The protagonists of this year's buyout market, who can influence the territory of the championship?

The water valve is unstoppable as soon as Dragic idly raises his hand to the basket to play 2+1

Compared with the bustle of last season's three All-Star interior lines entering the buyout market, this season's buyout market is a bit deserted. As of the closure of the buyout market, this year's buyout market has only appeared two former All-Star players, Goran Dragic and DeAndre Jordan, and the two have only been selected as All-Stars twice.

Large-scale studies have found that the value of the buyout market is seriously overestimated, after all, how can really powerful players be bought out, and players who are bought out are generally the type of fame greater than strength. However, this does not prevent the annual buyout market from still having strong teams flocking to these players. Dragic, Jordan Jr., including Tristan Thompson, who helped the Cavaliers win the championship, have all joined the championship team, can they prove themselves again and shake the territory of the championship?

Battle for the championship puzzle

Among the players who have flowed into the buyout market this year and signed (or are about to sign) strong teams, only Dragic, Jordan Jr., and Thompson are barely able to count as a championship puzzle. However, the strong team regards these three people as a puzzle for the championship, and it is conceivable how low the quality of the buyout market is this year.

Dragic, who has been transformed into a sixth man in the heat's final two seasons, still has a certain three-point shooting and organizational ability, but his physical condition is getting worse and worse, and his attendance has declined due to his age and injuries. After being traded to the Raptors, Dragic failed to enter the rotation and eventually bought out the contract to join the Nets.

Originally, the Nets did not lack defenders, especially considering that Dragic is almost 36 years old, and he has no athletic ability to play, and he has no experience in winning the championship. But the farce caused by Kyrie Owen's refusal to vaccinate indirectly made Dragic a life-saving straw for the Nets. James Harden left, Ben Simmons could not return, when Irving will be able to play home is still unknown, Dragic's significance to the Nets has increased sharply.

Judging from Dragic's performance in the first 2 games of joining the Nets, the long-term lack of battle makes him need some time to adjust his physical and competitive state, and whether he can help the Nets climb out of the mud looks a bit hanging.

Jordan Jr. and Thompson are really "sick with each other", one is a former All-Star center, the other is a former championship team starting big forward (playing center in the small ball lineup), and it was also beautiful that year. But now, as they get older and the league enters the era of small ball, Jordan Jr. and Thompson can no longer play their peak defensive abilities due to various problems such as slow pace. The 76ers are expected to sign Jordan Jr. and the Bulls sign Thompson, who signed a buyout contract, in large part because of loopholes in their interior and they have no choice.

After the 76ers sent Drummond away, there was a loophole in the fifth position of the second team, and Paul Millsap could not hold up this position, and they believed that Jordan Jr., who still had a certain ability to eat cakes, could become Harden's inner partner when he brought the second team. The Bulls lost starting forward Patrick Williams not long after the start of the season, there were holes in the interior, Thompson's ability was no longer good, at least the height, rebounding ability was there.

Short-term emergency

The Bucks are the "leak-picking brigade" that bought out the market this year, and they are specifically picking up players that the Nets don't want, and the anecdotes are ridiculous, and the Nets coach Nash has no tactics, why did the Bucks sign two former Nets players for tactical intelligence.

In order to complete the trade involving Simmons and Harden, the Nets had to cut the Bembritten position. Later, the Nets cut Jevon Carter in order to bring in Dragic. Now both Bemburi and Carter have signed contracts with the Bucks that last until the end of the season.

Objectively speaking, with the immediate combat strength that Bembry and Carter have shown this season, they are not worth the Bucks' salary and luxury tax. But the Bucks couldn't do anything about it, and the main shooter Connaughton underwent surgery for a broken hand and had to come back in the final stages of the regular season. Backup point guard George Hill has not played since Jan. 29 and is said to be on another week's hiatus. In previous trades, the Bucks had sent Di Vincenzo away, and their backcourt was short of major generals and had to bring in Carter and Bemburi to save them. When Connaughton, Hill, and Lopez come back, the Bucks in the full lineup can come up with at least 9-man rotations, and Carter and Bembry will most likely fall out of the rotation to complete the mission of firefighters.

The Lakers introduced Augustine to one truth. Are the Lakers short of guards? There is no shortage, counting Nunn, who is expected to return this month, the Lakers guard line can rub two tables of mahjong. The problem is that few of the Lakers' backcourts really play a role. Russell Westbrook's problems need not be repeated, Taryn Horton Tucker, Austin Reeves, Avery Bradley have their own problems, even Malik Munch, who has exceeded expectations this season, is not perfect, and his stability is in doubt. After the trading market failed to return and the buyout market chased Dragic, the Lakers could only retreat to the second place and sign Augustine to try. By the time Nunn returns and the performance is passable, Augustine will most likely sit at the end of the bench.

Like the Blazers signing Ubanks, the Blazers recently had to sign Ubanks for the rescue due to injuries, and Ubanks just joined the Blazers and played two starts, compared to the 15 starts in more than 3 seasons of his career.

The Wizards signed Satoransky, who made a buyout deal with the Spurs, in part because Satoransky was an old acquaintance of theirs, and he played in Washington early in his career, which satisfied the Wizards. On the other hand, because the Wizards lost Bradley Beale, after sending Dinwiddie, the backcourt strength and depth are insufficient, Satoransky can save the Wizards in the short term.

Unemployment crisis

In this year's buyout market, several players who were once optimistic were bought out or laid off for different reasons, they failed to complete the reemployment and are now facing an unemployment crisis.

Dennis Smith and Cody Zeller, who were laid off by the Blazers, were both injured, the former on the 9th pick in 2017 and the 4th pick in 2013, and were also players with high hopes, but both players have failed to cash in on their talents for several years. Smith was laid off by the Blazers for an elbow injury, and Zeller was cut for surgery for a knee injury. Smith is only 24 years old and Zeller is only 29 years old, but whether the two will return to the league in the future is unknown.

Michael Carter Williams was the No. 11 pick in 2013, and he was laid off by the Magic purely because of his strength and style of play. At the Magic this season, McAvoy averaged 8.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game, and as a starter who averaged 25.8 minutes per game, such a performance is not qualified, especially considering that he only shoots 38.9% from the field and 24.6% from three-point range, and has not practiced a stable three-pointer in nine years of his career. In the future, McAvo may only be able to fight for short contracts.

epilogue

Overall, this year's buyout market is very cold, in previous years, the big stars were bought out after joining the strong team, some small market teams will also complain that "the league is helping the strong team to become stronger", this year even this kind of complaining voice has not appeared, it can be seen that all teams do not think that this year's buyout market can have any impact on the league pattern.

In the past 10 years, Aldridge, Griffin, Drummond, Joe Johnson, David Lee and other All-Stars have not played the expected role after being bought out to join the new team, they are also typical of the buyout market fame is greater than the strength, but dior, Belinelli, Iasova and other non-All-Star players have played a big role in the playoffs after being bought out. What will happen this year? Time will tell.