There were some problems in the bull dressing room. It was said that the team had held many meetings inside, and even drozan met Lavin alone, which still couldn’t eliminate the contradiction. Drozan said, no one did it, good guy, that’s not to say, just do it?
Of course, even if you do it, it is not a big deal. After all, 20 million can make a flat fist. The problem is that the bull conflict is 0.215 billion levels, which is enough for Green to play a set of eight children. The bull sent Butler away in those years, which was a considerable part of the reason for money. Ironically, this pit seemed to be unable to escape. Now Lavin’s contract is much higher than Butler’s. However, in the past five years, they only entered the playoffs once.
The essence of Bull’s contradiction today is to pay for past decision-making mistakes. Bad record is the fuse, which triggers the players’ emotions. Which decision did Bull make wrong? Lavin’s contract? Vucevic deal? Or the introduction of Bauer?
In fact, every specific operation can tell the truth. The key is that the general direction is not grasped. The bull held a star on the top 20 edge of the league, but it operated continuously and made a decision to win at the moment. At that time, it seemed that there was a hidden danger that the upper limit was too low. Under the condition that drozan’s performance exceeded expectations, the bull got the ranking of the second half of the Eastern playoff last season, and this result was basically the upper limit of the Bull’s team building. For such a ceiling, the bull paid three first rounds and Wendell Carter. Although sending drozan and vucevich again can guarantee the return of the original, the opportunity cost of reconstruction consumed by tossing this wave cannot be ignored.
It is understandable that the bull has some resentment towards Lavin. In a sense, all the bull’s ordeal is like the sunk cost paid for Lavin. In the 20-21 season, Lavin handed over the peak of his career and scored 27.4 points per game, making it difficult for the bull to refuse to continue to build a team around him. At that time, Lavin’s cheap contract was only one year left. In order to let him renew the contract smoothly, the bull accelerated the pace of team building. As a result, Lavin failed to continue the highlight of the 20-21 season. He was robbed of the limelight by drozan. The downturn this season was completely unable to match the effective big contract. The bull is now 12 wins and 18 losses, and there is still half a victory in the play-off range. At the same time, the first round of signing this season is still in the hands of Magic, which can be described as a dilemma. In this situation, with Lavin as the focus, it is not accidental to break out internal contradictions.
What should I do now?
If the team breaks down the stop loss and rebuilds as early as possible, the bull will face the difficulty of competition, even if it does not lose to fight for the playoffs. Since the first round signed by the bull for magic is the first 4 ordinal protection, this means that even if the bull finally hits the last 3, they only have a 52% chance to keep the first round signed. A similar case is that when the rocket sent away Harden, it was rotten. In order not to give the first round of the first four ordinal protection to Thunder, the rocket only won 17 games that year, and it was steady at the bottom. If the Bulls want to copy the rockets, they can only win 5 to 10 games in the next 52 games, and the winning rate is more than 5 percentage points lower than the current piston. To achieve this goal, they have to pursue Wiseman. Because the four classes of piston, Wasp, rocket and Spurs are as stable as Old Dogs, it is really too difficult for the bull to catch up with the late start.
To maintain the status quo and continue to win, the Bull also has difficulties. The Bulls were able to enter the playoffs last season, not because of their strong foundation, but because they benefited from drozan’s personal epic, which made them win 5 to 6 more games and shots. In this season when DeRozan was unable to maintain his miracles, the evaluation of the bull was closer to “the top star level is average, and the rotating players are either miscellaneous and poor or have obvious defects”, this determines that the real strength of the bull is only the level of the play-off.
Both roads are very difficult to walk. If you have to choose one, the bull may tend to support another section instead of dismantling the team in place. Because even if the bull immediately sent Caruso to Jinzhou to welcome the Emperor, they wanted to keep the first round, and the hope of winning the Wenban Cup was extremely slim. In this case, it is better to take a step and let the suitors raise the price first, and wait until the closing date of the transaction.
But the most likely result is that the bull will inevitably dismantle the team in the end. Powell’s injury destroyed the bull’s established plan to a great extent. The two were in high compliance. Pawei’s growth was limited. White had no hope. The right to choose was tied to death, and there was no growth point in the future. Maintaining in the play-off, waiting for DeRozan and wucai to depreciate, this will do more harm than good.
