In a season, the craziest period of shuffling of the league's teams is before the trade deadline, which is a past correction of the teams to the team's lineup in the offseason, and some signings that were deemed appropriate at the time were incompatible with the team during the season, resulting in the team's chemical reaction not being good.
In a season, the most critical time node is after the All-Star Game, the teams on the edge of the playoffs make a full impact for the playoffs, and it is also the most cost-effective time point for some championship teams to strengthen.
On the one hand, as a championship-fighting team, the heavy trade before the trade deadline is not conducive to the stability of the team, because most of the salary of the championship-fighting team is the top salary of the superstar, in the case that the superstar will not move, the variable of the transaction can only be some unsuitable or incompatible players of his own team, replacing the unworthy or incompatible players of other teams, and the actual combat strength of the team may not be so profound.
However, after the trade deadline, many veterans will be traded to rebuild the team, because these veterans are not in the team's future plans, bought out or laid off by the team, and these veterans will go to the team they think is the most likely to compete for the title, Dragic joined the Nets is such an example.
At present, the teams that win the championship at the moment are very dense, and the situation of the strong west and the weak east in the past has been completely broken this season, but whether it is the west or the east, the teams in the championship window period are still very dense.
The teams that the West must win in the present are the Lakers, Suns, Warriors, and Clippers.
The core of the Lakers is currently thick eyebrows, James and Wei Shao, in the case of thick eyebrow injury attributes are too strong, Wei Shao's play style is very incompatible with the whole team, James's importance to the Lakers is self-evident, but James is 37 years old, and the Lakers' ranking is only 9th in the West. Leading the 11th Spurs in the West 4.5 wins, the Lakers have the risk of losing in the playoffs and not entering the playoffs, for James's age, the Lakers have very little room for trial and error, the Lakers want to seize the tail of James's career, must win in the present, but the presence of Westbrook, prompting the Lakers' lineup to become deformed, trading Westbrook has become very difficult.
Before the start of the All-Star Game, the Suns officially announced that Paul was at least 4-6 weeks out of the game, and the Suns are currently ranked No. 1 in the West. 6.5 wins ahead of the Warriors in the 2nd place in the West, for the team that once again impacted the championship, we all know that Paul is the core of this team, in the case that Paul is about to turn 37, the Suns must hope to help the team win a championship at the end of Paul's career, in order to complete the regret of Paul's lifelong career without a championship, and the Suns have not won the history and honor of winning championships since the establishment of the team, after losing to the Bucks in the finals last season, the sun has made a comeback this season, once again impacting the championship, Paul is the most important player.
Before the trade deadline, the Clippers made several blockbuster deals, introduced the two-forward combination of Covington + Powell, coupled with the current Clippers forward strength is very strong, there are Morris, George, Leonard, Batum, the guard line has Kennard, Reggie Jackson, Mann, the inner line has Zubac and Halten, it can be said that the Clippers put out a five-forward lineup is the strongest lineup in the league, plus Tyrrenlou is particularly good at platooning, prompting the Clippers to be very scary in the case of full body.
However, Leonard has not played a game this season, Paul George is most likely to be reimbursed for the season, in such a situation, the Clippers can still rank 8th in the West, higher than the Lakers in the same city, which shows the strength of the Clippers, the Clippers have no reason not to win in the moment, otherwise they would not make such a deal before the trade deadline.
Curry is the AMVP of the All-Star Game, Curry is 34 years old, and Klay Thompson returns from injury after a long truce, coupled with the team's aging Iguodala, the Warriors need to win in the moment, although the Warriors reserve young players such as Wiseman, Moody and Cuminga, but the Window for the Warriors to win the championship is still under the core of Curry, Thompson and Dream Green, the growth cycle of young players does not coincide with the window period of veterans winning the championship, in the case of the current record ranked Second in the West, The Warriors are bound to want to seize the window of this year's championship.
