Three winners! Three losers! ESPN commented on offseason operations, Lakers were bad, Bucks were aggressive, and Pelicans were outrageous

After experiencing the crazy signing and signings in the first three days, the transfer market has become calm on the fourth day. At present, except for free agents such as Lillard and Paul in the league, most teams have basically completed the prototype of next season's lineup.

Based on the current transfer results, ESPN has given the largest winner and biggest loser so far from the perspective of lineup depth and player strength. Let's pay attention together!

Winner 1: Rockets

Transfer operation: The transaction was obtained; the signing of Finney Smith (53 million in four years); the signing of Capela (21.5 million in three years); the renewal of VanVleet, Jabarri Jr., Tate, Holiday, and Jeff Green.

In fact, the Rockets had achieved great success last season, and the team successfully entered the playoffs and officially announced the success of reconstruction. But obviously the ambitions of the boss and management are not just as simple as the playoffs. So before the transfer market opened, they completed a heavy deal that shocked the league and obtained the super player Durant, who can still contribute 27+ per game. Durant's joining directly improves the Rockets' offensive ability to a higher level. More importantly, the Rockets had almost no trouble in this deal and got Durant from the Suns at the lowest cost.

The Rockets' lineup currently has outstanding strength in both the main players and the substitutes. Especially the accumulation of their inside players, Shin Kyung, Adams, Smith and Capela, can take turns to target those teams with weak inside. In ESPN's view, the Rockets' lineup strength and depth can be fully compete with the defending champion Thunder.

Winner 2: Denver Nuggets

Transfer Period Operation: The transaction was obtained by Cameron Johnson; signing with Bruce Brown and Hardaway.

The Nuggets management has become the target of public criticism in the past two seasons. Their waves of psychedelic operations have caused the Nuggets to lose competitiveness. If Jokic had not supported him hard, it would have been a problem to enter the playoffs. Fortunately, the Nuggets also realized this problem, so after the transfer market opened this summer, they directly made a drastic lineup change.

The most critical operation is to use Porter Jr. and a future unprotected first round to switch to the Nets' forward-scoring main player Johnson. Although he is slightly inferior to Porter in terms of height, Johnson has more stable scoring ability and ball-holding offensive methods. More importantly, he is better than Porter, so the Nuggets don't have to worry about injuries. Not to mention Brown's return to the Nuggets, he is definitely a player who is very suitable for Jokic and the Nuggets system; and Hardaway, who signed with a basic salary, has maintained a 36% three-point shooting percentage so far in his career. It can be said that the Nuggets' offense and defense ends in the new season are more three-dimensional.

The only regret is that Valan, who was originally prepared for his teacher, finally chose to leave the NBA. He has verbally accepted the invitation from the Greek giants.

Winner 3: Eagles' transfer period operation: the unprotected first-round pick of the higher pick between the Pelicans and the Bucks in 2026; the trade was obtained by the most amazing operation of the Hawks in this transfer, undoubtedly taking advantage of the Pelicans' hands. I don't know what ecstasy they gave the Pelicans management so that they agreed to the outrageous asking price of upward trading 10 picks (up from 23rd to 13th).

After several seasons of continuous lineup changes, the Hawks finally established the idea of ​​building a team with Yang as the core. Now that the team's lineup is full of impact, ESPN predicts that they will be at least the top four teams in the Eastern Conference in the new season.

Loser 1: Lakers

Transfer operation: Losing Smith; signing Ayton

As the saying goes, there are wins and losses, and the Lakers are one of the biggest losers at present. After getting Doncic in the mid-term trade last season, the Lakers' inside problems became even more serious. After a lot of trouble, the Lakers chose to sign No. 1 pick Ayton. But with Ayton's personal strength, I'm afraid he can't stand the offense and defense of the Lakers inside. ESPN's view: Ayton is neither an empty threat nor a space-type fifth position, and its competitive state has also declined sharply.

Moreover, the Lakers' lineup is very deformed. Although they have accumulated a large number of forwards, very few are valuable and powerful. In addition, the Lakers are currently in great need to appease James and find ways to keep him playing for the team; in addition, the team's premature overdrawing of the future has led to a lack of signing positions. All of these problems may explode in the new season, and the Lakers may be in a slump.

Loser 2: Bucks

Transfer operation: Buy out Lillard; signing Turner

Everyone knows that the Bucks management is eager to make changes so that Antetokounmpo can continue to play for the team with peace of mind. But such a radical approach is still unexpected. The Bucks are currently facing: 1. In the next five years, the team will pay Lillard $22.5 million in salary every year, which will reduce the team's space to operate; 2. Although they successfully signed Turner to cooperate with Antetokounmpo, it is difficult to make fans feel at ease about the Bucks' lineup when their starting guard is a player like Kevin Porter Jr.

Although the courage of the Bucks management is commendable, such a headless flies will obviously have a huge impact on the recovery of energy in the next few years. Once the Bucks' performance in the new season has not improved, then Antetokounmpo will inevitably deepen his belief in leaving the team when he sees such a mess. Then the Bucks will be in vain.

Loser Three: Pelicans

Dumas may be a good player on the field, but as the management team, he is definitely the worst one. Originally, after taking a ruthless wave of Lakers, the Pelicans have spent several years building a very complete lineup system.. I thought this young army would have a chance to soar, but after a small fuck, Dumas' team completely removed the Pelicans' wings.

got CI from the trade, but was robbed by the Hawks, and then signed Looney. It can be said that every step of the Pelicans is ridiculous and wrong. In addition, there is also a core member of the Glass Man in the team. No matter how you look at the Pelicans' revival, it is far away.