The craziest day in NBA history: the jaw-dropping moment is caused by the interests behind it

The Lakers’ trade with the Mavericks about Doncic really opened up this crazy trade deadline.

Before this, no one could have imagined that the 25-year-old, five-year-old first-team player, top three active players in the league, and the new generation totem of the Mavericks, Doncic, would be traded. Even if this name is mentioned in the trade conversation, the general manager of the other team will think you are joking at the first time.

To this day, we still don’t know the real reason for this transaction. This will be a big secret case in the league for many years to come. No one can figure out why the general manager of the Mavericks took the initiative to propose this transaction when there was no dissatisfaction among the cornerstones of the team.

But it really happened like this.

The Lakers used thick eyebrows, Christie and a first-round pick to exchange Doncic and two extras from the Mavericks.

When this transaction happened, no one dared to believe the news except the general managers of the two teams.

Including Shams Charania, who revealed the deal and is now the top NBA whistleblower, he also thought he was teased at the first time. After confirming and sending the news, he had to explain to the outside world many times that his account was not hacked and the deal was real.

After a long period of shock, when the outside world gradually realized that all this was true, the entire NBA world fell into complete madness.

The fans were divided into different groups. The emotions of Lakers fans jumped back and forth between the reluctance to Davis and the ecstasy of getting Doncic. Mavericks fans felt like the sky had fallen and confirmed the authenticity of the news over and over again, and then started to curse the Mavericks general manager endlessly. Fans of other teams gradually turned from shock to envy and sympathy.

Unlike fans, the reaction within the league was stronger. After all, it was real and had a real impact on them.

The Warriors, regarded as the most successful team in the past decade, reacted particularly strongly. They were originally hesitant about reinforcements, but after the Doncic deal, they started a crazy mode. The team management almost asked for the price of all the star players in the league.

In the past few years, because of James and Curry, the Lakers and Warriors have become the two top teams in the league. At the same time, as James and Curry get older, their influence on the game gradually declines, and the current situation of the two teams is also very struggling.

Originally, both teams were in a state of muddling through, giving up the championship competition, just waiting for James and Curry to retire before the next step of reconstruction.

The Mavericks took the initiative to send Doncic to change the Lakers’ timeline. The Lakers, who suddenly received a 25-year-old cornerstone of the team, instantly found the direction of team building, and the future began to become extremely bright.

Now the Warriors can’t sit still. The Warriors boss has always been superstitious about his “both want and want” strategy, but there is no doubt that the Warriors’ current situation is “empty-handed”, while the Lakers instantly completed the “both want and want” reconstruction with the help of the Mavericks.

It feels like your friend who was in similar condition to you was just living a lazy life, but when the Chinese New Year came, he suddenly came back with a luxury car and a beautiful girlfriend and said that he found a job with a monthly salary of 100,000 yuan…

After the East-Browne trade, the Warriors management began to frantically seek trades, hoping to do something to make themselves look good at least.

The Warriors even asked for the price of James and Durant, hoping to reunite James and Durant in Golden State and win back the attention of fans around the world.

But obviously such a trade was too fantastic. They were close to trading Durant from the Suns, but Durant firmly stated that he was unwilling to return to Golden State, and the deal was finally dropped.

The Warriors, who were rejected by their ex-girlfriends, fell into a greater frenzy and turned to pursue Jimmy Butler, the only “superstar” left in the market. Butler was determined to go to the Suns to get a high-paying contract extension and had no intention of joining the Warriors. The red-eyed Warriors made up their minds to offer the 35-year-old Butler a two-year, $112 million advance maximum salary renewal offer, and paid Wiggins, Schroeder, Li Keer and this year’s first-round pick to impress the Heat, and finally got Butler back. To pay such an astonishing price for Butler, who is 35 years old and has hidden injuries and whose data this season is not as good as Wiggins, the Warriors management is crazy enough to compete with the Mavericks management.

