overlooking the pitch

Chapter 542 Nuggets Supermarket Opens
In the Clippers GM's office, Gary Sikes' phone may have been ringing, with teams all over the world pitching him for their backup guard, even as the Clippers moved Matt Barnes to guard position, and Ryan Gomez returned to Anson's bench, this kind of crowding finally made this Clippers team barely make up except for the 9-man rotation, including a player who played no more than 10 minutes. Ray Allen.

Although these guys are selling, but I have to say that the price is really high. They know that the Clippers will definitely use a much higher price than they imagined in order to defend the title. The team in the big city, the honor of defending the title , These are what the Clippers want. They are eyeing Gorgui Dieng. This high-quality center is their goal. Compared with the aging of the guard, the two starting insiders of the Clippers are young. It doesn't seem like a big deal to be careless on the field?
"Sorry, Mr. Flor, let's talk about it, Gorgui is not for sale!" Gary Sachs hung up the phone as soon as he heard Gorgui Dieng's name, joking, giving up for a backup guard A player with the potential to become an All-Star. In this season, Gorgui Dieng averaged 21.2, 9 points and 4 rebounds in 6.3 minutes per game. If given more time, a data close to a double-double is not impossible.

Thinking of this, Gary Sachs made a call to his secretary, and all the quotations for Gorgui Dieng can be thrown into the trash can directly at your place.He doesn't seem to be wasting his time at all.

What is busy now is not only the office of the general manager of the Clippers, but also the office of the general manager of the Nuggets. Unlike the Clippers, the Nuggets' record this year is just the opposite. The two extremes of the scoreboard.

And logically speaking, this shouldn’t be, last year they were fifth in the Western Conference, and they fought 6 games with the Grizzlies in the Western Conference semifinals, and they only lost one Andre Iguodala this season, but for It seemed like a devastating blow to them.

It stands to reason that a team with Ty Lawson, Kenneth Faried, and Wilson Chandler shouldn't have played so badly, but the reality is that they are now the second-to-last in the West, with many goals The team's scouts are laughing and saying that the Nuggets Supermarket is about to open. For this Nuggets, this is indeed the case now.They had already anticipated this step when they replaced Brian Shaw as their head coach, and poor performance was their goal.

Gary Sachs certainly did not hesitate to join the scramble for the products sold in the Nuggets supermarket. In the Nuggets lineup, there is the Clippers veteran Randy Foye. Unfortunately, the Clippers last year He did not appear in the championship lineup. He is playing well in the Nuggets now and has become the main shooting guard for the Nuggets. He averaged 41.3% of his field goals and 38% of his three-pointers per game. 2.3 three-pointers, able to score 13.7 points, which is very cheap for his three-year contract of 3 million.

More importantly, this year he once revealed that he wanted to return to the Clippers, but Gary Sachs was at the critical moment of re-signing Chris Paul at that time, and he did not pay too much attention to him, and he is also 31 years old. Like forming the league's oldest back line.But I didn't expect him to have a second spring in the Nuggets. This is already the second highest scoring average of his career.

However, the goal of the Clippers is not him. Although he is very good, and he is 193cm, he can perform the responsibility of a combo guard, but the Clippers know that the Nuggets may not let go of this experienced veteran to play with their young point guard. Ball guard Ty Lawson is partnered, so their target is Evan Fournier, a swingman at the front and back.

As a shooting guard, his height of 201cm and good speed allow him to do very well on the defensive end. His 39-point shooting rate of [-]% also means that his three-pointers are also within an acceptable range, at least compared to Clippers guards Everyone in the line is better.These people include Chris Paul, including Jason Richardson.

For the Clippers, this year is the last year of Jason Richardson's contract. His performance is very different from the important scoring point of the Clippers last year. It is related to more than 33 games. This year, his state is very average, averaging about 100 points per game, and shooting 10% of the three-pointers. If you have a winning streak, an 35% winning rate is not bad.

So for the Clippers, Evan Fournier is not just a substitute, the Clippers regard him as Jason Richardson's successor in their hearts.After all, the purpose of the Clippers is that it is absolutely impossible to have obvious defensive loopholes among the five starting players. This is the most basic requirement of Brad Stevens.

There are not many people on the shelves of the Clippers. Many of them are veterans with a basic salary. It is unrealistic to replace them with a substitute who can last 20 minutes. The only one with the most trading value is Eric Bu. Ledsoe, as Chris Paul's substitute, was once the No. 18 rookie in the league with Anson, Anson's good friend in the Clippers, and now he is undoubtedly a very valuable player.

And his performance in the new season of the Clippers can also be regarded as outstanding. He averaged 11.7 points per game and has replaced Jason Richardson as the Clippers' fourth scorer. It can be regarded as outstanding, with excellent breakthrough ability, three-pointers are becoming more and more stable, and he is also a stable ball-holding point for the Clippers after Anson and Chris Paul are off the court.

The biggest problem may be the defense limited by the size!For the Clippers team that is still hopeless to win the championship, he can act as the sixth man to grab points, but for the current Clippers, it is impossible, but Chris Paul is doomed to play at home. Not too much.Otherwise, with his good offensive performance in the recent period, he has become the Clippers' starter, and the Clippers don't have to consider Evan Fournier.

Eric Bledsoe's rookie contract is about to expire next year, and the same is true for Anson. In order to renew Anson's contract, it is naturally impossible to invest too much money in Eric Bledsoe, but It’s hard to say for other players. For such a tough point, they will pay far more than the Clippers, so now his transaction value is very high. Getting him now means that he will have everything to match him next year. full force of the contract.

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