Beijing time on January 14, NBA gave birth to the biggest deal this year’s offseason so far. The Houston Rockets sent their core James Harden to the Brooklyn Nets and completed this tripartite deal with the Cavaliers. After some operations, Pacers' starting shooting guard Oladipo and multiple first-round draft picks were obtained, and the farce about Harden's departure has also come to a successful conclusion.
In order to get Harden this time, the Nets paid almost the entire bench of core rotation players. The team is second only to Irving and Durant’s third scorer Leville, inside offensive and defensive core Allen, last season The team’s starting 3D power forward Prince has all left the Brooklyn basket; but the team’s lineup is still very strong. After getting Harden, they can offer Irving + Harden + Harris + Durant + Jordan Jr. The starting five tigers, this lineup configuration is excellent offensive and defensive, and the bench still has many good players such as Shamet, Green, Brown, , Caroba, etc. Now the Nets have become The favorite to win.
For the Rockets, trading Harden is really helpless. Since the beginning of the season, Harden has been absent-minded. In addition to averaging 37 points per game in the first three games, showing the MVP-level superstar level, recent games have been obvious. Working hard, but with 11 assists per game ranked first in the league, but averaging less than 20 per game is also an important factor in the team's consecutive losses.
finally got the quasi- All-Star -level shooting guard Oladipo to replace Harden through multi-party trading. It is worth mentioning that the Pacers head of the team rejected the team during the offseason. He confidently believes that he is worthy of a maximum salary. Despite major injuries, he still averaged 20 points, 5.7 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.7 steals per game this season, which is almost the same as the peak period. The contract year of Oladipo is bound to be in this season. Make every effort to hit more eye-catching data to win big contracts.
After Harden left, the current Rockets lineup is a bit tasteless. The starting lineup of Wall + Oladipo + House + Tucker + Wood seems to be strong, but in the powerful West, it can only barely qualify for the season. Playoffs; but how to use the multiple first-round picks obtained through the trade will be the key to the rocket's future rise. The season has just begun. The management can try to rely on the existing lineup to make an amazing record. Once they reach the top eight in the Western Conference, they can use the expiring contracts and contracts of players such as Oladipo and Tucker before the trade deadline. The first round of the draft has the power to trade some All-Star players who are in their prime.
If the Rockets’ record plummets without Harden, then the team can also start the rebuilding mode, clean up House, Tucker, Gordon ’s contract and choose to fail, and try to get potential new stars in this summer’s offseason or Pursue big-name players; in the case of Harden's decision, it is the Rockets' right choice to quickly trade him. Whether this team that can once compete with the Warriors in the Western Conference finals in the heyday of its heyday is a tie-breaker. Rebirth, let us wait and see!
