Revolutionary NBA bomb: doubts about the impressive Nets trio, the solid movement of the Pacers and the robbery of the Cavs / News

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The NBA tectonic plates on Wednesday night were so shaken that remembering such a thing was extremely difficult, if at all possible.

Four teams, the brightest stars, and a newly formed force – all of this took place in a great James Harden exchange.

The BasketNews.lt website provides a detailed description of these exchanges and an assessment of each team’s decisions.

Brooklyn networks

Chaos, the infinite potential of a telenovela and more questions than answers. This is your first impression of the Nets’ move.

The trio of Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Kyrie Irving sounds intimidating and it may be debatable if it isn’t the strongest trio in NBA history, but that reputation for the trio has yet to be earned. The three basketball players are probably the league’s biggest egos, and Irving has been unpredictable overall of late.

The defender, who parted ways with the team last week, has already left the Clavland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics because they didn’t want to be second man. Now it has become third. Since this news exchange was accepted by Irving himself, it’s a million-dollar question.

Harden, Durant and Irving alike love to hold the ball in their hands and be in the limelight when it comes to making a decisive throw, so indulging the whims of all three also sounds like a huge challenge. So while Nets looks good on paper, using this alignment in practice raises questions.

Another emerging dilemma is why the decision to bring Jarrett Allen, who had a great start to the season, into the trade? The forward still registers statistics of 11.2 points and 10.4 rebounds, is a great goalkeeper and does not require many touches in the attack. In short, a huge loss for the Brooklyn team.

The Nets held onto the midfielder position with DeAndre Jordan, who posted the best times of the past, newcomer Reggie Perry and second-year league player Nicolas Claxton. So what Steve Nash and Mike D’Antoni thought was really intriguing.

Brooklyn was also left in exchange for Taurean Prince and Caris LeVert. Adding in Allen, we have almost three rotating corner basketball players. This trio started the game under normal conditions from the bench and generated a solid number: 37.8 points, 17.5 rebounds and 8.3 assists.

The only basketball player the Nets have received is Harden, so it remains a very open question who will make up for that productivity on the bench. Not only that, both Allen and Prince have good defenses, which is why the Nets team does not have the black work necessary for such a constellation at the moment.

Well, of course Already seen a sentiment that dates back to 2014, when the Nets gave up their entire future for Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry. The fact that all of these ex-Celtics veterans weren’t at the peak of their careers anymore, unlike Harden, but the package built by Nets is promising.

Three first-round shouts in 2022, 2024 and 2026 newcomer exchanges and four additional citations in 2021, 2023, 2025 and 2027 in exchanges where the Rockets will be able to exchange seats with the Brooklyn Club. Not to mention that the seven citations listed are unprotected.

Of course, it can be said that most of these calls will not be of much value, as the Nets will be contenders for the title and thus receive the calls in the tail of the first round. But, seriously?

The contracts for Harden, Durant and Irving expire in 2023. The entire trio will also have the right to decide in 2022 whether to extend the existing contracts for an additional season.

If the next few seasons don’t go as planned, what are the chances that all these basketball players will break up and leave the Nets in the rift? It definitely doesn’t sound like a utopian scenario.

On the bright side, the Nets have undoubtedly drawn in the first-shine third star, and the meeting of Durant and Harden seems really intriguing.

However, the fact that there is only one ball on the field, Irving’s quirks that have been flashing in the press lately, the holes under the basket and the rotation have made the Brooklyn team impressive in the game alone. NBA 2K.

It will take time and victories for the Brooklyn Constellation to prove its worth on real ground.

Houston Rockets

At least according to previous reports in the American press, the Rockets do not appear to have fulfilled all the tasks that were proposed in this exchange. Yes, there have been 8 retirements: 7 from the Nets and one from the Cleveland Cavaliers, whose position will be determined by the Milwaukee Bucks.

However, the players at the front failed to topple the great mountains. Victor Oladipo of the Pacers, Dante Exumas of the Cavaliers and Rodions Kurucs, who were virtually nonexistent in the Nets’ rotation, will all come to Texas from the Pacers.

