With trade deadlines, NBA team managers are starting a quick trade, and of the few teams that made trades, the Spurs and Blazers, as well as the Pacers, are likely to make waves in the player market this summer! It's because they either have a lot of draft picks in their hands, or a huge salary space, or some quality young players, which are excellent chips in the market.
The Blazers are the protagonists of the recent deals
First of all, they sent Powell + Covington, who had just renewed their contract for 5 years, from the Clippers in exchange for Bledsoe + Winslow + Tim + second round picks; then sent CJ McCollum + Nance Jr. + Snell, from the Pelicans to Alexander Walker + Satoransky + Luzada + 2022 first-round picks (protected) + two future second-round picks; this is not the end, they sent away Alexander Walker + Satoransky, who had just changed hands and were not hot, and replaced them with the Jazz's Ingles + Hughes + 1 second-round pick.
Good guys, 3 consecutive trades, almost changed the players in the team, of course, they also changed back 1 first round pick and 3 second round picks, but also freed up a 2100 trade exception, a 3 million trade regulations, and at the same time free up as much as 60 million salary space this summer! What is this for? It must be summer to do things!
With 60 million of space, Lillard still retained, and a lot of draft picks in hand, I'm sure some players who want to play with Lillard and some team managers will definitely keep an eye on the Blazers. Maybe the Blazers will be able to form a Big Three lineup in the summer.
The Spurs made a good deal and the summer continued
The Spurs sent Hernangomez back to Satoransky, but should not leave him behind, either trade or cut, after all, there is currently a surplus of defenders in the team, and almost white got a second round pick, which is a good deal. Looking at the Spurs' salary space, the total salary of players with contracts on their backs this summer is only 90.97 million, which is still the main core player Murray + White + McDermott + Boltell + Lonnie Walker + Kelden Johnson and other people are carrying contracts.
Given that the salary cap for the 2022-23 season is 121 million, and the luxury tax threshold is 147 million, and the Spurs theoretically have nearly 60 million room under the luxury tax, this money may be enough to sign a superstar player.
Be bold, refuse the Nets 3 years 160 million early contract renewal contract amount Harden, is not dare to think about it?
The Pacers reconstruction began, the role players were there, and there was a leader
The Pacers sent away Sabonis Jr., the only All-Star player on the team, in a trade with the Clippers, but in exchange for the Kings' high-potential rising star Hariburton, as well as Hield and TT, it was a decent bonus. In fact, the Pacers' roster of role players is quite good, Turner can provide protection and rebounding inside, Brogdon is also stable in the point guard position, Buddy Hield can provide points and long-range shots on the shooting guard, McConnell is excellent as a bench point guard, Craig can provide quality defense and three-point shooting as a large front, and the new stars have Hariburton and Duarte.
As far as this lineup is concerned, it should be said that there is no shortage of anything but a leader player. In the past, Sabonis Jr. could not be a leader, his offensive ability was average, and he could not digest a large number of ball-holding attacks, as an auxiliary point he was great, but he could not attack the main point. So how to get a star player is a difficult problem in front of the Pacers management.
Meanwhile, Rubio's $18 million contract, TJ Warren's $13 million contract, and TT's $9.7 million contract will all expire in the summer, freeing up about $40 million in salary space for the Pacers. I think 40 million should be enough to sign an All-Star player.
This summer, destined to be extraordinary, in addition to the Blazers, Spurs, Pacers, the Thunder team with a lot of draft picks in hand, is not also eager to move? There is also the Magic team that has broken up the lineup to rebuild, and it must also be operated! There are also pistons that have been in a bad position, and they should spend money to sign stars after getting a high pick. Maybe this summer is another summer full of big contracts, and there will definitely be a lot of garbage contracts.