On February 5, Beijing time, the NBA recently completed a transaction, and the Blazers officially announced that the team and the Clippers completed the transaction. The Blazers sent Out Powell and Covington to get Bledsoe, Winston, rookie Keane Johnson and a 2025 second-round pick from the Clippers. After the completion of this 2-for-4 deal, the Clippers undoubtedly earned, made a lot of money, and even got two important reinforcements, Powell and Covington can provide great help to the Clippers, from this transaction, it can be seen that the Clippers will not be bad, they are still in the eighth place in the West, and will continue to impact the championship this season?
No matter how you look at the deal, it was earned by the Clippers. Although Bledsoe played well in the Clippers, he averaged only 10 points, 3.4 boards and 4.2 assists per game, and averaged only 31.7% from three-point range, while people such as Winston also had some potential, but they were limited after all. Even this second-round draft pick is from the Pistons, not the Clippers' own draft pick. Relying on such chips, the Clippers got two strong reinforcements, and the team's lineup depth immediately increased a lot. This wave of clipper operations can be called a full score.
Powell worked with Leonard during his time at the Raptors, and he did well at the time. After coming to the Blazers, Powell also performed well, averaging 18.4 points, 3.3 boards and 2.1 assists per game this season, and averaging 41.2% from three-point range, which is much better than Bledsoe. Powell is also a championship guard and has a good relationship with Leonard. In addition, Covington is also an excellent defensive player, although he averaged 7.7 points, 5.6 boards and 1.4 assists per game this season, and his personal data has dropped a little, but he still averaged 1.5 steals and 1.3 blocks per game, and still has a good performance on the defensive end.
And the Clippers' head coach is Tyren lu, and his use of players is generally excellent, allowing players to play better. So after these two people arrived, I believe they can play better. They hadn't been very smooth with the Blazers before, and when they came to the Clippers, they could play with peace of mind. For the Clippers, even if the big two giants fall, they are still reluctant to mess up. Leonard and George are now injured, and they thought the Clippers had given up this season, but they couldn't imagine that they had completed such a big deal now, and it has to be said that the Clippers are always a surprise.
The Clippers only recently beat the Lakers and didn't expect to complete the reinforcements immediately. Previously, the Clippers played in the remnants, facing the Lakers with Westbrook and Davis, the Clippers finally narrowly defeated the opponent and continued to rank eighth in the West. After beating the Lakers, they seemed to be more confident and made reinforcements at the first time. You will be very embarrassed by this operation of the Lakers! Let the Lakers eat their own bitter fruit. Not long ago, the news of the Lakers and West falling out came out, they canceled the season ticket of the team hero West, and the relationship between them deteriorated. When West left the Warriors, he tried to return to the Lakers, but was ignored by the Lakers, and finally he went to the Clippers.
Now West is an advisor to the Clippers, and he has a credit for the deal. Now the Lakers are undoubtedly eating their own bitter fruit, not only pushing West to the Clippers, but also deteriorating relations with West. In such a situation, it is normal for West to nauseously the Lakers. Because if the Clippers are broken, the Lakers will have one less important opponent. Now the Lakers are in the ninth place in the West, even the top eight in the West can not enter, the Clippers do not want to mess, they are more difficult to enter the top eight, and even the two teams may meet in the playoffs, when Leonard and George return, can the Lakers play? It's really Worthy of West, now the Clippers can get into the playoffs by the wreckage, and if Leonard and George can come back, they will still be the favorites to win the championship.