The NBA regular season is in full swing, and the teams on the court are in a hurry to strengthen, before the Nets want to trade Harden, after the Lakers want to trade Westbrook, and in the middle of the relatively weak team to rebuild the reinforcement lineup, according to the latest news from the NBA, the Pacers and the Kings reached a big deal involving 7 players. The Kings got star forward Sabonis, while the Pacers got to rebuild the cornerstone Of Halliburton.
According to a prominent NBA reporter, the Pacers sent four players, mainly Sabonis Jr., plus Holliday, Lamb and the 2027 second-round draft picks, from the Kings to get Hield, Halliburton and Thompson, both sides have what they need, ready to continue to play this season.
The Kings' current record is 20-36, ranking 13th in the league, 7 wins away from the 8th Clippers, 2 wins away from the 10th Pelicans, if the Kings work hard, they have every chance to play the playoffs, Fox has become the core of the team, veteran Barnes also has a good performance, plus Metu, Barkley. The team's talent is very good, and their only goal now is to enter the playoffs, especially with the 9th-placed Lakers and the 10th-place Pelicans with an unstable record, trading Sabonis Jr. to give the team a real dual core lineup.
Sabonis Jr. was the King's coveted player, during the Pacers, Sabonis Jr. averaged 18.9 points, 12.1 rebounds and 5 assists per game, he was both offensive and defensive, tough in play, fully suited to the Impact of the Kings, more importantly, with Sabonis Jr., the King's inside and outside lines were more balanced, although there was less substitute Hield, but it was too difficult for the Kings to keep Hield, after all, with his performance, he wanted a higher salary, which the Kings could not meet his requirements, although the Threat of the Kings' three-point line became lower, but Lamb's joining also allowed the team to have new options on the outside, plus veteran center Thompson, the team's internal line was substantially improved, and the joining of these players helped the Kings impact the playoffs.
Compared to the Kings' dream of impacting the playoffs, the Pacers are more concerned about rebuilding, their idea of wanting to rebuild is not a day or two, want to send Turner, now send away Sabonis Jr., these can prove their determination to rebuild, although they lost the inner core of Sabonis Jr., but they got the outside impact of Hield has the potential rookie Harry Burton, Hield is a good outside shooter, and Haliburton is the 12th rookie of 2020, in the past game, He averaged 17.3 points and 9.4 rebounds per game, and more importantly, his 43 percent three-point shooting percentage, steady free throw shooting, strong big-picture view, organizational skills and tough defense were the main reasons the Pacers wanted him. The arrival of the two of them can effectively improve the resilience of the team's offensive and defensive ends, and the current Pacers friends Turner, Brogdon and Warren can trade or choose to start the first step of reconstruction with Halliburton as the core.
In this deal, both sides get what they need, the Kings get the core they want, and the Pacers get their rebuilding core, depending on how these players perform after changing teams, we look forward to it together.