Earn hemp! The Green Army got Holiday for 12 for 3, White and Boshen, and how did the players they sent develop

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2024-05-28 11:53Posted in Henan Sports Creator

As the final whistle blew, the Celtics swept the Pacers 4-0 and won the Eastern Conference championship for the first time in two years. While this result is still clearly not the ultimate goal for the Celtics, looking at their performance in both the regular season and the playoffs, the team has shown absolute dominance.

The Celtics topped the league with 64 wins and 18 losses in the regular season, and there is no team with 60+ wins other than them, and since the beginning of the 21st century, the Celtics have only two seasons with 64 regular season wins, the last time was the season they won the championship in 2008.

In the playoffs, the Celtics have only lost two games so far, 4-1 Heat in the first round, 4-1 Cavaliers in the second round, and 4-0 Pacers in the Eastern Conference finals.

And the reason why the Celtics have become so strong has an extremely important relationship with the three trades they have made in the past two years, namely 4-for-1 to get Derrick White in 2022, 4-for-1 to get Porzingis last offseason, and then 4-for-1 in exchange for Holiday , the arrival of these three plus the original Tatum and Brown form the strongest starters in the league this season.

It can be seen that the Celtics management can be said to have gone to great lengths to win the championship, and they have also given away a lot of players and draft picks in the past two years, but it turns out that they are right, and this year the Celtics have the best chance to win the championship since 2010. So where are the players that Celtic sent away now, and how are they developing personally?

1. Derek White

Send Richardson, Langford, 1 protected first-round pick in 2022, first-round swap in 2028

After being traded to the Spurs in 2022, Richardson did not slump, and his role on the defensive end still earned him the trust of Popovich, so he played better with the Spurs just by looking at individual performances. However, as the Spurs are rebuilding and they need to give more young guards time and possession, Richardson is not a good fit for their current team-building plans, and he was sent to the Pelicans in the middle of last season.

Richardson returned to the Heat last offseason with a 2-year, 6 million contract, compared to 4 years ago, his form has declined significantly, and now he can only play off-ball offense on the court, and his greatest value is still in defense. It's just that after playing 43 games, Richardson is out for the season due to a shoulder injury, and in fact, his attendance has not been high in the past few years, and the last time he played 70 games in the regular season was five years ago.

As the No. 14 pick in 2019, the Celtics also gave Langford a chance at first, but unfortunately he couldn't take it. After being sent to the Spurs, Langford is still playing mediocre, and after the end of his rookie contract in 2023, he has also been reduced to the point where he can only sign a 10-day contract with the Jazz, and the most important thing is that he was cut by the team in the end, and now he has left the NBA.

2. Porzingis

Send away Smart, Gallinari, Muscala, 2023 No. 35 sign

As Horford got older, the Celtics had to find a player who could replace him as quickly as possible, and they made a quick decision when they learned that Porzingis was on the trade market, even sending the locker room leader Smart away.

As the big brother before the double tanhua, Smart is not only highly qualified in the team, but his individual strength is also excellent, and he was elected the best defensive player in 2022, so when the team traded him, many fans felt very reluctant. For Smart, he is also relatively unlucky, not to mention being traded, the most important thing is that after coming to the Grizzlies, the team instantly changed from the previous playoff team to the bottom of the West due to large-scale injuries.

As a result, Smart's record of eight consecutive playoff appearances was interrupted, but it had something to do with him, and he played 20 games in the regular season. In these 20 games, due to Morant's suspension, Smart's role on the offensive end has obviously become more than when he was in the Green Army, averaging 14.5 points, 2.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.1 steals per game, with a shooting rate of 43%, and his scoring and shooting percentage have hit a career high.

As for Gallinari, he joined the Green Army in 2022 for 2 years and 13.28 million, but he was traded away without playing a game due to injury. Later, Gallinari moved to three teams, but apparently these teams only regarded him as a "mercenary", and considering his age and history of major injuries, it was difficult for him to play in the NBA in the future.

Muscala has played for three teams since he was traded away by the Greens, but unlike Gallinari, he returned to the Thunder in the middle of the season, a team he has a high sense of identity, and the Thunder have a lot of respect for him, so even if he can't play, he can play a veteran role in the locker room.

3. Holiday

Robert Williams, Brock Gordon, 2024 Warriors first-rounder, 2029 unprotected Celtics first-rounder

Lowe was drafted by the Celtics with the 27th pick in the first round in 2018, and under the team's development, he averaged only 8.8 minutes per game in his rookie season to become one of the team's core players in the Finals in 2022. However, Lowe is so brittle, he could have improved faster, and his injury again in the 2022-2023 season gave the team the idea of trading him.

After being sent to the Trail Blazers, Lowe was still plagued by injuries, and he played just six games in the regular season before the season was reimbursed. Although Lowe is only 26 years old, his excessive injury history makes it impossible for his ceiling to be raised, and even whether the team is willing to keep him is a question, after all, no matter how strong he is, it is useless if he can't play.

In 2022, the Celtics acquired Brogdon through a trade, and his performance last season was also very impressive, averaging 14.9 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game in the regular season.

Coming to the Trail Blazers, Brogdon not only played more starters, but also changed his tactical position and ball possession, so his average per game also rose to 15.7, 3.8 rebounds and 5.5 assists. However, Brogdon also has injury troubles, playing just 39 games in the regular season and only one season in his past career has played more than 70+ games.

And this reason also led to Brogdon being traded to the Trail Blazers, a bad player, the Clippers originally had an interest in him, and the deal was finally completed, but the Clippers finally chose to withdraw because they were worried about his injury. Brogdon's annual salary next season is as high as 22.5 million, which is certainly a burden for the Trail Blazers, so it is not ruled out that they will trade Brogdon again, but for any team, trading Brogdon is a gamble, so it is not impossible for him to stay with the Trail Blazers until next year and become a free agent.

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