This deal between the Lakers and Rockets can be said to be about getting what they need:
The Lakers' first goal is to reduce the luxury tax.
This is not the first time that "Old Fish" has left the Lakers. The 37-year-old Fisher has won 5 NBA championships with the Lakers. He played with the Warriors in the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons, and in 2006-07
He played for the Jazz this season; in addition to 12 seasons (not counting this season), Fisher has been playing with the Lakers.
So far this season, Fisher has played a total of 43 games for the Lakers and started all of them, averaging 5.9 points, 3.3 assists and 2.1 rebounds per game.
So far in his career, Fisher has averaged 8.7 points, 3.1 assists and 2.1 rebounds per game.
Before sending Fisher away, the Lakers traded with the Cavaliers to acquire young player Sessions. It was precisely because this potential point guard came to Los Angeles that the Lakers chose to trade away the aging Fisher.
However, according to a report by the famous reporter Adrian Wojnarowski of "Yahoo Sports", the Rockets are likely to choose to buy out Fisher's contract.
Another target for the Lakers is young Jordan Hill.
Jordan Hill is 2.08 meters tall and 24 years old this year. The Knicks selected Jordan Hill with the 8th overall pick in the first round of the 2009 draft.
In the middle of his rookie season, the Knicks traded Jordan Hill to the Rockets. After coming to the Rockets, Jordan Hill quickly became an important part of the team's bench.
So far this season, Jordan Hill is averaging 5.0 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.
So far in his career, Jordan Hill has averaged 5.4 points and 4.2 rebounds per game.
After coming to the Lakers, Jordan Hill will become the substitute for Bynum and Pau Gasol, which will make the aging Lakers look younger.
In addition to Fisher, the Rockets also received a 2012 first-round draft pick, which the Lakers received from the Odom trade.
This pick is what the Rockets want most, and it is also their real purpose in making this deal.
The Rockets have no record pressure this season. All they have to do is develop young players and collect draft picks.
So the Rockets and Lakers each get what they need, and this is a win-win deal.
In addition, the Denver Nuggets, Washington Wizards and Los Angeles Clippers also reached a three-way deal.
The specific content of the transaction is that the Nuggets sent Nene to the Wizards and received Wizards centers McGee and Turiaf, while the Clippers received Nick Young from the Wizards, and the Clippers received Brian Cook and a
A future second-round pick will be sent to the Wizards.
Before the start of this season, Nene signed a five-year contract worth $67 million with the Nuggets.
This season, Nene averaged 13.4 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per game.
Although the data is good, Nene missed many games due to injury. Therefore, there is news that the Nuggets management regrets signing such a high contract with Nene. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand why the Nuggets gave away this player at the trade deadline.
A big man.
In exchange for Nene, the Nuggets acquired center McGee, who previously played with the Wizards.
The 24-year-old McGee has averaged 11.9 points, 8.8 rebounds, and 2.5 blocks per game so far this season (all three statistics are career highs).
Compared with Nene, McGee may be lacking in strength, but his height and flexibility are superior.
McGee will become a restricted free agent this summer. He had previously formally notified the Wizards of his request for a contract with an annual salary of approximately US$14 million.
It was precisely because of McGee's "lion's big mouth" that the Wizards traded him.
For the Nuggets, if they want to keep McGee this summer, they may need to pay him an annual salary of tens of millions of dollars.
As part of the deal, Turiaf and McGee were traded to the Nuggets.
The Clippers acquired Nick Young by sending away Brian Cook and a future second-round pick to the Wizards.
Although the Clippers now have two superstars in Griffin and Chris Paul, the team still needs to add scoring points. The Clippers hope that the arrival of Nick Young can improve the team's overall offensive power.
The 26-year-old Nick Young is in his prime. So far this season, he has averaged 16.6 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game. Last season, Nick Young averaged 17.4 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game.
There is news that Nick Young is willing to give up the "Larry Bird" clause after joining the Clippers.
Obviously, the Clippers are the biggest winner in this three-party transaction, and the arrival of Nick Young will make the team's offense sharper.
Of course, this is also because of the Warriors.
Nick Young is a pure offensive player, his specialty is shooting, especially three-pointers.
