15 points defeated, 1-4 out of the game! The NBA's biggest pseudo-powerhouse team was born, and the Big Three should be disbanded

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2024-05-17 23:13Published in Chongqing

The NBA playoffs are still in full swing, and this season is indeed a season of competition, with many giant teams, most of them, with two or three All-Star level players, and most of these teams are gathered in the Western Conference. Like the Lakers, Warriors, Clippers and Suns, the four traffic teams are full on paper. Not only these four popular teams, like the defending champion Nuggets, but also the three highest-paid players Jokic, Murray and Porter Jr., although the Timberwolves are only a dark horse, they also have Edwards + Towns + Gobert The three all-star players, and even an inconspicuous underdog team like the Pelicans, there are also three star-level players such as Ingram, Zion, and McCollum, and the book strength is definitely not weak. In fact, not only in the west, but also in the east.

The Celtics, Bucks and 76ers, as three traditional Eastern powerhouses, although they do not have top-notch old-school superstars of the level of Jankudu, they are also very luxurious in terms of lineup. Since the Green Army introduced Boshen + Holiday last offseason, five members of the team have been selected to the All-Star team. Bucks alphabet brother + Lillard, at the beginning of the season was once known as the league's strongest duo, although the two did not play ideal results this season, but after a year of running-in, I believe that next season they will bounce back, Lillard has gradually adapted to his new role in the Bucks. Although the 76ers sent Harden away at the beginning of the season, the young Maxey has risen super, and this season Maxey also became an All-Star for the first time and was elected as the most improved player.

In addition, there is a hidden giant team in the East, who is not very popular, but has a strong book strength, and that is the Cleveland Cavaliers. Since LeBron James left Cleveland and joined the Lakers, the Cavaliers have dived high, from a championship team to a bad team, and for three consecutive seasons, the regular season win rate has hovered around 3%. However, in the 21-22 season, they ushered in a turning point, with the rise of Allen and Garland, the Cavaliers' record began to pick up, regaining the playoff level, and both were selected as All-Stars that year. In the summer of '22, Cavaliers management made an important decision to send Markkanen + Sexton + 3 first-round picks and other chips to get Donovan Mitchell from the Utah Jazz.

At that time, as soon as this trade came out, the Cavaliers were immediately regarded as the favorites to compete for the championship, not only Garland + Allen + Mitchell three All-Stars, but also a potential inside Mobley, as a 21-year Tanhua, the future is also quite promising. Unfortunately, the Cavaliers did hold their floor, but struggled to break through the ceiling, and they only played on the edge of the playoffs in the past two seasons. This season, the Cavaliers eliminated the young dark horse Magic in the first round of the fierce battle to grab seven, and faced the league's No. 1 Celtics in the second round, without any way to fight back, and basically surrendered before the series ended, and the life-and-death battle was also a 15-point defeat without suspense, and finally 1-4 out. 15 points defeated, 1-4 out of the game! The NBA's biggest pseudo-powerhouse team was born, and the Big Three should be disbanded.

Through the performance in the playoffs, it is not difficult to see where the Cavaliers lost, first of all, their lineup is too deformed. The combination of Allen and Mobley on the inside, both of whom are traditional center forwards, the space is too poor and the box is too crowded. Mitchell and Garland's outside two-gun combination is too short, and the offensive end is okay, but the defense will suffer too much, Mitchell still has an arm span advantage, but Garland is difficult to say, and starting forward Strus is less than two meters tall. Secondly, Garland is indeed a seriously overrated player, who has been an All-Star, but does not have the real strength of an All-Star, although he is fast and flexible, but he is not enough to fight, he is quite inexperienced in positional warfare, and he is not good at ball control, and he is almost the same as a sixth man at most, and he is not qualified for the responsibilities of the team's second leader or even the core.

After the Cavaliers were eliminated in the second round, the team quickly fell into trade rumors. Mitchell, Garland and Allen are all trade targets, and Cavaliers coach Bi Coststaff is also likely to be out of the club. Not only that, but the conflict within the Cavaliers team is also intensifying, with Cavaliers management complaining about Allen's frequent absence due to injury, and several players have privately and publicly questioned the head coach's tactics, rotations, playing time allocation, and game plans. The star of the house, Mitchell, was also frustrated by the lack of maturity and focus of his teammates. Cavaliers reporter Evan Dammarell said that if Mitchell is traded, the Lakers, Heat, Nets, Rockets, Grizzlies are all interested, and if Mitchell stays in Cleveland, then Garland and Allen are very likely to leave. The Thunder, Pelicans and Kings are interested in Allen, and the Timberwolves want to get Garland as an alternative to Conley. They're going to have a big move this summer.

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