Chapter 147: The Big Deal of the Seven
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Since the 4 a.m. on the 19th was not allowed to be traded this season, the Houston Rockets and Sacramento Kings trade was seen as the last trade.
There is still no news about the Larry Hughes trade that has been rumored before, Hughes's performance has impressed the Knicks' top management, regardless of whether Hughes breaks out in the contract year, the trade is beneficial to the Knicks, and there can be a strong immediacy without trading, and the media think that Hughes is retained.
However, when people got up the next day to read the newspaper, they were stunned.
"Knicks Thunder Whistle Deal"
"The soap opera is lonely, Hughes is in Russia"
"The Big Deal Lays the Foundation for Reconstruction"
There are all kinds of headlines, and the content is varied, but the same message is that the Knicks and the Thunder made a seven-big trade, and Larry Hughes went to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The newspapers all described the deal in more formal terms, the New York Times said.
"Today is the trade deadline, and a trade can happen at any time, with the Houston Rockets trading the Sacramento Kings in the early hours of the morning, while the New York Knicks and Oklahoma City Thunder made a trade in the early hours of the morning... Completed the last mid-season trade.
Here's what the deal is: The New York Knicks paid Larry Hughes, Jordan Hill, Gallinari and a 2011 first-round pick, and the Thunder's James Harden and Renard Kerstich, Etan Thomas and Sergi Ibaka and the Thunder received first-round picks this summer.
In this deal, the Knicks sent away Larry Hughes and this year's No. 8 rookie Jordan Hill, last year's No. 6 rookie Gallinari, and got this year's rookie James Harden, former Nets main center Krstic, "heart strongman" Itan Thomas, last year's No. 24 rookie Sergi Ibaka and a first-round pick.
There are still many more expiring contracts for the Knicks, the two point guards Jaric and Dujon add up to close to a maximum salary, and they cut Cardinal with more than 7 million salary space, and there is no need to worry about signing LeBron James's salary space, so Mr. Hughes still left the Big Apple, and the Knicks got Arizo's long-term guard who was not valued by the Thunder, and the deal seems to be taking what they need, and the Thunder, who are eager to get rid of the image of the fish belly, got the experienced and powerful Hughes, The price paid is nothing more than Harden, a rookie with a low status on the team, and the Knicks, who gave away his expired contract and got a scouting show, don't look like a loss. ”
The New York Times didn't comment much on the deal, just analyzed it from the perspective of both sides, which is not the case with other media outlets.
The New York Post finally fired again at this time, Donnie Washh became the target of the bombardment, and Li Feng was also involved at this time.
"Look at what Donnie Washh did this season, the other day in that trade, Marcus Thornton was just a second-round draft, Wesley Matthews didn't even miss the draft, can these two players compare to Darrell Arthur and Jarred Jeffries? Arthur is a young man with a lot of potential, and even with Li Feng occupying the position of the main power forward, he is still eye-catching on the bench power forward, from the Grizzlies to the Knicks in the game, He can contribute an average of 8.2 points and 4.1 rebounds per game, which is already very good for a young man, and Marcus Thornton and Matthews combined do not have this statistic, and Jarred, although his contract is relatively large, but no one denies that he is a versatile man who can defend almost any position, and it is impossible for the Knicks to make this kind of trade if they really want to enter the playoffs and not mess around.
On the other hand, it's understandable that the Knicks might just be sending Jarred away, but what is it about sending Larry Hughes away? His recent form is comparable to Kobe Bryant and others, and all the Knicks get is a parallel trade, and before this deal, Donnie didn't know how much alcohol was poured by the Thunder uniform team? …,
Looking at the previous deal with the Grizzlies, the healthy Li Feng is indeed an excellent player, no one can deny that he has a tough style of play, and his performance in Orlando, he deserves the title of fighter, but too rigid means easy to break, the Asian body is not good, Yao Ming's health has affected the development of the entire Houston Rockets, if Yao Ming is not injured in the second round of the playoffs and the Lakers last year, maybe the Houston people will be the ones who have the most laugh, Li Feng can't return to the court now, and the state after returning will have a question mark, Look at Gilbert Arenas, who is also wearing the No. 0 jersey, after the injury, he became a cancer for the Wizards, who can guarantee that Li Feng will definitely be able to return to the Tyrannosaurus Rex form before the injury? ”
The New York Post's report did cause a lot of repercussions, and many people laughed at Li Feng, but these two recent transactions are very unreasonable in people's eyes.
Statistically, the Knicks are getting players who can't compare to the players they put in, which is an important factor.
