What are the players involved in the deal between Alexander and Pickled Pepper now?

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Time went back to the summer of 2019, and the Clippers and the Thunder reached a 1-for-9 deal - the Clippers sent Danilo Gallinari, Alexander, as well as 4 unprotected first rounds, 1 lotto protected first round, and 2 first round swaps, and got Paulo.

At that time, public opinion was generally optimistic about the Clippers. After all, Paulo had just played the peak season of his career, averaging 28 points, 8.2 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 2.2 steals per game, with a shooting percentage of 43.8% + 38.6% + 83.9%, an absolute combination of offense and defense.

So what the Clippers got was a 28-year-old forward superstar who had just been selected into the Double First Team and ranked third in the MVP list; and using this as bait, he successfully brought Leonard under his command.

And the biggest price they paid was Gallinari - Alexander at that time was just a deal; there were many first-round picks, but the Clippers' record was there, and the ranking was nowhere to be higher.

But the development and changes of things later were really beyond expectations. Let’s talk about it one by one, first of all, pickled peppers.

In the five seasons of the Clippers, his overall performance was actually not bad - during this period, he averaged 23 points, 6 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game, and his shooting percentage was 45.5%+40%+87.9%.

But attendance is worrying. He has played more than 60 games in only one season in five years. The double-core forward line composed of Leonard has transformed into a suit brother.

Therefore, the Clippers have always failed -

2020 double-core teamed up, and it is understandable that they lost to the Nuggets in the tiebreak;

21 to the Western Conference Finals, but Leonard was injured and reimbursed and lost to the Suns;

222, Paulo only played 31 games, and Leonard was reimbursed throughout the season, missing the playoffs;

23 made a comeback, and Paulo failed to play in a single game in the playoffs, and Leonard only He persisted for two games; in 24th, Paulo was in the market, but Leonard still only played two games, so he was eliminated in the first round for two consecutive years... At the same time, Paulo's condition also began to decline, and one game of gods and one game of ghosts became the norm. The team gradually lost trust in him, and the two sides had differences on contract renewal. So in the offseason last year, Paulo accepted the maximum salary contract of 76ers and went to Philadelphia.

In Philadelphia this season, Paulo's performance can be described as a cliff-like decline - playing 41 games, averaging 16.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.8 steals per game, with a shooting percentage of 43% + 35.8% + 81.4%.

If he gets 30 million yuan per year, this performance is not bad; but his contract this season is 49.2 million, and in the next three years, it will be 51.67 million, 54.13 million, and 56.59 million yuan respectively - Porzingis next door is already despised to be too fragile. This season's regular season still played one more game than Paulo, averaging 19.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.5 blocks per game, with a shooting percentage of 48.3% + 41.2% + 80.9%, and the contract is just 30 million yuan per year.

So now, 76 people have put pickled peppers on the shelves to find another way out.

But judging from Paojiao's past injury history and performance this season, it is unlikely that the 76ers will get what they want; it is easy to ask God but it is difficult to send God, and the old saying is reasonable.

Let's talk about Gallinari, the core figure of that deal back then.

In the 2018-2019 season, when Paulo Pepper reached the peak of his career, Gallinari also played the best season of his career.

That year, he averaged 19.8 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game, with a shooting percentage of 46.3% + 43.3% + 90.4%, and was extremely efficient.

For Thunder, which has completely started reconstruction, losing Pickled Pepper is inevitable, but it is not bad to get such a transitional leader - but Alexander's performance later was really amazing, greatly shortening the Thunder's reconstruction cycle.

Therefore, Thunder quickly confirmed the reconstruction with Alexander as the core and gave up Gallinari.

Frankly speaking, Garlinari performed well in the Thunder that year, averaging 18.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game, and a shooting percentage of 40.8% + 40.5% + 89.3%.

But his defense was too poor, which did not match the Thunder's reconstruction idea, so the Thunder did not continue to cooperate with him in the end.

After that season, Garlinari joined the Hawks as a free agent and became the team's sixth man - the Hawks' forward line, with young players such as John Collins, DeAndre Hunter, Kevin Hult, etc.

Later, he went to the Celtics, Wizards, Pistons, and Bucks, with fewer and fewer scenes and his condition declined sharply. In the last 17 games the Bucks played, his shooting percentage was only 37.8%, and his three-pointers were as low as 17.6%.

So in the offseason last year, he failed to get his next contract.

After all, he has made a foothold in the league entirely by offense.

As for Alexander, it was certainly not a whistle to be able to quickly conquer the Thunder who had two MVP players, Durant and Westbrook.

As the No. 11 pick in the first round of 2018, he did not get much scene in the Clippers in his rookie season, averaging 10.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.2 steals per game, with a shooting percentage of 47.6% + 36.7% + 80%.

has shown good defensive ability and has potential to tap on the offensive end - but in every rookie, there are a lot of players who have received similar reviews.

There are always a very rare person who can really realize his potential into strength; so when you have the chance to get pickled peppers, the Clippers will not hesitate at all.

Even though Alexander averaged 19 points, 5.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.1 steals per game. No matter how optimistic he was at that time, he only felt that the deal between the Clippers and the Thunder was barely a win-win situation..

In a sense, Alexander was also lucky.

If he still stayed in the Clippers, he would not be able to meet Paul in the second grade, and learn to be calm, focus and handle the ball from the latter;

If he had not been to the Thunder, it would be difficult for him to have such an extremely tacit and coordinated team today - draft vision, cultivation ability, lineup configuration... The Thunder has proved himself many times in this regard.

So after Paul left in the offseason in 2020, Alexander became the team's main controller, averaging 23.7 points, 4.7 rebounds, 5.9 assists per game in the 20-21 season, with a shooting percentage of 50.8% + 41.8% + 80.8%;

Although even the All-Stars cannot enter, they have begun to show their strengths and will soon make the whole world notice him.

In the next four years, Alexander averaged 32.7 points per game, becoming the scoring leader and MVP; in the past three seasons, he averaged more than 30 points per game with a shooting percentage of more than 50% - the last defender to do this was Jordan.

So at this moment, the Clippers were praised by pickled peppers, which became ridiculous.

There are also many people fantasizing that if Alexander was still in the Clippers, how unsolvable would the combination of him and Leonard be?

But the fact is that if the Clippers had not received pickled peppers at the beginning, Leonard would not have gone to the Clippers at all.

History has been repeated 100 times, and the Clippers cannot resist the temptation of the peak double-front superstar combination.

and, in the first round of the Clippers, the Thunder chose Trey Mann in the first round of 21, and was later sent to the Hornets for exchange for Hayward; in the first round of 22, the Thunder chose Jaylen Williams, now the second leader of the team, and was selected for the third team and the second team of defensive team this season; in the first round of 23, the Thunder used it to exchange for the Heat's two first round picks in 25 and 26; in the first round of 24, the Thunder chose Dillon Jones, an older guard with a height of 198cm, with a solid body, defensive and able to withstand, but they have not yet got any chance to perform.

So, with the deal between Pickled Pepper, the Thunder currently has one first round (Heat) + one first round swap (Clippers); two first round (Heat, Clippers) in 26 years.

Wealth is no longer enough to describe the draft pick assets owned by the Thunder; no matter what ideas they have in the future, there is a huge room for operation.

So Alexander and Thunder, their era may have just begun.