(The original text was published on December 7. The author is Alex Kirschenbaum of SB Nation website. The content of the article does not represent the translator’s point of view)
With the bull’s bad start this season, there will naturally be a lot of discussions about whether it should be rotten, which means that it is necessary to send the three giants back for future assets, and then continue to lose all the way, this situation may not be what Bull bosses and management are willing to see, at least they will not rot until they seek some changes in the next trading season.
DeRozan and Lavin may stay, but the situation Vucevic is hard to say. The $22 million contract he is about to expire is very suitable for trading. Maybe the bull is already thinking about this matter. Use vucevich to exchange some valuable assets, so that the bull can adjust the lineup while maintaining competitiveness. In the short term, Drummond has proved that he can perform well enough around rim, and he can stay as the starting center of the bull.
Vucevic it is impossible to change the fate of the bull under any circumstances. This season, he averaged 15.8 points, 11 rebounds and 2.8 assists, and the three hit rates were%,% and% respectively. Vucevic has a good reputation as a space-type big man, and the rebound and passing are also higher than the league average. But in fact, in addition to the two All-Star seasons (2018-19 season and 2020-21 season), the three-point hit rate of Vucevic this season is the highest, only 34.6%.
Perhaps vucevic’s reputation as a space-type big man can make him popular in the trading market, but considering the decline in status and contract situation, the return of bull trading will be far lower than the price he paid in order to get him. Alex Kirschenbaum of the SB Nation website took stock of which teams would be interested in Vucevic:
Brooklyn basketable nets
Durant, who showed MVP performance, helped basketable nets through the difficult period caused by the frequent absence of owen and simmons in the early season. Do basketable Nets want to improve the squad strength around Durant to maximize the possibility of the 34-year-old winning this season? The contract of Watanabe xiongtai, a superb striker in shooting, is ridiculously cheap, only 1.8 million dollars, and basketable Nets will not give up this contract easily. Some people think that basketable nets will be very happy to give up the $18.7 million premium contract of small forward Joe Harris this season, and the bull needs more shooting ability, especially the flank position. If the bull wants to reach a deal with basketable nets, it may need to add more chips. The bull really needs elite shooters, such as Joe Harris, the three-point shooter with a career shooting rate of 43.5 percent, although his three-point shooting rate this season is only 36.8 percent, it is also one of the most accurate shooters of the bull. There is also Watanabe, whose career field goal percentage is, but he has played only 135 games in the past five seasons. After all, Drummond started every game he played for basketable nets at the end of last season, so he is qualified for the full-time starting role of the bull. From the perspective of basketable nets, this fair has one more choice than Claxton in the center position. In theory, Vucevic can help Durant open the space, and his passing level is also higher than the average level of the league.
Los Angeles Clippers
After the loss of Hartenstein in the free agent market, the Clippers did not have many qualified Center choices except zubatz. Instead, there were some overreserves of personnel in the flanking position. Is the Clippers willing to give up some flanking players, improve the shooting and passing ability in the center position, and figure out the breakthrough route for Paul George and Leonard as much as possible?
I have two trading suggestions for Clippers. One is to exchange Vucevic contracts with slightly premium dual-energy front cowington (12.3 million) and sub-Wei Kennard (including 14.4 million of some reward clauses). The 2.01-meter-tall first-level 3D striker cowington, who is slightly more than the peak period, is exactly the kind of player that the bull lacks at present. Jia want green, who is 1.96-meter-tall, is still too short in an important match, patrick Williams is too rough. Covington scored 2.9 points per game this season, with a hit rate of 34.1 percent, while his career data was 6.1 points per game, with a hit rate of 36 percent. Most of the time, as the the replacements of the Clippers, Kennard performed well this season, with an average shot of 3.4 points and a hit rate of 49 percent, while his career data was 4.3 points for an average shot, the hit rate is 42.8%.
