Nicks aiming for a championship, with a star modeled after Leonard expected to join

The New York Nicks is the NBA's highest market value team, he has dominated the NBA team market value of the top position for years, even if the Warriors, who have won four championships, and superstars like Curry sitting, still difficult to shake the Nicks position. But what's embarrassing is that the Nicks doesn't have a good record. Following Anthony, they also don't have any too famous stars, so they have not been able to reach the level of championship contention.

The team can do anything to improve their record and attract big-name stars to join them, but whenever it's the off-season, they chase free agency stars, Durant, Harden, Mitchell, etc., are their targets, and even to get the Bucks' Alphabet, they started laying out as early as 2016, they had twice signed Alphabet's second brother and also signed Alphabet's little brother.

No matter how much effort the Nicks put in, they could never get the superstar to join them. Even to get a second-rate star Bronson, but also have to all kinds of tricks strange out.

Bronson, who played for the Mavericks last season, is good at creating offensive space for himself, mostly from mid-range, hitting over 50% of his shots, while his organizational skills and three-point shooting are also very threatening.

In the regular season, he averaged 16.3 points and 4.8 assists per game, shooting 37.3% from three.

In the playoffs, he averaged 21.6 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game.

With such numbers, he can only be considered a quasi-All-Star. And he exposed his inexperience in the playoffs, being able to average 27.8 points in the first round against the now-disintegrated Jazz, as a superstar.

But when facing last year's lottery team Warriors, Bronson was completely lost, during the regular season they were able to kill against the Warriors again, beating the Warriors, but in the playoffs, it was a big shock, if not for the "basketball" reason, the Maverick team wanted to win a game are struggling, Bronson's average score Bronson's scoring average plummeted to 18 points.

The Nicks had to be fully prepared to get him, and they recruited Bronson's father to the team as an assistant coach, while Bronson's agent, the son of the Nicks president, in such a strategy of cooperation between inside and outside, before signing Bronson to a 4-year, $104 million contract.

The good thing is that from the preseason performance, Bronson and the Nicks grind very well, the first game of the preseason, Bronson in less than 20 minutes of playing time, shooting 7 of 9, getting 16 points, 5 assists, 1 block, only one turnover so that the Nicks for his new season performance more full of expectations.

It also gave the Nicks more ideas, and in the 2020-21 season, the Nicks played quite well, they made 41 wins in the regular season, ranked as high as fourth in the East, and successfully made the playoffs. In the playoffs, although the Hawks were underdogs, but also let people see the Nicks' bright future.

In the 2021-2022 season, Candle's performance regressed significantly, the replacement point guard Rose, and suffered injuries, Barrett's state is more up and down, after being lost for most of the season, finally found the state, it is too late. They ended up with only 37 wins, ranked eleventh in the East, not in the playoffs.

In the new season, although the addition of Bronson, playing in the playoffs is not much of a problem, but want to compete for the championship is far from enough, to make the team leap into the championship team, then the trade is the best option to strengthen.

According to the foreign media, a sports expert suggested that the Nicks and the Raptors do a trade, they can complete a 4 for 2 deal, the specific possible trade program.

The Nicks send Evan Fourneyron, Cam Reddish, a 2023 first-round pick, 2025 first-round pick from the Bucks.

Get the Raptors: Announce, Malachi Flynn.

This trade can help the Nicks to fill the last shortcomings of the Nicks' offensive game, more are holding the ball single play, or use simple cover, create mismatched offense.

But the situation on the court changes very quickly, once their coverage is not effective, or their own outside shooting touch is not good, the offense will be extremely sluggish.

The Nicks lack a reliable outside defender, and they sent away Burks, who had the team's highest 3-point percentage and best outside defensive performance last season, in the off-season.

If this deal goes through, the acquisition of Announce and Malachi Flynn will exactly make up for the team's shortcomings. Announce, who stands 2.03 meters tall with 2.20-meter arms and weighs 105 kilograms, entered the NBA draft in 2017 at the age of 19 and was selected by the Raptors in the first round, 23rd overall, with Leonard as his template. The Raptors had rejected the Spurs from adding him to their trade chips when they first traded for Leonard, and Announce has great potential.

He has the standard size of a power forward, is athletic and physical, can hold the ball, can shoot from the outside, and is a threat from the three-point line. He is extremely strong on the defensive end, with the ability to go from one to five, and has excellent rebounding ability.

He only played a total of 48 regular season games last season due to injury and averaged: 17.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists, and 1.5 steals per game! In the playoff game against the Erse, the average can get 17.3 points, 4 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 1 steal, an extremely stable performance.

Coming to the Nicks, Announce can help the team well, especially in rebounding, defense, and outside 3-pointers, which are the most needed by the team at the moment. Playing next to Bronson, Barrett, Candle, and Rose, Anybody's role and influence on the game will be infinitely magnified!

At the same time, this trade will also allow the team to get guard Flynn, for the team's roster depth are a relatively good upgrade. The Nicks will also be because of this deal, a leap to become a strong team in the East, With a little luck, the championship is also possible to get.

For the Raptors, Fourier has both experience and strength, and Reddish is very young, these two for the team's offensive and defensive improvements and enhancements are huge, but also the first round, especially the first round of 2023 is very valuable, 2023 is a big draft year, it is likely to pick a random player, may become the future of the All-Star players, which is also a good choice for them. There is a lot of room for them to rebuild or strengthen.

The deal has strong interoperability, whether the species can be reached, let's wait and see.