On October 6, Beijing time, NBA famous Shams reported that just this past night, the NBA completed two consecutive transactions, without any warning, the two transactions were reached overnight, very quickly. Overall, these two operations are not big deals that affect the pattern of the league, and even many people will not care too much, because the reputation of the main body of the transaction is too small, but because the two transactions are related to the Nets, there are still some fans who are concerned, let's focus on it.
First of all, the first deal, the Nets and pacers made a deal. The Pacers sent guard Sanham and a 2025 second-round pick to get a 2025 second-round pick from the Nets. Many people may not understand too much, indeed, at first glance, a bit of a detour, to sum up is, the Nets with a second round of a second round of the pick plus a guard, this guard called Sanum, is now recuperating, he was selected by the Pacers in the 52nd pick of the second round in 2017, the Pacers took a 3-year contract, but because of the Achilles tendon tear, and then underwent surgery, so it has not been able to play, and now in the recovery stage. In fact, Sanum has a certain strength, before the injury, he had a single game of 22 points and 4 rebounds highlight performance.
According to Shams' report, the Nets are likely to cut Sanum, because on the one hand, the Nets do not lack guards, two of the big three are guards, the bench and Jerwan Carter, Mills and others, are very powerful guards, on the other hand, the Nets are now trying to avoid luxury taxes, can save money, although Boss Cai has money, but his money is not blown by the wind. Before those two deals, the Nets ranked second in the league for a new season's luxury tax, and the situation will ease when the two deals are made. In addition, we can also see from another transaction that the Purpose of the Nets saving money is very clear.
The second deal was made by the Nets and Rockets. The Nets sent forward Dunbua and a second-round pick to get $110,000 in cash from the Rockets. In other words, the Nets sent a person away, hitched a second round pick, and then got $110,000 in cash and drastically reduced the luxury tax. According to salary expert Bobby Musk, the Nets could save about $20 million in luxury taxes after completing the deal. Netizens joked that Dunbuya never dreamed that he could be worth 20 million!
So, then again, who is this Dunbua, will the Rockets leave him to cultivate well? The answer is also uncertain, and according to the author's judgment, the rocket is likely to cut it. Speaking of Dunbua, many fans are not familiar with him, many people only know that he is a violent striker, the defense is not bad, once the main single defense James. In fact, this child was once caught in a scandal, that is, his age may be falsified. Official sources show that he was born on December 23, 2000, so he was not yet 19 years old when he entered the draft in June 2019, but in fact, everyone doubted this, because there is no public information to prove Dunbua's age.
Because he was born in Guinea and is the first NBA player in the history of Guinea, Dunbuya's birthday is also dictated by himself, and the outside world cannot be verified. Considering that he entered the NBA, his progress was slow and he looked a little old, so many people suspected that he had changed his age, in fact, he was more than 19 years old. As we all know, the NBA draft has more potential than it can see, so the younger you are, the more favored you are, which is why some players risk tampering with age.
Like him, NBA players suspected of age fraud are Thorne Mack from South Sudan. And NBA star Mutombo, when he landed in the NBA in 1991, he said that he was 25 years old, but at that time his teammates thought he was at least 30 years old, and then Mutombo was 40 years old and still playing in the NBA, and he was alive and well, there were medical institutions to test his teeth, and the instrument showed that his teeth were far more than 40 years old, it should be 45 years old or older.