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3 stars are on the shelf! The 210 million-dollar team is ready to rebuild. Doncic is not needed, Westbrook has a good opportunity
11:37am, 12 November 2025【Basketball】
On November 12, today, according to the famous reporter Shams, the Mavericks laid off their general manager Harrison, and Finley and Riccardi will temporarily take charge of the team's operational affairs. It was only a matter of time before Harrison was fired. After the trade sent away Doncic, I knew that his GM career was over. Trading Doncic for thick eyebrows was obviously a huge loss. Giving away the cornerstone of the team in exchange for a second-in-command star was doomed for the team to go downhill.

Maybe the Mavericks don't want to lay off Nick, but now someone has to take the blame, because in the team's home games now, Mavericks fans don't want them to win, and even when the home team players take free throws, they will shout: Fire Nick. Even many Mavericks players would rather play away from home than at home. Boss Dumont saw that if Harrison was not laid off, the team would completely collapse. In order to appease the fans and players, he could only do this.
Now it's not just the Mavericks that have internal team strife in the entire Western Conference, but also the Pelicans, Kings and other teams. The Pelicans were terrible last season, so the team owner is patient. But the Kings boss has no patience anymore. They have paid too much in pursuit of record. The team has formed many powerful teams and spent a lot of money for this. As a result, they have only made the playoffs once in the past few years. The Kings boss really wants to win, but the management's operation is poor and the coach's coaching ability is limited.

But the team's general manager and coach have only taken office not long ago, and the team will suffer too much loss if they lay off them. After all, the team has spent a lot of money to build a powerful team. Their lineup salary this season has reached 210 million, ranking seventh in the league. As a result, they have 3 wins and 7 losses since the start of the season, and they are 11th in the Western Conference. Looking at the ranking alone, it is not bad? Their record is the same as the Clippers, who are 13th in the Western Conference. It's no problem to say they are third to last in the Western Conference, and the poor record also allowed the Kings to completely break their defense.
According to the famous reporter Evan, the Kings are trying to comprehensively rebuild. Sources revealed that this includes trying to trade their top players this season. The Kings will evaluate the transaction value of Sabonis, LaVine, DeRozan and other players. The team's three major stars are all about to be put on the shelf. To be honest, after they formed this lineup last year, I said that it was time for the Kings to rebuild. However, after they tried, they now admitted that this trio could not succeed.

This season, LaVine averaged 25.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2 assists per game, shot 52.7% from the field, and 43% from the three-point range. He averaged 3.4 three-pointers per game. His shooting efficiency is good, but he cannot help the team win. LaVine is more suitable to be a second or third player. As the leader, he is not very helpful to the team, which has been proven in the Bulls. His data is not very helpful in winning games. It was difficult for the Bulls to get rid of him at the beginning. If the Kings hadn't taken over, it is estimated that LaVine would still be given away by the Bulls now.
DeRozan averaged 20.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1 steal per game this season. He shot 50% from the field and 43% from the three-point range. He averaged 1 three-pointer per game. Although DeRozan is 36 years old, DeRozan is a skilled player. Star, he can still help the team, but his limited three-point ability is destined to make it difficult for him to become a star that can turn the tide at critical moments in this small ball era. However, his salary is not very high, so there should be no problem in trading him away, but he will not get too many chips in exchange.

Sabonis averaged 15.3 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists, and 1.1 steals per game this season, and his shooting percentage was 47.7%. The main reason for Sabonis's poor performance this season is that he no longer has the ball. He used to be the boss of the team. , is now the boss of the team. He used to be able to connect the team with the ball. Now that Schroeder has come, his tactical status has further declined. Moreover, Sasha has been playing with injuries this season. It is understandable that his condition is not good. His trade is expected to allow the Kings to exchange for enough chips.
In addition to these three, Monk and Schroeder are expected to be put on the Rockets, but their contracts are not small, and they may not be able to exchange for suitable bargaining chips. The management ability of this team is too poor. If you ask me, they should not keep asking the old Kings players to serve as management or coaches. These relationships are not that strong. Back then, Divac did not want Doncic, but Bagley, which made the team miss a top five player in the league. The current coach Christie does not give star rights to the team leader and blue-collar workers, which makes me speechless.

The Kings chose to rebuild and build the team around young players such as Ellis, Keegan Murray and Clifford. I think it is a wise choice. I also estimate that they will keep Westbrook because there is indeed no market for Westbrook and Westbrook’s professionalism It can also inspire young players. Last season, the Nuggets' Braun and Peterson both increased their goals under the influence of Westbrook. He can help the young players of the Kings grow. At the same time, Westbrook will get more ball rights. This season, Westbrook averaged 20.2 points, 9.2 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game in the starting lineup.
The departure of these stars will be a good opportunity for Westbrook to prove himself again. Having said that, what do you want to say about the current king? Welcome to leave a message for discussion.
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