Li Yishen:
NBA free agency market opens
Winner:
1. Bucks: Four-year, $49 million contract extension for Bobby Potis. Potis is the Bucks’ most capable backup, suitable for both starting benches, Giannis’s best assistant and the Bucks’ defensive energy boy. As long as Giannis+Potis is a good match for the Bucks’ frontline and inside line, everything else is a good match. The Bucks have been a championship-level team in recent years.
2. Lakers: Lonny Walker+Toscano-Andersob+Damian Jones+Troy Brown, one young man (Jones), two defensive drudge wings (Brown+Anderson), one athletic Amazing backcourt (Walker), the Lakers are young, they can demand both matchup and defense, and their defense and athletic ability are evolving.
loser:
1. Nets: Kevin Durant asked to “sell me”, Kyrie Irving reluctantly stayed for the last year’s salary, Ben Simmons has not played a game for the Nets, now the Nets must face breaking and rebuilding, and the future is full of unknowns.
2. Clippers: Nicolas Batum, 34, signed a two-year, $22 million, three-year, $11 million deal to sign Amir Coffey. These two players are worth the price, very useful and capable, they are both great team players, and there is nothing wrong with asking for a price. However, there are so many players in these two positions of the Clippers that the first- and second-line substitutes have to queue up to draw number cards before they can play. This is a waste of talent and money, but it loses effectiveness and efficiency.
Kevin Durant’s next home:
It is difficult to predict KD’s next home, because it is rumored that the Heat, Celtics, Lakers, and 76ers all want to grab KD. This is a very big rumor and a very ridiculous phenomenon. It is difficult to determine whether it is true or false, and further substantive quotations are needed. Contact to determine the truth and deal quotes
Most likely places for KD:
1. Heat: Pat Riley is very capable. Since there is KD to grab, Riley will use his skills and techniques to put together KD and Jimmy Butler to form a championship team.
2. The Suns: The Suns’ existing lineup has no chance to compete for the championship. It must be reorganized. The Suns need to put Devin Booker + DeAndre Ayton + Cameron Johnson on the shelf. Bet on KD, the Suns can’t get KD without Booker.
Zhu Yanshuo:
Kevin Durant applied to the Nets for a trade, in fact, to express his dissatisfaction that the team did not renew Kyrie Irving. KD still has four years left on his contract, so the news has made many teams just around the corner. There are not a few teams with chips, including very popular ones such as the Suns, Heat, etc., but they all have to pay at least one or one star-level or main player, plus two or three first-round picks. So KD is expensive, but still the top offensive killer in the league.
The Nets will be prudent to judge what a trade for KD will bring. But at the same time, I don’t think Irving is staying, so the Nets are going to be very busy going into the season. Some people say that the Heat and Suns are the current leaders in trading KD, but I don’t think so. There are a lot of teams that can provide chips at the moment, even I think KD will be traded before Irving, he is easier. If possible, I think the Nets will trade KD to the West, and not only the Suns have the ability to trade him in the West, such as the Nuggets, the Blazers, etc., all have a chance.
This year may be very lively in the trade market, but the free agency market is a small year. There aren’t many big-name players whose movements are unknown. Probably the most valuable on the table is the Bulls’ Zach LaVine, but the Bulls are also interested in trading KD. So let’s watch this big game first. Because of the news of KD, many signings and actions in the free agency market will be affected by it.
HBK：
The trading market opened on the first day, and it was really lively by Kevin Durant!
Let’s not discuss how much KD’s decision hurts the hearts of Nets fans! If I were the owner of the Nets, Cai Chongxin, I would never be in a hurry to trade. After all, I only signed a four-year maximum salary extension with KD last year. of unknown.
It is very likely to be unexpected, the transaction will be completed within a few days, or after the start of the season, the transaction will be completed before the deadline. There is also a possibility that KD will not leave in the end? ! I wouldn’t be surprised if he made that choice.
But if it must be traded, the asking price of the Nets should be rumored by the outside world, at least one young potential star + multiple first-round picks, if the salary is not equal, it is a rising star + immediate combat power + multiple first-round picks, and who is the young star, I believe The will that most affects the Nets.
If they really choose a buyer, I don’t think the Suns or the Heat have the money to get them. The former can’t trade Booker and can only focus on Mikal Bridges. The latter is a new generation that is not attractive. Bam Adebayo has designated rookies to extend the contract. In exchange, the Nets have to send Ben Simmons away, which is a huge project, and I believe the Nets are not willing.
So I don’t think either of those teams are very attractive to the Nets uniform.
On the contrary, the Philadelphia 76ers, who have the willingness to spread, are the most attractive chips right now.
Can throw Tobias Harris (i.e. strength) + Tyrese Maxey (prospective star) + Matisse Thybulle, but the only weakness is that they may only be able to give one first-round pick, because they can’t have a first-round pick for two consecutive years, plus some The postponement of the protection visa may really give the 2029 one.
Unless the Nets are willing to accept that there is only one first round + multiple rounds, the above-mentioned players are actually attractive. The Nets can not only maintain competitiveness, but also take into account the future.
Another potential favorite I think is the Boston Celtics.
As long as the Celtics want to make a shot, I believe that few opponents in the league can compete, and the Pelicans may be the ones who have it.
The Celtics can trade with Jaylen Brown as the main body, plus they have a large number of draft picks available, and the first-round picks of 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, and 2027 are still in their hands. If they really want to play big, they are the best. Have the ability.
But will the Celtics lose the still-growing Brown for KD and sacrifice many future signings? I think they probably won’t, after all, unlike the Sixers, who have to hold on to James Harden’s peak tail.
There is a little bit of wind at this stage, and it is attractive. I think it is the Philadelphia 76ers. It depends on whether Daryl Morey will actually negotiate?
As for the other officially completed signings today, which one is the most worthwhile? Which one is least worth it?
I think the least worth it is Bradley Beal’s five-year, $251 million deal.
Beal is not a superstar in my heart. Although he is a top scoring weapon, his stature and explosiveness will decline in high-intensity games, and his defense is not a strong point. More importantly, his charisma Not much felt.
On the contrary, in this respect, whether it is Wall or Westbrook who has only played in the wizard for one year, he is more like a leader! Therefore, he is a pure backcourt scoring weapon (in my heart, inferior to Irving), with such a super high salary, it is difficult not to affect the future layout of the Wizards, it is really difficult to win the championship (hope to be beaten in the face).
But the wizards are also very helpless. They have always been unattractive in the free market. If their own stars are willing to stay in the team, they can only raise them without saying a word, otherwise they will not be able to find the next player who can be the leader in the short term.
At least Beal is now on the road to one person, one city, which makes sense for local fans.
Then again, I think the most successful contract to invest in is Nikola Jokic, the largest contract in history.
Just like Beal, Jokic is really worth the price. If you don’t give him, a bunch of people are waiting to give him. He is a real super giant. He has a unique influence. The kind of leadership cornerstone of progress.
As long as the gold nugget is built around Jokic, it can really tap some key points, and the team may soar to the sky! ! In the 2022 season, without the two main players Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr., Jokic still leads the team to the sixth place in the dangerous West Zone. I think it is quite a simple thing.
So Jokic is definitely a superstar worthy of Stud’s investment, and his age, attendance rate over the years, and his skill-packed style of play all have a long career to lead the Nuggets to the O’Brien Cup.
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