Utter madness! Cabbage price DeRozan and the king went both ways, and the good old man Bobo made a fortune in a muffled voice

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01 Bulls All-Star DeRozan decided to leave the team and join the Kings on a three-year, $76 million contract.

02 DeRozan originally planned to continue playing for the Bulls, but the team's future championship prospects were slim, so he chose to join the Kings.

03 The Kings got DeRozan, Barnes and Duarte in the trade, improving the roster.

04 At the same time, the Spurs acquired Barnes and future first-round swap rights through this deal.

05 Popovich, as the head coach of the Spurs, showed a human touch and shrewd strategy in this three-way deal.

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DeRozan's eagerness to leave the Bulls is understandable, not because of money, but because the prospect of winning a championship is almost zero.

DeRozan played only once in the playoffs in the 2021-22 season during his three years with the Bulls, and was limited by the strength of the team, losing 4-1 to the Bucks in the first round. Since then, Lonzo Ball has been reimbursed for the second consecutive season due to a knee injury, and the Bulls are hovering on the edge of the playoff threshold, ranking 10th in the East with 40-42 in 2022-23 and 9th in the East with 39-43 in 2023-24, with no playoffs to play for two consecutive years.

DeRozan said bluntly in an interview: "I hope the team builds a competitive squad and let's go for the championship, not the play-offs!" ”

DeRozan is now 34 years old and 335 days, and the Bulls are also full of sincerity to give the 198-centimeter classical quarterback a 2-year 8000-year contract extension - an average of 40 million per year, while DeRozan's salary last season was 28.6 million, which clearly gave him a salary increase.

From DeRozan's point of view, he has earned a total salary of $258 million in his career so far, and even if he stays with the Bulls in the next two years, there is almost no prospect of competing for a championship, after all, the current East is dominated by the Green Army, the Knicks, and the 76ers. DeRozan chose to accept a contract with a lower salary, preferring to take 76 million from the Kings for three years, with an average annual salary of only 25.33 million at the price of cabbage, just to fight for a more conducive prospect of pursuing a championship.

This deal directly affected the pattern of the West, and the entire West became a mess and was completely crazy: the Thunder, Nuggets, Timberwolves, Mavericks, Pelicans, Kings and Hu Yongri The three major Internet celebrity teams competed against each other, thousands of troops crossed the single-plank bridge, no one was dominant, and the chances of getting out of the West were equal, and the situation in the West may be even more volatile than last season!

The more chaotic there is, the better the chances, and DeRozan, who kills people from a mid-range distance, is clearly more valuable in the chaotic West than in the more comfortable East.

The King and DeRozan, it's a two-way race to get what you need.

The Kings finished last season with a 46-36 record and finished ninth in the West, missing out on the playoffs. Mike Brown's Kings have obviously learned and borrowed from the Warriors system, the team's assist king Sabonis Jr. averaged 8.2 assists per game, and the four attackers on the periphery and his blocking and dismantling pairs and turns, sudden passes, cover and block shots, the Kings rely heavily on three-point shots, they rank third in the league in three-point shots per game, and rank fourth in the league in three-point shots per game, but their three-point shooting rate per game ranks 16th in the league, which means that once the Kings miss the three-point standard, the offensive error tolerance becomes low.

DeRozan is one of the representatives of the classical quarterback play, good at mid-range ball-holding basket and back-to-back singles, averaging 24.0 points per game last season, but only 0.9 three-pointers per game, and his three-point shooting accounted for only 16.6%, and the proportion of mid-range two-point shooting was as high as 48%!

DeRozan's mid-range hard solution play can greatly enrich the King's original relatively single three-point tactical system of covering and blocking, and he can also send 5.3 assists per game last season.

The king introduced DeRozan, an extra weapon in the arsenal, and an extra insurance for the offense; The Kings have a 46-win lineup, and they only need one star to be able to add wings, and All-Star player DeRozan has an average annual price of 25.33 million cabbage to shoot, and it is an instant hit.

The Kings actually moved Barnes and Duarte from the original roster in this three-way deal, using the two as chips to upgrade the original No. 3 to DeRozan.

Duarte played just 12.2 minutes per game last season, ranking 11th in the Kings rotation for minutes and averaging only 3.9 points per game.

Starting forward Harrison Barnes, now 32 years and 38 days old, averages 12.2 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game, shooting 38.7% from three-point range, using only 15.7% of the ball, and shooting 52.6% of three-point shots.

The Kings exchanged an edge rotation + a system space pendant package for DeRozan, an All-Star player who can be the main attacker, and the Kings obviously upgraded the starting lineup: Sabonis Jr. + Murray + DeRozan + Huerter + Fox, DeRozan's offensive destructiveness and planning ability are far above Barnes, and the new starting lineup is more offensive aggressive and tactical diversity.

The Kings essentially only sacrificed Duarte, the 11th man in the rotation, to upgrade Barnes, who averaged 12.2 points per game, to DeRozan, who averaged 24.0 points per game.

After this deal, the Kings have a big three lineup of Sabonis Jr. + DeRozan + Fox, with two high-quality shooters Keegan Murray and Huerter, and the bench and Monk who can contribute 15.4 points per game, the Kings currently have six players who average double-doubles per game, which should not be underestimated.

The king went from dual-core to three-core, and really completed a three-way deal with soaring combat power.

The Spurs have made a fortune, and considering that DeRozan played for the Spurs in the 2018-21 season, Popovich will definitely reach out to help his former apprentice DeRozan achieve his wish to go to the Kings.

On August 4, 2021, the Spurs traded DeRozan to the Bulls through a three-year, 85 million (fully guaranteed) sign-and-trade deal, and DeRozan helped the Spurs get Thaddeus Young, Aminu, a future protected first-round pick and two second-round picks - one for five, and Popovich thought about him.

This summer, DeRozan completed his three-year, 85 million fully guaranteed contract and became a full free agent. He rejected the Bulls' offer of a two-year, 80 million contract extension, on the one hand, he was eager for a long-term contract, and on the other hand, the lineup formed by the Bulls management could not satisfy DeRozan, and the two sides broke up. The Bulls stopped losses in time and used DeRozan to sign first and then exchange for Duarte + two second-round picks + cash + 17 million trade exceptions, compared to losing All-Star players for nothing, DeRozan can be said to be benevolent.

After all, Fox is 26 years old, Sabonis Jr. is 28 years old, Murray is 23 years old, Huerter is 25 years old, and the core team is in the golden age, and the introduction of DeRozan, who is 35 years old in the new season, has completed a real reinforcement.

The Spurs in the three-way deal is equivalent to using cash to prostitute Barnes and the 31-year first-round swap right, the salary space directly ate Barnes's contract, and even held a seven-year first-round swap right, which is now and in the future.

Barnes has two years left on his contract, and the Spurs do not rule out using it as a trade chip in the future, after all, his contract salary for the next two years is 19.85 million and 19 million, respectively, and he also has a 38.7% three-point shooting rate per game, which is not only practical but also easy to operate.

The Spurs have an interesting lineup in the new season: Paul + Wembans + Barnes + Vassell + Keldon + Sochan + Collins, etc., who can retire or fight for the play-offs, and even chase Markkanen with zero exchanges, ultimately depends on Wembanyama's growth rate and Bobo's long-term plan for the future.

This three-way deal has to sigh that Jiang is still old and spicy, Popovich is not only humane, but also makes a fortune in a muffled voice, your uncle will always be your uncle!

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