The west's current strong teams include the Grizzlies, Jazz, Lone Rangers, Nuggets, and Timberwolves.
After a brief rebuild in the Grizzlies, he quickly acquired young players such as Morant, Clark, Bain, And Jalan Jackson Jr., and acquired many ready-to-play teams such as Melton and Dillon Brooks through trades, prompting this team to undergo a qualitative change and become a strong team in the West.
The team mainly configured in Donovan Mitchell, Gobert, Conley and Bojan, taking into account both the interior and the outside, taking care of attack and defense, taking into account the projection and space, has made the Jazz the most balanced team in the West, and still the strongest team in the West.
In order to get rid of Porzingis's contract, the Lone Ranger accepted Dinwiddie and Bertans, and with Doncic as the core of the team, the Lone Ranger is definitely a strong team in the West that should not be underestimated.
The core of the Nuggets' team is Jokic, Aaron Gordon and Murray, the team configuration is very good, cut out the injury factor, the Nuggets is definitely a strong team in the West.
Towns won the All-Star Three-Point Contest, and on the teams with Russell, Edwards and Towns as the core, the Timberwolves completed the accumulation of talent and experience, and gradually cashed in on the talent stage.
At present, the Only Blazers in the Swing period in the West, after trading McCollum, as well as Powell and Covington, the retreat can be completely rebuilt, and the retreat can be rebuilt around Lillard, which can be said to be offensive and defensive.
The team that has been decided to rebuild the core of the Western Conference is the Pelicans, who will rebuild around Zion Williamson and Ingram, but Zion Williamson's poor health has prompted this team to keep its talent unfulfilled.
The teams determined to rebuild in the West are the Kings, Thunder, Spurs and Rockets.
In the East, title-contending teams include the Bucks, Nets, 76ers, Bulls, Heat, and playoff teams with the Celtics, Raptors, Cavaliers, Hornets and Hawks, and the only teams that have been rebuilt are the Pistons, Magic, Pacers, wizards and Knicks in swing.
The Bucks, who were the defending champions last season, are bound to continue to defend their titles this season, and the ceiling is very high in the teams with Alphabet Brother, Middleton and Holliday as the core.
Although the Nets traded Harden, but there are still Irving and Durant, plus the trade to Simmons, Seth Curry, plus dragic to join, the Nets' paper strength is still very strong.
The 76ers traded harden, coupled with embiid's presence, to form a core lineup inside and outside, coupled with the presence of Harris, Sable and Maxi, the lineup is extremely thick and is a big favorite to win the championship.
DeRozan's immediate combat prowess this season has been outstanding, and with the squads of Ravin and Vucevic, the Bulls are also very competitive in the East.
The Heat have Adebayo and Butler at their core, and Hiro and Duncan Robinson are in a state of recovery, and their strength should not be underestimated.
In the playoffs, the Celtics have a combination of Jaylen Brown and Tatum, the Raptors have a combination of Siakam and VanVleet, the Cavaliers' three-high lineup of Mobley, Allen and Love, the outside line has a combination of Sexton and Garland, growing very fast, the Hornets have three goals, the Eagles have Tre Young, which has contributed to the unprecedented competition between these teams.
In the case of only one team in the championship, whether it is the west or the east competition is very fierce, want to stand out in such a highly competitive environment, only one star is not enough, there are injuries, health management factors, and the problem of player status and running-in, at the moment, if the team's paper strength and chemical reaction do not reach the optimal value, giving up the choice of the future may be the best choice, misplaced competition is a local reflection of fierce competition, and most of these championship teams are going to win in the present. Rarely can take into account the future, rarely give the age players a lot of playing time and shooting opportunities, there are no talented young players, the vast majority of talented young players in the rebuilding team, so the Pacers, Spurs, Rockets and other teams choose to give up the present, choose the future, such a team building strategy, is the current environment of the most optimized team building strategy, as well as time and space multi-dimensional reflection.