Looking back at the 12-for-3 trade after a season, there is no worst, only worse, and all four sides are losers

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2024-04-30 16:56Published in Shandong

The NBA playoffs continued, and after the Lakers were eliminated 1:4 by Murray, Jandoku missed the second round of the playoffs this season, which also heralded the beginning of a new era in the league to a certain extent, and the era of Jandoku's older generation of stars is passing. In fact, they have not been so competitive since last season, which is why teams including the Suns and Warriors have made a wide range of roster adjustments last offseason, but after a season, these adjustments have obviously failed.

At that time, the Suns made roster changes in order to impact better results, and completed a big enough trade at the time. A 12-for-3 trade with the Wizards, the Suns get Beal, Isaiah Todd and Goodwin. Wizards get: Paul, Shamet, 6 second-round picks (2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2030), 4 first-round swaps (2024, 2026, 2028, 2030), cash. In the end, Paul was traded twice in a row, and the Wizards sent Paul and this year's No. 57 pick to the Warriors to get Poole + Rollins + Baldwin + 2030 protected first round + 2027 second round. Then the Warriors and Suns built a whole new roster. Looking back at the 12-for-3 trade after a season, there is no worst, only worse, and all four sides are losers.

Loser 1 Paul: After Paul, who had come to the end of his career, was sent away by the Suns, he also wanted to join a team with championship power, and was eventually traded to the Warriors. I originally thought that the Warriors could try to go further this season, but I never thought that the team would encounter more situations and injuries this season, and the lineup would fluctuate greatly, and the team was finally eliminated from the play-offs. Paul missed out on the championship for another season, and his fate in the offseason is still unknown. It is also unknown whether the dream of winning the championship will be fulfilled in his career.

Loser two: Warriors. The Warriors traded away Poole to a certain extent a forced decision, but there were also team management's own ideas, they traded Paul to form a new roster, under which the Warriors' salary and luxury tax are among the top in the league, with a total expenditure of nearly $400 million, but it is this luxurious team that has not even made the playoffs, and the play-off elimination data was announced early to prepare for the next season. They have once again wasted a season in the final stages of Curry's prime, and for the Warriors, their team-up system centered on Curry has obviously become smaller and smaller, and the future is also at a crossroads.

Losers three Durant and Booker. At the beginning, Durant + Booker twin stars and Paul once brought the Suns to a new stage, and the team also had an excellent offensive and defensive lineup, but in order to get Beal to form the so-called Big Three and further improve the team's firepower output on the offensive end, they made this big deal. But Durant and Booker came home again, this time by a first-round sweep, and Durant has been swept out of the first round twice in the past three seasons. After leaving the Warriors, Durant has always wanted to prove himself, but this season he has been in vain.

Losers Four Suns. The biggest loser in this deal right now is the Suns. The many draft picks and chips paid can be said to have overdrawn the future, in exchange for Beal, but the team stopped in the first round. In the playoffs, Beal's performance was not straightforward, G4 Beal played 31 minutes, 4-of-13, 1-of-5 three-pointers, 9 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 6 turnovers and 6 fouls. In the first four games of the playoffs this season, Beal played an average of 38.5 minutes per game, scoring 16.5 points, 2.8 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.3 blocks, shooting 44/43/80% from three.

The bottom line is that the Suns don't have any draft picks to trade for the next seven years, and Beal will have a $160 million salary contract for the next three years, and he still seems to have a trade veto. The Big Three occupy a high salary space. There is basically no room for the team to adjust. Interestingly, according to the various news disclosed earlier, the Big Three will face a disintegration, Booker was revealed to want to go to the team in New York, and Durant was revealed to be his potential next home. Where do you think the Suns should go in the offseason?

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