Beverley being traded is a predictable thing, and there are many signals that make this clear:
First, Director Lu doesn't trust the bite-style 3D point guard. Beverley's first year with the Clippers, with 32.4 minutes each in six playoff games, was the core player treatment of the iron player. In last year's playoffs, Beverley's average time per game dropped to 20.8 minutes, but at that time, Beverley had some injury troubles, and lao Li did not want to use him, but did not dare to use it for too long. In this year's playoffs, Beverley's average playing time is 19 minutes per game, which seems to have a limited decline from the previous year, but this time it is not injuries that limit Beverley's time. As The playoffs progressed, Lou gradually realized that there was another person on the team named Beverly, and then found that he had a good effect to bite the opponent's backcourt, and he was reassigned. Prior to this, Beverley was at one point semi-deprecated;
Second, Beverly's age, injury, contract are not suitable. Beverley is 33 years old, and judging by the current level of maintenance in the NBA and Beverley's own game performance, it is still at its peak. But Beverly's desperate approach to playing against others has undoubtedly greatly increased the risk of injury, and he has missed 131 games in the past four years, and this risk may be further increased as he ages. Beverly's last year contract, 14.3 million is not low, the expiration of the follow-up is not renewed, how to renew the contract is also a problem, it is better to use some residual value;
Third, the Clippers don't need Beverley as much anymore. Needless to say, Reggie Jackson stayed on, Kennard held a long-term contract with a high salary, and the team signed a backcourt in the first round and also signed Winslow. Although none of these players have the same "3D" overall attributes as Beverley, they also have other abilities that Beverly can't come up with, especially in the case of Kawaii's high probability of missing the entire season, and the team will need to develop offensive players rather than 3D puzzles, and Beverley is not competitive in this regard.
If Kawaii aren't injured and the Clippers' goal is to go deeper into the playoffs, beverley will be useful to them. Even if Beverley only plays 30 games in the regular season, as long as he can bite a person in the division finals, the Clippers will be a little hesitant to send him away. But in the next season of the Clippers' strategic Buddhist system, with the fourth highest salary on the team, as a mature veteran with limited attendance and only specific occasions that is not easy to replace, for a team with a luxury tax explosion, it is obviously not worth nostalgia.
Rondo has a similar truth. Even fans who most highly admire Long's ability to direct "control the court" should see that Rondo did not play much for the Clippers in last year's playoffs. Rondo's three-point level has improved in the past two years, the playoffs can respond to some empty positions, not to mention production, about 40% of the three-point shooting rate is certainly justified, the difference between him and the past is that the two-point ball collapsed, and the scene of killing to the basket cannot be put in repeatedly. The 35-year-old Rondo has had a hard time compensating for the decline in athleticism with his consciousness, and in the past playoffs, the Clippers failed to see from Rondo the increase he brought to the team's ceiling, not to mention the simple and beautiful Lu guidance, who preferred to use a one-on-one more capable backcourt rather than an organizational god.
Beverly + Rondo + Fill Otouru, the total salary of the 3 people is about 24.1 million, And Bledsoe is only 18.1 million, due to the savings of 6 million salary lines, so that the Clippers save 30 million luxury taxes. The Grizzlies still have a lot of room to lose in the hands of the deal, and the news says that the Clippers also got an 8.3 million deal exception (Rondo contract amount), which is doubtful, and if there is such a special case, the Clippers are unlikely to use it next season, otherwise their purpose of reducing taxes in this deal will not be achieved. But the Clippers could leave that exception until the summer of '22, reinforcing Kawaii after returning from injury and impacting the 22-23 season.
This is not entirely a cost-saving operation, and after the Clippers completed the deal, they reduced the list of people with guarantee contracts on their books, leaving room for further reinforcement. Plus, there are two things worth noting.
