The mid-season trading market is a bit deserted, only the Clippers and Cavaliers have completed reinforcements, the Pacers and Rockets rebuild teams have a large number of jigsaw puzzle players, Turner, Sabonis, Gordon, Wood and Theth can become the main rotation of playoff teams, but their asking prices are too high, almost all of them are a first-round pick start, resulting in the transaction has not progressed, for playoff-level teams, if they can increase the immediate power in the middle of the season, it will have a major improvement in the championship, but now it seems a little difficult.
Of course, in addition to the trade, there is a way that is the most popular with the championship team, that is, the buyout market, the players who are bought out are basically the kind of veterans who have not yet won the championship, they will give up a part of the salary choice and the team to reach a buyout agreement, so as to compete for the championship team to play the residual heat, the opportunity to fight for the championship, they have been the strength of the starting level, got more than ten million annual salary contracts, age or injury reasons let them some degradation, but to the championship team, reduce the pressure on the body, It's still much easier to use than the average player, and the experience of the game will become the most valuable asset of the playoffs.
At present, there is a veteran player who is likely to reach a buyout, he is Thaddeus Young, according to reporter Marc Stein, Young's trading market has been very quiet, that is to say, spurs have not received relevant offers, Young came to the Spurs from the Bulls through the DeRozan deal last offseason, as the Spurs began to rebuild and cultivate young players, Young is not in the team's future planning, he himself publicly expressed his desire to go to a championship team, and then was hidden by the team, the Spurs definitely hope to be able to send him away through the transaction, At least some chips can be exchanged, but his contract of 14.31 million this year is a bit large, the market feedback effect is not good, Young has no meaning for the Spurs, if it is really impossible to reach a deal, negotiating a buyout to save some money may be the Spurs' last choice.
Yang is 33 years old this year, has not yet reached the point of not moving the ball, last season he averaged 12.1 points 6.2 boards per game, shooting a shooting rate of 55.9%, he is 2 meters 03 tall, arm span 2 meters 12, is the most popular size in the small ball era, although he is not a 3D type, the ability to shoot outside the line is negligible, but he is an organizational front that can hold the ball, the penalty area scoring is very efficient, the most critical is his defensive ability, can change multiple positions, keep up with the outside line to carry the inside line, The combination of movement ability and confrontation intensity is also the most important trait of the championship team.
If Young really achieves a buyout, almost all the championship teams will go out to lobby for his joining, after all, the basic salary can get an experienced rotation player is definitely worth it, and even if it is not needed, it can not let him fall into the hands of competitors, especially the Suns, Saric and Kaminsky have been injured and basically determined to be absent for the entire season, Ayton, McGee and Biyombo are all traditional interiors, the team does not have a real big forward and small ball center, Young's arrival can perfectly make up for the team's final weaknesses, The Suns currently rank first in the league, which is also in line with Yang's needs to win the championship, and in the end, whether the Suns can get their wish, let's wait and see!