On January 25, Beijing time, the NBA regular season is underway. As the trade day approaches, teams are eager to trade to increase the strength of the team, or change the status quo of the team. Among them, the Los Angeles Lakers are a very proactive team, and they urgently need to change, otherwise they will be farther and farther away from the championship. Recently, there have been a lot of rumors about the trade in Westbrook.
However, Westbrook is difficult to trade, and according to mingji, there is no team other than the Rockets who are willing to accept Westbrook's "garbage contract". Wall and Westbrook are interchangeable, can they really solve the problem? However, the Lakers are indeed using a set of trading chips to quote everywhere in the league, including Grant, who pursues the Pistons. Say no to the Lakers or join the Bulls! The 3-for-1 trade Grant plan was released, and the strongest team in the East was born.
Just today, according to open-air stand reporter Eric Pincus, I heard that the Lakers have abandoned Jeramie Grant. He (Grant) doesn't want to play the third role of the team after LeBron and Davis. And the Lakers also have to invest heavily in him (early contract extension). That said, Grant doesn't want to join the Lakers.
After rejecting the Lakers, where did Grant go? After all, the Pistons are a rebuilding team, and they have no intention of keeping Grant, but instead support Donald Corningham. That is, today, according to the well-known American media "FW", the Chicago Bulls are going all out to pursue Grant, and they have made a very good chip.
The bulls' chips are: Patrick Williams with the 4th pick in the first round of 2020, Kobe Bryant White with the 7th pick in the first round of 2019, and Troy Brown Jr. with the 15th pick in the first round of 2018.
The Bulls' chip can be described as full of sincerity, if the Pistons really want to send Grant, the most suitable trade with the Bulls, you can get 3 high-ranking young players, the cultivation value is very high. If the deal is made, it will also be a good thing for the bulls themselves. Last summer, they signed DeRozan, Caruso and Ball in a row, and have become a championship team, and the current ranking is also second in the East.
As a result, the young players in the team will have less playing time and will not be able to develop. Instead of leaving it at home and leaving it abandoned, it would be better to exchange it for a quasi-All-Star player to add a piece of the puzzle to the crown. In the Bulls, unlike the Lakers, which have obvious player ranks, DeRozan, Lavin, Ball, and Vucevic do not say who is the boss and who is the second, but make their due contributions for the common goal.
If Grant does join the Bulls and call them the "strongest team in the East," it's not too much. We can first look at their starting lineup, Ball, DeRozan, Lavin, Grant, Vucevic, stronger than the Nets, Heat, Bucks, 76ers starting 5 Tigers. Also on the bench are Caruso, Ayo Dausso, Derek Jones Jr., Jawant Green, Thomas, McKinney and others.
DeRozan and Lavin's duo, with extremely efficient scoring and excellent form, are expected to be both All-Stars. Inside and outside, defensive and offensive, the dressing room atmosphere is good, the manager's command ability is not weak, the Bulls definitely have a chance to win the championship this season.