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Looking back at the trade market this season, whether it's a deal involving superstars or role players, the overall change is quite important. Thirteen teams in the Eastern Conference were traded, while 15 teams in the Western Region were traded.
Below we refer to the roster changes of each team, player value and subsequent potential risks to divide the teams involved in the transaction into three stages, namely reinforcement, fine-tuning, and rebuilding, and we will analyze the trading operations of the western teams around these three criteria:
First gear: reinforcement
Lakers
Transaction Content:
Loss of Wilson, Anderson, Damian Jones, Mop, Beverley and Nunn
Get Russell, Vanderbilt, Beasley, Bamba, Reed, and Eight Villages
The Lakers should be the biggest winners in the trade market, and they broke down Wilson's huge contract into three quality rotations, which consumed only one protected first-rounder.
In the Lakers' roster, Russell, Beasley, Reid and others all shoot more than 35% from the outside from the outside, while Hachimura and Vanderbilt can provide much-needed wing defense, and Bamba is the vacancy after Thomas Bryant left the team, and also has outside ability.
The players who were traded, on the other hand, were almost either players who didn't fit the needs of the Lakers' roster or had already lost playing time. It can be said that the Lakers have tried their best in the trade, and if this strengthens the Lakers and still misses the playoffs, then James and Davis can basically be disbanded.
Clippers
Transaction Content:
Lost Reggie Jackson, Wall and Kennard, 3 second rounds
Got Hyland, Gordon, Plumlee and 3 second rounders
Although the Clippers' record this season has not been as expected, they have had a decent record on the trade market. Taking advantage of the Nuggets' rush to deal with Hyland and get the young scorer with just 2 second-round picks. He then secured Plumlee in a trade with the Hornets as an interior lineman averaging 9.3 points in 4.2 covers per game, an option that could serve as Zubac's backup and may not perform as well as Zubac.
Finally sent Kennard, who has seriously declined in statistics this season, to Eric Gordon, who has high-quality outside independent offensive ability, in addition to giving up Wall is somewhat incomprehensible, the Clippers are also one of the winners in the trade market, but the recent team record is not ideal, and it may take some run-in time in the future.
sun
Transaction Content:
Loss of Bridges, Cameron Johnson, Crowder, Saric and 4 first-rounder, 1 second-round and 28-year first-round swaps
Get Durant, Warren and Baizley
After the team welcomed a new owner, unlike previous seasons that focused too much on the direction of role players, this transaction directly traded the top combat power Durant. But the price was to lose almost all of the Suns' flanking power, as well as almost all of the future first-round picks.
Subsequently, the Thunder's best co-defense force Beazley was re-strengthened, to some extent to make up for the defensive loopholes caused by the team's large number of flank departures, and at this stage, if the Suns can add another first-line defensive player, then their probability of impacting the championship is much greater.
After betting on all the future, the Suns have become a team with what it takes to win the championship, and they must win it or face an unbearable ending.
Lone Ranger
Transaction Content:
Lost Dinwiddie, Finney Smith, 29 years first round and 2 second rounds
Get Owen, Morris
Seize the crisis phase of the Nets, the Lone Ranger upgraded Dinwiddie to Irving with only a small number of chips, as Durant's second-in-command during the Nets period, the Lone Ranger did not bet on all the future like the Suns in the process of getting Irving, leaving a certain retreat for the team's subsequent layout.
But at the roster level, the Lone Rangers have become more deformed, they have a large number of interior centers, but they are increasingly stretched when it comes to the flank position, and the wings who can play are almost all swing man characters except for Josh Green and Bullock, who has been in very poor form this season, which makes the Lone Ranger's defensive efficiency in the second half of the league even more worrying. But to be able to get Irving with such a low chip, the deal is still relatively cost-effective.
pelican
Lost Graham, 4 second rounds
Get Josh Richardson
As a swingman with decent three-point ability, Josh Richardson made up for the shortest piece of the Pelicans' roster while they also cleared Graham, and the Pelicans paid only 4 second-round costs in the process, which is quite cost-effective.
Richardson can not only play with the starting lineup to open up the offensive and defensive space, but also decentralize the bench to provide bench firepower, which is a very useful green leaf player.
Second gear: fine-tuning
Nuggets
Transaction Content:
Loss of Reed, Highland, 3 second rounds
Get Thomas Bryant, 2 second rounds
The Nuggets are currently firmly in the first place in the Western Division, far ahead of the second-place team behind them by several wins. In short, the Nuggets' biggest opponent at the moment may be themselves, and in addition to grinding the current roster, the most important thing is the health of the players. Management chose to bring in the mop not only as a backup option for Jokic, but to ensure that Jokic had as much time as possible to cope with the high-intensity playoffs. But it's hard to understand how easily Hyland was sent.
grizzly bear
Transaction Content:
Lost Danny Green, 3 second rounds
Get Luke Kennard
The Grizzlies have a group of talented young players who rank in the top five in the league in secondary offense and conversion fast-break scoring, but their three-point shooting percentage is sixth from the bottom. Therefore, the addition of goalscorer Kennard can be regarded as increasing the flexibility of the lineup and helping the core lineup to open up space. It's just that Morant's problems may be more troublesome in the near future, which will also have a big impact on the team's follow-up.
