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Why do NBA teams always make some confusing deals? What is the reason behind it?

2:20am, 29 August 2025Basketball

I have also thought about this issue before. Many NBA coaches, scouts and managers understand football. Logically speaking, they will trade players more professionally than our fans, know which player is better and which player is not good, and then make rational decisions.

However, in this process, there will still be many incredible and failed transactions.

For example, in recent years, they failed to introduce Durant or Bill. After these two stars came to the team, they did not say that they would immediately improve the team's strength. After breaking up the original lineup that entered the finals, the Suns were getting worse and worse.

who could still make the playoffs before, but in the end they couldn't even make the playoffs and fell to the middle and lower reaches of the West.

What's even more miserable is that trading Durant and Bill is overdrawing his draft pick and future. Re-trading or buying out later is just stopping the losses as much as possible. For the Suns, it will be a damn injury.

You said that as the boss Ishbiya and general manager Jones, can't they see all this?

This may not be true.

Bill and Durant have both suffered injuries and are at risk, and their playing style is incompatible with the team. It is very risky to form the Big Three together.

Even so, the Suns still did it. They bet on everything and ended up in a mess.

And before, the Nets also had the experience of forming a super team. Introduce Pierce, Garnett and others to form a luxurious team, trying to make a name for themselves in the East and enhance the team's strength by accumulating big-name stars.

Just looking at this lineup, you must think it’s very luxurious, right? Garnett, Pierce, Joe Johnson, Deron Williams and the Greater Lopez, a very star-like team. When the team lineup was introduced, many people said that the NBA finale was in the finale and no team could beat the Nets.

We also know the story later, and the Nets did not say that they entered the finals and won the NBA championship. The team's aging lineup and injuries also make their trade fail.

also had to break up the team again for reconstruction in the later stage.

NBA history, failed transactions abound. There are also successful ones, but the proportion is still small compared to the failure ones. Most transactions that are hot-headed and desperate have relatively low success rates.

After all, basketball is a team sport and is played by more than a dozen players. Only by working together with the starter and the substitutes can they win the championship.

It will be difficult to win if you rely solely on a group of stars and only rely on individual stars to play superstars.

But speaking of this, when we look back on these history, you may also find the reasons why the team does this. Even if there are risks in the transaction, there is a chance that it will fail, which will prompt them to do it.

Because from the perspective of NBA bosses, they not only have to consider the championship, but also have to "make money". The addition of

stars can stimulate the market, form a reputation effect, and also promote fans to come to the stadium to watch the game, and sell many tickets; in addition, sales around the market can also increase.

Like Durant joins the Suns, his fans and basketball-related products are several times more than when they were not here before, and their income has also increased significantly.

When introducing players, NBA bosses are not only only in terms of results, but also have to consider the factors that stars "pull the team's economy" and have comprehensive considerations.

Sometimes, off-court factors can also affect the decisions of NBA coaches and managers.

Like Yang Hansen's draft, he was selected by the Trail Blazers. Originally, he only predicted the ranking of the second round pick, and the selection was not high. Later, he performed better and better during the trial training. The team saw his potential and immediately signed him in the first round.

Strength is one aspect, and the Chinese market and effect behind it are also an important factor.

If Yang Hansen can be selected, the exposure and attention of the Trail Blazers will rise sharply, and there will be more opportunities for market cooperation and development in the future.

This signing not only takes into account the player's strength and value, but also takes into account his market effect to achieve a win-win situation.

Many times, when NBA teams sign players and make decisions, they often consider many complex factors, which are not as simple as one-sided results.

If the considerations are complicated, people will inevitably make mistakes and cannot be perfect. You can't take advantage here, and you can also gain advantages there. You can only try to get what you need during the transaction process.

As for the risk, it is only possible to prove it through time to verify who makes and who loses the transaction.

Just like the deal between the Mavericks Doncic and the Lakers Dark Brows, this deal shocked the world. Who is the final winner? Let’s learn the answer to this question five years later.

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