According to NBA Analysis, in view of Doncic's supernatural performance this season, single-core leading the team can maintain the top six positions in the highly competitive West, Cuban is finally going to bring in strong reinforcements for the star, and is currently discussing a 4-for-1 trade with the Raptors to target the league's steal king Anunoby.
Specific trading schemes
The Lone Rangers win: OG - Anunoby
The Raptors get: Davis Bertans, 2025 first-round pick, 2027 first-round pick, 2029 first-round pick
Transaction analysis
After the Lone Ranger selected the 2018 rookie to draft Doncic, although he was often able to make the playoffs, he did not go far every year. Mainly because the team has only one All-Star-level player, in the current era of huddle popularity, wanting to win the championship Big Three is basically the standard. Cuban finally understood that the era of Novitsky's single-core team winning the championship was no longer there, so he was ready to pay 3 first-round games to help Doncic find another right-hand man.
Anunobi, the No. 23 pick in the first round in 2017, has a 201cm height but an arm span of 220, which has laid a very good foundation for him to become a top defensive player. He also did not waste his physical talent, averaging 36.9 minutes per game this season, contributing 18.3 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 2.2 steals and 0.8 blocks, making him an offensive and defensive advantageous forward. And the three-point shooting percentage is not bad, averaging 36.8% shooting per game.
His arrival can help the Lone Ranger solve the problem of insufficient forward ability, and now there is no larger forward in the team, basically shooting guards swing to the position of small forwards, resulting in particularly poor overall defensive efficiency, ranking last in the league. If the OG is successfully obtained, the team's overall defense can be effectively improved, coupled with Doncic's unsolvable offense, I believe the Lone Ranger has the hope of rushing out of the West this year.