Why can the Thunder trade the price of cabbage for two Easterners?

I think it should be mainly caused by the East-West pattern, first of all, as we all know, George took the initiative to ask the Pacers to trade him because he wanted to join the Lakers next year, and the East has been James' world for several years, and no matter which team wants to enter the Finals, it will have to climb the mountain of James. But almost no one can do it, and neither James nor the Cavaliers have beaten him in the playoffs, whether James is with the Heat or the Cavaliers. The West is a group of heroes, and the Warriors' Big Four are unstoppable; Spurs are old and strong; In the past two years, the strength of the Rockets has improved by leaps and bounds, and with the addition of Paul, the strength has increased greatly; The Timberwolves' new triumvirate is eyeing it; But the only thing that can make George into the playoffs and make the most of his talent seems to be the Thunder.

The high level of the Thunder's trading operations is only one aspect, and I think the more important reason is the success of the Pacers and the Knicks.

First, George has requested a trade from the Pacers for a trade to the Lakers. The Pacers knew they couldn't keep George and didn't want to fulfill him, so they hit it off with the Thunder, who were eager to build up.

Second, Anthony has become a negative asset for the Knicks, and the team is eager to shoot him. Anthony's favorite rocket couldn't get a bargaining chip, and at this time, the Thunder extended an olive branch again.

So in the end, we saw the Thunder trade the cabbage price for two All-Stars in the East.

A player trade is a choice made based on many factors, including the current situation of the team and the needs of the opposing party.

The Thunder's so-called cabbage price may be an equivalent exchange in the eyes of the other party, and they look forward to making a big splash next season.

Because the two people who got back in exchange have already made it clear that they don't want to stay on the original team, the trade value has decreased! Pickled pepper made it clear that he would leave when his contract expired next year, Anthony's contract is also next year, and the Knicks will support the new boss, and he has torn his face with the management, and he wants to go to the Rockets, but after talking for so long without results, the Thunder is not bad! The Thunder is also a gamble, if they don't play well next year, it is possible that Pickle Pepper and Anthony will leave directly.

Because the Thunder, Pacers, and Knicks are all in trouble, they desperately need a trade to change the status quo. The Thunder need to find enough strong helpers for Wei Shao to make up for Durant's departure, while continuing to maintain the competitiveness of the Thunder, while George and Anthony both want to leave the team, the Pacers fancy Oladipo's potential, and the Knicks value the Thunder's draft picks, so the trade happened. With the two stars clearly leaving, the Thunder's trade chips are not the price of cabbage, but they are also very worthwhile.

The Thunder did not exchange the cabbage price for two Eastern players, the team traded away core players Westbrook and Paul George, and the salary space has been completely freed up, so that the Thunder have enough salary to sign other superstars, and the Thunder has also paid a big price.

As for the fact that the Thunder exchanged cabbage's ** for two eastern members, I still have a certain opinion in my own heart. First of all, in terms of their season results, in this quarter's season competition, his results are not particularly good, which leads to the fact that, to a certain extent, he does not have a very good confidence, and then has a relatively high salary. Of course, from another point of view, it may also be because they both want to stay with the Thunder, so that whether it is from the cooperation of some teams in the future, or in the game, they can play a good role in the tacit understanding of a team.

But no matter what outsiders speculate, in fact, for the matter itself, it is better to pay more attention to the feelings of a master himself. In fact, the specific reason for what we are saying is only known to them. As an outsider, we just need to keep a sane mindset to look at this matter.

Because I think that first of all, those two people have already made it clear that they don't want to stay in the previous team, so they are no longer going to poach people, they are changing jobs by themselves, so the overall transaction value has been reduced, and at this time, everyone will reduce the price, so Thunder is also gambling, and he gambled on the ability of these two people.