The Nets did not play the imaginary dominance at the beginning of the new season, Harden is still adapting to the new rules, and the size does not seem to have fully recovered, but this is not the point, the focus is on Irving's absence, but it occupies 34 million salary space, the Nets have said that as long as Irving does not vaccinate, he can not participate in the team's training and games, but from the recent remarks on Irving's Twitter, it can be seen that he has not changed his mind in the slightest, and if the stalemate continues, management may have to take action.
Before a reporter broke the news that Irving said that "will be traded will retire", this statement directly made him lose the value of the transaction, fortunately, Owen made it clear in the past few days that he would not retire, which is also a reassuring pill for other teams, for the vaccine regulations, only New York and San Francisco currently have mandatory regulations, home team players must be vaccinated, that is to say, in addition to the Nets, Knicks and Warriors, Irving can play all games normally (including away to the Nets, Knicks and Warriors), Putting aside some of Irving's strange behavior, as a champion, his playing ability is still obvious to all, averaging 26.9 points, 4.8 boards, 6 assists and 1.4 breaks per game last season, and the shooting rate reached the level of 180 clubs, making him the only player selected by the Nets in the best team.
Recently, the US media broke the news that many teams have begun to interest Irving, for the Nets, the current Irving is not a non-sale, but it is impossible to get Irving in the form of "picking up leaks", trading Irving at least to exchange for a quasi-All-Star level player, which is a relatively loss, if there is no suitable chip, the Nets would rather press the soldiers, there is indeed a team that is very suitable for Irving, they also have enough chips to trade, this team is the Pelicans, The Ingram and Owen swap will be a win-win option.
The Pelicans have enough talent on the list, averaging 23.8 points, 4.9 boards and 4.9 assists last season, but the absolute core of the Pelicans is Zion, the champion has epic physical fitness, as long as he stays healthy, he may become a person who changes the pattern of the league, which is obviously more worth the bet, but in the offseason, the Pelicans reporter Shamen Dua revealed on Twitter: "If I say that Zion has not participated in a team training so far, how will you react to this?" ", you can see Zion's attitude towards the team.
One of the reasons for Zion's dissatisfaction is that the Pelicans originally wanted to introduce a good defender to partner Zion in the offseason, they had locked in players such as Paul, Lowry and DeRozan, but in the end no one joined, but also lost their starting point guard Bauer, compared to Ingram, who is also a forward, it will be more suitable to equip Zion with a defender, the current team's defender line is too bad, I believe that getting Irving, a superstar-level player, will slightly save Zion's heart, If pelican management were to mess around, Zion would most likely follow in Davis's footsteps.
No matter who the Nets are exchanged for, at least this player can contribute to the game, not to mention Ingram, to know that ingram, who is tall and arm-length, is known as "Little Durant" in the draft, and he has already possessed comprehensive offensive skills, especially the outside projection is becoming more and more stable, if the Nets get him, they can form the starting lineup of Harden + Harris + Ingram + Durant + Griffin, even if there is a certain gap between Ingram and Irving on the offensive end, but in the defensive end, ingram + Durant's forward combination, Just think about it and know how good it is, whether it's in terms of rebounding or rim protection, it will give the team a huge boost.
This deal is difficult to reach, after all, the exchange of the two is a big change for the two teams, and the team certainly does not want to break the existing chemistry unless forced to do so, but as the season progresses, if the problems of the two teams are still not solved, the deal is still very worth operating.