On July 9th, Beijing time, the NBA offseason has entered a quiet period, because the last big fish DeRozan joined the Kings, there are no big stars in the free market, and the rest are almost all players that no one wants, judging from the current market, this offseason has given birth to a total of 6 winners and 4 losers.
First up are the six winners, who are the Spurs, Thunder, 76ers, Mavericks, Kings and Warriors. The Spurs mainly carried out two operations in the offseason, the first is to sign Paul who was cut by the Warriors, this time the Spurs finally have a reliable point guard, with Paul to deliver shells, it is conceivable that Wembanyama's statistics will rise sharply next season, averaging 21.4 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.2 steals and 3.6 blocks per game last season, and should be able to reach the level of 26+15 in the future. In addition, in a three-way deal, the Spurs also got Harrison Barnes, who is an iron man who has been in full attendance for 82 games in the last two seasons, Barnes still has the ability to help the Spurs' young people grow, and next season, the Spurs should have the strength to impact the playoffs.
Where there are shortcomings in the Thunder offseason, make up for it, Caruso and Halten's joining is very critical, the former can improve the Thunder's outside defense, the latter is to solve the defects of the center, the new season Thunder can put out Alexander + Caruso + Jalen Williams + Holmgren + Harten's starting lineup, full of competitiveness, at least not afraid of the Mavericks, Caruso can prevent one in Eastern Europe, Halten can provide rebounding and frame protection, then Holmgren will be completely liberated on the offensive end, Jalen Williams is improvingCoupled with Alexander, the league's top scorer, the Thunder were No. 1 in the West last season, and there's no reason for them to regress this season.
The 76ers took George, Caleb Martin, Round-faced Deng and Zhuang Shen, renewed the contracts of Maxey and Oubre, and now the lineup on paper is very strong, and the starting lineup for the new season is likely to be Maxey + Martin + George + Oubre + Embiid, which should not be underestimated in the East, which is enough to threaten the Celtics. The Mavericks signed Klay Thompson, many fans are not optimistic, but you must know that Klay's strength must surpass Jones Jr., Jones Jr. went to the Clippers and replaced Klay, the strength of the Mavericks will only rise instead of falling, and there is finally a third scoring point around Eastern Europe. The Kings signed DeRozan in a three-way big trade, and the new season will form the Big Three of Fox + DeRozan + Sabonis Jr., which is very competitive.
The last winner is the Warriors, they lost Paul and Klay, in order to avoid the luxury tax, but in terms of reinforcement, the Warriors also signed Hield, Melton and Lee Kyle, the lineup is improved compared to last season, Hield is also an excellent shooter, and he is healthier than Klay, not to mention, the Warriors are still chasing Markkanen, if they can succeed in winning, then the Warriors' strength will be greatly improved, according to the latest reports, the Warriors have made a substantial and very considerable offer to get Markkanen, Now it's up to Jazz to take his attitude.
Let's look at the four big losers, namely the Nuggets, Pelicans, Lakers and Bulls. Since the Nuggets won the championship, their strength has been weakening, they lost Jeff Green and Bruce Brown last offseason, and this offseason Pope and Reggie are also gone, Pope's contract is not big, but the Nuggets don't give it, I don't know what to think, the Nuggets won Saric in terms of signing, but Pop's role cannot be made up, and then the Nuggets' bench shortcomings cannot be solved by only one Saric alone. The Pelicans got Dejounte Murray, but they also lost Valanciunas and are not prepared to re-sign Ingram, who may leave, and the Pelicans have not improved overall.
Needless to say, the Lakers are a big loser, and they didn't get any reinforcements in the offseason, but Prince still ran, of course, the Lakers also have the only gain, that is, they selected Knecht and Bronny, but judging from the performance of the summer league, these two played badly, Knecht handed over 12 in 3 and 13 in two consecutive games, and he was too iron to watch, and many fans were complaining that he was not better than last year's Schiffino. Bronny played one game and failed to prove himself on 2-of-9 shooting. To sum up, the Lakers' prospects for next season are worrying, don't forget that James is a year older, can they still make the playoffs in the new season? Doubtful.
Finally, let's talk about the Clippers, after George joined the 76ers, the Clippers are also trying to make up for the loss of combat power he brings, signing Dunn, Kevin Porter, Cameron Christie (rookie), Jones Jr., Batum and Bamba in a row, I feel that the Clippers have become stronger, because of the lack of George, Harden's data will definitely rise next season, and these new signings are also very good, such as Bamba solves the problem of center, Dunn is an outside defensive giant, with strong biting ability, Porter can also provide strong firepower output as long as he plays seriously, Jones Jr. has defense, Batum has a lot of experience, and we have reason to believe the Clippers will do better next season.