Unblock the home team and want to apply for a deal! Brother Deng?!

The biggest news on the NBA today is that netizens discovered that "three goals" Lamelo Ball was unblocked by his home team Charlotte Hornets.

seems to show the outside world that he wants to be traded.

In fact, throughout the 24-25 season, there was never any trading rumors between the Hornets and the Three Balls, and the players and the team did not show any disgust, so it was a bit sudden when the incident happened.

Everything fermented was in early May. His eldest brother Lonzo Ball and his second brother, the second brother who was engaged in rap art, reviewed the performance of each team in the podcast program 24-25. When talking about the part of the Clippers, Ball suddenly predicted, "I think my third brother will trade to the Clippers in the offseason."

Of course, the whole world thinks this is just a joke. After all, podcasts are inexplicably spreading some false news for traffic. But in the Big Ball show, this news is relatively reliable because Big Ball is his brother Sanqiu. The relationship between these two is not an ordinary friend, which is equivalent to those around us who are in the "according to people around us, who wants to do whatever they want" in Woj and Shams's revelations.

And on May 15, Ball once again emphasized on his blog, "I said before that my brother might go to the Clippers, which is not a prediction." This seems to mean that not only Ball wants to leave the team, but the Clippers may also be inquiries about the price.

Three Balls signed a contract with the Hornets on July 6, 2023. The 24-25 season is the first year of his new season, which means that he still has 4 years of control and his total salary is more than 170 million yuan.

The strength of three goals is obvious to all. He is a real All-Star player. This season, he is ranked 10th in the league in average 25.2 points per game and 8th in the league in assists.

But since he only played 47 games at a time, these data actually did not make it to the final data list.

And if Ball is really connected with the Clippers, then the derived question is what is the tactical goal of their need for a second core defender in the case of having Harden?

Judging from the current news, although he has a player contract, Harden should want to stay with the Clippers to sign a new 1+1 contract with a slightly higher starting salary.

The backcourt combination of Harden + Ball seems to be inconsistent, although Deng Ge has been with various core point guards many times in his career, such as Paul, Jeremy Lin, etc.

He also partnered with Irving during the Nets and Maxi in Philadelphia.

But in fact, Harden is actually the most comfortable partner of the defensive line-level functional point guard. Moreover, as he is older, Brother Deng is now worth less and less on the ball without the ball. It is difficult for him to give up about 25+ performances even if he completely handed over the ball in a certain quarter like in 2021.

Either let Ball transform into a functional guard, but I don't think it's realistic. It is impossible for the Clippers to come over with a 180 million contract and let him play as a deputy.

The other situation is that the Clippers want Ball but not Harden. This may be a low-probability event but it may also happen.

Judging from the age salary, Ball's contract of 37.96 million is about the same as Harden, and he is 12 years younger. But in his five-year career, he only played more than 70 games in more than 70 games. In the past three years, his playing rate is less than 60%. If you can't play, everything will seem useless.

If you go to a team that is determined to play in the playoffs all year round or even the finals, I can only say that I can do it myself.

I really don’t know if the three goals will be traded now. I just want to know if this is an opportunity for Harden to leave the team, will we have a chance?