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Before the new season started, these five teams chose to play badly: the Nets have 5 first-round picks, and the ball is hard to tell

4:51pm, 6 August 2025【Basketball】

On August 6, in my previous article, I talked about the teams that have the chance to win the championship in the new season, with a total of 8 teams, namely: Cavaliers, Knicks, Mavericks, Thunder, Nuggets, Rockets, Clippers and Timberwolves. If you want to see a detailed introduction, you can check out my previous article. After talking about the championship team, let’s take a look at the team that has not yet started the new season and has to set a bad goal.

Jazz

Jazz selected Bailey and Clayton this offseason. Both of them have good talents. Bailey is considered to be the highest-limited player in 25th. Clayton is a university MOP. His style of play is calm and has the potential to be a star. The Jazz is probably going to build a team around them in the future. In order to give these young players enough ball rights, the Jazz also gave up Sexton and Collins, and Clarkson also left the team. Now the only core of the team is Kessler and Markcanen.

Kessler is still very young. He can grow up with the young players of the team, but Markanin cannot. It is estimated that the team will try to trade in the new season to send him away. In addition, the team focused on training at the end of last season. His playing style is similar to Markanin and is also a space anti-aircraft gun. He will replace Markanin's position in the future. In the new season, the Jazz will not be interested in the record. They will give young players the chance to make mistakes and strive to gain more talents.

Pelics

The Pelicans' operations in this offseason are probably confused by many fans. They traded and took CJ for Poole. They thought they were going to rebuild, but Zion, Trey Murphy and Jones were not sent away, and the team also renewed Jones' contract. Could it be that they want to continue to increase their record? But the team chose Chris Quinn again, a small inside player who can stand at the 4-5 position, and many fans also suspected that he was here to replace Zion.

The team also won the No. 7 pick, a backcourt player with excellent scoring ability. His position seems to coincide with Poole again. The reason why the Pelicans do this is that they still want to consider future reconstruction. The team should be planning to give Zion another chance. If he still does the same after the start of the regular season and is often absent due to injuries, then the Pelicans will trade him to build the team around Philes and Quinn, and sell other players with trade value. Don't expect Zion, and the Pelicans' paper strength cannot achieve good results in the Western Conference.

Hornets

Hornets won Knypool and McNeley this offseason, two players with a poor scorer. Their purpose of doing this is very clear, to continue to build a team around the three balls. The team's second-tier Miller is also a player who is positioned as a shooter. Knypool's shooting ability is indeed very strong. He has the opportunity to reach the level of Clay in the future, and what he needs around San Bas are such young players.

The Hornets will most likely cultivate the chemistry of young core players in the new season. They will not care about their record. If the team wants a record, they can completely win excellent veterans through trading or introducing them. However, there are not many players like the Hornets, and they are often injured in three goals. Bridges is also good at data swiping. In this case, it is still difficult for the Hornets to achieve good results, and they are likely to be bad.

Nets

The Nets' operations in this offseason are the most incomprehensible. After a series of operations, the team has 5 first-round picks. In this case, wouldn't it be better for you to trade 2-3? As a result, the highest pick was only a No. 8 pick, but he still won Jamin, who was considered the last player in the lottery zone. There were several first-round picks after the 20th pick in the first round. Their upper limit was far less than the players in the lottery zone.

Moreover, the team has five first-round picks at once and three are backcourt players. The ball rights are obviously not enough. Who should the team focus on cultivating in this situation? I think it is the Jamin they like, but to be honest, Jamin has reached the height of Gidey. In addition, because there are too many young players now, the team doesn't want to contract Cameron Thomas. They averaged 24 points last season, and the Nets offered 28 million in two years. The Nets will probably have been in a bad position for many years.

Wiacs

After two years of bad performance, they finally found their own cornerstone of team building. He is Trae Johnson. In the summer unit, Trae Johnson gives people the feeling that his score is too easy. Facing the opponent's defense, he can make a big move and cleverly avoid the opponent's defense to complete the score. He also has the ability to both ball and ball, giving people a feeling of Booker + Ray Allen, and he will inevitably become a top scorer in the future.

Sal also had a ball increase at the end of the regular season. Although his confrontation was not good, Sal's upper limit was still very high. His athletic ability has an advantage in the same position. In addition, young players such as Coolibarley, George and Carrington are also worth training, but this backcourt will probably give up the ball for Johnson. Having said that, what do you want to say about these five teams? Welcome to leave a message for discussion.