The four giants in the defending champion group? The Thunder trading plan is released, and 6 for 1 is expected to continue to compete for the championship

The NBA is in a long offseason. Except for the Warriors who have no action all summer, other teams have basically completed operations for the new season. But in the words of the US media, the players' battlefield is from October to June of the following year, and the battlefield for the management of each team is the offseason, and they cannot rest for a moment. In the calm market, heavyweight bombs may be detonated at any time. This summer, many Western teams, including the Clippers, Nuggets and Rockets, are strengthening themselves and striving to encircle and suppress the Thunder in the new season. The Thunder management only renewed Alexander + Jewway + Homgren during the offseason, which cost more than $800 million. But the dilemma in front of us is that it will be difficult for the Big Three to stay at the same time after two years. The salary pressure is relatively high, but the opponents are all moving forward.

In addition, although the Thunder were the champions last season, they played the Nuggets in the Western Conference semi-finals, including the Pacers in the Finals. They performed very well in the two rounds of the series. The disadvantage of rebounding and the lack of effective means and promoters in positional offense. Although the Thunder is still the biggest favorite to win the championship in the new season, there is still room for reinforcement. If the Thunder want to consolidate their position as the league dominant in the next three years, they need to have top inside players to support the offense. Homgren is too thin, and Harten's functionality is too single, making it difficult to compete with inside players such as Jokic, Zubac, and Shen Jing in the West. On this basis, column reporter Bitar listed a set of 6-for-1 trading plans, targeting Kings' Sabonis Jr. If this deal is reached, the NBA will lose suspense.

The specific plan is as follows: Thunder gets: Sabonis Jr., Kings gets: Harten + Wallace + Topic + 28 years from the Mavericks' first round pick + 29 years from the Nuggets' first round pick + 31 years from the Thunder's first round pick (the Thunder does not lack the first round). First, it is only a matter of time for the King to break up with Sabonis little. The Kings chose the latter between Halliburton and Fox. Halliburton had already led the team to the finals last season, and the Kings finally exchanged Fox for Laven! The Kings have been pursuing Kumingga during the offseason, and the consequence is that Monk is ready to leave at any time, and DeRozan may also become a victim. Including Lavin's burden of contract, it is difficult for the Kings to enter the top ten in the West. Sabonis Jr. has been dissatisfied with the team's lack of competitiveness since last season and has a fair relationship with the team.

And Thunder's bargaining chips are irresistible for the king. If the King decides to completely demolish and rebuild, Raven cannot send it out and the team will be in a bad future, the young Topic + Wallace are both good combat power. Harten's third-year contract is easy to deal with, the key is three first-round picks. Only in this way can the King fully recognize the reality: if you cannot win in the present, you can only bet on the future! For Thunder, this deal solved three problems. First of all, the Thunder can play too many players, and the lineup is complicated. In the playoffs, the maximum rotation of 9 players is the limit. Many marginal players do not get the opportunity, so it is better to change the whole thing. The Thunder have always been weak rings in the frame protection and attack support (last season mainly relied on Harten).

But Harten has a limited upper limit, he is a blue-collar character! The arrival of three-time All-Star Sabonis can completely fix Homgren to the fourth position, leverage his misalignment and projection advantages to avoid fierce confrontation. The most important thing is that Sabonis has an average salary of only 45 million for the remaining three years of contract, which seems to be a lot, but the three players given by the Thunder have a combined salary of 39.8 million. Harten can play for the Thunder for at most one year, and he will have to free up salary space for the Big Three in the future. The arrival of Sabonis allowed the Thunder to revolve around the main lineup framework of Alexander + Sabonis + Jewish + Homgren. On the basis of Caruso, other free places can be filled with basic salary, and there are high upper limits.

Sabonis is a top insider who is easily underestimated. In the past seven seasons, he has a stable average of 19 points, 12 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game. He has a single position, physical confrontation, and high-level support. The key is that he is not at a disadvantage when facing first-line centers in the league such as Jokic and Zubac! With Alexander's strong attack + Sabonis support as the main way to initiate the Thunder's offense, it is difficult for the opponent to target a certain point. According to the Thunder's existing salary calculation, once this transaction is completed, the Thunder will still have no salary pressure in the next two seasons. It can release Dortmund + Kenway's team option contract when it expires, but the bench still retains major rotation frameworks such as Isiagg + Jelin + Caruso + Mitchell, and is the only rank in the lineup.

It can be foreseen that the more than a dozen first-round picks that the Thunder will hold in the future will definitely not be fulfilled one by one. After the team won the championship last season, it urgently needs to continue to polish the team around Alexander + Jewe. The only inside line that is most suitable for the Thunder in the league is Sabonis. In addition, the Kings may turn around and rebuild the team at any time, and Sabonis needs a better winning environment. The competition in the Western Conference will be very fierce in the new season. For the Thunder, if they can really get Sabonis in the end and keep the lineup healthy, the NBA will lose suspense in the next two years.