In the early morning of January 28, Beijing time, according to Cavaliers reporter Kelsey Russo reported that because Rubio suffered a torn left knee ligament and could not compete in all the remaining games of the season, the Cavaliers received a total of $8.9 million worth of injury exceptions, according to NBA regulations, the Cavaliers can rush to use this injury exception to strengthen the existing lineup before the free market closes next month. It is reported that the Cavaliers are currently actively looking for suitable reinforcement candidates, the Rockets 33-year-old demon Guard Gordon is a potential target, if the Cavaliers are willing to provide an expired contract + first round signing, then the Rockets are interested in the beauty of adulthood, handing over this piece of the championship puzzle in their hands to the Cavaliers for use.
In addition to the above reports about the Cavaliers, in the past night, the NBA also sent some news related to the Lakers: official announcement! The Lakers finalized the final signing, and the reason for the failure of the Wei Shao transaction was exposed: Pei was really helpless and incompetent. First of all, let's talk about the Lakers, as we all know, the NBA has a maximum of 15 players registered per team in a single season, according to the actual situation of the Lakers, even if the previous three-way transaction almost in vain sent Rondo, but with the successful conversion of Reeves and Bradley, the Lakers general manager Pelinka (hereinafter referred to as "Pei Zong") has only one player place left in his hand. Earlier today, the Lakers officially announced that the team's final signing was officially completed, and 25-year-old forward Stanley Johnson received a short 2-year contract, the last of which was the team option.
In this way, all the players of the Lakers have been used up, if the Lakers want to sign people again this season, or reach a "less for more" deal, then Pei zong still needs to accompany the layoff work in the process of operation. Then talk about Wei Shao, failed to play a performance that matches the value, the NBA triple-double king has often been involved in trading rumors this season, and the recent call is relatively high, Wei Shao + draft pick for Wall. In the report of NBA reporter Ian Begley, it was found that the Lakers' deal negotiations with the Rockets failed to make substantial progress, and all indications showed that Pei always believed that Wall would not bring effective changes to the difficulties encountered by the team, so the Lakers had no intention of continuing to discuss the deal with the Rockets.
It is worth mentioning that not only Wall, but also a deal plan with Randall as the main body announced that it was in vain, but unlike the Rockets who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to take the picks, the Knicks, who were in the same deep water, especially wanted to complete each other with the Lakers, and the two sides discussed a 3-for-1 deal plan, the core chip was that the Knicks provided 3 players such as Randall + Fournier + Walker, and the Lakers only needed to provide Westbrook. In fact, it is not difficult to see that the above players are representatives of the long-term poor state this season, so in the eyes of many NBA insiders, in the case of other teams are unwilling to intervene, the Knicks and Lakers are trying to save themselves, and the ultimate goal is definitely to return to the championship ranks.
However, it is very regrettable that the 3-for-1 transaction plan has not been finally landed, and it is learned from the follow-up report of NBA reporter Ric Bucher that there is a lot of opposition from within the Lakers, and they do not agree to trade Randall + Tiantou with Westbrook. The reason is very simple, Westbrook's contract has more than 1 year to expire, Randall's billion yuan contract has just begun to execute, coupled with the summer of 2018 when he left the Lakers, Randall's views have caused public opinion, according to reports at the time, Randall is worried that playing around James in the future will affect personal data, so it has created today's situation, the Lakers internally support Randall's return to the team very few people. In addition to the reasons just mentioned, there is a particularly important factor why Westbrook has not been able to interact with Randle,000,000 Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell's desire to join the Knicks.
According to an NBA scout, if the Jazz are out early in this year's playoff trip, then Mitchell will take the initiative to apply for a trade, as a big boy born in New York, Mitchell hopes to represent his hometown team in the NBA in the future. One is a rising supernova and the other is a veteran in the twilight of his career, and the Knicks don't need to hesitate at all, accumulate enough trading chips, and then wait for Mitchell's departure decision without risking to try Westbrook. For Pei Zong, Mitchell really made him powerless, after all, no matter how good the negotiation skills, can not change the chips themselves are not equal, which is the root cause of the failure of the Westbrook transaction. Do you think Mitchell will leave the Jazz? Welcome to leave a comment in the comments section below to discuss, thank you for reading and following.