After 20 trading days! Best signing ranking: 8 for 1 big deal is difficult to rank first!

On July 20, 20 days have passed in the NBA trading day, and just now the league has made another major layoff. According to a well-known ESPN reporter Shams, the winner of three defense + DPOY - Smart reached a buyout agreement with the Washington Wizards. After the clarification period, he will join the Los Angeles Lakers with a contract of $1,100,000. After the Celtics left, Smart slowly faded out of the fans' sight. This time he returned to the spotlight, which is good news for him! Since leaving the Celtics in the offseason in 23, Smart has suffered from injuries in the past three seasons, and has only played 44 games in total, with a very poor attendance rate. He only played 15 games with the Wizards last season, averaging 18.7 minutes of playing time, scoring 9.3 points, 1.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists, shooting percentage of 44% and three-point shooting percentage of 39%. Fortunately, he is only 31 years old this year and still has the possibility of returning to the peak!

Looking back at the Lakers' offseason operations, they lost DFS and got Ayton + Laravia + Smart. DFS is a good player, but the joining of Ayton, Laravia and Smart will inevitably improve the team's strength compared to last season. Moreover, these three people are short-term contracts, and the management retains the flexibility of transaction operations next summer. It has to be said that Pelinka's series of operations cannot be called "The Legend of the Gods", but it is definitely eye-catching! Since the trading market is liberalized, 20 days have passed, and many transactions have been signed in the league. Let’s summarize the best signings together: 8 for 1 major transactions are difficult to rank first!

The fifth place in the best signing: Denver Nuggets (Saric single-for-Valancius)!

Trading Comments: The free market has just opened, and the Nuggets made a very outstanding deal. The team gave Saric, who could hardly play, and got Valancius from the Kings' trade! Last season, the former represented the Nuggets in just 16 games, averaging 3.5 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game, with a bleak data of 36% shooting percentage and 26% shooting percentage of three-pointers. In contrast, Valan played 81 games last season, averaging 10.4 points and 7.7 rebounds per game. In the first 13 seasons of his career, he had a total of 937 regular season games, and averaged 13.1 points, 9.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. He is a player with very stable performance. With his strength, he is enough to serve as the team's starting center. The Nuggets can be exchanged for just Saric, it’s a big deal! After Valan joins the Nuggets, Teacher Yo finally has a qualified substitute. Jokic will not be so tired in the new season!

The fourth place in the best signing: Portland Trail Blazers (3 years and 4200w signings back to Lillard)!

Trading Comments: After Lillard was announced to be layoffs by the Bucks, most fans believed that he would eventually join a team with the ability to compete for the championship. He never thought that he would eventually choose to return to the place where his dream began and return to the Trail Blazers with a three-year 4,200w contract! Time goes back to 2023, and the Trail Blazers sent it to the Bucks in exchange for the first-round draft picks in 2029 by Ju Holiday, Ayton, Tumani Kamara and the Bucks. Afterwards, Holiday was traded to the Celtics, and the Trail Blazers received Robert Williams and Malcolm Brogden, the first round pick in 2024 (bringing Avdia), and the first round pick in 2029 was not protected. This offseason, the Trail Blazers welcomed Lillard and Holiday back at the same time, and also won Avdia, Rowe, Kamara, the 2029 first-round draft pick and two draft pick swap opportunities with the Bucks. At the beginning, Lillard is back in the tearing city. From a business perspective, it is time to activate the Trail Blazers market again and make money!

Best Signing Third Place: Denver Nuggets (2 for 1 to introduce Cameron Johnson)!

Trading Comments: On the first day of the opening of the free market, the Nuggets gave Michael Porter Jr., the unprotected first round in 2032, and exchanged the Nets for Cameron Johnson! From a data perspective, last season, Porter Jr. averaged 18.2 points, 7 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, shooting 50.4% from the field and 39.5% from three-point shooting percentage. Due to injuries in the playoffs, the average per game dropped sharply to 9.1 points and 5.5 rebounds, shooting 39.2% from the field and 34.3% from three-point shooting. Cameron Johnson averaged 18.8 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game at the Nets last season, and shot 39% from three-pointers. We all know that Porter Jr. is a pure shooter player, without independent offense ability and poor defense! Cameron Johnson is much more comprehensive than him, with three-pointers, defense and independent offensive capabilities, which can further enrich the Nuggets system and share the defensive pressure of Gordon and Jokic! More importantly, this transaction not only revitalized the salary space, but also obtained a trading exception of $1,410,000, and the Nuggets still have room to strengthen!

The second place in the best signing: Houston Rockets (8 for 1 to introduce Durant)!

Trading Comments: Rockets exchanged Durant from the Suns with Jaylen Green + Dillon + 6 draft picks, which made the Rockets become a championship-level team. There is no need to say what Durant's arrival can bring to this Rockets. The most exquisite thing about this deal is that the Rockets did not lose any bargaining chips they wanted to keep. During the trading negotiations, the Suns wanted to get teams such as Amen, Shin Kyung, Jasmith, and Shepard, but they all failed in the end! Keeping the future and improving the present, the Rockets' deal is amazing!

The best signing number one: Los Angeles Clippers (three-party trade gets Collins)!

Trading Comments: After the free market began, the Clippers were not so active, and they only announced an early contract renewal with Harden. On the 8th of this month, the Clippers thundered on the ground and announced that they had completed a three-party transaction with the Heat and the Jazz. The team sent Powell + the second round of 2027 and got Collins. This transaction directly triggered a series of butterfly effects, allowing the Clippers to complete a comprehensive upgrade from lineup to tactics! After getting Collins, the team's vacancy at No. 4 was solved. For the first time in his career, Harden partnered with two empty contacts at the same time, and the pass threat was further magnified; the card can return to the familiar third position to reduce the risk of injury; at the same time, this transaction directly laid the groundwork for the Clippers to sign Bills. Bills of 5,000w are not worth it, but Bills of 500w are really good! Therefore, Collins joins the Clippers and is ranked first in the best signing. If you have different opinions, please leave a message to discuss!