On February 11, Beijing time, the NBA trade deadline, the Lone Rangers and wizards completed the transaction, the Lone Rangers sent Porzingis and a second round pick, get the Wizards' Dinwiddie and Bertans. The deal was somewhat surprising because after Porzingis left the Lone Rangers, the team's interior depth was worrying, and Dinwiddie and Bertans did not play well this season, in which case the Lone Rangers also used Porzingis and a second round to change, which surprised many people.
This season, Dinwiddie and Bertans have played very sluggishly, of which Dinwiddie's performance is not as good as before, so far in the new season, he has only been able to get 12.6 points, 4.7 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game for the Wizards, while shooting only 37.6% from the field and shooting as low as 31% from three-point range.
And Bertans, the former marksman, has also been disappointing this season. So far in the new season, he has only averaged 5.7 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game, shooting 35%, his best outside three-point shooting, and his shooting rate this season is only 31.9%, which has created a new career low. In the Wizards' roster, Bertans is already at the end, that is, in many games, he can not get the opportunity to play.
Porzingis has outperformed Dinwiddie and Bertans this season, averaging 19.2 points, 7.7 rebounds, 2 assists, 0.7 steals and 1.7 blocks per game, shooting 45.1 percent from the field. In the game, Porzingis has scored 30+ and 25+ performances many times, and the individual performance is not bad, and he also has a good performance on the defensive end. It's just that he has only played 34 games this season because of injuries, and his attendance is not high, which is his old problem. But even so, the Lone Rangers' choice to trade Porzingis to trade Dinwiddie and Bertans was still a surprise.
Of course, for Porzingis, after coming to the Wizards, he will get more ball rights than the Lone Rangers, and he can become the core of the team's interior line, and he is expected to play even better statistics. Dinwiddie and Bertans will also play an important role in the Lone Rangers, Dinwiddie teamed up with Doncic to partner in the backcourt combination, and Bertans is expected to play his shooting talent in the team and regain his previous fiery shooting feel.
For the Lone Rangers, what they need to solve most at the moment is that they have to strengthen the inside line, because the team itself has a general interior depth, and it has also traded Porzingis, which makes the team's internal depth hit again. In my opinion, if the Lone Rangers can't strengthen their own interior line, then they won't be able to go further in the playoffs this season.