Chapter 178: Transaction
After the Heat's five-game winning streak, the team's record has become 5-4, temporarily ranking 5th in the West, behind the Spurs, Thunder, Lakers and Grizzlies.
At the same time, the Clippers' further blood change is also slowly and quietly underway.
Being too dissatisfied with his position on the Clippers, Mo. Williams has spoken to the team's general manager and head coach several times. Williams is also very simple, he didn't make a fuss with anyone in the Clippers, nor did he fight for power, he knew that in the Clippers, he couldn't compete with anyone, whether it was Paul or Griffin, it was not something he could shake, Paul and Griffin avoided the light, even if it was Wang Cannon, he might not be able to fight, and a peaceful breakup was the choice of the smartest people.
Mo. Williams' trade option has already been opened by the Clippers' uniform team, and during this time, Mo Williams' performance on the Clippers bench is also decent, with an average of 16 points and 4 assists per game that is quite satisfactory, so there are still quite a few teams that want to get this offensive point guard.
After some screening, the general manager of the Clippers finally chose an offer from the Trail Blazers.
The Trail Blazers' offer is chosen with Wesley. Matthews plus a certain amount of dollars to call Mo. Williams.
This season's Trail Blazers lineup has been in turmoil, and the team has been lacking a strong point guard. Williams, the Trail Blazers, gritted their teeth, and could only make such a choice.
Matthews was a rookie in '09 and was a rookie who was ignored by the 30 teams in the draft.
Fortunately, he was a good player, got a chance in the team's tryout, and successfully got a contract from the Jazz.
In the rookie year of the Jazz. Matthews burst into astonishing prowess, averaging 10 points in 20 minutes per game off the bench in the regular season, playing a very important role off the bench.
Because of this, the Trail Blazers spent a lot of money to bring Matthews from the Jazz to the Trail Blazers.
Matthews, who came to the Trail Blazers, didn't disappoint Trail Blazers fans either, when he came off the bench for Roy. averaged 13 points per game, and during Roy's injury, Matthews played in Roy's place, and his average points per game rose to 15.9 points, filling Roy's void at shooting guard to a certain extent.
However, compared to the offense, Matthews is more noticeable about his defense.
Although Matthews' defensive numbers are not so good-looking, anyone who understands basketball will know it. Matthews is the kind of player who is very good at defending individually and helping to defend.
If you have to find a player in the league who is similar to Matthews, it will undoubtedly be Battier.
His defensive prowess and defensive awareness have made Matthews a very important player for the Trail Blazers, and Roy has been a starter for the Trail Blazers since his injury.
Now, though, his starting spot is a bit precarious, as the Trail Blazers' position is a bit bloated and overlapping.
Last season, the ambitious trailblazers brought in Elvis Presley of the Bobcats. Wallace, hopefully this Elvis can join Roy and Aldridge in taking the Trail Blazers further in the playoffs. Then Roy got injured and the Trail Blazers disappointed in the playoffs. Matthews also temporarily became the Trail Blazers' starting point guard.
Matthews didn't have long to do this shooting guard position and began to fidget. Because the Trail Blazers have another player who has become very good and has a tendency to rise.
The man's name is Batum, a player from France.
Unlike Matthews, Batum's offense is significantly more lethal than Matthews's, as Batum was born with a pair of long arms.
What's more, Batum is younger than Matthews. The plasticity is a bit higher.
It is for this reason that Batum has gradually replaced Matthews in some games and started on the court.
Although Batum's position is more inclined to small forward, because small forward has a more bullish Gerrard. Wallace, so Matthews fell victim to tragedy.
Originally, the Trail Blazers were still hesitating whether to give up Matthews to support Batum, who had more potential, after all, they were not sure whether Batum had a bright future. But when they saw the Clippers give up Mo. Williams, ready to bring Mo. When Williams traded, he was a little uncontrollable.
Although the Trail Blazers do not have Roy now, the lineup at least ensures a complete Cheng DΓΉ, that is, without Roy, there is a lack of a team brain.
Although Mo. Williams is known as a non-passer, but after all, he is still an All-Star level point guard, which is what the Trail Blazers, who currently lack a point guard, lack the most.
So, the Trail Blazers no longer hesitated, and they chose to trade Matthews to the Clippers.
It was a fairly quick deal, and when the sports media didn't react, the players from both teams went to their respective teams and began to have medical exams and all aspects of related matters.
This is not a small deal in the league, after all, the transaction between the two players has reached about $8 million. So when the media reacted, they immediately made a big splash about it.
Not long ago, the Clippers finally completed the final reinforcements for the team, and they sent away Mo, who had a positional conflict with Paul. Williams, in exchange for Trail Blazers point guard Wesley. Matthews. β
"Wesley played full time with the Trail Blazers last season, starting 69 of his 82 regular season games, averaging 15.9 points, 3 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game, and his technical style is that of a runner and catcher, and he doesn't have any conflict with Paul in terms of ball possession."
Wesley's three-point shooting was outstanding, averaging 40 percent three-point shooting per game last season, and his arrival added a lot of firepower to the Clippers' three-point line. Not only that, but what Wesley is even better is his defensive ability, and the current Clippers obviously focus on defensive tactics, and with a player like Wesley who has excellent defense, the Clippers' defensive tactics will also be executed more perfectly. β
In short, in a word, many people believe that this trade is a pretty good deal, both for the Clippers and for the Trail Blazers.
For this player from the Trail Blazers, Wang Cannon is still quite curious, Wesley. Matthews, this is an inconspicuous player, he doesn't have any special news, he doesn't have any topics, if it weren't for this deal, Wang Cannon wouldn't even be able to call his name, after all, he is not a famous player.
is such a player, but the whole team of the Clippers, including the head coach, Paul and others, are very important, which has to make Wang Cannon have a trace of curiosity about this stuffy-looking guy.
Having said that, in the previous games with the Trail Blazers, Wang Cannon played against Wallace and Batum at the small forward position, and Matthews really didn't play against him.
In the training game, because Matthews had just arrived in the team, Negro did not let Matthews rest to join the main team, but continued to let Foye play the main team, and let Matthews serve as a small forward on the bench.
In this way, Wang Cannon also had his first confrontation with Matthews in the training match.
I have to say that this first fight really scared Wang Cannon.
Although this Matthews looks sullen and doesn't talk much when he comes to the team, he really has two brushes, especially his defense, which is quite difficult.
Although his strength is not strong, and his speed is not fast, he seems to be quite smart, whether it is in single defense or in the help defense, he is very cunning, and the defensive end never stumbles with you, but it will not make you comfortable, like a piece of kraft candy, which will make people very irritable.
Wang Cannon's most annoying thing is this kind of defense, although this kind of defense can't completely interfere with Wang Cannon's offense, but it is very annoying, and it is undoubtedly the most troublesome thing for an impatient guy like Wang Cannon. (To be continued......)