Presumably, at this stage, Lakers fans have a psychological shadow on the two words of Wei Shao, from the once full of expectations to the current discouragement, although Wei Shao is still in his prime, but it seems to have gone to the point of being hated by thousands of people. We all know that his strength is not bad, but the annual salary of 4000W plus the current downturn in the hand really makes the fans sigh: "In the end, it is still smashed."
I have to say that today's Wei Shao seems to have become the protagonist of the worst deal in the history of the NBA, the 3 trades he participated in are worse than once, since he left the Thunder, the aura and praise have gradually drifted away, and the doubts and ridicule he faces are increasing, today we will take stock of Wei Shao's three transactions:
NO.1: The Rockets complete the deal with the Thunder, Paul and Westbrook swap owners, Paul goes to the Thunder, and Westbrook goes to the Rockets. The Rockets also sent out first-round picks for the top four protections for 2024 and 2026 in the deal, as well as draft pick swaps for 2021 (top four) and 2025 (top 20 protections).
Analysis: Thunder want to get is undoubtedly a benefit, expect to get resources conducive to the rebuilding of the team, do not have to think too much about the past, the first round of show rights obtained, is conducive to future reconstruction, and that season Paul performance is a bit beyond expectations, although for their own team's show power continues to have a little negative impact, but also conducive to maintaining the ball market, but also to maintain Paul's transaction value, obviously, thunder's profit is rich. And then the Thunder exchanged Paul for more draft picks, which can be said to be a lot of money.
And the Rockets through this deal, no doubt for the team's record, hope to go further on the original basis, but the result is disappointed, the team even almost entered the reconstruction, but also lost a small number of chips, the Rockets big loss, and then trade Westbrook, Westbrook has lost its initial value, can only be forced to trade with the same "not welcomed by the free market" Wall. This set the stage for Harden's departure later.
NO.2: The Lakers sent away Kuzma, Harrell, Pop and the No. 22 pick, and got Wei Shao and the second round of picks for 2024 and 2028 from the Wizards, Wei Shao officially joined the Lakers, and the Lakers ' "Big Three" was formed.
Analysis: There is no doubt that the Big Three that Lakers fans have in mind do not have the desired effect, the Lakers are caught in a Ponzi scheme, several teams are like drums and flowers, passing the bomb of Wei Shao to the next owner, and it is precisely the Lakers who are most likely to be the last to take over, because Wei Shao is not only playing poorly, now even the minimum youth is gone, who dares to take over a star with a high salary, possession of the ball, many mistakes, a big temper and no shooting?
This season's Lakers, whether they keep Wei Shao or trade Wei Shao, are not a good choice, they have been riding a horse, only hope that Wei Shao can transform themselves, give up their obsession with the ball, but also need to give up their own value.
NO.3: The Wizards sent Wall and a protected first-round pick to the Rockets in exchange for Westbrook. At that time, Westbrook and Wall's annual salaries were both $44.31 million, and next season were both $47.36 million, not only the weaknesses of the two-man stadium were similar, but even the contract was exactly the same.
Analysis: Rational analysis, this transaction seems to be the best of Wei Shao's three transactions, but he is only looking, after all, Wall and Wei Shao belong to two big stars of equal strength and are not welcomed by the trading market, this transaction is really helpless, just a dead horse as a living horse doctor, fortunately, Wei Shao also played a relatively satisfactory regular season, but this still can't change the outcome of Wei Shao's trade.
Let's look at Westbrook's contracts in recent years (Thunder's early years of laying Ray):
16/17 season: 26.54 million,
17/18 season: 28.53 million,
18/19 season: 35.65 million,
19/20 season: 37.3 million,
20/21 season: 40.16 million,
21/22 season: 44.21 million,
22/23 season: 47.06 million.
The total salary of the contracts he has signed so far in his career is about $335 million, and it can be said that he has received the highest salary he can get for all the honors and worthy of it.
Commenting on recent Lakers management rumors about his trade, Westbrook said, "For me, finding the best way to integrate my play style of play into this team, I never worry. Do a good job and stay professional. Every year my name goes into trading rumors. This will never, always, never affect the way I work. "Whether a deal happens or doesn't happen, it doesn't change my mindset and goals."
Overall, Westbrook is the first MVP player to be traded for 3 consecutive seasons, three trades in four years, so see how unsuitable Westbrook is for core training, I even think the first two trades can be listed as the two most trashy deals in NBA history, even the early years of the Nets reconstruction, take out future draft picks for Garnett, Pierce's several transactions are not as good as their two deals.
Do you think I'm right?