The Nets won the Dragic scramble, and for him, the choice was good, the foothold was New York, of course, better than Milwaukee, and Irving's break was a stable pulse fluctuation, allowing him to get a more clear playing time. Doncic, Cole, Nash, the three people who have a bond with him, the first team currently has a poor lineup ceiling, the chance of winning the championship is small, the second place is not very clear, the third is said to be very hard, the team is also competitive.
Taken together, the nets are chosen, and it makes sense.
Generally speaking, we have to recognize the reality and can't make unrealistic expectations of players who buy out the market. But in the past two years, buyout market gods like Griffin and Batum have signed, which makes people's expectations for the second spring of the veteran team really increase a lot. Dragic had planned to break up with the Raptors from the beginning, hadn't played in the game in a serious way, and had limited reference to the 90-minute game sample. Although close to 36 years old, it's only been 17 months since the playoffs hit the Celtics and Bucks, and we still can't underestimate his current level of combat.
The functionality of Nets players is more complicated, all kinds of special players belong to the compound talent with a little weirdness, and it is impossible to divide the types simply by function, so I will first classify them simply and rudely by body type:
Backcourt: Irving, Curry Jr., Mills, Brown, Cameron Thomas, David Duke (both ways)
Flanks and forwards: Durant, Simmons, James Johnson, Joe Harris (may not be able to make a comeback), Edwards (both ways)
Inside: Chuang Shen, Ade, Sharp, Griffin, Fourth Brother
If the personnel is neat, it is said that the Nets are not short of ball carriers, Durant + Irving two people, holding the ball can play at will, no ball can also run the starter style, Curry Jr. and Mills have considerable tactical value, especially Curry Jr., although it can not be organized as the first main attacker, but relying on the ball to shoot and throw support the blocking is very efficient. Simmons as a dealer can be compatible with the above 4 people, Thomas is the beggar version of the above 4 people, Janjo is the beggar version of Simmons, and there is a Ard who can roughly digest the ball. The concern of this configuration is certainly not how to develop the offense, but how the various functional players can spell out the only lineup that has both attack and defense, and the rational allocation of 48 minute rotation time.
For Nash, combing through the rotation and making the team "traceable" rather than where everyone plays is his most important task after the season. The Nets were too chaotic before, although the main player Duu is a plug-and-play type, other role players are not, compared to the Suns, Jazz such a "regular" team, the Nets are obviously more freehand. Since Irving is a part-time player, playing a pair of stable rotations is very unfavorable, and the best way is to add another player with the same positioning as a break, which ensures the stability of other positions. Many coaches do not like to take the substitute with the highest level of the corresponding position to the start when they encounter intermittent absences in the regular season, but add another player from the back of the rotation to stabilize the rotation and keep others unaffected.
For the Nets, Dragic may be the first role to play in addition to the opportunity to play Carter, who is not low in attendance but has a bad influence. He is the only backcourt outside of Irving that the Nets can balance individual offense and passing, and Curry Jr. and Thomas do not have this ability, and Simmons is a completely different routine. If Dragic's level is normal, he can solve a lot of problems by replacing Irving, although it is impossible to do a 1-1 substitution - outside of ability, time can not be equal - or more stable than relying entirely on other players to share the role.
Dragic went to the Nets, which had some impact on competitors. Although his improvement in the nets' absolute strength will not change the balance, the key is that several of the next players who compete with the Nets have a lot of demand for point guards:
Warriors: There has been a lack of qualified bench point guards, and Poole has struggled to play the No. 1 position. In the case of Green's truce, Iguodala's large number of rotations, other teachers indulging in sudden points, and Anderson's unreliability, the Warriors suddenly changed from a surplus of organizational points to only a reliable organizational point for Curry, and the plan to reduce his burden could not be implemented;
Bucks: It's still an old problem, there are a lot of backcourts, it's all 3D, and there's a lack of bench point guards who can block and dismantle. While it's true that the Bucks can solve the problem without blocking the backcourt and relying on the personal strength of the letters and rice beans, the injury of Lopez has greatly reduced the fault tolerance rate, requiring the Bucks to not expose the problem in other aspects as much as possible. It is a pity that I did not get Dragic;
Suns: Although getting Aaron Holliday at the trade deadline does not completely solve the Suns' backup point guard problem, but because Paul was full-time before, Booker attendance was also good, Payne this season although personal efficiency is not high, the pass control has not collapsed, and the Suns interior and forward continuity is good, and the lack of a substitute point guard has not hurt them too much. But Paul suffered a finger injury and was expected to be absent from the All-Star post in large numbers, which magnified the Suns' problem of bench point guards infinitely.
Originally they were not pursuing Dragic's enthusiastic home, but now they have become the team that needs the most replacement point guards. Of course, the Suns could choose to ignore Paul's injury and look at the record in the post-All-Star period. With the Warriors six wins ahead, seven Grizzlies, and the all-Star playoffs being of average difficulty, the Suns have a chance to hold all of their home field advantage even in Paul's absence.
But it's hard to say whether the playoffs will amplify the question of a point guard on the bench. The good news is that in the playoffs last year, even without Paul, the Suns were able to win two over the Clippers, indicating that they lacked a guard and could still find a way to find a way in the seemingly extreme shortage of people in the backcourt. The bad news is that in the 3 meetings between the Suns and the Warriors this season, Payne has played a very negative role in the field, Aaron Holliday, Peyton Jr. is not more capable than him, and Shamet is not the type of ball holder. If this ray is exposed at the high end, it will be difficult to find a way to adjust.
The Nets got Dragic, improved and lost, and then let the three important competitors fail to get the much-needed reinforcement, so the two superimposed, or not a small victory. At this time, the signing of Dragic, the increase in luxury taxes is not a lot, but in order to free up the quota, the Nets cut Carter, and Carter is holding a two-year guarantee contract, and not a basic salary, a total of more than 7.5 million in two years, for a team with explosive salaries, quite bold.
After more than half a season of chaos, the Nets, which had climbed all the way to the playoffs, calmed down again, and once again launched an impact on the championship with a wave of expressive layoffs and signings. Since Simmons and Durant have not yet returned, Irving's playoff prospects are unknown, and we are not sure what level this team is at, but it has to be said that the Nets have a streamlined rotation configuration that looks like both offensive and defensive, and they are a playoff force that cannot be ignored.