There are a number of teams that have done a great job this offseason, and the Thunder have traded for Harden and Caruso, which has also allowed them to play well in the preseason so far, although the preseason win or loss is irrelevant, but the team's state can be seen, and the current Thunder have the strength to impact the championship. The Knicks have not tasted defeat in the preseason so far, and after they acquired Towns and Bridges through trades, the team's roster depth has been improved and they are capable of going for the championship.
And the Timberwolves who traded away Towns, as far as they go, they are also doing well, DiVincenzo and Randle have shown good competitiveness, and now the Timberwolves' roster thickness has been improved, and they have more players who can handle the ball, and it is worth looking forward to what heights the Timberwolves can reach in the new season. In addition to these three teams, there is also a team that has made a large number of reinforcements and is considered to be capable of winning the championship.
They are the 76ers, everyone knows that the 76ers won the biggest fish in the free market this offseason - Paul George, in order to get George they sent a 4-year 210 million contract extension, which is the largest contract that George can get, as a 34-year-old player, many teams dare not give George such a big contract, because they are afraid that the last two years of George's contract will become a garbage contract, delaying the development of the team.
But the 76ers are willing to bet that he can help the 76ers win the championship in the past two years, and as the biggest player this summer, for the 76ers who are eager to win the championship, they are also worth betting, but their gamble this time seems to be wrong, George recently suffered a left knee injury, and it is difficult to say whether he can come back at the beginning of the new season.
Starting from joining the Clippers in 19, his appearances in the past 5 seasons were: 48, 54, 31, 56 and 74 games, with an average of only 52.6 games per season.
It is estimated that the 76ers will not only worry about this contract now, because they also signed a glass man, he is Embiid, the 76ers introduced George can be said to help Embiid win the championship, everything they did was to let Embiid stay with the team for a long time, so it is understandable that the team gave him a big contract extension, they renewed the emperor with a 3-year 190 million contract, but what they didn't expect was bad news from the emperor.
In a recent interview, Embiid said that he may not be able to play back-to-back games in the future, which means that it is estimated that it will be difficult for him to withstand high-load continuous battles in the future, no wonder Embiid will be injured when it comes to the playoffs. Although Embiid will not miss more than 20 games a season if he only misses back-to-backs, and even does not delay the selection of honors, this only means that he only misses back-to-back games, and everyone knows the health of the Emperor that he will not only miss back-to-backs.
Embiid has not played more than 70 games in a season so far in his career, and he has played a total of 433 games in his career since he entered the league in 14 years, which is a pitiful attendance. signed two glass people in one go, it is estimated that the most depressed may not only be the management, Maxi is also very depressed, it was originally a three-core good, and if he can't do it in the new season, he will have to lead the team to play a lot of games with a single core, and the team's heroic formation around them may also fall short.
This offseason, the 76ers not only introduced Paul George, they also got Gordon, Zhuang Shen, the team also renewed Lowry, Oubre and other giants, in this season the 76ers' salary reached 181.5 million, because it exceeded the luxury tax line, so they need to pay 17.7 million luxury tax, the team's total expenditure is close to 200 million, if such a grand team can not win the championship, the annual salary of the three cores will increase next season, and the pressure on the team to recruit will be greater.
The past two years are the 76ers' best chance to compete for the championship season, if they can't compete for the championship in the past two years, then the three-core salary will crush the team's operating space, and at the same time, George's aging and Embiid's increasing injuries will also make the team's operation weak, their championship window is very short, and even if they form the current big team, the outside world is not optimistic that they can win the championship this season, because there are defending champion Celtics in the East, they retain the core lineup, and their core is younger and healthier. Speaking of which, what do you have to say about the current 76ers? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.