Fans commented on the Warriors’ crazy operation: The Lakers spent very little gift to marry Liu Yifei, a young girl under 26 years old. The Warriors, who were in trouble next door and agreed to play badly together, were jealous. They went crazy on the blind date market, desperately tried all kinds of methods, and took a fancy to the 36-year-old Northeast Yujie. The Northeast Yujie was unwilling at first, but came immediately after seeing the 112 million gift.

The Lakers’ deal is not over. They paid Knecht, Reddish, the 2031 unprotected first-round pick and the 2030 first-round swap rights to get Mark Williams from the Hornets.

The 2031 first-round pick is the last movable first-round pick in the hands of the Lakers. They have always regarded it as a treasure. James and Davis have urged the Lakers management to trade many times, but they have not been able to convince the management to give up.

But after getting Doncic, the Lakers immediately gave up this first-round pick. After all, with Doncic in the next ten years, the Lakers’ first-round picks will probably be worthless. Mark Williams is the 15th pick in the first round of 2022. He is 2.13 meters tall, with a wingspan of 2.29 meters. He stands 2.99 meters tall, taller than Wen Ban Yama. At the age of 23, he averaged 16 points, 9.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.2 blocks per game this season. He is definitely a suitable inside pillar for Doncic. Even the deal between the Lakers and the Hornets was initiated by the Hornets.

The Lakers “passively” completed the reconstruction before the trade deadline, changing the league’s pattern for the next ten years, which is unprecedented in history.

In addition to the two top players, the Lakers and the Warriors, the transaction that may have the greatest impact on the league’s championship pattern is the trade between the Cavaliers and the Hawks regarding DeAndre Hunter. The Cavaliers paid LeVert, Niang, three second-round picks and two first-round pick swaps to get DeAndre Hunter from the Hawks.

Hunter is the No. 4 pick in 2020, a very high-quality 3D forward, averaging 19 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.5 assists per game this season, and a three-point shooting percentage of 39.3%. After getting Hunter, the Cavaliers, who have twin towers inside and double guns outside, made up for the last shortcoming. The perfection of the starting lineup is unparalleled in the league. They will become one of the most noteworthy championship contenders in the East this season with their record in the East.

The Kings and Spurs’ trade involving Fox is also likely to affect the future pattern of the league.

The Spurs did not sacrifice any valuable potential new star in the team, but only exchanged Zach Collins, Tre Jones, Sissoko, four first-round picks of average value and three second-round picks for the All-Star point guard Fox, who just turned 27.

In the next few years, as Wen Ban Yama matures, the combination of Fox and Wen Ban Yama will lead the Spurs back to the forefront of the Western Conference.

The Kings, who chose to replace Fox with LaVine, will soon fall into the quagmire again. This team, which once created an embarrassing history of not entering the playoffs for 16 consecutive years, will once again enter the darkness of not seeing the future.

The Bucks sent the team’s meritorious Middleton to the Wizards in exchange for the younger Kuzma.

Middleton was affected by serious injuries and could no longer find the self that made “Boston children afraid to cry at night”.

The Bucks sent Middleton away in exchange for Kuzma not only to improve their strength, but also to avoid taxes. They used this transaction to save more than $29 million, lowering their salary to below the second rich line, and created a special transaction worth $5 million.

Before the trade deadline, the Bucks also used cash to send Patrick Baldwin to the Spurs to free up a roster spot, and then used Beacham to trade for Kevin Porter Jr., who averaged 9.3 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game this season, from the Clippers. After this wave of operations, the Bucks’ lineup has undoubtedly been upgraded, enough to stabilize the top four rankings in the East and impact the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Clippers did not have enough reasons to give up Kevin Porter Jr., as they had previously traded Mann and Hyland from the Hawks for Bogdan and three second-round picks. Bogdan, who was born as a shooter, has declined seriously this season, averaging only 10 points per game, shooting 37.1% and 30.1% from three-point range, which is really embarrassing.

But through this deal, the Clippers not only freed up a roster spot, but also reduced the total salary to $2.4 million below the luxury tax line, saving a lot of money.

