From the Philadelphia 76ers to the Los Angeles Clippers, they repeatedly publicly applied for trades, and were rejected by the whole league, and the NBA gave birth to the most selfish star, and was heavily fined $75,000 by the league!
Text: Lao Kan Kanqiu
Editor|Lao Kan Kanqiu
The NBA regular season is halfway through and All-Star Weekend is also ushering in, and most of the team's stars have also been given a buffer time. Since the wind of winning the championship is prevalent, more and more teams have chosen this shortcut, and the Big Three or even the Big Four are rushing for the championship, like the Celtics in the East, who sent away important rotation players such as Smart, Gwee and Williams in the offseason, in exchange for Porzingis and Holiday and the Big Four with the double Tanhua Tatum and Brown How, the Bucks are also recruiting on a large scale, not only changing the two head coaches, but also gambling on Lillard to form the strongest offensive duo in the league with Brother Alphabet.
On the Western side, the Suns also traded to Beal in the offseason, reorganized the Big Three with Durant and Booker, and the Clippers could not be ignored either, and the 76ers' deal with Harden was grinding for more than a month, and finally the Clippers sent Morris Jr. + Batum + Covington + Martin Jr. + 2 first-round picks + 2 second-round picks + 1 draft swap rights in exchange for Harden + Tucker + Petrushev, through this 8-for-3 big deal, the Clippers team Harden + Leonard + George + Wei Shao' A miniature version of the 'Big Four', aiming for the championship.
However, after Harden joined the team, the Clippers suffered a six-game losing streak at one point, and the team's record fell to the bottom three in the West. However, as Wei Shao took the initiative to make sacrifices to return to the bench, after Harden returned to the starting ball-handling core, the team's record began to rebound, and a wave of 9 consecutive wins was played against the trend. Since December, the record has ranked first in the league, from the bottom 3rd all the way to the Northern Expedition, once topped the first place in the West, Harden and Wei Shao's role changes complement each other, directly driving the team's offense, and everyone's efficiency has been improved. In particular, the duo Leonard and George not only played the best offensive and defensive efficiency of their Clippers careers this season, but their attendance rates soared to a new career high. Maybe Harden's stats aren't flashy, but he's made it easier for everyone, as head coach Tyronn Lue said: "Harden played fantastic, he kept everybody focused, he took too much pressure off Leonard and George, and getting Harden was too crucial for us." ”
Indeed, the arrival of Harden completely liberated the peppers and made the whole team play more happily. However, there is only one person on the team who is not only unhappy, but is slowly becoming the biggest hidden danger in the team's locker room, and that person is Tucker, who came to the Clippers with the Harden trade. The last time Tucker played in the game, back to the Clippers vs. the Nuggets in November last year, Tucker played less than 7 minutes, only got 2 steals and 1 assist, after this game, Tucker did not play, even in the garbage time of many games, Tyronn Lue did not arrange his appearance, and was directly DNP by the team. From the Philadelphia 76ers to the Los Angeles Clippers, they repeatedly publicly applied for trades, and were rejected by the whole league, and the NBA gave birth to the most selfish star, and was heavily fined $75,000 by the league!
And this caused Tucker to be strongly dissatisfied, and in the more than three months since he was abandoned, Tucker has repeatedly complained in public about the team, not getting the respect he deserves, and repeatedly publicly requesting trades. And in a recent interview, Tucker's dissatisfaction broke out again, and he bluntly said: "We all said that I could accept the DNP, and they promised to send me to another championship team before the trade deadline, so I have been sitting on the bench and being as professional as possible, but they have not fulfilled their promise to me, so I can only speak for myself, otherwise who will speak for me?"
Obviously, Tucker has a strong dissatisfaction and resentment against the Clippers management in this remark, and he has put his discord with the team on the table, and in addition, Tucker also bombarded the previous home team Philadelphia 76ers in the interview, he said: " Now it's a tough situation for the Clippers, I shouldn't have been going through this, but it's all because of that trade, I didn't actually ask to be traded, I didn't have to be here [the Clippers], it wasn't me who requested a trade, so I think they messed everything up. ”
Indeed, Tucker was traded from the 76ers to the Clippers, which puzzled many people, but recently, Clippers reporter Tomer Azarly revealed more inside information about the previous Harden trade. Tomer Azarly said that Tucker ended up being part of the Harden trade because of the 76ers' management's request, and according to reliable sources within Philadelphia, the 76ers would have been unlikely to trade the Clippers if Tucker wasn't allowed to join the Harden trade.
According to sources, the offseason trade for Harden has been delayed, mainly because the 76ers want to get rid of Tucker's junk contract through the Harden trade, and the same is true for the Clippers, who have been looking for ways not to eat Tucker's contract, including finding a third party to accept Tucker. From the 76ers to the Clippers, Tucker has been repeatedly disliked by the whole league, and the reason for this is because of his selfishness. Tucker has always felt that he was being delayed by the Clippers, so he has always refused to agree to be bought out, which has become the biggest obstacle for the Clippers to send him away before the trade deadline, and Tucker instead believes that the team has betrayed his trust and repeatedly publicly bombarded the team.
Indeed, from Tucker's own point of view, it is indeed understandable to choose to let the team trade him to championship teams such as the Nuggets and Bucks, but as a professional NBA player, at least abide by the contract and maintain basic literacy, it is impossible to repeatedly ask the team to trade him. Tucker's behavior also caused an investigation by the league, and just today, the NBA officially announced a heavy fine, Tucker was heavily fined $75,000 for multiple public trade requests. This blockbuster ticket also shows the attitude of the league, and Tucker really needs to recognize his situation.