king
Transaction Content:
Lost the signing rights of overseas player Misino
Get Kessler-Edwards and some cash
One of the winners in the Nets' demolition, when the Nets traded for a number of quality wings, the Kings switched to Kessler Edwards, who lost playing time, which is also a ticket scratch.
warrior
Transaction Content:
Lose Wiseman, get Peyton Jr
Under pressure to defend their title, the Warriors had to temporarily halt future plans, choosing to abandon Wiseman, who was difficult to integrate into the team's system, in exchange for last season's champion Payton Jr. Although there were problems with the follow-up physical examination, causing Peyton Jr. to even have a month to recuperate, the Warriors used this operation to reduce the luxury tax while returning the proven combat power, which is also a small fruitful operation.
thunder
Transaction Content:
Loss of Beazley, Muscala
Get Justin Jackson, Saric and 2 second rounders
The current situation of the Thunder is similar to that of the Pistons in the East Division, and due to Holmgren's season reimbursement, the Thunder have to continue to rot while training newcomers, so it is reasonable for them to choose to eat contracts for other teams in exchange for draft picks. Considering that the subsequent return of Holmgren will inevitably compress Beazley's playing time, and the role of veteran Muskara will also decline significantly, it is also a very good operation to choose to dump at valuable nodes.
Third gear: Reconstruction
Timberwolves
Transaction Content:
Lost Russell
Got Conley, Alexander Walker and 3 second rounders
The Timberwolves were quite confident at the beginning of the season, and they built the strongest offensive and defensive interior combination on paper at the cost of hollowing out the future, but the team never played a consistent fit, and Towns' record after his injury plummeted. Considering that there is a high probability that they will not stay in the team next season, they chose to sell Russell at a low price.
The overall discussion of the Timberwolves' trading since the offseason is undoubtedly quite a failure. After the failure of the Twin Towers lineup, the Timberwolves should most choose to trade star-caliber players upwards rather than trade them down for some insignificant green leaf puzzle. Although the main reason was that the management chose to sell at a low price because Russell intended to leave the team, this was also based on the team's previous distrust of Russell, and the two sides eventually came to this breakup point.
Sir
Transaction Content:
Lost Conley, Beasley, Vanderbilt, Alexander Walker and 3 second rounders
Get Wilson (buyout), Anderson, Damian Jones and the first round in '27
The deal is a testament to Danny Ainge's insistence on first-round picks. In order to get a first-round pick, he can choose to eat super contracts for other teams; For the sake of a first-round pick, he can also give up the team's original quality rotation; As long as there is a first-round pick, he can do anything.
After leaving the team in a large number of rotations, the Jazz logically directly posed to pursue Venbanyama, but there was another Markkanen, who played well again and again and refused to swing badly, which also made the Jazz's current situation quite embarrassing.
trailblazer
Transaction Content:
Lost Josh Hart, Payton Jr. and 2 second-rounders
Get Reddish, Seibre, Knox, Alziatiacno, 23 years first round and 5 second rounds
At one point in the opening season, the Blazers played well to dominate the division, but after Lillard's two injuries, the team's record has fallen to the edge of the play-offs. In the end, the management chose to trade high-quality rotation in exchange for future assets, but the players who were finally exchanged back were almost all marginal rotations abandoned by the original home team, and some have even faced the situation of being eliminated by the league, at best, it is just a lucky bag, and basically there will be not much hope.
The pioneers seem to sacrifice the present and choose the future, but they have not exchanged their future assets, and the subsequent situation is still just an illusory expectation.
rocket
Transaction Content:
Loss of Garrison Matthews, Fernando, Eric Gordon
Get Justin Holloday, Kaminsky, Wall (buyout), Danny Green (buyout)
The Rockets sent three qualified picks, which could logically be traded for at least one first-round pick or other young potential, but ended up with only two second-round picks and players who didn't have much room to develop, which was clearly not in line with the team's expectations.
Even more incomprehensible is Wall, a name that appears on the Rockets' salary list twice, but is not on the team's rotation list, and I really can't think of any motivation for the Rockets to choose to accept Wall other than to compete for Wall. While they are still in the rebuilding phase and still have a lot of draft picks and future young potential in their hands, it is never right to be so underestimated with the chips in their hands and not receiving quality returns.
spur
Transaction Content:
Loss of Josh Richardson, Poeltl, 24 years second round and some cash
Get Dedmon (buyout), Von Lay (cut), Ken Birch, Graham; 24 years first round, 7 second rounds and part of cash
As one of the teams with the lowest record in the league, the Spurs themselves need to fill the salary space, so it is completely no problem to choose to help other teams eat contracts in exchange for second-round picks, it is a pity that they did not get much leverage in the process of trading Poeltl, and if they can be exchanged for a first-round or young potential player in the trade, this is more in line with Poeltl's market conditions. But for the Spurs, these are not the most important, the most important is this year's champion Lang Munbanyama.
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