The 2021 NBA draft is approaching, as the big year of the draft in recent years, the management of the teams has already been rubbing their hands on July 30, and experts and fans are also looking forward to the arrival of a big deal. The day before yesterday, the Pistons, who held the lottery, also gave the return they expected if they traded the lottery, proving that everything is possible, and all teams have the heart to trade. Another example is that the Lakers recently proposed that kuzma + 22 first-round picks be exchanged for the Pacers' No. 13 pick, which was rejected by the Pacers, which is enough to prove how valuable this year's draft picks are, so once a deal is made, it must not be a small fight. So far, the teams have suddenly maintained a very tacit common silence on the eve of the draft, believing that the management of who has put various trading plans on the table early, and their own operating strategies have prepared several plans for ABC, only waiting for the 30th to come, together with the managers, so that the league can boil again.
The price tag for the Pistons mentioned above is: a first-round pick this year, a future first-round pick, plus a young player who has become famous. This price tag is not the Pistons' own imagination, their direct offer is the Oklahoma Thunder!!! Let's fill in the blanks, and you can judge the deal again, the Pistons sent Cadder Cunningham in exchange for the Thunder's 2021 no. 6 pick, 2022 first-round pick, and the Thunder's popular fried chicken Alexander! The deal looks like fans on both teams will think their manager is crazy, why would the Pistons dare to ask For Alexander? With Cunningham in his hand, he is also a well-deserved early conclusion in the draft, and Alexander just experienced an injury last year, will he be injured in the future? Even if Alexander played a role, it was not a champion after all. Let's compare last year in parallel, last year's draft is not to say that it is early, even if it is the day of the draft conference, no one is sure who will be the champion, and the rookie of 2020 is indeed watery. On the other hand, the Thunder side, the team has hoarded a number of draft picks since the rebuilding, Alexander, although excellent, always seems not to be particularly assured as the core of the team to seriously surround, so this deal is really painful for the Thunder, but it is really worth serious consideration.
Some time ago, the Thunder sent Horford back to Celtic Walker, this deal is most interesting to the Thunder, I am afraid that it has to be exchanged for the No. 16 pick, then Walker has become an important chip for the trade on the day of the 30th draft, especially if the Thunder take the Pistons' offer, then Walker is bound to send it out on draft day.
The other story mentioned at the beginning, the Lakers, their willingness to seek a deal has long been known, and there is also a passage that Kuzma has changed everything, the Lakers are anxious, from Westbrook to Paul to the recent Hield, trading rumors are breaking out in various versions every day. However, at present, the Lakers' subjective initiative is not strong, or wait until the draft day on the day of the various picks one by one to be revealed, then if there is a team that does not wait for their favorite rookies, they will seek a deal, at this time the Lakers will usher in their opportunities, the Lakers will definitely look for a third giant this summer, and the draft conference is also doomed to not be satisfied, I hope the Lakers can find their opportunities on the draft day.
Similar to the Lakers are the Warriors, who differ in that they have two first-round picks in their hands, the No. 7 pick and the No. 14 pick, which the Warriors and Warriors fans have not seen in years. According to the past Warriors' concept of building the team, they will leave the rookies to cultivate themselves, after all, the splash brothers in the team are from these two similar positions, but the time is not waiting for anyone, the Warriors' management is probably more aware than anyone, how important it is to grasp the Curry that is still against the sky at this time, and we have also seen how hard Curry has worked in the past year. In fact, now Curry, if he plays 30 minutes per game, he is still one of the most feared players in the league, but his own few, Wiggins, Oubre is not angry, Green is dying, Wiseman has not been able to show his due responsibility, even if it is such a height and tonnage, he still can't hold the inside line. So the Warriors, like the Lakers, are also anxious, and they will also be more upset with their own home stars, they need to use the first round of picks for maximum value at the same time, but also to deal with one of Wiggins and Oubre. In addition to this best-case scenario, there is also a situation that may be faced, in the No. 7 pick up one of Cuminga or Barnes, then they will pick an outside defensive gate on the 14th, or a shooter with outstanding scoring ability, and then deal with Wiggins and Oubre, change some of this year's bottom picks, or future draft picks, alleviate salary pressure, and provide sufficient playing time for this year's rookies.
