To be honest, this season's All-Star Weekend is a bit boring. The All-Star Weekend isn't even as hot as Wilson's signing with the Clippers, not to mention the frantic operation of the teams on trade deadlines. Obviously, the Lakers were one of the biggest winners on the trade deadline, and they not only got rid of Wilson's junk contract with limited chips, but also traded for another star they desperately needed, improving their outside shooting ability, forward defense ability, and rebounding ability. The biggest problem for the Lakers now is the run-in problem between players. The signing is officially reached, say goodbye to the Lakers, the playoffs are not easy, you should prove your worth.
At the time of the trade deadline, the Lakers completed more than one trade, and in addition to Wilson, Thomas Bryant and Beverley also left the Lakers. Among them, Tob applied to leave the team because he was dissatisfied with his role time in the Lakers after the comeback of thick eyebrows, and Beverley was completely a player sent away by the Lakers in order to make a remedial measure. Earlier, the Bulls officially announced that the team had officially signed Beverley, who will wear the No. 21 jersey for the rest of the schedule. In addition, Beverley was on a podcast and accidentally realized that the Bulls and Lakers have not met this season, and the two teams will have two more chances to meet in the remaining schedule. Regarding the upcoming face with his old club, Beverley said he will do everything he can to squeeze the Lakers out of the playoffs because the Bulls also need to win to make the playoffs.
Beverley is right, the Bulls currently have a 26-33 record, they are 11th in the East, although the Bulls are a little better ranked than the Lakers 13th in the West, in fact, the Bulls are not as good as the Lakers (27-32), if the Bulls don't have a huge improvement in record in the next sprint, they are indeed likely to miss the playoffs this season, before the All-Star weekend, the Bulls have experienced a six-game losing streak, and they urgently need to end the losing streak first. However, speaking of Beverley, for Lakers fans, his departure is very disappointing.
Beverley did get caught up in trade rumors for a long time this season, and that's because his early season performance fell far short of the team's expectations. However, as he picked up mid-season, fans have come to hope that the "trash talker" can stay on the squad, after all, any team that wants to go far in the playoffs needs such a player on their squad. After 23 years, Beverley shot 38.3 percent from three-point range, which was still the same as his form slipped before his All-Star weekend. At his best, Beverley shot over 45% from three-point range in the New Year, becoming the Lakers' most consistent outside shooter, plus defensive ability, Beverley is the Lakers' starting No. 2 player.
Unfortunately, the Lakers and Beverley, because of other problems, had to break up. Originally, after the Lakers sent Wei Shao away, they didn't have to make other trades, but Tob thought about leaving, and the Lakers could only send him to the Nuggets for 3 second-round picks. After the deal was struck, Thick Brow didn't even have a replacement, they had to find a backup center in the market again, and Bamba came into the sight of the Lakers. No way, since Bamba earns 10.3 million a year, the Lakers almost only have Beverley's (13 million) contract to match, otherwise, the Lakers need to use Walker plus other base-salary players to exchange for Bamba.
Since Damian Jones and Toscano Anderson were packaged and sent to the Jazz together in the Westbrook trade, the Lakers have no other trade to add, and they can't always catch up with decent role players such as Rivers and Gabriel for Bamba. Coupled with the arrival of Beasley, Russell and Beasley partnering the Lakers in the starting and backcourt is easy to predict, Beverley is likely to lose the starting position, making him feel a bit wasteful on the bench, and after tangling for a while, the Lakers decided to press the trade button and send Beverley away. A few months ago, Beverley also threatened to lead James and Thick Eyebrows to the playoffs, but now he thinks about kicking the Lakers out of the playoffs, which is indeed a bit of a big contrast.
For the Lakers, giving up Beverley is also a helpless move, if Tob does not go, the Lakers do not need another center, and they will not go after Bamba. However, from Beverley's perspective, he does need to help the Bulls win as much as possible, although the Bulls seem to have a low ceiling this season and their guard Lonzo Ball has announced season reimbursement, but now the 34-year-old Beverley, he needs to work on his next contract, which is likely to be Beverley's last acceptable contract.