Nets vs Cavaliers This playoff is related to the Nets' draft pick, so Hugh City fans are also quite concerned about this game, as long as the Nets lose the game, the first round of the pick is further improved, so Hugh City fans are cheering for the Cavaliers, hoping that they can play the Nets. But the final result was that the Nets spent the game at the beginning of the game, leading the opponent by as much as 20 points at the end of the first quarter, even if the Cavaliers later improved their defense and struggled to chase, but the point difference was too large and eventually lost.
Although this game did not make rocket fans wish in the end, it reflected the ability of rocket general manager to see pearls, because it was Harden's chip pit in the past that miserably hurt the Cavaliers. In the whole game, the Cavaliers' worst performance is the team's starter LeVert, who played 40 minutes in the whole game and got 12 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals, including 4 of 12 shots and 1 of 3 three-pointers, but if he performed better in this game, or reached his season average of 17 points, the Cavaliers would not be so difficult or even lose the game.
And LeVert was one of the chips in the original Harden trade, and many people felt that the Rockets should keep him, but Stone made a different choice, thinking that he would make a team mediocre, and eventually sent him to the Pacers in exchange for Oladipo. Of course, the Pacers LeVert still played some highlights, so after the Cavaliers' Rubio season reimbursement, their management finally made a deal with the Pacers in order to fill this backcourt gap, and the Cavaliers used Rubio's expired contract, a 2022 lottery-protected first-round pick, a 2022 second-round pick from the Rockets and a second-round pick from the Jazz in 2027, and traded leVert.
To know that the Cavaliers' 3 draft picks could have been exchanged for Gordon's, before the end of the trade day, many people predicted that the Cavaliers might choose the Rockets' backcourt veteran Gordon, because before the end of the trading day, Gordon performed quite amazingly on the court, averaging 14.3 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, of which 48.2% of the shooting rate and 41.7% of the three-point shooting rate, he performed almost impeccable on the court. At that time, if Gordon traded, it was a very timely addition to the Cavaliers, but in the end their management chose Le Ver, but since the trade deadline from the Pacers to the Cavaliers, Le Ver has been struggling, and has missed many games due to injuries, and has not met the Cavaliers' expectations. Now in a crucial game like the Nets, the Cavaliers management doesn't even have to take the regret pill.
Looking back at the operation of Rockets general manager Stone, how wise it was to decisively abandon LeVert, not to mention that he also selected Green with the eye of the list, and also used two first-round draft picks to trade from the Thunder to ShenJing. It is also expected that in the next draft, the rocket's general manager will bring two talented young players to Hughes.