In addition, the earliest operation of using Tucker and Bamba to exchange Mills and Eubanks from the Jazz, the Clippers also got an improvement on this trading deadline. Although it is not as good as the rivals in the same city, it is at least much better than doing nothing.

Only four teams did not make any trades on this year’s trading deadline, namely: Timberwolves, Nuggets, Magic and Trail Blazers. The Timberwolves chased Durant for a wave, but after failing, they stopped and did not make any more operations.

The Nuggets’ lineup has little room for operation, and the team is in good shape at present, so there are no extra trades.

The Magic had a very good situation this season, but the results declined due to a large number of injuries. Currently, waiting for the core lineup of the team to return to health is the top priority. The Trail Blazers were originally one of the worst teams, but recently their performance has suddenly soared, with a record of 10 wins and 1 loss in the past 11 games. They went to the playoffs and did not choose to trade.

The Rockets, who are also young teams, were originally ranked second in the West, but their recent five-game losing streak has declined. Rockets fans are looking forward to the team stopping the decline through trades.

Unfortunately, they only helped other teams take over some garbage contracts with their remaining salary space, and did not make meaningful trades. The same is true for the Thunder, who are ranked first in the West, and just absorbed some garbage contracts. Their core lineup is still very young. Although they have good regular season results, they are destined to pay two years of tuition in the playoffs. Now they are too eager to produce results, which is actually forcing things to grow.

The Suns failed to get the expected Butler, and finally retained the core lineup, and found the league’s well-known “nanny” Hornets, and sent Nurkic, who had fallen out of the rotation for a long time, out.

It is difficult for the Suns to improve this season, but there is really no way. Bill’s trade veto makes all possible trades come to nothing.

Ingram’s trade to the Raptors was a big deal on the trade deadline in previous years, but it was buried under the crazy trade news this year. Ingram’s trade means that the Pelicans’ plan to build a team with Zion and Ingram as the core has completely failed. What Durant and the next James are pirated after all.

The Grizzlies sent Smart away through a three-way trade. The defensive player of the year has experienced the ups and downs of life in three years. Time is fate and luck.

Schroeder is also a tragic character. He originally played at the peak of his career in the Nets, but was traded to the Warriors and lost his value. The World Cup MVP was still complaining that NBA trades were like modern slavery the day before, and then he was traded twice in a row, changing 11 teams in 10 years. PJ Tucker was traded three times in six days, from the Clippers to the Jazz to the Heat and finally to the Raptors. He started his career in Toronto and will probably end it here, which is another kind of perfection.

Over the years, the NBA trade deadline has basically been a lot of noise but little action, and there are very few trades that can change the league’s landscape.

The closest to this year was 2008, when the Lakers “robbed” Paul Gasol from the Grizzlies, the Suns traded Marion for 35-year-old O’Neal, the Mavericks traded Devin Harris for old Kidd, and the Hawks packaged Tyronn Lue and four others from the Kings for Mike Bibby. The trade deadline of that year had an impact on the league’s landscape for several years.

And this year’s trade deadline will have a more far-reaching impact on the future. The move of Doncic joining the Lakers alone is enough to change the league’s landscape for the next decade. Having said that, no matter who is the final winner in these trades, the one who laughs last is the NBA.

James, Kudry, and Kevin Durant’s influence is no longer at its peak. The NBA no longer has a top superstar who can cover the sky with one hand. The ratings, attention, and topic discussion have all declined seriously. In this case, the only way to increase attention is through novelty.

According to statistics from the US media, the transaction of Doncic’s transfer to the Lakers alone can increase the national ratings by more than 20%, which is enough to reverse the dismal situation of the NBA’s ratings falling by about 25%.

NBA is a business after all. With the end of the James, Kudry, and Kevin Durant era, the prosperity has disappeared and there are internal and external troubles. We may witness a crazier trading deadline in the future to save the declining league. (Yun Yan)