The first deal of 2022 is born!
Today, the Blazers officially announced that the team sent Norman Powell and Robert Covington to get Bledsoe, Winslow, 2021 No. 21 Keane Johnson and a 2025 second-round pick (from the Pistons) from the Clippers.
Honestly, I really didn't expect the Clippers and Trail Blazers to complete this wave of trades, especially with such a good outside player as Bobkov.
In the eyes of many people, the Blazers' deal is really a blood loss.
Let's take a look at the players who are being used as trading chips, and what the stats are like this season:
Blood Cloth averaged 25.2 minutes per game, contributed 9.9 points, 3.4 boards, 4.2 assists 1.3 steals and 0.4 blocks, shot 42.1% from the field, and 31.3% from three-point range, which belonged to the type of tastelessness and abandonment;
Winslow averaged 12.9 minutes per game, scoring 4.2 points, 3.6 boards and 1.4 assists; the data did not see value, familiar with the Heat veteran knows that this guy is a defensive sapper, with excellent physical fitness often sticks to the opponent's offensive core, the disadvantage is that it has its own point glass attributes, and the offensive means are average.
Keane Johnson, this year's first round 21 pick, 1m 93 defender, weighs 83kg, averaged 9 minutes per game this season, 3.5 points, 1.4 boards and 0.9 assists;
As for the two sold by the Blazers, it can be said that they are the players of the playoff puzzle, the top supporting roles next to the superstar;
Powell averaged 33.3 minutes per game and had 18.7 points, 3.3 boards, 2.1 assists and 1 steal; Covington averaged 29.8 minutes per game, 7.6 points, 5.7 boards, 1.4 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.3 blocks.
A high-caliber scoring wing, an excellent 3D front.
The Blazers sold Covington and Powell together, which made Kan Qiujun wonder if Portland was ready to start trading interests in pursuit of reconstruction.
Although the direction of the profit guidance is unknown, after the transaction is completed, the Blazers' payroll is indeed reduced to the luxury tax line, and there is no need to pay taxes this season! A follow-up interview based on trailblazer interim general manager Joe Cronin also confirmed that the deal Powell was a move to avoid taxes.
On the other hand, the Clippers need to pay an additional $19 million, presumably they are also to supplement the reinforcements of George and Xiaoka, who will return at the same time next season.
Powell is in the prime of his career, shooting 40.6 percent from three-point range this season, and the 28-year-old is still on the rise in his career, but last summer he just signed a five-year, $90 million contract that really makes the Clippers digest for a while;
But the boss Ballmer's "wealth" is unknown to everyone, can contribute to the creation of a fantastic lineup after the comeback of George's small card at the same time, this 19 million luxury tax to eat, what is the money, is not used to burn.
Seeing that the Clippers are still operating in the case of losing Ka George Jr. this season, the Lakers in the same city are inevitably embarrassed, and some fans do ask why it was the Clippers and not the Lakers who got Covington and Powell.
Salary expert Bobby Marks responded: "The Lakers don't have a contract to match the $27 million salary of the two of them. ”
Obviously, the reinforcement space of the small broken lake is almost 0, the big three needless to say, the little Tucker ten million, Nunn is the middle class, and the chips that can be traded are also very few, so lakers fans should not expect too much from this.
On the contrary, the Pacers and digital people are full of curiosity, the Clippers and the Blazers are just throwing bricks, the real drama must be Simmons, presumably the transaction about Simmons will definitely involve the addition of many teams;
And the Pacers on this side of Turner, Levert, Little Sabonis and other important components are bound to provoke many teams to rob, it seems that this Spring Festival is bound to have a vigorous, then what deal are you most looking forward to?