Because even experts can't completely ignore the data, James Harden was suppressed by Jeff Green in the Thunder, which may be attributed to the head coach's tactics, but his own failure to adapt to the NBA in time is also an important reason, and if he shows the strength to surpass Green, the head coach will definitely not ignore it.
So even though Harden has a lot of evidence of potential in college, he doesn't have it in the current NBA.
Regardless of what the media says, during the Knicks' press conference, the Knicks' general manager Vosh had a lot of confidence in Harden.
"Actually, we wanted to get James last summer, and we looked at him in detail, and I remember his college stats, 20.1 points, 5.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists, which is very similar to Brandon Roy, he and Brandon are both mature players who play with their brains, and he and Stroke will form the sharpest outside combination in the league, and I'm very confident in that."
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After this big deal, the Knicks' lineup has undergone major changes, with two more centers on the inside, Kristic and Itan Thomas, but both are sick, Krstic can barely play, Thomas is only an expiring contract, and the center position is still Eddie Corey and Steven Hunter.
The big forward is Li Feng's, at this time, Li Feng is injured, Harrington has not returned, D'Antoni is likely to send Sergi Ibaka who just got from the Thunder, and he can get Ibaka because the value of Larry Hughes continues to rise, and the Knicks take the initiative to get it, at first the Thunder was only willing to pay BJ Mulens, because Ibaka is worth more than Harden in terms of data, and he can get 5 points, 6 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 18 minutes.
Small forward, Harrington is injured, Jeffries is traded, and no one is available.
Scoring guard, this position is more bloated, and the James Harden, Marcus Thornton, and Wesley Matthews who were traded are all shooting guards, and of course, in D'Antoni's tactics, these players can all be at the small forward position.
The point guard is two expiring contracts, a still valuable Dujon and a barely usable Jarich.
In this lineup, if there is no Li Feng, only Eddie Corey can score, and if the head coach of the Knicks is Van Gundy, it is fine, but not, but D'Antoni.
As a result, the Knicks didn't have a good time after the All-Star break, and unsurprisingly, D'Antoni fielded a lineup of Eddie Cory, Sergi Ibaka, James Harden, Marcus Thornton and Chris Duhon.
Regardless of the fact that there are three players in this lineup who are all new players, the tacit understanding alone is about equal to zero, Harden is still a flower show, and Thornton is completely chasing ducks to the shelves.
After the All-Star break, many teams began to exert their strength, and the New York Knicks after the big trade did not have Li Feng and Harrington, lost Larry Hughes, and suddenly became a bully, their record plummeted, and a wave of five consecutive defeats turned Walsh and D'Antoni into the target of media criticism. …,
D'Antoni was attacked with more firepower than Wash, in these five games, Eddie Corey can contribute 22.7 points and 8.5 rebounds per game, especially in the game against the Warriors again, Biedrins was directly beaten by him, the little shark slashed 35 points and 14 rebounds, and the other interior Ibaka is also eye-catching, he can get 6.4 points, 9.9 rebounds and 2.3 blocks, and Corey one offense and one defense, so that the Knicks' position offense and defense have a good effect.
The outside line is more bleak, James Harden only got rid of the Thunder, although he is more mature in terms of style of play or psychology, but the performance fluctuates very much, and the height of 1.96 meters is not advantageous to play small forward.
His data is an average of 15.2 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game, just looking at the data, he has nothing to do with the "parallel trade", but the shooting percentage and three-point shooting rate are 38 and 30 respectively, and the 15-point data is exchanged for a large number of shots.
And Marcus Thornton, who serves as a shooting guard, is completely disappointing, with a three-point shooting percentage of 7.6 points per game.33, of course, only Walsh and Li Feng have high expectations for him, and no one else cares, he is just a second-round rookie, and others who have no expectations instead think that this is a shooter who can use it, and the shooting percentage of 33 is decent, but at least maintaining a threat outside the three-point line will be of great help to Eddie Cory's singles.
And the Knicks are really surprising as long as Matthews, because the Knicks are unavailable at this time, even if he is only a substitute, but he still has 28 minutes of playing time per game, 11.2 points is not high, but the shooting percentage and three-point shooting rate are 50, which is very amazing, you must know that he is a non-draft player.
Because of the understandable numbers of players they get, and the fact that they're still young, most of the media attacking Walsh just take the idea that "you're trading badly" rather than trading is completely stupid.
But D'Antoni is different, some people have suggested that his tactics and even Li Feng's style of play conflicted, and for a while, D'Antoni became a street rat, not far behind Isena Thomas in previous years. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe to the mobile network (.), reward, your support is my biggest motivation. )……,