Another plan is to make an offer around center zubatz and dual-energy Batum. After becoming the first of the Clippers last season, 34-year-old Batum signed a contract with the Clippers that may have some premium this summer, at the same time, the role was reduced to the replacements. Zubatz also renewed the contract with Clippers with a three-year 33 million contract this summer, and got the trading qualification on December 28. Batum, who also signed the 2-year 22 million-year renewal contract, will not be traded until January 15 next year. If the Clippers want to increase the ability to open space and pass the ball in the center position, zubatz and Batum’s defense can also help the bull, and Batum’s three-point projection ability is very good, the average game shot 2.8 points, the hit rate is 38%, only due to the weakening of the role, the average game can only get 4.6 points. Zubatz can cap and defend the Clippers, while Vucevic can help the Clippers open space and protect the backboard. Will the Clippers be willing to give up zubatz’s choice of Vucevic?
St Anthony Homa Thorn
I don’t like the deal between Bull and Spurs, but it can bring our old friend McDermott back. Compared with working as a bull, McDermott has indeed made obvious progress. The 1.98-meter-tall dual-energy front has averaged 4.8 points in the game this season, with a hit rate of 40.6 percent and a career hit rate of 40.9 percent. After several years of bull instability, McDermott’s shooting has already stabilized.
My suggestion is that the bull will send vucevic to the rotten spurs in exchange for mcdermott and peltel, the key point of the deal. Peltel is an interesting Center that attaches great importance to defense. It may be very suitable for the star drozan (the former teammate is a big man 2.08 meters tall) and Lavin.
Considering that it has only experienced 11 consecutive defeats in Spurs recently, it has already been thrown into pieces naked at Wen banyama. It requires some other motives to carry out this transaction. This deal can save a sum of money for Spurs, because McDermott will face the problem of renewal at the end of next season. But Pertel, like vucevich, the contract will expire at the end of this season. I think the bull must give up at least one lotto protection first round visa from the trailblazer in this deal, and the bull is definitely not the only suitor in peltel, and spurs may get a higher offer. Will Spurs be willing to accept an offer for the first round sign from the Pioneer plus one or two rounds? If you add another code, it is not cost-effective for the bull.
Miami Heat
The heat is only three points short of Butler’s three-year finals. The opening record of this season is only 11 wins and 14 losses. I feel that the Crown window of the heat has been closed. The heat lacks shooting ability, and like the bull, it also lacks a qualified power forward. The Heat now puts the 1.96-meter-tall coreb Martin on the fourth position, hoping that he can become the PJ-Tucker of the Heat this season. But there was only one Tucker, and Martin was obviously not suitable for playing number four. Adebayor, a 2.06-meter-tall All-Star big man, was a power forward when he entered the league, but he became the team’s starting center. If the heat gets a center with projection ability such as Vucevic, will Adebayor return to No. 4?
In order to get the projection ability on the flank and forward position in this deal, the bull can accept reasonable quotations centered on coreb Martin and Illinois native Strous (former Bull player), but at the same time, we have to eat a projection forward Duncan Robinson with some premium contracts. Martin and sterus can make stable contributions at both ends of the bull’s attack and defense. They are excellent three-point shooters. Martin scored 3.6 points per game this season, with a hit rate of 41.5 percent; The 1.96-meter-tall Strous scored 8.3 points per game, with a hit rate of 35.5 percent.
The 26-year-old Strous took a base salary contract worth 1.8 million dollars, and he will become a complete free agent next summer. However, Struth’s cost-effective contract will be offset by Duncan Robinson’s premium contract. Robinson and heat signed a crazy five-year 90 million-dollar contract until the second season, the annual salary is 16.9 million dollars. The 2.01-meter-tall forward scored 4.3 points on average, with a hit rate of only 31.5 percent, but his career shot 7.6 points on average, with a hit rate of 40.2 percent. The bull needs to believe that duncan robinson can find the feeling of shooting, or martin and stellus are tempted enough to be willing to take over robinson’s big contract.
Original: Alex Kirschenbaum
Compile: Li Taibai
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