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Paul cut off James' road to the championship, Willow was bought out in tears

The outlook for the Lakers is still not promising.

By La holePublished 2 years ago 7 min read
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The Lakers experienced a losing season last season, but the good thing is that James did not give up on the team, he chose to reach a contract extension with the Lakers in order to show his determination to move forward together with the Lakers, after the Lakers fire to find the "Mad Dog" Beverly, to protect James, but the prospects of the Lakers is still not considerable.

The reason is that Willow's style of play is no longer suitable to continue to partner with James, and Willow also occupies a lot of Lakers payroll space, which makes their reinforcements are hindered. Compared with buying out Willow, trading Willow is the best choice, just when they reached a preliminary trade intention with the Jazz side, a change of heart suddenly occurred, I'm afraid they will have to choose to buy out Willow. The stirrer, it is James's good brother Paul where the Suns, which will directly cut off James's road to the championship.

Sun last season is not ideal, they played the first record of the regular season, but did not break through the second round, but more tragic is that their internal conflicts have broken out.

The first is the renewal of Aston's contract, Paul had persuaded Aston to reduce salary, but Aston did not agree, then the Pacers offer for Aston, although the Sun fire to match, but Aston will think how Paul, he will still be for the Sun full battle?

Recently, the sun general manager James Jones interviewed, James Jones is James in the knight and the heat period "with the knife guard", he talked about the extension of Aston, he said: "that thing has passed, the contract thing has passed, we are now concerned about how to help him improve We're now focused on how to help him improve and let him continue to show his potential. Aston is very good, and he himself is excited about the opportunity to prove better than last season."

Jones' words show that Aston will still be the future of the Suns, but with Aston being treated so well by the team, there are probably two things to look at next: stats and health.

Play ball or will play seriously, after all, young, but also consider the future, but you expect him to do not show his face dirty work, or with injury hard work, it is very difficult.

And bad things, and not just this one, and Crowded problem, this is the main event, Crowded in 2019-2021, two consecutive seasons to help the team play in the finals, in the Heat period, he is the cornerstone of the defensive system, came to the Sun, he is to make up for the Suns' internal and external defensive system, in the Suns of these two years, to help them leap into the championship team.

As a rule, such a player, is worth the Suns to renew the contract, but the Sun obviously did not renew with him, has ruled him out of the team's future.

Crowded had tweeted a hint of being traded, Crowded wrote: "Change is inevitable, growth is optional! I believe it's time to make a change and I want to keep growing!"

Crowded removed the words "Suns player" from his profile, suggesting that a deal has likely been reached, and only needs to be announced at the right time to be done.

So which team can help the Suns solve their current dilemma?

According to sources, the Suns have been in contact with the Nicks and Jazz management, and are making every effort to facilitate a three-way deal involving seven people, and if negotiations go well, the deal is expected to be reached in the near future, the specific possible trade options are

The Suns send: Bridges, Crowded.

Get the Nicks: Topping, Reddish, Bojangles Ordovician.

The Nicks send: Fourier, Topping, Reddish, a first-round pick.

Get Bridges, Chowder.

The Jazz send Bojangles Ordovician.

Get Fourier, a first-round pick!

This is a win-win trade package for all three parties. First of all, for the Suns, it removes the team's instability, gets immediate power, enables Aston to perform more next season, makes the tactics more flexible, and for the impact of the championship, provides the depth of the roster.

Reddish was originally a very important player on the wing for the Hawks and was traded to the Nicks in the middle of the season. He was able to contribute 11.9 points per game last season and shot 37.9% from three, and he was able to contribute to the Suns bench.

Topping, a dunk contest champion, is also a big man who really likes to shoot the three. He started the season with an average shooting percentage, but through intensive training, he has become very consistent from three in the second half of the season, and he is able to pull up and play with the bench or with the starters with great variability.

Bojangles is also an outside shooter, and he is more threatening. The reason why the Jazz have been able to make the playoffs has a lot to do with him, and his most representative battle should be the playoff reversal of James, where the Knights were up by 17 points, but were reversed by Bojangles's 7 three-pointers madness, and Bojangles sealed the deal in one battle.

He is a very good three-point shooter, had 3 consecutive seasons, shooting over 40% from three-point range. Last season, he hit 2.6 threes per game and 38.7% from three.

Now is the era of playing fast and competing with offense, his coming to the Suns will make the Suns play faster and the scoring will be more crazy, under their wild bombing, with a little bit of luck, the championship will be in the bag.

In looking down at the Nicks, after the failed Mitchell trade, it means their off season run was a failure. They cleaned up their roster for Mitchell, which makes them have to make deliberate additions now. With this trade, they would have gotten Bridges and Crowded.

Bridges' talent is not even outstanding, but he has all the requirements of an extreme 3 player, accurate outside three, excellent ability to run without the ball, and the league's first-class defense, he will become the Nicks' most powerful wing player in terms of improvisation, and his future achievements may not be weaker than the Warriors' Kay Thompson.

He and Chowder's arrival will help the Nicks establish a defensive system, while the offensive end, they both have a more stable three-point range, they can help the Nicks to play in the playoffs. And that would have been a success for the Nicks.

Last but not least, the Jazz, after sending out Mitchell, meant the team went into a complete rebuild, and the first-round pick was the one they were most interested in, while they also acquired Fourier.

Fourier is a veteran who has been in the NBA for more than 10 years. He is a well-rounded player with excellent organizational skills and can also do better on the defensive end, and veterans can be very useful for a team in a rebuild. His contract comes to a contract year next year, and even if it doesn't help the team, he has a lot of trade value. The deal is not a loss at all.

In a comprehensive view, in the case of not many big-name players on the market, the deal is likely to be reached, and once reached, the most disillusioned team is bound to be the Lakers, they sent Willow to the Jazz idea, will fall through, want to do something in the new season, then only reluctantly buy out Willow, and Willow's state, to find a new team is not a short time can be completed, so Willow is likely not The company's main goal is to provide the best possible solution to the problem.

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La hole

I like group sports because it is the reason I understand the importance of cooperation.

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