The All-Star Game is over, there are no games in this time period, we can now look back at the past period of time to play more surprising teams, first of all the Green Army, the last 10 games they won 9 games, now reached the sixth place in the East, they can rise because the team defense is back, White and Smart's backcourt combination defense should be the top of the league, their trade with the Spurs made the Celtics.
Speaking of trades, in fact, there is a more successful team, they are the Blazers, in the past period of time the team has won 4 consecutive wins, the team trade sent away Powell, Covington and CJ Fuzheng Anfinney Simmons is correct, Anfinni Simmons can cut 30+ in 4 consecutive wins, they traded Hart, in addition to excellent defensive ability, after joining the three games can average 24 points and 5 rebounds and 4.3 assists in the three games.
Because of the departure of a group of cores, now Nurkic has also got the ball he deserves, he played an All-Star level performance, the Blazers' rebuilding can be said to be very successful, and when Lillard returns they will still be a Western Conference playoff level team, and even if the rebuild has begun to take shape, but the Blazers still seem to be not satisfied, they completed the operation of 3 signs and 1 cuts today, the purpose is to find the right player for the team.
First of all, let's take a look at 3 signings, they signed a 2-year two-way contract with Brand Williams, after Brand Williams signed a 10-day contract with the Blazers, it seems that the Blazers still appreciate this defender, so they signed him again, the young man is 22 years old this year to play for the development league, can average 22 points per game is very good, I hope the young man can seize this opportunity.
Then the Blazers and the team's two-way player Trendon Watford signed a 4-year, 5.8 million contract, which has 2 years without guarantee, Watford can average 4.5 points and 3.2 rebounds in 12.6 minutes per game this season, this short center defense is very active but the rebounding ability is still a piece of jade. Then came the Raptors and Spurs deal with Dragic, the former Spurs player Yubanks, who was cut by the Raptors, signed a 10-day contract with him, hoping that Yubanks could stay here for a long time.
Because of the signing of 3 players, so the Blazers can only lay off to have a lineup place, so they cut Dennis Smith, who has played well this season, Dennis Smith will be absent for several weeks because of an elbow injury, and it is normal to cut him, in fact, to be honest, Dennis Smith is still not in the Blazers' future consideration, otherwise the Blazers will not give up on him, this season Smith Jr. averaged 17.2 minutes per game to score 5.6 points, 2.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.2 steals.
Converted into 36 minutes he can get 11.7 points, 5 rebounds, 7.5 assists, 2.5 steals is still good, but because so many years have not practiced a stable three-point ability, which also allowed him to be abandoned by the Blazers, think of the Lone Ranger thought to be the future No. 9 show, but now it has fallen to such a point, people sigh, Dennis Smith is the 2017 draft and Simmons, Ingram a term, because the athletic ability exploded, comprehensive enough, so his template is Westbrook.
But he did not have the same fate as Westbrook, because he only relied on talent to play and did not work hard enough, he was abandoned by 4 teams in the past 4 years, first in 19 years by the Lone Rangers to send to the Knicks in exchange for Porzingis, then 21 years from the Knicks to the Pistons, and then abandoned by the Pistons to the Blazers, he has been upside down at the age of 24, so it is likely that he will eventually go to the ball like Beasley, and it is a story of injury.
Just now we talked about why the Lone Ranger once took him as the core and finally gave up on him? The reason is because of Doncic, the lone ranger won Doncic with the probe in 18 years, whether it is personal talent or the ability to lead the team, Smith Jr., a player who has played for a season, looks obviously inferior to Doncic, when the Lone Ranger still wants them to play double core, but Little Smith obviously does not want this first-year rookie to steal the position of the boss, so he often does not listen to the tactical arrangements to do it alone, which annoys the management, and finally sends him away from the team, which has such a situation as it is now.
Finally hope that Smith Jr. can find a place where he can stay for a long time, and this also requires his own efforts, in this era, it is impossible for a backcourt player to get the favor of other teams without three-pointers, I hope he can work hard to practice three-pointers, through the past period of watching his game, his talent is still there, if he seizes the opportunity, he still has hope.
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