Bill joins, and finally the puzzle returns to his position, and the Super Clippers are about to set sail again!

This year's Suns are very similar to the Raptors after winning the championship in 2019, delivering blood to the two Los Angeles heroes respectively. Two years after winning the championship, Danny Green and Gasol Jr. went to the Lakers, Ibaka and Leonard went to the Clippers. This time, the Suns once again nourished the two teams because of the failure of the gamble in the past two years.

Ayton turned a corner from the Trail Blazers, and the Lakers and Bills also airborne the Clippers.

With these two people's worth, the Lakers and the Clippers had no chance, but the current labor-management agreement framework framed the teams too hard, and the Trail Blazers and the Suns made a decision without doing anything.

Of course, in terms of specific operations, the Clippers are more beautiful than the Lakers.

Before Bill bought out, they sent Powell, who played his career-highest in the team last season, and used the only truly valuable trading asset in their hands to get their big forward line, John Collins at 2.06. Make a clearance early and wait for Bill to wait for the empty position.

In this buyout with the Sun, Bill voluntarily gave up his salary of about 13.8 million so that the Sun could cut him with extended terms. He signed a two-year, 11 million contract with the Clippers (the last year player option), which can be said to be that the economic loss is not large.

The Clippers' offseason this year was equivalent to sending Powell away, splitting it into Collins and Bill, and using the full middle class to make up for Lopez, the operation cannot be said to be unsuccessful.

General Manager Lawrence Frank, although his ability to form a winning lineup was not satisfactory, regardless of the group Kajiao combination in those years or the series of supporting roles introduced later, the Clippers are the offseason champion every year, and the playoffs are all a little short of breath every year. The best record is the 2021 Western Conference Finals, and they have never even made the stage in the finals.

But since the team started to rebuild last season, cost reduction and efficiency improvement, his work can be said to have been quite satisfactory to the boss and fans.

For fans, the team's record did not decline significantly after letting Paul George go, and they still hit fifth in the Western Conference. They also played with the Nuggets in the first round to the last moment, and even if the referee had not intervened in their six games, they might have defeated their opponents.

For boss Ballmer, he successfully reduced his salary to below the luxury tax line before the trading deadline last season. For the first time in so many years, he has experienced the joy of not paying taxes.

Without the hopelessness of winning the championship, spending less money is more affordable than anything else.

The current Clippers lineup can be considered thick and complete.

Starting: Harden, Bill (the Clippers must have given relevant promises), Leonard, Collins, Zubac

Substitutes: Dunn, Bogdan, Batum, Jones Jr., Lopez Gross, Remaining: Christie Jr., Kobe Brown, Needhauser

The total salary of 13 people is 192 million yuan, exceeding the luxury tax line of $4.475 million, and there is still $3.9 million to the first hard hat line (195.9 million, triggered this season).

They could even play Chris Paul's idea to convince him to join with the veteran's basic salary. The thickness of this lineup is very competitive even in the now highly competitive West.

Not only are there at least two players at stable rotation or above in each position, but also have different body shapes and styles, which allows the "Great Inventor" to create many new ideas in the regular season.

Twin Towers? In the regular lineup of the Clippers, Zubac and Collins, two traditional four and five positions, are in hand. But believe me, in the regular season, we can definitely see Coach Lu let Zuba + Daluo, two big men above 2.10, appear on the court at the same time to play the double towers.

small ball array? Coach Lu has updated several versions in recent years. What is expected next season is whether they are equipped with a muscle-brother combination like Collins Jones, or to completely pull the offense and space on Bogdan and Batum.

In short, the Clippers now have enough cards in their hands, and what is now testing the player's quality.

However, I did not think the Clippers will be on the same level as the Lei Daohuo and even the healthy Mavericks next season.

Their biggest problem is that they are too old.

Bill is already 32 years old, but he is still young in this kind of Clippers. Among the above-mentioned main rotations, those older than him are Harden (36), Leonard (35), Batum (37), and Daluo (37).

Even Dunn, who is based on physical and defense, is 31, Bogdan, 32.

The only ones in this team are Zubac (28), Jones (28) and Collins (27).

You can't say that they are too old to play, just like the Lakers in the 21-22 season, but at least they are definitely not young anymore.

The most important thing is the two real core members of the team, Harden and Leonard.

The two of them are over 70 years old together, but they are still the best players and cornerstones of this team.

The performance of most players in this Clippers still depends on Harden's connection and organization, but we cannot take it for granted that Deng Ge's attendance in 35.3 minutes of 79 games last season.

The 35-year-old veteran often declines in a cliff-like manner. Even if he can maintain a high level like LeBron and Curry, the battery life in the regular season is still a big problem.

So, it is indeed necessary for the Clippers to find another reliable point guard (Paul?) to divide the pressure on Deng Ge.

Leonard's problem is even more confusing.

Average 25.0 points, 7.6 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game against the Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs last season, and his shooting percentage is 53%, and he is still the level of an All-Star forward.. There have also been masterpieces of 15 of 19 shots in a single game and efficiently scored 39 points.

This is the playoff version of Leonard. As long as he is healthy enough to play, he is still a top striker with an average of 25+7+5 per game and a shooting percentage of more than half.

But only if you can continue to be healthy after he is one year older.

Healthy, healthy!

Harden's health, Leonard's health.

Even if the Clippers make up for Daluck, Collins and Bill this year, this is still the most important factor in determining how far the Clippers can go.