Because it is about the Nets draft pick, so the Rockets fans are still more concerned about the Cavaliers to meet the Hawks playoffs, and even cheer for the Cavaliers, as long as the Cavaliers can break into the playoffs, then the Nets' first-round pick may still fall in the 16th pick through the lottery, considering that last season the Rockets used the 16th pick to play Shen Jing well, if the Cavaliers successfully qualified to the Rockets can also benefit slightly.
However, in this crucial battle, the Cavaliers almost pressed the Hawks to play three quarters, once 14 points ahead of the opponent, but in the end they were reversed by the Hawks in the fourth quarter, and after two consecutive losses in the playoffs, the Cavaliers completely missed the playoffs this season, and the Nets' first-round pick finally fell in the 17th pick. Although rocket fans ultimately failed to do so, they were also thankful that the culprit of the Cavaliers' two-game playoff loss was LeVille, one of Harden's chips in the past. After being traded to the Rockets, there were a lot of people who felt they should keep him, but in the end Stone felt he would make a team mediocre and traded him to the Pacers, and now that the Rockets didn't keep him, they were right.
Look at his stats in these two games, the first game against the Hornets played 40 minutes, got 12 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals, including 4 of 12 shots, 3 of 3 three points, the offensive state is extremely bad; against the Hawks in 10 minutes this game got 16 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal, shot 13 of 5, 9 of 3 points, looks better than the previous game, but in fact in the third quarter of the game, the Eagles started in the third quarter. Le Vere, as an organizational guard, dribbled several times as fast as 24 seconds to throw the pot to Markkanen, if only the Cavaliers fans could get angry and vomit blood. It can be said that in these two key battles, LeVert did not play the kind of effect that the management wanted.
The point is that Le Vere is still the Cavaliers this season spent a lot of money to buy, this season cavaliers guard line suffered serious injuries, Rubio, Sexton season reimbursement, although the introduction of Rondo in the middle, but his offensive threat is too poor, the Cavaliers have been in the trading market before the end of the trade day has been seeking reinforcement in the trading market. In the end, management decided to use 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, to make a deal with the Pacers to get Le Vere. But the Cavaliers LeVert has been struggling, the key is that he has missed many games due to injury, and now the key battle is stealth and throwing the pot, on LeVert's performance is simply a loss to the grandmother's family, it is obvious that the Cavaliers have been cheated by the Pacers to 3 draft picks.
It is worth mentioning that before the end of the trade day, there were many rumors linking the Cavaliers with the Rockets' Gordon, when Gordon performed quite amazingly on the court, averaging 14.3 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists per game, including 48.2% shooting, 41.7% three-point shooting, being able to attack, defend, and three points, and the performance was impeccable. Even in terms of performance throughout the season, Gordon is better than LeVert, if the Cavaliers have a veteran like Gordon, it may be a different result today, and now it seems that the Cavaliers did not choose to trade Gordon's loss is really too big.