The volume of transactions this season is huge and involves a large number of teams and players. The arms race in the West is better than the East. This article will organize the performance of the Western Conference teams in the middle of the season, briefly comment on their performance, and discuss the impact of the transaction.
After Ja Morant finished saying “I’m fine in the west“Afterwards, all kinds of trades in the Western District were flying all over the sky. All the ghosts and snakes came to grab the Western District’s playoff spots (flag really don’t stand up randomly), and each team in the Western District participated in more than one transaction case. Therefore, this article will organize the performance of the Western Conference teams in the mid-season trade, briefly comment on their performance, and discuss the impact of the trade.
If you haven’t seen the Eastern District chapter, here are the players who have returned to the nest and the Nets who were forced to demolish their homes. A brief commentary on the 2023 NBA teams’ mid-season trade (Eastern District chapter)
*Note: Teams participating in multiple transactions will have entering/leaving assets in a table
Signing up
Los Angeles Lakers
| in | out |
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D’Angelo Russell |
Russell Westbrook |
Rating: A+
The biggest winner of the mid-season trade, none of them. Unpacking Russell Westbrook’s massive salary into three lineup-fitting players for only one protected first-rounder. D-Lo, Beasley, and Reed all have more than 35% three-point shooting percentage. Vanderbilt and Hachimura can provide flank defense. Bamba is the record of Thomas Bryant’s departure, and he also has outside ability. Almost all the players traded out are players who do not meet the lineup requirements or have no playing time. If the Lakers still have no playoffs this season, Lebron and AD can split up. (Then LBJ fell down and cried)
Los Angeles Clippers
| in | out |
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Bones Hyland |
Reggie Jackson |
Rating: A
Although this season’s Clippers are not as good as expected in terms of record, they have achieved very fruitful results in the trading market. When the Nugget was eager to deal with Hyland, it only took 2 second rounds to get the young hacker. Then Mason Plumlee was acquired in the trade with the Hornets. Not only can he be Zubac’s substitute, but his performance may not be worse than him. He averaged 4.2 screen assists and 9.3 points per game, which is not far from Zubac’s 4.9 assists and 10.8 points. In the end, Kennard, whose data has declined this season, was replaced by Eric Gordon, who has an outside line and a little autonomous attack. In addition to throwing John Wall back to the Rockets is too memetic, the Clippers are indeed the winners in the trade market, ready to head for the championship.
phoenix sun
| in | out |
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Kevin Durant |
Mikal Bridges |
Rating: A-
After the new owner Mat Ishbia took over the Phoenix City, he was different from previous years who paid too much attention to the team’s floor and gave up high-talented manipulators. This time, the Suns directly brought the top talent Kevin Durant. However, the cost of this stud is almost all the wings of the Suns, and all the first rounds they can use. However, the follow-up addition Darius Bazley is the best defender of the Thunder, which somewhat makes up for the defensive loopholes caused by a large number of wing departures. If the Suns at this stage can add another POA (first-line defender), they will undoubtedly be the favorites for the championship. After losing the future, the Suns have become a team that can win the championship, and can only win the championship.
dallas mavericks
| in | out |
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Kyrie Irving |
Spencer Dinwiddie |
Rating: A-
While the Nets were on fire, they upgraded Tintin to Shaman Irving with a small amount of chips. They did not lose their future like the Suns and reserved a way out for this team formation, but they were more deformed than the Suns at the lineup level. Compared with the center forward who can make up a table of mahjong, the Lone Ranger’s wings are obviously stretched. Except for Josh Green and Bullock, who is so terrible this season, the rest of the wings who can play are almost all swingers. Efficiency is even more worrying. But being able to buy Irving at such a low price is still commendable.
New Orleans Pelicans
Receiving: Josh Richardson
Sent: Devonte’ Graham, four second-round picks