to 18 months, and Leonard was injured in the Western Conference semifinals last June, according to the rehabilitation cycle, the fastest recovery cycle will not be until the playoffs to return, encountering a major injury for a long time, a comeback is the intensity of the playoffs.
George's previous elbow injury is probably also a season reimbursement, because the news released by the Clippers when George was injured was re-evaluated three to four weeks later, these days are just the day of re-evaluation, it seems that the evaluation results are not optimistic, the team expects George's injury to be serious enough to play this season, and the ill-fated Clippers have to give up the competition this season.
Since the competition has been abandoned, there is no need to pay the luxury tax, even if the Clippers owner Ballmer is rich, but the luxury tax of close to 94 million this season is not a small amount, and it is necessary to save a province. The first deal has been put on the surface, Ibaka sent out, the Clippers will save about 40 million luxury taxes, the takeover is Ibaka's old owner Thunder, Thunder needs a big contract to facilitate their own crossing the poor line, and a group of young people also need a mentor guidance, today's Thunder is too young, a veteran who can guide young people is not, and Ibaka can make up for this, and it is a place where dreams began, and Ibaka can return to the Thunder with a mentality of returning home.
Among the clippers' other players, Morris Jr.'s $15 million contract is relatively large, and the time frame is only this season, and the Clippers are now more anxious about Morris Jr. transactions. The salaries of the rest of the cadres, such as Zubac, Bledsoe, Kennard, Reggie, and Batum, range from several million to 20 million yuan, as long as the trading chips are appropriate, the choice is up to the jun. Speaking of which, the Lakers intentionally walked up! But you must know that as a sworn enemy for many years, the Clippers will not let the Lakers live well, so the Lakers want to take advantage of the opportunity to take advantage of the fire to rob the idea can be abandoned, at least it must be an equivalent transaction.
At present, it is not easy for the Clippers to retain the eighth ranking in the West in the absence of core injuries and frequent injuries, and the role players in the last two games have also played a bloody turnaround, and they are still struggling. But the reality is so cruel, the core of the absence can not be filled by hard work, the Clippers this good man has also reached the point of breaking up, I hope they can all have a good place. This season's Clippers sank again, but next season's small card, George's dual core returned, offseason to recruit a capable person, the Clippers are the West's giants. Some teams are born unpleasant, but thus honed a tough team culture, the Clippers are like this, one day, the Clippers will no longer sink ships, but ocean-going ships. Let's wish George and Little Card a speedy return from injury, and the other players have a good home to continue to shine.