Watch the NBA | The Hawks "sold" Murray cheaply, and the Mavericks were interested in the soup god

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2024-06-29 16:15Basketball commentator, Tencent NBA writer

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01 The Hawks and Pelicans completed the trade, the Hawks got Dejounte Murray and the 2025 Lakers first-rounder, the 2027 Pelicans first-rounder, and the Pelicans got Dyson Daniels, Nance Jr. and EJ Liddell.

02 The Mavericks traded for the Pistons, the Mavericks got Grimes, the Pistons got Hardaway and three second-round picks.

03 As a result of this transaction, the Pelicans have triggered the luxury tax line, and they need to pay attention to the salary burden in their subsequent operations.

04 On the other hand, when the Mavericks pursue Thompson, they need to make sure that Thompson agrees to the bench role so as not to affect the team chemistry.

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Watch the NBA | The Hawks "sold" Murray cheaply, and the Mavericks were interested in the soup god

Transaction content

Pelicans get Dejounte Murray

The Hawks get the 2025 Lakers first-rounder, the 2027 first-round pick (the one with the Pelicans and Bucks with the lower pick), Dyson Daniels, Nance Jr., EJ Liddell

The Raptor brothers must be strictly investigated!

Murray is one of the best value striker contracts on the trade market, with a salary of more than $25 million next season, which can only be jumped out of in the summer of 2027. Even taking into account the 15% trading margin, in the environment of 30 million flying in the sky, Murray is still too refreshing.

Superstars don't talk about it. The market's perception of the value of the top 3D striker is quite in place, the Knicks and the two 3D, OG let people see the signing price, and the bridge let people see the transaction value. But there is also an easily overlooked, very expensive type of point guard in the market, especially a qualified point guard who can defend - pay attention to the keyword, a qualified point guard, Killian Hayes can also defend, a point guard, but not qualified - is also a proper scarce resource. A point guard is a strategic resource if he meets the following conditions at the same time:

Qualified communication and control contributions;

Qualified projection capabilities;

a certain means of scoring;

Able to lead defense;

Able to change defenses;

Able to assist in defense.

If Holiday and White are the best of these point guards, then Dejounte Murray and VanVleet are the ones who are straight and filial. The latter two are limited by confrontation (Mu) and height (Fan), and their defensive elasticity is inferior, making them less versatile as pure puzzle pieces than the first two. However, Murray is the most offensive player of the four, and his ability to pull up mid-range skills is especially crucial in the solo stage, and Dejounte Murray is more cost-effective for teams with poor core endurance or insufficient development resources.

Let's take a look at the players who are a little more expensive than Murray's contract:

C.J. McCollum. Now teammates, no collar defense attribute;

Middleton. Wounded veterans, defensive slippage;

Randall. Poor defense, difficult to evaluate in the playoffs;

Holiday There's nothing to say, big brother of this track;

Chris Paul. If the contract is executed, he is at this price. It's a pity to be old;

Jerami Grant. Under the backdrop of the market, the contract gradually became high-quality;

Jordan Poole. There's nothing to say.

The Pelicans gave the Hawks these 2 first-rounders, the value of the Lakers' first-round pick in 25 years, can refer to the Lakers' regular season rankings in the past two years, probably the middle pick. The '27 Pelicans and Bucks couldn't get a high first-round pick either, and even if the Bucks rebuild by then, the Pelicans are unlikely to be fully rebuilt, and one will always be in the playoff range. In turn, when the Hawks chased Murray's 3+1 first-round package to the Spurs, the unprotected first-round pick in 25-27 years (2 gave away and 1 swap) were all the Hawks' own. It's hard to say the value of the first round to the next family, but it must be the most expensive for the family, because it means the right to put it bad, and you can refer to the cost of the Nets to get their own first round back from the Rockets.

The 3 players in the trade package:

Nance Jr. is a good backup center, and the market price is no more than a few second-rounds;

Dyson Daniels is the most volatile part of the deal, as the 8th pick high point guard, and is still in the potential to sell. Daniels is excellent defensively, full of athletic small statistics, and ranks first in the Pelicans Grand Theft Auto team in steal percentage, but unfortunately his shooting is too poor, even if he can't shoot three-pointers, and his free throw percentage is less than 65%, it's hard not to worry. Daniels' development will be an important indicator for evaluating the Hawks' deal in the future;

EJ Liddell, it's worthless.