According to the original plan, the Rockets were looking for a basketball player with superstar status or an ensemble of several promising players hitting for the All-Star Game, without much shouting. Oladipo, Exumas, and Kurucs hardly fit into these categories.

By comparison, the 76ers offered a package that included Ben Simmons, Tyrese Maxey, and / or Matisse Thybulle.

However, calling Oladip’s arrival a tragedy or unequivocal defeat in return wouldn’t be fair either. Although there were some worse performances at the start of the season, especially at the end of the game, Oladipo shows signs of recovery and scores an average of 20 points, 5.8 rebounds and 4.2 assists.

There’s also a serious argument that Oladipo is much more suited to the Rockets’ current lineup than Simmons would have.

Not only that, the trio of Oladip, Wall, and DeMarcus Cousins ​​have one thing in common: They all come back after a pretty tough injury and will probably want to show everyone that they can still be the best players.

Both Wall and Cousins ​​have made it clear that they will not lack motivation this season. Both basketball players reacted pretty strongly to Harden’s comments when he said that the Rockets team just wasn’t good enough.

“He expressed his opinion,” Wall said. – I don’t know what you think of the team, but I know how all the guys work hard and try to be better every day. I know how much work I put in to play at the highest level ”.

At that moment, Cousins, hearing Harden’s words, replied more harshly.

“The remaining 14 men in the locker room did him no harm. Hearing such comments from us is simply unfair, said the forward. – This disrespect started much earlier. His behavior on training ground and off-site … It didn’t happen overnight. “

So if the trio of Oladipo, Cousins ​​and Wall can stay healthy and play at a similar level, as they did before the injuries, who knows? Maybe we’ll see the Rockets in the playoffs.

Especially since promising forward Christian Wood joined the team during the offseason, Eric Gordon is still on the team. Thus, the Rockets shed unmotivated stars and hit an all-time high, receiving calls for action from rookies.

Was it possible to show yourself even better in the exchange? Probably so, but even the current situation is not worthy of the Lynching court.

Indiana pacers

Pacers come out of this exchange with their heads held high. Oladipo has already made a fuss over Orlando’s bubble by wanting to leave the team, and his contract ends after this season. LeVert, who joins the team, is under contract until at least 2023, so the Pacers have resolved this issue.

Comparing the best versions of Oladipo and LeVert, the latter certainly descends, but the crucial question is whether Oladipo will return to his best form. At that point, LeVert should become a great helper to the elders of the team: Domantas Sabonis, Myles Turner and Malcolm Brogdon.

Although the sample is very small, this season LeVert averaged 31 points and 9 assists each time, when the Brooklyn team was without Durant and Irving.

The basketball player’s career record is 51 points, and this season he had cut 43 points in the Grizzlies’ basket. So the Pacers get a solid point picker that will definitely have a spot on the Pacers team.

Sabonis, LeVert, Brogdon, Turner and, following the injuries, Jeremy Lamb and TJ Warren, who burst the Orlando bubble, will return to the lineup. With the addition of innovative coach Nate Bjorkgrena, we have a very nice team that can play in the playoffs.

Cleveland Knights

There’s only one word to describe what the Cavaliers did: robbery. The Cleveland team sent Dante Exum, who was often injured and probably didn’t show his potential, and the first-round call from the Milwaukee Bucks.

The team is joined by solid midfielder Allen, whose defensive capabilities have already been discussed, but he’s also great. Pikenrolo player, so he should fit perfectly into the tandem of young Collin Sexton and Darius Garland.

The Cleveland team currently has three midfielders of the same type: Allen, JaVale McGee and Andre Drummond. For the latter, it probably means the end of a career in the Cavs’ ranks.

For the midfielder, this season is the last before he becomes a free agent, so the Cavaliers team is likely to take advantage of this situation and send the basketball player to other trades.

It would probably be too bold to talk about a possible playoff entry at this point, but the Cavaliers are capable of breaking into the top ten. The NBA’s changed format also allows the 10th-place team to enter the playoffs, so the Cleveland team can make a fuss.

While the midfielder’s position was far from an emergency for the Cavaliers, when that player is paid such a ridiculous price, there is simply no action that can be taken.