The goal emerges, and Thunder must upgrade its internal line after losing the game. The friend Rocket may help it

Not long ago, the Thunder Team lost their second round of the playoff match with the Lone Ranger in the western region. The team ended the season with a 2-4 defeat. Although the team's performance this year has been satisfactory enough, it has leapt from a playoff team last year to a team 57 wins and 25 losses this year, the first team in the western region. At the first time of the loss, Alexander, the core of the team, took the responsibility, but everyone knows, In a series of games, no one can attribute the responsibility to a player who averages 30.2 points, 7.2 rebounds, 6.4 assists, and has a shooting rate of 50% and a three-point shooting rate of 43%.

After the game, when the media came to the conclusion of the reasons for Thunder's loss, the question of the height of the interior line was repeatedly raised. Although Chet, the interior line leader with an average of 15.6 points, 7.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 2.5 blocks, was added to the team this year, his playing method was still biased to the fourth position, and his disadvantage was relatively obvious in the process of interior line confrontation. At the same time, he also needs to take into account the offensive issues, and in the defensive end, he believes that he cannot be wholeheartedly.

The rest of the players, such as Jay and Sal, are more like chasing ducks on the shelf. Some are short of height, and some are unable to reach the ability. In this regard, the media believe that the team's off-season task is to build an iron wall for the interior and attract players such as Lively, Garford and other types of players.

Coincidentally, this summer, there were a lot of very high-quality insiders for Thunder to choose from. With their strength in the next seven years and 17 first rounds, there were few players in the league that they liked but could not match the trade chips. For example, the basketball Nets player Clarkston, his mobility and ability to eat cake in the inner line are not weaker than those of the Lone Rangers, and he also has a certain low position offensive ability.

In this year's regular season, Clarkston averaged 11.8 points, 9.9 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 2.1 blocks. The Nets wanted to keep him with a contract with an average salary of about $25 million this offseason. But judging from his tone when he was interviewed by the media, he has no interest in staying in the Nets.

At present, in addition to Alexander's five-year contract of $172 million, Thunder also has room for Dort's annual salary of $16.5 million. Other major contracts must be Jay Williams and Chett at the earliest, and they need to wait until two years later when the rookie contract expires. Therefore, Thunder has absolutely no pressure to offer Clarkston a contract of about $130 million over five years. The combination of him and Chett, with both flexibility and defensive dominance, is very attractive.

If the team only needs the ability to protect the frame of the blue line, they can also not pay so much. A full middle-class contract is enough to impress Andre Drummond, a 2-time All Star and a 4-time NBA rebounder. In the Bulls last season, he averaged 8.4 points and 9 rebounds per game, and 3.4 rebounds per game in the front court ranked fourth in the league. However, his salary in the Bulls this year was only $3.36 million. Thunder got him, which is a huge promotion for the protection of the team's rebounds.

If they think the 30-year-old Drummond is too old to integrate into this youth army, they can seek help in the trading market. For example, the Rockets are a good trading partner. They not only have younger blue collar center Randall, but also have the third pick in the first round this year.

Stone had already expressed his intention to extend the draft right, so Thunder could exchange the 12th draft right+1 in the future first round for the exploration visa of the Rockets. As for the target candidate, of course, it was the insider star Klingen of the University of Connecticut.

For Thunder, Klingen first met the requirements for interior height. He was 2.18 meters tall and had excellent ability to defend and protect the frame. He had the ability to shoot and eat cake in the interior. Second, under the pressure of salary, he would have a four-year rookie bonus period when he was selected by the Tanhua lot. The team could use salary space to introduce strong reinforcements again. The third is that he can grow with the team as a young man, which may be more conducive to the stability of Thunder's future lineup. In any case, the current situation of Thunder is very good. The team is the top in the league in terms of star quality, talent reserves and salary space. As for the final development, it really depends on how General Manager Pu plays a good hand!

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