Although they wanted to avoid it as much as possible, the Wizards finally had a major turnover in the summer.

There is no way around it, there are too many good players on the Wizards, and when the cheap rookie contracts of these rookies expire, it will inevitably cause the teams that have long been interested in the luxury roster of the Wizards.

In addition to Wang Xiao's Bucks, they snatched Klay with 70 million in 4 years. In addition to Thompson, the Los Angeles Lakers also hit hard, taking Jimmy for 3 years and $52 million. Butler.

In fact, the main target of the Lakers is Leonard, they want to get Leonard as Kobe's heir, but the Wizards don't give it a chance at all, and a five-year, $95 million contract with a maximum salary that includes a Curry clause makes Leonard choose to stay without hesitation.

The Lakers, who failed to get Leonard, still wanted to make a move on Thompson, but unfortunately Thompson announced the news of joining the Bucks immediately after.

The Lakers had no choice but to retreat and sign Butler.

Bryant made it clear in subsequent interviews that he felt Butler was the most like him in the league, and that in his final season, he would teach Butler how to play as a leader for the Lakers, how to help the team win, and how to become a top superstar in the league.

It's hard to say whether Kobe's promise will be fulfilled, but Butler is obviously impressed, and if he can really be the boss in a big city like Los Angeles, it will be very good.

In addition to Thompson and Butler, Drummond. Green is also gone.

Compared with Butler, Green, who is also on the bench, is not so popular because of his style of play.

The league's current positioning of Green is more inclined to a defensive power forward like Rodman, although Green has also shown some organizational ability in the Wizards, but he survives in the gap between Curry, George, and Leonard, so there are not many opportunities and it does not have a profound impact.

The Wizards pulled out a three-year, $28 million contract from between his teeth, and Green didn't even want to refuse it directly.

Even Butler got a 3-year, $52 million contract, and he was only worth 3 years and 28 million?

As a result, Green announced his entry into the free market, and among several team bids, Green finally chose the New Orleans Pelicans' three-year, $44 million offer.

In fact, according to Green's performance in the Wizards, it is not worth this contract, but it can't stand up to the odds.

There are very few high-quality players in the league at present, and the saying that Wang Xiao's products must be high-quality has long been spread in the NBA and is regarded as the truth.

Harden, Jordan Jr., Whiteside, Thompson, Butler...... These players who went out of the Wizards all have big contracts with tens of millions of annual salaries.

And the players who stayed with the Wizards were even more fame and fortune to the pinnacle of their lives.

Drummond. Green is also a player who has been praised by Wang Xiao himself, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that he has no ball in the Wizards team and has not played his due potential and strength at all, which should be a player with some potential to tap like Butler.

The Pelicans spent a lot of money to sign Green, in order to get Green and Anthony. Davis' partner, using Green's defensive and tactical abilities, further liberated Davis' offensive ability.

It's hard to say whether the two are feasible or not, but in Wang Xiao's opinion, the three-year, $44 million contract is definitely a sure bet.

You know, in another time and space, even Tristan. A blue-collar worker like Thompson can get a big contract of $82 million for five years, let alone Green?

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All in all, the Wizards have been bleeding a lot this summer. Thompson, Jimmy. Butler & Drummond. Green's departure has taken the Wizards' roster from the league's only bracket to the same level as other teams in an instant.

Although the triumvirate combination of Curry, George, and Leonard is also the top in the league, even if you count center Rudy. Gobert is no longer as invincible as he was at the beginning.

Seeing the situation of the Wizards, I'm afraid the happiest is the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers, who won the championship last season by relying on Curry's injury, can finally shout the slogan of consecutive championships this season.

In their opinion, without Thompson, Butler, Green and others, the Wizards' lineup will not have much advantage over the Cavaliers' Big Four, and under the leadership of James, it is not impossible to defeat the Wizards again to win the cup!

In addition to the Cavaliers, the second happiest is Wang Xiao's Bucks.

In Wang Xiao's opinion, Thompson's value is even higher than that of Butler and Green combined! This is an all-rounder who can theoretically adapt to any tactical system!

The style of play is selfless, the defense is excellent, the three-point shot does not lose Curry, the mid-to-long-range shooting is more stable and efficient, if you have to find shortcomings, then you have to find problems from Thompson's ball-holding offense, such as the face frame offense, ball-holding breakthrough, etc., Thompson's efficiency is not particularly high.

But is this a problem for the Bucks?

With Antetokounmpo and Oladipo, two breakaway maniacs, where is it Thompson's turn to attack the basket?

With the Bucks, Thompson only needs to stay on the outside and shoot threes!

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The addition of Thompson allowed Wang Xiao to make some adjustments to the main lineup of the Bucks, and Korver, who started last season, was retreated to the second line as a substitute, and Thompson served as the starting point guard.

As a result, the Bucks' starting lineup became: point guard Victor. Oladipo, shooting guard Clay. Thompson, small forward Chris. Middleton, power forward Giannis. Antetokounmpo, center Nikola. Jokic.

This is already a more reasonable lineup in Wang Xiao's mind.

When Embiid returns from injury next season, Middleton will be traded, or arranged on the bench, and Antetokounmpo will play small forward, and Embiid will be the power forward.

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In the preseason, Wang Xiao made a small adjustment test to the lineup, and the results were very good, Thompson's arrival did not cause any trouble to the Bucks' lineup that had been grinding for more than a year, and he easily integrated into the system.

In fact, Thompson did the same job as Korver did last season's shooting guard position, but he was more consistent than Korver, better offensively and better defensively.

And when Wang Xiao tried to put Thompson and Korver on the court at the same time, it worked surprisingly well.

When one of the two three-point batteries stood in the bottom left corner and the other stood in the bottom corner of the right side, the opposing players did not dare to relax at all, and two players had to be sent to defend them tightly.

In this way, Antetokounmpo has more room to break through!

This was originally the most common routine of the Wizards in previous seasons, Curry Thompson outside the pressure to attract defensive space, George Thompson was responsible for impacting the basket to create damage, and now, this set of tactics belongs to the Bucks!