Even if Kawaii does not play, the Clippers do not lack the ball to develop offensive players, and the playoffs with the Jazz and the Suns have proved this, and the Clippers have considered the team's operating reserves when they are staffed, with Lou Wei and Harrell in front, Reggie, Morris, and Kennard, who stand up for George and take over a certain amount of firepower.
But this is just a stopgap measure to deal with Kawaii's absence for a while, if the time is extended to the entire season, then Reggie, Morris, and Kennard, who were originally standing behind Kava, have come to the front of the stage, and who will fill them behind them?
Blood Cloth is one of the most embarrassing point guards of the past few years, and it was simply heartless to win the championship without him Bucks immediately. If Beverley and Rondo mean that some of the special features of the playoffs are preparations to help the Clippers raise the ceiling (the former did, the latter is doubtful), then the blood cloth is the player who is stuck in the ceiling.
But the Clippers' goal for next season is clearly not a ceiling, and they can't always be determined to reach the Finals without Kawaii playing. Realistically speaking, the Clippers must first smoothly pass the regular season and win a good playoff first-round position, then the blood cloth ball carrier has value. During the Bucks era, BloodBug was a regular-season qualified point guard, and after the Pelicans, there was a good start to the projection, but the final state finally slipped to irreparable. What can help Blood Cloth explain is that his style needs a certain amount of space support, the Pelicans obviously do not know how to write the word "space", and the Clippers are undoubtedly one of the best teams in the league space.
Playing the regular season with a bloody cloth in hand and cutting off part of his guarantee contract next season — only $3.9 million — the Clippers spent less money, boosted regular season possession resources, and didn't have a big impact on long-term operations, except to reduce people's sense of "trench" in Ballmer, which is undoubtedly a good deal.
Another invisible significance is that the Clippers have completely bid farewell to the transitional era. Beverly, Lovell and Harrell are the Clippers' transition masters, and if we turn back to last year's playoffs, the locker room contradictions that the Clippers are out of the game are not far away. These rumors dissipate as the new season begins, but the replacement of the Clippers is inevitable, And Lou's superstar respect and promotion of young people's coaching ideas must be fully established as the authority of the locker room leader, and there is no need to like a spokesperson for the generation. At that point, you can hardly expect Lu to like a player like Beverley.
Now, with Leonard's contract extension — he chose the model that made the least money — Beverley was sent away, and the Clippers basically established the framework for building the team for many years to come, And Pepper's core position is unshakable. The Clippers have built a rotational lineup that still has depth through a series of operations, and it is not difficult for them to compete for a place in the Western Conference playoffs.
Finally, let's talk about the prospects of Beverly and Rondo.
Beverley's five-year plan fell into the sand in the summer of the following year, and the future of the Clippers was still bright, and Beverley's future needed to be planned again. Grinding and strangulation are the labels of the Grizzlies, and Beverley should consciously fit that style, perhaps this is the start of the next five years — indeed, I'd love to see the Grizzlies come up with a lineup with a top 10 percent steal rate in the league. But the Grizzlies do not lack point guards, after the blood cloth is sent to the Grizzlies, people discuss where the blood cloth will be next, the Grizzlies do not lack the ability to bite, Morant is young and vigorous, Jenkins is good at drawing tactical boards, and there is no need for guidance from others, so Beverly and Rondo are not busy booking tickets to Memphis.
The exact Grizzlies will get in this deal is that they don't need to give blood cloth the guaranteed $3.9 million next season, and both Beverley and Rondo look like they have re-trade value. The former has the significance of special forces for playoff teams, and has good immediate combat strength when they can play, if the imaginary enemy is a team such as the Nets, The Suns, and the Jazz, then we should pay close attention to the movement of the Grizzlies. The latter is of off-field value to teams that need veteran experience and dressing room leaders.
The Grizzlies are good choices to earn more money, or to stay in their hands and use them and sell them.
All in all, in the coming year, you may see Beverly and Rondo appear on any team.
Except for the Clippers.
Operational Ratings: Clippers A-, Grizzlies A-