Read the Irving trade in one article: Nets stop loss and back hand Doncic is not old Jen difficult to adapt to Ou Shenxian

In the early morning of February 6, Beijing time, US media reported that the Nets traded with the Lone Ranger, and the Nets sent Kyrie Irving and Markieffe Morris in exchange for Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney-Smith, an unprotected first-round pick in 2029 and a second-round pick in 2027 and 2029. Later, Woj tweeted: "Irving will arrive in Dallas as soon as tomorrow for a medical check-up and make his Mavericks debut in the Mavericks' February 9 game against the Clippers." ”

Reactions from all sides

After learning the news, the Lone Ranger star Doncic was ecstatic to have such a heavyweight partner for the first time in his career. Reflecting it is the ridicule of the Lakers by social media. Because in the previous trade rumors, the Lakers have been in close communication with the Nets, and there are rumors that Irving will be introduced to Los Angeles. However, now, after Irving was confirmed to join the Lone Ranger, the news immediately rushed to the hot search in the United States. The Lakers failed to grab people, and the American media bleachers and New York media posted a scene of James being angry and frustrated to kneel on his knees, with the caption: When James saw Irving being traded to the Lone Ranger. Even Beverley, a Lakers player, is eating this melon than a trade, tweeting: Dallas is strong, I love this league. Other NBA players have also expressed shock.

Deal rating

Of course, the US media is not only shocked by the Lone Ranger and Nets trading moves. Major sports outlets also rated the deal, with The Athletic's rating C+ for the Mavericks and B. Clearly, in their view, the Nets are relative winners.

Because in this deal, the Nets achieved a stop loss as much as possible, and also hoarded 1 first-round pick, 2 second-round picks, plus the 2023 first-round pick that was previously traded with the 76ers, the Nets now have enough confidence to play another big game before the trade deadline.

And from the Lone Ranger's perspective, they completed a change-for-change deal and got a more talented scorer.

However, what the Lone Ranger must consider is the fit between Irving and Luka Doncic.

Unfortunately, Doncic is not LeBron James, and the fit between the two may not be so good.

The Nets have a stop loss and a back hand

The Nets and Irving have fallen out, and even if the Nets force Irving to keep him, Irving may leave on a free agency offseason. Instead of letting Irving go for nothing, take advantage of the opportunity he just returned to the All-Star starter to send him away and make the most of his remaining trade value.

In the end, the Nets switched back to a second ball holding point, a forward 3D and draft pick compensation, which is already considered to be as much as much a stop loss as possible.

As long as Durant stays on the team, Dinwiddie and Smith are a good fit for Durant. This season, Dinwiddie scored 0.99 points per round in singles and 1.06 points per round in blocking, and his performance as a second holding point is qualified. Moreover, Dinwiddie has scored a career-high 1.24 points per round on fixed-point shooting this season, and his off-ball nature is even better.

Smith's attribute is 3D, and he has participated in a lot of blocking cover this season, basically popping up catches and shooting, and scoring 0.98 points per round. Smith scored 0.95 points per round on a point-of-spot shot. This season is Smith's shooting year, but Smith's defensive value is good, after all, he has a height of 2.01 meters and an arm span of 2.13 meters, in the Lone Ranger, Smith's diversity and difficulty are among the top of the team, and he is one of the most relied on players on the defensive end of the Lone Ranger.

The Nets did lose some offensive ability in this deal, but their projection ability didn't decline much, but the flanks improved further. The Nets are likely to continue to strengthen in the future, and they intend to use their two first-round picks and two second-round picks to trade further.

The deal also has to consider hidden factors such as locker room atmosphere, and after getting rid of Irving's baggage, the Nets locker room can finally be calm. Of course, this is provided that Duran specifically submits a trade application before the trade deadline.

The lone ranger may lose blood

The Lone Ranger finally played a big game, introducing Doncic to an All-Star-level second ball hold. But the question is, is Irving a good match for Doncic?

Many American experts have mentioned one point when mentioning Irving's joining the Lone Ranger: Irving has a successful experience with James, so Irving is fine with Doncic.

This logic is somewhat absurd, completely ignoring the comparison of Doncic and James in the Cavaliers era. Yes, James is the big core of the ball, but his ball usage rate in the second period of his Cavaliers career has been maintained at 30%-31%, which is not an exaggeration. But what about Doncic? His ball usage rate is against the sky 38.5%.

To put it more bluntly, James's is called the big core with the ball, and Doncic is called the ball bully.

James and Irving work smoothly because James is also a threat when he doesn't take the ball, and the experience of the Heat era has taught him to play without the ball, open cuts, hand-to-hand, no-ball cover, and blocking as a cover person to catch the ball. When Irving gets the ball, James has a variety of ways to get involved on offense.

But what is Doncic doing when he's not holding the ball? He is almost walking or sticking in place, does not give cover to his teammates, he rarely cuts in the air, rarely runs to use cover to catch the ball, at most plays a few hand-to-hand, and finally becomes his own strong attack with the ball. Doncic has very low offensive involvement when he doesn't have the ball, and his cooperation with Irving may end up being a rotating singles mode where you pick and I pick.

After the deal, the Lone Ranger's luxury tax rose to more than $60 million. Knowing today, why didn't the Lone Ranger renew his contract to attend higher Brunson? The Lone Ranger did not leave Brunson because of the luxury tax.

In addition, the Lone Rangers lost Smith and the few remaining first-round picks in the trade, and their defensive problems were even more glaring, and there was not much room for reinforcement in the future. What to do with Christian Wood? How to strengthen the defense? These two problems may be more serious than the distribution of the ball between Doncic and Irving.