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Chapter 533 "0 money exchange"

Chapter 533 "Change for a whole lot"

Currently, the Raptors rank first in the league with a record of 36 wins and 9 losses.

Of course, the Raptors are not without problems. Although the depth of the lineup is good, there are few truly capable players. There is only one All-Star player, Ying Xiong, which has planted a hidden danger for the playoffs.You must know that all teams in the playoffs will shorten the rotation and increase the playing time of core players. At that time, the advantage of having more players will no longer be so obvious. After all, no matter how many players there are, only 5 players will play on behalf of the team.In addition, there are still problems with the team's interior defense. Whether it is the frontcourt or the backcourt, the rebounds are not ranked high in the league.The importance of rebounding is self-evident, and this is also an aspect that the team needs to improve next.

For the Raptors, how to "change the change" before the trade deadline is a problem that the team management needs to consider.Although the current team record ranks first in the league, it does not mean that the team is already the strongest in the league.In so many seasons in the past, the team with the best regular season record won the championship in the end, but not as many as imagined.

On January 1, in the last game in January, the Raptors challenged the Eagles in an away game, and finally defeated their opponents by a narrow margin, ushering in a 31-game winning streak.

In this way, the Raptors' games in January are all over. In all 1 games, they won 15 of them, and the only loss was an away overtime loss to the defending champion Miami Heat.This is enough to see that the team's state is getting better and better.

On January 1st, the Raptors made a big deal involving multiple players from three teams.They sent Jose Calderon, Ed Davis and a second-round pick to get Rudy Gay and Haddadi.

For the Raptors, using a team's third point guard + a blue-collar No. 3 + a low-value second-round pick, they got a player who can score close to 1 points per game and is in the middle of the season. The wing scorer of the year, not a robbery, is naturally an A-level deal.

Calderon is over 30 years old, and he still has an excellent competitive state. However, with Jeremy Lin and Lowry at the No. 1 position of the Raptors, it is difficult for him to have a chance to play in the rotation stage. The trade is for both sides. good result.

And Ed Davis has proved that he cannot grow into an All-Star insider over the years in the team. His ceiling is already there, and the team has a lot of insiders. His role Amir Johnson can completely replace .

And how much is a second-round pick worth?It's not every year that there are second-round rookies like Manu. There are so many first-round rookies, let alone the second round!

The main body of this deal is to exchange Calderon + Ed Davis for Rudy Gay. Haddadi and the second-round pick are both additions. As a balance deal, it does not play a decisive role.

The Grizzlies traded Gay in part because he didn't have the potential to be a team leader.Moreover, his contribution to the team is far from being as great as shown in the statistics, so the team still cruelly traded him.

After the Raptors won Rudy Gay, they managed to "change the change" before the trade deadline. Gay is not an All-Star player, but the distance is not far away.And he is at the age of playing, that is to say, his combat power will definitely not be worse than that of Ed Davis and his like.

For the Raptors, the worst ending is that Gay can't integrate into the team and can't significantly increase the strength of the team.But losing Calderon and Ed Davis will not reduce the strength of the team much, so the advantages of this deal must outweigh the disadvantages.

In other words, if Gay can integrate into the team, then this Raptors team will be even more powerful and stronger.

猛龙队在交易得到盖伊后，球队即拥有了3名首轮第8顺位的球员（盖伊是06年首轮第8顺位，应雄是08年首轮第8顺位，泰伦斯罗斯是12年首轮第8顺位）。

As the leader of the team, Ying Xiong wished Calderon and Ed Davis two teammates on his social media, and hoped that they would play better and better in the new team; he also welcomed Gay and Haddadi to join team.

Ying Xiong is still very satisfied with the team's actions on the trade deadline. He and Gay have played against each other many times on the court. He knows the strength of the opponent and knows that the addition of the opponent will greatly improve the strength of the team.

For the Raptors, there is another issue that needs to be considered in the addition of Gay, which is his contract.Gay signed a five-year contract worth $2010 million with the Grizzlies in the summer of 5. This contract with an average annual value of more than 8230 million will not officially expire until the summer of 1600.For the team, Jeremy Lin and Lowry were signed in the offseason this season, and DeRozan was renewed. The team's salary space is not as abundant as before.

You know, DeRozan's contract will take effect this summer.At that time, the team will have 4 tens of millions of contracts (Jeremy Lin and DeRozan's contracts are close to tens of millions).And Ying Xiong will definitely jump out of the contract in the summer of 2014. At that time, the team will probably face the pressure of the luxury tax if they want to renew the contracts of Ying Xiong and Lowry.

In fact, after signing Gay, it is almost impossible for the team to sign big-name players in the free market during the offseason after this season, because there is no salary space. In this way, the way for the team to strengthen will become Much narrower.

But for the Raptors, they will definitely not miss the opportunity to strengthen with "changing change".Even if the way for the team to strengthen during this year's offseason is narrowed, the team's strength is already very strong, and it is not so urgent to supplement reinforcements.It is also a good strategy to maintain the stability of the lineup and make minor repairs.You must know that the core players of the team are still very young, youth is capital, and they will improve, which is the unique advantage of the team.

As for the luxury tax, it is not a problem. For a team that is aiming to win the championship, the salary structure of the Raptors is generally very healthy. The team does not have any premium contracts (Ying Xiong's contract is considered super value), Even if you trade in the future, it will not be difficult.And the team's championship window does not know when it will close, so it must choose to win now.

As a newly joined player, Gay will not make his debut until February 2 when the team hosts the Clippers.For Coach Casey, the higher the talent of the team, the greater the room for fault tolerance as the head coach.In the playoffs last season, if Yingxiong did not play well, the team would probably lose. This is because the team has poor talent, too few star players, and the fault tolerance rate is too low.

(End of this chapter)