Magic Grizzlies 7 for 1 big deal! 4 first rounds! Durant, I m just waiting for you!

I didn't expect that the first free market transaction came so early this year, and it was so surprising. According to the

famous reporter Shams, the Magic and the Grizzlies reached a big deal of 7 for 1! The Grizzlies sent Bain and obtained Pope, Cole Anthony and 4 first rounds from the Magic, and 1 first round swap. The four first rounds are the No. 16 pick in 2025, the Suns' unprotected first round in 2026, the Magic's unprotected first round in 2028 and 2030. The first round swap rights are the top two picks in 2029.

Who would have thought that Bain could be so valuable? Some media even joked that when they saw this news, they thought the Magic team was exchanged for Morant. I guess the Grizzlies saw the Magic's offer and thought they wanted the core Morant? How exaggerated is Bain's deal? Let's compare the deal between the Jazz and the Timberwolves in 2022. At that time, Gobert exchanged 1 for 10, and it seems that it is not that exaggerated compared to Bain. At that time, Gobert was sent to the Timberwolves in exchange for Beasley, Beverly, Vanderbilt, Kessler, Bolmarro, unprotected first rounds in 2023, 2025, 2027, and the first round of protection in the first five picks in 2029, and the first round of swap rights in 2026. Judging from the draft picks, the chips that get Bain and Gobert are the same, both of which are swapped in four first rounds and one first round. Bain is even more valuable because these four first rounds are unprotected.

Some people may say that the players' positions are different, and the comparison is not that intuitive. Then Vaughan can compare another deal, which is also the Jazz's deal about Mitchell. At that time, the Jazz sent Mitchell away, in exchange for Sexton, Markanen, and Abakki, unprotected first rounds in 2025, 2027 and 2029, as well as first round swap rights in 2026 and 2028. Is the pick chips almost the same? The season before Mitchell was traded, he averaged 25.9 points per game, while Bain averaged 19.2 points per game last season. The only explanation seems to be that the two players given by the Magic who tied Bain's contract have now become garbage contracts. Pope's annual salary next season is $21.62 million, averaging only 8.7 points this season, while Cole Anthony's annual salary next season is $13.1 million, averaging 9.4 points this season. Compared with performance, this contract is indeed a bit expensive.

But the problem is, Bain's contract is not cheap either! Bain has a maximum salary contract, with an annual salary of US$35.7 million next season, which is US$207 million signed with the Grizzlies in the offseason in 2023. This contract started last year and there are still four years left. Players who are close to Bain's contract in the new season, such as Maxi, Sanqiu, Harden, Fox, Gobert, Brunson, Jaylen Green, etc., so compared with this, is Bain's contract not cheap? Bain was traded, which was actually expected. In the game with the Jazz this season, Bain had a conflict with his teammates on the bench. The deal between the Grizzlies and Magic about Bain will most likely raise the threshold of the entire league like Gobert's previous deal. Now, Durant's transaction has not yet settled, Bain's transaction has happened, and it is still such an exaggerated transaction. Next, it makes people look forward to Durant's transaction...