Therefore, the Lakers and other teams waiting for reinforcement did wait for the opportunity.
It is not a matter of two days for the Lakers to want Lavin and derazan. For various reasons, they have not been able to do so. After the bull entered the countdown to reconstruction, the Lakers discussed the deal between the two, which was indeed of practical significance. However, the situation to be considered by the Lakers has also changed. The complicated injuries make the Lakers’ hopes of competing for the playoffs this season Slim. Even if they can get one of Lavin and derazan, because the starting point of this season is too low, what they need to consider more is the future.
If you pursue Lavin, what the Lakers need to consider is not the short-term prospect of heavy eyebrows + James + Lavin, but the long-term prospect of heavy eyebrows + Lavin, because Lavin’s contract will last until 2027, it is much longer than that of heavy eyebrows and James. Even if James has to play in the league for many more years, it is very difficult for him to maintain the current level after the contract is over.
At first glance, the combination of heavy eyebrows and Lavin seems to have something to do inside and outside. In fact, the two are not suitable. Heavy eyebrows are not the playing method of holding the core of the ball. He is a relatively pure end point. The inner-line scorer needs excellent defenders to drive. The characteristic of Lavin, the saying of high EQ is “with or without ball combination”, and the saying of low EQ is that it cannot be the first core of ball holding and has no driving ability. In addition, the attendance rate of both of them is not good, and no one can take care of them. Lavin’s contract is not what it used to be. In the past, it was a bonus. Now it is very premium. When the football style is not absolutely adjusted, it is very difficult to see his long-term cooperation with heavy eyebrows.
From the perspective of bull, it is also the most inappropriate time to get out of Lavin now. Objectively speaking, at the level of Lavin this season, coupled with his 5-year 0.215 billion-year premium contract, the Lakers gave two unprotected first-round + weishao expired contracts to clean up space, which cannot be said that the Lakers are wishful thinking. The problem is that the value of Lavin is not fixed. Even if there is a possibility, Lavin is trapped in injuries and cannot recover the peak season level, which becomes more worthless in the middle of this contract. But for a 27-year-old player, we need to be more optimistic. The bull’s rational approach is not to sell on bargain, but to concentrate on the right of the ball first, let Lavin brush a wave of ruthless, and beat up his trading value.
Therefore, the best opportunity for the Lakers is not on Lavin, but on DeRozan.
Compared with Lavin, drozan has obvious advantages:
First, the current strength is obviously stronger than Lavin. Although DeRozan is 33 years old, what the Lakers have to fight for is the next 1~2 seasons. The contract of just-good DeRozan has two years left, and the timeline is appropriate;
Second, DeRozan’s attendance is better. This is very important for the Lakers of Zhan Lao Mei.
DeRozan’s disadvantage is that there is no stable three-pointer, playing around Zhan Mei, and the space value is limited. I can even imagine that the media commented on the voice of “our old Zhan” after the game that caused the loss due to James’s control of the ball at the critical moment. However, considering the difference between drozan and Lavin contracts, you cannot only consider the difference of shooter attributes at tens of millions of transaction levels. It is a great advantage for the Lakers who have been cheated by Wei Shao to have no risk.
So, can the Lakers change to drozan?
The bull got drozan and spent one first round + two rounds. After sending cydis Yang, he was replaced by the Raptors and gave Spurs first round. At that time, the way DeRozan left the team was to sign first and then change it, which was lower than the value of direct trading. In addition, he played a reputation in the bull and was worth a long time. At present, can the two first rounds be changed, A question mark is required. However, it is hard for me to imagine that there are teams who spend three unprotected first rounds to get DeRozan, because there is demand in the league, and there are not many teams themselves that can take out such chips.
If the Bulls really tear down the team, the Lakers will definitely have a chance. Bull also has valuable puzzles such as Vucevic and Caruso. The management who is willing to call the bull is definitely not the only Lakers. In fact, with the gradual clarity of the season pattern, teams will recognize the situation and join the army of buyers or sellers. At that time, the market will be more lively, the competition will be more intense, the bull will not be lonely, and the drama has just begun.