After the news spread that Thomas was going to be traded, it immediately attracted the attention of many teams, including several teams who offered trade chips, but none of them satisfied the Kings.

While the Kings management and other teams are actively negotiating, the team's game continues, and the Kings have 14 games in the first month of the new season, and they have now completed 11 of them, with the remaining three games coming back to the Suns and the last game against the Lakers on the road.

Neither of these opponents is particularly strong, and the record is on par with that of the King, and it may be difficult for the current King to win easily, but it is not impossible to win.

Of the three games, the toughest game was the second game against the Suns back-to-back, the day before the Kings won two straight games at home against the Suns, and came to Phoenix, the Suns obviously did not want to lose two games in a row to the Kings, so this game was extremely tough.

In the end, the Kings outscored their opponents by four points in overtime to make it three wins in a row.

In the game with the Lakers, the Kings won relatively easily, because Howard left, Nash and Kobe Bryant were absent due to injury, and the Lakers' strength was greatly damaged, and finally the Kings won the opponent 100:86, 14 points, and ended the November journey with a wave of four consecutive wins.

After the first month, the Kings improved their record to 9-5 and a 64.3 percent win rate, which put them in sixth place in the West.

At the top of the West is last season's Western Conference champions, the Spurs, who played 17 games in their first month and won 14 of them, with a win rate of 82.4 percent

In second place in the West is a team that many people didn't expect before the season, the Portland Trail Blazers, a team that didn't make the playoffs last season, with a 13-3 record in the first month of the new season, a whopping 81.3% win rate. Lillard's growth coupled with Adel Ridge's steady play, coupled with the acquisition of Robin Lopez, a powerful center this season, the Trail Blazers have greatly increased, and the improvement of results is normal, but it is still a little surprising that the improvement is so obvious.

It is followed only by the Youth Army Thunder, with an 11-3 record and a 78.6% win rate. In fourth place is the Houston Rockets, with a 13-5 winning rate of 72.2%, and it is clear that with the addition of Howard the Monster, the Rockets' strength has been further improved.

The Clippers are fifth in the West with 11 wins and 6 losses, and they have been stable in third to fifth places in the West for the past two seasons.

After all, the Clippers are still acceptable after the Spurs and Thunder, but even the Trail Blazers and Rockets are in front, which obviously makes the Clippers' players and fans not too satisfied.

Of course, another reason for this is that the Trail Blazers' record last season was not too good, and they were not as obvious as the Rockets, so the schedule at the beginning of the season was relatively easy.

The same is true for the Kings, who were able to finish sixth in the West after the first month, and the Kings' improvement is one thing, and in the eyes of many, the relatively easy record is also a advantage, after all, they only played 14 games in the first month, the fewest of any team in the West.

But no matter what, the Kings are ranked among the top eight in the West, which makes the Kings fans very excited, although the schedule will be more difficult after that, but as the team runs in better and better, they are full of expectations for the team to enter the playoffs this season.

Of course, there are also quite a few people who think that this is difficult, after all, the competition in the west is very fierce. In seventh and eighth place in the West are the Nuggets and Mavericks, and last season's playoff teams Grizzlies, Warriors, and Lakers have all dropped out of the top eight.

And as time goes on, when the schedule continues, such rankings will inevitably change a lot, especially after the All-Star Game, which is the stage where many teams really make their efforts.

Relatively speaking, the competition in the East is not so fierce, with the Pacers in first place in the East with 15 wins and 1 loss, which is also somewhat unexpected, and then the Miami Heat, who have the Big Three, are second in the East with a 13-3 record.

What is surprising is that in addition to these two teams, among the rest of the teams in the East, the only team with a winning rate of 50% is the Atlanta Hawks, with the Hawks winning 9-9, a winning rate of just 50%.

Compared with the Timberwolves, who are 11th in the West, their records have reached 9 wins and 9 losses, which can't help but make people sigh at the imbalance between the East and the West.

The two teams most likely to challenge the Heat in the East are undoubtedly the Pacers and the Bulls, with the Pacers outperforming the Heat from the start, and the Bulls, who only have a 7-8 record after the first month of the season.

Even worse news for the Bulls is that Rose is injured again, and it's a season reimbursement.

In the first round of the playoffs in 12, Rose was injured, and then missed the entire season last season, and Rose returned in the new season, and the Bulls were full of ambition, but unexpectedly only played 10 games, Rose was injured again, and according to the test results, he will be reimbursed for the season.

It was because of another season reimbursement from Rose that the Bulls and Kings were involved.

In the summer, the Bulls let go of Nate Robinson because of Rose's return, and the No. 1 position was paired with Rose and Kirk Hinrich, but with Rose's injury and retirement, the player rotation at the No. 1 spot immediately became nervous, so they also set their sights on Isiah Thomas.

Thibodeau likes to use attacking players in the No. 1 position, Hinrich is solid but slightly lacking in attacking power, while Thomas is more explosive in attack.

As for defense, Bulls management also believes that Thomas' defense will improve under Thibodeau's tutelage.

After targeting Isiah Thomas, the Bulls offered to trade this summer's No. 47 rookie Eric Murphy pick, which was rejected by the Kings as soon as it was proposed.

Ranked 47th in a draft year like this year, Eric Murphy's own strength is not good, and the Kings can't look down on it, as for the draft picks, although the Bulls' record this season is not good, but on the whole, because of the Bulls' excellent defense, their ranking after the season should not be much worse, and last season without Rose, they achieved the fifth record in the East. The lotto is definitely impossible, and as for the later order, the king does not look down on it.

After some negotiations, the Kings proposed another trade that could be used to match the salary of Eric Murphy, but they didn't want a draft pick, but instead wanted to get the signing rights of 2011 rookie Nikola Mirotic.

Born in Montenegro and a Spanish citizen, Nicola Mirotic now plays for Real Madrid, where he was drafted by the Rockets in the 2011 draft, but after being drafted, the Rockets made a deal with the Timberwolves and Bulls to trade him to the Bulls, and until this season he remained in Europe and did not officially land in the NBA.

Mirotic is 2.06 meters tall and can play both power forward and small forward positions, and like many European big men, he has the ability to shoot from the outside, but whether he can adapt to the NBA is a question.

Because of this, it was a risk for the Kings to come up with this proposal, but it was acceptable for the Bulls.

After all, Thomas has proven that he can stay in the NBA and that there is room for improvement, averaging 16.7 points per game in 28 minutes off the bench this season. Mirotic is still unknown to the NBA, and although he has performed well in the European League, there are also many European players who have struggled to adapt to the NBA.

However, there are not many better solutions for the Kings in the current league, and Adelman is interested in this big man who can score from the outside.

After some more negotiations, on the first day of December, the Kings and the Bulls made a deal official, with the Kings sending Isiah Thomas and a 2014 second-round pick, the signing of Nikola Mirotic and this year's No. 47 rookie, Eric Murphy.

Among them, Mirotic is the main body of the transaction, and Eric Murphy is only to be able to make the transaction meet the principle of salary parity. And the Bulls felt that they were losing out on such a trade, so they let the Kings hitch a draft pick.

Thomas has finally left the Kings, and his departure also means that the Kings only have two point guard positions, Evans and Fredette, which is obviously too thin for the Kings who are aiming for the playoffs.

As a result, finding a backup point guard for Evans has become the most urgent task for the Kings management.

(PS: I was going to finish this chapter at 12 o'clock.,But because it took a lot of time to check the information.,It's not been completed until now.,There's one more in the evening.,I'm sick.,Today I started to recover two more.") ）