There are also several teams that are eager to participate in the transaction, and their positioning is similar to that of a card partner, that is, when two other teams have interest in trading and cannot be satisfied with both parties, they need several teams to act as third parties to the transaction, of course, they do not rule out the possibility of initiating the transaction. Such teams include the Celtics, Pelicans and Lone Rangers. For the first time since 2009, the Celtics faced no first-round picks, especially in a deal to return to Horford, where the team gave up the only No. 16 pick this year. According to common sense, the Celtics have no reason not to be confident in their draft vision, jaylen Brown, who was picked in the young year, has risen, Tatum who was selected by the clever hand is still praised, and even Predat, who was selected in the low position last year, proved himself to be at least a bench bandit in his first year of entering the league. But this is the thing, the so-called anomaly must have a demon, the Celtics obviously lost confidence in Walker, after the return to Horford the team's ambition is far more than this, wait until once the right offer appears, shot Jaylen Brown, and then on the journey is also unknown.
The Pelicans also sent their no. 10 pick in the earlier deal for Valanciunas, and although they returned to the No. 17 pick, the Pelicans' expectations are clearly no longer hoarding talent, and their move in exchange for Varansunas is intended to free up salary space so that they can sign good enough players in the offseason, after all, the team has reached a time when it is time to cash in on talent. At this time, we also can't ignore the other possibility of the Pelican's existence, that is, whether it will send Ingram away. As the team management should consider this issue carefully, after all, in the past year, the Pelicans have also completed the paper configuration, but the results have not been able to achieve a breakthrough, look at last year's Eagles, the talent in their hands has been exchanged all the way to the East Finals, the next step has begun to aim for the championship efforts, and look at themselves, a Zion is not enough, Ingram and he can not match?
Speaking of the Lone Rangers and Knicks, their situation is also very difficult, because the bad team only has to push down, which is what both teams have experienced, and both are still very successful. To be honest, in the past year, whether it is the Lone Ranger or the Knicks have made people shine, to say that the brightness is afraid that the Knicks will be better, Barrett who thought he was going to lose water and Randall, who would only brush the data, was embarrassed, but in the latter part of the regular season, he led the team to win consecutive victories, and even showed the signs of maturity and emotional tenacity in the playoffs, although they are not as anti-heavenly stars as Doncic, but who can say that Barrett and Randall will not go up to the next level? The Knicks' situation on the draft day is relatively active, the problem is only a little behind the two signing positions 19th and 21st, so who can blame it, or because their own team has played well? If there is an offer, you can try to trade upwards in due course, if not, the team strengthens the shortcomings through the draft, everything is still to say that this year's rookies are too good, and it is not so difficult to choose a helper for Barrett and Randle.
The Lone Rangers' problems are much more serious, starting with the fact that they don't have a first-round pick this year!!! How serious this should be, it is equivalent to having no bottom-up strategy and no way back. Secondly, Porzinez is not enough to partner Doncic, whether healthy or not. Again it was the last thing we wanted to see in the past year that Doncic had been injured again, and he was too tired to be. Therefore, the choice of the draft day lone ranger is particularly critical, in this draft year, even if Porzinnis only exchanged for the first round of the draft, it is a good deal, ushering in new people to cultivate at the same time, but also with the release of platinum vacated salary space for themselves to win the later operating space.
Other teams that have not mentioned but also want to participate in the trade are mainly divided into two categories, one is that they want to trade but may not have room for operation, such as the 76ers, they have moved the idea of sending Simmons away, but the performance of Simmons in the last playoff is really exciting for other teams. Like the Spurs and pacers, where do they have room to trade? What can they send? The other type is those who want to trade but need to make a big decision, such as the Wizards, if they want to trade, they can only send Bill away and send Wei Shao away and completely rebuild. For example, the Blazers, will they let Lillard go?
In addition, there are some teams that do not move, which must also be divided into two categories, first, like the Jazz and Bucks, they only need to stabilize the team, do a good job of psychological construction, and only wait for the next year to fight. Second, such as the Hawks and Grizzlies, the youth storms are thriving, just need to choose their own needs on the draft day, and the new season will definitely bring surprises to people.
The new season is like a neatly stacked domino, the draft day is bound to tear down the first one, which team is this first, who is it, will it be Westbrook applying for a trade? Will it be the Pistons or rockets that release the draft picks? All kinds of expectations, thousands of changes, just wait for July 30th to open the curtain for us!
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