With Murray, the Pelicans have a true point guard. As a lead defender, Murray has a better offense than Jones and Alvarado, which can alleviate the compatibility problem of the Pelicans' starting lineup to a certain extent. Fat Tiger, Murray, CJ, Ingram, the four main attackers don't seem to have enough points on the ball, but one thing is certain, the Pelicans' operation is not over yet, and they have the following problems:

First, getting more wages back in the trade allowed the Pelicans to trigger the No. 1 line. That's not the point, because the Pelicans' usual high-voltage line isn't a hard cap, but a lower luxury tax line than a hard cap, and the Pelicans now have some risk of crossing the line. Of course, this is not difficult to solve, and it can be avoided by paying attention to the pelican;

The question is, Trey Murphy and Ingram need to renew their contracts, and if the Pelicans can handle it in the 24-25 season, what will they do after that? The Pelicans made a change rounding, which means that after they renew Murphy and Ingram, they will have five high-paid players in the 25-26 season, and everyone knows how picky the Pelicans are;

Although the Pelicans used the No. 21 pick to select Missy, the center, the Pelicans are still close to a vacuum when they send away Nance Jr. and Varland will basically not stay.

If nothing else, the Pelicans must have another deal, and neither Ingram nor CJ is safe. From a financial point of view, keeping one of the two (keeping Yingge if Yingge takes a salary cut, and keeping CJ if he doesn't take a salary cut), sending the other away, and getting a starting center and an expiring contract that doesn't add to the burden in the future should be the first choice for the Pelicans. That way, the Pelicans can maintain an affordable payroll and enjoy luxury tax dividends while fighting for a playoff ticket.

But from the perspective of a Pelican fan, no one wants to hear about the team's sustainability. The Pelicans' current situation is as if they have saved up enough gold mines, wood, and moon wells to play WAR3, and it is time to choose whether to crush the 50/80 population or explode troops.

What about the Eagles?

As soon as Murray goes in and out, there is a high probability that the Eagles will lose money. The deal has reduced some of the wage burden and provided flexibility for future operations. Adding another center (Nance Jr.) also means that the Eagles will be the center seller in the market anyway.

Now it's up to us to see who is the next lucky one to trade with the Eagles.

Transaction content

The Lone Ranger gets Grimes

The Pistons got Hardaway, 3 second-rounders

In the past two years, Xia Guan has really opened up the second pulse of Ren and Du. The deal has two implications:

sent away Hardaway's 16.2 million contract and got Grimes' 4.3 million contract, reducing the total salary of nearly 12 million, making them far away from the luxury tax line and the first local tyrant line, adding flexibility to subsequent operations;

Get a flank 3D. Regardless of the value for money and potential of the contract, Grimes also has instant value. Although his performance in the third year was relatively sluggish, he was quite amazing when he rose in the second year, averaging 11.3 points per game, shooting 6.9 three-pointers every 36 minutes, shooting 38.6% from three-point range, 61.9% from the field, and 2.17 assist-to-loss ratios. With Grimes, who is in the same position, the Mavericks will be more confident in sending Josh Green's contract away in a trade.

After this operation, the Lone Ranger has a lot of options to do.

First of all, there is no pressure to renew Jones Jr. Since the Mavericks only have Jones Jr.'s non-bird rights, and Jones Jr.'s performance in the Western Conference playoffs undoubtedly made him worthy, the Mavericks can only tear up the middle class if they want to keep him. After clearing the space, the Mavericks dismantled the middle class and kept Jones Jr. without salary pressure.

However, the Lone Ranger would be too conservative if he only used the cleared space here. They have entered the championship window, and the results of the season of qualifying in the West undoubtedly have the confidence to expand their investment. Pursuing a small forward at a true starting level like Grant should still be the Mavericks' first choice.

Also, let's talk about the rumors that the Lone Ranger is pursuing Thompson. Compared to the Nuggets' interest in Thompson, I think the Mavericks are a little more cautious:

The Nuggets' move to bring in Thompson almost certainly included a multi-party trade for Porter Jr., as well as a wing shooter and a 3-and-D defender. This practice is the logic of exchanging the whole money for zero under salary pressure, and to put it bluntly, a total of 60 million Porter Pope can't afford it. Although the combat power has not improved, the team can still be maintained for the most part. For example, the Nuggets can be paired with an electric fan + Thompson's wing combination, which is reasonable in terms of leadership defense and space;

The situation is different for the Lone Ranger. Irving + Doncic already occupy two backcourt spots. While Irving has shown great matchup flexibility in the playoffs and can help the team with some lead defense, Irving is not too young to take on too much of a task during the regular season. Thompson is no longer able to play the role of the first lead defender, and Doncic is clearly not the lead defender. This means that it is not appropriate for three people to start at the same time.

If the Mavericks want to chase Thompson, they need to make sure that Thompson agrees to the role of the substitute, and if this matter is not good, then don't chase it.

For the pistons, three sentences:

Grimes is not as important to the Pistons as the Mavericks for space constipation and lack of development capabilities;

On the other hand, Hardaway, who can throw the ball out of any way, is relatively useful to the Pistons. Because the Pistons are really short of shooters.

Of course, the thought of the Hornets eating Reggie's 5 million to get 3 rounds...... It's hard for the piston not to be sour. It's all thanks to the Nuggets.

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