It's official! 4-for-1 big deal! Goodbye, Lone Ranger

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2024-06-29 00:36Creators in the field of sports

On the evening of June 28, Beijing time, a trade news suddenly came: according to ESPN, the Mavericks sent Hardaway Jr. + 3 second-round picks (1 2025 second-round pick + 2 2028 second-rounders) to the Pistons to get Quentin Grimes. The Mavericks traded 4 for 1, took 3 second-round picks, and finally sent Hardaway Jr. away, and the fans were happy.

Hardaway Jr. has 1 year and $16.19 million left on his contract, since it is an expiring contract, why are the Mavericks in a hurry to send him away? There are two main reasons: 1. Hardaway Jr.'s own performance is not good, and he is no longer suitable for the Maverick; 2. In order to clear space, the Mavericks offered Derrick Jones Jr. a mid-level contract (starting salary of $12.9 million).

What about the piston diagram? On the one hand, it is to look at the three second-round picks, and on the other hand, it is to fill the team space. After eating Hardaway Jr.'s contract, the Pistons still have $51.1 million in salary cap space this summer. The Pistons asked themselves if they couldn't catch up with the big stars, and they were willing to accept some "garbage contracts" if the other party was willing to take a draft pick.

Let's start with Grimes, who is still on a rookie contract with a four-year, $11.13 million contract that expires in the summer of 2025. Grimes will be paid $4.3 million next season, $11.89 million less than Hardaway Jr. Born on May 8, 2000, Grimes is 1.96 meters tall and has an arm span of 2.03 meters, and was selected with the 25th pick in the first round in 2021.

In the 2023-24 season, Grimes played 6 games with the Pistons, averaging 19.2 minutes per game, scoring 5.3 points, 2 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.7 blocks, and shooting 21.4%, 14.3%, and 90.9% from three.

Grimes played 45 games with the Knicks, 18 of which were starts. He averaged 20.2 minutes per game, scoring 7.3 points, 2 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.7 steals and 0.1 blocks while shooting 39.5%, 36.3% and 70.6% from three.

Grimes ranks eighth from the bottom in the league on 51.6 percent true shooting this season (at least 30 games played, averaging at least 20 minutes per game). On Feb. 7 of this year, the Mavericks offered Josh Green the price of Remus, which was rejected by the Knicks. In the end, the Knicks sent Grimes, Fournier and others to the Pistons, and traded for Bojan and Burks.

Grimes is unreliable offensively, but he can defend, which is what Hardaway Jr. lacks the most. In fact, Grimes has not always been so iron, in the 2022-23 season, he averaged 11+3+2 per game in the Knicks, shooting 46.8% from the field and 38.6% from three-point range. Hopefully, Grams can get back on his feet with the Mavericks next season......

Finally, Hardaway, who was born on March 16, 1992, is 32 years old and has already begun to decline. Hardaway's current four-year, $75 million contract, which expires next summer, should be the last big contract of his career. Hardaway Jr. also wanted to leave the Mavericks and was frustrated by being marginalized in the playoffs!

In the regular season this season, Hardaway Jr. averaged 14.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game, shooting 40.2% from the field, 35.3% from three-point range, and 85.2% from the free throw line. In this year's playoffs, he averaged 4.4 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game, shooting 37.9% from the field, 35.1% from three-point range and 50% from the free throw line.

Netizens ridiculed: Hardaway Jr. will not be depressed next season, because he can't make the playoffs in the Pistons. In this year's playoffs, Derrick Jones Jr. averaged 9.1 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.5 steals and 1 block per game, shooting 48.1%, 36.9%, and 73.3% from three. Jones' original contract was one year, $2.7 million, which expires this summer.

What do you think of the Mavericks deal?

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