As the trading deadline approaches, more and more teams will suddenly have transactions, although this is the case every year, but this year's unexpected transactions are not many. Everyone may be expecting blockbuster league deals like Westbrook, Harden and Simmons, but the first few "appetizer" transfers are also interesting.
The Blazers talked about rebuilding with Lillard as their core, while swapping back a few small guards, while the Kings said they wanted Haliburton and Fox as a backcourt combination, but sold Halicton, the most valuable of their lineups. Compared to the Pelicans and Clippers who ransacked the Pioneers' "supermarket" at cabbage prices, the Kings and Pacers traded well, and the Pacers exchanged Sabonis and some added heads to a 27-year second round to the Kings' TT, Hield and Hope Star Halicton.
TT and Hield are big contracts that the Kings have long wanted to clean up, but Halicton is not the same, he is the king's best player in recent years, second-year Halicton averaged 14.3 points, 3.9 rebounds and 7.4 assists per game, in the 20-year draft can be re-ranked in the top three, if it is not Fox and his position overlap, Halicton's data and performance should be more eye-catching, can be the standard Cavaliers Garland. At present, most teams in the NBA are surprised by Halliburton, because according to the convention, he should be the King's non-sale, so the other management basically did not ask Harry Burton, let the Pacers pick up a leak, according to the reporter, because the King wanted Sabonis too much, so he had to join Harry Burton in the transaction.
Although from the results achieved, the Kings are not so loss-making, Sabonis Jr. has been selected as an All-Star for two consecutive years, which is his third season to steadily contribute 18+12+5 data, and Sabonis is only 25 years old, his contract is not expensive, by 2024 the average contract salary is about twenty million US dollars, as long as Sabonis can maintain such data, the Kings still have a battle in the West.
The two additions the Kings got were also good, Lamb was on an expiring contract, the Kings could free up ten million salary space this summer, and Holliday averaged just $6 million, and the King completely shrugged off Hield's junk contract. However, the price they paid is really difficult to assess, Sabonis's Eastern Conference All-Star has a certain amount of moisture, and his offense is much greater than defense, which makes his influence on the team down a notch, only the interior line with its own defensive system can save the King's record, if the record does not improve after the trade, then the Kings will not win the playoffs for 16 consecutive years. Although Halliburton does not have the physical qualities of the explosion, his excellent organizational skills are enough for him to be successful in the East, not to mention the Pacers and turner's interior line. If Sabonis only had a chance to take the Kings to the playoffs, Harry Burton, who grew up, could definitely save the Kings, but unfortunately they personally sent away the Star of Hope.
Harry Burton is still expected to be disappointed, and was "shocked" when he was notified by Kings general manager McNair that he was traded to the Pacers, which is the cruelty of the NBA, which can never control your own fate when you are not strong enough. Hopefully, Halliburton can play at the All-Star level with the Pacers, Carlisle has always wanted to trade him when he was a loner, And Halliburton's tactical position in the Pacers is certainly much higher than that of the Kings, and sometimes being traded is not a bad thing.