If it were before, players with defensive holes like Nick Young would not be of much value.
However, due to the emergence of the Warriors, the league has re-recognized the importance of three-pointers, so the value of Nick Young has only increased!
In addition, the famous reporter Mark Spears of "Yahoo Sports" revealed on his personal Twitter that the Indiana Pacers and the Toronto Raptors completed a player transaction. The Pacers received Barbosa and Anthony Carter, while the Raptors
You will receive a future second-round draft pick.
Barbosa, who is 1.91 meters tall, serves as a point guard. The Spurs selected the Brazilian with the 28th overall pick in the first round of 2003. The Spurs subsequently traded Barbosa to the Suns.
The 29-year-old Barbosa played in Phoenix for the first seven seasons of his career. In the 2006-07 season, Barbosa averaged 18.1 points, 4.0 assists, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.2 steals as a super substitute.
That season, Barbosa won the title of Sixth Man of the Year.
Barbosa joined the Raptors in the 2010-11 season. Last season, he averaged 13.3 points, 2.1 assists, and 1.7 rebounds per game.
Last summer, when the NBA was locked down, Barbosa signed with Brazilian giant Flamengo. So far in the shortened season, Barbosa has averaged 12.2 points, 1.5 assists, and 1.9 rebounds per game.
Anthony Carter has played a total of 24 games for the Raptors so far this season, averaging 2.0 points per game as a substitute.
Carter began his career with the Heat in 1999. In 12 years, the 36-year-old veteran averaged 4.8 points, 3.8 assists, and 2.1 rebounds per game.
The Pacers used a future second-round pick in exchange for two backup players from the Raptors, which can be said to be a very good deal.
After completing this transaction, the Pacers still have $14 million in available space.
Barbosa is a very useful substitute, and Deng Fang has been paying attention to him.
It's just that Barbosa's team has made the playoffs in the past two years. Due to system limitations, Deng Fang was unable to trade him.
In addition to these transactions, there is another news, that is, Oden was laid off.
On March 16, just before this year's trade deadline was about to close, the Trail Blazers officially announced a painful decision to the outside world, that is, to lay off Greg Oden.
After more than four years of testing each other, the Blazers' patience finally ran out.
Before laying off Oden, the Trail Blazers made deals with the Nets and Rockets. In order to free up enough salary space for these new players, the Trail Blazers were forced to take action against Oden.
Since joining the Trail Blazers as the No. 1 pick in 2007, Oden has played a total of 82 games for the Trail Blazers. At the same time, Oden's knee has undergone five surgeries.
All of this led to the Blazers being unable to endure it any longer.
As early as December last year, the Trail Blazers had discussions with Oden, hoping that Oden would agree to reduce this season's salary of US$9 million to about US$1.5 million.
In the end, Auden actually agreed!
I have to say, Auden is such a good person!
Last month, the Trail Blazers were forced to announce that Oden would undergo minimally invasive surgery on his left knee.
Before the trade deadline, the Trail Blazers acquired Jonny Flynn, Hasheem Thabeet, Sean Williams and Mehmet Okur, among others, and traded away Gerald Wallace and Marcus Camby.
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A team can only have a maximum of 15 players on its roster, so the Blazers must cut some players to make room.
Then it can only be Oden.
After being laid off, ESPN immediately contacted Oden's agent and asked if Oden had any plans to return.
"We are not in a hurry. The top priority right now is Oden's health, and we do not put any time limit on this." Oden's agent Bill Duffy quickly responded in a formal statement.
Chad Buchanan, now the interim general manager of the Trail Blazers and the man who drafted Oden, said, "If I could go back to those days, I would still choose Greg. Of course, it feels like hindsight to say this now. But back then,
, who could have imagined that there would be so many injuries that would attack mercilessly? So, if you give me another chance, I will still unswervingly choose Greg."
During Oden's short career with the Trail Blazers, he only played 82 games for the Trail Blazers in five seasons, averaging 22.1 minutes per game, contributing 9.4 points and 7.3 rebounds, in addition to 1.4 blocks and 0.6 assists.
For a No. 1 pick, this performance is not convincing.
