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The mystery of King Reconstruction: When will the defenders change veterans every year stop?

6:25am, 4 June 2025【Basketball】

Character Christie changed coach in the middle of the season, and thought he could activate the stagnant lineup. What's the result? Monk, Lavender and DeRozan, the "Sunset Red Combinations" brought Sabonis, the center supporting, to achieve a 40 win and 42 loss. The Mavericks scored 120 points at home in the playoffs. The fans shook their heads at the scoreboard - this is not a change of coach, it is obviously a change of loneliness. What's even more heartbreaking is that when Halliburton led the team to the finals with the Pacers, Kings fans suddenly realized: It turned out that we used to hold an ace in our hands, but we played it as a useless card.

Draft obsession: digging deeper and deeper in the defender pit

The 2017 pick Fox was so happy. The management seemed to see the next Curry waving. Even in the 2018 draft, Doncic was picked up by the Mavericks in the third pick, but resolutely chose Bagley. Looking back now, Bagley averaged 8.5 points per game, and even the water dispenser administrator could hum, "That's it?" Two years later, he found that Fox couldn't support the team, so he turned to choose Halliburton, and then Mitchell came. Good guy, he has three high picks on the point guard line, which is comparable to opening a guard wholesale department. But the question is, basketball is a five-person sport. Are you trying to squeeze three guards who need to hold the ball together? Are you planning to play the "Ball-grabbing War" reality show?

Trading fan operation: The art of tearing down the east wall and repairing the west wall

Since there are so many more people who can hold tea parties, then change it. The first step was to send Halliburton to the Pacers in exchange for Sabonis. ESPN gave a D+ rating, which is not a transaction. It is obviously a steak for a burger - it looks quite full, but it is actually far from it. Halliburton is now in the Pacers, and although Sabonis can pass the ball, his defense is as slow as an old lady crossing the road. Then in order to get DeRozan, he gave him a second round of picks and got a guy, and the media gave him C+, barely hovering around the passing line. The most amazing thing is to exchange Fox for LaVine. After three first and third second rounds, it was only after I got a B-rating. Fans couldn't help but complain: This is not a transaction, it's clearly a gold bar for scrap iron!

Players Wandering: Those who run away live better

Halliburton left and became the core of the Pacers; Mitchell sat on the bench at the Kings, averaged 10.3 points and 5.3 assists per game, and took off directly; even Fox went to the Spurs and followed Wenban Yama, at least there was hope. What about the people left by the king? Laven averaged about 20 points per game but lost the defense. DeRozan was still making a living by mid-range shots, and Sabonis was too targeted by his opponent to run. The funny thing is that when a bunch of defenders were thinking there were too many people, but now that people have left, I find that the lineup is full of "sunset red", and I can't run or jump high, and defense depends entirely on my eyes.

The highlights of the past and the confusion now

Do you still remember the 2022-2023 season? The ranking of the third in the West made the management floating, thinking that it had found the right path. As a result, the Warriors reversed the playoffs and directly returned to their original form. Now let’s look at it. The Pacers have Halliburton, the Thunder have Alexander, and the Rockets have a bunch of young men. Where is the King? A bunch of veterans around 30 years old, playing health basketball and rebuilding? The restoration is almost the same! The management is struggling every year and making mistakes every year. From hoarding guards to changing veterans, it is like wandering around in a maze, becoming more and more dizzy as it turns.

reconstruction or bad? This is a problem

The Kings' operations, to put it bluntly, "there is no plan, it all depends on the slap in the head." In the draft, I stared at the defender, regardless of adaptability, only looked at fame, and finally played a young hand of cards badly. Some people say they are rebuilding, but how can they rebuild the veterans every year? Some people say they are playing badly, but why do they have to spend the draft picks to change their combat power? The question now is, is the management really stupid or has other plans? If we continue to struggle like this, I'm afraid the Kings will really become synonymous with "the bottom of the West". But from another perspective, maybe they are playing a big game? After all, in the NBA, everything is possible - it's just that the possibility is a little small.