Beijing time on March 10, has been the team has been thinking of the "Zhuang Shen" Drummond has the latest news, according to the report, the current Zhuang Shen team is still negotiating with the Cavaliers management, hoping that the management agreed to buy out with him, but according to the latest news of the famous woj, the Cavaliers refused to buy out Drummond, the Cavaliers attitude is very resolute, can trade, but refuse to buy out. Although the Cavaliers had already fallen out with Drummond before, the Drummond team stated that they would no longer wear cavalier jerseys to play for the cavaliers, but it was obvious that this did not have the effect of forcing the palace, and the cavaliers management was not willing to give in.
Now the relationship between players and teams is actually more sensitive. Many industry insiders believe that superstars have the right to speak, and they can go wherever they want, which makes NBA investors very passive. From the original thick eyebrows, to the later George's trade application to the Clippers, and then to harden's forced palace rockets to go to the Nets this season, this series of soap operas, in the end, the players won, the team fell into passivity. In this way, how to safeguard the interests of the team, especially the interests of the small ball city team, has become a topic in the NBA.
Drummond is also forcing the palace now, he does not play, hope to run away, but the Cavaliers do not seem to buy it, on the one hand, Drummond is not a harden, George, thick eyebrows of this level of stars, now he is just a downhill quasi-first-line star, the data is very brilliant, but the role of the court is very limited. Such a player does not have much negotiating capital with the team. Drummond, on the other hand, had not accomplished anything in the knighthood, and there was no impressive big scene, so the knight could naturally reserve his opinion and refuse his request.
In comparison, Griffin's buyout with the Pistons is much easier and more decent. Griffin recently bought out the Pistons and then signed with the Nets. The Pistons fulfilled Griffin's championship dream and made the long-time team boss very decent. Griffin is indeed worthy of such treatment, he led the Pistons into the playoffs, played a closed and strong comeback in the playoffs, let his state fall off a cliff, and even the dunk could not be dunked, on the one hand, it is a pity, on the other hand, it is also a mark for the Pistons.
The conversation comes back to Drummond. Just today, former NBA player Carlos Arroyo updated his personal instagram and posted a photo of himself training with three players. From left to right are Monroe, Drummond, Arroyo, and Ariza. It can be seen that although Drummond is no longer playing in the NBA, he is still in shape and training non-stop. According to previous news, the Lakers are very interested in Zhuang Shen, but the Lakers do not want to trade to dig people, but hope that Zhuang Shen can buy out with the Cavaliers, and then sign with Zhuang Shen as a free agent.
This season, the Lakers' interior line is difficult to say, and after letting go of Howard, the Lakers' interior line hardness has dropped significantly. Thick eyebrow brother this season injuries continue, play stop stop, and little Gasol old dragon clock, really can not defend, Harrell is the attack is broken, the defense can not bear to look at the typical, attack strong and weak. Therefore, the Lakers seem to have a lot of inside players, but in fact, the interior defense is very poor.
If the Lakers can dig up Zhuang Shen, there is a serious heavy tank-style No. 5 position to the inside line, no matter when the thick eyebrow brother comes back, the other Lakers players can at least be more calm. After all, Zhuang Shen is a center averaging 15.5 + 13.5 per game, in his prime, and there are cakes to eat around James, so if the Lakers can dig him, it is still very worth looking forward to. It's just that now the knights don't give in, and the Lakers want to forcibly dig people, which is very difficult to do.