The direct cause of this tragedy is undoubtedly the number one killer of all professional players - injuries!
In fact, Deng Fang could have taken action to save Oden, but he did not do so.
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First of all, it's because Oden's team, the Trail Blazers, has always made the playoffs, and players from playoff teams cannot be traded.
Even Yao Ming and Deng Fang could only treat him after he retired.
Secondly, the Warriors currently have no shortage of centers.
The Warriors now have three centers: Yao Ming, Lopez and Lopez. Yao Ming and Lopez take up most of the playing time. Even Lopez doesn't have much playing time. It doesn't matter if they get another Oden.
use.
Also, Oden is a traditional insider and does not meet Deng Fang's requirements.
Even for Yao Ming, the giant inside player, Deng Fang asked him to lose weight and practice three-pointers!
Can Oden do it?
Can he do it?
This possibility is not high!
Although Yao Ming has been making a living in the penalty area before, his mid-range shooting is very accurate, and even his free throws are the most accurate in the team!
Oden has no such ability!
Although extensive training is useful, talent is often more important on the basketball court.
Take Jordan for example. In the past two years with the Warriors, Deng Fang has never asked him to practice three-pointers!
Because Deng Fang knew that Jordan would never be able to make a three-pointer no matter how hard he practiced!
In this case, why let him waste time on this?
When Jordan was with the Warriors, Deng Fang only asked him to practice free throws well!
Therefore, Deng Fang had no idea of introducing Oden.
However, the Warriors still made a deal: they traded away Laga Bell in exchange for a first-round pick.
Lagabel was born in 1976 and is already 36 years old this year, which is very old.
Of course, Lagabel has rich experience and a fierce style, so it is no problem to be a bench gangster. However, due to the presence of Clay in the new season, Lagabel's playing time has been very little.
More importantly, in order to give Yi Jianlian a big contract, the Warriors' total salary has reached 73 million, exceeding the luxury tax line by more than 3 million!
Deng Fang is the small owner of the team, he is here to make money!
So paying taxes is an absolute no-no!
In order to avoid taxes, Deng Fang originally wanted to trade Lopez Jr., but before the All-Star Game, Lopez Jr. knocked out James with a heavy punch and successfully avenged Curry, which made Deng Fang feel happy for a long time.
What Lopez did was equivalent to giving Deng Fang a certificate of nomination!
At this time, it would be unreasonable to trade Lopez away.
Just throw it away after use!
It’s not good to chill the team members’ hearts!
So Deng Fang could only trade away Lagabel.
Lagabell stayed with the Warriors for two and a half years and won two championships. His salary this year is US$4 million and his contract expires in the summer of 2012.
For a veteran, he doesn't have much playing time, and his contract is about to expire. It's the most cost-effective time to trade him away at this time.
Although he is of little use to the Warriors, Laga Bell is still very popular in the trade market.
At least it's more popular than Lopez Jr.
Lagaber's three-pointers are accurate and his defense is excellent. He is a standard 3D player.
Due to the success of the Warriors, players like Laga Bell are very popular now!
Coupled with the championship experience accumulated by the Warriors in the past two years, the Warriors were robbed by many teams as soon as they put Laga Bell on the trade market.
This is the bonus effect of the championship team!
Lagabell's current physical condition is very good, but because the Warriors have so many players, he doesn't have much playing time.
No matter which team he joins, Lagaber is an immediate player, and he will be a good replacement.
If the Warriors want to trade Lopez Jr., it probably won't be so popular.
After all, Lopez Jr. has only been with the Warriors for half a season, has not had much playing time, and his personal data is not very good.
In order to maximize profits, the Warriors can only trade Laga Bell.
In the end, through a three-party trade, the Warriors traded Laga Bell for a first-round pick!
Although it’s the Mavericks’ first-round pick, it shouldn’t be too high, but it’s not bad!
After all, it’s a first-round pick!
A second-round pick can sometimes be sold for three to four million, let alone a first-round pick!
Through this transaction, the Warriors saved 4 million in salary and could also pay millions less in luxury tax!
Not only that, because there is no luxury tax paid, when the season is over, the Warriors will still have their share!
Add all of this to the fact that the Warriors could make over $20 million from this deal!