How to evaluate it? The Clippers three offseason operations, the strongest counter-Jokic armor?

As we all know, the free market has been open for many days.

In the past many seasons, the arms race of Western teams has been even more exciting than the playoffs, and this year is no exception. The Rockets and the Nuggets have made multiple transactions or signings in the past few days.

Compared with the Rockets and the Nuggets, the Clippers currently do not have many operations, with only three transactions in total, but these three transactions are pretty good at the moment. Summary of the two words "

1, 2 years, 81.5 million yuan renewal of Harden

: It is worth it.

Leonard missed half of the game last season, and it was Harden who led the team to remain in the playoffs. Throughout the whole season, Harden missed three regular season games, averaging 22.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 8.7 assists and 1.5 steals per game, and his three shooting percentage was 41.0%/35.2%/87.4%. Compared with the previous season (16.6 points), Harden's score increased by 6.2 points, and he also scored 43 points, 40 points, 41 points and 50 points in a single game. The biggest affirmation of him is to return to the All-Star after three years and return to the best team after five years. There are also shortcomings in

. The biggest one is definitely the abnormality in the key game of the playoffs. Against the Nuggets' G5 and G7, Harden made a total of 5 of 17 shots, only scoring 11 points and 7 points respectively. It is really impossible to say that he is not disappointed.

However, there are only 7 games in the playoffs. Based on the performance of one season, Harden is still the superstar and engine of the Clippers. Without him, the Clippers may not be able to enter the playoffs. Moreover, due to salary issues, if Harden does not renew his contract, the Clippers may not find a replacement.

It should be noted that the Clippers still have insurance on this. Although the second year of the two-year contract is a player option, it only has partial protection. In case Harden declines sharply or the team needs to be rebuilt, he can choose to sack Harden - of course, no one wants to see this step.

2, 2 years and 11.5 million contract renewal, Batum has been 36 years old, but Batum still performed well with the Clippers last season, playing in 78 regular season games, averaging 17.5 minutes per game, scoring 4.0 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.1 assists, with a shooting percentage of 43.7%/43.3%/81.0% in three events.

Three-pointers are now Batum's most important scoring method. He made a total of 238 shots throughout the season, 203 of which were three-pointers, accounting for 85.3%. Not only does he make a quick shot without sinking the ball, but his accuracy is also guaranteed.

In addition to three-pointers, Batum has two advantages: one is that he can handle the ball and the other is that he can defend. In addition, he is also a reliable substitute on the big stage. He played in the Nuggets in the playoffs, and averaged 24.5 minutes per game, scoring 5.6 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.0 assists. G6 played for 34 minutes in life and death, and filled the data bar with 6 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks.

Another data is that in this playoffs, Batum, the entire Clippers team's BPM reached +4.9, ranking second in the team, second only to Leonard, which also shows that there is a lot of oil in his fuel tank.

Batum's problem is mainly that he is too old, otherwise he should be able to get more reuse and a larger contract. It is also because he is too old. The Clippers also insured Batum's contract. The second year is the team option, and only renewed the chin at a price less than 2 million yuan higher than the base salary. Batum also brought the team option. The Clippers' operation is worthy of recognition.

3, 2 years and 18 million signed Lopez

Clippers let Plumli go, and then signed Lopez 18 million for two years and 18 million. This signing was regarded by many people because Lopez played against the Pacers in the playoffs was almost broken.

But objectively speaking, it is normal for a heavy center like Daluo to not be able to defend against Halliburton and Turner's pick-and-roll. However, his advantage is never to defend against pick-and-roll, but to squat pit guards and three-pointers that can open up space with one hand.

Looking at the large sample of the regular season, Daluo played 80 games (79 games and 78 games in the first two years, with excellent attendance rate), averaging 31.8 minutes per game, scoring 13.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.9 blocks + 1.7 three-pointer, with a shooting percentage of 50.9%/37.3%/82.6% in the three events. In terms of franchise protection, Daluo has to interfere with 19 shots per game, and the opponent's shooting percentage has dropped by 2.1%.

Although Daluo is already 37 years old, judging from his performance last season, he is still a qualified starting center, 18 million in two years is not expensive. After joining the Clippers, Daluo no longer needs to play 30 minutes every game. He will become Zubac's substitute. The combination of these two, coupled with the assisted defense of Leonard, Jones and Dunn, the Clippers may have the strongest "anti-Jokic armor" in the Western Conference and even the entire league.

Of course, Daluo's shortcomings are also obvious, but they are still too old - after the player is 35 years old, it may be the same year. By April next year, can Daluo still maintain the same state as the past three years? It's hard to say, let alone him at the age of 39 later.

These three moves can actually show the Clippers' general policy this summer. First, keep the lineup, leave Harden Batum, and then find the substitute center, but they still have some problems:

1. If you can find a sized starting player, you will often have to let Leonard go to the fourth position. The latter spent 80% of the time last season playing power forward, and even 5% of the time playing center

2. You may need a substitute point guard. In fact, the Clippers' existing lineup has a substitute who can hold the ball. Wei, Bogdan is a good choice, but unfortunately, Tyron Lue can't use it, and there may be subsequent transactions

3. The lineup is too old. Next April, Harden will be 36 years old, Batum will be 37 years old, Daluo will be 38 years old, and Leonard will be almost 35 years old. Even Powell, who just played the best season of his career, is close to 33 years old, judging from his performance at the end of the regular season, the Clippers with Daluo will definitely have the strength of the top four in the Western Conference, but every year, the questions about the Clippers are actually very direct. Can they keep their health until the end? And the teams that own Harden will face another question: Can Harden in the playoffs playoffs play steadily in the key situation? These two issues may be more critical than any signing.