Swap Jordan Jr. for Tyson. Chandler, this deal is very loss-making in the eyes of many.

One is a 25-year-old young man with outstanding defensive ability, physical perversion and a lot of potential to tap in the future, and the other is a 32-year-old veteran whose career has begun to decline, and even a first-round pick as compensation is not cost-effective.

With the strength of the Knicks on paper, Anthony + Deron + Stoudemire + Jordan Jr. can barely be regarded as a small Big Four combination, even if there is no good chemistry, just by virtue of the star's single-handedness, the Knicks' record in the East will not be too bad.

Currently, the Knicks are fifth in the East, which is not high, but the draft picks are not up to the lottery requirements.

In these years, excellent centers have been extremely scarce, Jordan Jr., McGee, and Whiteside have all received tens of millions of annual salaries, which is completely priceless, and how many teams will send potential centers out?

It can be seen that the Trail Blazers really can't bear Jordan Jr. anymore.

In fact, although the shark slashing tactic worked well for Jordan Jr., it didn't go so far as to make the Trail Blazers do it.

After all, although Jordan Jr.'s free throws are inaccurate, his defensive ability cannot be ignored, and when he is on the court, he often limits the opponent's scoring efficiency to a lower than his own free throws.

This is also the reason why he became a piece of fragrant bun in another plane, and was once frantically snatched by the Clippers and Mavericks.

However, when facing the Wizards, Jordan Jr.'s defense was greatly weakened.

The Wizards have too many shooters, and most of the offense is launched from the outside, which makes Jordan Jr.'s defensive ability limited to a large extent, after all, although his physical fitness is good, it is impossible to cover the defensive range to the outside.

Every time he faced the Wizards, Jordan Jr. became a breakthrough for the Wizards, leaving the Trail Blazers without any way to fight back.

The Finals sweeps in the previous two seasons speak for themselves.

The Trail Blazers, who have Jordan Jr., may be able to dominate the West and even the Spurs can suppress it, but they are definitely not the opponent of the Wizards.

It can be said that the management of the Trailblazers has made a bloody investment for the championship, and does not hesitate to sacrifice the future for the present.

This is more or less ironic, because their current biggest opponent, the head coach of the Wizards, Wang Xiao, was swept away by them back then.

Who would have thought? A few years later, relying on Wang Xiao's draft, the Trail Blazers reached the finals for two consecutive years.

Who would think? It is also because of Wang Xiao that the experience of the two finals of the Trailblazers is a nightmare.

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Jordan Jr. exchanging for Chandler does have the feeling of withdrawing the future for the present, but such behavior really takes effect.

Chandler is not a Jordan Jr., he prefers to get stuck in the right position and reach out to interfere with the view to make the opponent lose the shooting sensation rather than jumping up to block the opponent.

This kind of defense naturally looks soft, far less enthusiastic than Jordan Jr.'s hot pot fan of the opponent, but the efficiency of the defense is better.

Of course, this slight improvement in defensive efficiency is not the point, the point is that when Durant, who has been the top scorer in history, starts to go berserk, the Wizards can no longer use shark slashing tactics to disrupt his offensive rhythm!

Durant seems to be a scoring machine, constantly attacking, constantly scoring, although Leonard is very defense, but still unable to prevent the opponent from scoring.

This is quite normal, even the best defensive player in the history of the league will never succeed in limiting a super scorer every time, after all, defense is inherently on the passive side of offense, and you can't judge until the opponent makes a move.

The worse situation of the Wizards is that in this game, in the face of Matthews, who is good at defense, Thompson has not been able to find his state, and the offensive efficiency is extremely low, and the entire Wizards team is only supported by Curry's score, but Curry's three-point shooting has not opened the situation, and the three-point shooting rate has only barely maintained at about 35%.

Relying on a better bench lineup, the Wizards are only slightly at a disadvantage, and the difference has not yet widened.

But Wang Xiao didn't dare to let Curry stay on the court for a long time.

George is already injured, and if he folds a Curry, the Wizards won't have to play, and what breaks the 72-win record and defends the title three times in a row will be in vain.

Even after George was injured, Wang Xiao still strictly controlled Curry's playing time.

"Kehuai, it's up to you whether the team can continue to win next!"

Now is the perfect time for Leonard to take over the offense!

Although Durant is a historical scorer, he is not particularly good defensively.

After playing in the league for many years, Durant has won numerous honors, scoring titles, best teams, and even MVP of the regular season MVP finals, but in his entire career, he has never been selected to the best defensive team, not even once.

Although he is more than 2.10 meters tall, has a pair of arm spans that few people in the league can match, and has an exaggerated defensive area, he is so thin that when facing the vast majority of small forwards in his position, his strength is out of the upper hand.

As a shooter, the difference in strength is not a problem when attacking, but when defending, the lack of strength is a troublesome thing.

In another time and space, Durant has been competing with James for many years, but he rarely defends James directly, and when the Thunder is the main defense of James, it is Ibaka, and when the Warriors are around, it is Green and Iguodala who take turns, because with James's strength, Durant can easily knock Durant into a crooked man.

Leonard, as the existence of James alone, is naturally very hard, and it is the best opportunity to build confidence in Durant!

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After a brief timeout, players from both sides came on, with the Wizards replacing Curry and the Trail Blazers Durant still on the court.

Unlike Wang Xiao's careful use of Curry, Durant's average playing time on the Trail Blazers' side has always been more than 36 minutes per game.

In fact, that's what a superstar player should be.

Stars such as James, Kobe, Anthony, and Durant have an average playing time of more than 36 minutes per game, and they have a long playing time of more than 38 minutes per game in a season when they are in the prime of life.

A star like Curry, who only averages just over 30 minutes per game, is an outlier.

But after appearing on the court this time, Durant was surprised to find that Leonard, who was standing in front of him, actually held the ball and wanted to attack.

This can't help but surprise Durant slightly.

Leonard's defense is still fresh in his memory, after all, there are few players in the entire league who make him feel very awkward and uncomfortable to play.

But in the past two years, the two have faced each other dozens of times, but Durant has almost no Leonard who defends with the ball like this.

This guy seems to only play fast breaks and shoot from the outside.

And now, he has to hold the ball and play himself!